Though often overlooked in the pantheon of religious horror, “God Told Me To” remains Larry Cohen’s most dangerous film, as well as his most …continue reading Shudder Sunday: God Told Me To (1976)
A documentary series as tricky as its subject, “Cursed Films” never lets superstition get in the way of its damaged, disturbed, dearly departed humanity. …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Cursed Films (Docuseries)
Australia’s great lost film has aged like fine rotgut — an examination of apocalyptic masculinity more potent than ever, with a lingering aftertaste. Trigger Warning: …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Wake in Fright (1971)
The loosest of Stuart Gordon’s Lovecraft adaptations is also the hardest to watch, as much for the nasty things in the basement as the …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Castle Freak (1995)
John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy goes out laughing at a world done in not with slimy abominations or bad paperbacks, but a collective shrug at …continue reading Shudder Sunday: In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)
Between “Night” and “Dawn”, Romero stepped away from the undead to make a witchy rumination on suburban feminism that struggled no matter what he …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Season of the Witch (1972)
Give yourself over to the arcane charms of “The Love Witch,” Anna Biller’s Technicolor love story turned feminist parable. Shudder Sunday gives me an …continue reading Shudder Sunday: The Love Witch (2016)
Steel your mind and stomach for the most truly, terminally one-of-a-kind body-swap comedy about a robotic dinosaur ever made. Someday my Shudder Sunday column …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Resolve to expand your cinematic horizons this year, starting with a rollicking crash course in the (mostly) proud history of Australian exploitation. I didn’t …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Not Quite Hollywood (2009)
10 months before “Home Alone”, “Deadly Games” did festive breaking-and-entering the right way, as a violent, feature-length Bonnie Tyler music video. There’s something profane …continue reading Shudder Sunday: Deadly Games (1989)
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