Fascinated by the larger, overarching, cacophonous hive of the collective unconscious, Ascher's documentary depicts the terror of sleep.
Full StoryMonth: October 2021
Bernard Rose’s ‘Candyman’ (1992): The Sweetest Terror
Frankie Vanaria explores why Bernard Rose's Candyman remains a timeless and challenging vision of how America relates to urban legends
Full StoryComing Home: Bob Clark’s ‘Deathdream’ (1974)
In terms of bleakness and variety, few filmmakers in the genre have matched Bob Clark’s early trio of horror films.
Full StorySplit Picks: John Carpenter’s ‘In The Mouth of Madness’ Vs. ‘Vampires’
Split Picks resumes its special series devoted to four iconic American horror directors by examining two '90s Carpenter films.
Full StoryFace Value: Todd Haynes and ‘The Velvet Underground’ (2021)
Haynes is most interested in how these people and minds came together to create music that would change the course of popular music.
Full StoryThe Darwinian Slasher: ‘Backcountry’ (2014)
A standout film about people getting lost or stalked in the woods, Backcountry captures the primal terror of nature's indifference.
Full StorySuperstars to Movie Stars: Paul Morrissey and ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ (1978)
We look at the critically maligned Sherlock Holmes parody from the perspective of its place within the career of its iconoclastic director.
Full StoryThe Murderous Angel: Robert Hiltzik’s ‘Sleepaway Camp’ (1983)
Robert Hiltzik’s Sleepaway Camp (1983) is an uncommonly touching slasher film, even if its political and social viewpoint is dubious.
Full StorySplit Picks: Tobe Hooper’s ‘Lifeforce’ Vs. ‘Spontaneous Combustion’
Split picks kicks off a special series devoted to four iconic American horror directors by examining two should-be-classic Hooper films.
Full StoryThe Misunderstood Sausage-Toothed Monsters and ‘The Horror of Party Beach’ (1964)
Long blighted as the worst collection of sound and images ever captured on film, Del Tenney’s “horror-monster-musical” has quietly shifted the tide as a perfect time-capsule of ’60s horror-comedy
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