I do not have a lot to say about the film, Zombies of Mora Tau. Given that I quite often feel underwhelmed with zombie films on account of having seen so many, it takes a lot for cinematic representations of the undead to impress me these days. To be entirely honest, I think the brief introductory Kim Newman clip (on the Arrow Video version) where he discusses the significance of this film--yes, even he admits that horror fans would generally…
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Calvaire 2004
Calvaire is very difficult for me to describe. It is simultaneously transgressive and—oddly enough—hesitant to be too visceral in its depictions of violence. The execution of these elements working in tandem feels off to me. It makes me question what the point of it all is. But isn’t this the point of films from the New French Extremity? Diehard fans of Martyrs will be quick to jump that film’s defence in this regard.
Calvaire has a lot of ideas that do work…
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Welcome to Kittytown 2022
I may be biased on account of my knowing people involved in the production, but I must say that I genuinely enjoyed Welcome to Kittytown. In particular, I appreciated the vastness of the Saskatchewanian (yes, this is a real word—I checked) landscape, and found that the minimalism inherent therein helped to establish a sense of bleakness, which is far too often absent from post-apocalyptic films. I also appreciated the variety of comedic approaches that the film employed; while Kittytown could have…
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Black Sunday 1960
Had you asked me to rank my top horror movies of all time towards the beginning of my horror film watching odyssey, I would likely not have included many films from the 1960s. A decade and many scream queens later, I find myself hard-pressed to think of an era of horror cinema that captivates me more. I have absolutely fallen in love with so many horror films from the 60s, nor is this adoration limited to merely one sub-genre. And…
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