Long, lazy, hot summer days in a small Australian coastal town didn’t offer a young girl much more than the lifestyle depicted in the coming-of-age classic Puberty Blues (1981). I escaped head first into movies at a very early age, back when ...
Read More »Gods & Monsters: 1950s Universal Poster Art: An Appreciation
Back when I was a kid first discovering my intense love for all manner of celluloid horror and fantasy, one of the best Christmas presents that I received from one of my older brothers was a thin but large-format paperback ...
Read More »Gods & Monsters: Munster, Go Home! (1966): A Reintroduction to Universal’s Creepiest Clan
In 1964, Universal Television produced a new CBS sitcom from producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, the creators of the wildly-popular Leave It to Beaver. The show, titled The Munsters, would depict the home life of a family of monsters. ...
Read More »Gods & Monsters: Curse of The Werewolf (1961)
Curse of the Werewolf begins with credits rolling over the silent, anguished eyes of Oliver Reed’s grey haired werewolf, closing with a single tear running down his cheek. It is a poignant and telling introduction to the bleakest film in ...
Read More »Universal And Legendary Fill Our Stockings With The Trailer For ‘Krampus’
With Trick-R-Treat director Michael Dougherty cemented himself into the hearts and souls of horror fans everywhere and we’ve all been waiting with baited breath for him to throw us something new to chew on and it’s finally happened. The trailer ...
Read More »Universal Reveals Blu-ray Details for ‘Unfriended’
While it didn’t bake a huge splash at the box office the “social media gone wrong” horror film Unfriended did manage to muster a little interest among horror fans and I’m thinking its target audience just may be the home ...
Read More »“Curse of Chucky” carves out a release date, official still
As you may know, Child’s Play is a horror film franchise that went on to spawn four sequels from directors Tom Holland (Fright Night), John Lafia (The Blue Iguana), Jack Bender (Lost) and Ronny Yu (Freddy vs. Jason), as well ...
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