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 | Dark HarvestMovie Review The Aesthetics of Evil and American FolkloreDark Harvest is far from a standard supernatural slasher; it is a work that utilizes the classic iconography of Halloween to stage a fierce and visually hypnotic social critique. Director David Slade (well-known for 30 Days of Night) confirms his mastery of dark atmospheres, transforming the Illinois cornfields into a claustrophobic labyrinth illuminated by an almost artificial moon. Direction and Visual ImpactThe cinematography plays a fundamental role. As seen in the poster, the contrast between the deep black of the silhouettes and the electric blue of the... Read More |
 | It Follows - The return of Bravura HorrorHorror News On the evening of Aug. 8, 1993, Showtime aired Body Bags, a 90-minute pilot for what the network hoped would become a long-running horror anthology series in the style of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt. (Needless to say, it did not.) The first instalment, “The Gas Station,” is directed by John Carpenter, and it is a short, perfect film, not a frame out of place across its swift 23 minutes. Its premise is simple: a young college student, arriving at a small-town Illinois gas station for her first shift as its overnight attendant, finds herself beleaguered by a local mental asylum’s murderous escapee, thought to be lurking, of course... Read More |