Tag Archives: Ghosts

Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)

Posted on March 30, 2021 at 5:02 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

“Phantom Ladies Over Paris” is the subtitle of Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974), and it’s a good indication of what you’re going to get with Jacques Rivette’s fifth film: part epic serialized fantastique adventure in the tradition of Feuillade’s … Continue reading →

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The Woman in Black (1989)

Posted on October 2, 2020 at 3:37 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Television provides an intimacy that’s ideal for horror viewing, particularly horror of the quiet and unsettling kind. Watching that sort of film in an empty house, late at night and with the lights switched off, can be even more unnerving … Continue reading →

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Dead of Night (1945)

Posted on December 28, 2018 at 11:31 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The anthology film Dead of Night (1945) has an insidiously unsettling quality which sinks slowly into you, seemingly out of nowhere, but stretching into your veins like a virus. Quite literally, watching it is to step into a nightmare, one … Continue reading →

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