The Film4 FrightFest 2008 Diary – Day 4 first published by Little White Lies, 24 Aug 2008 Includes capsules of: From Within, Let The Right One In, The Brøken, Autopsy, Martyrs, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer Fundamentalism versus paganism, faith versus guilt, outer respectability versus inner darkness. Yep, all manner of spooky confrontations are engineered through the device of…
My 13 contributions to A Great Horror From Every Year from 1922, first published by BFI, 28 October 2022 Includes capsules of: Nosferatu, The White Reindeer, Carnival of Souls, Onibaba, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Possession, Re-Animator, Cronos, Cure, A Tale of Two Sisters, Rec, Let The Right One In, Berberian Sound Studio Nosferatu (1922)…
Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) first published by Film4 Summary: Comedy director Tomas Alfredson turns his hand to a quiet horror story of pre-teen angst and vampiric longing in Cold War Stockholm. Review: “Not too close, not too far. Keep distance.” The broken Swedish of gym teacher Mr Avila (Cayetano Ruiz)…