It’s 2am, you’re wide awake despite feeling tired ALL day long, and no matter what you do your damn eyes will just not stay shut! We’ve all been there right? When this happens I normally sit in the dark and do some good old fashioned web surfing. All social media is closed down and I …
There’s currently no type of horror movie that fans are more tired of than the found footage film, which has been dominating horror cinema for just a tad bit too long now. Sub-genre pioneer The Blair Witch Project was released more than 15 years ago, and it’s a sad reflection of the genre’s inherent unoriginality …
Here in New York, the weather is starting to warm up and summer has unofficially begun, which means that yard sale season is in full swing. There are few things I enjoy doing more than digging through dirty personal belongings on the lawns of my neighbors, and so needless to say I’m pretty damn happy …
Given the success of the original Poltergeist, it was inevitable that a string of sequels would follow in its wake. Surprisingly, however, the franchise never made it past its terrible third installment. After the death of young star Heather O’Rourke and the poor box office performance of 1988’s Poltergeist 3, the once profitable series fell …
When I was a kid there were many things I wanted to be when I grew up: Astronaut, archaeologist, veterinarian, comic book artist, British secret agent, post-apocalyptic wasteland survivor! I’d watch a movie with my dad on a Saturday night, then something in that movie would capture my imagination or confuse me and that would …
Ok, before we get started there’s something I need to make clear – I don’t DO Lego, and haven’t touched the stuff since I was about seven years old. Even then I mostly ignored it and filled my time with other interests and activities. Not because I had a short attention span as a kid …
Though it’s by no means a great sequel, Poltergeist 2 had at least a few good things going for it. For one, it was co-written by the same guys who wrote the first film (minus, of course, the input of Steven Spielberg), and it also brought all of the surviving stars back. As a result, …
The internet horror community rejoiced in unison earlier this week when Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller confirmed that the next Friday the 13th movie – likely a full-on reboot of the franchise – will not be a found footage film, as the studio was originally planning. And many patted themselves on the back when Fuller …
This weekend The Shining will celebrate the 35th anniversary of its original release on the big screen. 35 years of terror, debate, questions, admiration and brilliance. I watched it for the first time when I was probably FAR too young, and the imprint it left has been with me ever since. I hate having favorites …
Released in 1982, Poltergeist was the eighth highest-grossing film of that year, which means only one thing in the world of Hollywood: a sequel was inevitable, whether one was warranted or not. Surprisingly, it took MGM four years to put out Poltergeist 2, haunting theaters in 1986. And the wait, as is all-too-often the case …
