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Guillermo del Toro’s Everyday Objects & Miraculous Contraptions

December 15, 2017 2:33 pm

Beyond his attention to aesthetic detail, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has a way of imbuing objects with meaning through their relationships with characters. The most minute, diegetic details become part of the...

Essentials: 20 Of The Best Ghost Movies

The Playlist Staff

July 6, 2017 2:20 pm

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This weekend, eclectic indie filmmaker David Lowery's quirky “A Ghost Story” will start heading into cinemas. Starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, “A Ghost Story,” shouldn’t work. A moving and existential mo...

The 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century So Far

Oliver Lyttelton and Jessica Kiang

October 27, 2016 12:17 pm

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We’ve been having a bit of a horror-fest at The Playlist this month (terrifying Halloween party costumes of choice at Playlist Towers include: Mike Pence, the ghost of the never-made second season of “Vinyl” an...

The 25 Best Foreign Language Horror Movies Of All Time

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

October 6, 2016 3:23 pm

Features

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It's the beginning of the spookiest month of the year, so it's no accident that this week will see the release of one of the best horror films of the year, Babak Anvari's "Under the Shadow" (our review). It was...

The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 21st Century So Far

Jessica Kiang

October 30, 2014 11:45 am

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By the pricking of my thumbs, a holiday-themed list feature this way comes. Yep, All Hallow's Eve is almost upon us, and while the temptation to do some kind of "Before I Go To Sleep"-themed feature was a great...

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