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Criterion 80s Horror CollectionR
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September 30, 2022

Ranking the Criterion Channel’s 80s Horror collection

Offering classics to slashers to B-horror to genuine obscurities, the best streaming channel you're not watching has something for everyone this Halloween season.
Near DarkI
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November 6, 2020

In “Near Dark,” being a vampire really sucks

Initially a box office flop, Kathryn Bigelow's stylish horror-Western became an iconic cult classic.
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October 17, 2020

“A Simple Plan” is a masterclass in bone-chilling tension

Sam Raimi's director-for-hire job helming this chilling crime drama turns out to be one of his most compelling works.
Twister Philip Seymour HoffmanP
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August 24, 2020

P.S.H. I Love You: Enter the suck zone of 1996’s “Twister”

Philip Seymour Hoffman livened up Jan de Bont's 1996 blockbuster -- and probably made Jack Black's career possible.
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June 30, 2020

Houston, we have a problem: “Apollo 13” at 25

Ron Howard's gripping historical space thriller teaches us a lot about frustrated expectations in our current moment (and the resolve to overcome them).