Maybe it was the fact that the daily news made it feel like we are all living through a real life horror show but after nine years
writing about horror movies, I pretty much kept to the sidelines for all of 2017.
Writing about horror movies that present themselves as raw documentary footage is an exercise in creatively repeating yourself.
Not exact matches
Get Out: The most astonishing
writing - directing debut in years, Peele's mash - up of
horror and comedy and social satire is, also, flabbergastingly, the most trenchant new
movie about American race relations.
The fourth film in a
horror franchise, released on the first weekend of the new year, is just
about the easiest
movie to
write off ever.
Yes, to overcome their writers» block (though they prefer not to use the term), they
wrote a surrealist
horror movie about a screenwriter suffering from writer's block.
I'm into all types of
movies — I'm trying to make a
horror film (next), and there's some indie
movies that'd cost
about $ 5 to make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to
write a check for a big - budget comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»
Starting with Gordon's segment, «Dreams, Darkness, and Damnation: An Interview with Stuart Gordon» (21 mins.,
written and directed by Perry Martin) shows the director to be articulate
about Lovecraft's work and his own role as a modern
horror movie director.
Chris Peckover — who also directed the political
horror about border crossing, Undocumented — directs this Christmas -
horror - comedy that has been described as both «An R - rated Home Alone» and «A John Hughes
movie written by Tarantino».
For our review of Antibirth, we're joined by noted Natasha Lyonne
horror movie expert Joshua Grannell, a.k.a. Peaches Christ, who himself
wrote and directed a
horror movie starring Natasha Lyonne called All
About Evil — order it on DVD here.
Finally, rather than
write about the latest Star Wars (which hardly needs promotion), I'd rather say a few words
about another of the outstanding cash - burners of 2017, which is now winning awards: Jordan Peele's indelible
horror movie, Get Out.
* This release is limited to 1000 copies only * Road to Perdition, B -
Movie Style: An extensive interview with «Hellgate» director William A. Levey (HD, 35 mins) * Alien Invasion, Blaxploitation and Ghost - Busting Mayhem: Scholar, Filmmaker and fan Howard S. Berger reflects on the intriguing film career of William A. Levey (HD, 12 mins) * Video Nasty: Kenneth Hall, writer of the Puppet Master series, speaks
about the direct - to - video
horror boom that allowed «Hellgate» to become a classic of the cassette rental era (HD, 8 mins) * Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys * Collector's booklet featuring
writing on the film by Lee Gambin, illustrated with original artwork and stills * A DVD of the film is also included alongside the Blu - ray disc
At the film's recent press day, Speedman spoke
about his creative collaboration with Egoyan with whom he worked previously on Adoration, how Egoyan
wrote the role specifically with him in mind, why he was drawn to the complicated character and enjoyed the challenge of an enigmatic story, the backstory he created for his character, his research with the Kitchener - Waterloo detectives, working with Reynolds and Dawson, how they had fun while doing serious work on a dark
movie, and his upcoming films: October Gale, a romantic thriller with Patricia Clarkson, and Out of the Dark, a
horror - thriller with Julia Stiles.
Jacob Unrated but contains graphic violence and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Local Houston area film maker Larry Wade Carrell
writes, directs and stars in this terrific little indie
horror B -
movie about a mentally disturbed man (Dylan Horne) who goes on a killing spree when a tragedy occurs with his loving young niece (Grace Powell).