Double Blind

A bunch of people sequestered away and given experimental drugs? Is that an extended metaphor for COVID lockdowns? The Irish horror, Double Blind introduces us to the recondite Blackwood Pharmaceuticals through Claire, a surly 30-something test subject in it for a quick buck. And as the title/premise would suggest, Double Blind is a drug trialContinue reading “Double Blind”

Revisiting the Italian classic, Demons

“Whoever wears it becomes a demon!”“How do you know?”“It says here, ‘whoever wears it becomes a demon!’” Eat your heart out David Mamet. That is some of the sparkling dialogue that enervates an otherwise cracking feature and gateway drug into Italian horror cinema, Demons. Two college students are wandering around a Berlin train station, whenContinue reading “Revisiting the Italian classic, Demons”