Adam Wingard's 'You're Next' upends nearly every horror trope imaginable, making for an impossible to replicate home-invasion slasher
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Reel Rap’s Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ (1994)
Reel Rap talks 'Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,' a too-wonderful for words film that captures the unique appeal of an “actor-turned-director.”
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In 'Hangover Square,' Laird Cregar shows that a career in the arts will drive you mad. But oh, what music you will make...
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An under-appreciated work from Romero's early years, The Crazies is his rag-tag and darkly comic look at small town America in crisis
Full StoryEight-Legged Enemies: Spiders and the Fear of Self
Spiders are a mainstay of visual horror, but Through A Glass Darkly, Spider, and Enemy use spiders as totems of identity and discovery
Full Story‘Joys!’: When Bob Hope Made A Giallo Movie
Which is scarier: the whims, wounded ego of a fading Vaudevillian or the pitiless hands of a prowling killer? Bob Hope's Joys dares to ask.
Full StoryOctober Horror 2020
From Bob Hope's mansion to The Last House on Dead End Street, the terror reaches everywhere in October Horror 2020.
Full Story‘Sink or Swim’: A Reel Rap Tribute
For the 30th anniversary of Sink or Swim, the hosts of Reel Rap penned tributes to this groundbreaking work of autobiographical filmmaking.
Full StorySu Friedrich Reflects on 30 Years of ‘Sink or Swim’
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Friedrich's landmark autobiographical film we spoke with the filmmaker about the production.
Full StoryDrew Daniel Discusses The Soft Pink Truth’s Purpose in 2020
With two new releases out under his Soft Pink Truth moniker, Daniel discusses making blissful art in dark days and the nostalgic cosplay of cover songs A lot of people...
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