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OCTOBER 27�NOVEMBER 3, 2021
STAFF
THE OPENING ACT
What we’re into
HORROR MOVIES
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
O
ctober is here, and that
means horror movie season.
I’m a fan of the genre. But for
a long time, a good horror movie
was rare. For every “The Exorcist”
or “The Thing” (John Carpenter’s
1982 milestone), there are any
number of lackluster slasher fl icks
and pointless gross-outs with
nothing more than jump scares to
give an audience a fl eeting fright.
Then I found A24.
Back in 2015, my teen daugh-
ter and I took in the horror fi lm
“The Witch.” No, this was not
some found-footage rip-off of
“The Blair Witch.” This was a
brooding, methodical piece set in
the era of New England Puritans
and what then amounted to the
American wilderness. The fi lm
was a steady climb of tension and
questioning reality, with an ending
that delivered.
A24 was the company behind
it. I sought out some of its other
works — “Green Room,” “Heredi-
tary,” “Midsommar” and more. Yes,
“Tusk” was terrible (A24 took a
chance on director Kevin Smith),
but the rest were good, and some,
New releases
‘THE LOCKDOWN
SESSIONS’ BY ELTON JOHN
I
t’s been more than 35 years
since Elton John recorded with
Stevie Wonder and that’s clearly
way, way too long. But the wait
is over: The legends join on the
new gospel-fl avored song “Finish
Line,” enlivened by Wonder’s
trademark harmonica and John’s
piano work. It’s a victory lap of
a song.
It’s also a highlight of John’s
16-track album “The Lockdown
Sessions,” which sees the Rock-
et Man outsmart the pandemic
by working with an eclectic mix
of artists, from Stevie Nicks to
Lil Nas X. Not all of it works, but
most of it does, and credit John
such as “Hereditary,” are works of
horror genius.
These movies earn their R rat-
ings for violence and bloodshed
and scares, but these are horror
fi lms for grown-ups, exploring
themes such as isolation from
society and the baggage we pack
for the supreme musicianship to
bend to his guests’ strengths in
music’s every genre.
John has a twang with Brandi
Carlile on “Simple Things” —
repeating a line about the fi nish
line — and a foot-stomping, ‘70s
rock groove with Eddie Ved-
with us from childhood. And they
are unusual, even cool. “Midsom-
mar,” for example, is a horror fi lm,
but it is more akin to classic thrill-
ers such as 1973’s “The Wicker
Man” than the dreck of the Saw
franchise.
A24 also does a lot more than
horror movies. The company pro-
duced and distributed the 2016
feature “Moonlight,” which the
following year won the Academy
Award for best picture.
But I’m looking forward to
A24’s latest horror eff ort, “Lamb.”
The trailer alone delivers a bit of a
shocker.
— PHIL WRIGHT, NEWS EDITOR,
EAST OREGONIAN
der on “E-Ticket.” But John is
a subdued presence on both
Lil Nas X’s cut “One of Me” and
a cover of Metallica’s “Noth-
ing Else Matters” with Miley
Cyrus, who, turns out, slays at
metal singing.
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