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Big-screen erotic thrillers arguably peaked back in the late 80s and early 90s, both in quantity and quality, but connoisseurs of fleshy, murderous antics know that the subgenre isn’t quite dead. Deep Water (2022) and Fair Play (2023) both manage psychological thrills with a side of saucy nibblings — and both went straight to streaming. […]
Zombie movies — and I’m including aggressive infection movies like 28 Days Later (2002) and The Sadness (2021) under that umbrella term, too — usually share more than a few strands of horror film DNA. They introduce protagonists, drop them in growing nightmare of undead/infected masses, and leave us wondering how they’ll survive the murderous, […]
There are now seven entries in the V/H/S horror anthology franchise, and since 2021, each new arrival has come with two guarantees. They will world premiere at Austin’s Fantastic Fest, and they will be a mixed bag of highs and lows. This year’s V/H/S/Beyond once again fits the bill on both counts as its five […]
Action cinema is a vista filled with all manner of talents both in front of and behind the camera, delivering a vast array of delights ranging from fights and gun battles to vehicular carnage and epic stunts. There’s something for everybody, and for those who like exquisitely crafted fights in otherwise small, genre-fluid films, there’s […]