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Uncovering Curiosities: Paul Hyett’s HOWL

The werewolf may be the least over-used mythical monster in the horror pantheon. You’ve likely seen fewer werewolf movies than those with vampires or zombies but that doesn’t mean that this hairy cousin is any less revered. In fact, within the [...]

October 31, 2020

Respect To Tod Browning’s DRACULA

Tod Browning’s 1931 film, Dracula kick-started Hollywood’s fascination with horror. Almost 100 years on and the adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel remains the quintessential vampire film. The massive success of the Bela Lugosi starrer [...]

September 7, 2020

Leigh Whannell To Direct Ryan Gosling In THE WOLFMAN

After scoring a critical and commercial hit with The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell has now been tapped by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions to direct the reboot of the 1941 horror classic The Wolfman, which is set to star Ryan Gosling. [...]

July 10, 2020

THE WOLFMAN: Ryan Gosling Set To The Iconic Universal Monster

Werewolf. There Wolf. Word on the street is that Ryan Gosling is the new Wolfman for Universal Pictures. There has been a serious under-appreciation of the werewolf on screen over the years. While the horror sub-genre has delivered some undeniable [...]

May 31, 2020