Black Swan(2010)
At what point does dedication to one’s craft become too much?
Nina soon finds herself behaving erratically, experiencing hallucinations, and awakening the darkness within herself.
“[It] ultimately benefits from its rough-hewn amateurism.
Alyssa Sutherland in ‘Evil Dead Rise’; ‘Night of the Living Dead’; Natalie Portman in ‘Black Swan’.Credit:Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures; Everett; Fox Searchlight
The fact that it couldn’t look less Hollywood serves to make the supernatural elements that much more resonant.
The picture finally draws you in; it’s like watching someone else’s nightmare.
“I don’t think that they will make another one like that any time soon.“W.S.
Natalie Portman in ‘Black Swan’.Niko Tavernise/Fox Searchlight
Ellie is soon possessed and attacks her family, leading to terrifying consequences.
No wonderGuillermo del Tororates it ashis favorite horror movie.
It’s easy to see why, considering the enduring image of Pennywise that’s haunted readers for decades.
Cindy Hinds in ‘The Brood’.Everett Collection
“The two are in a dialogue with each other.“K.J.
Wan createdMalignantto cleanse his palette after making two billion-dollar blockbusters in a row Furious 7andAquaman.
“I wanted to go back to the kind of movies I used to make.“W.S.
Candace Hilligoss in ‘Carnival of Souls’.Everett Collection
The film features very little dialogue and still uses title cards.
Federico Luppi in ‘Cronos’.Everett Collection
Jack Nance in ‘Eraserhead’.Everett Collection
Alyssa Sutherland in ‘Evil Dead Rise’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Edith Scob in ‘Eyes Without a Face’.Everett Collection
‘Haxan’.Everett Collection
Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East in ‘Heretic’.A24
Yoko Minamida in ‘House’.Everett Collection
Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in ‘I Saw the TV Glow’.A24
Bill Skarsgård in ‘It’.Brooke Palmer/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan in ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’.A24/Everett
Katsuo Nakamura in ‘Kwaidan’.Everett Collection
Annabelle Wallis in ‘Malignant’.Ron Batzdorff/Warner Bros.
‘Night of the Living Dead’.Everett Collection
Michael Ironside in ‘Scanners’.Mary Evans/Canadian Film Development Corp/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
Drew Barrymore in ‘Scream’.Dimension Films/Everett
Ethan Hawke in ‘Sinister’.Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy
Margot Kidder in ‘Sisters’.Everett Collection
Sheryl Lee and Kyle MacLachlan in ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’.Everett Collection
Julian West in ‘Vampyr’.Jerry Tavin/Everett
Anna Cobb in ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’.Utopia
Mia Goth in ‘X’.Christopher Moss/A24/Courtesy Everett Collection
Tommy Dewey and Melissa Barrera in ‘Your Monster’.Vertical
