Tag: horror
Movies
'Ready or Not' Is Bloody Hilarious
Ready or Not (Mythology Entertainment) Ready or Not Marriage, as with other traditions, can be dangerous. Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett deliver a worthy addition to the horror genre with Ready or Not ,...
Movies
'Us' Is Brilliantly Unnerving
Us (Monkeypaw Productions) Us Since the beginning of time, there has always been The Other: a group society deems to be unworthy to fit inside the imaginative box of “normal.” Jordan Peele ’s sophomore effort,...
Movies
'Hereditary' is Deeply Disturbing
Hereditary (A24) Hereditary Keeping a family close and content can be a complicated endeavor, especially when there are secrets and lies that lurk around every corner. This is exactly what’s explored in Ari Aster's debut...
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'A Quiet Place' is a Tense Creature Feature
A Quiet Place (Paramount Pictures) A Quiet Place No sounds above a whisper or you’re dead. This is the simple and effective horror flick premise of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place, and it works so...
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'Get Out' is Relative Horror
Get Out (Blumhouse Productions) After a suspenseful opening scene that sets the tone of Jordan Peele’s Get Out , Childish Gambinos’s “Redbone” track bumps through the speakers as a forewarning; especially when the artist cautions...
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Throwback Thursday: 'The Witches' (1990)
You’d think if Pee-wee’s Big Adventure scared me to the point that I didn’t sleep for weeks, that a movie like The Witches would have actually just killed a crybaby like me. However, somehow The...
Television
Bates Motel Review: 3.6: The Vault
Cate Cameron/A&E Networks This week’s episode of Bates Motel was one of the show’s strongest episodes ever. Every scene kept up the level of emotional resonance and suspense. Even the scenes with relative levity had...
Culture of Pop
Review 'Fear the Walking Dead' S1 Finale
Fear the Walking Dead concluded its inaugural season this past Sunday with an episode that is sure to have people talking for quite some time. Or at least until next week when The Walking Dead...
Culture of Pop
M. Night Shyamalan's New Film 'The Visit'
Blinding Edge Pictures M. Night Shyamalan is widely considered to be a pretty horrible director as of late, but his latest project might allow him to re-introduce himself. Remember, he did give us some gems...
