Adam Page on the 80s horror obsession with with suburbia… Horror cinema puts us in some uncomfortable places. It always has. Whether it’s digging up the freshly buried body of your child killed by a speeding tanker, or standing in the shower, soap in your eyes while you reach for a towel and find a […]
Amazon MGM Studios developing a Poltergeist TV series
Prepare for a scary dose of small screen static, because a Poltergeist television series is being developed by Amazon MGM Studios. Per Variety’s report, Kalinda Vazquez (Star Trek: Discovery) and Robbie Thompson (Supernatural) have been tasked with summoning the spirit of Tobe Hooper’s 1982 horror film to the small-screen. Steven Spielberg, who played a large […]
16 essential Halloween horror soundtracks
Sean Wilson presents a selection of spooky film scores that make for the ideal 31st October playlist… The scariest night of the year, Halloween, is upon us once again and, in addition to all the cosplay and trick or treating, a playlist of horror hits is also essential to the big night. Horror allows film […]
The Sound of Fear: 17 Creepy Choral Horror Soundtracks
Benjamin Wallfisch’s brilliantly sinister It score turns the human voice inside out – and it’s not the only one… The world’s most terrifying clown Pennywise is back to stalk our nightmares in the new adaptation of IT, on release now. Bill Skarsgard takes over from Tim Curry as the dreaded Stephen King creation and director […]
Poltergeist series in development at Amazon MGM Studios
Hauntings can happen on the big and small screens, with some of the cinema’s most recognizable spooky franchises now heading to television. The latest joining the fray is Poltergeist, which has begun development on a streaming series. Variety broke the story today that Amazon MGM Studios is in early development of a Poltergeist series with […]
Seven Famous Cursed Movie Productions
Disasters, terrible luck, radiation poisoning and death. We look at some famous cursed film productions… With Flickering Myth’s first foray into movie-making on The Baby in the Basket now underway, we’ve found ourselves faced with a number of problems throughout pre-production as recently covered in our pre-production update. We’ve dealt with unavoidable dropouts, unexpected costs […]
The Deadliest Killer Dolls in Movies
Olly Dyche on the deadliest dolls in movies… Let’s face it, dolls are creepy, and are the source of many audience members nightmares. There have been many horror movies that have tried to capitalize on this fear to great effect, producing many memorable, terrifying and utterly creepy dolls that are sure to haunt the minds […]
The Films of 1982: One of the Finest Years in Cinema History
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 40 years to explore the cinematic landscape of 1982… 1982 was a great year for films. It could well be argued too that 1982 might well be one of the finest years in cinema history. There’s an array of blockbuster hits, cult films, iconic films and initially maligned genre films now […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Poltergeist (1982)
Poltergeist, 1982. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunn, Oliver Robins, and Heather O’Rourke. SYNOPSIS: Gen Xers like me will be happy to have Poltergeist on 4K disc. It looks and sounds amazing, although Warner Bros. didn’t commission any new extras, which is a bummer since it’s celebrating […]
Poltergeist comes to 4K Ultra HD for 40th anniversary
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Poltergeist, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that Tobe Hooper’s 1982 classic horror will arrive on 4K Ultra HD this September. Check out the cover artwork, details and trailer below… A typical family in a quiet suburb of a normal California faces a frightening ordeal when its home […]
