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Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook might be the best horror movie of the decade

December 8, 2024 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

First time director Jennifer Kent makes a horror film for the ages.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Edward Gorey, Essie Davis, Horror, Jennifer Kent, movies, Noah Wiseman, Pan's Labyrinth, The Babadook, The Shining

Beyond Horror: Blue Velvet

October 31, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

David Lynch’s iconic film finds horror in the banal. It’s as potent and disturbing today as when it appeared in 1986.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Blue Velvet, David Lynch

Beyond Horror: Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver

October 11, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

An unsettling classic about the making of a monster.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle

Beyond Horror: Roman Polanski’s Macbeth

October 4, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 2 Comments

Can Shakespeare be horror? In Roman Polanski’s hands, it can.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Charles Manson, Macbeth, Roman Polanski, Shakespeare, Sharon Tate

Beyond Horror: The White Ribbon

September 27, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

Michael Haneke’s 2009 film doesn’t have much in the way of jump-out-of-your-seat scares. But its quiet horror is almost unbearable.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Cache, Funny Games, Michael Haneke, The Piano Teacher, The White Ribbon

Beyond Horror: The Night of the Hunter

September 19, 2025 by Christopher ZF 2 Comments

There a few comparable cinematic experiences to The Night of the Hunter and its beautifully rendered nightmare Preacher hunting orphaned children.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Charles Laughton, Horror, The Night of the Hunter

Beyond Horror: Ingmar Bergman’s disintegration quartet

September 17, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 1 Comment

In a way, every one of the Swedish director’s works was a horror film—but these four are the scariest by far.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Bibi Andersson, horror movies, Hour of the Wolf, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullman, Max von Sydow, Passion of Anna, Persona, Shame, Wes Craven

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