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Author: Gena Radcliffe

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Dispatch, Part 1: Tower. A Bright Day, Empathy, Inc., Antrum

Tower. A Bright Day
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This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood As horror continues its gradual moving away from traditional monsters and […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 17, 2018January 29, 2019

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV Review: A Total Witch Hunt

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This Riverdale-ified reboot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch is chock-full of scares, sex and a hefty dose of […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 15, 2018August 1, 2020

Five Movies We’re Dying to See at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2018
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This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Now in its third year, the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, taking […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 7, 2018January 29, 2019

All About Nina Review: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Struggles to Succeed in the Standup Boys’ Club

All About Nina
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead lashes back at the stiflingly male-dominated world of standup comedy in Eva Vives’ acerbic, stunning […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 3, 2018August 1, 2020

The Haunting of Hill House: Netflix Adapts Shirley Jackson’s Novel, Loses Some of Its Essence

The Haunting of Hill House
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Netflix’s adaptation of the classic Shirley Jackson horror novel boasts a brilliant cast and some intriguing scares, but […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 26, 2018August 1, 2020

BoJack Horseman Season 5 Review: Forgiveness, Change, and Free Churros

BoJack Horseman Season 5
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In total, the fifth season of Netflix’s animated series juggles as many dark laughs out of the difficulty […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 20, 2018August 1, 2020

BoJack Horseman Season 5 TV Review: As Devastating and Bleakly Funny As Ever

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Netflix’s bittersweet tale of talking animals and the vagaries of celebrity returns for a thoughtful fifth season filled […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 13, 2018August 1, 2020

Film Review: Sierra Burgess Is a Loser Mistakes Frumpy for Failure

SIERRA BURGESS IS A LOSER
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Netflix updates Cyrano de Bergerac for the social media era in this clunky teen rom-com, which distastefully hinges […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 5, 2018August 1, 2020

35 Years Later, Cujo Remains a Scary, Shaky Stephen King Adaptation

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Lewis Teague’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Cujo turns thirty-five today, and is a perfect example of the thrills […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on August 20, 2018August 1, 2020

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is Netflix’s Love Letter to Love Letters

To All Of The Boys I've Loved Before
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Netflix’s latest dalliance in the teen rom-com genre is a real charmer, a sunny, bittersweet confection with plenty […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on August 15, 2018August 1, 2020

Fantasia 2018: Hurt Is Blumhouse’s Latest, Spookiest, Most Uneven Scare-Fest

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Blumhouse’s latest thriller is tense and deceptively clever, but undoes its thrills with no shortage of irritating fakeouts. […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on July 26, 2018January 26, 2019

Fantasia 2018: The Witch in the Window Scares Without a Drop of Blood

The Witch in the Window
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Andy Milton’s atmospheric haunted house film is inscrutably scary and beautifully lit, balancing bone-chilling existential horror with compelling […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on July 23, 2018July 30, 2020

Fantasia 2018: Lifechanger is a Bleak & Eerie Story About Identity & Never Letting Go

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Justin McConnell’s lean, fascinating horror-drama blends an intriguing structure with some novel investigation into the psychology of its […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on July 20, 2018July 30, 2020

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