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A Haunting in Venice: how the horror whodunnit remixes Agatha Christie’s novel

How A Haunting in Venice rings the changes to Agatha Christie’s novel, Hallowe’en Party

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Don’t Look Now (1973): seeing is believing | Film analysis

Sex, death and symbols of second sight in Nicolas Roeg’s horror classic, Don’t Look Now

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The Mothman Prophecies (2002): angels and demons of destiny

Unpacking sources of dread and the second-chance narrative of The Mothman Prophecies

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The Wicker Man: religion, remakes, and the unholy pile-on

Making sense of horror cult classic The Wicker Man … and its doomed remake. Yes, we’re doing this

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Ad Astra (2019) explained: to the stars … and back again

Mirrors, metaphors and the meaning of the monkey in cerebral sci-fi movi, Ad Astra

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Peeping Tom (1960) explained: sex, death and sinister cinema

Decoding the symbolism, significance and dark art of Peeping Tom