Considered by many one of the greatest films in cinematic history, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is a timeless piece of work still affecting audiences years after its release. Based on Mario Puzo's 1969 best-selling novel of the same name, Coppola brought the compelling tale...
Rarely have there been films throughout history that plunge viewers into an altered state of consciousness, turning one man’s dream into every man’s nightmare quite like Eraserhead. The full-length feature debut of iconic filmmaker David Lynch, Eraserhead is an 89-minute avant-garde film shot in strongly contrasted black-and-white....
After the success of 1981's The Evil Dead, young Director Sam Raimi revisited his vision for a remake sequel, simply titled Evil Dead II. Determined to raise the bar and give the audience a higher quality of its predecessor, the result was sharper, smoother, and more comical. Being...
In the 1960s and 1970s, England's answer to the monsters of Universal Studios was Hammer Films and Amicus Productions. The latter - a now defunct British film production company, based at Shepperton Studios - was responsible for perhaps one of the best Horror anthologies ever put to film,...
Fairy tales have always been a wonderful source of entertainment, filled with magic, tragedy, and triumph. The fun part about them is their ability to twist into something entirely new and exciting. Film Director Stuart Gordon did just that working with wife Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (Re-Animator 1985; ABC's Of Death...
John Hughes defined the youth film genre in the '80s. His voice and viewpoint on teen drama had an important impact on how teenagers were depicted in film. Hughes showcased the problems and challenges of teens and placed a spotlight on the reality of social...
Thirty years ago, Freddy Krueger slammed one of his teenage victims head first into a television set saying, "This is it, Jennifer, your big break in TV. Welcome to Prime Time, bitch!" An infamous line, it is just one of the many endearing factors of...
This week in Horror movie history, back on February 4th of 1983, the supernatural film The Entity premiered in theaters across the US. A story of unknown forces, much like 1973's The Exorcist, The Entity was based on a true life account. Directed by the...
This week in Horror movie history, back on January 29th of 1993, he who walks behind the rows returned in Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice. Directed by David Price (Leprechaun 1993, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995), the sequel came nearly a decade following...
There is the old fashion traditional American dream; a wife, nice home, good job, children, dog, and father who knows best. Too bad sometimes father is a psychopathic serial killer; such is the concept behind the chilling 1987 Thriller The Stepfather. [caption id="attachment_114709" align="alignleft" width="660"] The Stepfather...
