Electric Dreams
Fred BarrettCriticism, essays, and short fiction.
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The Hypnotist
Pulse (2001) dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
In Jūran Hisao’s 1948 short story “The Prophecy,” Tadayoshi Abe meets with two of his friends the day before his wedding to Chiyoko, the daughter of the wealthy Sakata family. Tadayoshi, who comes from an...
Childishly Fresh Eyes
Obsession (2025) dir. Curry Barker
Though they are both horror films, Obsession (2025) and Backrooms (2026) are two very different projects, both in terms of the resources they had at their disposal — the former’s $750,000 budget pales in...
Electric Trio Vol. 12
Electric Trio is a column where I look at some of cinema history’s countless underseen, underappreciated, and largely forgotten works. The format (or gimmick, if you prefer) is simple: three films, three paragraphs each. Hopefully these pos...
One Day the Sadness Will End
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) dir. David Lynch
At the end of last year I decided to take a break from writing, burned out from my routine of crawling out of bed at 5 a.m., commuting for forty-five minutes, spending six hours performing men...
The Best Films of 2025
One last thing before I go: I wanted to share my list of 2025 releases that I’ve enjoyed and/or enjoyed thinking about for one reason or another. Some I found exciting, provocative, beautiful, touching, funny, and smart; others I found bori...
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