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Movies Till Dawn: Freaky Deaky

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Paul Gaita

“V/H/S/99” (2022, RLJE Films) Fifth entry in the found footage horror anthology franchise is set in 1999 (the tail end of the VHS era, it should be noted), which is echoed, somewhat opaquely at times, in the subject matter of … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Thrills and Chills ’23

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Paul Gaita

“AmnesiA” (Cult Epics, 2001) Photographer Alex (Fedja van Huet) abandons his faltering career – too many visions of a past trauma interrupting the shoots – and joins his twin brother Aram (also van Huet) at their mother’s home, which appears … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Beyond Belief

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Paul Gaita

“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974, Dark Sky Films) Tobe Hooper’s landmark horror film has been imitated, duplicated, and sequelized multiple times, all of which (even Hooper’s own 1986 revisit) haven’t come close to the anarchic, nightmarish terror of the … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Spook-a-Rama (Halloween 2022)

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“Night Gallery: Season 2” (1971-72, Kino Lorber) Sophomore season of the Rod Serling-hosted horror anthology series essentially follows the same template as its predecessor, with a respectable number of effective episodes and a sizable number of out-and-out duds. That ratio … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Goes Straight to Hell

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“Surf Nazis Must Die” (1987, Troma Films) A future California falls into lawlessness following a cataclysmic earthquake, and from the rubble rises a new Nazi regime (which includes LA Beat alumnus Michael Sonye) which aims to rule the beaches (and … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The People Next Door

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“All Or Nothing” (2002, Severin Films) Studies in quiet (and not so quiet) desperation via three working class families in London, who respond to the millstone of daily life around their necks with a mix of heartbreak, defeat, and carelessness. … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage Distractions

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“My Little Chickadee” (1940, Kino Lorber) The lawless Western town of Greasewood City is no match for the twin Dionysian forces of saloon singer and free thinker Flower Belle (Mae West) and garrulous con man Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields), … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Science Fiction and Fact

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Minor Premise” (2020, Utopia) Researcher Sathya Sridharan, crumbling under strain from multiple fronts (his late father’s scientific legacy, his shambolic life, alcohol), pours his energy into an experiment to control emotion, which literally shatters him into 10 distinct personalities, each … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Hot and Cool ’70s Crime Double Feature

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Paul Gaita

Midnight – “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” – Thriller (1974, Kino Lorber) Gritty and witty hostage thriller with Walter Matthau in full hangdog mode as a New York City Transit Authority cop who becomes the primary contact – … Continue reading →

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