Really Awful Movies

Suspiria 2018

When The Rite of Spring premiered in 1911, Parisians cat-called, protested and even brawled in the audience. It’s hard to think of something as genteel as the ballet eliciting such reactions today. But here we are with Suspiria 2018, the balletic ballet horror film which has bifurcated gore-hounds. Luckily, nobody’s come to blows. Oscar WildeContinue reading “Suspiria 2018”

Horror Movie Dictionary: Arrow

ARROW: An arrow in horror films is both a career vector, a weapon, and a metaphor. When it comes to actors, many became famous after slumming it in horror films, which at the time in terms of prestige, ranked marginally above daytime soaps and porn. Julia Louis-Dreyfus uttered a handful of words in Woody Allen’sContinue reading “Horror Movie Dictionary: Arrow”