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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

Double exposure of piano keys and desolate forest.

The Piano (1993): the underwater lullaby and the dream-like ending

Decoding the many meanings of the piano in Jane Campion’s film

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Phone Booth (2002): tales of the city and monstrous morality

Exploring Phone Booth’s vanished urban history, plus morality tales of the secular age

The words 'red eye' balanced on the wing of a jet plane.

Red Eye (2005): terror in the skies, payback on the ground

Red Eye’s ordinary hero story model, and why it’s one of the most seamlessly plotted thrillers out there

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Interstellar (2014): stories we tell about sacrifice

Unpacking the meaning and motifs of sacrifice in sci-fi epic Interstellar