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daily scream

curated cinema: what it means to kill

Tue, Oct 29, 2024
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2014’s Blue Ruin is streaming on Prime and Tubi in the US; not streaming in the UK (sorry).

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curated cinema: a Method to the bloodsucking madness

Mon, Oct 28, 2024
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2000’s Shadow of the Vampire is on Prime on both sides of the Atlantic.

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curated cinema: it’s all funny-scary eldritch atmosphere

Sun, Oct 27, 2024
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2015’s Crimson Peak is streaming on Prime in the US, and available to rent or buy on Prime in the UK.

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curated cinema: the fear and rage of being human

Sat, Oct 26, 2024
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2016’s A Monster Calls is streaming on Prime on both sides of the Atlantic.

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curated cinema: home is where the ill wind blows

Fri, Oct 25, 2024
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2016’s Under the Shadow is on Netflix (and lots of other services) on both sides of the Atlantic.

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curated cinema: the monster in the basement is your pain

Thu, Oct 24, 2024
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2014’s The Babadook is on Netflix, and lots of other services, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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curated cinema: the woods are just trees, right? *gulp*

Tue, Oct 22, 2024
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2017’s The Ritual is on Netflix in the US, Prime in the UK.

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curated cinema: fresh horror and fresh humanity in a stale subgenre

Mon, Oct 21, 2024
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2016’s The Girl with All the Gifts is on Prime and Apple TV in the US and the UK.

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daily scream: how to fill the gaping hole inside now that Halloween is over

Tue, Oct 31, 2023
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1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is on Disney+ on both sides of the Atlantic (and a few other services, too).

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daily scream: the dread of a future you can’t see

Mon, Oct 30, 2023
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2001’s Donnie Darko is on Kanopy in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK (and lots of other services).

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