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Film Review: “Border” — Memorable Swedish Gothicism
Border memorably skims the border between reality and the supernatural, examining the irreconcilable division between the civilized and the perverse.
WATCH CLOSELY: Netflix’s “Dark” — Childhood Horrors, Revisited
Dark is not a German version of Stranger Things; its historical vision is distinctive.
Film Commentary: October — A Month of Horror, Multiplying
I love subtlety, and beauty, and trash, and terror, in equal measure.
Visual Arts: “It’s Alive!” — Undying Terror
A terrifically fun — when not spine-tingling — exhibition of horror and sci-fi memorabilia.
Film Review: “The Devil’s Candy” — Wouldst Thou Like to Die, Deliciously?
Horror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their viscera quiver should not miss this one.
Film Review: “At the Devil’s Door” — Satan Never Naps
The highest praise for the way the great cinematographer Bridger Nielson has lit the film’s haunted house..
Film Round-up: Halloween Scarefests on the Silver Screen
In the coming week there will be screenings of a variety of horror films from over the decades — you choose how you want your spine tingled. And don’t forget to dress up
Movie Review: Beware the Tire From Hell
That Rubber fails to accomplish much of interest is really a shame. Call it a waste of potential: this film is, perhaps in spite of itself, sharply current—an ideal cinematic concept of the Internet age, self-consciousness gone a muck. Rubber. Directed by Quentin Dupieux. At Kendall Square Cinema. By Taylor Adams French director Quentin Dupieux’s […]
Theater Review: An Epic Tale of Pursuer and Pursued — NT Live’s “Frankenstein”
In this compelling stage version of “Frankenstein,” urgency of revenge pushes forward, murder upon murder. Creature and Doctor merge in immorality. Both are playing God in their command of life and death. Sharing roles is the meaning of this theatrical experience. This is their message and their show.