Year: 2022

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘The Seventh Continent’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Seventh Continent” (1989) – Michael Haneke doesn’t shy away from dark material.  He sprints towards it.  Haneke has made a career of capturing the shadowy aspects of the human soul and bravely displaying them on the big screen, including his first feature film. The setting is modern-day times in Austria, and a small nuclear family – Georg (Dieter Berner), Anna (Birgit Doll), and their daughter Evi (Leni Tanzar) – fit nicely in society with work and school.  However, one day, Georg and Anna give up on their lives, quit…

‘Godland’: This daunting, immersing 19th-century journey is an instant classic

Jeff Mitchell

“Godland” (2022) – “The island is very different from Denmark.  People there…the weather, the winter, everything is different.” In the late 19th century, an experienced Danish man of the cloth (Waage Sando) delegates an assignment to his young, pious subordinate, Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove).  Lucas, a late 20-something or 30-something priest, is willing to please Vincent (Sando), or perhaps, he doesn’t have the will to reject his mentor’s wishes.  Regardless, the said task is an intimidating one:  travel to Iceland, hike across endless kilometers of desolate prairies, mountains, and rivers,…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘Fatal Attraction’

Jeff Mitchell

“Fatal Attraction” (1987) –  Don’t cheat.  Don’t cheat on your spouse.  Don’t cheat on your spouse, or you’ll find a bunny in a pot.  That was the message delivered to every married man in 1987 in the wild psychological thriller “Fatal Attraction”.  When Dan (Michael Douglas), a married man, has a one-night fling with Alex (Glenn Close), he thought their “relationship” would only last one night, but she wanted more.  Alex becomes relentless which threatens Dan’s insulated world, seemingly complete with his daughter and beautiful wife Beth (Anne Archer). In…