Solstice
Not all holiday traditions are merry and bright.
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The Zone of Interest (2023) Analysis
If you walked away from your first viewing of Best Picture nominee The Zone of Interest disappointed – good. That’s the point. Spoilers ahead.
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Top 20 Horror Films of 2023
20. Cobweb This film spins a beautiful web of atmosphere and tension. The action takes place in a gloomy, creaky old house where you can practically feel the monsters under the bed, in the closet – or in the walls. Woody Norman plays the role of dejected and perpetually horrified little boy wonderfully; you really care for him when his parents start acting more and more unhinged. Antony Starr in particular threads the needle between…
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Top 30 Horror Films of 2023
#30. There’s Something Wrong with the Children There’s nothing wrong with the family drama that is skillfully developed in the first third of this film, nor with the way the script weaves the supernatural horror of the second act into all the cracks in those relationships to see who breaks first. Some uneven acting and questionable decisions of the characters in the last act prevent this from getting any higher on this list, but don’t…
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Top 40 Horror Movies of 2023
#40. The Sacrifice Game #39. Night of the Hunted #38. Kids vs. Aliens #37. V/H/S/85 #36. Haunted Mansion #35. Cocaine Bear #34. It’s a Wonderful Knife Another entry in the surging high-concept-teen-slasher subgenre (ala Happy Death Day, Freaky, Totally Killer), but this one isn’t quite as fun of a ride. Justin Long and Joel McHale are somewhat wasted here, as the writing gives them very little to do and there isn’t much in the way…
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The 15 Worst Horror Movies of 2023 (that I saw)
Listen, there were certainly terrible horror movies that came out last year that I have no idea existed. I don’t intentionally go digging for bad films. In fact, I try to only watch movies that were recommended, or have some buzz, or have people working on them that I enjoy – or they have, at the very least, an interesting trailer. So saying “the worst” here is absolutely not fair – none of these movies…
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HAIKU FOR MORE MORPHINE
Marbled logbook rules: “Another forty minutes.” Mum moans and yellows. note: this is one of a series of poems in a chapbook I’m working on entitled “yellows”