On DARK ROMANCES and Early 90’s SOV Horror
The video underground of the early 1990s produced its share of groundbreaking horror films.
Moviegoing Memories
“Dream it in your living room, live it in the theater.” So read the VHS tagline of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, but that slogan could adorn any horror movie
The Horror Films of Janusz Majewski
Janusz Majewski is one of Poland’s most durable and prolific filmmakers
The Movies of 1984
1984 was an odd yet pivotal time
On Writing, Monster Dogs, Chocolate Eggs, a Change of Face and a Slice of Life!
ON WRITING by STEPHEN KING was initially published back in 2000.
Comic-Con 2014
Seen/heard at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con…
In Defense of Sequels
I’m sure you’ve heard the news: SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, the nine-years-after-the-fact sequel to 2005’s SIN CITY, opened last Friday…and tanked big time.
Further Thoughts on Fangoria
Roughly three years ago this week I wrote a diatribe about Fangoria magazine and its uncertain new direction following a 2010 corporate shake-up
From the Grindhouse to the Arthouse
The grindhouse and the arthouse: two distinct modes of cinema that would appear to be leagues removed–and for the most part they are.
FIGHT CLUB at 15
FIGHT CLUB, released in October of 1999, was and remains one of the most outrageously subversive big studio movies of all time.