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Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' was unleashed on this day in 1960. @mousterpiece.bsky.social explains why its ad campaign was so innovative: crookedmarquee.com/psycho-at-60...

In its first hour, “‘Smooth Talk’ is intimate and lived-in,” @ceilidhann.bsky.social writes. “If that were all the film was, it would still be an astute portrait of feminine adolescence. But then the third act turns up.” crookedmarquee.com/smooth-talk-...

‘Hackers,’ released 30 years ago today, is in many ways a mid-‘90s relic. But it also predicted much about the way we choose to see and present ourselves in the not-so-real world, @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/hackers-was-...

“Long before the rise of found footage, a subset of horror films used the notion of a basis in ‘real events’ as a hook to lure viewers in and paper over some of the more outlandish turns they take,” @hoodedjustice.bsky.social writes of ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’: buff.ly/UygKAHK

“Starting Over” features a delightfully against-type Burt Reynolds performance, and finds Alan J. Pakula working well outside his wheelhouse as well. It was released on this day in 1979. buff.ly/W0A8FYW

“Flanagan isn’t the first filmmaker since De Palma to take on King’s story of a bullied telekinetic teenager,” @ignalbleed.bsky.social writes. “There have been three other Carrie adaptations in the intervening years, although it’s not surprising that they’ve been mostly forgotten.” buff.ly/7iwjBuH

Walt Disney and his animators wrapped up their package era with a two-short feature that's still got the capacity to terrify decades later. “The Adventures of Icabod and Mr. Toad” was released on this day in 1949: buff.ly/H29jtvU

The cult favorite that marked Tom Hanks' directorial debut is best remembered for its eponymous song and beloved late songwriter, even if he missed out at winning the Oscar statuette. A look back at “That Thing You Do!,” released 30 years ago this week: buff.ly/ctmSjqK

Made 50 years ago, Charles B. Pierce’s proto-slasher “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” straddles the line between docudrama and horror. buff.ly/UygKAHK

The horrifying and haunting 'Seconds' was released on this day in 1966. We peer into its abyss: buff.ly/kGo47Jx

Before Robert Eggers, Werner Herzog brought his signature bleak outlook to the vampire movie with his ‘Nosferatu’ remake, released in the U.S. on this day in 1979. buff.ly/9jtKmEc

Between Brian De Palma and Mike Flanagan, three other filmmakers made flawed but fascinating attempts to bring Stephen King’s horror classic “Carrie” to the screen. buff.ly/7iwjBuH

“With its varying perspectives, 'Atonement' is an intensely thoughtful, humanist drama that is somehow even more emotionally resonant than one might expect," @kimbermyers.bsky.social writes. buff.ly/DRBEYoj