In the finale of the 2012 television series The River, a character says what everyone else is thinking: “It’s never gonna let us go.” This foreboding last line is, of course, in reference to the show’s sinuous and uncanny namesake. From there the audience is left to wonder what happened to the crew of the […]
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It’s Blockbuster Month at The Losers’ Club! What the hell does that mean? Well, over the next month, the Losers will take a brief summer break by unlocking a few episodes from their Patreon and sharing a couple of new interviews. Rest assured, each episode will include deep meditations on Stephen King — after all, […]
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Steven Spielberg‘s horror classics Jaws, the movie that forever changed the face of the Hollywood summer blockbuster, is returning to theaters this summer, BD has learned today! Jaws is taking another bite out of the big screen nationwide on September 2, 2022, and the 1975 shark attack classic is being re-released in theaters in IMAX […]
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Poltergeist was released forty years ago, on June 4, 1982, and successfully earned a spot in the top ten grossing movies of that year. The horror classic, directed by Tobe Hooper with a story by producer Steven Spielberg, earned Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Visual Effects. Poltergeist even tested the MPAA, […]
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The Newsweek blurb that has graced every physical release of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining calls it “The first epic horror film.” That quote has always stuck with me. Horror films are many things, but epic is usually not one of them. Put simply, a cinematic epic is defined by its sense of scope – telling […]
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The restless spirit tormenting the Freeling home in 1982’s Poltergeist uses every scare tactic possible in its attempts to snatch young Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke). That includes utilizing each family member’s worst fears against them and, in turn, ours. Director Tobe Hooper tackled two phobias at once when the poltergeist targets Robbie (Oliver Robins), ushering in the climax […]
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They hide in plain sight and escape detection; they exemplify irrational evil. And the second they show their true colors, it may already be too late to fight back. Murder is their business, and wearing down prey is their game. The glut of killers in pop culture today does not erase the fact that these […]
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