It’s always exciting to see a filmmaker really come into their own and with "Pitch Black", writer/director David Twohy achieves that point. After having worked as a writer on good films such as "The Fugitive" and bad films such as [...]
Rarely seen and almost forgotten for the longest time, Lucio Fulci’s "The Beyond" has become a cult favorite over the years that was given a second chance at life by none other than Quentin Tarantino. Redistributed through his company Rolling [...]
To mangle the great English poet Alexander Pope, sometimes sequels rush in where originals have already tread. For every "Bride of Frankenstein," "Godfather Part II" or "Empire Strikes Back," there are those continuations [...]
Since the inception of television, TV stars have attempted to make their way to the big screen. While some have easily made this transition, others have failed miserably, while others yet, have maintained a balance between TV and film. But, rarely do you [...]
"This is the last time I will talk about this son-of-a-bitch movie, " with these words director and writer Clive Barker greets viewers in the documentary entitled "Resurrection" found on the latest incarnation of "Hellraiser" [...]
During a period when horror films made the transition from rather atmospheric eerie films to becoming the gratuitous splatter films they are today, a surprisingly understated creepy film made its appearance. It was a haunted house film, with the title [...]
Interesting developments have defined the DVD landscape since its inception well over three years ago. Currently we see an interesting development from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. First the studio began to increase its output in high quality [...]
No one could ask for a better university than the classic Universal monster movies. All the great themes are there: unrequited love, intolerance, jealousy, sin, pride, obsession, and the beast within. Point to any of the original monster films and a map [...]
After recently viewing "The Cider House Rules", I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to movie adaptations of novels. As long as the novel isn’t some sort of way-out science fiction, it’s generally pretty easy to transplant the story [...]
Jack Arnold is the undisputed king of 50s science fiction movies with his imaginative stories and the great execution of his films. Movies like "It Came From Outer Space", "Tarantula", or "The Incredible Shrinking Man" have [...]
