Tag: psychothriller

Echoes of the Past: Let’s Scare Jessica to Death and the Haunted Heroine Archetype

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A headache = a brunette woman rubbing her temples with both hands

|Courtney Kowalke| Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

Or did I? Do you believe everything I write in these reviews? Do you take me at my word when I mention details from my life, or is there a sliver of doubt? Do you know who I am offline? When I’m not the person behind the keyboard telling you… Continue reading

Floating in the Dark with Paddy

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|Kevin Obsatz| How do you go from Network to Altered States?  According to a biography about the screenwriter of both films, Paddy Chayefsky (Mad As Hell by Paddy Considine), it sounds like life in New York in the mid-1970s was about as good as it can possibly get for… Continue reading