POSSESSION: Jealousy, Love, Repressed Desire

Żuławski's 1981 shocker POSSESSION is a definite, grim bit of horror. It also serves a metaphor for several things; least of which is not the power of male jealousy.

Unbreakable: Comics in Real Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8etYwG0uN8 Unbreakable. 2000. Directed & Written by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, Eamonn Walker, Leslie Stefanson, & Michael Kelly. Touchstone Pictures/Blinding Edge Pictures/Barry Mendel Productions/Limited Edition Productions Inc. Rated Pg. 106 minutes. Drama/Mystery/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ Everyone has their starkly contrasted opinions of M. Night Shyamalan. …

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Sensory Assault: The Experience of Time in Irreversible

Noe experiments with time in his unflinching crime film. Be warned: it's not for the faint of heart.

The Never Ending Terror of Eden Lake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9kuMFPW0YI Eden Lake. 2008. Directed & Written by James Watkins Starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Tara Ellis, Jack O'Connell, Finn Atkins, Jumayn Hunter, Thomas Turgoose, James Burrows, Tom Gill, Lorraine Bruce, Shaun Dooley, James Gandhi, Bronson Webb, Lorraine Stanley, & Rachel Gleeves. Rollercoaster Films/Aramid Entertainment Fund. Rated R. 91 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★  There are many …

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House of 1000 Corpses: Homage and Throwbacks to the 1970s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V82hFRJcrj0 House of 1000 Corpses. 2003. Directed & Written Rob Zombie. Starring Sid Haig, William Bassett, Karen Black, Erin Daniels, Joe Dobbs III, Dennis Fimple, Gregg Gibbs, Walton Goggins, Chris Hardwick, Jennifer Jstyn, Irwin Keyes, Matthew McGrory, Jake McKinnon, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Robert Allen Mukes, Walter Phelan, Tom Towles, Harrison Young, & Rainn …

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Tony Scott’s THE FAN: A Retrospective Review

Tony Scott's THE FAN with Wesley Snipes & Robert De Niro deserves another look, according to Father Gore.

The Pre-9/11 Paranoia of Arlington Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbBavo86qs Arlington Road. 1999. Directed by Mark Pellington. Screenplay by Ehren Kruger. Starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason Gamble, Spencer Treat Clark, Stanley Anderson, Viviane Vives, Lee Stringer, Darryl Cox, & Loyd Catlett. Screen Gems/Lakeshore Entertainment/Arlington Road Productions Corporation/Gorai & Samuelson Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Crime/Drama/Thriller ★★★★ There …

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A Nightmare on Elm Street: Wes Craven, Torturer of Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVh4lBfW-c A Nightmare on Elm Street. 1984. Directed & Written by Wes Craven. Starring John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Johnny Depp, Charles Fleischer, Joseph Whipp, Robert Englund, Joe Unger, & Lin Shaye. New Line Cinema/Media Home Entertainment/Smart Egg Pictures/The Elm Street Venture. Rated R. 91 minutes. Horror ★★★★★ All those …

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