Hellraiser; demon to some, angels to others.

Title: Hellraiser Year: 1987 Dir.: Clive Barker Producer(s): Christopher Figg Writer(s): Clive Barker (screenplay), The Hellbound Heart (novel) by Barker Company: Film Futures, Entertainment Film Distributors Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley A “bankruptcy of imagination” is how film critic Roger Ebert described this film. And yes, Ebert definitely had a love/hate … Continue reading Hellraiser; demon to some, angels to others.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula; The Blood is the Life.

Title: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Year: 1992 Dir.: Francis Ford Coppola Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Charles Mulvehill Writer(s): Bram Stoker (“Dracula”), James V. Hart Company: American Zoetrope, Columbia Pictures Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins, Cary Elwes, Sadie Frost, Richard E. Grant, Tom Waits. This movie is an art nerd’s wet … Continue reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula; The Blood is the Life.

Sleepy Hollow; It was a headless horseman!

Title: Sleepy Hollow Year: 1999 Dir.: Tim Burton Producer: Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Francis Ford Coppola Writer(s): Washington Irving (short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”), Kevin Yagher, Andrew Kevin Walker Company: Paramount Pictures Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Michael Gambon, Christopher Walken, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid Gothic. … Continue reading Sleepy Hollow; It was a headless horseman!