Suspense is a difficult thing to achieve in film. Alfred Hitchcock said that suspense means letting the audience know more than the characters. However, while Hitchcock’s definition is very well put into words, suspense is much more than that. To make suspense in films, you have to grab the viewer’s full attention and you have […]
Month: June 2019
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The 10 Most Disappointing Movies From Great Directors
Filmmaking is all about chemistry. Apart from the chemistry between the actors that is always evident on the screen, there are other kinds of bonding that must happen if a quality film is to be made. The technical crews should bond with each other and with the director of that film, the casting has to […]
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10 Great Horror Movies That Surprisingly Never Got A Sequel
Most successful (and sometimes even not-so-successful) horror movies receive unwanted sequels. Sometimes they turn out to be good, but mostly they end up being poorly-made cash grabs. Horrors are usually cheap to produce, yet they can do well at the box office. Not just their sequels, but these days universes like “The Conjuring” also manage […]
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10 Great Recent Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
The mainstream circus has entranced us. It is an alarming thing that so many great films have passed under the radar only because they lacked strength in their marketing department. Some of them offer a profound experience, some mix satire with social commentary, and some just give us entertainment. Irrespective of the genre, they are […]
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The 10 Best Jump Scares in Horror Movies
The horror genre employs a number of techniques to scare audiences, whether it be gore that makes us flinch, psychological chills that mess with our minds or playing on our deep, dark childhood fears. But one long standing technique used in horror is that of the jump scare. Not only is it an enduring aspect […]
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All 7 Bong Joon-ho Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
This year a Korean won the most prestigious award at the most prestigious film festival, the Palme D’or from the Cannes Film Festival, making it the first time for a Korean to ever do so. That Korean was not Hong Sang-soo or Kim Ki-duk, or even Lee Chang-dong or Park Chan-wook, it was none other […]