Tag Archives: Silence of the Lambs
Jen and Sylvia Soska—Exciting and terrifying and wonderful
The Canadian filmmaking team Jen and Sylvia Soska are a pair of identical twins who have made one of the most talked about independent movies of the year. The tale of four people with a cool car and truly terrible luck, Dead Hooker in a Trunk is a bloody, brutal and often funny flick that [...]
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Horror—Stuck
There’s lots of talk about what is and isn’t horror. Usually, the discussion centers on films like Psycho or Silence of the Lambs, or even entire genres like slasher or giallo flicks. While it’s generally agreed these all fall under the umbrella of horror, it can be argued that they don’t. But there are also [...]
Extra, Extra! Oscar Acknowledges Horror…Sorta
I know you watched the Academy Awards last Sunday—if only because of Oscar’s salute to horror. Horror! At the Oscars! Sooooo, what did you think? Yeah, me too. I guess it’s kinda sweet that that the Academy acknowledged that horror actually does exist. It’s been a long time since that last occurred. Back in 1974, [...]