Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature debut “The Ugly Stepsister” takes inspiration from an unlikely pair of genres: ...

Italian giallo films first flourished in the late 1960s, taking their name from the distinctive yellow (giallo in Italian) covers of the popular Mondadori pulp novels, reprints of American and British ...

While it is true that Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is one of the earliest precursors to the entire slasher sub-genre, there was a direct influence the film had on cinema that eventually led to slashers ...

Nick is a writer who works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has previously written for Indiewire, The Playlist, and Little White Lies. Generally speaking, the Father, the Son, and the Holy ...

The non-profit organization American Cinematheque in Los Angeles has been a cultural touchstone for the film community for years. Through their support, the monthly series Cinematic Void puts on ...

As far as horror film directors go, few are more influential and prolific than Dario Argento. With over half a century of films under his belt (his first came in 1970), the Italian Argento became a ...

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It’s a sign of a career well spent when a filmmaker’s body of work is so screamingly impressive that just their name is synonymous with a certain type of cinematic excellence. So, what do you think of ...