What exactly makes horror, horror? There’s a constant debate in horror fandom about what makes a horror movie. Or rather, how do you define a horror movie? What elements do you believe it has to have in order to be considered a part of the genre? With movies like Silence …
Read More »Head To Toe In High Murder: ‘Dressed To Kill’ (1980) Retro Review
Brian DePalma’s Dressed To Kill (1980) is a complicated whirlwind of a slasher film released during the first real wave of slasher films. There are some real legends in this film, including Michael Caine (The Dark Knight 2008, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988), Angie Dickinson (Oceans Eleven 2001, Even Cowgirls Get …
Read More »Countdown: 11 of the Darkest, Most Twisted Action Movie Scenes
Genre sticklers, beware! Some movies are more genre fluid than others, and certain action movie scenes could fit into any horror movie. Here’s a list of 11 such movie scenes, arranged in order of bleakness! The criteria for list rank: 1. How many people a scene would hypothetically impact. The …
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