Title: Scream 2 Year: 1997 Dir.: Wes Craven Producer(s): Wes Craven, Cathy Konrad, Marianne Maddalena Writer(s): Kevin Williamson Company: Dimension Films Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Elise Neal, Liev Schrieber, Jerry O’Connell, Timothy Olymphant, Laurie Metcalf, Jada Pinkett and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Kevin Williamson is making another appearance on this blog.... Continue Reading →
Title: Halloween Year: 1978 Dir.: John Carpenter Producer(s): Debra Hill Writer(s): John Carpenter, Debra Hill Company: Compass International Starring: Donald Pleasance, Jamie Lee Curtis, PJ Soles, Nancy Loomis. So. We’ve arrived at one of the big juggernauts of horror. Even if you’re not a fan of horror, you know the big ones: Friday the 13th,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Descent Year: 2006 Dir.: Neil Marshall Producer(s): Christian Colson Writer(s): Neil Marshall Company: Celador Films Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring and Nora-Jane Noone. This is one of the coolest British horror films ever. Others that are also cool: 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, The Wicker Man,... Continue Reading →
Title: Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn Year: 1987 Dir.: Sam Raimi Producer(s): Robert Tapert, Alex De Benedetti, Irvin Shapiro Writer(s): Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel Company: Renaissance Pictures Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Denise Bixler, Ted Raimi. In the previous post, which I spoke about The Evil Dead (1981), I did... Continue Reading →
Title: The Shining Year: 1980 Dir.: Stanley Kubrick Producer(s): Stanley Kubrick Writer(s): Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson Company: Warner Bros. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd I haven’t seen The Shining in a long time. I couldn’t tell you a complete scene without cheating thanks to Google. However, visually, I... Continue Reading →
Title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Year: 1975 Dir.: Jim Sharman Producer(s): Lou Adler, Michael White Writer(s): Richard O’Brien (based on original theatre production with lyrics, etc), Jim Sharman Company: 20th Century Fox Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell/Nell Campbell, Meatloaf, Charles Gray. "I would like to... if... 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: The Fog Year: 1980 Dir.: John Carpenter Producer: Debra Hill Writer(s): John Carpenter, Debra Hill Company: AVCO Embassy Pictures Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh, Nancy Loomis, Ty Mitchell, Charles Cyphers. *Warning: this might be pretty short compared to the previous post. After viewing a rough cut of... Continue Reading →
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