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Posts Tagged ‘Horror Films

More Capsule Reviews!

May 2, 2010

DISTRICT 9 – Not exactly a film of subtlety yet ridiculously entertaining and leaps and bounds better than that other movie about aliens getting evicted from their homes.  Part mockumentary, part bloody science fiction the film follows Wickus Van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) as he leads a military force into “District 9” (alien refugee camp) to serve […]

“Christ Almighty!” – Religion in Horror Films

May 5, 2009

Possible more than any other genre, horror films address religion in the most interesting and unbiased ways.  From scaring people to go to church to making people angry at it, these films made people think twice about who they choose to worship… The Wicker Man (1973) Dubbed by some as “The Citizen Cane of horror, […]

Robert Quarry 1929-2009

March 21, 2009

This post is a bit late, about a month to the day, in fact.  Still, I felt I had to write something about the passing of this great, unappreciated actor.  Robert Quarry is probably best known as Count Yorga, American International Picture’s version of Dracula.  He acted along side some of the greatest horror icons […]