Something of an obscure entry in 90s horror, Mute Witness saw a small theatrical release in 1995. Aside from a limited release, the Moscow-set horror thriller fell in between the glory days of the 80s slasher and before Wes Craven’s Scream re-invigorated horror. Though video stores were still booming, Mute Witness also wasn’t one of […]
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Even casual horror fans know the big franchises. The Friday the 13th, Elm Street, Halloween, or Saw series are the heavy hitters. On the flip side, the Children of the Corn movies may be the most inexplicable ongoing horror franchise. Following close behind it, the Leprechaun franchise is something of a head-scratcher as far as […]
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Early in his writing career, Stephen King adopted the Richard Bachman pen name, which he’d keep under wraps until the mid-1980s. Under the Bachman name, King published several noteworthy novels and short stories, including The Running Man and Thinner. Not surprisingly, Hollywood would inevitably adapt these stories once they made the connection to King. It […]
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Now over 100 years old, Richard Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, has seen several onscreen adaptations. It premise of a wealthy big game hunter stalking human targets first saw a big screen interpretation in the 1932 movie of the same name starring Joel McCrea and Fay Wray. Since this early adaptation, Connell’s story […]
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Among the straight-to-video horror video franchises, the Silent Night, Deadly Night series isn’t the most egregious. Unlike The Puppet Master, Hellraiser, or Children of the Corn franchises, this 80s slasher set at least had the sense to end in the early 1990s. But the Silent Night movies are also extremely random. Following the Grindhouse original, […]
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One of the biggest action movie stars of all time, Sylvester Stallone (D-Tox, Cobra) saw his box office fortunes slowly dwindle as the 1990s gave way to the 2000s. Box office hits like Cliffhanger and The Specialist gave way to some misfires including Get Carter and Driven. But 1993 proved to be a good year […]
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No, the 1996 slasher The Dentist was not about America serial killer, and dentist by profession, Glennon, Engleman. Maybe a news headline influenced writers Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon (Castle Freak, The Pit and the Pendulum), and Charles Finch to draft up a screenplay. But let’s face it – a slasher movie about a killer dentist […]
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The 1990s saw a boom and bust field of Stephen King adaptations make their way to both the big and small screen. Hollywood delivered some classics including The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Misery. There were some middling ones including The Dark Half and Apt Pupil. And we got quite a few forgettable duds […]
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