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“A ‘Carnival of Souls’ At ‘The Lighthouse'”
One of the best horror movies all time. One of the best horror movies of 2019. One attempt at tying them both together. Continue reading
“The Peculiar Horrors of New England”
New England is indeed a peculiar place, but your place would be peculiar, too, if it was built on some of the oldest bones buried in this country we call the United States of the Americas. Continue reading
“Robert Eggers Is Ready to Do Worse Than The Lighthouse”
Note: “Worse” as in “worse for the people who make movies with him,” because “The Lighthouse” owns very, very hard. Continue reading
“Great Movie Moments in Farting History”
Let me tell you: I had a real gas writing this piece. I trumpeted my enthusiasm the whole time I worked on it, no ifs, ands, or…buts. I can do this all day, by the way. Continue reading
“How ‘The Witch’ Accidentally Launched a Horror Movement”
Andy absolutely will not shut up about how bad “Hereditary” is until you agree that “Hereditary” is bad. Continue reading
“Giving the Devil His Due: Satan’s 25 Best Appearances in Film”
Hail Satan, not “Hail Satan?” Continue reading
Interview: Robert Eggers & Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Witch”
As promised: my interview with Robert Eggers and Anya Taylor-Joy, respectively the director and lead actress on The Witch, that one film I won’t shut up about. I can’t say that this posting means I will shut up about the film for forever – I will be shocked if I don’t circle back around to it … Continue reading
The Real Life Horrors That Inform The Witch
In case you don’t already know: I really liked Robert Eggers’ The Witch. A lot, in fact! So much that apart from that there review I just linked, I also wrote this nifty little piece about some of the film’s historical and cultural foregrounding. The long and short of it is that 17th century New England … Continue reading
Review: The Witch, 2016, dir. Robert Eggers
There’s not a lot that I have to say about Roger Eggers’ The Witch that isn’t perfectly encapsulated by a single line from Drew McWeeny’s review out of Sundance 2015. “I’m not sure how you explain what you want in scenes like these to kids,” he wrote of one specific and electrifying moment midway through the … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 