Picture it. Sicily, 1486. Come for the Fulci, stay for the Golden Girls references. While hardly the Golden Era when it comes to Il Maestro’s work, Demonia is “nun-theless” a pretty spirited good time. In the prologue, a bunch of fire and pitchfork 15th villagers crucify five nuns. And then suddenly we’re in Toronto ofContinue reading “Demonia”
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Knife in Ice
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”
