There’s a subgenre called Survivalist that often crosses paths with Horror. The best examples are Alive (in which a group of South American soccer players crash in the Andes and are eventually reduced to cannibalism) and 127 Hours (where a trapped hiker is pushed to unthinkable extremes to beat death). Ravenous can [...]
Insight Editions, one of the leading publishers of quality illustrated books for entertainment and pop culture, have recently been releasing shooting scripts for movies such as Inception, Red Riding Hood, and Cowboys and Aliens. I had the chance to get my hands on a few of these books and I am more [...]
There’s something inherently creepy about Scandinavia: Its arctic weather and ancient forests. Movies like Let the Right One In, Troll Hunter, and Hidden are great examples. Recently, filmmaker Aleksander Nordaas delved into Norwegian folklore as inspiration for his latest effort, Thale, staring Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold, and Jon Sigve Skard.
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Watch the first few seconds of the trailer for the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard scribed The Cabin in the Woods, and you’ll get a major case of déjà vu. A group of 20-somethings, most likely on vacation or celebrating graduation from college, decide to take a relaxing retreat off the beaten path. On [...]
Ever watch a documentary about the American Civil War on the History Channel? They inevitably show early black and white photos of battlefields strewn with hundreds of dead. Despite the blurriness and deterioration, I find these images deeply unsettling and poignant. You can almost smell the intolerable stench of decaying flesh…
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After a period of vampiric hibernation that lasted over 2 decades, Hammer Films reemerged a couple years back, hoping to reclaim their place in history as Kingpins of Horror. First, Hammer acted as a distributors for Let Me In in 2010, then as producers of last year’s ultra-creepy resurrection saga Wake Wood. [...]
Well, the Academy released its list of Oscar nominations this morning—and it looks like 2011 was the dullest year for cinema since the invention of motion pictures. I’m almost proud of the fact that I haven’t seen a single film nominated for Best Picture. I heard The Help is pretty good, but [...]
Talia al Ghul! Abiet, a young Talia played by Joey King, I should point out. Depending on your nerd levels with the Batman universe, you may just know her last name as sounding familiar. Her father Raj al Ghul, was in Batman Begins, as Bruce’s martial art’s mentor. Or you may know [...]
Underworld: Awakening, the 4th Chapter in the Underworld franchise, opened on Friday hoping to top the weekend’s battle at the Box Office. Produced by Sony Screen Gems, written by John Hlavin with Michael Straczynski and directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, Awakening stars Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rae (Interview with a Vampire), [...]
These 5 new images for Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises come to you from the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly. The pictures feature Christian Bale in his awesome Batman suit, Tom Hardy as Bane, and Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon.
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