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Sunday Squabble: Arrow’s Release of DONNIE DARKO is a Great Edition of a Great Film… or is It?
Friday Fights getting posted on Sundays seem to be a thing lately. Fridays get crazy, then Saturdays follow suit. In this week’s case, I had this almost set Friday night, then finished it yesterday, then my computer died. When I turned it back on, it reverted to an unedited version… so, I’m finally almost done…
Thank You Vestron: Sharing THE GATE with a New Generation
The Gate is a film that I think I saw as a kid, in fact I’m pretty sure I have, but I don’t really remember when. It had been so long that this rewatch felt like watching something new and watching it with my kids was a fantastic experience (my youngest, Weston, only made it…
UNEARTHED & UNTOLD… and Unfortunately (a Wee Bit) Uninteresting
I have always had a strange relationship with the 1989 film Pet Semetary. It scared the shit out of me as a kid and was one of the first horror flicks that I snuck out to watch with friends. When Zelda started to scream, I may have peed my pants a little. As an adult…
Our First Guest Joins Us to Fight About THE GUEST
The Guest is a simple story being told in an incredibly stylish, yet unpretentious way. From the opening to the closing credits, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett let you know that this is going to be all about “mood”. The synth heavy score is omnipresent and only adds to the dread that this “guest” may…
Los Angeles in the 80s: MIDNIGHT FLIP Drives Into Production
This is Kelby Keenan. She’s an up and coming young actress who you probably don’t know… yet. With lead roles in several upcoming buzzworthy indie films, Kelby is sure to hit your radar soon. The recent October release of Razors: The Return of Jack the Ripper saw the lovely Ms. Keenan as enthusiastic, green screenwriter…
31 Days, Day 25: Castel’s THE PUPPET MAN Hits Brooklyn Horror Film Fest
Jacqueline Castel’s The Puppet Man harkens back to 80’s style slashers very much in the vein of John Carpenter. This is no accident. John Carpenter not only wrote the score to The Puppet Man, he also has a cameo as a cab driver in the 9 min short. Full of style and atmosphere, The film…
31 Days, Day 17: mc chris is Dreaming During This New Music Monday
In the midst of our 31 Days of Halloween celebration, I’d be remiss to leave out the brand new album from mc chris, mc chris is Dreaming. The album dropped on 9/30 and is am homage to one of mc chris’s favorite film franchises, A Nightmare on Elm Street. With standard nerd tracks and some…
31 Days, Day 10: PUFF 16’s Best of the Fest… Part Deux
The closing film of PUFF, and with good reason. “Your brother has a black belt in Cirque du Soleil too!?” I may have spoken too soon when dubbing We Go On the best of the fest a few hours ago. I was admittedly nodding in and out of Karate Kill as it screened last night,…
Italian Pulp Horror Comes to Philly for One Night Only Event
Last month I treated myself to another edition of what has become one of my favorite regular events in Philadelphia – an
Venkman is a Creep, but GHOSTBUSTERS Remains a Classic
The original Ghostbusters was screening last weekend at many multiplexes, and I hope you took the opportunity to see it on the big screen! If you did, you heard sound effects you never noticed before, saw some physical comedy in the background of some shots that aren’t as apparent on a small screen, and got…
Fan-GORE Through the Years
This week’s Stream a Little Stream is an all Fandor, all horror list of recommendations. The films selected are all from a different decade and range in the subgenre of horror they represent. We begin in the 60s… Massimo Pupillo’s 1965 gothic horror l boia scarlatto (or Bloody Pit of Horror) was marketed as being…
Why Do I Try So Hard To Remember??
This past year has been one big trip down memory lane for me. The majority of this blog of mine has been focused on nostalgia and the music of my youth…a reflection on remembering and examining the pop culture I cherished as I was growing up. Really, this whole thing started in the fall of…