Releasing in what has become the year of the vampire, The Vampire’s Assistant is another film aimed squarely at the teen crowd, but it’s one that takes itself far less seriously than some of it’s peers. Based on a series of novels that I’m unfamiliar with, Cirque du Freak follows high-schooler Darren as he fakes [...]

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I was afraid that I had forgotten what it was like to be a child, my own memories having faded and mixed with the archetypes of youth that pop-culture has drilled into me, but the opening scenes of Where the Wild Things Are feel more authentic than any muddled memory I can muster. Before ever [...]

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The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia chronicles a year in the life of a family of self-proclaimed hillbillies. One member of the White family, Jesco, has already reached cult status, after being featured in a ‘91 PBS special called Dancing Outlaw, which spawned a sequel in 1994 and a narrative feature earlier this [...]

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Micah and Katie have got it all worked out. He’s a day trader and his job pays well enough to support them both while Katie goes to school. He explains early on in Paranormal Activity that they’re “engaged to be engaged” and they’ve finally decided to move in together. The only thing gumming up the [...]

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When approaching a new film by a director like Dario Argento, especially one called Giallo, it becomes near impossible to separate the film from the director’s past body of work. Argento’s name is often uttered in the same breath when speaking on the giallo genre, a slew of 70s Italian mystery films that valued bloody [...]

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On Staten Island, the name Cropsey belongs to one of the oldest boogeymen on the East Coast. An infamous spook to pass around the campfire, his was the story of a madman who stole children in the night, and his legend persisted through generations, even making an appearance in the 1981 slasher film The Burning. [...]

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