In observance of the March 24, 2003 death of screenwriter Philip Yordan, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and elusive talents, let’s take a look at some of his films
For true horror movie fans, horror moviemakers are as venerated as the films they make. Just check out some of the books about our horror heroes
In the spirit of those “10 Best Unproduced Scripts” lists that periodically appear in movie mags like Premiere and Film Comment, I’ve decided to compile my own list covering the best unreleased films
On March 16, 2002, the Italian writer/actor/filmmaker Carmelo Bene passed away
The summer ’03 movie season is officially over. The Summer season, as all true movie mavens know, runs from (roughly) early May to late August and accounts for a substantial portion of Hollywood’s yearly revenue
What do the Ku Klux Klan, Quentin Tarantino, surfers and the McMartin preschool have in common? Answer: my hometown of Manhattan Beach
Christmastime is nearly upon us, and to help celebrate I’ve dredged up some macabre facts about the most “wonderful time of the year” of which you might not be aware
In my view that late Klaus Kinski’s most memorable accomplishment was his autobiography, an astounding cavalcade of madness and perversion
Max Ernst was one of the most famous of the original surrealists, and his supreme masterworks are the collage novels THE HUNDRED HEADLESS WOMAN, A LITTLE GIRL DREAMS OF TAKING THE VEIL and A WEEK OF KINDNESS
Yes, it’s another report on yet another LA area Fangoria Weekend of Horrors