Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of dirt bike racers set off on a bus trip to enter a race across the notorious desert of all the legendary folklore murders. The bus breaks down off the beaten path. While searching for help they split up and end up in the clutches of the desert mutants’ traps. REVIEW: Directed by: Wes …
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Slasher Films That Went Too Far
Hello, my little darlings, I have returned in full force and today I give you slasher films that went too far. Before we begin I must say it’s a difficult task that has been given to me, but I’ve never shirked away from challenges bellowed from the shadows. It’s difficult for me to classify horror films with the title of …
Read More »Dee Wallace Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award – Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
SAN DIEGO — Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is honored and privileged to announce the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to the celebrated actor Dee Wallace on Sunday, September 10th at The Museum of Photographic Arts as part of the regular festival’s closing night.
Read More »Top 10 Movie Cannibals in Cinema
(not in order of ranking) This was a fun list that by design will be expanded with new entries. Cannibals in horror films or movies in general are a particular point of interest to movie fans who otherwise would have heard of real life cannibals making headlines. The interest in flesh consumption or “carefully planned stew” is a taboo that …
Read More »Film Review: The Hills Have Eyes (1977) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: A family on vacation in a station wagon and trailer make a wrong turn into an off-limits territory that is inhabited by a family of cannibals who stake them out during the night. REVIEW: As a teenager, my introduction to the cinema of Wes Craven came in the form of his 1981 rural Amish-like outing Deadly Blessing, which starred …
Read More »Film Review: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
SYNOPSIS: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack. REVIEW: Wes Craven was in his prime on this 1977 release. This 2nd Craven film digs right into the heart of brutality and the paranoia of encountering savage …
Read More »Feminism in the Hills of Wes Craven
More and more I’m forgetting the past… Webb Pierce’s lyrics open the remake to Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes, and upon watching the remakes that have littered the wasteland of the horror landscape over the past decade, few songs seem more befitting to a remake of one of Craven’s most feminist works. It’s not that I entirely dislike Alexandre …
Read More »Classic ‘Hills Have Eyes’ brings its nightmare to Blu-ray
TIME TO FEAST AGAIN ON WES CRAVEN’S CULT CLASSIC – IN HIGH DEFINITION! THE HILLS HAVE EYES Blu-ray™ AND DVD Blu-ray™ Edition includes audio commentary by Craven, featurettes, still galleries and an alternate ending! Image Entertainment proudly announces the high-definition debut of a genuine cult gem with the September 6th Blu-ray™ premiere of Wes Craven’s 1977 horror classic The Hills …
Read More »Book Review: The Hills have Eyes: The Beginning (TPB) – Author Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING (PAPERBACK) Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray Art by John Higgins Published by Harper Paperbacks Publication Date: 2007 Format: Color – 112 pages Price: $17.99 Most likely you have seen the films, past and present. With those you have come to know the horrifying details of families who go astray and get stranded …
Read More »Film Review: The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Traveling across the American Southwest en route to California, an unsuspecting suburban family is being tracked by a group of hill dwellers whose social skills have failed to evolve. If their vehicle breaks down, or if they stop to stretch their legs, their vacation could end in tragedy. Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de …
Read More »Interview: Dee Wallace (Stepford Wives, Hills Have Eyes)
So far which director has been your favorite to work with? DW: Rob Zombie. The whole time working with Rob Zombie did you ever feel like there were similarities towards Wes Craven and John Carpenter or did he ever talk about being a fan and liking Wes Craven’s and Carpenter’s style? DW: Adrienne Barbeau will tell you that John tells …
Read More »Top 10 Good Bad vs. Bad Good Horror Films
Piranha 3D opens on August 20th, and it is terribly exciting. The trailers are a bit misleading. While they do not make the film look bad, they do not show why I am so excited. Someone leaked 9 minutes of nudity laden, blood stained, cheese filled footage of the film and let me tell you, this thing looks horrible good. …
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