Surely nobody can resist the urge to celebrate Halloween right now. Halfway there, yet it still feels like a long way off. I’ve dug out some classic commercials that are sure to bring back fond memories. There is an infinite number of commercials from the ‘70s, ’80s and ’90s that I could have chosen to […]
April 26th is indeed known as Alien day due to the name of the moon LV426, where the Xenomorphs are first discovered in Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie, Alien. Director Fede Alvarez shared this pic on his Twitter feed this morning. Alvarez is no stranger to revitalizing genre movies. His 2013 Evil Dead was a big […]
In the animal kingdom there are few creatures more feared and respected than the actual “King”, the Lion. It must have been terrifying then, if you were one of several thousand people hired to construct the Uganda Railway in the late 19th Century where two of these apex predators decided humans were delicious. In 1898 […]
By Honey Morales. The 1970s/ 1980s Campy-style horror is by far my favorite. I find it simultaneously hilarious and terrifying to imagine a group of youngsters lost in the woods with only a few stoned, horny teenagers to protect them from a silent, lumbering monster. To mark the beginning of summer season, I thought it […]
*UPDATED WITH SECOND SET PHOTO* It seems that production is ramping up in the UK for Tim Burtons sequel to his 1988 classic. With original stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara all set to reprise their roles alongside Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) who is reportedly playing the character of Lydia Deetz’s ( Ryders ) […]
To make an Evil Dead Movie the original’s Writer/Director Sam Raimi, has three rules… Innocents must suffer. You have to taste blood to be a hero. The Dead must Rise! With that being said, writer/director Lee Cronin (The Hole In The Ground) over achieves with this latest installment in the franchise. Evil Dead Rise, takes […]
One of the most prized possessions in my quite modest collection of film memorabilia comes from our 2013 Mad Monster screening of the 1973 masterpiece, The Exorcist. It’s a simply designed but beautiful poster featuring a priests cassock sprayed with green paint and it features two autographs… That night at the Chinese Theatre in […]
For those with a passion for blood and gore Renfield more than satisfies. A refreshing take on well known characters with Dracula’s familiar, the titular Renfield taking center stage. Played by Nicolas Hoult, Renfield is a scrawny, twitchy character who spends his days and nights skulking round the streets of New Orleans where he currently […]
With summer right around the corner what better way to open the season than to talk about the summer anthologies of Creepshow. I know what you’re thinking, what do these have to do with summer? Well, they just feel like a hot night in July, you rented a few movies from a local video store […]
Similar to 1408, The Shining connects the dots between psychological terror, originality, and dependency. In both, male authors turn to the shadows. The hotel is a recurring symbol in King’s writing. In his short story 1922, the main character hides out in a hotel room, waiting for a supernatural end to his life. […]