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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 [...]
