The Ghost Ship Moment
Where dramatic irony goes to die.
Horror on Overthinking It
Cargo Cult: The Keep
Cargo Cult takes apart Michael Mann’s 1983 high concept train wreck.
How to Survive the Thriller
Don’t just stand there, bust a move.
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The Real (Symbolic, and Imaginary) Ghostbusters
In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with ZUUL; this is a given.
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Episode 33: Oscar Predictions Across Alternate Universes
The Overthinkers tackle Joaquin Phoenix’s bizarre Letterman interview, Monster Ballads, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and the new Friday the 13th movie before moving onto their Oscar® predictions.
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NY Comic-Con, Day 2: Friday the 13th. Spoiler Alert: Way Too Violent.
The remake/reboot of Friday the 13th puts the porn back in torture-porn. As though that needed doing.
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Zombie Jamboree: Left 4 Dead’s Winning Formula
For the last six weeks, I have been trying to write something about Valve’s Left 4 Dead, unsuccessfully. This is because our site is about Overthinking stuff, and a post called “OMG ME PWN ZOMBIES!!” would not be appropriate.
Re: Your Brains
A recent post on the zombie in popular imagination gives an excellent general sense of what we talk about when we talk about the living dead. But there’s a conflict inherent in the system. We basically think of zombiism as … Continued
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Scariest Movie Ever?
While Halloween is the perfect holiday for horror films, we shouldn’t give short shrift to the more family oriented fare that comes out at this time of year. Nowadays, Halloween is arguably a kids’ festival, so it’s no surprise that … Continued
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Five Horror Films That Will Leave You Feeling Unclean
There exist within the horror genre certain films that are concerned less with scaring you than with making you question the essential goodness of mankind. I don’t really want to write about most of these movies, because it means that … Continued