Jack Sholder

32 Films That Begin With Leaving a Mental Institution

32 Films That Begin With Leaving a Mental Institution

"Crazy" movies for crazy times. These 32 films make the case for the recently-escaped-or-released-mental-patient narrative as its own subgenre, replete with a language of recurring themes, plot devices, and character archetypes.

You’ll Have Yourself a Very Scary Christmas with These Eight Films

You’ll Have Yourself a Very Scary Christmas with These Eight Films

Beware the seemingly merry shades of green and red that spread so slowly and thickly across the holiday season, for something dark and uncertain, something that takes many forms, stirs beneath the joyful facade.