Assault On Precinct 13
With his filmmaking career beginning in the midst of the new Hollywood and its touchstones in American film history, it’s perhaps easy to see why the work of John Carpenter has been somewhat overshadowed by more celebrated filmmakers such as…
A Claus Call
I’m a sucker for Christmas. Even in the dead heat of a summer afternoon, I can often be caught humming a few bars of a carol while I whack away at weeds and mosquitoes. It is, quite frankly, bothersome, although…
Calgary Comic Expo announces first star: Cult king Bruce Campbell
It’s still five months away, but the good folks at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo have already begun building excitement with the announcement this week of their first guest. Actor, writer, producer Bruce Campbell, perhaps best known for Sam…
Jurassic World
Colin Trevorrow, the director of 2015’s ‘Jurassic Park’ sequel, has reassured fans that ‘Jurassic World’ won’t be a reboot. The American film-maker took to Twitter to answer a concerned dino-fan’s question about the forthcoming film, assuring him that the fourth…
Homefront Miss
Homefront Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder. Directed by Gary Fleder. Rated R. Now playing. With scowling, British buzzsaw Jason Statham as the hero, and madcap James Franco and trashy Winona Ryder as the villains, plus a screenplay by none…
The Shape of Things to Come
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what’s left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity’s continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a…
Deadly Eyes
Cat-sized rats, laced-up on steroid enriched grain apparently destined for starving kids in Africa, overrun the city as former chop-socky filmmaker Clouse applies his unique, high contact brand of action/horror. Breaking with convention early, his sewer mob spirit away a…
Characula, the ‘Monster Mol’
Defying explanation and categorisation, Characula is a horror rock goddess with a difference. Currently living in Southern California, she is neither vampire, nor werewolf, mummy nor any other creature known from myth and folklore. Part sci-fi, part horror and all…
Celebrate MST3K’s 25th Anniversary
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000, watch Joel Hodgson’s original, un-aired “proof of concept” pilot for the immortal series! While everyone is celebrating the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, let’s not neglect another important part of…
Liberate Cinema Now……
I believe in the common man. I believe in their dreams, their hopes and the inherent collective goodness of the common man. I reject the notion that the public has to be spoon fed in order to comprehend concepts, ideals…
Remaking Road House
MGM is remaking the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch MGM has tapped Rob Cohen to direct its upcoming remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie “Road House,” TheWrap has learned.Rowdy Herrington directed the original film, which…
The Gate
When The Gate was released in Canada, it turned out to be a big moneymaker. There’s good reason for that: the special effects are quite notable for a Canadian film, and the direction succeeds in creating an appropriately nightmarish tone….
Abraxas
If straight-to-video films represent a poor gamble for anyone looking for quality, you can imagine what the odds are against a straight-to-video science fiction film. Add a Canadian production pedigree into the mix, and you would probably have more success…
Issues With SYFY
It will not come as a surprise to anyone that the Syfy channel’s programming has never been highly regarded. This is of no great importance-no network with a lineup consisting of sci-fi show after sci-fi show was ever going to…
Frosty
Like most holiday tales begin, Frosty is seated at the bar of his favorite establishment, cocktail in “hand,” regaling the regulars with a story of intergalactic consequence. At least that’s how Bobby Ray Akers Jr and Dennis Willman’s “FROSTY: ‘Twas…
The Best Year In Cinema,1984
Something special started in America in late 1983 and carried through all of 1984. You couldn’t quite put your finger on it at the time, but you could feel it. I’m not sure why it happened, but it did. Perhaps…
Love Bite
Two things we know about werewolves: they’re just like ordinary people until they change with the phase of the moon; and if they wound you and you survive, you eventually change into one. “Love Bite” (released in 2012, but only…
Roger Corman Talks ‘Ski Troop Attack’
B-movie legend Roger Corman introducing “Ski Troop Attack.” He describes the details of shooting this indie war picture for his non-union production company The Filmgroup on location in snowbound Deadwood, South Dakota. Shot back-to-back with The Beast from Haunted Cave,…
Five Quick Questions with Tony Jopia
“Cute Little Buggers” is Tony Jopia’s latest project due out next year. “When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland the villagers at the summer ball get suspicious when young women start going missing. The villagers soon band together around…
Tremors
Tremors is actually two movies in one. On its own terms, it’s an enjoyable modern sci-fi horror-thriller, with good pacing and a sense of humor; but it’s also a loving tribute to such 1950s low-budget desert-based sci-fi-horror films like Them!,…