Having a character be mute is a clever, albeit annoying way to propel a narrative. In the horror genre, it’s a conceit that’s typically a response to trauma, as in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, or in Umberto Lenzi’s giallo Knife in Ice, whose lead witnessed her parents’ death in a train crashContinue reading “Knife in Ice”
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Saturday Night Fever
With its iconic suit and lapels that look like if they flapped hard enough they’d send a wearer skyward Saturday Night Fever comes with a lot of fashion baggage, that’s for sure. However, what most people who haven’t seen it would not be aware of, this disco flick is more like Saturday Night’s Alright forContinue reading “Saturday Night Fever”
