Stranger Things – Season 1: “Chapter Four – The Body”

https://youtu.be/b9EkMc79ZSU Netflix's Stranger Things Season 1: "Chapter Four - The Body" Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Justin Doble * For a review of the previous episode, "Chapter Three - Holly, Jolly" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Chapter Five - The Flea and the Acrobat" - click here Chief …

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Stranger Things – Season 1: “Chapter Three – Holly, Jolly”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EkMc79ZSU Netflix's Stranger Things Season 1: "Chapter Three - Holly, Jolly" Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Jessica Mecklenburg * For a review of the previous episode, "Chapter Two - The Weirdo on Maple Street" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Chapter Four - The Body" - click here Poor …

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Patty Jenkins’ Monster: Forced to Kill, One Way or Another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSVgzifDSkk Monster. 2003. Directed & Written by Patty Jenkins. Starring Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Rus Blackwell, Tim Ware, Stephan Jones, Brett Rice, Kaitlin Riley, & Cree Ivey. Media 8 Entertainment/Newmarket Films/DEJ Productions. Rated 18A. 109 minutes. Biography/Crime/Drama ★★★★★  For …

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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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Halloween II: Supernatural Michael Myers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPqbbjc0BE Halloween II. 2009. Directed & Written by Rob Zombie. Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Octavia Spencer, Danielle Harris, Margot Kidder, Sheri Moon Zombie, Chase Wright Vanek, & Caroline Williams. Dimension Films/Spectacle Entertainment Group/Trancas International Films. Rated R. 105 minutes. Horror ★★★1/2  Rob Zombie is a take-him-or-leave-him-type …

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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.

Victor Frankenstein: The Emperor in His Same Old Clothes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvESrJ5GdHc Victor Frankenstein. 2015. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Screenplay by Max Landis. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Bronson Webb, Daniel Mays, Spencer Wilding, Robin Pearce, Andrew Scott, & Callum Turner. Davis Entertainment/TSG Entertainment/MPC/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Rated PG. 110 minutes. Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★ As a fan of Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel Frankenstein, …

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