The Omen (1976) and horror’s malevolent mirror
How The Omen uses inversions to unsettle us – and why that makes for effective horror
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1970s
The Black Phone: dialing up retro teen screams | Review
2022’s summer screamer The Black Phone explores the horrors of childhood – and horrific adults
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Halloween (1978) explained: but wait, were there TWO killers?
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The Conversation (1974) and the art of betrayal
Gene Hackman’s wiretapping Harry Caul finds it’s not always good to talk
How sci-fi horror Alien is all about the android
Bad robot, but maybe the android is the lead character in sci-fi classic Alien