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The Celtic Predator

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Horror Never Dies: ‘The First Omen,’ ‘Longlegs,’ & ‘Smile 2’ (2024)

Directed by: Arkasha Stevenson [1], Osgood Perkins [2], Parker Fin [3] || Produced by: David S. Goyer, Keith Levine [1], Dan Kagan, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Nicolas Cage, Dave Caplan, Chris Ferguson [2], Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, Parker Finn, Robert Salerno [3] Screenplay by: Tim Smith, Arkasha Stevenson, Keith Thomas [1], Osgood Perkins [2], Parker … Continue reading

‘Terrifier’ (2016, 2022, 2024): American Independent Filmmaking Resurgent

Directed by: Damien Leone || Produced by: Phil Falcone [1–3], George Steuber, Damien Leone [1, 3], Steven Della Salla, Jason Leavy, Michael Leavy [3] Screenplay by: Damien Leone || Starring: David Howard Thornton, Samantha Scaffidi [1–3], Jenna Kanell, Catherine Corcoran [1], Sarah Voigt, Kailey Hyman, Casey Hartnett [2], Lauren LaVera, Elliott Fullman [2, 3], Antonella Rose, Margaret … Continue reading

The Other ‘Hellboy’ Movies: ‘The Golden Army’ (2008), ‘Hellboy’ (2019), & ‘The Crooked Man’ (2024)

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro [1], Neil Marshall [2], Brian Taylor [3] || Produced by: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin [1, 2] Mike Richardson, Les Weldon, Yariv Lerner [1–3], Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson, Philip Westgren, Carl Hampe, Matt O’Toole, Les Weldon [2], Jeff Greenstein, Yariv Lerner, Jonathan Yunger, Robert Van Norden, Sam Shulte [3] Screenplay by: … Continue reading

A Crocodylian Triple Feature: ‘Rogue,’ ‘Black Water’ (2007), & ‘Crawl’ (2019)

Directed by: Greg McLean [1], David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki [2], Alexandre Aja [3] || Produced by: Matt Hearn, David Lightfoot, Greg McLean [1], David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki, Michael Robertson [2], Craig Flores, Sam Raimi, Alexandre Aja [3] Screenplay by: Greg McLean [1], David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki [2], Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen [3] || Starring: Michael … Continue reading

‘Fable’ (2019, 2021): The Goofy, Lovable ‘John Wick’

Directed by: Kan Eguchi || Produced by: Naoto Fujimura, Takeshi Udaka, Mitsuru Sato Screenplay by: Yûsuke Watanabe [1], Kan Eguchi, Masahiro Yamaura [2] || Starring: Jun’ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto [1, 2], Sôta Fukushi, Yûya Yagira, Kôichi Satô [1], Yurina Hirate, Masanobu Andô, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi [2] Music by: Antongiulio Frulio || Cinematography: Kazunari Tanaka … Continue reading

‘Beauty and the Beast’ (2014): Wait, There Was Another One?

Directed by: Christophe Gans || Produced by: Richard Grandpierre Screenplay by: Christophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh || Starring: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega, Audrey Lamy Music by: Pierre Adenot || Cinematography: Christophe Beaucarne || Edited by: || Country: France, Germany || Language: French Running Time: 112 minutes Much like The Three Musketeers (1844) … Continue reading

Hindi Indies, Volume 1: ‘Laapataa Ladies’, ‘Kathal’ (2023), & ‘Bhakshak’ (2024)

Directed by: Kiran Rao [1], Yashowardhan Mishra [2], Pulkit [3] || Produced by: Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Jyoti Deshpande [1], Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Achin Jain [2], Gauri Khan, Gaurav Verma [3] Screenplay by: Biplab Goswami, Sneha Desai, Divyanidhi Sharma [1], Ashok Mishra, Yashowardhan Mishra [2], Jyotsana Nath, Pulkit [3]|| Starring: Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava, … Continue reading

‘Kompromat’ (2022): There’s No Place Like Home

Directed by: Jérôme Salle || Produced by: Albane de Jourdan, Jérôme Salle, Marc Simoncini Screenplay by: Jérôme Salle, Caryl Ferey || Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Mikhail Gorevoy, Aleksey Gorbunov, Elisa Lasowski, Danila Vorobyov, Judith Henry, Igor Jijikine Music by: Guillaume Roussel || Cinematography: Matias Boucard || Edited by: Stan Collet || … Continue reading

‘Old People’ (2022): For They Are Great in Number

Directed by: Andy Fetscher || Produced by: Benjamin Munz, Florian Schneider Screenplay by: Andy Fetscher || Starring: Stephan Luca, Melika Foroutan, Bianca Nawrath, Otto Emil Koch, Daniela Galbo, Paul Fassnacht, Louie Betton, Gerhard Bös, Eveline Hall Music by: Christopher Bremus, Steven Schwalbe || Cinematography: Ralf Noack || Edited by: Marco Baumhof, Andy Fetscher || Country: … Continue reading

Another Korean Genre Sampling: ‘Believer’ (2018) & ‘Ballerina’ (2023)

Directed by: Lee Hae-young [1], Lee Chung-hyun [2] || Produced by: Jung Hee-soon [1], Choi Ji-young [2] Screenplay by: Jeong Seo-kyeong, Lee Hae-young [1], Lee Chung-hyun [2] || Starring: Cho Jin-woong, Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Sung-ryung, Park Hae-joon, Cha Seung-won, Kim Joo-hyuk [1], Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Ji-hoon, Park Yu-rim [2] Music by: Dalpalan [1], Gray [2] … Continue reading

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