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The BEST Horror Movie Reviews and Articles!
L’ossessa (Enter the Devil / The Eerie Midnight Horror Show / The Devil Obsession / The Tormented / Obsessed / Sexorcist!, 1974) – #NineTenthsOfTheLaw
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This is the fourth in a series of articles looking at Eurocult films from the 1970s and 1980s that focus on a theme ...
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The Black Phone (2022) – Well Made Mediocrity
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Directed by Scott Derricksen and and written by C. Robert Cargill, The Black Phone reunites a power packed duo that took on Hollywood blockbusters including Sinister ...
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Exorcismo (Exorcism, 1975) – #NineTenthsOfTheLaw
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Nine Tenths of the Law #2: Exorcism (Juan Bosch, 1975)
This is the third in a series of articles looking at Eurocult films ...
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X (2022) – Brilliant Film, Exquisite Acting, Not Quite A Classic
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For horror fans, and movie fans in general, we have suffered a great injustice in the form of a 2 year pandemic drought ...
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Magdalena vom Teufel besessen (Magdalena Possessed by the Devil 1974) – #NineTenthsOfTheLaw
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This is the second in a series of articles looking at Eurocult films from the 1970s and 1980s that focus on a theme ...
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Discourse Over Charred Remains – Faces of Death (1978)
In an attempt to test out a new format, we at Malevolent Dark are going to do a little back and forth on the topic ...
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Un Urlo Dalle Tenebre (The Exorcist III: Cries and Shadows 1975) – #NineTenthsOfTheLaw
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This is the first in a series of articles looking at Eurocult films from the 1970s and 1980s that focus on a theme ...
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Possessor (2020) – Amazing Body Horror From A Proven Pedigree
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Strangely enough, Malevolent Dark will do a review of a Brandon Cronenberg before we land a a review of one of his father’s ...
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The Ringmaster (2018) aka Finale – A Cringeworthy Circus of Violence
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The Ringmaster (2018), also known as Finale is a Danish horror film by director Søren Juul Petersen. It revolves around two female gas ...
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Basket Case 2 (1990) – The Brutal Return of the Bradley Twins
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Here we will take look at Basket Case 2 (1990). We briefly covered the original in our Top-10 Horror Films of 1982 list ...
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The House By The Cemetery (1981) – Fulci’s Final Gate to Hell
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Malevolent Dark is finally getting around to reviewing The House By The Cemetery (1981) from Lucio Fulci’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy. For this one, ...
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10 Essential Horror Films to Know Malevolent Dark (Part 2)
Here we go! Thanks for checking out the 10 Essential Horror Films to Know Malevolent Dark. I consider these films to be the foundation of ...
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10 Essential Horror Films to Know Malevolent Dark (Part 1)
As I have often alluded to, I am a child of the 70s. Likewise, my horror journey lead me through many films that would now ...
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The Descent (2005) – Suffocating, Claustrophobic, Powerful
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It has been quite some time since the first time I watched The Descent (2005) directed by British director Neil Marshall. Neil’s previous work ...
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Just Before Dawn (1981) – Don’t Believe the Hype
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Just Before Dawn (1981) is an American slasher directed by Jeff Lieberman. For those that remember Jeff, he also directed the bane of ...
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Psycho 3 (1986) – Anthony Perkins’ Debut Behind The Camera
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A simple Internet search of the most impactful horror/suspense films of all time will quickly reveal Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece Psycho. To this ...
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Happy Birthday To Me (1981) – Brutally Incoherent
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Sometimes I think the Malevolent Dark randomization engine is evolving into a sentient intelligence. After watching Canadian horror film My Bloody Valentine (1981), the rando-horror ...
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Eaten Alive! (1980) – Ridiculous, Even by Umberto Lenzi Standards
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While the term Mondo Cannibal Master might be a bit overzealous for a man like Umberto Lenzi, he is nothing if not prolific ...
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August Underground (2001) – Sickest Film Ever Made In The US? (Explicit)
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In 2001, A few friends from Pennsylvania decided to band together to show a side of Horror that most wouldn’t want to know ...
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Deranged (1974) – Quirky, Fun and Overshadowed
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A quick tour through horror cinema during the last half of the 20th century reveals that one of the most used real-life stories ...
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