Horror is often about creating discomfort, but psychological horror goes for psychological fears more. We get to the inside of these morally ambiguous people’s minds. Those films try to explore darker parts of our minds that sometimes we repress or just don’t want to admit. No wonder it’s the favorite horror subgenre of so many […]
Author: Mansur Zeynalov
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10 Great Slasher Movies You May Have Never Seen
Slashers are a particular subgenre of horror films that are not always original. The formula can be very simple; somebody in mask comes and kills everybody one by one. However, recently, as obvious from “Happy Death Day” films, it’s always possible to put an original spin into it. “Texas Chain Saw Massacre”, “Black Christmas” and […]
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10 Great Gangster Comedies You May Have Never Seen
There was a time in cinema where crime films, particularly mafia and gangster related films, were way more common than they are now. Nowadays, you only get the Russian mafia as a villain in your actions. In those days, we also got a lot of comedies that mocked those too tough, too evil or too […]
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The 15 Best Ethan Hawke Movie Performances
Ethan Hawke never really catches mainstream attention. He’ll be the first to admit that he’s not that good when it comes to picking more commercially appealing movies; he’s even a little too harsh to them sometimes. He called “Taking Lives” a terrible movie, and while it was no masterpiece, it’s fine enough for what it […]
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10 Great Films That Didn’t Receive a Single Oscar Nomination This Year
It’s never possible to satisfy everyone with awards or film listings, because tastes are always different, but you at least hope that some of your favorite films are in contention to get at least a little bit of recognition. Unfortunately, more often than not they come up short. This year was the same. To be […]
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10 Great Noir Films You May Have Never Seen
The film historian Sheri Chinen Biesen writes in her book “Blackout” that there are two separate strains of film noir—one arose during wartime, the other followed it: “These early noir films created a psychological atmosphere that in many ways marked a response to an increasingly realistic and understandable anxiety – about war, shortages, changing gender […]