horror

Uncovering Curiosities: Eric Walter’s MY AMITYVILLE HORROR

My Amityville Horror is a bizarre (but strangely riveting) documentary focused on Daniel Lutz as he recounts events from the infamous Amityville haunting on 112 Ocean Avenue in 1975. The middle-aged, Lutz doesn’t appear to have recovered from the [...]

January 9, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Clive Barker & Scott Bakula On The Set Of 1995’s LORD OF ILLUSIONS

Author and filmmaker Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions is an engaging horror-fantasy that has all the elements to make it feel like a greatest hits of his former work. However, it feels like it was tamed down to make it suitable for a mainstream [...]

January 8, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Richard Stanley Directs Nicolas Cage & Joely Richardson On The Set Of COLOR OUT OF SPACE

Movie-making mavericks Richard Stanley and Nicolas Cage teamed in 2019 for the bonkers H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Color Out Of Space. In a strange way, its the perfect film to watch considering everything that is going on in the world at the [...]

January 7, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jeff Renfroe’s THE COLONY

The Colony is a highly entertaining (and good looking) B-movie from 2013 that wears its genre influences on its sleeve. Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton lead the cast, while Kevin Zegers impresses as the film’s young hero. Set in the future [...]

January 6, 2021

Trailer For Neil Marshall’s Plague Horror/Thriller THE RECKONING Starring Charlotte Kirk & Sean Pertwee

Movies In Focus has been looking forward to Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning for a long time. The horror/thriller starring Charlotte Kirk and Sean Pertwee is almost here – and it looks great. Marshall’s film appears to have fantastic [...]

January 6, 2021

Notebook Reviews: FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

Robert Rodriguez – 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn is a witty, gory and morally ambiguous horror-thriller. It’s great fun. There’s a chance that the whole thing wouldn’t work if it wasn’t anchored by George Clooney, who brings [...]

January 5, 2021

It’s Only Taken 37 Years – But GRIZZLY II: REVENGE Starring George Clooney, Laura Dern & Charlie Sheen Is Almost Here

After a wait of 37 years, horror sequel, Grizzly II: Revenge is finally gearing-up for release. The never completed sequel to the 1976 horror film Grizzly was filming in Hungary in 1983 when the project fell apart after one of the money men [...]

January 4, 2021

There’s Panic On The Trans-Siberian For Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee In HORROR EXPRESS

Gene Martin’s Horror Express plays-out like the winning combination of Murder On The Orient Express as well as The Thing. The 1972 Spanish/UK production sees Christopher Lee‘s anthropologist discovering a mysterious creature frozen [...]

January 1, 2021

Behind The Scenes Image From 1951’s THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

John W. Campbell Jr’s 1938 novella Who Goes There? (originally published under the pseudonym, Don. A. Stuart) was the basis for the 1951 RKO Picture, The Thing From Another World. The plot sees US Air Force men and scientists defending [...]

December 29, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Michael Winner’s THE NIGHTCOMERS

A prequel of sorts to Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, The Nightcomers is a sexually charged gothic thriller with Marlon Brando and Stephanie Beacham.This is the type of film which could only have come from director Michael Winner as it oozes [...]

December 22, 2020

We Don’t Need A New Sequel To THE EXORCIST

Word from The Observer is that Blumhouse Productions and Morgan Creek are developing a sequel to The Exorcist with David Gordon Green. The news comes after Green’s 2018 sequel to Halloween grossed more than $255 million globally and [...]

December 22, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Nick Willing’s ALTAR/THE HAUNTING OF RADCLIFFE HOUSE

Writer-director Nick Willing’s Altar/The Haunting of Radcliffe House is an old fashioned ghost story steeped in fantastic atmosphere. It hits the mark for those wanting a horror film light on gore and high on tension. Matthew Modine and Olivia [...]

December 14, 2020

Review: Sci-Fi Thriller BREACH Starring Bruce Willis & Thomas Jane Is Enjoyable Dumb Fun

You’ll enjoy Breach if you ignore the derivative nature of the film’s plot and check your brain at the door. Directed by John Suits, this sci-fi/horror/thriller hybrid owes a massive debt to Ridley Scott’s Alien and John [...]

December 13, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: David Hackl’s INTO THE GRIZZLY MAZE

David Hackl’s Into The Grizzly Maze is a rollicking B-movie fun. The film sees Thomas Jane, James Marsden and Billy Bob Thornton face-off against one mean Grizzly Bear. Yes it’s Jaws in the woods – but how can that not make you want to [...]

December 13, 2020

Notebook Reviews: VAMPIRES

John Carpenter – 1998 John Carpenter‘s Vampires might not be as good as some of his early classics like Escape From New York, The Thing or Big Trouble In Little China but it’s still solid fun. The Tex-Mex setting echoes From [...]

December 13, 2020

Trailer For Horror Anthology A NIGHT OF HORROR: NIGHTMARE RADIO

Movies In Focus enjoys a good horror anthology and A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio looks quite impressive – the visuals are striking and it appears to be genuinely scary. The film is composed of eight tales directed by Luciano Onetti, [...]

December 9, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: John Irvin’s GHOST STORY

They don’t make them like Ghost Story anymore. This 1981 horror from director John Irvin has a cast of Hollywood greats (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and John Houseman) playing an elderly gentlemen’s group haunted by a [...]

December 9, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Dick Maas’ SINT

Sint (Saint) is a Dutch horror film that sees an evil Saint Nicholas descending on Amsterdam bringing death and terror, rather than the usual festive gifts. This 2010 Christmas-set horror comes from writer/director Dick Maas. Maas re-imagines the [...]

December 7, 2020

Roger Corman’s Adaptation Of Edgar Allan Poe THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH Gets Remastered Release From Studiocanal

There’s much to look forward to in 2021 – and now there’s something else added to the mix. Studiocanal has announced that it is set to release a 4K remastered version of Roger Corman’s brilliant adaptation of Edgar Allan [...]

December 1, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Joe Dante’s BURYING THE EX

Throughout his career the mighty Joe Dante has always had a knack for successfully infusing horror with other genres. Gremlins saw him reach the darker side of a Spielbergian/Capraesque family drama and The ‘Burbs put a horror spin on a [...]

November 30, 2020

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