Imagine being so depressed that not even Death can spare you. This is the central crux of the grim period piece, ‘The Devil’s Bath’ – written and directed by Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz (The Lodge, Goodnight Mommy). It’s gotten a lot of praise and groans in equal measures since it’s release earlier this year, […]
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I love when we get international films with almost no warning. This is something that seemed to show up on Shudder just as soon as it was brought up in conversation. After watching it and looking into other people’s opinions, I’m so glad I saw it before all the other reviewers ruined the mystery of
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Hello everyone, I’m here tonight with a bit of an unorthodox review, but I just got back from an event that I’m too excited to discuss. I was just given the pleasure of seeing Lucio Fulci’s “Zombie” on an IMAX screen while legendary Italian composer Fabio Frizzi and his band performed his updated score live
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Japanese ghost stories have become so timeless and pronounced that they are almost just as widely known by Western audiences as they are in their homes. The early 00’s saw a big J-Horror remake trend where we were given American versions of highly regarded classics such as ‘The Grudge’ and ‘Ringu’, and while some of
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I love a good witchcraft story. As long as the folklore holds up in some way, I’m usually forgiving with a lot of the other elements. But what we have here is an experimental dark fantasy film that is soaked in blood and dread as we go on a journey of transformation and adaptation. ‘You
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Well, well, well… Here we are with another review that is particularly difficult without spoiling anything – and trust me, you want to go into this as blind as possible. Bare with me as I unpack some things during the process. The film opens with married couple Maria and Jesús at a furniture store where
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During a radical heatwave in Madrid, Spain, where the temperature reaches triple digits and continues to rise for a series of days, something strange begins happening to the elderly. The film begins when Naia’s grandmother jumps off a balcony without warning, plummeting to her death, but things only seem to get worse as her widow
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Christmas is right around the corner, and everybody knows what that means. Some people celebrate the holiday with friends and family, while others spend it by their lonesome for a multitude of reasons. What we have here is the most intense and brutal Christmas film of the last 20 years – and of course, it’s
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There are a handful of titles every year that you will hear about earlier in the year and have to wait an extended period of time to see for yourself. ‘When Evil Lurks’ was a title that was doing the independent-festival circuit and getting high praise for its creativity and terror earlier this year. The
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