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Popcorn Cinema: Santa Slashers John E. Meredith Popcorn Cinema December 19, 2015 0 6There is a special subgenre of the Christmas horror movie that fills our twisted hearts with tidings of comfort and joy: the Santa Slashers.
Popcorn Cinema: Krampus (2015) John E. Meredith Popcorn Cinema December 12, 2015 0 13Krampus is being touted as a Christmas horror classic, like Gremlins, but it doesn't feel that cohesive for me.
Popcorn Cinema: Santa Claus, Doo Doo, and Rare Exports (2010) John E. Meredith Popcorn Cinema December 5, 2015 0 3RARE EXPORTS is a bit like THE THING. If, instead of Kurt Russell, it starred the kid from A CHRISTMAS STORY.
Psycho 7: Marvel Women We Need Onscreen Now! Adam Barraclough, Alex Wolfe, Jamie Gerber, Jamil Scalese, John E. Meredith, Kelvin Green, Rick Shingler, Scott Delahunt We Got Lists November 26, 2015 0 41With the success of Agent Carter, the kick-ass ladies of Agents of SHIELD, and this week’s release of Jessica Jones, Marvel...
Popcorn Cinema: Valhalla Rising (2009) John E. Meredith Popcorn Cinema November 21, 2015 0 12In VALHALLA RISING. The pagans are violent. The Christians are violent. Even the native people in the New World . . . are violent.
Popcorn Cinema: The Peanuts Movie (2015) John E. Meredith Popcorn Cinema November 14, 2015 0 7The filmmakers got that much right, even if their story ultimately fell short of the original PEANUTS.
Popcorn Cinema: The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) John E. Meredith Popcorn Cinema November 7, 2015 0 22John kicks off POPCORN CINEMA with a look back at 1973's The Spirit of the Beehive.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 31 – Trick ‘r Treat John E. Meredith Movies October 31, 2015 1 18Michael Dougherty's TRICK 'r TREAT is a chain of interlocking tales, like a perfectly timed watch that's permanently set on the witching hour.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 30 – Going to Pieces John E. Meredith Movies October 30, 2015 0 12GOING TO PIECES is a historical and critical look at the much-maligned slasher films that really took off in the early '80s.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 29 – The Danse Macabre John E. Meredith Movies October 29, 2015 1 10So dim the lights, cue the music, and bring on the horror of the Danse Macabre.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 28 – Christine John E. Meredith Movies October 28, 2015 0 12There is a spark, then flames. Christine pulls out of the inferno, completely engulfed in flames.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 27 – Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II John E. Meredith Movies October 27, 2015 0 12Prom Night II is a funhouse mirror reflection of about twelve better movies, a drunken misremembering of CARRIE and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 26 – Heavenly Creatures John E. Meredith Movies October 26, 2015 0 27While it's not my favorite Jackson film, Heavenly Creatures is probably the one where he's drawn the most realistic characters.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 25 – Clownhouse John E. Meredith Movies October 25, 2015 0 10Well, somehow I missed all of this molestation business until after I had already seen CLOWNHOUSE a couple times.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 24 – The Rapture & The Devils John E. Meredith Movies October 24, 2015 0 8Roger Ebert called Michael Tolkin's THE RAPTURE "one of the most radical, infuriating, engrossing, challenging movies" he had ever seen.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 23 – Ginger Snaps John E. Meredith Movies October 23, 2015 0 29In Ginger Snaps, the girls are showing us how good a werewolf movie can be.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 22 – The Stendhal Syndrome John E. Meredith Movies October 22, 2015 0 8THE STENDHAL SYNDROME isn't my favorite Argento. Like just about everyone else, that would probably be SUSPIRIA or DEEP RED.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 21 – Funny Games John E. Meredith Movies October 21, 2015 2 5In Funny Games, a couple of decent-looking, seemingly well-educated young men force their way into the cottage of Anna and Georg Schober.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 20 – Threads John E. Meredith Movies October 20, 2015 0 5THREADS is not found on many top-twenty horror lists, though it’s much scarier than any axe-wielding maniac or demon-infected child.
31 Days of Halloween 2015: Day 19 – Paperhouse John E. Meredith Movies October 19, 2015 0 10When it came out in the late '80s, PAPERHOUSE was hailed as "the thinking person's NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET," but that doesn't paint the right picture.
