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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 19 Feb 2016

Taut, ripened with tension from start to finish, and anchored by a star-making performance from Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch is a nightmarish…

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Review of Carnage Park (2016)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 19 Feb 2016

With a sense of swagger and an unflinching pace, Carnage Park is truly a cinematic triumph from top to bottom…

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Review of Witchboard (1986)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

By and large, Witchboard is a movie I enjoy, but mostly for the nostalgia factor and the fact that Tenney was taking some risks at that particular…

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Review of The Beast Within (1982)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Because Mora doesn't go the usual route for The Beast Within, the film ends up being a bit of an oddball creature feature that often stumbles…

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Review of Rewind This! (2013)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Though VHS' best days may have come and gone, Rewind This…

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Review of Final Exam (1981)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

I ended up being more than underwhelmed by Jimmy Huston's 1981 slasher Final Exam, which suffers from an almost total lack of atmosphere, violence…

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Review of Grand Piano (2013)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Eugenio Mira's Grand Piano is a stylish and taut thriller that wastes no time on spectacle, instead choosing to meticulously focus on story,…

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Review of Sightseers (2012)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Sightseers is everything you could want from a dark comedy infused with horror and is by far Wheatley's most assured work to date…

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Review of Devil's Due (2014)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Devil's Due, the latest from the filmmaking team known as Radio Silence, is a perfectly serviceable horror movie with some rather neat mythology…

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Review of Doc of the Dead (2014)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Doc of the Dead certainly has a lot on its undead-loving mind, it just never figures out what exactly it's trying to say…

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Review of Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Cockneys vs…

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Review of You're Next (2013)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Screenwriter Simon Barrett masterfully blends horror and pitch black comedy throughout his story, and continuously finds clever ways to subvert…

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Review of Hatchet III (2013)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

It may not be perfect, but Hatchet III is still a ton of fun and McDonnell does a great job at delivering a sequel that feels much bigger and…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

The Forest is an incredibly well-made effort from first time feature filmmaker Jason Zada and features strong performances from both Natalie…

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Review of Bad Dreams (1988)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Bad Dreams is a highly effective but deeply flawed psychological horror story that boasts a couple of nasty kills, some great shock moments…

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Review of Contracted (2013)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

A thoughtful and wonderfully cringe-inducing body horror story, Contracted is an often frightening and nasty exploration of isolation and desperation…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

The Forest is an incredibly well-made effort from first time feature filmmaker Jason Zada and features strong performances from both Natalie…

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Review of Night of the Comet (1984)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

I think it's the film's ability to embrace its own zaniness that has cemented Night of the Comet's legacy in modern horror as by far one of…

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Review of Saturn 3 (1980)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

It's easy to see why Saturn 3 has achieved a certain type of cult appeal over the years- it has an incredible cast, an interesting killer robot…

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Review of Oculus (2014)

By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 08 Jan 2016

Flanagan effectively turns his inanimate killer very much into an entity that's just as deadly as anything with a pulse- a remarkable feat-…

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