Wherever a superfluous amount of franchises littered with meaningless characters and repetitive formulas plagues the realms of horror cinema, there will also be an opportunity for great works to spring amidst the chaos. Such films may redefine, revolutionize and transcend the genre, and constantly capture the essence of why horror stories were told in the […]
With the evolution of the medium, almost naturally, came the creative departures from the theatrical unity of space and time in storytelling. Fragmented narratives became a favourite area of experimentation for many influential makers. Composite plots consisting of mildly connected vignettes and simultaneously occurring events, often with no evident central characters, can be found almost […]
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 […]
Horror generally ages worse than other genres – while the emotional core of dramas like Casablanca and It’s A Wonderful Life will never flag because we as humans will always be able to empathize, society’s tastes in horror change and what is scary for one generation is not scary for the next. Each new generation […]
Hollywood horror is now an endless stream of remakes, sequels and general lack of originality. There are some exceptions – It Follows while being reminiscent of classic horror makes ordinary people a reason to be fearful, which is to be admired – but these are few and far between. The other side of the Atlantic […]
The return of the documentary in this era has been nothing short of a cinematic renaissance. Long after the golden age of ‘cinema verite” seemed to have drawn its last breath, and the initial rise of the 1970s, the often banality of Reality TV seems to have inspired a whole new generation of documentarians to […]