Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Friday, October 17, 2014

Slashtober 3-D (Part III): Curtains (1983) dir. Richard Ciupka

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Logline:  While in pre-production on his new film, director Johnathan Stryker (John Vernon) decides to ditch his old leading lady (Samant...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

A Dreadful Decade (Part VI): Amer (2009) dir. Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

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Logline:  A triptych of sex and death. In the first segment, Ana (Cassandra Forêt), a young girl, has strange and frightening encounters ...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

A Dreadful Decade (Part IV): Calvaire (2004) dir. Fabrice Du Welz

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a.k.a. The Ordeal Logline:  Heading to the south of the country to perform at a Christmas gala, corny traveling musician Marc Stevens...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A Dreadful Decade (Part III): Berberian Sound Studio (2012) dir. Peter Strickland

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Logline:  In this 1970s period piece, Gilderoy (Toby Jones), a successful sound engineer of English nature documentaries, is invited to...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

A Dreadful Decade (Part I): Left Bank (2008) dir. Pieter Van Hees

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a.k.a. Linkeroever Logline:  After being diagnosed with an inexplicable bout of chronic fatigue syndrome and dropping out of a big tr...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

ESSAY: No, YOU'RE Next: The Transformation of a Home Invasion Thriller

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Abstract: A consideration of the possible influence one little-known home invasion thriller had on another, much more well-regard...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

ESSAY: The Sacrament (2014), Willow Creek (2014), & the Shape of Found Footage Horror to Come

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Abstract :  An essay on the current state of the found footage subgenre of horror. Prognosis: Fatal, probably, but that death nerve...