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The 13 Best Witch Movies of All Time

The following films will not be included on our list of the best witch movies: The Harry Potter films (simply because there are far too many) The Devils (Some often consider the film’s plot similar to a witch hunt, but it’s really the cruel depiction of religion in general that drives the film.) Rosemary’s Baby …

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’70s horror classic ‘Don’t Look Now’ getting remade

Remakes of horror movies are nothing new in Hollywood. We recently got one for Evil Dead, The Thing, and we’re a few weeks away from a modernized version of Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist. Even in terms of ’70s horror, there have been countless sequels and spinoffs all varying on the initial premise of The Exorcist. But …

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Director and Actress Duos: The Best, Overlooked, and Underrated

Riffing on Terek Puckett’s terrific list of director/actor collaborations, I wanted to look at some of those equally impressive leading ladies who served as muses for their directors. I strived to look for collaborations that may not have been as obviously canonical, but whose effects on cinema were no less compelling. Categorizing a film’s lead …

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Fantastic Fest 2012: ‘Here Comes the Devil’, erotic, violent and mysterious

Here Comes the Devil Directed Adrián García Bogliano Screenplay by Adrián García Bogliano 2012, Mexico Argentinian filmmaker Adrián García Bogliano returns with Here Comes the Devil, a coming of age tale of demonic possession, sexual awakening and suspected child abuse. Staying clear of the typical traps of exploitation, Bogliano takes a low-key, less graphic approach …

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‘The Masque Of The Red Death’ is a visually beguiling collaboration

The Masque Of The Red Death (1964) Directed by Roger Corman Nicolas Roeg was one of the more successful cinematographers to graduate from the apex of the camera team to the director’s chair, a difficult transition which he arguably traversed with far more dexterity and than his European peers Freddie Francis, Jan De Bont, or Jack Cardiff. …

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Nicolas Roeg Retrospective: ‘Walkabout’ BFI Cast & Directors Screening

Walkabout (1971) Directed by Nicolas Roeg Written by Edward Bond Australia, 1971 There are two words, two unencumbered English words that are guaranteed to reduce a certain generation of heterosexual Englishmen to quivering wrecks, and those two words are Jenny Agutter. She began her film career not in The Railway Children but in the first film solely directed …

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