In a human context, self-destructive behavior is a catch-all term for conceptualizing destructive acts brought to oneself. Generally, self-destructive acts may be deliberate, born of impulse or developed as a habit. The term, however, tends to be applied toward self-destruction that can be habit-forming or addictive, and thus potentially fatal. These characters meet these criteria […]
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The 10 Best Horror Movies Adapted from or Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s Works
Edgar Allan Poe notwithstanding, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is perhaps the most revered writer of fantasy and horror and a key influence on contemporary horror fiction writers like Stephen King, Clive Barker and Ramsey Campbell. Simultaneously epic in scale and claustrophobic in nature, Lovecraft’s tales are absolute classics of the genre, proving highly inspirational for later […]
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15 Great Low Budget Movies from This Century That Are Worth Watching
Often times movies don’t need to have a large multi-million dollar budget in order to be great – and often times those multi-million dollar movies aren’t even that good. Low budget movies, because of their tight budgets, have to focus more on the story rather than flashy effects or notable actors. For the most part, low budget […]
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The 20 Greatest Suspense Sequences in Alfred Hitchcock Films
Alfred Hitchcock is unquestionably the greatest director of suspense films in cinema history. His best films are marked by sequences of suspense that are memorable, exciting, engaging and cinematically magnificent. Hitchcock described the difference between suspense and surprise by giving the illustration of two men sitting at a table with a time bomb set to […]
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The 20 Best Jazz Soundtracks in Movie History
“It’s always fun to talk about jazz,” says Clint Eastwood. That’s an undeniable fact. Jazz is amazing and unique genre, which influenced the development of other ones as rock, funk and rap. Despite being labeled nowadays as something “vintage”, Jazz is a “recent” form of music. It was born in the turn of the 19th […]
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20 Great English-Language Films To Help You Discover France
Traveling is a wonderful habit of the human nature. People do it for different reasons. Some are interested in visiting as much as they can in order to gain culture and perspective, others just to get away from the rat race for a few days and just lay in the sun without a care in […]