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At the time, O'Connell was working on a poster for a science - fiction and horror film festival featuring John Carpenter's 1988 cult classic «They Live» about aliens living incognito among humans.
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We continue the Movies that Matter series with The Seventh Seal, a classic horror with valuable lessons about faith and death.
This remake of the 1985 cult classic was surprisingly not terrible; in fact, most critics had generally good things to say about the new horror - comedy.
The director of Trading Places and The Blues Brothers talks to Jason Solomons about comedy, gaining an air of respectability with age and the making of his horror classic, An American Werewolf in London
Not only do they have one hell of a director in place, but they've got one who knows a thing or two about the horror genre and considering he'll be responsible for some of horror's most classic characters, I'd say that's a pretty good thing.
Laurie Strode's only son is about to meet Frankenstein and other classic horror icons, as Josh Hartnett, who played John
Halloween (Unrated) Rob Zombie directs this remake of the 1978 horror classic which jumpstarted the storied slasher franchise about a maniac (Tyler Mane) who embarks on a murderous rampage after escaping from the mental institution where he'd been held since killing his sister.
It's clear after only a few minutes that Scanners is a significant touchstone for everything about The Mind's Eye, but despite such lofty inspiration it unfortunately doesn't come close to even touching David Cronenberg's sci - fi horror classic.
It feels so different, and is in ways an art house horror about children's social anxiety, among other reasons I would certainly recommend it as a simple piece of Hollywood entertainment mixed with elements of a classic ghost story.
Talking to Total Film, Peirce spoke about her decision to adapt the 1976 Stephen King classic, showing her love for the popular horror story.
Warner Bros has unveiled the first trailer for the new take on the horror classic It, adapted from Stephen King's novel, about the sadistic, evil clown who haunts a town in Maine and takes their children.
You can learn more about this terrifying co-op mode at the official website, you can try your hand at the enigma machine to unlock secrets of the game and learn more about the characters, and you may just want to binge watch some classic zombie horror movies, just so you can be the first to identify those delightful Easter eggs Cameron spoke about.
Why We're Excited About It: Okay, so this one's a bit of a stretch with regards to the «blockbuster» definition, but when a horror classic like Evil Dead gets a remake, it's automatically an event film.
Gatiss — who plays Sherlock's brother Mycroft on that series — has spoken before about his love of classic horror films, especially the 1958 version of Dracula.
Italian horror director Dario Argento isn't as bothered about a remake of his classic 1977 horror flick Suspiria as you might think.
There is a Q&A with Stuart Gordon about his beloved horror cult classic.
The Poltergeist reboot opens this Friday and press got a change to speak to actors Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and director Gil Kenan about this new take on the horror classic.
Writer / director Michael Dougherty has given movie buffs everywhere a gift, not just in terms of crafting an excellent film (one that's assuredly destined for cult classic status), but in granting us the opportunity to surprise the hell out of all of our friends on Halloween night with a trippy little horror flick that they know nothing about.
On the heels of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, the newfangled Dawn Of The Dead streamlines another scrappy horror classic by discarding everything special about it in favor of pure visceral effect.
This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi / action / horror cult classic They Live, going into detail about such things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.
The disc also comes with a 51 - minute TV spot from 1987 featuring Vincent Price discussing his career with historian David Del Valle, an interview with writer Richard Matheson and a video essay about the career of director Jacques Tourneur so there's plenty of material for fans to trawl through, but overall The Comedy of Terrors may not be a classic when compared to its main cast members» more celebrated works but it is a fun ride through the cemetery with four bona fide horror legends as your guides.
With the rise in popularity of zombies, it was about time for a remake of the classic low budget horror fest known as The Evil Dead.
Brian Herzlinger, who's choice was the 80s camp classic Killer Clowns From Outer Space, states: «Here's the thing about Killer Klowns from Outer Space — the whole thing is an homage to»50s horror movies, specifically The Blob....
What do our readers think about this iconic horror werewolf classic getting the remake treatment?
The similarities or influences of horror flicks past, only give it that classic feel and, I think, makes it sit on that shelf alongside its predecessors.That being said, it was all the better for it, this isn't just a horror flick, this is a film with something to say about modern society and the undercurrent of racism.
But what makes it a classic is that, like «Get Out,» a body - snatching movie about racism, or «The Babadook,» a supernatural horror film about childhood fears, it also works so well on so many other levels.
Directors John Landis («An American Werewolf in London»), Joe Dante, George Miller («The Witches of Eastwick,» the Mad Max movies) and Steven Spielberg adapt the classic TV show for the big screen with four short stories — two of them horror - themed — that actually teach lessons about tolerance and selflessness.
When talking about cult classics and midnight showings, few movies have the fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show beat.
The film team review this week's big releases, including Thomas Vinterberg's sumptuous adaptation of the Thomas Hardy classic and an all - online horror about a ghost in the internet
Dario Argento's 1977 Italian horror classic — about an American ballerina attending a prestigious German academy — has devotees from David Lynch to Nicolas Winding Refn to Edgar Wright.
* 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
Kimberly Peirce may not have been first name many would have thought about helming a modern - set remake of 1976 horror classic CARRIE, but when...
You can slog through all seven - plus hours of «Penny Dreadful» without getting a sense that Logan has any particular emotional involvement in or new ideas about these classic horror stories (the vampire hiding from the light, the manmade pariah feeling the sting of unrequited affection) beyond the underlying assumption that the world is a cold and lonesome place and it behoves us to take love and friendship where we can get it.
Official Premise: «Carrie» is a re-imagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
So many horror films have tried to copy this classic frightener about a young girl possessed by a demon, but none have ever come close.
Here you'll find a saga from Paul Thomas Anderson; a dramadey about writer's block; an underrated film from M. Night Shyamalan; a John Carpenter classic; a horror movie unlike any other; a star - studded alien invasion comedy; and more!
Joel Schumacher's atmospheric cult classic about death - defying medical students, revived as blah horror
Halloween season always gets us thinking about anything and everything related to terror, and few iconic horror films have ever managed to capture the spirit of All Hallows» Eve quite like John Carpenter's 1978 classic, Halloween.
The trailers have done an excellent job of whetting our appetites while still remaining fairly elusive about what the hell is going on, and from the footage I've seen, it's obvious that the film shares many of the same visual and tonal cues with the 1979 sci - fi horror classic.
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (RH / Vintage; Blackstone Audio) is a classic ghost story about a lawyer who travels to remote English village and finds the ghost of a scorned woman terrorizing the locals — and ties in into the gothic horror movie remake, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Janet McTeer, which opens February 3.
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It's the classic «separated by a piece of glass so you can watch all the horrors that are about to occur but do nothing about them» setup.
Maybe, you've heard about our previous work, a playable homage to classic horror writers (Lovecraft, Poe, & Machen):
Detention is fairly short, taking about four hours or so to complete, but those four hours are wrapped up in a horrific atmosphere and fantastic puzzle - solving gameplay that should delight fans of classic survival horror and horror adventure games.
A developer that worked on the Silent Hill HD Collection spoke anonymously about how the remastered collection of the classic horror games went wrong.
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One thing that often goes unnoticed in conversations about classic video games — with the exception of horror games, I suppose — is atmosphere.
No one was really expecting a new Resident Evil game quite yet (what with so many spin - offs seemingly floating about at once), least of all one that drops the classic third - person zombie antics of recent games of something far more akin with modern horror tastes.
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