JAWS at 40
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the June 20, 1975 release of Steven Spielberg’s JAWS
PSYCHO at 55
Here we’re going to look at what is very likely the most iconic and widely discussed horror movie of all time.
Five Reasons Wes Craven was the Most Important Horror Filmmaker of his Generation
The shocking death of Wesley Earl Craven on August 30, 2015 has led me to conduct a serious reappraisal of his place in the horror firmament.
The Horror Cinema of Walter Hugo Khouri
Brazil’s Walter Hugo Khouri’s (1929-2003) THE ANGEL OF THE NIGHT and DAUGHTERS OF FIRE are unquestioned genre standouts with David Lynch-worthy surrealism.
HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES
HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES is the title of the first volume of Charles Baudelaire’s renowned French translations of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. This volume, first published in 1856, is credited with inspiring Poe’s exalted reputation in Europe, so it makes sense that HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES was the name given to not one but two French-made compilations of Poe-adapted films.
The Two Davids
David Cronenberg and David Lynch: two visually gifted, unabashedly idiosyncratic filmmakers, both drawn to bizarre and grotesque subject matter
On THE DUCHESS OF AVILA
The 1973 French miniseries LA DUCHESSE D’AVILA/THE DUCHESS OF AVILA is one of the great unknown works of the fantastique
The NC-17 Rating: A Good Idea Squandered
In theory it was a good idea: an NC-17 movie rating, instituted in 1990 to replace the X rating
CONTAMINATION
Fun, hyper-gory Italian trash!
CLOSED CIRCUIT
An Italian made movie theater set murder mystery that gradually morphs into something far stranger and horrific