Plenty of direct adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein have made their way to the big screen. Though it’s not the first version, James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein – and follow-up Bride of Frankenstein – for Universal Studios created much of the iconography we think of today. Hammer Films made box office dollars off their Peter Cushing […]
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In the early to mid-2000s, as reality television started to boom, HBO and then Bravo hosted Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Project Greenlight. Specifically, the series saw aspiring filmmakers pitch their screenplays with the winner getting the opportunity to make their dream project. The 2005 winners, Marcus Dunston (The Collector, Saw IV) and Patrick Melton […]
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Five years have passed since Jason Statham fought a prehistoric shark in The Meg. Not surprisingly, critics weren’t overly impressed with the big screen adaptation of Steve Alten’s novel. But that didn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Audiences flocked to the theaters making The Meg a box office success and all but guaranteeing […]
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Maybe the Stephen King-renaissance from several years ago has slowed a bit. Last year’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone didn’t impress fans or critics when it debuted on Netflix. No one seems to know what happened to the Salem’s Lot remake other than it has been indefinitely delayed. But King is indisputable ‘Master of Horror’ and his […]
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The year 2014 was an interesting one for the horror genre. If the 2010s heralded a new ‘golden era’ for the genre, an argument could be made that 2014 was the year that kicked things off. Several quirky horror title released that year including It Follows, Tusk, The Babadook, Starry Eyes, and Creep. Not surprisingly, […]
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Near the end of May, about a week ahead of the June full moon, Netflix finally added an original horror movie. A Norwegian horror export, Viking Wolf has nothing to do with the acclaimed History Channel series, Vikings. While there’s a quick reference to Vikings, Viking Wolf is in fact a pretty standard werewolf movie. […]
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Never quite as popular as either vampires or zombies, werewolf movies present something of a challenge for indie horror filmmakers. Regardless of storytelling liberties or creative editing, audiences inevitably expect a convincing werewolf to appear on screen. With this in mind, indie filmmaker Wayne David tries to pull of a psychological take on the werewolf […]
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Four months into 2023 and we’ve been a little light on basic monster movies. Following up on last month’s Irish folk horror Unwelcome, writer and director Scott Walker teams up with effects house Weta Workshop to deliver The Tank. With New Zealand doubling as the Oregon coast, Walker delivers what sounds like an ode to […]
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