The Unsuccessful From Beyond is At Least Made With Love
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OCTOBER
Star: Peter Lorre
Theme: Hell is Round the Corner
Movie of the Month:
Original Cast Album: Company
THE FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Stuart Gordon's follow-up to Re-Animator doesn't quite work, but the filmmaker's delight in what he's making can be infectious.
By BLAKE PETERSON / October 26, 2020
MOVIES of the WEEK
By BLAKE PETERSON
This vampire movie is unusually serious and fascinatingly experimental — sometimes to its detriment.
The Singular Style of Ganja & Hess
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CLIP of the WEEK
THE LOADED CONTRADICTIONS OF "HOWARDS END"
This ambitious Merchant-Ivory production feels equal parts expansive and intimate.
September 28, 2020
THE REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH OF "BORN IN FLAMES"
Lizzie Borden's searing, sci-fi-tinged political drama deftly blends genres and ideas.
September 24, 2020
HOW FAR IS TOO FAR FOR KEN RUSSELL? ON "THE DEVILS"
Religious hypocrisy is unrelentingly scrutinized in this over-the-top horror movie.
September 21, 2020
IT'S GONNA RAIN
"I May Destroy You" and "Selling Sunset."
September 8, 2020
CRUEL SUMMER
Vacations from hell with "La Collectionneuse," "Long Weekend," and "La Ciénaga."
September 2, 2020
"ICHI THE KILLER" BELABORS THE POINT
October 23, 2020
DISNEY'S "THE BLACK HOLE" IS TOO INTERESTING TO BE LABELED A "STAR WARS" KNOCKOFF
October 22, 2020
I THINK, THEREFORE YOU ARE: "IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS" AND "VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN"
October 20, 2020
"THE RAVEN" IS LIKE REALLY GOOD FAN FICTION
October 19, 2020
PHOTO of the WEEK
"Messiah of Evil" is One of the Best Horror Movies of the 1970s
October 16, 2020
"Cuadecuc, vampir" is Thrillingly Unclassifiable
October 15, 2020
Splat!: "Zombi 2" and "The House by the Cemetery"
October 13, 2020
The Gleeful Creepiness of "Mad Love"
October 12, 2020
A Horror-Anthology Anthology: "Tales from the Crypt," "Two Evil Eyes," and "Tales from the Hood"
October 7, 2020
