Out in Theaters: ’31’
Rob Zombie’s ’31’ is a demented game of hide and seek, full of unbridled misogyny, unintelligible motives and senseless violence. Fans of his will revel in the blood rain but…
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Out in Theaters: ‘DON’T BREATHE’
Riveting, horrifying and unwaveringly f*cked up, 'Don’t Breathe' is one of the most breathless, relentlessly intense horror movies to ever open in the American territories. Not unlike 'Martyrs' or 'Inside', …
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Out in Theaters: ‘LIGHTS OUT’
Stuffed with horror movie bromides, 'Lights Out' haunts an interesting concept with a conventional script. Maria Bello shines as a conflicted maternal figure but David F. Sandberg’s debut feature can’t…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE CONJURING 2’
'The Conjuring 2 'understands the virtue of patience in a way that most studio horror films do not and the result is all the scarier for it. Building on the…
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SIFF ’16 Capsule Review: ‘CARNAGE PARK’
Mickey Keating‘s Carnage Park starts in admirably economic fashion, rending down its slim cast to even slimmer form with a dead-eyed, high-pitched, Bible-thumping Pat Healy tagging human targets with his handy sniper rifle beset with all the rage and judgement of the Old Testament guy upstairs. Ashley Bell plays opposite as the desert-set horror’s shrieky...
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Talking with Robert Eggers of ‘THE WITCH’
Robert Eggers‘ first trip to Sundance was rewarded with a little thing called the Best Director award. Since then, he’s seen his New England-based independent horror film soar, earning a fervent critical backing and loads of support. But not everything has been roses. I chatted with the first-time director to discuss the years-long journey of...
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Electrifying Horror Film ‘DON’T BREATHE’ Drops First Trailer
My favorite film out of SXSW 2016 was Fede Alvarez‘s unceasingly tense Don’t Breathe. I was so frequently startled, so genuinely unnerved that it physically hurt. And my god do I love that kind of pain. Call it what you will (masochism?) but horror films have the ability to engage sections of the brain that...
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SXSW ’16 Review: ‘HUSH’
To start with a bit of housekeeping, Hush joined the critically acclaimed Iranian Sundance debut Under the Shadow when it was swept up by preeminent streaming service Netflix before it was ever screened in front of an audience. Adding to their growing stockade of boutique horror films, Netflix has queued up the Mike Flanagan-directed thriller...
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SXSW ’16 Review: ‘DON’T BREATHE’
Let me be clear, you probably can’t handle Don’t Breathe. Hitchcockian in concept and French New Wave in execution, the batshit bonkers new horror film from Fede Alvarez is a sanguine-stained guillotine of heinous intensity. The Uruguayan director has issued French extremity an American passport, inviting a true-to-form, heart-stopping gang bang of insane tension to...
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE WITCH’
When the family snaps under the pressure of internal and external presses, it’s anyone’s game and you’ll want to behold the result. The fact that The Witch is up for…