Straight out of the 1980s came ‘Re-Animator,’ an amazing film that somehow took zombies, gore, comedy, and an unknown cast, threw it all…
It’s strange, trying to play the “numbers game.” Here we are, on the final day of the year 2020, talking about a movie…
Every so often, a company makes a bold, daring, unorthodox, out-of-the-normal-comfort-zone type of move, and it usually either pays off big for them…
When ‘Alien’ was released in 1979, it changed the landscape for both science fiction and horror. ‘Alien’ combined the two genres so well,…
It’s a Thursday, and it’s October, the “Halloween Season” …so what’s a combo Star Wars fan/die-hard zombie aficionado like myself supposed to do?…
After he became a star in the independent film world with ‘Pi’ and ‘Requiem for a Dream’ – but before my mom heard…
Ah, the glory days of the Nintendo Wii, arguably the first wide-scale release of the groundbreaking three-dimensional “movement control” aesthetic of using your…
It can be a mixed bag when a “genre” director makes a foray into a category that he/she has never tried before. For…
‘The Star Wars Holiday Special’ has an infamous reputation– as it should because it is indeed terrible. However, what many may not realize…
‘Forbidden Planet’ is a science-fiction film made more than half a century ago that helped to define an era. Remembered for its fantastic…
Very few people remember the short-lived 3D resurgence of the 1980s. I think we, as a movie-going collective, realized the best thing to…
The winter holidays are hard enough for horror fans, with all that peace and joy floating around like so much sugar plum fairy…
Director Nicolas Roeg brings a short story from Daphne Du Maurier to life on the big screen with an emotionally charged and spooky…
Back in 2009, I had lots more free time than I do today. I would spend good chunks of my day aimlessly surfing…
The struggle of warfare waged between good and evil is all around us. It always has been, and it always will be so.…