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Why We Love “Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments”, 16 Years Later

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 23, 2020October 25, 2020

“There are moments created by master filmmakers … that infuse our nightmares…” We fondly revisit Bravo’s frightful miniseries.

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Why I Suffered Through The Exorcist III

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Find out why this horror nerd endured a pointless sequel, why George C. Scott is a bad detective, why this hospital is terrible, and why this is almost a good movie.

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90s Teen Slashers: ‘Scream’

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on June 12, 2020November 11, 2020

In 1996, Scream entered the failing horror scene with an established horror director but completely new everything else. It paid off then–how does it hold up now?

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90s Teen Slashers: ‘Urban Legend’

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on May 22, 2020November 11, 2020

Unlike its peers, ‘Urban Legend’ isn’t trying too hard. One might say it isn’t trying at all. The only ‘challenging’ aspect is keeping track of its internal urban myth bingo.

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90s Teen Slashers: ‘Final Destination’

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on May 13, 2020November 11, 2020

A great movie to emphasize ‘fuck death!’ Originally a draft X-Files script, Final Destination was supposed to be an ‘anti-slasher’ movie. It’s an anti-something, all right. It gets crazy, it gets dumb. Let’s die-ve into Death’s Die-sign!

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90s Teen Slashers: ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on May 5, 2020November 11, 2020

I Know What You Did Last Summer is ‘prime’ teen slasher horror. Our cast is quintessentially 90s. The villain cloaked in an improbable, vaguely menacing costume. The script has the depth of a puddle. It is not a good product. But it is entertainingly mock-able.

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Why The Lodge Offers Cold Comfort

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on February 23, 2020

The Lodge has offerings that any horror fan can appreciate—creepy dolls, 80s home-videos, cults, clips from The Thing, etc. But it is a bleak jaunt to the cinema.

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Why Gretel & Hansel gets Lost

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on February 2, 2020

“Let me tell you something about these tattoos, okay? That is Wiccan, that is Icelandic, that is Jewish, that’s just gibberish. They are completely conflicting ideologies, and that does not make you a wicked witch, it makes you full of shit!”

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Why It ’s A Classic: Psycho

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

‘Psycho’ captures a portrait of America at a particular point in time, but also speaks to universal themes in American fiction.

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Why Doctor Sleep should Take Its Medicine

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on November 12, 2019November 20, 2019

The Overlook could be a great horror monster that returns with familiar schtick and inventive ways to terrify you. That is not what ‘Doctor Sleep’ chooses to do.

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