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Classic Scene: Introducing Michael Myers
Introducing Michael Myers Halloween (1978) Dir. John Carpenter The Scene: John Carpenter throws us into the POV of a stalker when his masterpiece begins. The camera glides around the house peering in...
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10 Treats from the House for Halloween Part 2
As the air has become chillier, leaves wither and fall to the ground but most importantly all the ghosts and ghouls come out of hiding to give a scare. Recently Darth Gandalf and I opened the door to...
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When Ghosts Kill
All over the world for as long as stories have been recorded, people have seen ghosts. Those who have passed on yet still linger in a spiritual form to haunt the living. We tell ourselves that ghosts...
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Frankenstein 200th Anniversary
The world of the early 19th century brought with it; war, revolution, and fast-paced scientific advancement. It is in this world that an 18 year old girl would come up with an idea which would...
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Book Review: ‘The Hunger’ by Alma Katsu
The ill-fated group of pioneers known as, the Donner Party have become infamous throughout history, as the stranded group resorted to depravity and cannibalism to survive. The snow covered landscape...
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Spotlight On: John Carpenter
In the 1970’s the shift in horror films being more director driven had become fully entrenched in the genre. Directors like; George A. Romero, Tobe Hooper, and Roman Polanski had taken the genre into...
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Best Goth/Industrial Bands of the Eighties
Music of the 1980’s is often associated with; hair metal, shopping mall pop, and synthesizers; but let us not forget there was a massive dark undercurrent to the Decade of Excess. Rising largely out of...
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Indie Memphis 2018: ‘Mr. SOUL!’
In the late 60’s through early 70’s the American had a wide spectrum of white people to watch on TV. That was until a visionary producer named Ellis Haizlip was given the opportunity on public...
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Noirvember Review: ‘Follow Me Quietly’
Every November fans of classic cinema celebrate one of the great genres of filmdom, the film noir. These beloved films ensure fans get their fill of; gritty streets, tough detectives, mysterious femme...
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Indie Memphis 2018: ‘Wrestle’
The students at J.O Johnson High School in Huntsville, Alabama are used to having the deck stacked against them. Most of the student body has been raised in poverty and after years of failure the...
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Noirvember Review: “In a Lonely Place”
Every November fans of classic cinema celebrate one of the great genres of filmdom, the film noir. These beloved films ensure fans get their fill of; gritty streets, tough detectives, mysterious femme...
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15 Weird Stan Lee Characters You Haven’t Heard Of
This morning we woke to the said news that comic writer Stan Lee had passed away. The industry legend played a major hand in building the Marvel Universe as we now know it and was the face of the...
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Indie Memphis 2018: ‘Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes’
With this month being Noirvember, it is understandable that filmgoers will be looking for a heist film. But Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes, which held it’s premier at the Indie Memphis Film...
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Noirvember Review: ‘Detour’
Every November fans of classic cinema celebrate one of the great genres of filmdom, the film noir. These beloved films ensure fans get their fill of; gritty streets, tough detectives, mysterious femme...
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Indie Memphis 2018: ‘Tyrel’
The latest film from writer/director Sebastian Silva has been compared frequently, if unjustly to last year’s smash hit Get Out. In all fairness Silva had begun work on his latest film Tyrel long...
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Noirvember Review: ‘D.O.A.’
Every November fans of classic cinema celebrate one of the great genres of filmdom, the film noir. These beloved films ensure fans get their fill of; gritty streets, tough detectives, mysterious femme...
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Indie Memphis 2018: ‘New Money’
At this year’s Indie Memphis Film Festival the film which won the most votes in a competition for the most popular poster went to a quirky and depressing dramedy from director Jason B. Kohl about a...
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Classic Scene: “Who’s on First?”
“Who’s on first?” The Naughty Nineties (1945) Directed by Jean Yarbrough The Scene: Dexter and Sebastian, played by the incomparable comedy duo Abbott and Costello, both work on a showboat in the...
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Holiday Review: ‘The Thin Man’
Like Die Hard the fact that 1934’s comedy/mystery The Thin Man takes place at Christmas and contains many elements of the holiday, gives the flick a strong argument for being a “Christmas Movie”....
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Retro Review ‘Satanic Rites of Dracula’
In a previous Retro Review I covered the Hammer flick Dracula AD 1972, so I feel it is appropriate to now look at its follow up. In 1973, Peter Cushing reunited with Sir Christopher Lee for, the...
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