For some reason horror fans have almost uniformly dismissed Clive Barker’s "Nightbreed" when it was first released in 1990. Based on his own novel "Cabal, " Barker wrote and directed "Nightbreed," bringing to life a whole [...]
1955’s "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" finds Bud and Lou tackling the immortal Wrapped One in the same irreverent manner they encountered all of the legendary Universal monsters, starting with "Abbott and Costello Meet [...]
When horror film fans discuss the pioneers who have influenced, changed, and shaped the genre over the past 25 years, names such as Romero, Carpenter, Raimi, Craven, and Argento are mentioned. It can easily be argued that directors such as these began [...]
"The Wicker Man" is a film of great reputation, although not too many people seem to have seen it. Then again you may have, but chances are that you only saw a skeleton of the real movie, as the original 98-minute gem has been repeatedly [...]
Following the (financial) success of "Friday the 13th, Part 2" and "Friday the 13th, Part 3", it probably didn’t surprise people in the entertainment industry that producer Sean Cunningham and director Steve Miner wanted to work [...]
Roger Corman is an interesting director in many ways. He has made some terrible movies in his long-standing career, but every time he makes a good movie, it turns out to be a really great one. There is not much in-between in his work. When in 1960 he [...]
Only a few defining images from the silent film era still remain as a part of our collective consciousness — Charlie Chaplin’s ambling gait, Harold Lloyd dangling from a clock tower, the robot Maria from "Metropolis," and, of course, [...]
When it comes to sequels, there appears to be a methodology working in Hollywood, which dictates, "If you can’t make it better, make it bigger!" This axiom certainly applies to "Jaws 2". Whereas Steven Spielberg’s classic [...]
Although it represents one of cult director John Carpenter’s most underrated and under-appreciated movies, his homage to Hong Kong cinema, "Big Trouble In Little China" has an incredibly committed fan following, all of which are eagerly [...]
In my opinion, "The Crow" is one of the most important films of the last decade. The film broke new ground in the genre of comic book adaptations, and was able to mix dark imagery with an exciting story, along with a pounding industrial [...]