“You want to know about Ruthie Jean? They all been here, you know? Newspapers, cops, case workers… they all want to know. I heard her screaming. I heard right through the walls. I dialed 911. Nobody came. Nobody came. Everybody scared. He could come right …
Killtoberfest 4 – #17: Thir13en Ghosts
“This house is not a house. We’re in the middle of a machine designed by the Devil and powered by the dead.” I studied film at one of the most prestigious film schools in the country, and the one immutable fact that I’ve learned is …
Killtoberfest 4 – #15: Hour of the Wolf
“I see that something is going to happen, something evil, but I don’t know what to call it. But if you think I’m going to run away, I won’t! I won’t run away no matter how frightened I am!” Hour of the Wolf is said …
Killtoberfest 4 – #7: The Shining (1980)
“The most terrible nightmare I ever had. It’s the most horrible dream I ever had.” It’s time for me to forgive The Shining. I’ve been a die-hard Stephen King fan since I was 10, and although I found Kubrick’s adaptation of one of King’s best novels …
Killtoberfest 4 – #4: Kwaidan
“But here the old tale ends.” Telling stories. That’s all a movie is, really. But most films work very hard to make us forget that fact. They use all the myriad techniques of cinema–continuity editing, realistic sound and cinematography, location shooting, method acting, etc–to convince …