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The Lighthouse

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

I loved Robert Eggers’s 2015 film, The Witch, so had high hopes for his second big screen effort, The Lighthouse. While The Lighthouse is not without problems, it is a satisfyingly creepy brew of nautical themed horror and troublesome masculinity. You can read my take on the movie for Australian Book Review Arts Update in full here.… Read more

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Posted in Horror, Non-crime reviews, Science fiction and fantasy

Tagged H P Lovecraft, Herman Melville, horror film, Jarin Blaschke, Robert Eggers, Robert Louise Stevenson, Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse (2020), The Shining (1980), The Witch (2015), Willem Dafoe

Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Andrew Nette| 3 Comments

There is a sense of tension and anticipation around any film remake, especially when the original is well known and received. So is the case with Luca Guadagnino’s version of his countryman, Dario Argento’s cult horror, Suspiria (1977). There has been intense online debate about the movie from the moment the first poster for the remake hit social media earlier this year. Speculation has increased with every subsequent image, casting decision, and trailer.