Everyone has that one film that can quote entirety. For some, that film is The Princess Bride. For others, that film is Pulp Fiction. For me, that title belongs to Gore Verbinski’s 2002 film The […]
By MEAGHAN CLOHESSY The failure of John Erik Dowdle’s horror flick As Above, So Below can be told through trailers. The first trailer, shown in theaters, depicts a psychological thriller, each character facing nightmarish vestiges […]
Meaghan Clohessy In 2013, director James DeMonaco introduced audiences to The Purge– a story where, for one night each year, citizens murder each other without reprimand. This parallel future added fresh angles for fears of home invasion, […]
This post is part of the our weekly horror film column, The Retro Set Horror Corner. The success of James Wan’s The Conjuring has signaled a shift in horror. Popular horror films are departing from the […]
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