Today, German-born director Roland Emmerich is known as the ‘master of disaster’. He’s the movie-maker that blows up globally recognized landmarks. And he makes overwrought movies mixing science fiction with old-fashioned 70s disaster movie vibes. While Emmerich’s movies usually drum up big box office dollars, critics aren’t usually impressed. Occasionally, audiences aren’t too thrilled either […]
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It seems as though just about every horror movie that’s remotely successful gets a sequel. But the original was a self-contained story that didn’t lend itself to another movie? Doesn’t matter. Jaws, a horror classic that in no way required a sequel, produced three follow-ups. But your killer died at the end of the movie? […]
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Christmas is just around the corner now. Good cheer and egg nog are on their way. But in between Halloween and Christmas, all we’re left with is dark and damp bone-chilling cold. Aside from January, November may the saddest month of the year. But don’t despair. What better way to escape the upcoming winter blues than a […]
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In 1982, upon its initial release on June 25, John Carpenter’s The Thing underwhelmed at the box office. It was met with with either indifference or derision from film critics. Today, The Thing is considered a classic in the horror genre and among the best works of Carpenter. What a difference a few decades make. With the […]
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