Our story begins in 1886, in Oakland, California, at the home of the O’Brien’s. A boy was born. His parents named him Willis and, although no one knew it at the time, he would be father to one of the greatest children in movie history, King Kong. After a number … Read More
Happy Death Day (2017) Directed by Christopher Landon. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard and Ruby Modine. A college student who is murdered on her birthday returns to relive the day over and over until she uncovers clues to her killer’s identity. Mild spoilers follow. On the morning of her birthday, … Read More
Let’s talk about sewing body parts together. Let’s grab the other necessary elements: a hunchback, an abnormal brain, lightning and really big shoes. And for dessert, let’s add some angry villagers carrying pitchforks and torches. Sounds like dozens of movies that we have all seen, dozen it? Yet, how … Read More
“Count-less” films have been made about the antics of Count Dracula, the quintessential vampire who sleeps in a coffin in a couple inches of soil from his native land and only comes out at night. For many, Bela Lugosi is our first exposure to this icon, who has haunted … Read More
Normally, I put together a list of all the horror, science fiction and fantasy films that are being shown on and around Halloween. It is an enormous list, tallying in excess of 400 films. One of the first places to find a schedule for Halloween is Turner Classic Movies. … Read More
#Captured (2017) Directed by Joe Homokay. Starring Brittany Curran, Julian Curtis and Kirsten Prout. A group of high school students post their drug and sex-fueled parties to an online pay per view streaming site, which enrages a homicidal maniac on a mission to purge the Internet of all sin. … Read More
IT (2017) Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher and Finn Wolfhard. Seven misfit kids spend a small town summer being stalked by a powerful, child-eating entity in this adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 classic horror novel. It’s a rainy day in October of 1988 in the small … Read More
Jackals (2017) Directed by Kevin Greutert. Starring Deborah Kara Unger, Stephen Dorff and Johnathon Schaech. A wealthy family and the cult deprogrammer they hired to help their kidnapped son find themselves under attack by a crazed, animal themed cult intent on getting their acolyte back. We open in 1983. A … Read More
Lake Fear 2 (2016) AKA The Everglades Killings. Directed by Ben Wilder. Starring Linnea Quigley, Kelsi Monroe, Shawn Rees and Ben Wilder. A group of friends celebrating Spring Break in the Florida Everglades must survive redneck serial killers over the course of a terrifying night in the swamp. We open … Read More
“An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a subgenre of films consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event (often a turning point). Sometimes each one is directed by a different director.” Source: Wikipedia Since 2012, films within films … Read More
