Jason Trost is endlessly fascinating; both as a person and as a filmmaker. Known for his iconic (used for necessity not as a fashion statement) eye patch and smoldering good looks, Trost is a member of a somewhat cinematic dynasty. His brother Brandon Trost is an accomplished cinematographer, their sister Sarah Trost, is a costume …
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 …
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, …
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 …
We’re just a few days away from the theatrical release of Poltergeist, a big screen remake that we somehow managed to avoid for a whole lot longer than most. Whereas Tobe Hooper directed and Steven Spielberg produced the original, this time around Gil Kenan (Monster House) directed while Sam Raimi produced, lending the film a …
There’s a reason the name George Miller immediately puts a smile on the faces of so many movie lovers, and that’s because there’s something singularly special about the films he has brought into our lives. The Aussie filmmaker is of course known for the Mad Max trilogy, and this year he returns to inject a …
The year was 1993. With HBO knocking the horror anthology format straight out of the park with their EC Comics-based series Tales from the Crypt, competing network Showtime wanted their slice of the proverbial pie. And so they developed Body Bags, originally intended to be a television series that would deliver weekly tales of horror. …
Last year’s The Pyramid has the unfortunate honor of being the rare Hollywood found footage movie that didn’t at least make back its miniscule budget at the box office, and that failure must be partially blamed on the fact that it was released into less than 600 theaters. After a dismal theatrical run, The Pyramid …
Scorpio Film Releasing has yet to put out a film that I didn’t love. Home of films like The Disco Exorcist and Nun of That, the Michael Varrati penned The Sins of Dracula was one of my most anticipated films of 2014. My wait was not in vain, as the film is absolutely everything I …
The trajectory of John McNaughton’s career is quite fascinating, as his two most well-known films are very different from one another. Known to horror fans for 1986’s mega-disturbing Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, the director went on to make Wild Things over a decade later, an erotic thriller that won over male hearts with …
