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Tag Archives: horror
Scary Vampires
Vampyr (1932) dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer Remember when vampires used to be scary? Vampires have been re-invented so many, many times over that having a non-traditional vampire has become its own trope. As TV Tropes points out, there’s even a … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmilla, Count Dracula, Dracula, horror, movies, Sheridan Le Fanu, TSPDT, vampires, Vampyr
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The Innocents
The Innocents (1961) dir. Jack Clayton Do we see ghosts… or don’t we? That’s the question asked early on in most supernatural horror films. The medium is uniquely suited for this sort of game. In literature we usually feel cheated … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Kerr, film, Henry James, horror, horror movies, Jack Clayton, movies, The Innocents, The Turn of the Screw, TSPDT, William Archibald
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Peeping Tom & The Male Gaze
Peeping Tom (1960) dir. Michael Powell Peeping Tom is about Mark Lewis, a focus puller for a movie production crew. He constantly carries a camera with him, and uses a hidden dagger in the tripod’s leg to stab women’s throats … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, film, horror, male gaze, Michael Powell, movies, Peeping Tom, sexism, TSPDT
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The Fly
The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg Like many of the best horror films, The Fly builds slowly. Not much happens during the first half hour. Boy meets girl, they awkwardly flirt, and we check the back of the DVD case … Continue reading
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Tagged David Cronenberg, film, horror, Jeff Goldblum, movies, mutant, The Fly, TSPDT
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Don’t Look Now
Don’t Look Now (1973) – dir. Nicolas Roeg A man has a premonition of his daughter’s death, but he cannot prevent it. He and his wife journey to Venice, where many creepy things happen, seemingly for their own sake. Brief, … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, film, horror, horror movies, Julie Christie, movie reviews, movies, Nicolas Roeg, TSPDT, Venice
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Hour of the Wolf
Vargtimmen – Hour of the Wolf (1968) dir. Ingmar Bergman A woman and her artist lover move to an isolated island where they plan to raise their family. The man goes crazy and the woman catches his insanity. They share … Continue reading
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Tagged film, horror, horror movies, Hour of the Wolf, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, insanity, isolation, Liv Ullman, Max von Sydow, movie reviews, movies, The Shining, TSPDT, Vargtimmen
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Suspiria
Suspiria (1977) dir. Dario Argento I have limited experience with giallo, but Suspiria immediately seems notably less exploitative, at least sexually. The movie is set in a ballet school co-ed dormitory, with young nubile girls sharing secrets, shoes and a … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, Dario Argento, feminism, giallo, goblin, horror, movie reviews, movies, Suspiria
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Horror of the Absurd
I prefer absurd horror. Naturalism and magical realism take all the fun out of it. I don’t want to take out the DVD and know that if I simply avoid this particular campsite or houses built on ancient Indian burial grounds, I’ll be safe. I don’t want to know about the troubled childhood of the ghost or the serial killer. The true horrors are in the unknown, and more so, in the unknowable. Continue reading
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Tagged absurdism, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrei Tarkovsky, Blindness, Cube, Fernando Meirelles, film, High Rise, horror, La cabina, lord of the flies, Luis Buñuel, M. Night Shyamalan, movie reviews, movies, Stalker, The Birds, the exterminating angel, The Happening, TSPDT, Vicenzo Natali
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