Newish spin on old horror standards
6/10
The Orphanage, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona in his debut feature, is a worthy genre movie that combines elements of numerous psychological horror films from The Others and The Sixth Sense to The Shining. Notably produced by Guillermo Del Toro, who is credited with invigorating Spanish horror with films such [...]
The Orphanage - Juan Antonio Bayona
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Film
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Sebastian Faulks - Human Traces
February 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Fiction
A life of the mind
7/10
With Human Traces Sebastian Faulks takes on the unenviable task of making a palletable story out of the birth of psychiatry. It is a vigorously researched work that traces neurological science from its grizzly Victorian infancy, with one of its principle characters Jacques Rebiere inspired by Charcot’s famous lectures at the [...]
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