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FrightFest 2023 Review: THORNS Is A Down & Dirty 1980s Inspired Horror

Writer/director Douglas Schulze takes horror back to a simpler time with his latest film, Thorns. A throwback to films like Alien, The Thing and Hellraiser, the low budget filmmaker appears to relish taking on the genre tropes of yore with this [...]

August 30, 2023

Podcast – Episode 37: Douglas Schulze Talks THORNS, FightFest & Low Budget Filmmaking

Douglas Schulze has been a friend of Movies In Focus since 2009, in the lead-up to the release of his David Carradine starring horror film Dark Fields – or The Rain as it was then called. Films like Mimesis: Night Of The Living [...]

August 26, 2023

Trailer & Poster: Douglas Schulze’s Latest Horror Film THORNS Looks Like Serious Nightmare Fuel

Movies In Focus has known writer/director Douglas Schulze for almost fifteen years. I first got in touch with him after he made Dark Fields (or The Rain as it was then called) way back in 2009 and we’ve kept in contact ever since. He’s [...]

March 22, 2023

Uncovering Curiosities: Brett A. Hart’s BONE DRY

Brett A. Hart’s 2007 thriller Bone Dry is an exceptionally tense desert-based chase film in the tradition of Duel, The Hitcher and Breakdown. It’s a punchy directorial debut from Hart, a mystery/thriller which manages to deliver [...]

January 15, 2022

Notebook Reviews: SCREAM 3

Wes Craven – 2000 Scream 3 is an hugely enjoyable slasher movie – and one which also works quite well as a Hollywood satire. This third instalment of the Scream franchise sees Wes Craven back in the director’s chair, along with [...]

July 8, 2021

Remembering SUPER MARIO BROS: THE MOTION PICTURE Starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo & Dennis Hopper

It’s hard to imagine how big a failure Super Marion Bros: The Motion Picture was on its release in 1993. Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the film was supposed to be the film that brought video games and movies together, a lucrative [...]

May 25, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Brian Taylor’s MOM AND DAD

The mighty Nicolas Cage must be the hardest working man in Hollywood. In 2017 Cage took us on a comedic-horror journey through suburbia with the hugely entertaining Mom And Dad. Written and directed by Brian Taylor, Mom And Dad sees a [...]

March 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Schulze’s MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

In 2011 director Douglas Schulze unleashed Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The living Dead and remixed it. The plot saw a group of demented horror fans using the plot of Romero’s classic [...]

February 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Brett A. Hart On The Set Of BONE DRY With Lance Henriksen & Luke Goss

Movies In Focus is very good friends with director Brett A. Hart, the man behind the wonderful thriller Bone Dry. In fact, we became friends after I reached out for an interview after being so impressed by the film back in 2007. The film is [...]

January 22, 2021

Watch The Music Video For REACH From Bill Paxton’s Band Martini Ranch – Directed By James Cameron!

There’s a billion things which have passed Movies In Focus by – but I didn’t seem to know that the mighty Bill Paxton was in a band called Martini Ranch (alongside Andrew Todd Rosenthal) – and I definitely didn’t [...]

September 17, 2020

Behind The Scenes: David Duchovny & Ed Harris On The Set Of Submarine Thriller PHANTOM

Todd Robinson’s Phantom may not bring anything particularly new to the submarine thriller sub-genre, but it’s always good to see a solid film that relies on acting rather than special effects. Phantom was shot onboard a real submarine and this [...]

September 14, 2020

Clip From Forthcoming Horror Movie Remix MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

Movies In Focus really enjoyed director Douglas Schulze’s Mimesis: Nosferatu when I caught it back in 2018. It’s a sequel to 2011’s Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The [...]

September 12, 2020

Review: Brett A. Hart Pits Lance Henriksen Against Luke Goss In The Desert Bound Thriller BONE DRY

Director Brett A. Hart’s Bone Dry is an exceptionally tense desert-based chase film in the tradition of Duel, The Hitcher and Breakdown. This 2007 film is punchy directorial debut from Hart, a mystery/thriller which manages to deliver thrills [...]

November 1, 2018

Amazon Will Meet The Desert With BONE DRY

Movies In Focus is good friends with director Brett A. Hart, the man behind the wonderful Bone Dry. In fact, we became friends after I reached out for an interview after being so impressed by the film back in 2007. Bone Dry film is tense, [...]

October 26, 2018

Review: Horror Sequel MIMESIS: NOSFERATU Takes A Bite Out Of A Horror Classic

October 7, 2018

Bite Me: See A Classic Horror Remix In The MIMESIS: NOSFERATU Trailer

Movies In Focus has been writing about Doug Schulze‘s Mimesis: Nosferatu since Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead was released way back in 2012. I’m there for any film which uses F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu as a stepping-off point and [...]

August 18, 2018

DVD Review: It’s Home Alone Meets The Shining In The Nicolas Cage Starrer MOM AND DAD

It’s another week and therefore another movie starring Nicolas Cage, the hardest working man in Hollywood. This time around, Cage is taking us on a comedic-horror journey through suburbia with the entertaining Mom And Dad. Written and directed [...]

July 14, 2018

Nosferatu Lives In These First Images From MIMESIS EVOLUTION

Way back in 2012 Movies In Focus reviewed Mimesis, a horror that riffed on George Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead (read the review). Now director Douglas Schulze is back with a sequel, titled Mimesis Evolution which uses F. W. Murnau’s [...]

March 3, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Brian Bosworth Stars In STONE COLD – A Perfect Beer & Pizza Movie

A gloriously over-the-top action thriller from 1991, Stone Cold is a relic from a time when silliness was embraced by Hollywood and dumb didn’t necessarily have to go hand in hand with dire. Former American footballer Brian Bosworth is John Stone, [...]

June 6, 2016

Blu-ray Review: SUPER MARIO BROS: THE MOTION PICTURE Isn’t As Bad As You’ve Been Led To Believe

It’s hard to imagine how big a failure Super Marion Bros: The motion Picture was on it’s release in 1993. Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the film was supposed to be the film that brought video games and movies together, a [...]

November 4, 2014

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