Neil Jordan’s first feature film as writer-director mostly works – it’s about 80% successful in its careful portrayal of an Irish saxophonist (Stephen Rea) who goes on a revenge spree after his manager and a deaf mute are killed by a local gang that may have connections above street-level…
After the success of Cal (1984), director pat O’Connor shifted to a film version of J.L. Carr’s quiet bromance A Month in the Country, in which two WWI vets strike up a moving friendship and attempt to move on with life in spite of lingering trauma from life in the trenches…
Belgian Jonas Govaerts’ feature film debut is a sleek homage to the forest slasher sub-genre, as presented with the sounds and imagery of a John Carpenter production, and while the finale has its share of problems, as a mood piece it’s a fairly satisfying work featuring a strong cast and a provocative premise of whether a troubled child can resist feral urges when pushed to the limits self-preservation…
Filmed in 1964 but unreleased until 1967, Jack Hill’s first solo gig as writer-director remains a highly influential horror comedy, even though the director describes it as a story of unconditional love.
In terms of its comedic tone, Hill seemed to take some inspiration from the Roger Corman’s Bucket of Blood (1959) and The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)…
Back in 2009, a contest challenged members of an internet forum to create “paranormal characters” from photos of “ordinary” people. The character with an enduring legacy was The Slender Man, created by Eric Knudsen (under nom de plume Victor Surge), whose design – a tall, slender figure dressed in a suite with an obfuscated or virtually faceless head…
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