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Film expert William Little is a senior lecturer and the director of undergraduate programs in UVA’s Department of Media Studies. /(Photo by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications) used with permission.

Frightening Flicks for the Weekend.

University of Virginia’s William Little discusses with Les Sinclair his “Fright Night”  film picks.

Fanged Flicks: “Near Dark” and “Let the Right One In”
Psychopath Cinema: “Death Proof” and “The Vanishing”
The Quintessential Haunted House Film: “The Shining”
The Mother of Found Footage: “The Blair Witch Project”
The Must-See Monster Movie: “The Host”

 

Little, a senior lecturer and director of undergraduate programs in the Department of Media Studies, teaches film studies at UVA and suggests that film lovers expand their horror movie horizons this Halloween.

Read more here: https://www.news.virginia.edu/content/oh-horror-film-expert-shares-top-7-movie-picks-halloween

 

 

 

 

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