Phantasm, 1979. Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring Bill Thornbury, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister. SYNOPSIS: A young boy suspects a local mortician as the cause of recent mysterious disappearances. As American horror cinema was on the cusp of becoming flooded with recycled slasher films, thanks largely to the success of Halloween (1978), […]

Despite the fact that Disney has already halted production on their big screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger once last year amid budgetary concerns, it seems that director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are yet to learn their lesson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the budget for the Johnny Depp / Armie Hammer team-up […]

The Five-Year Engagement, 2012. Directed by Nicolas Stoller. Starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie and Chris Pratt. We made Bridesmaids. Remember Bridesmaids? You liked that, right? SYNOPSIS: Tom and Violet are engaged, but circumstance stalls actual marriage. Of all the Judd Apatow-influenced comedies – The 40-Year Old Virgin (Steve Carell), Knocked Up (Seth Rogen), […]

The Squad (a.k.a. El páramo), 2011. Directed Jaime Osorio Marquez. Starring Juan David Restrepo, Andrés Castañeda and Mateo Stevel. SYNOPSIS: A team of elite Colombian soldiers are sent to investigate a remote military outpost where they make a horrifying discovery. The survival horror has been a reliable go to for low budget cinema over the […]

Hugh Laurie (House) is in negotiations to play the villain in RoboCop, MGM’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic, which will be distributed by Sony Pictures. Jose Padilha (Elite Squad) is directing the origin story from a script by Josh Zetumer. Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) is set to star as the titular character, a decorated […]

Last week Marvel Animation Studios confirmed that the axe would fall on The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes when show’s second season comes to an end this year, although the news was accompanied by the official announcement of a new animated series entitled Marvel’s Avengers Assemble. It’s hardly a surprising move given the success of Joss […]

The Flickering Myth writing team debate the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailers… Hollywood has a habit of toying with history in ridiculous ways. Films regularly turn the facts upside down in the name of fiction, but also, annoyingly, in the name of overzealous American patriotism. The British are often the villains and the Americans always […]

Luke Graham continues his episode by episode review of E4’s latest American comedy series… I was disappointed with Parent Trap, the third episode of Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, as it was the weakest one so far in what has been an enjoyable and slightly subversive sitcom. Not that it’s a bad episode; […]

There’s just under three weeks to go until the release of my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, and a few websites have been kind enough to offer up some press in advance of its arrival. First of all, thanks to HorrorUnlimited, PissedOffGeek and Bat-Blog for posting news stories highlighting […]

The House on Sorority Row, 1983. Directed by Mark Rosman. Starring Eileen Davidson, Kate McNeil, and Lois Kelso Hunt. SYNOPSIS: A house on sorority row finds itself home to a series of murders after a prank goes terribly wrong. Much like Black Christmas (1974), this movie concerns itself with the fate of a group of […]