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MICRO BUDGET: Macro Entertainment

ANOTHER DAY IN AMERICA: Unsettling Truths Behind the Desk

HOLD YOUR BREATH: When The Dust Settles

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: THE RULE OF JENNY PEN

One For the Road: A Bite-Sized Horror

HOW I ROLL: Hits the Gas on Heart

YOU ARE HERE: Comedy in a Cosmic Revelation

PRINCETON’S IN THE MIX: Anything for the Kids

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: THE RULE OF JENNY PEN

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: EXORCISMO

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: GENERATION TERROR

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024: WITCHES
Features
Scaredy-Pants: 10 Family-Friendly Films to Watch This Spooky Season

Why Feminist Horror Writers Are (Mostly) Unhappy About the Possession Remake

The Fleabags of Inisherin: Warrior Women and Feckin’ Boring Men

Revisiting CORALINE 15 Years Later

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PARAMOUNT SCARES VOL. 2 Collection!

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE DEPARTED DIGITAL MOVIE!

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A CONTAGION DIGITAL MOVIE!

Win A Free Copy of THE HOLDOVERS on Collector’s Blu-Ray

Time Loops and Internet Trolling: Interview with Lance Todd For BEYOND THE NORTH WOODS

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Interview With Writer/Director Johhny Man Of THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR

Interview With Writer/Director Zoe Eisenberg for CHAPERONE

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Writer Blessing Uzzi And Director Afolabi Olalekan Of FREEDOM WAY
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Horrific Inquiry: FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II

Away from the Hype: STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENANCE

Horrific Inquiry: TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016)

Horrific Inquiry: THE OMEN (1976)
Resources
RETROSPECTIVE: KOREAN CINEMA’S GOLDEN DECADE: THE 1960s

The Beginner’s Guide: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriters

Actor Profile: Kirsten Dunst

Actor Profile: Jim Carrey

Actor Profile: Kirsten Dunst

Actor Profile: Jim Carrey

Actor Profile: Tim Curry

Actor Profile: Nicolas Cage

The Beginner’s Guide: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriters

A Beginner’s Guide to National Cinema Theory

The Beginner’s Guide: John Singleton

Beginner’s Guide: George Miller, Writer & Director

RETROSPECTIVE: KOREAN CINEMA’S GOLDEN DECADE: THE 1960s

The Joker’s Smile, Part 3: The Final Joke (For Now…)

The Joker’s Smile, Part 1: The 20th Century’s Most Adaptable Character

Louis Le Prince: The Unsolved Disappearance Of The Father Of Cinema

A Beginner’s Guide to National Cinema Theory

Critiquing The Critic: The Evolution & Function Of Film Criticism

Anarchic Cinema: Jean Vigo’s ZERO FOR CONDUCT

Anarchic Cinema: V-Cinema & Takashi Miike

The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 7 – 2000-Present: Life After the Handover

The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 6 – 1980-2000: Handover & Second Wave

The History of Hong Kong Action Pt. 5 – 1980: New Wave, Cinema City, Jackie Chan & John Woo

The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 4 – 1960-1980: New Wave

How to Analyse Movies #8: Putting It Into Practice

How to Analyse Movies #7: Iconography & Realisticness

How to Analyse Movies #6: Story & Genre

How to Analyse Movies #5: Lighting, Sound & Score

The EEOC Gender Probe: I Don’t Regret Starting the Fight

MPAA, Studios Fund 12-Step Programs For Women Directors (PARODY)

Weinstein Scandal Should Affect The Outcome Of The EEOC Hollywood Probe (THR Guest Column)

A Surprisingly Simple Solution For Women Directors
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SUNNY: Apple’s Promising Kyoto-Set Dark Comedy Brings Mixed Feelings

THE PENGUIN TRAILER 1

Slamdance 2024: RESTORAGE

The Coroner’s Assistant, “The Interview/The Inquest:” A Deathly Comic Debut

Slamdance 2024: RESTORAGE

The Coroner’s Assistant, “The Interview/The Inquest:” A Deathly Comic Debut

SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 2: Shaky Start Folds To Solid Finish

THE LAST OF US Season 1 Episodes 2-5: Whoa, We’re Halfway There

SUNNY: Apple’s Promising Kyoto-Set Dark Comedy Brings Mixed Feelings

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OUTPOST: A Swing And A Miss

OUTPOST: A Swing And A Miss

Predictable and unredeeming, Outpost misses the mark.

by Crockett Houghton

May 18, 2023
4 mins Read

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