‘Sleepless’ (2001) more like a pleasant horror dream than a nightmare
Frightening Friday (Movie review): If you’re into giallo, Argento’s first film of the new century is a nice trip down memory lane.
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‘Sleepless’ (2001) more like a pleasant horror dream than a nightmare
Scares of ‘Dangerous Animals’ go beyond the sharks
Movie review: No one thinks it’s safe to go in the water anymore, but the heroes of this Australian horror flick might not have a choice.
Argento’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1998) a kitschy experiment
Frightening Friday (Movie review): While the film isn’t completely awful, it furthers the case that Argento is better with original material.
‘StageFright’ (1987) hits slasher beats right between the eyes
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This Italian theater-set slasher is drenched in style, and offers a respectable English dub.
‘Sorority Row’ (2009) lines up worst traits of the Naughties
Frightening Friday (Movie review): They’ll always know what you did last semester, but that doesn’t mean the paces have to be quite so formulaic.
Giger, Henstridge, weirdly great cast keep ‘Species’ (1995) going
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This sub-“Alien” creature feature should theoretically go extinct, but it’s weirdly watchable.
‘Companion’ and the shame of trailers telling the whole story
Movie review: Thatcher is great in a darkly winking thriller about budding mistrust at a lake retreat. After the spoiler warning, I share thoughts on the marketing.
Prowling for an unsung Eighties slasher? Try ‘The Prowler’ (1981)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Slathered with trope-building sequences and sub-Hitchcockian suspense, Zito’s film nonetheless has a shlocky pull.
No sophomore slump for Philippous with ‘Bring Her Back’
Movie review: The brothers follow “Talk to Me” with an even more meticulously crafted film, although it trades scares for an overall unease.
Bava lays a foundation with ‘Blood and Black Lace’ (1964)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): But later works would put his style innovations to scarier use than this procedural murder plot.