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    Halloween Versus Halloween: Has HE Finally Come Home Again?

    October 31, 2018

    WARNING: SPOILERS FOR HALLOWEEN (1978 and 2018) ABOUND BELOW

    While the Halloween franchise has its share of fans who deeply love every film in the series, there is no denying that the original 1978 movie is the best of the lot. Even non-fanatics point to Halloween as a well-made…

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    Horror Sequel Fatigue: If They’re so Bad, Why Do We Keep Watching?

    October 30, 2018
    Sequels

    As of late July 2018, eight of the top ten movies at the box office were sequels. It’s as ludicrous sounding as it is lucrative. Original ideas come from indie production companies and the big studios pump out sequels, prequels, and spinoffs to guarantee profits from audiences. Four…

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    Scream’s Meta-Thrills Scared 1990s Horror into a Bloody Evolution

    October 26, 2018
    Scream

    In life, we all have rites of passage that mold, shape, and in many ways, transform the world and perspective we once knew. From birth (if we aren’t sacrificed for a demonic ritual), to puberty (if we aren’t drenched in pig’s blood at senior prom), to marriage (if we’re…

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    The Halloween 2018 Special – The Cinematic Schematic #9

    October 24, 2018
    Halloween
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    Trick ‘r’ treat listeners! In this month’s edition of The Cinematic Schematic celebrating the horror movie season, we’re stepping into the suburban American town of Haddonfield, IL to review David Gordon Green’s Michal Myers revival film, Halloween. Laron Chapman and The Cinematropolis essay contributor Christopher Shultz join me…

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    A Brief History Of Horror Anthology Films, The Perfect Halloween Treat

    October 18, 2018
    Horror Anthology Films

    Renowned editor and short horror fiction anthologist Ellen Datlow argues that the short story is the paramount format for horror tales. She writes in the introduction to her anthology Inferno (via writer Johann Thorrson’s blog):

    I think that fiction of the supernatural works better in the shorter…

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    Perfect Blue Investigates the Demon of Identity

    October 15, 2018
    The haunting image of Mema reviews its true form in Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue

    There has never been a dreamer quite like Satoshi Kon, and there has never been a nightmare quite like Perfect Blue.

    Kon built his body of work on the duality of individuality and the fluidity of consciousness. Though his films never achieved an overwhelming…

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    In Defense Of Halloween H20, One Of The Franchise’s Best Sequels

    October 1, 2018
    Halloween H20

    October 2018 AKA horror movie season, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most loved and respected horror films of all time: Halloween, the movie that made actress Jamie Lee Curtis and writer/director John Carpenter household names and introduced a new boogeyman, Michael Myers, AKA The Shape, to…

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    Legally Blonde: Intimidation, Feminism, and New Beginnings

    October 1, 2018
    Reese Witherspoon as Elle celebrates her LSAT scores with her friends in 'Legally Blonde'

    A significant marker of a fresh beginning is meeting new people. Introductions, social outings and figuring out how other people operate requires determination and tenacity. In these situations, women often reduce the stress of these daunting tasks by offering one another an extra shoulder to cry…

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    Inside Out: An Illustration of Perspective

    September 19, 2018
    Fear, Sadness, Joy, Anger, and Disgust from Disney Pixar's 'Inside Out'

    “When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? Isn’t life under the sun just a dream? Isn’t what I…

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    Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart – Mickey Reece and Mary Buss Interview

    September 18, 2018
    Strike Dear Mistress and Change His Heart
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    Award winning independent Oklahoma filmmaker Mickey Reece rejoins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his new movie making its world premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX, Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart. Reece is also joined by the film’s star, Mary Buss.

    A quick synopsis of Strike,…

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