Tag Archives: Ti West

When the fever escapes the cabin

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Daniel

I love Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever. Aside from playing on our fears of getting a flesh-eating disease, it also makes the threat—the monster—our own friends. It shows how quickly we would turn on each other to protect ourselves. It shows … Continue reading →

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Burnt Offerings: a new era of the slow burner horror film?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Daniel

Having almost 40 years of experience watching horror films (I’m 41 and have been watching some form of horror films since I was like 5) I grew up on what are now considered ‘slow burners’: horror films that have about … Continue reading →

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“Direct” to DVD—the horror of director Ti West

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Daniel

A couple of years ago, I caught this movie called The Roost on cable, and it really struck a chord with me. It was a 2005 film, but it looked and felt like something out of the late 70s or … Continue reading →

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