Coins Between Cushions

Best Horror Films/Shows Of 2021

Midnight Mass directed and created by Mike Flanagan 

Candyman directed by Nia DaCosta

Titane directed by Julia Ducournua

Last Night In Soho directed by Edgar Wright 

In The Earth directed by Ben Wheatley 

V/H/S/94 directed by Jennifer Reeder, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, and Ryan Powers 

Chucky created by Don Mancini 

Antlers directed by Scott Cooper

Nightbooks directed by David Yarovesky

Shadow On The Cloud directed by Roseanne Liang

Best Horror Films Of 2020

Possessor directed by Brandon Cronenberg

His House directed by Remi Weekes 

La Llorona directed by Jaryo Bustamante 

The Invisible Man by Leigh Whannel 

I’m Thinking Of Ending Things directed by Chalie Kaufman 

The Color From Outer Space directed by Richard Stanley 

Gretel & Hansel directed by Oz Perkins 

Relic directed by Natalie Erika James

Scare Me directed by Josh Ruben 

Bad Hair directed by Justin Simeon 

Best Horror Films Of 2019

Us directed by Jordan Peele 

Midsommar directed by Ari Aster 

The Lighthouse directed by Robert Eggers 

Velvet Buzzsaw directed by Dan Gilroy 

It: Chapter Two directed by Andy Muschietti 

Crawl by Alexandre Aja 

Ma by Tate Taylor 

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark by Andre Ovredal 

Doctor Sleep directed by Mike Flannagan 

The Head Hunter directed by Jordan Downey 

The Best Horror Films Of 2018

Mandy

The House That Jack Built 

Hereditary

Suspiria

Overlord 

The First Purge ‘

Apostle

A Quiet Place

Halloween

Summer Of 84

Best Horror TV Shows 2018

Channel Zero: The Dream Door season 3

The Terror season 1

Ghoul season 1

The Purge season 1

The House On Haunted Hill season 1

American Horror Story: Apocalypse season 8

Into The Dark season 1

Ash Vs Evil Dead season 3

The Walking Dead season 9

best horror films of 2016

the girl with all the gifts directed by Colm Mcarthy 

Train to Busan directed by Yeon Sang-ho

The Neon Demon directed by Nicholas Winding Refn

The Eyes Of My Mother directed by Nicolas Pesce

Don’t Breathe directed by Fede Alvarez

The Blaire Witch directed by Adam WIngaurd

The Purge Election Year directed by James DeMonaco

31 directed by Rob Zombie 

Prevenge directed by Alice Lowe

Anti-Birth directed by Danny Perez 

Best Horror Films of 2015: 

The Visit, Der Nactmahr, Krampus, Re-Kill, Southbound, Tales Of Halloween, The Hallow, Poltergeist,  Crimson Peak, Poltergeist, Yakuza Apocalypse, Goosebumps

Modern Vampires: 

Let The Right One In (2008)

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)

Only Lover’s Left Alive (2013)

Trouble Every Day (2001)

Byzantium (2012)

Thirst (2009)

Afflicted (2013)

What We Do In The Shadows (2014)

30 Days Of Night (2007)

Daybreakers (2009)

Intersect (2015) by Ray Fawkes 

Promethea by J H Williams III & Alan Moore

Mark Rogers.

SUBLIME CINEMA #550 - THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY

Buñuel was near the end of a winding career, and made this as his penultimate pic - it covers familiar terrain (but still unlike any other filmmakers work), with surreal, satiric flights, and dream immersion.  

The themes were outlined in his autobiography:

And, Monica Vitti of course 🥀

MIDNIGHT MASS (2021) dir. Mike Flanagan

TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985) dir. William Friedkin

Fantastic Planet (1973), dir. René Laloux

Chungking Express (1994)

Director: Wong Kar Wai Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Andrew Lau Wai Keung Production Design: William Chang Suk Ping Art Direction: Alfred Yau Wai Ming

Return of the Living Dead (1985) directed by Dan O'Bannon

† Cᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛɪɴᴇ 2００５ †

“All words are lies. But pain doesn’t lie.”

Audition (1999) dir. Takashi Miike

Fruit of Paradise • 1970 • Věra Chytilová

An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence.