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The proficient ‘Cold In July’ mashes up two genres that should have been kept apart
Indie auteur Jim Mickle has said that his newest effort ‘Cold in July’ is a combination of Bong Joon-Ho’s serial-murder thriller ‘Memories of Murder’ and the Patrick Swayze action film ‘Road House.’ That’s an eye-catching pairing, for certain… More
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Trailer for ‘Cold In July’ the Newest Film from Director Jim Mickle
Dexter may be over but Michael C. Hall is keeping busy working on several films with one set to release this spring. Although Cold in July debuted at Sundance this year to poor reviews, we felt it would be worth our time to post the first trailer since it’s directed by Sound On Sight favourite […] More
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Ricky D’s 20 Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2014
10. Poltergeist Directed by Gil Kenan Written by David Lindsay-Abaire USA Release Date: November 14th Production recently wrapped on the Poltergeist remake with Gil Kenan (Monster House) in the director’s chair and Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) producing. Little is known as they continue to put the movie together in post-production, but we do have a few details, beginning […] More
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Ricky D’s 20 Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2014
In case it isn’t obvious, I’m a pretty big fan of the horror genre, and so I wanted to spotlight some of my most anticipated horror films of 2014. Between the big studio releases and the crop of independent features from some of our favourite directors, 2014 looks to be a great year. Note: I […] More
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15 Best Horror Movies of 2013 (Top 10)
Special Mention: Sightseers Directed by Ben Wheatley Written by Steve Oram and Alice Lowe UK, 2012 This bloody, satirical road trip comedy is by no means as great as Terrence Mallick’s Badlands, but it is truly unique, strange, disquieting, and uncomfortably funny. Ben Wheatley is one of the most exciting genre filmmakers working in the […] More
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‘Escape from Tomorrow’ and ‘We Are What We Are’: Sordid Cinema #69
This week on Sordid Cinema, Ricky, Edgar and Simon tackle Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are, a remake of Jorge Michel Grau 2010 hit of the same name, which reinvigorates the cannibal genre with an emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret and driven by monstrous appetites. But first, we […] More
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‘We Are What We Are’ falters in the ending, but is an otherwise solid and grim backwoods thriller
Too few modern horror films take their cue from the power of suggestion. The less you show, the more terrifying your story can be. Some of the all-time greats of the genre, from The Haunting to The Shining, either show nothing scary or deliberately supernatural at all, or bide their time, allowing strange noises in the distance or unexpected shadows to do the heavy lifting. More
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‘We Are What We Are’ is one of the best horror remakes
Jim Mickle’s previous film Stake Land, a post-apocalyptic road movie with a vampiric threat, combined the tone of something like The Road with narrative flourishes (invincible hunter known only as Mister, vampires launched from helicopters like dropping bombs) more akin to comic books. More
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First Trailer for Sundance Horror Entry ‘We Are What We Are’
In the same way Let The Right One In reinvented the vampire brand and [Rec] put a clever twist on the epedemic /zombie film, We Are What We Are reinvigorates the cannibal genre with an emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret and driven by monstrous appetites. This of course, is […] More
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Film4 Frightfest – Day 5: ‘We Are What We Are’ and ‘Big Bad Wolves’ lay the competition to rest
“We didn’t want things jumping out at you. We wanted you to feel immersed, as if you were inside the scene.” Director Blair Erickson can only be referring to 3D; unlike many lazily post-converted blockbusters, his Banshee Chapter was filmed entirely in stereoscopic 3D, a conscious choice from the outset of the film’s production and a risky experiment for something so low budget. More
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Watch A Cannes Festival Clip From The Acclaimed Horror Remake ‘We Are What We Are’
In the critically acclaimed genre remake We Are What We Are, director Jim Mickle and his screenwriting partner Nick Damici take the meat of the 2010 Mexican thriller of the same name, and cook up an entirely different feast. For the unfamiliar, the original film not only made our staff list of Best Films of […] More
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Fantasia 2011: ‘Kidnapped’ – ‘Stake Land’ – ‘Trollhunter’ – ‘Some Guy Who Kills People’
Our sort-of Fantasia wrap-up continues. In this hour: Miguel Angel Vivas’s ultraviolent home-invasion thriller Kidnapped; Jim Mickle’s post-collapse vampire flick Stake Land, also out on DVD this week; and finally Trollhunter, the horror/comedy/mock-doc that’s been popular in Europe and on the fest circuit for some time. And, hey, bonus: we also have an interview with […] More
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