Title: Fright Night Year: 1985 Dir.: Tom Holland Producer(s): Herb Jaffe Writer(s): Tom Holland Company: Columbia Pictures Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Roddy McDowall. Vampires. It’s a popular concept or genre in horror. You know, you got the “first” vampire horror interpretation Nosferatu, film 1922, black and white and based off... Continue Reading →
Title: Drag Me to Hell Year: 2009 Dir.: Sam Raimi Producer(s): Robert Tapert, Grant Curtis Writer(s): Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi Company: Universal Pictures Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer and Adriana Barraza. Sam Raimi makes another appearance on the blog. But now, we’re not talking about Ash Williams, the Deadites,... Continue Reading →
Title: Black Christmas Year: 1974 Dir.: Bob Clark Producer(s): Bob Clark Writer(s): A. Roy Moore Company: Ambassador Film Distributors, Warner Bros. Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Marian Waldman and John Saxon. Another Christmas/holiday themed movie in a row. This is one of those briefer, shorter posts because the cool cinematography bits... Continue Reading →
Title: The Faculty Year: 1998 Dir.: Robert Rodriguez Producer(s): Elizabeth Avellán Writer(s): Kevin Williamson Company: Miramax/Dimension Films Starring: Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Famke Janssen, Clea DuVall, Shawn Hatosy, Robert Patrick, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart, Usher Raymond, Laura Harris, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth. It’s the 90s and teen horror films are all the rage.... Continue Reading →
Title: Silent Hill Year: 2006 Dir.: Christophe Gans Producer(s): Samuel Hadida, Don Carmody Writer(s): Roger Avary Company: Konami, Davis Films Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, and Jodelle Ferland. A video game is released in 1999... We’ve had Resident Evil. Mortal Kombat. Super Mario Bros.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Year: 1974 Dir.: Tobe Hooper Producer(s): Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Jay Parsley, Richard Saenz Writer(s): Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel Company: Vortex, Bryanston Distributing Company Starring: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan It looks gritty. It looks raw.... Continue Reading →
Title: Suspiria Year: 1977 Dir.: Dario Argento Producer(s): Claudio and Salvatore Argento Writer(s): Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, an essay (1845, Thomas De Quincey) “Suspiria de Profundis” Company: Seda Spettacoli, Produzioni Atlas Consorziate Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier and Joan Bennett. How do we start off talking about... Continue Reading →
Title: Night of the Creeps Year: 1986 Dir.: Fred Dekker Producer: Charles Gordon Writer(s): Fred Dekker Company: TriStar Pictures Starring: Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Jill Whitlow, and Steven Marshall. I’m skipping over quite a few movies to talk about this one because I recently just sat down and watched this movie (last week) for the... Continue Reading →
Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer Year: 1997 Dir.: Jim Gillespie Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Eric Feig Writer(s): Kevin Williamson (screenplay), Lois Duncan (author of I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1973). Company: Mandalay Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Anne Heche, Bridgette... Continue Reading →
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