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Sunday Scaries: Horror Movies That Played at the Cannes Film Festival (Revisited)
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Another Friday the 13th has Passed without Jason on Our Screens
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: Revisiting the Very Real Terror of ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’ Fifteen Years Later
NOTE: Major spoilers ahead for an essential film of 21st century international cinema ahead. Seriously, it’s available on most streaming platforms. Go see it now, then read this piece. It was considered a surprising upset at the time. The 60th Cannes Film Festival featured the most stacked Main Competition lineup in many years; with entries […] More
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Sunday Scaries: It’s Terrifying How Emotional ‘A Ghost Story’ Remains
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Appreciating Kevin Smith’s Horror Output (Part Four) – Yakking about ‘Yoga Hosers’
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: The Horror Genre Has Been Good To Us So Far in 2022
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Where Are the Truly Terrifying Vampire Movies?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: The Hidden Horror of Troy Kotsur’s “Inspirational” Story
As Kotsur thinks about what his Oscar win will mean to him, he starts to cry. “I was so tired of financially struggling for so many years,” he says through an interpreter. “Now, receiving these awards — it’s saved my life, my career, my family.” This was from a recent interview Troy Kotsur participated in […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: This New Era of Horror is Awesome… But What Are We Afraid Of?
To my great satisfaction, I find myself once again enjoying a feverish horror throwback in delightfully poor taste even more than Joey did this weekend. X wears its sleazy 70’s grindhouse-era influences unabashedly, but also displays genuine verve in pushing on those influences and deploying them in novel ways. It may not be as scary […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Villains We Might See in ‘The Batman’ Sequel
(*SPOILERS for The Batman*) After years of anticipation, from Ben Affleck’s original treatment to Matt Reeves’ final vision, The Batman is finally here. Effective as both a standalone story and as the setup to an entire Bat-verse, the new film is as much detective noir as it is superhero saga. That said, Batman is one […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: Six Horror Films That Influenced ‘The Batman’
Director Matt Reeves’ latest depiction of the world’s broodiest superhero isn’t shy about its cinematic influences. Over the course of The Batman, one can easily identify through-lines adopted from similar tales of conspiracy and corruption like Chinatown and All the President’s Men, as well as gritty thrillers like Klute and Taxi Driver. This is to […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: The Upside of Batman as a Horror Icon
Regular readers will know that I do not have a high opinion of clickbait journalism trying to mislead their readers into knee-jerk outrage/derision responses. Chances are, if a headline for an article is prompting you to share it in anger or mockery on your social media pages, the headline is designed to goad you into […] More