Burton Begins: The Strange Dream of HANSEL AND GRETEL
It’s the stuff of urban legend. A deeply disturbing, ultra-low-budget version of Hansel and Gretel…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
For the second year in a row, I get to write about a Halloween favorite…
Year of the Month: Three Ways of Looking at THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
As a Set of Dichotomies, a Way to Break Expectations, and a Personal Audience Identification…
Not Quite Normal: Persia on The Cracked Brilliance of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Was there, will there ever be, a man better at going from quiet neurosis to…
Lunch Links – SALT
Continuing our traditional October theme: 4-letter titles with the second letter A. You know what…
Year of the Month: Miller on COLD HAND IN MINE
An’ now people just get uglier An’ I have no sense of time.” — Bob…
Lunch Links: MAMÁ
Mamá (2008) dir. Andrés Muschietti Wake up. Mom is back. It’s easy to see what caught…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on BLACK CHRISTMAS
Warning: this movie is 45 years old this year and frankly, I’m going to spoil…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on DRACULA’S DAUGHTER
I do love these quick-and-dirty kind-of sequels that movie studios used to pump out like…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on THE DEVIL DOLL
What if someone could shrink people to the size of dolls, but in doing so,…