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Doctor Sleep (Flanagan 2019) Doctor Sleep is well shot and well paced, as we expect from Mike Flanagan. However, he cannot save a fatally flawed concept. This sequel to The Shining is unnecessary and it shows. While there is progress in terms of gender, age, and racial diversity, the film unfortunately also demonizes the poor … Continue reading "Doctor Sleep (2019)" The post Doctor Sleep (20...

3 From Hell (Zombie 2019) Zombie is back again, as zombies tend to do. Unfortunately, this Zombie (film) is a slow, tired, rehash rather than anything new or interesting. Zombie still has a strong sense of style, but there is little else here to keep interest other than the viewer’s nostalgia for the first two … Continue reading "3 From Hell (2019)" The post 3 From Hell (2019) appeared...

Crawl (Aja 2019) Lurking under our radar were creature features! We’ve risen to the occasion and dug into Alexandre Aja’s Crawl. While it does not have much social commentary, Crawl is an entertaining, well-made, jaunt with solid suspense and even a few jump scares. It features a very capable woman protagonist and some decent gore … Continue reading "Crawl (2019)" The post Crawl...

The Collective Nightmares podcast, sociologists talk horror. Marshall Smith, PhD and Laura Patterson PhD, discuss the 2019 film Ma directed by Tate Taylor and starring Octavia Spencer. The post Midsommar (2019) appeared first on Collective Nightmares .

Cannibal Holocaust (Deodata 1980) This episode we found a copy of the uncensored, undedited version of the classic Cannibal Holocaust. With a reputation for gore and publicity, this film sparked an intensely intellectual discussion of representation, ethics, realism, and meta-commentary in films. SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE TOPIC INDEX – Cannibal Holocaust (Deodato 1980) (times are approximate)...

The Perfection (Shepard 2018)   This episode was a wild card pick after Amazon Prime subtitles for Cannibal Holocaust failed us. Look for a future episode on that film. We went in cold and ended up being super impressed with the film. Using Laura’s strategy of looking for divisive films we dove in and are … Continue reading "The Perfection (2018)" The post The Perfection (2018) ap...