Opening with nude hysteria in a prison, this 1969 film still has the capacity to rattle the viewer like a … More
Author: nicholauspatnaude
Nicholaus Patnaude teaches high school at a private boarding school. An excerpt from his illustrated novel, First Aide Medicine, will soon be published in The Seahorse Rodeo Folk Revival. First Aide Medicine, which won the 2010 International Emergency Press contest, will be published in its entirety by Emergency Press (http://emergencypress.org/) in late 2011 or early 2012. He currently lives in Litchfield County, CT.
HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE (1973) Review
Care for an acid bath? How about an infinite number of real rats set aflame? A hunchback so handsome your … More
FLESH TO PLAY (2016) Review
A man wails in borderline exuberance to his absent wife whom he blames for his horrible fate of keeping his … More
ORGAN (1996) Review
“I wanted to describe the agony of a wounded soul of someone decaying from the inside.” -Kei Fujiwara (director of … More
MARTYRS (2008) Review
An unusual film whose title, mysterious at first, shines like a beacon of unholy light by its conclusion. Although thoroughly … More
FEEDBACK (2019) Review
Mexican standoffs are a surprisingly underused dramatic technique, or, to be more specific: prolonged Mexican standoffs. Technically any scene in … More
A SERBIAN FILM (2010) Review
Few horror films actually disturb and divide viewers as radically, so it was a surprise to wander onto such sunny … More
SWALLOW (2020) Review
An iridescent marble A push pin A battery A tack A slotted screwdriver What do all these objects have in … More
AENIGMA (1988) Review
An eyelid is painted gold while other eerie, delirious eyes watch this film unfold; desirous eyes are watching too. And … More
THE HUNT (2020) Review
Since Richard Connell first published “The Most Dangerous Game” in a 1924 issue of Colliers, audiences have been seduced by … More
