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MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 One Man. Four robots. Hundreds of really bad Sci-Fi B-movies………pure comedic gold. On November 24, 1988, we watched in horror and laughed out loud with Joel, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Cambot at such cinematic gems as Manos: The Hands Of Fate and The Brain That Wouldn’t Die. This American cult television series kept …

First why The Shining, well, face it this movie contains so many theories and controversies, of which I researched and thought about the scope  of the possible solutions, in addition, Stanley Kubrick’s direction always intriguing and mesmerizing, and yet sometimes quite maddening to both cast and crew. However, some find that tyrannical method a major downfall, although, a director is …

Horrornews.net and Entertainment Earth join forces once again to bring you a STAR WARS Top 10 List of NEW cool toys that span the Star Wars Universe!  Rebel or Empire, Force or Dark Side, their is something for every Star Wars fan on this new list. Since 1977, fans the world over have been after Star Wars toys, action figures, …

For over fifty years Robby The Robot has remained one of the most famous and widely recognised movie robots of all time. Making his film debut in Forbidden Planet (1956), he went on to star in The Invisible Boy (1957) and later forged a lengthy career in television, guest starring in The Thin Man, Lost In Space, The Twilight Zone, …

Movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968) – Questions and Answers When anyone in cinema, not just the horror genre, hears or reads the name George A. Romero (RIP) they think of him as the Father of Zombies, and while he didn’t conjure that name for that vicious species, he definitely created a new subgenre, lifestyle and world to scare …

Movie: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Questions and Answers This month is a discussion of Rosemary’s Baby, one of the three legendary films considered the unholy Hollywood trilogy, this film directed by Roman Polanski; it does not mention his crimes, rather only focusing on his movie. So why chose this film as the next Q&A in this series? The movie turns …

Sometimes I wonder why Hollywood leans so heavily on sequels and remakes when producers could just crack open a history book and find some of the most ghoulish tales imaginable. If Hollywood was pitching this epic they’d proclaim, “It’s MASTER AND COMMANDER meets THE HILLS HAVE EYES!” So lets kick off the Horrifying History series with that gruesome saga known …

Movie: Psycho (1960) – Questions and Answers WHERE DID THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT COME FROM? The initial concept came from the Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho (1960) inspired from the horrific crimes committed by serial killer Ed Gein, who murdered (to say it mildly) 40 women over a course of 10 years met with mixed reviews (which have changed, greatly to extremely …

Hollywood has been turning popular television series into big-screen epics since at least the late 70s, starting with Robert Wise’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (see below). This trend really took off in the late 90s and early 2000s, however, when it seemed like a new television-show-turned-movie hit the multiplexes every week. Some of these reboots were highly successful, …

A  STUDY OF ASIAN CAT III (Category 3) FILMS CAT III, otherwise known as Category 3 is the rating system used on Extreme horror and exploitation films from the Asian market. While the films range from extremely disturbing horror to p*rnographic, this list is primarily focused on the Horror rela(1986)ted titles. Soft p*rn for Asian films are also classified under …

Upon contemplating my next list, it was quickly apparent to me that there wasn’t much in he way of horror lists involving fictional rock bands / performers as the centerpiece. Not so much real artists like Kiss (though I’ve still included it), or Dee Snider, but horror films centered around the rock act as the main horror antagonist. “Trick or …

Hankering for some “New Years” themed Horror Films?? Well I’m Here to tell ya, there isn’t much. In fact this might present an opportunity for filmmakers to create a “New Year’s” horror film seeing that they get mentioned “every” year at this time (on lists like this)…just saying. Hey, theme driven horror films can have certain lasting qualities in relation to …

Indie horror has produced some of the best that the genre has to offer, from John Carpenter’s Halloween to Paranormal Activity.   It all started with a great idea, a little bit of money, and most importantly the ambition to succeed.   Who would have ever predicted that The Blair Witch Project would have launched the found footage sub-genre or that SAW …

If you’re anything like me, you’ll have spent most of October gorging on horror flicks in the build up to the actual ‘most wonderful time of the year’. Comics have long snuggled up to movies, and whether it’s adaptations or spin offs, they often give iconic characters a rebirth from beyond the screen and onto the spinner rack (yes, let’s …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Dr. Goldfoot has invented an army of bikini-clad robots who are programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Craig Gamble and Todd Armstrong set out to foil the fiendish plot. REVIEW: Our journey into b-movie madness takes us back to 1965 when Frankie Avalon was king of the beach …