Category: horror

A Woman Possessed: Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath

It’s October, so you know what that means: I’m back on my What Lies Beneath bullshit. It seems I’m beginning to make a habit out of posting about it every October. Well, that’s only natural because the 2000 supernatural thriller, directed by Robert Zemeckis, combines three of my favorite things: Michelle Pfeiffer, autumn in New … Continue reading A Woman Possessed: Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath →

Trick ‘r Treat

Stop by your local Spirit Halloween during Samhain season and you’re guaranteed to find the annual pop-up store stuffed full of merchandise from the Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street films. These venerable horror institutions have been around for forty-five, forty-three, and thirty-nine years, respectively. Yet, right alongside merch from those classics, … Continue reading Trick ‘r Treat →

All the Colours of Edwige Fenech

This December, on Christmas Eve, French-Italian actress and producer Edwige Fenech turns 75, which offers as good a reason as any to celebrate this living legend. If you’ve never so much as dipped a toe in the beautiful and strange world of 1970s Italian giallo films, you might be questioning that “living legend” assertion. For … Continue reading All the Colours of Edwige Fenech →

Summer Vibing, Autumn Dreaming

With the summer solstice just a few days ago, I’m trying to live in the moment and appreciate summer while it’s here. You know me though, always with a third eye towards the next season, my beloved autumn. After all, we’re just a scant four months from Halloween. Speaking of beloved, my favorite autumnal deity, … Continue reading Summer Vibing, Autumn Dreaming →

Lost and Found: Fright Night Part 2

For a stretch in the 1980s you couldn’t visit the multiplex without tripping over vampires in the lobby. The Lost Boys, Near Dark, and The Hunger are among the classics of the era. Tom Holland’s Fright Night (1985) ranks near the top of that crowded field. A near-perfect horror comedy—a genre-blend that was perfected in … Continue reading Lost and Found: Fright Night Part 2 →