Eerie enough to inspire Stephen King's The Shining and, in turn, the book's film adaptation, Colorado's Stanley Hotel is embracing its image as a horror landmark. The hotel recently shared plans to create the Stanley Film Center, which would be a ground-breaking horror museum, complete with a film archive and film production studio.
At its purest, Halloween is about being scared and enjoying it. There is no medium more adept at eliciting this kind of reaction than cinema, where the language of nightmares comes to vivid life before our eyes.
'Dressed to Kill,' the 1980 Brian DePalma serial killer thriller, features costume design by Bangor-area resident Ann Roth. When a movie is called "Dressed To Kill" you know the costume designer is going to play a key role in the film A great way to celebrate Halloween is by curling up on the couch with a movie that makes your skin crawl and your pulse quicken.
The mass-murdering Michael Myers character in the Halloween series of films sports what was originally a Captain Kirk mask. One of the most iconic masks to feature prominently in movie history is that worn by the crazed killer character of Michael Myers in the Halloween franchise of slasher films, the first installment of which was released in 1978, But this frightful face actually originated with a character from a very different series and medium: Captain Kirk and television's Star Trek .
Halloween: A time for scrounging up items, taping them to different appendages and watching partying strangers clumsily dance to "The Monster Mash" when you'd rather be watching movies with a bowl full of candy sitting comfortably in your lap. It's a holiday built on embracing the supernatural, creepy, macabre and gloriously weird.
Top 10 horror movies filmed in Arizona With its desolate desert landscapes, Arizona has served as the perfect backdrop for several horror films over the years Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1Mj8aZ0 With its desolate desert landscapes and sweltering heat, Arizona has served as the perfect backdrop for a slate of horror films over the years. From the ominous depths of Lake Havasu to the streets of downtown Phoenix, here are the top 10 horror films shot in Arizona.
One of the most memorable scenes in 2002's Spider-Man was when Peter Parker used his new abilities for the first time in public to earn some spending money. To do that, he had to get in the fighting ring with "Bone Saw" McGraw, played by wrestling star "Macho Man" Randy Savage .
Ahead of its Halloween premiere, the much anticipated Starz original series Ash vs Evil Dead has earned an early renewal for a second season. Strong fan, affiliate and distributor demand for the new series has made Ash vs Evil Dead season two an easy decision for the network.
Zahler and his talented cast are willing to take this journey deep into the heart of darkness, and it's their commitment that makes the entire "The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common.