Let’s get one thing out of the way: the titular color out of space—intended in both the original story and vaguely mentioned in the movie to be indescribable, a hue humans cannot properly register and explain—is purple. Or, more accurately, shades of purple—from dark, menacing magenta to a violet so bright it almost hurts toContinue reading ““The Color out of Space” is Purple and it’s Perfect”
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The Exploitative Horror of “In the Tall Grass”
The premise for this movie (based on a novella by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill) is so exciting—we enter the grass very quickly, with only about ten minutes of establishing our main characters, siblings Becky and Cal. Hearing a child cry for help from within a vast field is such a good hook,Continue reading “The Exploitative Horror of “In the Tall Grass””
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