“Trust is a tough thing to come by these days.” To paraphrase Bo Diddley, “Who do you trust?” You don’t have to walk 47 miles of barbed wire or wear a cobra-snake for a necktie to know that the answer to the question is, “Nobody!” Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Crystal Cleveland, […]
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The Bird With the Crystal Plumage: A Near Perfect Giallo From the Genre’s Golden Age
Noted Italian director Dario Argento’s directorial debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L’uccello Dalle Piume di Cristallo) (1970), is not the first giallo, but it is one of the prime examples of that genre. An American author in Rome witnesses an attempted murder in an art gallery, which may be tied to a serial […]
“The Love Witch” (2016): Serial Killing Meets Sexual Politics in Occult Thriller
Writer/director Anna Biller’s films are equal parts labors of love, valentines to both classic and cult cinema, celluloid discourses on sexual politics, and visual eye candy that feeds viewers’ minds at the same time — along with so much more. Her second feature-length film, The Love Witch, draws from vintage 1960s thrillers, occult shockers, and […]