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Five Reasons to Add ‘Kill, Baby…Kill!’ to Your Spooky Season Watchlist
My favorite part of the Halloween season is watching spooky films for the very first time. Whether it’s watching classic horror movies I should have seen a long time ago or unearthing a few cult fascinations, every October is a time of great discovery in the film community, and one of the very few times we collectively turn our focus towards a specific genre. That is why I come to you today with a recommendation: Mario Bava’s Kill, Baby…Kill!
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
Viewing Varda Part Four: ‘Le Bonheur’
After the gigantic success that was Cleo from 5 to 7, Agnès Varda was a star, and not just in France. So what did she do next? Why, she pushed the envelope again of course. But this time, it wasn’t by playing with cinema’s form. That would’ve be too easy. Instead, Varda set her sights on something far more provocative; with Le Bonheur, Varda sought to subvert the most sacred institution itself. And boy howdy, were feathers ruffled.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘The Pale Door’ Is an Interesting Low-Budget Blend of Horror and Western
Admittedly, the sole reason I was interested in watching The Pale Door was that Joe R. Lansdale’s name was on the poster. If you’ve never heard of him, stop reading and check out some of his stuff now. He has a wealth of literary outputs, stories pertaining to different genres, including horror, Western, crime, science-fiction, coming-of-age drama. Some of these stories are absurdist pulp, others are genuinely moving. Usually, they are both. These stories can involve a melancholic King Kong, a soul-sucking mummy, zombies with Mickey Mouse ears, and so much more. If that doesn’t make you interested in giving his work a gander, I don’t know what will.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
‘The Mortuary Collection’ Is at Once Horrifying and Adorable
When I noticed the name Clancy Brown in The Mortuary Collection‘s description, it was all the motivation I needed. He is one of my favorite character actors. In fact, he’s so good, he even makes things like Pet Sematary II watchable.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
The Blow-Away Immersion that is ‘The 40-Year-Old Version’
I love it when I’m watching a movie at home, and it grabs me to the point where I start doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the middle of the film. I’ve yelled at the screen, I’ve gotten up and paced around, I’ve even punched pillows out of frustration. But never have I while watching a film, in addition to ALL of those things, ROLLED AROUND on the FREAKING FLOOR.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘Enola Holmes’ is MBB’s ‘Citizen Kane’
Ah, autumn. The leaves changing colors, the air getting crisp, the faint smell of campfires. Autumn is my favorite season, and it only has a little bit to do with the fact that I have a fall birthday. It is also the best season for movies, period. Every Twilight, Harry Potter, and Hunger Games came out in the fall, and you know I was at the midnight premiere of all of them! One of Netflix’s newest films, Enola Holmes, joins a pantheon of excellent teen-focused movies. Enola Holmes is the perfect movie to watch on your bed or couch with a cup of something warm. It embodies the exact feeling of a Harry Potter marathon or the Halloween specials on ABC Family. My only complaint, truly, is that they should have released this mid-October.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘Song Lang’ Follows a Familiar and Beautiful Tune
You’d think that after Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we wouldn’t need romances, or even narrative films, anymore. I mean, Céline Sciamma has kinda been there and conquered that. Be that as it may, it seems people are still making them. And as it turns out, Song Lang proves that there is most definitely still a place for romance in cinema.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
Brandon Cronenberg Makes His Daddy Proud with ‘Possessor’
“Cronenbergian” pertains to the twisted works of filmmaker David Cronenberg, specifically his graphic depictions of bodily mutations. A film scholar might take offense at this simplification, referencing his common themes of sexuality, the morphing of modern technology with our daily lives, and humanity’s inability to comprehend reality objectively. But when it comes to popular culture, Cronenberg is largely famous for being one of the originators of “body horror”. People remember him through the glorious head-explosion seen in Scanners, James Woods growing a vagina in his stomach in Videodrome, or Jeff Goldblum transforming into a humanoid housefly in, you guessed it, The Fly. It has even sparked a famous episode of Rick and Morty, where Rick accidentally creates a hideous race of human beings referred to as “Cronenbergs”.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
‘Death of Me’ Is a Waste of Time for the Audience, But a Nice Paid Vacation for the Cast and Crew
It’s not easy being a horror buff in 2020. By now, a lot of intriguing horror films should have already come out: from Spiral, the new Saw movie starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson; Antlers, director Scott Cooper’s first entry in the horror genre; Candyman, the promising new entry of the Candyman franchise, which similar to Halloween (2018), will be a direct sequel to the original and ignore the rest; and we shouldn’t forget Halloween Kills, the highly unnecessary sequel to the Halloween 2018 movie which was supposed to have come out this Halloween. Though, in all fairness, any of the follow-ups to John Carpenter’s original classic have been unnecessary.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Horror
Viewing Varda Part One: ‘La Pointe Courte’
When the news broke on March 29th, 2019 that Agnès Varda had passed away at age 90 from cancer, the film world mourned, but I did not. I recognized the name of course, but had I seen any of her films? As it turned out, actually yes. About 18 months prior, I had enjoyed an obscure documentary called Faces Places; I remembered it being very cute, and that the old woman’s hairstyle was quite strange. So that was that, and I moved on. It would be over a year until I, too, mourned the loss of one of the greatest, most important filmmakers to ever live.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘The Swerve’ Is an Epic Downer of a Movie
With all that 2020 has thrown our way, I don’t blame anyone for seeking soothing, uplifting entertainment. We need every excuse to inject a little happiness in our lives! With that in mind, Dean Kapsalis’ The Swerve may not necessarily be for you — it’s one of the most actively depressing and harrowing movies I have seen all year.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks
‘Buried’ Can’t Keep Ryan Reynolds in a Box
t’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Buried was released. I can only imagine that the pitch for 90 minutes of a man in a coffin must have been difficult; and for a movie with all its restrictions, Buried has its fair share of positive and negative attributes. Without a doubt, though, the star of the show is Ryan Reynolds. Granted, he’s the only on-screen character, but Reynolds truly demonstrates the range he has as an actor. Most of us are familiar with Ryan Reynolds playing different versions of himself (or Wade Wilson/Deadpool). So, it’s refreshing to see him take on a non-comedic role! Buried also contains an important message, but sadly, it feels rather sidelined.
By MovieBabble4 years ago in Geeks