Horror
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Movie Review: Ready or Not (2019)
From directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and writer Guy Busick, comes the wickedly delightful black comedy Ready Or Not. The film follows an innocent, newly married woman who finds herself entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with her “in-laws from hell.” The movie opens with a wounded young man desperately seeking Read more
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Movie Review: Angel Heart (1987)
Directed by Alan Parker and based on the book Fallen Angel by William Hjortsberg, Angel Heart is a psychological thriller neo-noir that packs horror and supernatural elements. The cast of the film includes Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling. It begins in the vein of classic noir, where a private eye Read more
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Movie Review: Suspira (1977)
‘Suspiria’, directed by the legendary Giallo filmmaker Dario Argento, is based on ‘Suspiria de Profundis’, an essay by Thomas De Quincey, and is considered a defining movie of the horror genre. On first glance, a casual viewer may dismiss the movie as a gaudy attempt at sensational horror, with almost no plot, but when one Read more
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Movie Review: Tenebrae (1982)
“Tenebrae” (“Darkness”, also called “Tenebre”) is another gory Giallo whodunit from acclaimed director Dario Argento. Considered to be one of his best, this Giallo has all the expected ingredients: great visuals, a whodunit mystery, gore, and sleaze. Argento got his inspiration for this plot from his own experience of being stalked by an obsessed fan. Read more
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Movie Review: Last Night in Soho (2021)
‘Last Night in Soho’ (LNS), directed by Edgar Wright, recreates the magic of both Swinging London and the Giallo movies of the 60s and 70s. It is an absorbing visual treat that meets the criteria to be classified under multiple genres of cinema, such as Horror, Psychological horror, thriller, and of course Giallo. LNS can Read more
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Movie Review: Seven Notes in Black (1977)
‘Seven Notes in Black’, also known as ‘Sette note in nero’ or ‘The Psychic’, is an Italian Giallo mystery thriller directed by Lucio Fulci. Giallo, or Italian Giallo, is a film genre of Italian movies popular in the mid-60s through the ’70s, which included elements of slasher, psychological horror, murder, gore, sexploitation, and sometimes, supernatural Read more
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