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One of the longest posts I've written because the box set includes 6 films 😅 I'm grateful I was able to check this out.
For the evening crowd, my full @cinapse.bsky.social thoughts on the eagerly anticipated BACKROOMS.
Kane Parsons’ debut marks a fascinating new shift in studio horror—one that stumbles over some generational genre baggage, to be sure, yet still manages to be captivating and genuinely unsettling.
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I just saw BACKROOMS knowing next to nothing about it. @juliansingleton.bsky.social seems to have grasped it a lot more than I did in his piece at @cinapse.bsky.social. It was a pretty unique and haunting experience for me even if some of the purpose and lore eluded me.
New Zealandish film showcases effects from pre-LOTR Weta Workshop On a dark and stormy night, noted psychologist Dr. Karen Schumacher (Rebecca Hobbs) arrives at a dreary asylum to check in on a specific patient, a serial murderer named Simon (Paolo Rotondo). Through a series of interviews with Simon – outwardly a gentle and even handsome […]
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Kansas City - Head to City Market tomorrow (10am - 6pm) and look for RED ORIGAMI CARDINALS in the area for your chance to win 2 Fandango codes to see Steven Spielberg's DISCLOSURE DAY arriving in theaters on June 12th. Only 100 birds will have codes, available while supplies last. #DisclosureDay
Scott Adkins has a new movie out! This one is a Guy Ritchie-esque British crime caper called #Reckless where is squares off against Vinnie Jones. It's solid! My @cinapse.bsky.social review: cinapse.net/2026/05/reck... #ScottAdkins #VinnieJones
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Kane Parsons’ feature debut is fascinatingly caught between two generations’ instincts for what frightens us Much like the fictional liminal location itself, the Backrooms mythos seemed to manifest out of nowhere—arising in 4chan posts in the 2010s before taking on a viral life of its own. It’s a simple setup: people randomly find themselves inside […]
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Terry Jones directs his fellow Pythons in this still sharp satire Monty Python’s Life of Brian remains one of cinema’s most irreverent biblical comedies, a film that gleefully pokes at the edges of faith, fanaticism, and human absurdity without ever losing its off‑beat charm. Rather than retelling the life of Jesus, it asks a cheekier […]
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An old-school swashbuckling epic that blends romance, adventure, and raucous humor with a sweeping sense of scale Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is lightning in a bottle, an old-school swashbuckling summer epic that blends romance, adventure, and raucous humor with a sweeping sense of scale. It riffs on the classic English legend with a bold, […]
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The latest film from German filmmaker Christian Petzold is available on VOD Director Christian Petzold’s recent cinematic collaboration with actress Paula Beer (Undine, Afire), Miroirs No. 3, isn’t as straightforward as it might appear. Beer plays Laura, a piano student who is marooned in a rural town after surviving a car crash and refusing further […]
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Kane Parsons’ feature debut is fascinatingly caught between two generations’ instincts for what frightens us Much like the fictional liminal location itself, the Backrooms mythos seemed to manifest out of nowhere—arising in 4chan posts in the 2010s before taking on a viral life of its own. It’s a simple setup: people randomly find themselves inside […]
The post BACKROOMS Thrillingly Captures the Horror Genre in Transition appeared first on Cinapse.
Kane Parsons’ feature debut is fascinatingly caught between two generations’ instincts for what frightens us Much like the fictional liminal location itself, the Backrooms mythos seemed to manifest out of nowhere—arising in 4chan posts in the 2010s before taking on a viral life of its own. It’s a simple setup: people randomly find themselves inside […]
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A new Eclipse Series celebrates the six films of the Japanese actress turned filmmaker Criterion Collection recently revived their Eclipse box-set series, and one of the first new additions is a collection of films by Japan’s second female filmmaker, Kinuyo Tanaka. After working on films with celebrated directors such as Mizugochi, Ozu and Naruse, Tanaka […]
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