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Sense of Wonder: New Night for Branagh?
Director-Star of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein may end up casting the runes on a new version of Night of the Demon.
Fangoria’s Blood-Spattered Blog has anaudio interview with Kenneth Branagh saying that if he ever returns to the horror genre after his 1994 film MARY SHELLY’S FRANKENSTEIN, it would be to do a remake 1958’s NIGHT OF THE [...]
Sense of Wonder: Fearnet Cable Crisis
The Vault of Horror objects to Time-Warner Cable’s recent decision to drop FEARnet’s on-demand service. Brian Solomon notes that the denise of Monster HD began in a similar fashion, with the channel being dropped by one provider at a time until nothing was left. Solomon exorts angered fans to speak up, suggesting they dial 1-877-FEAR-247 [...]
Obituary: Andy Hallett
The Vault of Horror points us to some sad news that we missed: Actor Andy Hallett, who made a memorable mark as ultra-lounge demon Lorne on the TV series ANGEL, died of heart failure last Sunday. He was only 33. Hallet played the character on the show from 20o0 through 2004. It was his only [...]
Frankenstein (1910) – Watch for Free
Produced by Thomas Edision, this is the first film adaptation of Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein- a ten-minute short subject written and directed by J. Searle Dawley, who takes a few key incidents and weaves them into an imaginative, mystical take on the story. (In keeping with the novel, this film has little to say about science; [...]
No Country For Old Men – Blu-ray Review
“It’s a mess, ain’t it Sheriff?”
“If it ain’t, it’ll do ‘till the mess gets here.”
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is a sad, brutal film – not horror, per see, but definitely horrorifc – that somehow manages to be an exhilarating, overwhelmingly positive movie-watching experience. While the lion’s share of credit has (rightly) gone to directors [...]
Can Dracula save the Senator?
HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) is among the classic films screening as part of an effort ot raise money and forestall forclosure of the 70-year-old Senator Theatre in North Baltimore. Being a resurrection figure himself, maybe the Count can revive the fortunes of the venerable landmark. In a move that Hammer Films – the company that produced HOROR OF [...]
Night of the Creeps coming to DVD
ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that NIGHT OF THE CREEPS – director Fred Dekker’s cult film tribute to sci-fi horror films - is finally coming to DVD after years of waiting by fans:
Red Shirt Pictures’ Michael Felsher – who has produced a good deal of terrific genre discs – is spearheading the special features. Here’s what he had to [...]
Destroy All Monsters vs. Aliens, Plus Hollywood sees 3-D Gold
In Monsters Takes Tips from Vintage Villains, USA Today points out that MONSTERS VS. ALIENS directors Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman drew inspiration from number cult science fiction films. The most important of these many influences was the 1968 kaiju monster fest DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, starring Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and many other monsters: “We [...]
Alien Trespass – Science Fiction Film Review
Not a spoof but a modern re-imagining of ’50s sci-fi movies.
Deep in the forest I whirl
Like I did as a little girl
Let my eyes rise in the sky
Looking for you, oh you know
I would go anywhere at all
Cause no star is too far with you
La… la… la… la…la… Landing
Please, oh won’t you return
Feel, feeling my [...]
Watch Invaders from Mars
A couple days ago we offered up free viewing of 20,000 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. Now, with ALIEN TRESPASS opening in theatres today, it seems like a good time to offer INVADERS FROM MARS. ALIEN TRESPASS, of course, is a spoof of old sci-fi films about aliens invading Earth, so why not return to the [...]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – bootlegged online
This news sounded suspect, having first broken on April 1, but since it has been reported by both the BBC and CNN, I think we can trust it. Apparently, a work pint version of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE – which does not open in the U.S. till May 1 – has been leaked to online file sharing websites. [...]
Men in Black wil be back
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith
Dark Horizons reports that a second sequel to MEN IN BLACK is being developed. Sony Pictures made the announcement at this year’s ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
Sony Worldwide Distribution president Rory Bruer confirmed the film currently has that sequel along with a fourth “Spider-Man” and a third “Ghostbusters” in development [...]
Inception casting news
Variety reports that Warner Brothers is considering a trio of actors for supporting roles in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming science fiction opus, INCEPTION. Leonarado DiCaprio has already been set to star in what is being described as a “contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.”
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard, and Ellen page are [...]
