From cult classics to pop culture behemoths, the late great Sam Neill’s career was stellar, and here are his essential films… The news of Sam Neill’s passing has shocked us all. He had a well-documented battle with cancer, but more recent reports of the all clear seemed to indicate he was on the up. Sadly, […]
When Horror Got Smart: An Intellectual Turn in the 90s
Adam Page on when horror got smart… I’m not going to sit here and pretend that, before the 1990s, horror was in some kind of intellectual wasteland. That would be bullshit. George A. Romero gave us pointed social commentary nicely wrapped in entrails. David Cronenberg gave us body horror as technological anxiety, and David Lynch […]
The Rise of John Carpenter: Maestro of Horror
Simon Thompson looks at the rise of John Carpenter and his peak years throughout the 1970s and 80s… Director, musician, and Master Roshi look-alike John Howard Carpenter is a living legend. Carpenter’s work has guided scores of creatives from filmmakers, to musicians, to writers, to illustrators and game designers – a legacy of which very […]
Marvelous Alternate Dimension Horror Movies
Marvelous Videos presents horrific encounters from another dimension… The idea of alternate dimensions is both exciting and horrifying. That there are parallel Earths or phases of the universe that exist alongside ours is cool, but what changes could they have? And would their inhabitants be hostile, friendly, ambivalent, or even human? Science fiction has taken […]
Terrifying Cosmic Horror Films Inspired by Lovecraft
Marvelous Videos delves into the dark depths of cinema for a selection of cosmic horror films inspire by H.P. Lovecraft… Long before Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King dominated the genre, H. P. Lovecraft was pioneering a new form of horror that would shock the world: the idea that humans weren’t all that great. “The most […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 25 – In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
In the Mouth of Madness, 1995. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jurgen Prochnow, David Warner, and Charlton Heston. SYNOPSIS: The world is literally going crazy for the work of horror novelist Sutter Cane who has mysteriously vanished. With the release of his newest novel rapidly approaching, Cane’s publishers recruit insurance investigator […]
