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dawn of the dead
November 20, 2024
For Adrian Manuel, Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead is the Gen X sequel to Romero’s Baby Boomer original. He…
Fear
January 18, 2024
Adrian Manuel looks back at MTV's short-lived horror reality series 'FEAR' and how it embodies the terror of 'The Blair…
Evil Dead chainsaws
July 24, 2023
Both Beth of 'Evil Dead' and Mia of 'Evil Dead Rise' earn the mother of all chainsaw kills, slicing and…
Barbarian, Don't Breathe
June 7, 2023
Adrian Manuel looks at the use of Detroit in 'Barbarian' and 'Don't Breathe' to depict the hells of capitalism.
Significant Other
March 22, 2023
'Significant Other' and 'Honeymoon' are sci-fi horror soulmates; the perfect anti-date movie double feature. 
The Gift Sam Raimi Cate Blanchett
September 9, 2022
Adrian Manuel looks at Sam Raimi's 'The Gift' and explains why this Southern Gothic horror deserves as much love as…
The Scarlet Witch
July 8, 2022
Adrian Manuel looks at Wanda, or the Scarlet Witch, in the MCU and horrific transformation from the Final Girl to…
Spider-Man
December 28, 2021
In his takes on Spider-Man, Sam Raimi gave us a Darkman sequel with Green Goblin and a mini-Evil Dead movie…