The world’s a pretty objectively terrible place right now, isn’t it? All manner of chaos and ignorance is getting thrown at us at a never-ending pace, taxing anyone who feels the responsibility to keep abreast with that’s happening. But, it’s always nice to take a nice break […]
The random number generator gods have spoken, and it looks like this week we’re taking a look at another film that I’ve seen before, and that I’m quite fond of. However, unlike most of the movies that I’ve seen before in the course of this project, I […]
In the face of all the madness and uncertainty that’s currently making up the modern world, I have found myself leaning into a sort of comfort food mode, deciding to read and watch things that are familiar, and that can kind of help me escape from […]
We’re currently in the midst of the one of the strangest times for the world in recent memory. And, that has had pretty huge effects on the movie industry. Basically every major release for the next few months have been rescheduled, films being made currently are being […]
I’ve heard it said that people who have a talent for creating comedy have a natural proclivity towards also making horror. The idea being that both genres are heavily indebted towards timing, something that can be very hard to master. So, if you end up finding yourself […]
We’re apparently having a spooky week here on Puzzled Pagan Presents. I’m not exactly sure why February and March have become quite so full of horror movie releases, other than the potential idea of programming against the glut of romance movies that come out around Valentine’s Day, […]
This is not an original thought, but there really is something fascinating about the fact that the stars of two of the biggest fantasy franchises of the modern era, Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe, have taken their cultural cache, and the money they earned from the roles, […]
Over the last few years there’s been a real resurgence in a very specific type of horror movie. More arty movies, full of impeccable set-design and cinematography, which largely attempt to generate horror more from mood and tension than out-right scares. These films have been largely associated […]
There’s a very interesting, and a little depressing, fact about the two films that director Ari Aster has made. When Hereditary became such a hit he started talking about the fact that he always envisioned himself as a teller of simple, family-dramas, but found that the market just wasn’t […]
As someone who obsessively watches movies, often just so that I’d have something to talk about on their dumb blog, January can be a rough month. January is often the worst month for movies, usually dominated by the slew of awards-bait films that were released at the […]
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