After a slew of mediocre reviews (read ours here and here), Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak struggled out of the gates on its opening weekend. Opening in less than 3,000 screens, the Gothic horror movie pulled in a very disappointing $12.5 million, coming fourth behind Steven Spielberg’s Bride of Spies, The Martian and children’s horror […]
DVD Review – We Are Still Here (2015)
We Are Still Here, 2015. Directed by Ted Geoghegan. Starring Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie, Larry Fessenden, Monte Markham and Elissa Dowling. SYNOPSIS: A family grieving over the loss of their son move out to the country, but they are not alone in their new home. The recent trend of revisiting the 1970s and […]
VOD Review – Estranged (2015)
Estranged, 2015 Directed by Adam Levins Starring Craig Conway, James Cosmo, Bob Duff, James Lance, Amy Manson, Faye McLoughlin, Eileen Nicholas, Simon Quarterman, Joy Sanders. SYNOPSIS: Due to a near-fatal accident that has left her incapacitated and depleted of her long-term memory, a temporarily wheelchair-bound woman returns home after being abroad for six years accompanied by […]
Blu-ray Review – Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats
Edgar Allen Poe’s Black Cats Directed by Sergio Martino/Lucio Fulci. Starring Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, David Warbeck, Ivan Rassimov, Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, Al Cliver and Dagmar Lassander. SYNOPSIS: Box set containing two adaptations of Poe’s classic The Black Cat by directors Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci. Poe’s The Black Cat, like a […]
John Carpenter wins plagiarism lawsuit over Luc Besson thriller Lockout
Luc Besson’s (Lucy) production company Europacorp has been ordered by a French court to pay €80,000 in damages after John Carpenter (Halloween) filed a lawsuit claiming that Besson-produced thriller Lockout infringed the copyright of his own Escape From New York. SEE ALSO: John Carpenter to executive produce Escape from New York remake SEE ALSO: Clive […]
Interview: Ben Trebilcook on Doomsday
Zachary Leeman chats with Ben Trebilcook about his new film Doomsday… Ben Trebilcook is a man who doesn’t give up. An independent screenwriter and producer, he’s perhaps most widely known for writing a rather famous Die Hard fan script. The script has won him both praises and eye rolls. However, the man has kept chugging […]
Seth Rogen set to star in The Disaster Artist drama about making of cult classic The Room
Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs) is currently circling an undisclosed role in The Disaster Artist, which is directed by Rogen collaborator James Franco (The Interview) and follows the making of cult classic movie The Room. SEE ALSO: Dave Franco to star in The Room movie, The Disaster Artist According to The Tracking Board, Rogen is set […]
Paramount to remake The Ten Commandments
If Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings didn’t satisfy your appetite for seeing the story of Moses on the big screen, then you may be in luck as The Tracking Board is reporting that Paramount Pictures is developing a remake of 1956’s The Ten Commandments. The site reports that, unsurprisingly, the new film will “center […]
Interview: Jan Bultheel Talks Cafard
David Opie sits down with director Jan Bultheel to talk about Cafard, a Flemish animation that follows the story of a Belgian soldier during WWI. The film is currently having a successful run at film festivals worldwide and our four star review is available to read here… David Opie: Cafard is a remarkable technical achievement. Why did […]
Movie Review – Tales of Halloween (2015)
Tales of Halloween, 2015. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Andrew Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, John Skipp and Paul Solet. SYNOPSIS: An anthology of ten creepy tales set around Halloween night, featuring the likes of candy-munching demons, mischievous imps and a killer pumpkin. Horror anthologies […]
