Archive for June, 2009
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 30, 2009
Let’s face it: Hollywood movie posters have become largely a cookie-cutter affair, as predictable as, well, most Hollywood movies themselves. As this gallery shows, though, when movies hit foreign soil, the local flavor often comes through, reminding us that movie posters can indeed be an art form…for better (Poland’s The Shining, right) or worse (Japan, I’m looking in your direction).
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 29, 2009
© Lionsgate
This week bevy of DVD releases has a distinctly international flavor, featuring films from England, Japan, Australia, Korea and Italy, including efforts from Ringu director Hideo Nakata, Italian icon Lucio Fulci and American cult author Edward Lee — not to mention something called I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 28, 2009
© Genius
Can a Sci Fi Channel monster movie actually be competent or even, dare I say, good? Sea Beast dares to answer that question with a resounding “I reckon.” Read the details in my review of Sea Beast.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 25, 2009
Jessica Stroup in
Homecoming.
© Paper Street/Animus
Ah, high school homecoming: the football game, the dance, the abduction, torture and murder. See all that you missed in my review of the new Mischa Barton vehicle Homecoming, which hits select theaters on July 17.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 25, 2009
Jessica Stroup in
Homecoming.
© Paper Street/Animus
Ah, high school homecoming: the football game, the dance, the abduction, torture and murder. See all that you missed in my review of the new Mischa Barton vehicle Homecoming, which hits select theaters on July 17.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 25, 2009
Jessica Stroup in
Homecoming.
© Paper Street/Animus
Ah, high school homecoming: the football game, the dance, the abduction, torture and murder. See all that you missed in my review of the new Mischa Barton vehicle Homecoming, which hits select theaters on July 17.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 24, 2009
Gianna in
Blood: the Last Vampire.
© Samuel Goldwyn
Blood: The Last Vampire, based on the popular Japanese anime, doesn’t live up to its potential, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good for some cheesy, low-brow, martial arts entertainment. Read about it in my review of Blood: The Last Vampire.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 23, 2009
David Naughton in
An American Werewolf in London.
© Universal
With the remake of The Wolf Man still more than four months away, it seems like a good time to cover what I consider to be the 25 best werewolf movies to date (horror movies, that is; sorry, Teen Wolf fans). Just watch one or two a week, and you’ll be more than prepared when The Wolf Manhits theaters on November 9.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
June 22, 2009
© Magnolia
This week, the Jennifer Lynch thriller Surveillance opens in New York and Los Angeles, while DVD releases feature an early zombie role for Virginia Madsen, Haylie Duff battling hillbillies, Crispin Glover preying on campers and Gopher from The Love Boat fighting crime with Dracula, Frankenstein’s mosnter and the Wolf Man. Plus Hobgoblins.
