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by Justin Query *** The spooky season may have come to an end, but there are aspects of horror that continue to mutate under the thin skin of terror that has no expiration date. To that end, director Barry Levinson’s film The Bay stakes claim on the ecology of horror, suggesting that the monsters that…
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by Justin Query *** The spooky season prepares to take its final breath, and there are so many ways in which film fans can enjoy cinematic scares before the sun rises on November 1st. So — for some — that final scary movie in October should represent something special, whether a classic slasher like Halloween…
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Just Another Horror Movie Viewing Guide, Week 6 (10/26 – 10/31): Classic Terrors
1978, Amanda Bearse, An American Werewolf in London, Chris Sarandon, David Naughton, Edgar Wright, Fright Night, Griffin Dunne, Halloween, House of 1000 Rejects, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Miller, Jenny Agutter, John Carpenter, John Landis, Justin howard query, Justin query, Linda Blair, Lionsgate Films, Max Von Sydow, Michael Dougherty, Rob Zombie, Roddy McDowell, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, The Exorcist, Tom Holland, Trick ‘R Treat, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., William Friedkin, William Ragsdale
by Justin Query *** One sometimes has to always save the best for last, so whether a classic representation of a familiar monster or an updated take on a genre film that came decades before it, some horror films are simply meant to serve as the sinister Santa Claus that waves to the crowd as…
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Just Another Horror Movie Viewing Guide, Week 5 (10/21 – 10/25): Fate
28 Days Later, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Alex Garland, Ana Lily Amirpour, bruce willis, Bryan Bertino, Cillian Murphy, Danny Boyle, Drew Goddard, Fox Searchlight, guillermo del toro, Hayley Joel Osment, Joss Whedon, Liv Tyler, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Rogue Pictures, Sally Hawkins, Scott Speedman, The Cabin in the Woods, The Shape of Water, The Sixth Sense, The Strangers
by Justin Query *** For some, the spooky season is a month-long endeavor, captured only within those October days & nights in which candy corn and frightening films will linger. But — for others — the spirit of Halloween is an unending thing: Monstrous movie posters adorn the walls, year-long. Plastic Jack O’Lanterns flicker from…
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Just Another Horror Movie Viewing Guide, Week 4 (10/16 – 10/20): Unique Horror
Aaron Moorhead, Adrian Pasdar, Host, James Cameron, Jenny Wright, Justin Benson, Justin howard query, Justin query, Kathryn Bigelow, Kevin Smith, Lionsgate, Lou Taylor Pucci, Malin Ackerman, Nadia Hilker, Near Dark, One Cut of the Dead, Red State, Rob Savage, Shin’ichirō Ueda, Shudder, Spring, Stage 6 Films, Taissa Farmiga, That Kevin Smith, The Final Girls
by Justin Query *** With time, horror movies have recycled a number of the motifs that have become second nature to scary movies: sudden gusts of wind, the electricity suddenly going off, and torrential rainstorms in the night. But sometimes, genre filmmaking can explore new elements that turn traditional horror films on their heads, and…
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by Justin Query *** The spooky season is fully upon us, and so many are preparing their creepiest costumes for a night’s long quest for candy, outfitting their homes to frighten even their bravest friends and neighbors. And if the search for Snickers candy bars or the hunt for haunted houses is any indication, then…
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Just Another Horror Movie Viewing Guide, Week 3 (10/11 – 10/15): Scary Places
Brad Anderson, Corey Haim, Dawn of the Dead, Dianne Wiest, Ferran Terraza, Friday the 13th, george a. romero, Jake Weber, Jason Patric, Joel Schumacher, Justin howard query, Justin query, Kiefer Sutherland, Manuela Velasco, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, MGM, Robert Wise, Romero, Sarah Polley, Session 9, The Haunting, The Lost Boys, The Machinist, Ty Burrell, Universal Pictures, Ving Rhames, Warner Bros., Zack Snyder, [REC]
by Justin Query *** How you spend the spooky season can sometimes be as important as where you spend the spooky season: around a campfire; in a darkened basement; seated in an abandoned theater. This week, Front Center Seat collects yet another week of sinister movies — motion pictures highlighting the most frightening locations you…
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by Justin Query *** When it comes to the holidays, one generally associates family & friends with those wintertime festivities and the passage of the new year. But the Yuletide holidays have much in common with autumn’s Halloween: bright, vibrant colors; deliciously sweet candies; and other traditions meant to stave off evil spirits. This week,…
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Just Another Horror Movie Viewing Guide, Week 1 (10/1 – 10/5): Origin Stories
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Creature from the Black Lagoon, dracula, f.w. murnau, garance marillier, george a. romero, guillermo del toro, horror, julia ducournau, julie adams, Justin howard query, Justin query, max schreck, movies, Night of the Living Dead, Nosferatu, Raw, The Blair Witch Project, universal monsters
by Justin Query *** October is synonymously famous for candy, costumes, and sinister cinema. Perhaps the only ingredients missing here are those “Best Of” horror movie lists that invade social media posts like three persistent masked strangers invaded a home back in 2008. In an entirely unsolicited fashion, Front Center Seat has compiled a list…
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