THE FUTURE WAS NOW: MADMEN, MAVERICKS, AND THE EPIC SCI-FI SUMMER OF 1982
About mainstream science fiction cinema in the summer of 1982, a pivotal time for those of us who lived through it
THE END OF THE WORLD (1916)
A 1916 Danish made depiction of Earth threatened by a rogue comet
THE SPIDER WILL KILL YOU
Writer-director David Schmoeller had an obsession with mannequins, showcased in this 30-minute University of Texas thesis film
Paul Morrissey: 1938-2024
Looking back over the career of a true renaissance filmmaker
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
One of the most memorable films made by the late Paul Morrissey, an altogether outrageous riff on you-know-what
BLOOD FOR DRACULA
The just-as-wild 1974 follow-up to FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
HANSEL AND GRETEL (1983)
A “surprisingly scary twist” on “Hansel and Gretel,” designed and directed by a 25-year-old wunderkind named Tim Burton
NIGHTBREED
The second, and most ambitious, of Clive Barker’s self-directed features
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Not too many movies can be said to have attained success based solely on the quality of a monster suit, but in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON that is indeed the case
NECROMANIA
This XXX-rated “Tale of Weird Love” was one of the final films directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.