Wolf Creek – Episode 1: “Billabong”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devWwSCw12A Stan's Wolf Creek Episode 1: "Billabong" Directed by Tony Tilse Written by Peter Gawler * For a review of Episode 2 "Kutyukutyu", click here. Out into the Australian Outback again, as the horrific legacy of Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) never seems to come to an end. An American family's travelling through the desolate wild of …

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MOST LIKELY TO DIE Makes Your Next High School Reunion a Possible Nightmare

As if I needed any more reasons to not go to my high school reunion. You never know who'll become a lawyer, a doctor, a plumber, or a serial killer.

Vacancy: Motels and Psychos and Snuff, Oh My!

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DAWN OF THE DEAD’s Remake is Legitimately Frightening Fun

Snyder and Gunn, above all else, help make zombies terrifying again.

Damien – Season 1 Finale: “Ave Satani”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7eMDYrXKE A&E's Damien Season 1, Episode 10: "Ave Satani" Directed by Nick Copus Written by Glen Mazzara * For a review of the penultimate Season 1 episode, "The Devil You Know" - click here Disclaimer: I was invited to the Damien Season 1 finale screening in L.A. tonight, which includes a lunch, plus Q&A with Executive …

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10 Cloverfield Lane is an Interesting Spin-Off Spun Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHzng8fxLs 10 Cloverfield Lane. 2016. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Screenplay by Josh Campbell, Damien Chazelle, & Matthew Stuecken. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr, Douglas M. Griffin, Suzanne Cryer, Bradley Cooper, Sumalee Montano, & Frank Mottek. Paramount Pictures/Bad Robot/Spectrum Effects. Rated 14A. 103 minutes. Drama/Horror/Mystery ★★★★1/2 I was never a fan of Cloverfield. …

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Patrick Bateman: American Psycho(sis), Sexual Deviant, Videotape and Huey Lewis Enthusiast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKNbfA64EE American Psycho. 2000. Directed by Mary Harron. Screenplay by Harron & Guinevere Turner, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. Starring Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour, Guinevere Turner, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, & …

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The Third Part of the Night is Horrifying Cinematic Existentialism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdViZkUOLDI The Third Part of the Night. 1971. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski. Screenplay by Andrzej & Miroslaw Żuławski. Starring Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Golinski, Anna Milewska, Michal Grudzinski, & Marek Walczewski. Polski State Film. Not Rated. 105 minutes. Drama/Horror/War ★★★★★  Andrzej Żuławski first wowed me with Possession, and after being completely, morbidly enthralled by its wonderfully …

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