The Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills will hosting a 40th anniversary screening of Richard Donner’s 1976 thriller The Omen, which stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and David Warner. The 101-minute film will be screened at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. This is a rare screening and a wonderful opportunity to see it on the big screen. …
Read More »Oh, Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm Gets a Makeover and a Theatrical Screening
Don Coscarelli’s genre favorite, Phantasm (1979), has been restored and remastered to 4K glory by a team of phans headed up by film director Jeffrey Abrams. It is due to be released on DVD and Blu-ray sometime in the phall, however prior to that it will be receiving a much-deserved theatrical release on September 24, 2016 at theaters participating in …
Read More »Fab Press Reissues Alan Jones’s Beautiful Book on Dario Argento
Alan Jones’s incomparable tome on Dario Argento, originally titled Profondo Argento and now known as Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths and the Magic, is now available for pre-order from FAB Press out of the UK in a very limited edition, covering his entire career.
Read More »Film Review: Dementia 13 (1963) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: A woman fears her inheritance is about to go up in smoke following her husband’s untimely demise and concocts a story about him being away so that her in-laws make good on the money while an axe murderer stalks the grounds. REVIEW: Based upon his cinematic output of the 1970’s, Francis Ford Coppola is rightly considered one of the …
Read More »Film Review: Angst (1983) – Review 2
Synopsis: A newly paroled murderer finds it impossible to resist the urges to kill that he has repressed for ten years and sets out to wreak as much havoc as possible before being recaptured and sentenced to life in prison. REVIEW:
Read More »Rare Sir Christopher Lee Film, JINNAH, to be Aired October 3rd on TCM
In keeping with the last wishes of his dear friend Sir Christopher Lee, actor, producer, 70mm camera operator, film authority extraordinaire, adventurer, stunt man and now distributor Douglas Dunning is announcing that Jinnah, the film that he licensed to Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which stars his late friend Sir Christopher Lee, will have its world television premiere on October 3, …
Read More »2016 NYC Zombie Crawl takes Brooklyn June 26th!
ZOMBIES! We hope you are all ready for year 10 because it’s going to be the biggest and best yet! We have new sponsors for 2016 including Not Your Father’s Root Beer as well as Inked Magazine and Steadfast Brand who will be presenting awards and prizes for the best tattooed zombies! We’ll be shooting photos and videos for the …
Read More »JAWS Screenings at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema Fourth of July Weekend
Steven Spielberg’s JAWS, arguably the greatest summer movie ever made, will be screened July 2nd through 4th, 2016 at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema. Here are the times and showtimes (if you’re planning on going, get tickets now as this sells out quickly):
Read More »Book Review: Cult Cinema – An Arrow Video Companion (Limited Edition) Hardback Book (2016)
Arrow Video, established in 2009, is one of the best video companies currently releasing our favorite films. Their UK Region B Blu-ray’s of genre titles boast exclusive and in-depth extras not seen Stateside. Cult Cinema – An Arrow Video Companion is comprised of 20 essays that have appeared in an Arrow Video release, and includes 10 new essays written exclusively …
Read More »Filmrage Magazine Volume 2, Issue 12 Now Available
Skin Diamond is one of the most popular adult film performers in the world and she graces the cover of the penultimate issue of Filmrage (specifically Volume 2, Number 12). Filmrage bills itself as “The World’s Most Exclusive Exploitation Film Journal”, but don’t let your preconceived notions of a “film journal” fool you. This publication is not a magazine in …
Read More »Scream Factory Bringing Us John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
Scream Factory, the horror imprint of Shout! Factory, announced on May 31st that they will be bringing us a two-disc set of John Carpenter’s 1982 film The Thing on Blu-ray sometime this fall. This is amazing to me as they have in the span of four years released 113 titles thus far on DVD and Blu-ray. How is that even …
Read More »Film Review: The City of the Dead (1960)
SYNOPSIS: A young female student interested in witches decides to immerse herself in the very town wherein the Salem Witch Trials took place and gets a first-hand account of what witchcraft truly entails… REVIEW: In 1990 I visited a favorite independent bookstore in a town adjacent to mine that was on its last legs. In a small section they had …
Read More »Film Review: The Witch (2015) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: A family of seven in New England try to make a life of their own after being banished by their community, only to find that there are nefarious forces at work.
Read More »Steampunk Convention Chugging into Boonton, NJ
The art of steampunk culture, celebrated in films like Brazil (1985), The City of Lost Children (1995) and The Golden Compass (2007), as well as on Canadian rock band Rush’s 2012 outing Clockwork Angels, will be the subject of an upcoming outdoor gathering of fans in Boonton, NJ on April 29 through May 1, 2016. From the press release: Boonton, …
Read More »Sci-Fi Weekend at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Los Angeles
The Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a fun-filled weekend of six science fiction classics from Friday, April 15th to Sunday, April 17th. Several cast members from the films are scheduled to appear in person at respective screenings, so read on for more information: From the press release:
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