Sigh… What do we do with M. Night Shyamalan? How should we assess his legacy? I was blown away by “The Sixth Sense” when it came out in 1999. The eerie mood and shocking twist seemed to indicate a filmmaker who would deliver decades of fantastic cinema. As a result, I tried to enjoy what…

I was excited at the opportunity to see Gaslight, the gothic melodrama from which the term “gaslighting” is derived. Just so we’re all on the same page, let’s ask ChatGPT what the term means. (Surely AI would never lie!) “Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where one person or group deliberately makes someone question…

There are certain movies I watch expecting to hate. I click the play button with part of my psyche screaming, “why are you doing this? You know it’s going to be a hot mess of bad acting and insipid plot devices. Stop. STOP!” Yet I never stop. “Tarot” was one of these movies. But here’s…

Maybe there’s something seriously wrong with me, but I really enjoyed this movie. It’s another one of those early eighties high school/college horror schlockfests, similar to “Prom Night” or “The Prowler.” The girls of a sorority house do something bad and are subsequently stalked and slaughtered by a cane wielding maniac. I like horror with…