Tag Archives: Mystery
Deep Red (1975)
Dario Argento’s Deep Red (Profondo Rosso, 1975) is a suffocating film, as if you can slowly feel a noose tightening around your neck. Although it was not to be his last giallo, it’s perhaps his maximum giallo. It is also a horror … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Creepy Dolls, Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, David Hemmings, giallo, Goblin, horror, Italy, Mystery, psychic, Slasher
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Blue Velvet (1986)
In some alternate reality, Blue Velvet (1986) must have been David Lynch’s sophomore feature film, following Eraserhead (1977). That seems most logical in retrospect, given the Lynch we know now. But in the nine years separating the films, Lynch … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Brad Dourif, David Lynch, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Nance, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Mystery, Neo Noir, Night Club, Surreal, Torch Singer
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The Uninvited (1944)
Though it may not be strictly accurate, in many ways it feels that the haunted house genre was born with The Uninvited (1944). An indelible supernatural cocktail mixing equal parts the Old Dark House genre with Hitchcock & Selznick’s adaptation … Continue reading
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Tagged 40's, Haunted House, horror, Mystery, Ray Milland, seance
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