Horror comedies have been around for years before Beetlejuice. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein was one. Then, you had Young Frankenstein. But actually mixing gruesome horror elements with comedy was still new. George A. Romero had added it as satire to Dawn of the Dead showing zombies lurching around a mall and looking amazed atContinue reading “How ‘Beetlejuice’ Made Horror Comedies More Mainstream”
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The 23rd Spring Since ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Has Arrived
I almost didn’t want to do a blog about Jeepers Creepers. Victor Salva, the writer/director is an convicted child molester. Then, again so is Roman Polanski. I’m not too keen on his works either. But I decided to do it anyway mainly because it’s the 23rd Spring since the movie came out in 2001. TheContinue reading “The 23rd Spring Since ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Has Arrived”
‘Suburban Screams’ Provides Little True-Crime Terror
When John Carpenter made Halloween almost 50 years ago, he and Debra Hill were tapping into the myth of the safety of suburbia. Originally titled The Babysitter Murders, it was an exploitation movie that they filmed fast and cheap, sometimes even filming without permits and everyone including Jamie Lee Curtis had more than one jobContinue reading “‘Suburban Screams’ Provides Little True-Crime Terror”
‘Cursed’ Is Just That
In theatre, it’s considered bad luck to say the name of the play MacBeth. I also think it’s bad luck to use certain words or phrases in a movie or TV show. Rumor has it that the filmmakers behind In the Line of Fire tried to turn “That’s not gonna happen” spoken by Clint Eastwood’sContinue reading “‘Cursed’ Is Just That”
‘Talk To Me’ Gets Muddled
Talk To Me might have worked better as part of an horror anthology. There are some creepy moments and surprises that come up on you. Unfortunately, the twin brothers, Danny and Michael Philippou, also known as RackaRacka, can’t maintain the momentum for a full feature movie. Set in the South Australia capital of Adelaide, itContinue reading “‘Talk To Me’ Gets Muddled”
Soar High “Flyboy”
In the annals of classic horror actors, you might not expect people to know the name David Emge. He only appeared in about five movies and hasn’t appeared in a movie since 1992 Hellmaster. But it was his role as one of the leads in the horror-satire classic Dawn of the Dead released in 1978Continue reading “Soar High “Flyboy””
‘Identity’ Has A Great Look
A movie like Identity draws its inspiration from Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. A character even references it at one point. And why not? Most thrillers/horrors owe some debt to Christie and what she did to help the genre. But this movie has a twist that is so good that when you thinkContinue reading “‘Identity’ Has A Great Look”
‘House Of Usher’ Falls Under The Weight Of Its Own Execution
I’ve loved Edgar Allen Poe ever since I was a kid. Lately, he’s gotten a little bit of a renaissance with the adaptation of The Lighthouse and being a main character in The Pale Blue Eyes. And Sylvester Stallone has even been working in recent years to get a biopic made. Actually, he’s been workingContinue reading “‘House Of Usher’ Falls Under The Weight Of Its Own Execution”
‘Eye See You’ Coded But Has Some Life
Like most people, I spent my youth hanging out in the aisles of video rental places like Hollywood and Blockbuster. One day, I came across a shelf that had VHS and DVD copies of Eye See You starring Sylvester Stallone and wondered “How did I miss this?” I still read Entertainment Weekly, before the writersContinue reading “‘Eye See You’ Coded But Has Some Life”
‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’ Never Does Find Right Course
I’ve often thought that the tale of what happens on the Demeter ship in Bram Stoker’s Dracula would make a good movie. Imagine being in a ship in the middle of a body of water many miles from land with a killer on board but no way to stop it I had a more differentContinue reading “‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’ Never Does Find Right Course”
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