Psychological Horror – Page 9

Double Feature: The Awakening (2011) and The Canal (2014)

December 4, 2022

Quite by accident, today’s double feature happens to consist of two films from the UK: the 2011 classically-structured English mystery/ghost story The Awakening, and the more modern-expressionist Irish murder-demon tale from 2014, The Canal. While neither of them was particularly original plot-wise, there was a great deal to enjoy in both films, and I have few qualms … More Double Feature: The Awakening (2011) and The Canal (2014)

Movies: The Driller Killer (1979)

December 3, 2022

The 1979 film The Driller Killer is probably as well known as it is due to the fact that it was one of the most often-cited movies to appear on the UK’s infamous “video nasties” list; and in fact, according to a guy named Mike Bor, who at the time was the Principal Examiner at … More Movies: The Driller Killer (1979)

Movies: Braid (2018)

December 1, 2022

I don’t recall exactly when I was first made aware of the 2018 film Braid; I’m pretty sure I read about it on one of those periodic lists that different horror sites put up, listing “best horror movies of the 2010s” or similar, which I tend to peruse from time to time for ideas on … More Movies: Braid (2018)

Double Feature: Clown (2014) and Mercy (2014)

November 27, 2022

Today’s double slice of horror goodness runs the gamut from scary killer clowns to…well, scary killer grandmas. I never said it was a particularly wide gamut, did I? On we go. So, back in 2010, cheeky monkey movie-writing-and-directing dudes Jon Watts and Christopher D. Ford made a fake trailer for a fake horror movie called Clown, … More Double Feature: Clown (2014) and Mercy (2014)

My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1978

November 26, 2022

We’ve reached the year of 1978, the year I turned six years old, and once again, I have a whole smorgasbord of horror goodies to choose from, necessitating another long list of honorable mentions. So before we get into the entrées, I offer a few hors d’oeuvres in the form of the very decent sequel … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1978

Movies: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

November 26, 2022

When you look back on it, 1960 was a hell of a year for horror. Three movies in particular that were released that year made a massive impact on the genre going forward, and I’d argue that their influence is still felt everywhere today. Two of these films were, of course, Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal Psycho, … More Movies: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Fiction: Winter House

November 22, 2022

Upon opening her eyes, Lorna would always see the same thing: The floors, the walls, the ceiling, all sparkling with frost in the darkness like the inside of a candy sugar house, still and white and glinting in the light of the silver moon. Icicles dangling like delicate blown glass, reflecting her image in miniature, … More Fiction: Winter House

Book vs Movie: No One Gets Out Alive

November 17, 2022

A while back, over on my other channel 13 O’Clock, I did a review of Adam Nevill’s 2015 chunker of a novel, No One Gets Out Alive, which I absolutely loved; it was one of my favorite horror novels in recent memory. Not only were the setting and the characters so vividly drawn that I … More Book vs Movie: No One Gets Out Alive

Movies: Barbarian (2022)

November 3, 2022

So I’d been noticing a lot of interest and buzz surrounding the 2022 film Barbarian, which premiered at San Diego Comic-Con last summer, but I wasn’t entirely sure what the nature of the buzz was, and I hoped I’d be able to keep it that way until I actually got around to seeing the thing, … More Movies: Barbarian (2022)

Books: The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates

November 1, 2022

Ever since I started getting back into reading horror fiction over the past couple of years, I kept noticing the name Darcy Coates popping up all over the place. I don’t know a great deal about her, other than the fact that she’s Australian and seems to write a shit-ton of books in the gothic … More Books: The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates

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