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Tag Archives: horror
Argento April: The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
In the context of what’s come before in Argento April: The Stendhal Syndrome miraculously seems like an answer to my chief criticism of Dario Argento’s output. He seems more fixated on the cinematic flourishes that pervade his films as opposed … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Argento April, Review, Reviews
Tagged Asia Argento, blogging, Cinema, Dario Argento, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, life, movie, Movie review, movies
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Argento April: Deep Red (1974)
Deep Red or Profundo Russo (Italian title) is the cinematic equivalent of soaring. It’s a film that illustrates Dario Argento is not merely working within the horror genre, but understands it so profoundly that he can bend it to his … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Cinema, Dario Argento, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, movie, Movie review, movies, Reviews, Writing
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Argento April: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1971)
Loosely defined: Giallo is a popular 20th century genre that specialises in mysteries, thrillers and occasionally supernatural horror. The Italian word translates to yellow and the genre gets its name from the yellow coloured paperback novels that dominated bookshelves in … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Cinema, Dario Argento, film, films, Giallo, horror, Horror Movie, movie, movies, Reviews, Writing
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Editorial: Intro to Argento April
April sees the start of themed months and I could not think of a better filmmaker then Dario Argento, to begin this series of blog posts. Despite being into Italian horror cinema, Argento has fallen of my radar compared to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Editorials
Tagged April, blogging, Cinema, Daria Argento, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, life, movie, movies, Writing
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Editorial: My Top Five Lockdown Films
5) Young Frankenstein Doctor Frederick Frankenstein’s frequent attempts to keep a sense of cool and clinical detachment is the perfect embodiment of our pendulum swinging emotional state during this hard time. Come for Gene Wilder’s hilarious and touching performance. Stay … Continue reading
Review: The Invisible Man (2020)
HG Wells’s The Invisible Man has always been a story with limitless potential. The novel mixes a bemused comedic spirit (courtesy of some of the people who encounter the title character) and a palpable fear of its central scientist whose … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 2020 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged Cinema, Elizabeth Moss, film, film review, HG Wells, horror, Horror Movie, Leigh Whannell, movie, Movie review, movies, The Invisible Man
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Review: The Lighthouse (2020)
In 2016, Robert Eggers impressed the world with The Witch: a meticulous period film, mixing Christian import and feverish paranoia in its telling of a New England family, succumbing to the follies of their puritanical existence. The film remains one … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 2020 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged blogging, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, life, movie, movies, Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe
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My Top Ten Anticipated Movies of 2020
10 The King’s Man This is quite an odd pick, seeing as I have not seen the first two Kingman’s films. However, based on the trailer, the film seems like an intriguing early 20th-century spy film with colourful revisionism for … Continue reading
Review: Midsommar (2019)
As far as cinematic debuts go, Hereditary was impressive; terrifying with the tensions of its familial angst and underhanded supernatural aspects. Ari Aster’s sophomore effort, Midsommar- is an ambitious and often engrossing experience. However, it’s marred by thematic confusion and the director’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, 2019 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged Ari Aster, blogging, Cinema, film, films, Florence Pugh, Hereditary, horror, Midsommar, movie, movies, Sweden
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Review: It Chapter Two (2019)
It (2017) was a grown-up Amblin film that did not use the popular eighties studio ascetic as an excuse for a nostalgic harkening back of the era. Rather it was a film that blurred the line between the real-world fears … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, 2019 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged Bill Skarsgård, blogging, film, films, horror, Horror Movie, It, It Chapter 2, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, movie, Pennywise
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