Christmas is coming early this year, and it’s going to be a bloody one too, I’m afraid. That’s because the third film in the cult slasher franchise Terrifier is themed around making the Yuletide dead. Art the Clown (played as always by David Howard Thornton) is back and while I don’t know much more about the plot beyond … Read more
Lund’s feature debut, “Eephus,” similarly captures the passage of time through a beloved American pastime, following a men’s recreational baseball game played on their favorite field. Soon to be demolished to make way for an elementary school, this humble patch of green is perhaps nothing special to anyone other than the middle-aged, community-league players who … Read more
Netflix has signed a deal with the NFL to broadcast two games on streaming this coming Christmas Day. This year’s games on Netflix will be the Kansas City Chiefs at the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Houston Texans. The games will air live on Netflix on December 25. (Fans of those teams will … Read more
Writer/director Damien Leone had a budget of around $55,000 to work with on his breakout horror film Terrifier, and a budget of “a little over” $250,000 for Terrifier 2, which was a massive hit when it was released in 2022, earning $15.1 million at the box office. Since the second film did so well, it’s no surprise that … Read more
It’s that time of year again. The chestnuts are roasting, the eggnog is nogging, and some of us are getting ready for a house full of people that will turn this holiday season into a stressful one. So what do you do when you want to get into that merry spirit but also feel a … Read more
Brett Ratner’s The Family Man was only a middling success in 2000 but has since become a quasi-Christmas classic. Who would have thought that one of the more enduring family movies in the last 20 years would come from Brett Ratner and star Nicolas Cage? Indeed, The Family Man was only a modest success when … Read more
The latest episode of the Horror TV Shows We Miss video series looks at Christmas episodes of horror shows… with a nod to Batman This episode of the Horror TV Shows We Miss video series was Written and Narrated by Niki Minter, Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian. Horror … Read more
Steven E. de Souza, co-writer of Die Hard, says that the action classic is more of a holiday movie than White Christmas. Oh, we are just up to our ass in this debate again, John? Even 35 years after its release, 1988’s Die Hard is as cited around the holiday season as often as Home … Read more
Around the holidays, nothing is better than kicking back with your family and laughing until your stomach hurts. Holiday Cheer is real. With the stress of Christmas shopping, it can be hard to remember why we do it all. One surefire way is to put on a fun comedy and let yourself be drawn into … Read more
Looking back at a little scene, but kind of cultish, action flick set at Christmastime – I Come in Peace aka Dark Angel with Dolph Lundgren. I Come in Peace… You Go in Pieces! So goes one of the coolest one-liners I have ever heard, and it’s part of one of the most unheralded Christmas … Read more