In his 1979 film Manhattan, Woody Allen referred to the practice of writing novelizations of movies as “another contemporary American phenomenon that’s truly moronic.” I was a child at the time and I loved buying the novels of my favorite films, among them The Dark Crystal, which had cool cover art and a nice selection of color photos from the …

One of my favorite character actors, Les Carlson, passed away at his home in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the age of 81. Mr. Carlson appeared in some of my favorite genre films. He played Graham, the telephone lineman in Black Christmas (1974), Barry Convex, the president of the Spectacular Optical Corporation, in David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1982), …

Fangoria is holding a free screening of the original 1983 film Sleepaway Camp on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 7:00 at the Cinema Village on 22 East 12th Street, just off of University Place. Cast members and behind-the-scenes people will be appearing at the screening, which will be a free show. In order to get tickets, you must send an …

SYNOPSIS: David Williams wants nothing more than to give his wife Alice the perfect life. Working as a film archivist, the young, pregnant couple finally save enough to buy their first home. Residing on the picturesque, Irish Canal it seems as though their prayers have finally been answered. An eerie coincidence unfolds at David’s office one day to threaten it …

The Spring (if you can call this weather Spring weather) Chiller Theatre Toy, Model and Film Expo will be held from Friday, April 25, 2014 through Sunday, April 27, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel in Parsippany, NJ. The show hours are: Friday: Pre-show hours: 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm Friday: Regular show hours: 06:00 pm to 11:00 pm Saturday Pre-show: …

POSSESSION, 1981 – Limited Edition Custom Blue Velvet Boxset (2000 Numbered Units) Runtime: 124 minutes 1. Original English Mono [dts-HD Master Audio] 2. Audio Commentary 3. Unauthorized Alternate Audio* English, French, and Spanish Subtitles (optional, in White or Yellow) 1.66:1 Dual Layer BD-50 + CD

Cinema Epoch has just released another Amir Shervan title on DVD. Killing American Style (1990), in the campy tradition of the highly entertaining Samurai Cop (1989) and complete with funny dialog and obviously staged action scenes, also stars Robert Z’Dar, Harold Diamond, and Jim Brown(!). The trailer can be seen here and the DVD can be ordered here from Amazon.com. …

Cinema Epoch has recently acquired the rights to two films: Jinnah (1998), starring Sir Christopher Lee, in what some consider to be the finest and most important role of his illustrious career as Mohamaad Ali Jinnah, the little-known founder of Pakistan who, in 1947, achieved independence for the country peaceably from Colonial India; and Creeporia (2014), an epic live-action/animated horror-comedy …

One of my favorite horror film scores is to the first George A. Romero film that I ever saw, his 1982 cotton candy comic book film Creepshow. I always loved the music to this film and it was available for years on both LP and later on CD in a significantly truncated version that played very well as a listening …

  Hundra, the 1983 Matt Cimber-lensed action adventure cult film starring actress Laurene Landon, is  available again on DVD, this time via Cinema Epoch.  You can see the teaser trailer for the film here. Originally an Italian-Spanish co-production, Hundra has garnered a devoted fan following over the last 30 years.  Dvdtalk.com referred to the film as a “genial, rollicking, comic …

  Night Traveler is an adventure series by Lunar Moth Entertainment that has now become an animated film. Originally proposed as a comic book in a single issue, the story took on a different form and became much larger in scope.  The website describes the film as follows: “Night Traveler: Prophecy of the Elder follows musician Jake Whitman on a …

Can it really be 35 years since Nicholas Meyer’s fun-filled Time After Time (1979) was released? I missed the film during its original theatrical exhibition, but caught up with it on cable in the summer of 1983 on a trip to Florida. Based upon the first part of Mr. Meyer’s college friend Karl Alexander’s then-incomplete novel of the same name, …

Waxwork Records has thus far released the soundtracks to Rosemary’s Baby, Day of the Dead, and Re-Animator on the vinyl LP, a format that was declared dead in the early 1980’s when compact discs became all the rage. They have just announced the upcoming release of John Harrison’s music to George A. Romero’s 1982 fan favorite Creepshow. How much of …

Matt Cimber, the director of cult favorites Hundra (1983) and Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984) which both starred actress Laurene Landon as the titular heroines, is set to direct an updated remake of King Solomon’s Mines.  First published as a novel in 1885 by author Sir Henry Rider Haggard, the story has been made into films on …

  Can it really be 35 years since Ridley Scott’s Alien burst out of John Hurt’s chest and on to movie theater screens?  Unbelievable!  To celebrate the release of the film, NECA is releasing an action figure of the character of Ripley featuring the likeness and approval of Sigourney Weaver who played the character in the original and the sequels.  …