Halloween Ends is notable mainly for its cockamamie plot and its reverence for the original.
Tag: horror movies
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Sex Demon: pornographic camp and long-lost queer history
J.C. Cricket’s Sex Demon is not for the faint of heart—it’s for the depraved of mind, and Chicago is blessed to have it showing one night only at the Music Box on October 26.
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Friendships and horror flicks
There are plenty of film podcasts out there that focus exclusively on the plot or style. Neither Mallory nor I is an aspiring filmmaker or film historian; we’re just two friends talking.
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A love letter to ‘snakies’
Why did it have to be snakes? I don’t have especially strong feelings about them, and yet in the last few years I’ve accidentally become an expert on the deranged world of snakesploitation horror cinema.
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Best suburban source for horror writing and talk
Jon Kitley of Aurora has made a friend of horror. For 22 years he’s run Kitley’s Krypt, a site devoted to horror films, ranging from the earliest silent nightmares to the latest terrors from overseas. The site started in October of 1998 using the now-defunct Microsoft FrontPage tool. Kitley’s Krypt continues to provide regular updates […]
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Run away from Flee the Light
Exorcisms, demons, girls wildly dancing in their nighties under a full moon, zombification, reincarnation, witches, ghosts, and possession all come into play as the plot lurches along.
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Little Wild, little bunnies, a little gong
Let’s get into it, revelers, there’s a lot of stuff to do both online and off in the next few days! FRI 1/21 Fish (and visitors) are said to go bad after three days, but Fillet of Solo has been keeping it fresh for 25 years. Originally created by Sharon Evans for Live Bait Theater, […]
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Cinepocalypse returns to the Music Box with a fresh crop of horror films and cult classics
There’s always something new to be scared of.
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The new Suspiria manages to be about women’s power without being feminist
Luca Guadagnino’s remake takes too much pleasure in the destruction of women.
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The Shape of Water is wondrous, but woefully narrow-minded
The visual achievement of Guillermo del Toro’s new fantasy can’t alleviate its reductive worldview.
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Studies in repressed sexuality: Lon Chaney’s The Unknown and Boris Karloff’s The Old Dark House
Two psychologically loaded horror classics return for Halloween.
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This year’s edition of Music Box of Horrors isn’t just for horror buffs
The annual 24-hour marathon of spooky movies returns with an impressive lineup.
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Start the Halloween weekend with Cannibal Corpse
The death-metal masters bring their bloody blitz to Palatine tonight.
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At Mad Mobster’s peculiar crossroads of real and imagined horrors
A fest for those fascinated with serial killers, Mad Mobster True Crime & Horror Expo looks to become an annual Chicago institution.
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue