Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is the film that carved up cinema conventions and left the audience bleeding in the shower. It shocked, scandalized, and changed the way people looked at thrillers, not to mention their bathroom curtains. Over sixty years later, it remains both a masterpiece of suspense and a masterclass in breaking all the rules.
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Carnival of Souls (1962) – Review
When it comes to horror the most memorable entries are of those that will haunt you long after you’ve turned the lights back on and with Herk “One Shot” Harvey that is exactly the kind of horror film you get with his cult classic Carnival of Souls, a story that tells a tale of psychological…
Kin (2018) – Review
I’m all for genre mashups — horror comedies or sci-fi mysteries can be a lot of fun — but if you start chucking more and more genres into your blender, the danger that the end product could end up becoming a tasteless soup increases exponentially. With writers/directors Jonathan and Josh Baker’s Kin, we get a…
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) – Review
Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars boasts a cast that suggests something far more refined than the pulpy thriller it ultimately delivers. Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones do what they can with material that teeters between stylish intrigue and outright absurdity. It all builds toward a twist that feels less like a clever reveal…
Rats: Night of Terror (1984) – Review
When it comes to post-apocalyptic movies, they mostly fall into two categories: there is your Road Warrior type of film with its bands of leather-clad survivors battling to stay alive in a world ravaged by nuclear war or some such disaster. There are your modest science fiction outings like Damnation Alley, where we follow a…