The Flickering Myth writing team share their top ten Christmas movies… Christmas is upon us! For many people, feeling festive is all about Christmas films. They can easily transport you back to your childhood, to happier times, to memories with your loved ones. If you’re struggling to choose a film to help induce your festive […]
Eight Overused Tropes in Mainstream Christmas Movies
Rae Gellel with eight overused tropes in mainstream Christmas movies… A woman falls in love with a mysterious man who is later revealed to be a prince. The future of a family enterprise is dependent on the success of a community Christmas pagent. A woman returns to her quaint home town from the big city, […]
The Best Holiday Horror Movies
Rafael Motamayor on the six holiday horror movies you need to watch at Christmas… It’s almost Christmas, and many are mid-way through their Holiday marathons. Lights are up, tacky Christmas sweaters can be seen in the streets, but some of us prefer Christmas light illuminating scenes of bloody horror. After all, don’t Christmas sweaters and […]
A Brief History of Christmas Horror | Flickering Myth Movie Chat
EJ Moreno and Allen Christian sit down to take a brief journey through the history of Christmas horror movies, from cult classics such as Black Christmas, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Gremlins and Jack Frost (the 1997 killer snowman one, rather than the 1998 Michael Keaton snowman one) to more recent offerings such as 2015’s Krampus. […]
HBO Max’s Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai announces voice cast and early season 2 renewal
It appears someone over at HBO Max has spilt water on the box marked Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, because news is popping faster than it takes a Gremlin to cook in the microwave. Not only have they announced the voice cast for the forthcoming animated show, but the prequel-series has also been given an […]
Chris Columbus offers an update on Gremlins 3, says creatures will not be CGI
While we have heard reports for many years that a third Gremlins film could be happening in the future, original screenwriter Chris Columbus has provided a new update on the project. In an interview with Collider, Columbus confirmed that while there is an existing script, they are currently working through the franchise’s rights issues which is […]
Joe Dante talks Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai animated series
While the long-rumoured third movie appears no closer to becoming a reality, the Gremlins franchise is being resurrected for Warner Bro.s’ upcoming HBO Max streaming service with the animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, and Joe Dante – direct of the original 1984 film and its 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch – […]
Why do we repeatedly watch trashy films during the festive season?
George Chrysostomou on Christmas viewing habits… It feels like finally, the Christmas period has rolled around and the collection of assorted chocolate, wine and badly wrapped presents have begun to collect ready for December 25th. And with this season comes the one thing that most people have in common regardless of your religion, traditions or […]
Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures
With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on… Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]
4K Blu-ray Review – Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins, 1984. Directed by Joe Dante Starring Zack Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain. SYNOPSIS: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. I’m a no-doubt-about-it Gen Xer, so I was squarely in the demo, as […]
