Really Awful Movies

Suspiria

Every scene in Suspiria is like a gorgeous Instagram post. The beauty more than compensates for the self-indulgence. We find master strokes from Dario Argento, and a nano-thin plot that is an excuse to throw sumptuous visuals* at the viewer. The opening salvo is 15 minutes of a rain nightmare, a dream deluge that seemsContinue reading “Suspiria”

Backcountry

The reasons for fearing the outdoors in horror are four-fold: getting lost, hunted down by a slasher in the woods, accosted by a family of backwoods types, but rarely, getting attacked by an animal. Backcountry hints at two of these, and delivers a third. And each is done well enough that the flick could’ve takenContinue reading “Backcountry”