by Daniel Goodwin
7 April 2015
What with modern slasher films becoming increasingly more meta and self-referential, film-makers have reached the point where adopting this post ironic stance, by reminding audiences of the clichés that defined the sub-genre, is also becoming a cliché. Technically, The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) is not a remake but an incongruous hybrid sequel that uses the original […]
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by Daniel Goodwin
2 March 2015
Generating fresh methods to scare audiences is a tough task for any new horror director, yet has proved achievable by the likes of Jennifer Kent (The Babadook (2014), Adam Wingard (You’re Next (2011), The Guest (2014) and Ti West (House of the Devil (2009), The Sacrament (2013). With It Follows, writer-director David Robert Mitchell (The Myth […]
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