Tag Archives: Fargo

Thirty-five Years Later: The Coen Brothers’ ‘Blood Simple’ (1984) Retro Review

Blood Simple tells of the way independent movies became dominant in the ’90s. It’s easy to look at Blood Simple as the little engine that could. The film was created by the dynamic duo of Joel and Ethan Coen, who are also known for Fargo (1996), No Country for Old …

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‘The Mermaid’s Song’ is a Dark Fairy Tale that Deconstructs the Princess Myth

The horror genre can always use more dark fairy tales, and while The Mermaid’s Song delivers the scares, they’re less grotesque, and more cerebral. And that’s exactly how I like them. Sure, the film has some body horror and kills, to be sure, but The Mermaid’s Song is at its …

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Cinepocalypse 2017 Presents: ‘Snowflake’ (2017), Germany’s Answer to Pulp Fiction

When asked to review films for Cinepocalypse 2017, I read through the list and realized that PopHorror had already written about a majority of the titles available. Of the remaining films, I picked two I had never heard of and hoped for the best. The first one I chose was …

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