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Exhume ‘Corpse Bride’ for Forgotten Tim Burton Treat
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (2005) isn’t as celebrated as the stop-motion films Burton produced and/or directed before and since (more…
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‘A House of Dynamite’ Never Ignites
Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite” is so intense that I was compelled to keep watching, but it’s also a…
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Stephen King’s ‘Graveyard Shift’ Saved by Genre Fave
Ralph S. Singleton’s “Graveyard Shift” (1990) is the odd duck Stephen King film that was released in a banner year…
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‘Stitch Head’ Is Less than the Sum of Its Parts
Steve Hudson’s “Stitch Head” is a stop-motion animation comedy taking place in a world where monsters are created but instructed…
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Don’t Let a Man-Eating Tree Scare You from ‘The Guardian’
William Friedkin’s surreal, nasty 1990 horror film, “The Guardian” is not the 2006 movie starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher…
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‘Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh’ Made the Monster Matter
Bill Condon’s “Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh” (1995) succeeds in a different way from its predecessor, specifically how it is…
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How ‘Motel Hell’ Outdueled ‘Texas Chainsaw 2’
Both Roger Ebert and Joe Bob Briggs raved about Kevin Conner’s “Motel Hotel” (1980), which is why it went on…
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Few Movies Love Horror More than ‘Popcorn’
I once attended a retrospective screening of the original “Friday the 13th” where the audience was sprayed with “blood.” The…
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‘In the Mouth of Madness’ Is John Carpenter’s ‘Misery’
John Carpenter’s “In the Mouth of Madness” (1995) was immediately dismissed in theaters, as its brief theatrical run was met…
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‘Tremors’ – The Perfect Comedy-Horror Hybrid
The key to why Ron Underwood’s “Tremors” (1990) works so well is that it never forgets it’s a comedy. Yes,…
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