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November 5, 2010

Saw 3D: Yet Another Series of Uninspiring Killings

By Matthew Javidi

Despite what you may believe about the “Saw” movies, they have become the defining horror films of our generation, like “Halloween,” Friday the “Thirteenth” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” before them.

November 5, 2010

Wild Target is Way Off

By Catherine Sylvain

“Wild Target” comes from that glorious tradition of half-baked English language remakes of successful French films; “L’Appartement” became the odious “Wicker Park,” “Dinner for Schmucks” was the messy a...

November 5, 2010

Free Darko and Your Ass Will Follow (Not Really but it Sounds Cool)

By Artsweek Editor

How fittingly strange that the people to save the printed word should come from the internet.

November 4, 2010

Nathaniel Friedman Part 2

By Artsweek Editor

Artsweek talks with Nathaniel Friedman about Free Darko.

November 4, 2010

Nathaniel Friedman Interview Part 1

By Artsweek Editor

Artsweek talks to Nathaniel Friedman about Free Darko

November 4, 2010

Portugal. The Man Interview

By Artsweek Editor

Artsweek talks to Zach Brothers and Ryan Neighbors of Portugal. The Man.

October 28, 2010

Eli Roth’s “Hostel”

By Rowan Byers

The Euro-trip is a time-honored rite of passage for middle class white people. It’s considered a safe place to travel and reconnect with history, whatever that is. “Hostel” takes that formula and flips it on its ea...

October 28, 2010

Ridley Scott’s “Alien

By Damion Damaske

“Alien” is pretty much your standard haunted house flick — transported into space. And that makes it a thousand times more awesome. I mean, it’s about a monster that’s on the loose in a small, enclosed space, t...

October 28, 2010

Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas

By Derek Boeckelmann

A group of sorority sisters receives threatening calls from a mysterious caller on Christmas Eve in Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas.” Recognized by many as the first slasher film (predating John Carpenter’s “Hallo...

October 28, 2010

William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist

By Damion Damaske

This choice seems like a cliché, I know. But this film, about a little girl who gets possessed by the devil, is the perfect horror film. You see, when horror deals with the supernatural, it only really works if the whol...

October 28, 2010

Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell

By Matthew Javidi, Artsweek Editor

Sam Raimi’s first true horror movie since directing the “Spider Man” trilogy tells the story of an ambitious bank worker who gets cursed by an angry customer. Filled with the typical cheese and B-movie gore of Raim...

October 28, 2010

Dario Argento’s “Suspiria

By Derek Boeckelmann, Artsweek Editor

An American exchange student at a ballet school in Italy encounters a coven of witches in Dario Argento’s “Suspiria.” While it isn’t necessarily scary, “Suspiria” is certainly one of the creepiest films I’v...

October 28, 2010

6.66 Scary Movies…Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

By Fabian Garcia

I’m referring to the 1974 version, the original, but any version of the movie is terrifying nonetheless. Here’s the premise: a group of five young adults on a road trip get stranded on the property of hillbilly canni...

October 28, 2010

Costume Quest Hits Your Game System

By Zach Edwin

Although Costume Quest lacks length and challenge — it more than makes up for it, with the charm, wit and humor of a Pixar movie.

October 28, 2010

Taylor Swift Drops Her Latest Album

By Lucas Villa

Country songstress Taylor Swift reports on the past two years of her life on her third studio album, Speak Now.

October 28, 2010

John Lithgow Tells His Favorite Stories

By Demi Anter

Actor John Lithgow brought his critically acclaimed show, “Stories by Heart,” to the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara last Monday night as part of this year’s Arts & Lectures series.