Damien – Season 1, Episode 9: “The Devil You Know”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAOPvln4hlQ A&E's Damien Season 1, Episode 9: "The Devil You Know" Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch Written by Glen Mazzara & K.C. Perry * For a review of the previous episode, "Here Is Wisdom" - click here * For a review of the Season 1 finale, "Ave Satani" - click here After the shocking events …

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Vinyan: Fabrice Du Welz Goes to the Heart of Madness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy1g0F9GZ10 Vinyan. 2008. Directed & Written by Fabrice Du Welz. Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah, Julie Dreyfus, Amporn Pankratok, Josse De Pauw, Omm, Apisit Opasaimlikit, Kurlab Lay, Matt Ryder, Bobbie Delcastillo, Susan Delcastillo, Teerawat Mulvilai, Saichia Wongwirot, & Kitinun Siangsa-Ard. uFilm/Film4/Wild Bunch/Backup Films. Rated 14A. 96 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★★★ Fabrice Du Welz is an …

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Suburban Parasitic Anxieties: David Cronenberg’s Shivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6B4oZhFaFI Shivers. 1975. Directed & Written by David Cronenberg. Starring Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Baldaro, Camil Ducharme, Hanna Poznanska, Wally Martin, Vlasta Vrana, Silvie Debois, Charles Perley, & Al Rochman. Cinépix/DAL Productions/Canadian Film Development Corporation. Rated R. 87 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Even if I love Alien …

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Bergman’s HOUR OF THE WOLF is an Intensely Personal Journey into the Shattered Mental Health of Artists

Not considered one of his master works, Bergman's Hour of the Wolf is a shattering rumination on what it is mentally to be and live with an artist.

Fear of the Outside World in Tremors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65b70nPU7k Tremors. 1990. Directed by Ron Underwood. Screenplay by Brent Maddock & S.S. Wilson. Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, Robert Jayne, Charlotte Stewart, Tony Genaro, Ariana Richards, Richard Marcus, Victor Wong, Sunshine Parker, Michael Dan Wagner, Conrad Bachmann, Bibi Besch, John Goodwin, & John Pappas. Universal Pictures/No Frills Film …

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The Shining: Kubrickian Horror v. Stephen King’s Supernatural Evil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-B_bbkEfS0 The Shining. 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick & Diane Johnson; based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, & Tony Burton. Warner Bros./Hawk Films/Peregrine/Producers Circle. Rated R. 146 minutes. Drama/Horror ★★★★ …

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David Lynch’s Eraserhead: Existential Terror at its Finest (and Most Elusive)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Eq5GtCYdA Eraserhead. 1977. Directed & Written by David Lynch. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Roberts, Laurel Near, V. Phipps-Wilson, Jack Fisk, Jean Lange, Thomas Coulson, John Monez, Darwin Joston, T. Max Graham, Hal Landon Jr., & Jennifer Chambers Lynch. American Film Institute/Libra Films. Rated R. 89 minutes. Fantasy/Horror ★★★★1/2  One …

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Damien – Season 1, Episode 8: “Here Is Wisdom”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L72XZoEs-Vw A&E's Damien Season 1, Episode 8: "Here Is Wisdom" Directed by Tim Andrew Written by Sarah Thorp * For a review of the previous episode, "Abattoir" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "The Devil You Know" - click here So many things happening on Glen Mazzara's excellently macabre series Damien. …

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