Tag: horror
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Honoring Poe: Netflix’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ masterfully weaves the legend’s works into a modern horror story
It’s been a long time since I’ve read the works of Edgar Allan Poe, back in my high school and college days—so long that I forgot just how messed up and morbid his stuff could be. Director-producer Mike Flanagan hasn’t forgotten, as evidenced in his scary, twisted, modern take on Poe in The Fall of…
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A horror travesty: Everyone involved with ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ should be deeply ashamed
Director David Gordon Green was a reliable auteur through his 2018 Halloween reboot. I liked that first chapter of his Halloween revamp—but the final two chapters of his trilogy kind of sucked. Despite how that trilogy ended, there were reasons to hold out some hope for Green. After all, the guy made Pineapple Express and…