Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where twitchy manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky but fine … until Marion decides to …
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Murder Made Easy Special Blu-Ray Pre-Order Offer
Murder Made Easy SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION BLU-RAY May 1st pre-order/May 21st Release Director Dave Palamaro’s Agatha Christie inspired thriller Murder Made Easy had a successful festival run and is headed to Blu-ray from Scream Team Releasing on Tuesday, May 21st!
Read More »Film Review: The Similars (Los Parecidos) (2016) – Review 2
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers are trapped at a bus station during a rainstorm when some weird things start to happen and people start dying. REVIEW: I’ve heard a lot of great things about The Similars so I went into it with some pretty high expectations. It has gotten several glowing reviews and while it didn’t really …
Read More »Film Review: Frenzy (1972)
SYNOPSIS: “In London, a serial-killer is raping women and then strangling them with a neck tie. When the reckless and low-class with bad temper bartender Richard Blaney is fired from the pub Global Public House by the manager Felix Forsythe, he decides to visit his ex-wife Brenda, who owns a successful marriage agency. Her secretary Miss Barling overhears an argument …
Read More »Film Review: The Lodger (1927)
SYNOPSIS: “A serial killer known as the Avenger is murdering blonde women in London. A new lodger, Jonathan Drew, arrives at Mr. and Mrs. Bounting’s in Bloomsbury and rents a room. The man has some strange habits, he goes out during foggy nights and keeps a picture of a blonde girl in his bedroom. The Bounting’s daughter, Daisy, is a …
Read More »Film Review: Vertigo (1958)
SYNOPSIS: “Police detective John ‘Scottie’ Ferguson is asked by an old college friend, Gavin Elster, if he would have a look into his wife Madeleine’s odd behavior. Lately, she’s taken to believing that she is the reincarnation of a woman who died many years ago and Elster is concerned about her sanity. Scottie follows her and rescues her from an …
Read More »Film Review: Psycho (1960)
SYNOPSIS: “Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the …
Read More »Film Review: Hitchcock (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of _Psycho_ in 1959 REVIEW: To drearily refer to Alfred Hitchcock as great director is akin to stating that Leonardo DaVinci had a couple of good ideas. Not only the most influential film maker in modern American cinema, Hitchcock was a sheer force …
Read More »Film Review: The Similars (Los Parecidos) (2016)
SYNOPSIS: On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon.
Read More »Dial “H” for HorrorNews.net – Hitchcock Giveaway
Enter to win your FREE copy of HITCHCOCK on Blu-ray in this really psycho giveaway from HorrorNews.net! Email joyhorror@horrornews.net and put “Hitchcock” in the subject line. In the body of the email, please give your full name and complete address along with your favorite Hitchcock movie. HITCHCOCK – AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY & DVD ON MARCH 12TH Oscar® winners Anthony Hopkins …
Read More »Some Nice New Artwork for HITCHCOCK
Love retro poster art so as you can imagine the new poster for HITCHCOCK is just my cup of tea. It showed up over at EW today and I thought you all might like to steal a peek. There are a few different Hitch related films heading our way so lets make sure you know the one I’m talking about. …
Read More »Film Review: The Birds (1963)
SYNOPSIS: “Melanie Daniels is the modern rich socialite, part of the jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer Mitch Brenner sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the …
Read More »Blackmail (1992): Sometimes a Cigar is a Hitch(c**ktail)
Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail marked the first time, in British cinematic history, that sound was used for an entire feature film. The infamous American musical The Jazz Singer (1927) has been cited as the first film to use dialogue; however, Al Jolson’s notorious film barely passes as a “talkie” as it incorporated only a “few” lines of dialogue. When considering the inability to …
Read More »Triangles and Freedom in Hitchcock’s Lodger
Tippi Hedren. Janet Leigh. Grace Kelly. Eva Marie Saint. Kim Novak. Alfred Hitchcock’s consistent casting of platinum blondes has painted a target on his infamously rotund figure for being a misogynistic director hampered by an obvious fetish. His casting of the beautiful blonde – who he found to be at their most alluring when they were least clothed – led to a motif in the …
Read More »3’s a Charm for Hitchcock-like thriller ‘ATM’
The Hollywood Reporterhas announced the first casting line up from the Sanfran Co and Gold Circle Films called ATM, which will include Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Josh Peck (Red Dawn) and Margarita Levieva (FOX series Vanished). According to the source “The companies are hoping to evoke Hitchcockian vibes with their tale of three co-workers who make a late-night visit …
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