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-20 posts tagged "horror"
Justin George | Monday, September 27, 2021
New Netflix limited series “Brand New Cherry Flavor” is a harrowing story following a young filmmaker as she navigates the process of securing a deal for her first Hollywood project. Showrunners Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion combine visceral gore effects, brilliant performances, excellent editing and a gripping plot to create a highly bingeable final product.
JP Spoonmore | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
From start to finish, James Wan’s new film “Malignant” pushes further into insanity through textbook scares and exemplary body horror. With great reveals, a bizarrely bombastic score and creepy action-set-pieces, this film achieves what every 90s horror flick wished it could be. Even the most absurd feels par for the course in its comically double-downed
JP Spoonmore | Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Deep beneath the rubble and ashes of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green lies a secret. Its history is written on the very souls of its last remaining residents, always lurking behind them. His face may change over time, but the name will always be remembered, along with that bloody hook. After almost 30 years since his original summoning,
Justin George | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
A brief primer on region coding before we begin: DVD and Blu-ray discs are coded by manufacturers to only work on players from certain regions, allowing for healthy competition amongst disc manufacturers around the world. However, this acts as a barrier to what film consumers and collectors can obtain. Region coding is the bane of
Justin George | Friday, April 9, 2021
David Prior’s “The Empty Man” hit theaters in October 2020 and despite being a film by 20th Century, it received no advertising or fanfare whatsoever, which naturally resulted in the film having a remarkably short theatrical run. There is no logical explanation as to why the film is relevant today. However, “The Empty Man” has
Colleen Fischer and Hannah Thomas | Thursday, April 1, 2021
I ran into someone with a book about Chinese folktales wrapped in a Barnes & Noble plastic bag in the elevator, and having just watched Ari Aster talk about folk horror components in his film “Midsommar,” I asked what she thought about him. I fell into the Ari Aster trap. What is the Ari Aster
Justin George | Friday, February 19, 2021
The world of horror is rife with films that play upon religious imagery, many of which are derivative of classics such as “The Exorcist” and “Rosemary’s Baby.” Going in, I was worried that “Saint Maud” might feel contrived or familiar much like many other films in this genre. I could not have been more wrong.
Ryan Israel, Jim Moster and Nick Brigati | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
There are 10 days until Halloween, and Scene is here to provide you with three essential horror films to watch during spooky season! “Hereditary” By Ryan Israel, Scene Editor Since its release just over two years ago, “Hereditary” has entered nearly every conversation on the genre of horror. If you mention you’re a fan of
Gina Twardosz | Thursday, April 16, 2020
In the first episode of David Lynch’s series “Twin Peaks,” prom queen Laura Palmer is D.O.A. She’s beauty, she’s grace and she’s wrapped in a plastic bag, blue in the face. It’s a horror comedy that kills off its protagonist as a catalyst for the absurdity that follows. But, is it so absurd to see
Gina Twardosz | Monday, November 4, 2019
October’s over and, while some of your friends might have already started playing Christmas music, if you’re like me, you might still be looking to watch one last strange and creepy show to close out spooky szn. Undeniably, one of the most recent comedy series to completely hit the mark while still being creative and