For all the glitz and glamour on display, the film industry isn’t all that different from the average person. They cling to foolish notions, develop bad habits, and leave more than a few goals unaccomplished. Regardless of the amount of stories there are detailing the successful journey from script to screen, there are just as many projects that are arbitrarily …
Read More »Horror Film Stars that We Never Hear About Anymore
A large number of people dream of becoming a star. Seeing their name in lights, their face on a screen, adoring fans singing their praises. Very few ever achieve this goal, however, and even fewer are lucky enough to find a genre or franchise that offers consistent work. Beyond that are a group of individuals who found some level of …
Read More »Horror Film Trilogies that Never Finished
Horror cinema is riff with franchises. It’s both a burden and something of a joy to shift through the countless series based on anything from child-cults to murderous cookies. What isn’t so fun is when a promising set of films goes unfinished leaving fans wondering what might have been. Those are the sort of films we’re talking about today as …
Read More »5 Great Horror Shows Canceled Too Soon
If our current era of so-called peak TV has one perk it’s that us genre lovers have a higher chance of finding something spooky to watch on the old idiot box. From Supernatural and The Walking Dead, all the way up to American Horror Story and Channel Zero, there’s a plethora of scary shows with healthy lifespans. This wasn’t always …
Read More »Best and Worst Horror Films of 2018
It’s Oscar season once again. That special time of year when Hollywood pats itself on the back for producing countless drab and forgettable dramas while offering breadcrumbs to far more interesting fare that doesn’t match up with whatever message they want to communicate. Unique cinema if often overlooked by the academy and no genre has suffered that treatment as much …
Read More »Reviving Scream Factory’s TV Terrors
Let’s admit to a simple truth; when it comes to home video, we horror fans have been spoiled the last few years. Companies like Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse, and Code Red have brought as all manner of classics in outstanding editions. Few of these labels have quite the massive array of titles as Scream Factory, a group that has been treating …
Read More »Film Review: 1920 (2008)
SYNOPSIS: A young architect and his bride are sent to an old mansion to plan its deconstruction. Mysterious forces soon take an interest in the young woman and a local priest may be the couples’ only hope. REVIEW: For many movie fans, even those who explore foreign cinema, the Indian film industry can seem unapproachable. Most of us know of …
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