Right up until the end, when the subtitle “Chapter One” gets used for the first time, I thought It (2017) would be a standalone movie. Then the jig was up because blockbusters aren’t like TV shows. They don’t tease sequels ...
Read More »Compromising the Position of Giallo Cinema: The Gothic Journeys of Cattet & Forzani, Chapter Four: A Heavy Flow: Abjection in The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
“The dreamer saw herself climbing down over some palisades holding a blossoming branch in her hand. In connection with this image she thought of the angel holding a spray of lilies in pictures of the Annunciation—her own name was ...
Read More »12 Films/Shows to Cure Your End of the Summer Blues
And just like that, another summer’s over. For some, this means looking for the nearest bag of leaves to kick over – awww, rats – in Charlie Brown-esque fashion. Can you blame them? Nine months of crummy weather, holidays spent ...
Read More »Top 10: Stephen King Adaptations
From his modest beginnings in the great state of Maine, to his first novel, Carrie, which has led to a lucrative writing career, author Stephen King has become as much a part of the popular culture as Saturday Night Live ...
Read More »Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a time for reflection; for thanks. That is why for Mother’s Day this year Diabolique would like to honor the screen mothers that scared us the most: the most blood curdling, maniacal, and horrific representations of mothers ...
Read More »Diabolique’s Top 10 Films of 2013 (Part 2)
Continuing with our end of the year wrap-up, here is the first half of all the individual Top 10 Horror Movie lists we received as part of our poll. These personal lists of 2013 favorites were submitted by critics, filmmakers, ...
Read More »The Fury (UK Blu-ray Review)
Known for thrillers and crime films like Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Scarface (1983), and The Untouchables (1987), director Brian De Palma also made two powerful films about teenagers with supernatural abilities and a whole lot of angst. ...
Read More »JUG FACE WEEK: Sean Young
Throughout the lexicon of horror films, the recurring role of the mother is a fascinating one to behold, as maternal roles have been key to some of the most iconic and frightening performances to date. Whether it be Piper Laurie ...
Read More »A Captivating Insanity: Kier-La Janisse’s “House of Psychotic Women”
Flipping through second-time author Kier-La Janisse’s book, House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (published by FAB Press), which shares a name with the alternate title of the 1974 film The Blue ...
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