Desmond Harrington

‘Wrong Turn’ – How Does the Survival Horror Movie Hold Up 21 Years Later?

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May of 2003 was almost bone-dry for big-screen horror until 20th Century Fox released Wrong Turn; director Rob Schmidt and screenwriter Alan B. McElroy’s collaboration arrived in theaters the weekend after Memorial Day. Later on, the fairly successful film inspired a whole franchise of follow-ups, which exceeded the original in terms of sheer gruesomeness. However, […]

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‘The Hole’ – 2001 Psychological Thriller Explores the Art of Lying [Horrors Elsewhere]

Paul Lê Desmond Harrington, Editorials, Horrors Elsewhere, Keira Knightley, Movies, Nick Hamm, The Hole, Thora Birch

Nick Hamm’s The Hole is a vivid example of how a lie can take on a life of its own. In this 2001 psychological-thriller, inspired by Guy Burt’s 1993 novel After the Hole, the truth is distorted as authorities try to understand the horrible events that happened inside an abandoned fallout shelter. The survivor of […]

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