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Trashy Cult Horror Classics To Enjoy This Halloween

October 31, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s Halloween so if you’re looking for some shlock horror fun make sure you check out these ten trashy cult classics… Chainsaws, mysterious masked killers and gallons of blood. Horror season is upon us and whilst you might fancy some top-tier cerebral horror like The Shining or Rosemary’s Baby, it’s also a time to get […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chopping Mall, edge of the axe, frankenhooker, Maniac Cop, Nightmare Beach, Pieces, Return of the Living Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Stage Fright, The Toxic Avenger

Ten Underrated Movies From 1988 That Deserve More Love

December 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1988 to look at ten underrated movies which deserve more love… It’s 2023 and that means that the cinematic year of 1988, stuffed with some classics and cult favourites like Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!) and Die Hard, was 35 years ago. Pick yourself up off the floor and shake the shock […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Amsterdamned, As Tears Go By, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Frantic, Maniac Cop, Midnight Run, Miracle Mile, red heat, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Great Outdoors, The Lair of the White Worm, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Serpent and the Rainbow, They Live, Vice Versa, Waxwork, Young Einstein

B-Movie Gems You Have to See!

July 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents a selection of B-movie gems… Everyone loves B-movies. No, I didn’t say Bee Movie, I said B-movies. To those unaware, they are low-budget schlock produced by independent companies either for the direct-to-video market or for a limited release to be picked up by a potential cult following. But there are benefits to these […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: basket case, Class of Nuke 'Em High, Dolls, head of the family, Maniac Cop, Marvelous Videos, nemesis, night of the creeps, street trash, The Nest, Trancers, voyage of the rock aliens

The Most Powerful Horror Villains Of All Time

April 16, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos on the most powerful horror villains… When your genre is predicated on terrorizing your protagonist, it inherently means giving your antagonist an extra oomph. They need some kind of power or ability that allows them to easily scare a group of humans without succumbing to some mishap like a bullet or fall. Horror […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Alien, Angel Heart, Candyman, Chucky, Friday the 13th, halloween, Hellraiser, It, Jeepers Creepers, Maniac Cop, Marvelous Videos, Phantasm, The Exorcist, The Grudge

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop remake gets the green light from HBO as TV series

October 11, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Way back in 2014 it was announced that Drive filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn was looking to produce a remake of the cult 1988 slasher Maniac Cop with director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration). While the project has been on and off over the past five years, Deadline now brings word that it is officially moving […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: John Hyams, Maniac Cop, Nicolas Winding Refn

Why Maniac Cop is the remake you didn’t know you needed

November 28, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the long rumoured remake of Maniac Cop… Hands up who’s seen Maniac Cop… Okay, a fair few cult movie enthusiasts of a certain age. Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins facing off against a vengeful, presumed dead ex-cop, played by the late, most granite jawed actor in history, Robert Z’Dar. It’s pure […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: John Hyams, Maniac Cop, Nicolas Winding Refn, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Universal Soldier: Regeneration

Maniac Cop director teases “completely different” tone for the remake

November 21, 2018 by Samuel Brace

John Hyams, the director of the Maniac Cop remake, has teased a new tone for the film. News of a Maniac Cop remake has been around for years but the film’s attached director John Hymas has now offered an update on the project from producer Nicolas Winding Refn. Speaking with The Movie Crypt podcast (via EW), Hyams […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: John Hyams, Maniac Cop

Director John Hyams says Maniac Cop remake is still happening

March 26, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Back in 2015, it was announced that a remake of the 80s cult classic Maniac Cop was in development, with John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) directing, Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) producing, and Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) penning the script. Since then, there seems to have been very little […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: John Hyams, Maniac Cop

Sex and the City 3 canned, huge Terminator 6 update, It becomes the biggest horror film of all-time and more – Weekend News Roundup

October 2, 2017 by Luke Owen

GIRLS GONE COLD After making over $700 million across two films (although the second took a major dip in box office receipts), Sex and the City 3 seemed like a sure thing. The film had been in development for some time and a lot of talks were taking place, but it looks like the movie […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Coming to America 2, DC, DC Extended Universe, It, Maniac Cop, Men in Black 4, Sex and the City 3, Terminator 6, Wonder Woman

John Hyams to direct Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop remake

September 27, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Twitch is reporting that John Hyams has signed on to direct the upcoming remake of the 80s cult classic Maniac Cop, which is being produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) from a script by celebrated comic book writer Ed Brubaker. Hyams’ previous directing credits include Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, along […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: John Hymans, Maniac Cop, nicholas winding refn

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