I did a previous post about my favorite VHS finds which I will link so please check that one out. This time, we're going to do covers. Out of maybe 100-110 vhs tapes that are in my horror collection, some of the covers do stand out. And if you think about it, remember what it... Continue Reading →
Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Year: 1989 Dir.: Stephen Hopkins Producer(s): Robert Shaye, Rupert Harvey Writer(s): Leslie Bohem Company: New Line Cinema Starring: Lisa Wilcox, Robert Englund, Kelly Jo Minter, Erika Anderson, Danny Hassel, Whit Hertford, and Joe Seely This one I’d say is probably the more ambitious of the... Continue Reading →
Title: Midsommar Year: 2019 Director: Ari Aster Writer(s): Ari Aster Producer(s): Lars Knudsen, Patrik Andersson Costume(s): Andrea Flesch Cinematography: Pawel Pogorzelski Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, and Vilhelm Blomgren This movie starts with a minimal, barely there title card yet the entire film is quite… beautiful looking. There... Continue Reading →
Title: The Cell Year: 2000 Director: Tarsem Singh Writer(s): Mark Protosevich Producer(s): Julio Caro, Eric McLeod Costume(s): Eiko Ishioka Cinematography: Paul Laufer Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jake Weber and Dylan Baker The colors used in The Cell are distributed beautiful and equally. There's just as much use of color... Continue Reading →
2019 is the year that I dove into the deep end of Italian horror, especially older films. I've swam in the shallow pool, only seen Suspiria, Demons and Demons 2. But nothing prepared me for what Italian or "giallo" horror is really about, the depths of how unique it is and at the opposite end... Continue Reading →
un·der·rate /ˌəndə(r)ˈrāt/ Learn to pronounce verb past tense: underrated; past participle: underrated underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something). "a very underrated film" -- It’s interesting to watch a film a second time around, picking up on new things but I wonder if that makes the movie any better. Does 1991’s Popcorn... Continue Reading →
Halloween, itself, has been over. Yet my love of horror is 365 days! I’ve focused a lot on films and not television or any kind of series or shorts. And I don't do reviews either but I'm dipping my toes into the reviewer pond so let’s start with something quite familiar yet new to me:... Continue Reading →
Title: Planet Terror Year: 2007 Dir.: Robert Rodriguez Producer(s): Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan Writer(s): Robert Rodriguez Company: Troublemaker Studios, Rodriguez International Pictures (RIP), Dimension Films Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Stacy Ferguson, Bruce Willis BIG DISCLAIMER UP FRONT: I am strictly focusing on... Continue Reading →
Title: John Carpenter’s The Thing Year: 1982 Dir.: John Carpenter Producer(s): David Foster, Lawrence Turman Writer(s): Bill Lancaster (screenplay), Who Goes There (novel, by John W. Campbell Jr.) Company: Universal Starring: Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis,... Continue Reading →
Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street Year: 1984 Dir.: Wes Craven Producer(s): Robert Shaye Writer(s): Wes Craven Company: New Line Cinema Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund. 1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you. 3,4, better lock your door. 5,6, grab your crucifix. 7,8, gonna stay... Continue Reading →
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