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Oh look, it’s another ‘Halloween’ sequel
4/10 After 40 years, it’s finally here — the 11th Halloween movie! Yeah, there are 10 others, but this one is different! This one ignores the preceding continuity — well, the 10, 20 and 30 year anniversary sequels all did … Continue reading
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Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #alien, #halloween, #scream, #wes craven, aliens, H20: Halloween 20 Years Later, H40, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Michael Myers, The Shape, Venom
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Lights Out is an instant classic in every sense of the phrase
Lights Out is a stellar horror film that walks the line between terrifying and fun, but before that, it’s a happy ending for a genius short. After a pulse-pounding introduction in which a shadowy woman kills Paul (Billy Burke), Lights Out follows … Continue reading
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Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #jaws, #pixels, #teresa palmer, Billy Burke, Can't run from your problems, David F. Sandberg, Depression, Gabriel Bateman, Horror tropes, Lights Out, Lights Out is a standard but perfectly executed horror movie, Lights Out is an instant classic, Lights Out is one of the best representations of depression in modern media, Maria Bello, Run from your problems, Toxic friends
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Solid scares, likable cast, but Conjuring 2 is nothing new
Rhiannon Saegert @missmusetta If Insidious 4 The Conjuring 2 really is scarier than the original, it’s because by now, the people making these films have abandoned storytelling in favor of doing what they do best — decent scares. The film begins … Continue reading
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Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #annabelle, #conjuring2, #ghostbusters, #it follows, #james wan, amityville was a hoax, annabelle 2, aquaman, conjuring 2, dear god why is annabelle 2 happening, demon surprise, ghost hunters, Insidious, insidious 4, master filmmaker james wan, Oculus, Paranormal activity, paranormal investigators ed and lorraine warren, patrick wilson, the amityville horror, the babadook, The Conjuring 2 is fun, The Conjuring 2 is predictable, The James Wan checklist, vera farminga, woman in black
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Wes Craven dead at 76
Wes Craven, who destroyed and rebuilt horror as a genre almost once per decade over a 40 year career, died of brain cancer last night in his Los Angeles home. Craven is best known for his seminal works, 1972’s Last House on the Left, 1984’s A … Continue reading
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Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #last house on the left, #rip, #scream, #wes craven
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