A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection, 2025. Directed by Wes Craven, Jack Sholder, Chuck Russell, Renny Harlin, Stephen Hopkins, and Rachel Talalay. Starring Robert Englund, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Jsu Garcia, Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley, Linn Shaye, Mark Patton, Robert Rusler, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager, Marshall Bell, Hope Lange, Laurence Fishburne, Craig […]
Body Double at 40: The Lurid Version of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window
Casey Chong revisits Brian De Palma’s Body Double as it celebrates its 40th anniversary… Brian De Palma’s works may have been inconsistent but at his peak, he directed a fair share of memorable genre films that defined his career. As a self-professed fan of Alfred Hitchcock, he has exploited the Master of Suspense’s themes, tones […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Body Double (1984)
Body Double, 1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, and Melanie Griffith. SYNOPSIS: Brian De Palma’s thriller Body Double is 40 years old, and Sony is celebrating the milestone with a new SteelBook of the film that contains 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Discs, along with a code for a digital […]
Ghost Story (1981) – October Horrors 2022
Ghost Story, 1981. Directed by John Irvin Starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, Patricia Neal and Alice Krige SYNOPSIS: Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. We all love a good ghost story. Gathering around the fireplace late at night and telling […]
Blu-ray Review – Rollercoaster (1977)
Rollercoaster, 1977. Directed by James Goldstone. Starring George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasber, Henry Fonda, Helen Hunt, Wayne Tippit, Steve Guttenberg, and Craig Wasson. SYNOPSIS: A bomber threatens to blow up rollercoasters in various amusement parks unless his ransom demands are met. Riding the crest of a wave of disaster movies […]
Blu-ray Review – Body Double (1984)
Body Double, 1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Crampton, Gregg Henry, Dennis Franz, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd. SYNOPSIS: An out-of-work actor becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman after spying on her through a telescope, leading to a series of nasty events. After beginning the 1980s with the triple-whammy of […]
