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- What You Know Can Hurt You
In mentioning The Strangers yesterday, I began to think about a recent trend in horror movies: the “everyman” as ruthless killer. While the 80’s brought us unstoppable beings of pure evil (Jason, Freddy, Myers, etc.), no such figure has emerged in recent years. Instead the cinema has presented us with villains that could [...]
- If At First You Don’t Succeed
Recently my friend Austin, who is staunchly anti-horror movie, mentioned that he was somewhat intrigued by the above trailer for The Last House on the Left, a remake of Wes Craven’s 1972 film. (He’s producing this one.) While Austin doesn’t have a personal vendetta against the horror genre, he finds it difficult to swallow the [...]
- “LOST” in Thought (Week One)
After each week’s episode, I’ll address some questions that it posed, both comical and serious.
- Category Five: 5 Chilling Moments From Zombie Movies
Recently a horror short story that I wrote was purchased by a website that does audio podcasts of such stories, and it was posted the other day. Please check it out if you have a moment and let me know what you think. (I’ll be adding a text version of the story to this site [...]
- Good For Nothing
Considering that it’s more of a life-long obsession, it might be inaccurate to say that I’m currently on a Clint Eastwood kick. But after taking in a second viewing of Gran Torino, I was inspired to finally watch his telling of the battle of Iwo Jiwa that spans two films, Flags of Our Fathers and [...]
- Films of 2008
I saw 33 films that were released last year. Here they are ordered from the least enjoyable to my favorite, with a few words of wisdom about each.
