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If you missed last week’s post, where I alphabetically listed horror films (A – M) definitely worth watching, check it out here. This is the second half, N – Z. Happy Hauntings! Here’s N – Z: Night of the Living Dead (1968) “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” would become the quote to know from …
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Hello all who are interested in The Speculum! I started The Speculum in the hope of writing about something new and interesting with each post. I have always had an interest in the unordinary and found myself comfortable learning about strange topics; I grew up reading mystery series like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, …
Since it’s Spooktober, I figured I’d do something special and offer up a horror movie recommendation for every letter of the alphabet. Some of them may be obvious, but some—I hope—are not. This isn’t a list of my all-time favorites (though some are on here); it’s simply a variety of films, all of which I …
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In this psychological thriller, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star as two lighthouse keepers who become stranded on their small island when a storm hits. As their relationship deepens into something abusive and toxic, their sanity wanes, and their true identities begin to come to light. This is a gorgeous black and white film that …
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I was into punk music before I was into horror movies, so when I realized that the Misfits song “Pumpkin Head” was inspired by a film, I had to see it. Stan Winston’s Pumpkinhead was itself inspired by a poem by Ed Justin, whom the main character, Ed Harley, is likely named after. The movie …
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Yo La Tengo | Electr-o-Pura Release Date: May 2, 1995; reissued on September 4, 2020 Album Length: 58:23 Genre: Indie Rock Originally released in 1995, Matador remastered and reissued this for its 25th-year anniversary—any excuse to listen to one of the best albums by the most romantic indie band! Ever? Ever. Which shouldn’t be a …
I love a schlocky exploitation film, and though the intrepid standalone Ninja III: The Domination is only just fine, it certainly delivers on the schlock and the exploitation of then-current trends in film: dance, horror, and… ninjas? Yep, the same decade that gave us Dirty Dancing, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Flashdance, and Friday the …
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Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm is the classic story of a diabolical 7-foot tall mortician who morphs into the body of a blonde temptress and lures unsuspecting barflies to their deaths so he can harvest their bodies and shrink them into dwarves that look like Jawas from Star Wars and launch them into another dimension in a …
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After waking up in the hospital with cotton balls stuffed into my ears and nose, groggy and wickedly sore on the left side of my head, the attending nurse relayed the story that I had apparently told her in my induced sedation after bursting through the emergency room doors at four in the morning with …
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