I like to think that my tastes, for the most part, are broad and well-rounded. Yeah, I’m in a very deep and meaningful relationship with the horror genre, but we’re only monogamish; I also tend to gravitate toward any documentary I can get my hands on, any solid drama, any brainy comedy. While I’ve tried [...]
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As genre devotees, we have all, at one time or another, looked at life through the filter of a horror movie. Through them, we’ve learned to stay smart; to stay safe. Usually, it’s simple, pragmatic things: if there are children in your corn, RUN; reanimating your girlfriend’s corpse is never a good idea; the only [...]
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Lucky McKee planted himself squarely under my radar back in 2002 with the release of May – a quiet, brilliant little film that gained an instant, well-deserved cult following. It was beautiful and original, carefully crafted and tailored perfectly to speak directly into the black little heart of every misfit horror fan that ever was. [...]
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With Tim Burton’s big-budget adaptation of Dan Curtis’ classic horror-soap Dark Shadows hitting theatres, much debate has been made regarding whether the new film will pay enough homage to the original series. Would the beloved franchise be bastardized? Before that question can be answered fairly, however, a look to the first film adaptation of Dark [...]
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So, I’ve lived on Planet Horror for quite some time now, and it’s safe to say I’ve been around the block a few times (you can take that however you like; chances are, you’re right). Existing in this world can be a beautifully obscene thing, but you learn quickly that adoption into the fold comes [...]
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I’m a little tardy to the party on The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence. I know that by this time, it’s been reviewed many times over, and critics have vomited up their feelings on this weird little film all over the inter-tubes; it seems to be a pretty polarizing piece of work. Personally, it made [...]
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