GAMbIT’s Top 10 Movies of 2022
With anno domini 2022 dead and buried, it’s time to take a look at some of the best that the (frankly very solid) year had to offer at the multiplex…..
Author: T. Dawson
Trevor Dawson is the Executive Editor of GAMbIT Magazine. He is a musician, an award-winning short story author, and a big fan of scotch. His work has appeared in Statement, Levels Below, Robbed of Sleep vols. 3 and 4, Amygdala, Mosaic, and Mangrove. Trevor lives in Denver, CO.
31 Days of Fright: Lights Out
“I won’t be sent away again.” Horror is a unique genre in that almost every single entry in the canon can be interpreted as a metaphor for something. The Shining….
31 Days of Fright: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
“I’d like to kill somebody.” Some movies have a mean streak. Some movies are a mean streak. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer falls into that second category. Unflinchingly bleak,….
31 Days of Fright: Black Death
“God is gone. The holy ghost is gone. Christ is gone.” Folk horror really is its own breed. It’s set apart from traditional horror – psychological, supernatural, slasher, body horror….
31 Days of Fright: The Cave
“All European legends have sad endings.” I’m going to start describing a movie, and I have a good feeling that you’re going to think I’m talking about The Descent. I….
31 Days of Fright: The Wolf of Snow Hollow
“This is scary. It’s new. I never saw a body like that.” Why is it so hard to find a werewolf movie these days? The entire time I’ve been doing….
31 Days of Fright: The Poughkeepsie Tapes
“I don’t think either of us wants you alive for the things I’m going to do to you.” The best found-footage movies – The Blair Witch Project, Hell House LLC….
31 Days of Fright: Fright Night (2011)
“You were born for this. You know it. It’s a gift.” It’s a common adage that only bad or mediocre movies should be remade, and as a result of that,….
31 Days of Fright: Dark Water
“She left you behind.” After The Ring exploded in popularity in 2002 – for good reason, because The Ring is art – Hollywood did what it always does: decide that….
Every Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
The Other Nominees: The Awful Truth; Captains Courageous; Dead End; The Good Earth; In Old Chicago; Lost Horizon; One Hundred Men and a Girl; Stage Door; A Star is Born….
Every Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld
The Other Nominees: Anthony Adverse; Dodsworth; Libeled Lady; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Romeo and Juliet; San Francisco; The Story of Louis Pasteur; A Tale of Two Cities That’s right,….
Who Will (And Who Should) Win At The Oscars 2022
The Academy Awards are right around the corner, which means the Academy can finally rest for a moment and take a breather from its sprint towards irrelevance and pandering. This….