Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
Throughout all of our lives, there are people we grow close to who act as beacons, a light in human form that allows us to find our way through the darkness. Sometimes this light merely diminishes or changes, but other times these beacon friends can become anchors, as their influence exerts itself
Quick: name a yeti movie! While there have been a handful of films involving killer abominable snowmen over the years, there aren’t that many. Fortunately, writers/directors Gene Gallerano and William Pisciotta have arrived to try and fix that with their new film simply titled “The Yeti.”
Nothing is what it seems in Silent Hill. Something fans of the games already know. While this mysterious, surreal, eerie quality is what keeps fans coming back for more, it could be daunting for the artists making the films. Given how much nuance, complexity, and understanding is required to tell
Johannes Roberts isn’t widely referred to as a master of horror, but by rights, he should be. His entire career as a filmmaker has been devoted to the genre, beginning with microbudget efforts in his native England like Sanitarium and Hellbreeder and continuing on through some made-for-television