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Lovely Sparrows Questions the Occult in New Video

“Shake the Shadow” spooks up stop motion animation

"...gets in over his head with a cabal of occultists.”

Feb. 20, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Midsommar

Ari Aster’s folk-horror excursion to Scandinavia never sees the forest for the trees

"...Aster swaps occult for cult with his sophomore effort, as Dani and..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...Hasbro’s long-lasting occult board game gets its own starring role in a..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel paves the road for its forthcoming Avengers epic with another origin story

"...was revived in the Star Wars trilogy). Chockablock with occult mumbo jumbo, hyper-accented baddies, and a gruff, tough Tommy..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Brothers Grimm

Terry Gilliam's skewed fantasy is pure jabberwocky.

"...Napoleonic years. Together with their accomplices, the brothers stage occult occurrences and then hire themselves out to frightened villagers..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Kingdom

"...Kingdom” for its epic scale), von Trier mixes the occult with TV melodrama along the lines of E.R. to..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Split Second

"...his quarry, as well as throwing a few assorted occult tie-ins, but to no avail. Split Second turns out..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reaping the Strange Harvest

Fantastic Fest mockumentary recreates classic true crime shows

"...Taylor, the protagonists of new horror mockumentary Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire, to their roll call...."

Oct. 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pale Blue Eye

Star-studded horror finds Edgar Allan Poe in a Gothic mystery of his own

"...in a moment), Bale’s Detective Landor soon uncovers an occult conspiracy that rises to the very top of the..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Over the 8 Ball

Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.

"...and popular toys is actually a tool of the occult! We're not talking about the Ouija board, despite that..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Bring Her Back

Philippou brothers' occult horror about the foster family from hell

"...gates of Hell. In Bring Her Back, the new occult horror from filmmaking siblings Danny and Michael Philippou, Andy’s..."

May 30, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...the wasteland, who strides in and knows about the occult." The one thing I wanted is that it's rooted,..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Zorch Paaarties

Zorch for hire, Ancient VVisdom on loan to Satan, and Charlie Faye updates her relationship status

"...by employing satanic imagery that earns them the classification "occult rock."..."

July 26, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Surrender

A grieving family messes with magick to bring back a loved one

"...foibles as a husband and father. Underneath the savage occult aspects of the story remains a constant exploration of..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Oddity

A twin investigates her sister's murder in this Irish supernatural horror

"...a twin grieves her dead sister and uses the occult to find out how she was murdered. "Oddity is..."

July 19, 2024 Movie Review

A Beloved Birthday, Dragon Boats, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Get out before the heat descends

"...a festival “promoting the understanding of witchcraft and the occult.” Presentations and workshops cover topics like Mexican love spells,..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Inside

High-concept art heist flick is an arthouse dud

"...never clear), the discovery of a cryptic, maybe even occult book, and empty nods toward the sexual frustration and..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin , V/H/S/99 , sharks, and more

"...pair of Los Angeles misfits’ investigation into the city’s occult history sends them down a rabbit hole that threatens..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mid-Century

Ghostly goings-on in this short-term rental shocker

"...flashback of Banner (an effortlessly creepy Lang) committing vile occult murder for truly sinister ends...."

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Long Night

Evil rules in the occult South

"...(Funk) are the ones taking a trip to the occult South, but they're not headed to some muck-encrusted swamp...."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

The Warrens are back at it again ...

"...the Warrens' even grander battle against the Big Bad Occult-Obsessed Witch who is the baddie pulling the strings. There’s..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Sator

Occult horror will hold you in its dark, subtle spell

"...around the heart of Sator, the shocking and nerve-twisting occult horror from one-man production house Jordan Graham...."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror

"...and the Wicked, a chilling and nightmarish story of occult occurrances in backcountry Texas. Louise (Ireland, Hell or High..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Porno

Horror-sex-comedy never quite (ahem) rises to the occassion

"...is that these good Christian kids can't tell an occult ritual caught on celluloid from a skin flick, so..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Extra Ordinary

Irish supernatural comedy is a cracker

"...preternatural assistance to the beleaguered Martins, given an unfortunate occult-related incident in her past. She reluctantly relents upon developing..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hellboy

Hellboy is back, and this time he's R-rated

"...He's quite happy dismembering giants and dealing with the occult, if he gets to shed a few gallons of..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...ominous manse in Wales, and the intricacies of the occult are all filtered through the excruciatingly eerie lens of..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saturday Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews

Welsh punk act regroups

"...OW: We met them both in an occult bookshop, so that's affected the group dynamic in the..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Big Eyes

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.

"...eccentrically entertaining ride. It is, but minus the kooky occult élan you expect from the man who made Edward..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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