The List: 31 Days of Horror, Part V!!!
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The List: 31 Days of Horror, Part V!!!

The Penalty (1920) A Page of Madness (1926) Doctor X (1932) Son of Frankenstein (1939) I Walked With a Zombie (1943) The Body Snatcher (1945) The Bat (1959) The Tingler (1959) Black Sunday (1960) The Innocents (1961) Carnival of Souls (1962) Blood and Black Lace (1964) The Night Walker (1964) Black Christmas (1974) Scanners (1981) Deadly Blessing (1981) Pet Sematary (1989) Shocker (1989) The Exorcist III (1990) Event Horizon (1997) The Others (2001) Ju-On: The Grudge (2003) Paranormal Activity (2007) Thankskilling (2009) The Cabin in the Woods (2012) A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) The Witch (2015) Split…
Day 7: Gran Torino (2008)
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Day 7: Gran Torino (2008)

Welcome back for Day 7, the final day of our week of Clint Eastwood movie spotlights! To close things out, let's talk about another modern success for Eastwood: Gran Torino (2008). I feel a bit like a broken record this week, but I can't help myself-- these movies have all been great, and Gran Torino is yet another example of Eastwood bringing his A game. Torino is the story of a prejudiced, angry Korean War veteran named Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), who despises the changes overtaking his small, Michigan neighborhood. His wife has just passed away, and it seems Walt can't find…
Day 6: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
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Day 6: Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Welcome back for Day 6 of the Clint Eastwood Spotlight Series, where we'll be talking about one of the actor/director's biggest modern triumphs: Million Dollar Baby (2004). First of all, this is an amazing movie. It's the kind that elicits a physical reaction at the core of your being, like the chambers of your heart might legitimately be torn asunder. Think I'm being dramatic? Watch the movie. You'll see. As far as plot goes, Baby seems relatively straight-forward on the surface. Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) is an aging, emotionally hardened boxing trainer who is going through a painful estrangement from his daughter, Katie. We never…