Tag: mystery
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The Baby (1973)
One of the… stranger horror films of the 1970s, director Ted Post’s The Baby was recently reviewed on YouTube channel RedLetterMedia’s “Best of the Worst” strand and described as one of the best that they’ve seen on that show. It’s certainly something. The plot sees Mrs Wadsworth (Ruth Roman) meet social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette…
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Tenebrae (1982)
One of director Dario Argento’s most renowned giallo films, 1982’s Tenebrae (Italian for “darkness”) is a murder mystery set in Rome and following an American suspense novelist called Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) as he’s stalked by a serial killer whose crimes appear to be inspired by Neal’s latest book, titled Tenebrae. Argento’s frequent collaborator Daria…
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The Wicker Man (1973)
I just saw a restored edition of 1973’s The Wicker Man in the cinema for its 50th anniversary and it was a heartwarming tale of faith against adversity. Well, maybe not. But it was a good detective story that develops into a tale of horror and madness as old superstitions come up against modernity. The…
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Hypnotic (2023)
So I just saw Hypnotic, which I will henceforth refer to as “budget Inception”, and it was pretty dull. Director Robert Rodriguez always had a B-movie sensibility, of course, but how did the maker of El Mariachi (1992), Desperado (1995), and, erm, Spy Kids (2001) end up making something as generic and dull-witted as Hypnotic?…
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Missing (2023)
I just saw Missing, the new “found footage” thriller, on a whim and it was pretty good. I was about to reflect that “found footage” is really an outdated term for this genre, since the footage isn’t really supposed to be “found” (a la “this was the campers’ video diary during their stay in the…