The horror genre has its roots in Gothic literature. Accomplished works like Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley’s “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus” and “The Vampyre” by Dr. John Polidori have been the inspiration behind the genre as a whole. Then came the movies of Georges Méliès and James Whale. Science fiction and horror have been complimenting […]
Month: September 2018
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10 Cult Film Masterpieces You Might Not Have Seen
By their very nature cult films can be a challenge to come across, and it can often take years for a film to find its niche audience of oddballs and adherents who will give it the appreciation and plaudits it deserves. And so this short list looks to spotlight some sensational films by the likes […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Hit You When They’re Over
When we attend the theater or more so nowadays, watch a film from the comforts of our own house, we want a film we can connect to. When asked ‘What is Cinema?’ to Samuel Fuller, he summoned it up in one word: ‘Emotion’. And that is the simplest term that as film lovers, cinephiles or […]
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10 Movie Villain Reveals That Totally Surprised Us
The foe, the adversary, the enemy – every film hero needs a film villain and every film protagonist needs a film antagonist. For many films, the antagonist is clear and defined from the start. For example, an audience introduced to a character called The Joker in a Batman film would immediately recognise who the villain […]
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The 10 Best Movies About Erotic Obsessions
Once you’ve fallen in love, your eyes gaze upon an otherworldly, torturously untouchable object of desire. Captured in the static frames of memory, emerging in the flow of a body’s kinesiology, and endlessly marked on a scent’s overtone, that stinging feeling of the deepest erotic love becomes the most intoxicating drug. Until the totalitarian conquest […]
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All 80 Nicolas Cage Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Nicolas Cage is the most enigmatic leading man in Hollywood history, polarizing audiences and critics for decades. He’s given countless brilliant performances and phoned in even more with his movies ranging from acclaimed dramas to action-packed blockbusters to dumpster B-movies. Starting out with the help of his uncle, legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage […]