R.I.P. Claude Chabrol
Here we say goodbye to film director Claude Chabrol, who passed away on September 12, 2010 at age 80.
Horror Movie Trailers: My Favorites
Trailers–a.k.a. previews and/or coming attractions–have been a longtime passion of mine
Dante, the Inferno and A TV DANTE: THE INFERNO
Dante Aligheri’s INFERNO is the first and most famous portion of his three-part epic poem THE DIVINE COMEDY, and this TV adaptation is one of its most significant interpretations
The Marquis de Sade on Film
The notorious Donatien Alphonse Francois, a.k.a. Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), is many things to many people
On the Death of Roger Ebert, and Why He Should be Celebrated by Horror Fans
Over the years Roger Ebert has for me taken on the qualities of a nerdy, old friend.
Krampus in Fiction and Film
We all know about Santa Claus, but what of his less savory companions? Krampus the horned incubus is the most prominent and horrific of Santa’s “helpers”
Splatter, Maggoty Muppets and Heavenly Creatures: The Early Films of Peter Jackson
With the LORD OF THE RINGS films now ensconced in the “classic” cinema pantheon, I’d say it’s an opportune time to take a look at the output of their director
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.
Eighties Nuke Movies
Nuclear war, as we all well know, has been the subject of many a movie
TV Flashback: NEVERWHERE
NEVERWHERE was a BBC miniseries, originally broadcast in the Fall of ‘96