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THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

June 4, 2021 By Leave a Comment

THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

It is the way of franchises that, with a few notable exceptions, they sequel themselves into diminished returns that eventually test even the most ardent fans. And so it is with THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, a pale reminder of what we loved about the original, with no actual reason to love… Read More »

Tagged With: curse, demonic possession, occult, sequel, stabbing

THE GRUDGE

January 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment

THE GRUDGE

As a culture, we are not unfamiliar with the concept of the cinematic reboot. Consider how many iterations of Batmans, Spider-men, and the Star Trek universe have arrived at our neighborhood theaters in the last decade. Not to mention the less than stellar attempt to revive the Fantastic Four, though, to be fair, the original… Read More »

Tagged With: curse, ghost, Japan, Pennsylvanua, reboot, sequel

THE WITCH

February 20, 2016 By 1 Comment

THE WITCH

The true horror in THE WITCH does not lie in its supernatural underpinnings. Rather this dour psychological thriller plumbs the depths of madness that human nature invites upon itself with a closed mind and a conviction of righteousness. Set in a New World colony in the early 17th century, it is an incisive deconstruction of… Read More »

Tagged With: colonial America, curse, evil rabbit, Pilgrims, Puritans, religion, witchcraft

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

October 21, 2015 By Leave a Comment

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER is a long slog. There are few genuine scares. There are few remarkable special effects. There is, instead, a pervasive and persistent lassitude to this tale of an immortal witch hunter, Kaulder (Vin Diesel), and the complicated relationship he has tracking down the eponymous practitioners of magic. Kaulder is very good… Read More »

Tagged With: curse, dark magic, magic, maraschino cherry, occult, priest, secret society, spell, witch, witch queen, witches

IT FOLLOWS and It’s Relentless

March 27, 2015 By Leave a Comment

IT FOLLOWS and It’s Relentless

IT FOLLOWS slyly juxtaposes the familiar with the alien as it tells its exceptionally effective tale of terror. The clichéd tropes of low-budget horror — the remote lake house, the eager and nubile kids having sex in the back seat of a car, a terrified girl in high heels and lingerie running in terror down… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, curse, film, haunting, horror, movie, narrative, sexually transmitted curse

THE WOLFMAN

October 21, 2014 By 2 Comments

THE WOLFMAN

THE WOLFMAN hearkens back with great hope and poor follow-through to Universal’s classic horror films. There is much that is improved in this retelling of the original 1941 flick, and much that suffers a surfeit of technology. The story follows the original’s arc, with Lawrence Talbot suffering the bite of a werewolf, a band of… Read More »

Tagged With: curse, homage, practical effects, remake, Victorian England, werewolf

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