I can remember it like it was yesterday. My mother was in the basement ironing. And I was down on my knees, begging shamelessly. This had gone for nearly an hour. She wasn’t even acknowledging me by then. Periodically she…
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With Halloween looming many Blu-ray companies trot out horror-themed fare and we’re lucky this month to see Freaks out from Criterion, plus the great Spanish shocker Tombs of the Blind Dead, Mario Bava’s gothic classic Black Sabbath, not to mention…
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I always thought author Thomas Hardy was one gloomy Gus, but I do agree with a quote attributed to him: “Fear is the mother of foresight.” Because there are some movies I have never had the guts to see. Sometimes…
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It’s ironic that the talk this weekend is the opening of The Exorcist: Believer, when the really brilliant, nightmarish film about demonic possession is also premiering- When Evil Lurks by the Argentine director Demian Rugna. Demian Rugna’s previous film- Terrified–…
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When people get stressed or anxious or depressed they reach for anything to alleviate the pain. Some grab a handful of pills. Others surrender to the pipe or a bottle. Some stretch for a loaded syringe. Or use an entire…
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