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A disturbing descent
In which a casual genre nut heads straight to a collision course against the dreaded disturbing movie iceberg graph that traumatized the people of…
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Armando Dela Cruz
'Rinne' & other horrors
Starting the year with a J-horror hidden gem — Takashi Shimizu's 'Rinne' is a chiller grappling with the gruesome cycle of violence, a morbid headspace…
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Armando Dela Cruz
Terrors from Beyond
A list of hidden or unseen supernatural horror gems, from Ken Russell's 'The Devils' to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Seance.'
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Armando Dela Cruz
Like Luigi, 'Dexter' has pretty privilege
Looksmaxxing killers were always a thing since Miami's *finest* blood spatter expert Dexter Morgan first rolled out the clear plastic. Now he's back in…
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Armando Dela Cruz
'Frogman' & other horrors
Anthony Cousins' found-footage film about an amphibian cryptid doesn't seem like it buys into its own ridiculousness. Plus, this week's horror…
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'Immaculate' & other horrors
Sydney Sweeney gets fully in the habit of making horror with ‘Immaculate,’ an austere thriller about the horrors of bodily autonomies. Plus, this week’s…
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'Sinners' shows big fangtasia
Ryan Coogler's singular take on the vampire fantasia melds together discordant elements into sinful but fascinating harmonies.
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Armando Dela Cruz
'Night Swim' & other horrors
Bryce McGuire's new film - following a nuclear family terrorized by a haunted swimming pool-refuses to embrace the silliness of its premise nor the…
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Armando Dela Cruz
'Monolith' & other horrors
Overdue collection of capsule thoughts on recent horror films, including Matt Vesely's excellent thriller 'Monolith,' Jonathan Glazer's singular 'The…
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Armando Dela Cruz
Smoking out the rats
Chris Rock’s Saw experiment is a cathartic fan casting in Jigsaw’s playpen, featuring a dull band of corrupt police officers who befall befitting…
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Armando Dela Cruz
Sink your teeth in
In this week's Field Notes From Hell: Thoughts on The Batman, Fresh, the new Apple TV+ series, Severance, and the revamp of the newsletter.
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Armando Dela Cruz
'Stopmotion' & other horrors
Nightmares bleed into creative work in Robert Morgan's fascinating if narratively flat horror. Plus, this week's horror recommendations.
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Armando Dela Cruz
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