Horror – Page 70 – Really Awful Movies

When a Stranger Calls

Equal parts Don’t Answer the Phone! and Barfly, When a Stranger Calls also puts seedy LA front and center. And it gets down to business with what’s now become a time-honored horror trope, one exploited by Wes Craven in Scream: the woman home alone receiving threatening phone calls originating from the basement. Here, it’s Jill (CarolContinue reading “When a Stranger Calls”

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”