Tag: supernatural
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Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
The film I just saw at my local art centre’s Classic Horror Nights was Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, the only directorial work of Brian Clemens, a British screenwriter and television producer. He also wrote this swashbuckling tale of a swordsman roaming the countryside in search of bloodsuckers. Coming to a settlement, Captain Kronos (Horst…
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Evil Dead Rise (2023)
“Mommy’s with the maggots now…” I just saw Evil Dead Rise and loved it. As an example of its genre and what it’s trying to accomplish as a commercial product, it’s pretty perfect. It was refreshing to see a new Evil Dead movie that absolutely gets what such a film is and how it works.…
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Suzume (2022)
I just saw Suzume, an anime sub, and it might be my favourite film of the year. It’s funny, moving, suspenseful, visually splendid, and an almost perfect film experience. It was kind of shocking to see a fantasy film, set in the present day, with such genuine warmth and innocence about it. The fantasy films…
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Renfield (2023)
Vampires have had a long and storied history in fiction, but in recent years the Dracula mythos in particular has been used to explore the dynamics of relationships between these creatures of the night and those whose lives they touch. Since the Dracula story was always in part a metaphor for sexual predation, it’s perhaps…
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The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
I just saw The Pope’s Exorcist and it was really funny, which I guess is a shame as it wasn’t trying to be, I don’t think. It stars Russell Crowe as the real-life Father Amorth, who in the late 1980s visits a Spanish abbey being renovated by an American widow when a demon possesses one…
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The Skull (1965)
Tonight at my local arts centre I saw The Skull, a 1965 British film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, as part of its classic horror nights. Based on a short story called “The Skull of the Marquis de Sade” by Robert Bloch, it begins with a 19th-century grave robber who brings the titular skull…
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Knock at the Cabin (2023)
So I just saw Knock at the Cabin and it was… alright. A solid 2/4 movie. All of the strictures of late-period Shyamalan (which at this point is his entire career post-Unbreakable, save maybe a couple of relatively bright spots) apply, but softened, probably by the fact that he’s working with stronger source material than…
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Unwelcome (2023)
Well, I just saw Unwelcome, and although it’s only January, it’s a hot contender for my worst film of 2023. I take back every hurtful thing I said about Halloween Ends. I was but a spoilt, callow youth when I let loose my bile on that innocent picture. I did not know how good I…
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