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5 Days of Goblin: Day 2, Suspiria

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For director Dario Argento, Suspiria was the film that changed the way the world would perceive him. His early work had established him as a European counterpart to Hitchcock and a strong voice in the giallo subgenre. With Suspiria, he created something else entirely and firmly cemented his status as a master of horror.

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Insidious Chapter 2 Review

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Insidious Chapter 2 picks up where the first film left off with the Lambert family under attack by paranormal forces. Instead of the child Dalton, the spirit is focused this time on using Josh, the father, as a vessel to murder his family. With this being the second James Wan film to come out this year, and the fact that both films deal with the otherworldly, a family’s struggle against these spirits, and ghost hunters, comparisons are inevitable. As a reviewer, it’s difficult not to see these films as fundamentally connected, perhaps part of the same universe (Waniverse?), or be tempted to assert that Wan may have written both films simultaneously.

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Review of You’re Next

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I was fortunate enough to attend Geekadelphia’s advance screening of Adam Wingard’s latest horror effort, You’re Next. The film follows the Davison family as they celebrate the wedding anniversary of the parents. When a group of killers show up to terrorize the family, it’s up to one of the guests to save the day with her sharpened survivalist skills, and secrets about family members are soon revealed.

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