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M. Night Shyamalan by Angel Ackerman
M. Night Shyamalan Brings the Fear In our last movie review, my almost-fourteen-year-old daughter, Eva, and I watched Boys in Trees with the other parental unit. That review was difficult to write because of the intricacies of the ending. How do you discuss such a film without spoilers? I guess in reality you don’t. The film had…
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Top-13 Saddest Horror Films by Billy Crash
Top-13 Saddest Horror Films If the horror genre is all about doom and gloom and unhappy endings, it should come as no surprise that some films are just plain sad. Think of it as a final kick to the ribs or a twist of the knife when all’s said and done. These Top-13 Saddest Horror…
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“I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley” – SPLIT (2017) from Jonny Numb
[118 minutes. PG-13. Director: M. Night Shyamalan] ***This review contains SPOILERS*** While obvious, it bears repeating: M. Night Shyamalan hit hard with the Oscar-nominated The Sixth Sense in 1999. With the auteur put on a high pedestal so early in his career, it’s easy to imagine his subsequent films getting tripped up in a game…
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THE LAST KNOCK horror podcast presents: Coming of Age Horror
Coming of Age or Rage? It’s a new year and a new you, or something like that. But what if you’re a kid, a tween, caught between that no-man’s-land of prepubescence and burgeoning adulthood? Hell, we know that isn’t easy. Many Coming of Age Horror films indulge in kids caught in the transition. Unlike other…
