The Shining
I hadn’t really delved into Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining until my post college years. Now of course I’m a Stephen King fanatic, so suffice it to say I really love this movie. As one of the best in the horror genre, The Shining is an …
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Horror
The Substance
The Substance is possibly the most disgusting movie I’ve ever seen. That said, it’s also the most thought provoking film I’ve watched in a long, long time. The cinematic references, bless— call me a sucker for a carpet print from The Shining. But all in, …
Rosemary’s Baby
Every time I watch Rosemary’s Baby, I forget how furious it makes me. Sure, it’s scary and all, but the truly horrifying amount of gaslighting perpetrated against Rosemary evokes mostly feminine RAGE. If you haven’t seen the film, read on. Rosemary’s Baby follows a young …
Young Frankenstein
Here it is: my favorite Halloween movie and perhaps my favorite Mel Brooks film, Young Frankenstein. Fans of the director will immediately recognize hilarious throwbacks (and throw forwards) to his other movies– walk this way, wasn’t your hump.. on the other side?, etc. But of …
Return to Oz
Hi, hello, and welcome to a screening of perhaps the scariest “kids and family” movie ever made: Return to Oz. Trust me, it’s on lists. You’ve got mental institutionalization, Frankenstein-d animal/vegetable/furniture hybrid creatures (sometimes with or without a head), the witch actress from Willow, evil rock …
Beetlejuice
I read somewhere that Michael Keaton ad libbed 90% of his lines as Betelgeuse/Beetlejuice. That’s insane to me, because I consider it to be one of his best performances (it’s also his favorite role). And, the movie itself is still one of the funniest dark …
The Witches
I loved and feared The Witches as a child. It’s always been that moment early in the film, when “Ereeka’s” father sees the painting. CHILLING. But this is why I love late 80’s and early 90’s movies for children– they were often dark and absurdly …