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 | The Ninth GateMovie Review The Ninth Gate (1999), directed by Roman Polanski, is a slow-burning, atmospheric thriller that masterfully intertwines mystery, esotericism, and psychological tension. Starring Johnny Depp as Dean Corso, the film takes viewers on a dark, intellectual journey into the world of rare books, hidden knowledge, and satanic obsession. What makes this movie stand out is its deliberate pacing, where every shadow, every enigmatic engraving, and every whispered secret adds to the suffocating atmosphere of dread and anticipation. Polanski crafts an eerie, almost hypnotic universe where reality and the supernatural bleed into each other,... Read More |
 | Circus of HorrorsMovie Review Circus of Horrors (1960), directed by Sidney Hayers, is a chilling British horror gem blending grotesque circus spectacle with psychological terror. Anton Diffring delivers a magnetic performance as a plastic surgeon turned ringmaster, whose traveling circus becomes a cover for dark deeds. The film’s vibrant Technicolor visuals contrast sharply with its macabre themes, creating an unsettling, almost surreal atmosphere. With knife-throwing acts, slithering snakes, and eerie backstage secrets, it captures the essence of 1960s horror—stylized, suspenseful, and brimming with moral decay. An underrated classic that’s both disturbing... Read More |
 | The House That ScreamedMovie Review Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, a cult figure in Spanish cinema, delivers a disturbing, elegant, and deeply layered film with The House That Screamed (La residencia). Far from the explicit horror typical of its era, this film plays with atmosphere, psychosexual undertones, and social repression to construct a gothic nightmare driven by a hypnotic rhythm and sustained tension. Set in an isolated girls’ boarding school in 19th-century rural France, the film slowly builds a claustrophobic microcosm where discipline, control, and sexual repression reign supreme. The headmistress—masterfully played by Lilli Palmer—embodies a twisted... Read More |
 | MartyrsMovie Review Watching MARTYRS is like staring into a blast furnace. Pascal Laugier’s film is a smoldering cell of anger and heat and hate and marvel. It’s difficult to watch head on and downright painful to endure over time. To be honest the experience is one I hesitate to recommend. However, one must be impressed by the effect of it, impressed by its ability to inflict such engineered torment, impressed that the film can survive its own extreme internal pressures. Laugier’s is an escalation game, vying not to push past boundaries, rather to set up residence on the border itself. The squirming endurance comes not from how far past the... Read More |
 | CalvaireMovie Review This film's English title is The Ordeal, which is absolutely right, but the literal translation - Calvary - turns out to be worryingly appropriate too, for reasons I can hardly describe without toppling away from my keyboard in a dead faint. It is a brilliant black comic nightmare about a singer, conceived in the style of Deliverance or The Hills Have Eyes, and Calvaire triumphantly proves that when it comes to subhuman degradation, Belgian hillbillies from the EU can proudly hold their own with throwbacks and knuckleheads from the US. |
 | Désirée GiorgettiInterview Desirée Giorgetti was born in Milan on August 2nd, 1982. In 2006, she graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art "Silvio D'Amico." She continued her journey by studying under June Jasmine Davis, a lifetime member of the Actors' Studio in New York. After a few years of theatrical tours (working with the likes of Ottavia Piccolo, Zuzzurro & Gaspare, Remo Girone, under the direction of Carlo Cerciello, and recently appearing in "Incognito" by Nick Payne), she starred in her first horror film, Morituris. This film, censored in Italy, opened the doors for her in the genre cinema, especially... Read More |
 | David E. Munz-Maire introduces Chateau Sauvignon: TerroirInterview Cosmopolitan in nature, David E. Munz‐Maire is a Bilingual International Baccalaureate Diploma recipient, and alumnus of the prestigious NYU: Tisch School of the Arts, earning his B.A. in Film & T.V. and Minors in Psychology and Producing for Film & T.V. This native Alpine’s passion for directing led him to pursue a Masters in Directing at the School of Visual Arts. David is Co‐Founder of AireBedd, a banner under which he has garnered dozens of laurels for his various short films and music videos. |
 | Rurik SalleInterview French personality RURIK SALLE is very well known in France for his past journalistic work with the world famous horror magazine MAD MOVIES and now METALUNA. He's also an accomplished actor having appeared in SEED OF CHUCKY and the “X AS FOR XXL” segment in ABCS OF DEATH by Xavier Gens. Rurik recently starred in David Cholewa's DEAD SHADOWS as the villain opposite our very own John Fallon aka The Arrow who plays one of the heroes. We asked him about his experience on the shoot and more and here's what he had to say! |