A full 8 years after the found footage sleeper hit The Blair Witch Project made camcorder footage terrifying, in 2007 director Oren Peli released Paranormal Activity on a (somewhat) unsuspecting cinema audience. Spawning a string of sequels which arguably rivals the Blumhouse MCU of horror, does this Second Sight re-release […]
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The Babadook (2014): the reigning champ of modern horror gets the reissue it deserves (Review)
Is seven years too early to call something a classic? Second Sight are hoping it isn’t, with this hulking 4K remaster of Jennifer Kent’s 2014 feature debut The Babadook clocking in with the weight of extras they’ve previously given to canonical works like Walkabout and The Colour of Pomegranates. The […]
Lake Mungo (2008) The Most Hauntingly Real Horror One Of A Kind (Review)
In the incredibly generous extras section of Second Sight’s new release – Lake Mungo, are appreciation videos from Rob Savage (Host) and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (indie mainstays). Both open with the same throughline, they were looking for genuinely scary movies beyond the same cliched selection of classics and […]
Raw (2016) Raw in subtext & execution in all the right ways (Review)
Do animal lovers prevent themselves from eating meat because they love animals? There is a scene early into Raw that says otherwise. Justine (Garance Miller), a lifelong vegetarian, could not care less for animals. She is disgusted by the presence, the shedding hair, and the presumed stench of a dog in close […]