The new adaptation of Stephen King’s It has now surpassed The Exorcist to take the title of the world’s highest grossing R-rated horror film of all time (unadjusted for inflation…)
Continue reading It is officially the number one horror EVER
The new adaptation of Stephen King’s It has now surpassed The Exorcist to take the title of the world’s highest grossing R-rated horror film of all time (unadjusted for inflation…)
Continue reading It is officially the number one horror EVER
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M. Night Shyamalan is the type of director that critics seem to will to have a ‘welcome return to form’. Having made his name with a string of early-noughties supernatural chiller/thrillers – The Sixth Sense among them – a series of financially successful, but generally panned blockbusters followed. Slashing his budget from After Earth’s $150m to $5m for 2015’s The Visit has seen Shyamalan return to his filmmaking origins and it’s a trend that continues with Split. Yes, it’s another generally welcome return.
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‘The world we live in. It’s so wondrous insipid, mysterious terrifying, even magical disturbing…’