The Father Of Genre And Fantasy Film-Melies
Maries Georges Jean Méliès was born in Paris in 1861 and from a very early age he showed a particular interest in the arts which led, as a boy, to a place at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris…
One Night In Sitges
Sitges is a Spanish town about 35 kilometres southwest of Barcelona, renowned worldwide for its Film Festival and Carnival. Located between the Garraf Massif and the sea, it is known for its beaches, nightspots, and historical sites. It is also…
Damnation Alley
When I was a young lad, I remember waiting in anticipation for the release of Damnation Alley. Star Wars had us all abuzz over anything science fiction. Jane Michael Vincent stars as Lieutenant Jake Tanner an unorthodox Air Force officer,…
Robert Vaughn- A Primer
Robert Francis Vaughn was born on November 22, 1932, in New York City to show business parents. His father, Walter Vaughn, was a radio actor, and his mother, Marcella Gaudell Vaughn, a stage actress. They divorced when Vaughn was only…
Horror Master Tobe Hooper Directs Arabic Horror—But Not Going To Be Released
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as well as the three-time Academy Award-nominated, Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist, will helm Imagenation Abu Dhabi’s Arabian horror film DJINN. Penned by U.S writer David Tully (Hepzibah), this unique new take on the haunted house thriller…
Cronenberg’s Shivers
In 1975 David Cronenberg assaulted audiences with Shivers, his third feature, introducing many of the interests and themes that would preoccupy his subsequent films. Shivers starts by introduces to a luxury high rise apartment complex situated on an island. The…
Enter Giallo
Giallo (Gialli) is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language it refers to a genre similar to the French fantastique genre and includes elements of horror…
Mr. B.I.G. Bert Gordon
Bert I. Gordon is most famous for such science fiction and horror B-movies as The Amazing Colossal Man and Village of the Giants. Most of Gordon’s work is in the genre of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection…
K.Gordon Murray-King of The Kiddie Matinee
At one time Bloomington, Illinois, was where many of the leading circus performers of the time wintered. Born in 1922, Kenneth Gordon Murray, son of an Irish undertaker,spent much of his boyhood in the company of those circus artists. By…
Quentin Tarantino’s official Top Eleven of 2011
1. Midnight In Paris 2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 3. Moneyball 4. The Skin I Live In 5. X-Men: First Class 6. Young Adult 7. Attack The Block 8. Red State 9. Warrior 10. The Artist /…
The Full Monte Or Naked Under Feathers-Beverly Gray
Monte Hellman’s got a new movie. Actually, his Road to Nowhere premiered at the Venice (Italy) Film Festival last September, and will open in L.A. and New York City in June. Hellman’s filmography is not long, but he’s been making…
Canuck Exploitation Guru John Dunning
Cinepix, launched by Dunning and partner Andre Link in Montreal in the early 1960s, had its biggest success in 1979 with Reitman’s Meatballs, the first huge hit for Canadian film. It grossed $43 million in North America after Paramount picked…
Devil Inside’ Duo Director William Brent Bell & Matthew Peterman Talk About That Ending & What’s Next
In an event that no one saw coming, last weekend, the micro-budgeted found footage horror film “The Devil Inside,” managed to scare up $34 million and displace “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” from the top of the box office heap….
Chillerama Soundtrack Available
BuySoundtrax Records has announced the November 16th release of the CHILLERAMA: Zom-B-Movie – Original Soundtrack featuring music by Bear McCreary (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, THE WALKING DEAD, KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM) along with the new track “I Don’t Want To Die A Virgin”…
Quentin Tarantino’s Top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns
1 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, Sergio Leone (1966) 2 FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, Sergio Leone (1965) 3 DJANGO, Sergio Corbucci (1966) 4 THE MERCENARY, Sergio Corbucci (1968) 5 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, Sergio…
The Giant Gila Monster’ is being remade – Is this the beginning of a B-Movie comeback?
Typically, news of a movie remake is met with incredulous expressions and moans of “Why?” or “How could they mess with a classic?”. Every so often, however, a movie is not just worthy of, but entitled to having its story…
Verna Fields
Verna Fields was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. Fields edited more than thirty motion pictures, including Peter Bogdanovich’s golden period of What’s Up, Doc ? (1972), Paper Moon (1973), and Daisy…
Steven 101
This list was once known as “Spielberg’s Curriculum,” but Edgar Wright (co-writer of Spielberg’s upcoming film The Adventures of Tintin, as well as modern classics Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead) debunked it on Twitter. If this list…
The Music From Escape from New York
by Messrob Torikian Escape From New York is another movie in John Carpenter’s long line of work that has reached cult status. Although a mild hit upon its initial release, like most of Carpenter’s films, it found its audience on…
Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun: George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead -Beverly Gray
Novelist Colson Whitehead, recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant and a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize, has devoted his latest novel to zombies. Is there a trend here? These days zombies are showing up in all the best places, including…