Interview by Geno McGahee In 2007, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY was released and it re-ignited the found footage sub-genre and became one of the most popular recent franchises. Many found footage have arisen since. One of the best to come along is the atmospheric and scary “EVIL LEGACY,” by filmmaker, Manuel Eiras […]
Richard Pepperman: Author of Everything I Know About Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai Speaks
Podcast by Forris Day JR Today Forris talks with Richard Pepperman author of “Everything I Know About Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai”. Pepperman has written many books on filmmaking and this latest offering dissects the classic film “Seven Samarai” and teaches us how the movie contains examples of techniques […]
THE DARK VALLEY premieres On Demand November 4 – MOVIE NEWS
Film Movement (www.filmmovement.com), the New York-based film distribution company, announces that THE DARK VALLEY premieres On Demand on all cable and digital platforms on November 4, alongside three additional titles available exclusively On Demand this month. French character study NIGHTS WITH THEODORE; CAM GIRL, a sexy Italian drama, and Turkish […]
Halloween (1978) – Michael Myers, John Carpenter, SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee “He came home.”–Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) When you speak of classic horror films, John Carpenter’s Halloween has to rank right up there. This is a great movie all around, featuring a great pace, great camera work, excellent dialogue and superb acting all the way around. Donald […]
Calloused Hands Theatrical Release Set for November 14th at the Laemmle Theatre in Pasadena – MOVIE NEWS
Award winning feature film Calloused Hands theatrical release set for November 14th at the Laemmle Theatre in Pasadena Calloused Hands has received an award for the best feature film at Fingal Film Festival and the Hearts, Mind, Soul Award at Rhode Island Film Festival The film will screen at the […]
Short Subjects -Spotlight on Issac Carey Nejako
By Stephen Ray Garza Horror shorts often, pardon the expression, get short changed in the reviewing community. It’s nigh impossible to give many of them “proper” reviews as the truncated length doesn’t give a writer much to comment on. With this in mind, I will try to highlight the creators […]
Shriekfest announces it’s 2014 Winners! – HORROR MOVIE NEWS
Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competiton was a huge success! Denise Gossett, festival director, once again hosted Shriekfest Oct 2-5th at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Shriekfest screened 42 films and had 30 screenplay finalists & 8 original song finalists. “Berkshire County” directed by Audrey Cummings took the Grand […]
Revenge of the Green Dragons | Now Playing & on DirecTV!
REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS NOW In Select Theaters and on DirecTV In the vein of crime classics like MEAN STREETS and INFERNAL AFFAIRS, REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS follows two immigrant brothers Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu) who survive the impoverished despair of New York in the […]
The Sublime and Beautiful (2014) – movie review
By Forris Day JR “The Sublime and Beautiful” is a dark film written and directed by TV and film veteran Blake Robbins. Robbins also plays the lead character David Conrad. Conrad is a family man with a wife and three kids. By day he is a college professor with a […]
Dark Sky Films’ LATE PHASES Trailer! – HORROR MOVIE NEWS
LATE PHASES In Select Theaters November 21st Facebook // Twitter // Website Crescent Bay is not the ideal place to spend one’s golden years, especially since the once-idyllic retirement community has been beset by a series of deadly animal attacks from the ominous forest surrounding it. When grizzled war veteran Ambrose McKinley (Nick […]
The Channeler (1990) -Lost Horror Better Left Unfound – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Some horror movies will add a fair amount of comedy within their film which can either be an asset or a complete disaster. In The Channeler, the unfunny, awful jokes was only one of many faults with the overall production. Like many movies within the […]
Found Footage HORROR – Shallow Creek Cult Writer/Director Jeff Hollins Speaks – Exclusive Interview
By Geno McGahee In 1999, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT was released and it launched a sub-genre that we are feeling 15 years later. The “found footage” has become as popular as the zombie film. Jeff Hollins has brought his own touch to the sub-genre with a great monster movie called […]