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“Re-Engineered” Origin for Marvel character in SPIRIT OF VENGANCE.

[ April 1, 2011 3:00 pm to April 3, 2011 3:00 pm. ] FilmDistrict  releases this supernatural shocker the vein of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, about a family battling demonic forces intent on whisking their comatose child into another dimension (dubbed “The Dark Realm”). That Oren Pelli (writer-director of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY) is on board as a producer should be no surprise, considering the spooky tone of the trailer; what is [...]

Last night I attended one of the nationwide Fathom screenings of THE EXORCIST (1973), featuring the new documentary TO HELL AND BACK, which charts the making of the classic horror film. Never having attended a Fathom event before (it’s a bit like watching television in a theatre, with digital image projected in select theatres around [...]

[ October 22, 2010; ] Paramount Pictures releases this sequel to writer-director Oren Peli’s slepper hit of 2009. Tod Williams takes the director’s chair from Peli, who serves as executive producer. Plot details are sketchy (practically non-existent), but the teaser trailer indicates that the low-budget, hand-made feel of the original has been retained. Actress Katie Featherston (who played the bedeviled [...]

[ September 24, 2009 11:59 pm to September 26, 2009 11:59 pm. ] PARANORMAL ACTIVITY scared the proverbial unmentionable excremental waste material out of audiences when it screened at films festivals in 2007. The film made such a big impression that DreamWorks snatched up the rights early in 2008; unfortunately, their game plan was not to release the micro-budget horror movie but to remake it on a larger scale. [...]

PARANORMAL ACITIVITY presents itself as “found footage” shot by a couple who became the victims of a demonic entity. Nearly a decade after THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, the faux-documentary approach is a little tired, as is the attempt to pass this story off as “true” (including a closing title card dedicated to the “victims”).
Fortunately, once [...]

This satirical religious fantasy generated quite a bit of controversy on the festival circuit. Whether or not that was intentional on the part of writer-director Kevin Smith (probably not), it gained attention and helped the film reach a wider audience than the cult of fans who knew Smith from his previous films (CLERKS, MALLRATS). The interesting thing [...]

Known as NIGHT OF THE DEMON in its native England, this 1957 adaptation of “Casting the Runes” by noted ghost story practitioner M.R. James has a deserved reputation as one of the most intelligent and thoughtful horror films ever made. The screenplay by Charles Bennett (with an assist from producer Hal. E. Chester) effectively updates [...]