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The Invitation
While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister intentions for their guests. Will and Eden were once a loving couple. After a tragedy took their son, Eden disappeared. Two years later, out of the blue, she returns with a new husband… and as
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Southbound
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares – and darkest secrets – over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway. Southbound is a 2015 American anthology horror/sci-fi/thriller film directed by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner and Patrick Horvath. The
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FAULTS [Riley Stearns 2014]
File under: impeccable retro eerie black comedy, weird motel theophany, hypnosis binds us all, exit counsellor discovering the fierce truth about himself. This is definitely one of those movies I fear I will keep watching for decades to come again and again. It is a movie that thrives in a twilight region of deprogramming and
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End of the Line [Maurice Devereaux 2007]
File under: doomsday cult mayhem, subway demonology, be afraid of the beep of that incoming sms. End of the Line is a Canadian indie horror that’s not so much talked about, still I think it’s one of the best and should be paired up with Kontroll and Midnight Meat Train for a Subway Gate-to-Hell trilogy.
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Race with the Devil [Jack Starett 1975]
File under: car chase occult horror, buddy movie human sacrifice, hilbilly satanist meet city tourist. Firstly, this horror flick was an influence on Red State (sez Kevin Smith) and a bunch of other action movies involving interrupted rituals and nasty consequences. Race with the Devil has it all – it has Texas slang & twang,
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BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (Panos Cosmatos 2010)
Serenity Trough Technology [/\RB()RI/\ Institute motto 1966] No turnaround this time, one of the best examples of cinematographic altered state eeriness and paranormal retro-avantgarde. Definite cult psychotronic favorite, and probably no wonder it’s Canadian. It’s a fantastic directorial debut by director Panos Cosmatos. With this movie I had the impression that I completely missed a