‘Night of the Hunter’ (1955) is influential … but is it good?
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Ingenious or merely experimental, it can’t be denied that Charles Laughton’s only directorial work made its mark.
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‘Night of the Hunter’ (1955) is influential … but is it good?
‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968) is horror by gaslight
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Kicking off a religious-horror boom that hasn’t relented, Polanski’s classic feels timeless, if overlong.
‘Immaculate’ conceives shocking gore horror
Movie review: Amid the trappings of just another religious scare flick comes an unflinching anti-religion commentary on abortion.
Ricci’s ‘The Gathering’ (2003) is well-meaning, cliched church horror
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Writer Anthony Horowitz (“Poirot”) teases out an original theme from a too-familiar package.
‘The First Omen’ is stylistically grand, narratively odd
Movie review: This prequel honors Richard Donner’s classic with its 1970s style, but bizarrely takes the narrative down different paths.
Demon Nun is back in the habit in generic ‘The Nun II’
Movie review: Though not without its moments, this “Conjuring” Universe sequel is too by-the-book to truly hook a horror fan.
All 9 ‘Exorcist’ movies, TV seasons and books, ranked
Story rankings: As a new legacy sequel brings back the “Exorcist” saga, here’s a look back at the films, TV seasons and novels so far.
‘Night Theater’ (2020) mixes body horror, spiritual questions
Book club book report: Vikram Paralkar digs into the human body and dark ideas in an incongruously readable short novel.
‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ a ripping critique of religion
TV review: One of 2022’s best murder-mystery miniseries is also an honest study of how religion shapes people’s minds and lives.
‘Damien’ (2016) gives ‘Omen’ lad more adult struggles
Six weeks of ‘The Omen’: This nice-looking, inconsistently written series gives Damien more robust internal strife against his dark destiny.