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The post Valley of the Shadow: The Spiritual Value of Horror is now a book! appeared first on Battleship Pretension. The Valley of The Shadow: The Spiritual Value of Horror explores the surprising connection between horror and spirituality. Authors Tyler Smith and Reed Lackey argue that horror, with its monsters

The post Home Video Hovel: The Grifters, by Rudie Obias appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Director Stephen Frears has an interesting career to say the least. He firmly sits at the crossroads of auteur filmmaker and journeyman director. While he’s made a number outstanding films in his time, like High

Teruo Ishii was a one-man film industry in 1969. The Japanese director based at Toei Studios had nine films come out that year. To put that into perspective, Quentin Tarantino has only directed 9 films so far. This was a memorable time for Ishii since the year started with Orgies

After the recent success of Belle, director Mamoru Hosoda’s earlier films are coming to America on 4K UHD. Summer Wars arrives in April. The film is about a high schooler accused of hacking a virtual world by a less than truthful AI program. Wolf Children gets an August release. The

Poverty Row was a group of studios that were notorious for producing low budget films. They were far from the lavish major studios that created stars. They made films that were known for being short in pay for cast and crew, production days and running time. They understood that the