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Flatliners (1990) explained: hell and hallucination

How Flatliners draws on our fears of hell and isolation to weave its Gothic-inspired horror

Published: 21 August 2022 | Last updated: 3 February 2023
21 August 2022

The Omen (1976) and horror’s malevolent mirror

How The Omen uses inversions to unsettle us - and why that makes for effective horror

Published: 1 August 2022 | Last updated: 28 April 2023
1 August 2022

The Witch (2015) explained: the horrors of true history

A pioneer family is banished to the wilderness - and falls prey to witchcraft

Published: 23 March 2022 | Last updated: 18 March 2023
23 March 2022

The Mosquito Coast (1986): the paradise delusion

An eccentric inventor flees the rat-race but carries his problems to paradise

Published: 20 March 2022 | Last updated: 21 May 2023
20 March 2022

Spotlight (2015) explained: conspiracy of silence

Writing the wrongs: investigative journalists clash with the church in true story, Spotlight

Published: 4 March 2022 | Last updated: 4 March 2023
4 March 2022

The Matrix (1999): better than life?

A computer hacker wakes up to reality - but is the Matrix just another lucid dream?

Published: 22 December 2021 | Last updated: 25 January 2023
22 December 2021