Crifearion: The Scary Side of The Criterion Channel

It's monster fighting time! Crifearion takes on Gojira (Godzilla 1954) in The Criterion Channel's amazing presentation, along with the not-quite amazing Godzilla King Of The Monsters (2019), Shin Godzilla (2016) and more. https://www.criterion.com/films/27755-godzilla

Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman plying his craft during the turbulent final days of shogunate rule in Japan, Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse or mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness

Horror Connections: Evil Dead 2, Zodiac, Throne Of Blood

In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France's legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot.

Horror Connections: Diabolique, Duel, The Hills Have Eyes

Vengeance Is Mine

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family—into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny examination of the primitive coexisting with the modern.

Horror Connections: Seven, Phantasm, The Devils

Writer/ director Blake Edwards followed up the enormous success of the chic and sophisticated Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) with a decided change-of-pace: Experiment in Terror (1962), a Neo-Noir character-driven thriller featuring non-clichéd, nuanced performances from Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, and Ross Martin as a calculating psychopath. The film also boasts one of the most memorable opening scenes of any thriller.

Horror Connections: The Strangers, Red Dragon, Psycho