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THE SHADOW

A veritable master class in psycho-horror that holds up beautifully

Impossible though it might seem to believe nowadays, this British horror fest was once considered the height of shock

This “Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis” is one of the closest things that exists to a bestseller in the category of horror film texts

A two-hander featuring a real-life Spanish comic team going slowly bonkers

This 49 minute British shocker is nearly ninety years old, yet remains an astonishing example of expressionistic filmmaking

In this Year in Bedlam overview, highlighting 30 lesser-known and/or underappreciated film releases, I’ll be exploring 1980

Just what the title says.

A partially successful 1951 release that gives filmed opera a good name

A most confounding 1962 masterwork about a man’s doomed love for a mannequin

2020 was a hell of a year