Short Film Showcase: The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
When I reviewed Perfect Blue recently, I bemoaned the lack of animated horror films. Well, here’s a great example of just how scary animation can be when it gets the chance. Let’s run down the list of...
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In J.A. Bayona’s El Orfanato (2007), the main character is sure her house is haunted. The husband, like so many horror movie husbands before (and after) him, refuses to believe in all this illogical...
View ArticleTerror Ahoy!
Between 1942 and 1946, Val Lewton’s production unit at RKO made nine of the sharpest, most influential horror movies of all time. His films never cease to amaze me in how literate they are, how much...
View ArticleThe House of Burgess Meredith
Emboldened by Jovanka Vuckovic’s favorite horror movies, Ashley and I went ahead last night and watched The Sentinel (1977). It’s a pretty weird movie, if not entirely successful, with a hodgepodge of...
View ArticleShort Film Showcase: Creep
Lately, Ashley and I have been enjoying FEWDIO Horror, a collection of short independent horror films. They’re of widely varying quality, but since most of them are 3-5 minutes long, it’s an...
View ArticleThe End Is Extremely Fucking Nigh
From its first scene, Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. It’s a film of extreme highs and extreme lows, often in very close proximity. With surprising swiftness,...
View ArticleThe Best and Worst of the Treehouse of Horror
As part of my pre-Halloween festivities, I’ve been watching Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror” episodes. Well, I recently finished rewatching all 21 of them! Believe me, that’s not an easy task, especially...
View ArticleAddicted to Fear, or Why I Am a Horror Junkie
It’s Halloween. The best holiday of the year. So I’d like to wax autobiographical for a minute here, and talk about my own personal relationship with the horror genre. If you’ve spent any time peeking...
View ArticleA last-minute Halloween treat
Here’s a fun fact: I sometimes watch movies, but don’t write about them online. Right now, however, I’d like to correct that discrepancy. As October inches closer and closer to its official end...
View ArticleThank you for joining the Halloween Countdown!
A huge thanks (and a cyber-hug) to anyone and everyone who dropped by Pussy Goes Grrr during our month-long horror extravaganza. It was a lot of fun, and please stick around for the rest of the year!...
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