Every year there are a few films that are exemplary and deserve special attention, but don’t quite fit into my top horror list. Because these films are not strictly horror I am creating this special mention list to highlight some of my favorite non-horror films. Some of these...
Fantasia International Film Festival is one of my favorite things ever. Not just one of my favorite film fests, it is one of my favorite things to have ever existed in the universe. This year is the fests’s 20th anniversary, and my 7th consecutive year attending. Every year...
One of the worst kept secrets of Fantastic Fest 2015 was the title of the first secret screening. The general consensus was that we were to be treated to an advanced screening of Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK. The rumors were all true, but we were...
Mama (2013)Director: Andres Muschietti Writer: Andres Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Neil CrossCast: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle NelisseWebsite: Mama Official Site As evident by the triumphant box office take its opening weekend, Mama was perhaps one of the most hotly anticipated genre films of this early season. This...
Guillermo del Toro’s trailer for PACIFIC RIM launched yesterday, with most folks salivating and counting down the days until the release of his Kaiju monsters versus giant Mecha robot film. This isn’t going to be a popular opinion, but I’m in the minority that feels underwhelmed by the...
We’ve got a short one for you today kids. This will give you just enough time to scarf down a power power bar-if it doesn’t get lodged in your throat with terror first. The trailer for the feature length MAMA recently hit, and this Guillermo Del Toro production...
While hitting the press junket to promote “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark”, Guillermo del Toro told anyone who would listen how the original 1973 television movie scared him like no other film as a child. In attempting to update the film for modern audiences, del Toro hoped...
Hey horror fans, let me first introduce myself. I’m Michele “Izzy” Galgana, Associate Director of Programming from the Boston Underground Film Festival. I’m the resident horror chick of that fest, and most recently curated all the shorts programs for the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival. Mike’s invited me to...
Book Review: Hater (2009/2006)Author: David MoodyPublisher: St. Martin’s PressI’m always late on books. I have a huge stack at my apartment that I’ve been meaning to get around to for the last, oh, ten years or so. I get caught up in a cycle of reading an author’s...
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