I recently read, via the ever reliable Deadline, that “The Walking Dead” has a new showrunner, someone by the name of Scott Gimple. I don’t mean to disparage Gimple, after all, he may be an awesome showrunner, but it seems to me that if he does the least thing that runs afoul of AMC brass […]
The second trailer for Fede Alvarez’s reboot of Sam Raimi’s the “Evil Dead” came out a few days ago, and it goes without saying that it’s not exactly safe for work. Or children. Or anyone bothered by violence bordering on sadism. That being said, it’s hard to tell from the trailer if the reboot offers […]
Has any movie taunted fans as much as Don Coscarelli’s “John Dies At The End?” For the past few year or two drips and drabs of information about this film has appeared on the Internet, yet it somehow never manages to reach theaters, or VOD, or iTunes, or any venue that might let someone view […]
“If more attention were given to character development, “Storage 24” could have been a genre classic, instead of a mildly interesting diversion.” Horror is a house with many doors, all opening onto the stuff of nightmares. Whatever your interest, be it torture porn, poltergeists, vampires, zombies, and just about everything in-between, you’ll find a place just […]
Like most people, it disturbs me to read about some of the terrible things that we do to each other, though what grows old fast is the way that we always seem to find something to blame our problems on–as opposed to ourselves, that is. For instance, things like video games, movies, music and television […]
If you have not seen “American Horror Story,” or “The Sentinel” but want to with an open mind–or just hate spoilers–read no further. I have been watching the first season of Ryan Murphy’s and Brad Falchuk’s “American Horror Story” recently, and while I have been enjoying it–despite its tendency to be very emotionally overwrought–I have come to notice […]
“If “Frightnight” didn’t have to carry the memory of a significantly better film, it would have been better for it.” I spent my Thanksgiving with my family in Connecticut, where–besides drinking and trying to ignore the almost constant noise generated by my niece and nephew–I watched a lot of cable. Among everything that I watched it’s […]
I was actually going to post something else, till I heard that the trailer for Marc Forster’s “World War Z” was available (There are also quite a few fake trailers floating about. Insist on the real thing). I have never been much of a fan of Forster’s work; “Quantum Of Solace,” his entry in the James […]
High concept movies can be difficult to market. If the film itself, or the campaign to sell it to audiences doesn’t resonate, then no one is going to see it. In fact, sometimes the higher the concept, the weaker the performance, and as of late, there’s virtually nothing higher concept than “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” […]
Halloween’s just around the corner, which is why it’s the perfect time to discuss monsters and other things that go bump in the night. A creature that is currently in vogue is the zombie, which is enjoying a surge in popularity, evidenced by “The Walking Dead,” a series about a small band of survivors who […]
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