Performer Profile: Elina Löwensohn
The fabulously exotic Elina Löwensohn, who for a time was the indie “it” girl, and remains an actress to watch
TV Flashback: AMAZING STORIES
With a rebooted AMAZING STORIES debuting on Apple TV+ next week, it seems like a good time for a look back at the show’s 1985-87 inspiration
NIGHT SKIES
His name may not appear anywhere on it, but make no mistake: Mr. Steven Spielberg was the guiding force behind this late 1970s screenplay
Kid Movies in the Summer of 1985
Looking back at the summer movie season of 1985, it becomes immediately apparent that kid movies were all the rage
Remembering that which is Better Forgotten: ILL-GOTTEN GAINS and CLAUDE’S CRIB
What do ILL-GOTTEN GAINS, a little-seen black and white indie, and CLAUDE’S CRIB, a short-lived USA Network sitcom, have in common?
JAWS at 40
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the June 20, 1975 release of Steven Spielberg’s JAWS
POLTERGEIST (1982)
The first big budget Hollywood production by THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’S Tobe Hooper, although POLTERGEIST’S actual director has long been in question
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE
This big budget anthology film seems destined to be known primarily for the offscreen catastrophe that occurred during filming
THE JAWS LOG
THE JAWS LOG is not, as the back cover wrongfully claims, the “only book” about the making of JAWS, but it is the best
2005: The Year in Bedlam
The following encompasses my picks for the year’s best and worst horror films released in the US in 2005