Vampires and cinema go hand-in-hand. As long as we've had movies, we've basically had vampires on screen. Thanks to Bram Stoker and his novel Dracula, we've seen myriad adaptations, changes, updates, side stories, and more about bloodsuckers. In recent years, vampires have taken more time up on the
A gothic manor, gorgeous costumes, and an ominously well-put-together crowd. The Invitation has everything you’d expect from a vampire flick. After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) takes a DNA test…and discovers a long-lost cousin she never
This is it folks. One more day. One more day until the barrier between the spirit world and our world is at it's thinnest. Another day until ghouls, ghosts, goblins, specters, killers, and anything else evil and vile makes it's power known. Halloween. My favorite holiday of the year, and I'm
Universal tried and failed miserably to make a cinematic universe out of their original Universal Monsters. The supposed "Dark Universe" all started with Tom Cruise's The Mummy. It led to one of the most publicized photos in horror history with this portrait. Now this portrait was a final gasp from
The history of movie vampires stretches back almost as long as cinema itself. THS's Fright-A-Thon is built upon these ideals and the want for more great horror content. If 2020 is going to be the year we all stayed in (I sure hope so for some of my readers at least), then we'll all need some good
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film is a dense exploration of a very specific part of Thomas Mann’s life and Germany’s history. Winning Best Picture at Cannes and chosen as Poland’s submission for Best International Film, the film expects a certain level of historical and geographic knowledge