Vicente Aranda’s Spanish horror film, The Blood Spattered Bride, begins with a scene in which a…
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10 best Giallo films
The “Giallo” film genre emerged in the mid-to-late 1960s, and it peaked in popularity in the…
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Late Night with the Devil (2023) review – Though wildly engaging for the most part, the film runs out of ideas towards the end
Late Night with the Devil, written, directed, and edited by an Australian filmmaking duo, Colin Cairnes…
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Blood and Black Lace (1964) review – A landmark film in the Giallo genre
Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace, one of the earliest Giallo films, is still regarded as…
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The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971) review – An engaging Giallo film that contains all the genre’s defining characteristics
With films like All the Colors in the Dark (1972), Torso (1973), Your Vice is a…
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Kuroneko (1968) review – A hauntingly beautiful Japanese period horror film that serves as a perfect companion piece to Onibaba
Kuroneko, directed by Kaneto Shindo and based on a supernatural folktale, is a hauntingly beautiful Japanese…
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The Guardian (1990) review – William Friedkin tries his best, but a thin storyline and uninteresting characters drag the film down
In “The Guardian,” although the director William Friedkin tries his best, a thin storyline and uninteresting…
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Deathdream (1974) review – A low-budget horror film that effectively portrays the ill effects of a useless war on ordinary people
Deathdream is a 1974 horror film directed by Bob Clarke (who also made Black Christmas (1974)…
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House of Darkness (2022) review – Neil LaBute’s comedy horror film is predictable and takes too long to get to the point
House of Darkness, directed by Neil LaBute, is a comedy-horror film that suffers from a weak…
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Last Stop on the Night Train (1975) review – A well-executed dark and twisted Italian rape-revenge horror film
Director Aldo Lado combines Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring (1960) and Wes Craven’s The Last House…
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