Not to be a downer, but a lot of people are gonna get that ‘rona on Halloween. Bars will be packed, booze will be plentiful and good choices will be few and far between, so if you don’t feel like playing around with all that, I’ve made you a list of spookies you can check […]
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The Sommartime Blues
“Midsommar” disturbs to the core
The best horror movies can usually be described in a sentence. A killer shark terrorizes a beachfront community. A knife-wielding masked killer stalks horny teenagers. A young woman gets pregnant with the anti-Christ. They’re simple setups that use that brevity of plot to either wring terror out of the mundane or explore some deeper thematic […]
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The Frogurt is Also Cursed
Child’s Play reboot steals too much
I realize that most of the people headed to see the reboot of “Child’s Play” aren’t really going to care about this, but indulge me in a quick rant about the state of remakes, sequels, reboot-quels, pre-makes, re-imaginings and se-boots. The original “Child’s Play” came out in November 1988 and focused on a mortally wounded serial […]
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The Weeping Woman
"The Curse of La Llorona" conjures a few good scares
I like taking my dad to horror movies because they scare the absolute hell out of him—and, at heart, because I’m a terrible person. But what I find really fascinating is that it’s impossible to predict the ones that will really creep him out versus the ones that won’t bother him in the slightest. “Annabelle: Creation” […]
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Sometimes Dead is Better
Pet Sematary Digs Up Some New Terrors
Everyone knows horror legend and icon Stephen King can craft a tale so chilling it lingers in the collective consciousness with the staying power of urban legend. But those who write him off as nothing but a master of schlock are missing out on his equally expert grasp of character and normalcy. It isn’t the […]
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Saving Private Dyin’
Overlord forgets to scare
When film nerds talk about the movies that changed their lives, it’s usually something classic that did it to them, like “Citizen Kane,” “Jaws” or “Stalker.” These are movies that change the way you not only view cinema, but also reshape your brain into something more interesting and adaptable. For me, it wasn’t some piece […]
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The Shape of You
Halloween again for the very first time
When I was in fifth grade, my mom got married to a man with two boys—one my own age and one several years older. We all moved to a big ranch house with a barn and an old Quonset hut filled with bits of scrap metal, broken records and cobwebs. My older step-brother moved out […]
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Terror in the Blood
“Hereditary” will mess you up
Horror movies are a lot like Frankenstein’s monster. They’re ugly and scary, but mostly misunderstood; shambling through the village inspiring terror when all they want is to be held. It’s a genre that’s never earned the respect it deserves because it’s seen as disposable, a forgettable diversion to have in the background while we Netflix […]
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Scare Your Pants Off
The Source’s picks for Halloween flicks, no matter what the crowd
Another Halloween is here and you know what that means! Well, yes, a bunch of sexy Ken Bone costumes, but also it means watching a few horror movies. Even people who can’t stand being scared will rock a horror movie or two for this season. But here’s the thing: “Horror” is a pretty wide and […]