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3/3/10: Wow...it's been well over two weeks since my last update, meaning I'm even later than usual. So much for my determination to update twice a week...
New Reviews:
PEEPING TOM: This 1960 British sickie is one of the great thrillers of all time, and still a groundbreaking shocker!
RETURN TO OZ: One of the great scary kid movies of the 1980s, an enchanting but extremely dark and effecting fantasy with an excellent lead performance by 9-year-old Fairuza Balk.
PINOCCHIO AND THE EMPEROR OF THE NIGHT: More freaky eighties kid movie stuff, this one a dark animated sequel to PINOCCHIO that outdoes the original in oddity and nightmarishness.
STALKER: In my view Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece, a profoundly affecting dreamscape that's so rich and atmospheric it qualifies as a great movie despite its flaws.
THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM: Goofy eighties comedy-horror, not the best film of director Ken Russell by any means but still worth a look.
EPIDEMIC: An early feature by Lars von Trier that's pretentious and annoying...and so frankly pretty worthless!
New Commentary:
ANDREI TARKOVSKY: HORRORMEISTER?: On Russia's late, great Andrei Tarkovsky, and his evident preference for the "lower" genres.
Selected Past Reviews:
GOTHIC: Another eighties horror flick by Ken Russell.
ANTICHRIST: A horror fest by Lars von Trier that's far, far better than EPIDEMIC!
CORALINE: More scary kid movie madness--and unlike PINOCCHIO AND THE EMPEROR OF THE NIGHT, this one's a legitimately good movie!
HORNS By JOE HILL: A book I reviewed last month has finally hit bookstore shelves!
Selected Past Commentary:
THE RED BOOK OF CARL JUNG: A look at the history of Carl Jung's long-suppressed visionary touchstone THE RED BOOK, as well as its beyond-bizarre contents.