I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
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Film Review: I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

The participation of Romania during World War II will likely go over the head of many. Depends what you’ve read. Or where you’re from. The…

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The Souvenir
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Review: Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (2019)

In the opening of The Souvenir, we are gifted some black and white footage of Sunderland, a northern English city, as Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne…

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The Exorcist
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Film Road to Halloween: The Horror Masterpiece that is The Exorcist (1973)

Often I wonder with a kind of disappointed enthusiasm, what it was like to actually be around to see some of cinema’s greatest motion pictures…

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Possession
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Film Road to Halloween: There’s No Film Quite Like Possession (1981)

Possession opens in West Berlin, the crosses implanted into the ground to commemorate the dead, and the dividing wall very much a part of the…

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Angst
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Film Road to Halloween: Angst (1983) Will Leave You Creepily Shaken And Stirred

As noted back when we did our Year in Film series last year, there’s a general feel about 1983. That the commercial film world took…

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The Wolf Man
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Film Road to Halloween: The Wolf Man (1941)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 1 day to…

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The Uninvited
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Film Road to Halloween: The Uninvited (1944)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 1 day to…

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Wounds
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Wounds (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 2 days to…

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Under the Shadow
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Film Road to Halloween: Under the Shadow (2016)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 3 days to…

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Mandy
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Mandy (2018) A crazy and classic Cage

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…

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Film Road to Halloween: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…

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Ready or Not
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Film Road to Halloween: Ready or Not (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…

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Lake Bodom
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Film Road to Halloween: Lake Bodom (2016)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 5 days to…

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The Invisible Man
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: The Invisible Man (1933)

The Invisible Man is probably the most devilish, and darkly funny film in the Universal pantheon of classic monsters. It’s a film where you can sense…

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