And what about the horror thriller “The Invisible Man,” one of the most mercilessly tense films I’ve seen in the past decade? It got released right before lockdown and made $144 million globally, a staggering haul for a medium-budgeted genre picture whose biggest star was Elisabeth Moss. Who knows what it would’ve made if it had … Read more
How did you and/or Cherie Julander approach her character? I think there is a practicality to the approach of USCIS officers. Ours in real life was cold, stern, calculated, by the book. I think about the people working in USCIS needing to detach themselves from the individual, and going off of what they see on … Read more
Raw Deal remains Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most obscure action films of the eighties. But, does it deserve a little more love? Arnold Schwarzenegger made a whole slew of classic 80s action movies. Still, one remains totally obscure despite being released smack dab in the middle of his amazing The Terminator to Predator run of movies from … Read more
Alien director Ridley Scott and Aliens director James Cameron both gave Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez notes on his movie Earlier today, 20th Century Studios unveiled a teaser trailer for Alien: Romulus, director Fede Alvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise that is set to reach theatres on August 16th. (You can watch the teaser HERE.) … Read more
The children’s fantasy classic, which already has a cult series of films, is set to be brought to life again in a new reboot from Michael Ende Productions. The 1979 children’s fantasy classic will be getting new life as a rebooted series of films. The new franchise will be coming from Michael Ende Productions and … Read more
The Winnie-the-Pooh horror movie proved so successful, its creators are now only only making a sequel, they’re doing a whole cinematic universe of horror films based on beloved children’s fairy tale stories. While they are calling their creation the “Twisted Childhood Universe” they have already offered a much funnier unofficial title: The “Poohniverse.” That will be the name … Read more
After Night Swim and Imaginary, has Blumhouse lost their way or can they get back to being more innovative? Last week saw the release of a pretty terrible Blumhouse horror movie in Imaginary. This followed their other terrible outing this year, Night Swim. Both of these were PG-13 ventures which failed on nearly every conceivable … Read more
Although they haven’t made any public changes to their release calendar, Disney has apparently canceled several of their previously upcoming film projects. That’s according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, speaking this week at a conference in San Francisco. Asked about how he was going to turn around Disney’s slumping movie studio, he claimed the company had … Read more
The Oscars are coming up, and we’re counting down ten horror movies we think got snubbed by the Academy. Oscar Weekend is coming up, and everyone is wondering if Oppenheimer will sustain its Awards push. Or will Lily Gladstone will take the Best Actress statue from clear front-runner Emma Stone after her surprising SAG win? … Read more
Cheap Public Domain Horror needs to die a quick death and the focus needs to go back to making entertaining films. There’s a pandemic going on right now. It involves filmmakers taking characters that have recently fallen under Public Domain and making a horror film with them. This isn’t an issue on its own, as … Read more