It seems like we read about them on a daily basis: yet another announcement of a shiny new remake of yet another horror movie classic that we either grew up loving or learned to love from someone older than us… Continue Reading
I have a confession to make. I hate spring. Here are just a few of the reasons: More frequent, heavier rain. Pollen. Bees. Sneezing. Poison ivy. Yard mowing. More bees. End of season for The Walking Dead. Lightning-quick transitions between… Continue Reading
Throughout horror cinema history, writers and directors have played with the notion of body invasion and replication. Such stories were famously played in John Carpenter’s The Thing, both versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and, most recently, Jordan Peele’s… Continue Reading
Sometimes all you want from your horror movie is some splattery gore, some funny antics, some T&A, and maybe the writer/director/star’s severed naked dick. In Todd Jenkins‘ bachelor party camping trip-set horror comedy Cherokee Creek, that’s exactly what you get.… Continue Reading
What if Count Dracula was dropped onto the streets of a modern American city and you were the only person who knew about it? Countless films and novelizations have attempted to answer the question over the decades. Most of them… Continue Reading
You’re not the boss of me. It’s a phrase we’ve all uttered at some point, most likely as children. These days, that phrase doesn’t seem to have as much power as it did a few decades ago. No matter who… Continue Reading
Any storyteller, no matter the medium, has to strike a balance between action and exposition in order to maintain the interest of the audience. Too much action (plot), and you risk preventing the audience from developing empathy for your characters.… Continue Reading
George Lucas famously addressed media and fan focus on special effects in his original Star Wars trilogy by pointing out that effects are merely a tool for storytelling. “A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story,”… Continue Reading
Luring a viewer into a film’s story requires two key ingredients: a hook and the suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer. Sometimes a hook is enough to provoke a viewer into adding a dash of suspension of… Continue Reading
Everyone has a past, the old saying goes. Everyone has that one life mistake, that one regret that haunts them for the rest of their lives. It might not be forever at the fore, but it’s always there and ready… Continue Reading