Did you see The Haunting of Hill House (2018) on Netflix? If you haven’t it’s still there and well worth seeing though the reason I mention it is because I have a suspicion that it owes a lot to Peter Medak’s The Changeling, which is likely among the best ghost stories ever put to film. […]
Recently I watched Chad Ferrin’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones and it made me realize something, namely the better adaptations – or maybe those with the most notoriety – were directed by Stuart Gordon (Herbert West: Reanimator, From Beyond, Dagon, Castle Freak), none of which were particularly faithful to the material they were based on. […]
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS (MILD THOUGH THEY MAY BE) FOR NETFLIX’S BLOOD RED SKY. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE, WATCH IT AND COME BACK. The vampires of Peter Thorwarth’s Blood Red Sky by my reckoning the best type: Mean, animalistic and defined entirely by a hunger for blood. Preferably human. The movie revolves […]
Remember when Netflix cancelled Jupiter’s Legacy (2021) after a single season? I do because it wasn’t that long ago and I thought that it was a bit premature (though considering the production issues connected to the series – which came out after the fact – I shouldn’t be too surprised) though I didn’t think they’d […]
I don’t think it’s hyperbole if one were to say Guillermo Del Toro is among the most renown directors of the fantastic working today. Since his first feature film, 1993’s Chronos, the Mexican auteur has been well represented in the worlds of horror and the uncanny. Then there was 2015’s Crimson Peak, which was a […]
I haven’t seen Masters of the Universe: Revelation because it hasn’t yet been released though it’s got Kevin Smith written all over the teaser. Smith, the director of movies like Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Red State (2011), Tusk (2014), etc., is a child at heart, seemingly making him a perfect choice to […]
No one can every accuse Netflix of not investing money in their movies and series because Things Heard & Seen is gorgeous and gorgeously shot (by Director of Photography Larry Smith). It’s also particularly well-acted (Amanda Seyfried and James Norton bring more gravitas to the material than it deserves) though because we can’t have nice […]
H.P. Lovecraft is an interesting writer in I suspect that if it weren’t for his racism his writing wouldn’t have been as memorable, as haunting as it is. Because underlying his eldritch horrors is a fear of the unknown, of terrors beyond comprehension, an “other” which if you look deeper you’ll likely realize are inferences […]
Guillermo Del Toro always ranked particularly high in my hierarchy of directors, so when I heard he was developing a movie based on a staple of anime – giant robots – I was so there. And Pacific Rim (2013) didn’t disappoint, though what surprised me was how much heart the movie had. And sure some […]
I’m a huge aficionado of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing (the man? Not so much), and Stuart Gordon has adapted more of his work than any other director I’m aware of. As a filmmaker he seems to get the randomness, the chaotic nature that lies at the heart of Lovecraft’s work, as well as an aficionado of […]
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