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Seventeen years ago on October 25 1993 at the age of 82, Vincent Price met the end of his adventure on Earth. To commemorate his passing, several Facebook groups are having a “Vincent Price Day” including Rick Squire’s The Vincent Price Exhibit. As is well-known, Mr. Price was a life-long devotee of all the arts and often defended the motion-picture as a great art form before it was fashionable to do so in the fifties and early sixties. In an homage Price wrote in 1986 for Forrest J. Ackerman, he offers a splendid tribute not only to “4 E” but also to the many fright films that will forever be associated with the name of Vincent Leonard Price. Read it below the fold.

When PARANORMAL ACTIVITY from word-of-mouth sleeper to box office blockbuster  (earning nearly $195 million worldwide from a budget of, ahem, $11,000), it became one of the hottest horror properties in decades. Only a year later, and a week before Halloween, Paramount Pictures has released the long-awaited PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2, destined to make the people behind [...]

Take a journey into the HEREAFTER on this week’s edition of the Cinefantastique Podcast. Special guest John W. Morehead, of Theofantastique, joins Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski for an in-depth discussion of Clint Eastwood’s drama of people confronting the afterlife, scripted by Peter Morgan and starring Matt Damon. Is this another Oscar-worth contender [...]

For the past few years, Universal Studios in Hollywood has employed a strategy of building their annual Halloween Horror Nights attraction around established film franchises. Last year, they featured walk-through mazes based on SAW and HALLOWEEN, among others. The HALLOWEEN maze is gone for 2010, but SAW is back for another year of terrorizing eager [...]

Sam Raimi to direct SF movie adaptation.

Peter Jackson angry over accusations, Prime Minister hopes to allay Studio’s concern.

River Song makes another dramatic escape, America invaded — by what?

Preview Scene and Official Description

If LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) – the excellent Swedish vampire film – was an exhilarating rush of cinematic ecstasy – the kind of shot to the nervous system that reminds you why you enjoy the horror genre – watching the Americanized remake LET ME IN  is a bit like taking a second hit [...]

In the mood for some unrated horror of the revenge variety? Then listen in to this week’s CFQ Post-Mortem Podcast as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski mull the pros and cons of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, the remake of the notorious exploitation shocker. Also on the table for discussion: listener mail on [...]

It’s that time of the year again. Starting Thursday, October 21, 2010, San Diego is not only ready to rock n’sock but the city will also flood the blood with sci-fi and hi-fi all under the eerie canvas of “Whazzat?” and “Are you kidding me?” Asian cinema, where OMG stands for “Oh My Gore.”
It’s the [...]

Hugh Jackman confirms that Darren Aronofsky will be directing WOLVERINE 2, film will be darker.

Adrien Brody claims never paid for role, entitled to block release of horror-thiller. See TRAILER