Steven Spielberg never thought Jaws would succeed. He feared that he was going to be cast out of Hollywood because the film went 300 percent over budget and the shooting schedule was over by 109 days. Little did he know,...
Many people of my generation wouldn’t even consider watching a black and white movie from 1960. Not even a classic like Psycho. Especially since it’s not on Netflix. That would be a grave mistake. It’s a classic for a reason....
Director Stanley Kubrick’s previous film had flopped. Stephen King was on a roll, but it came at a heavy cost. The director desperately needed the author’s bestseller to provide him a hit and keep him working, and King was struggling...
He’s a legend in film history, still most film fans don’t know Joe Alves, who turns 84 on May 21. But if you were unable to get into the water after seeing Jaws, you know his work. If watched Close Encounters...
As you live through a real life global pandemic, some days might feel like you’ve wandered into an episode of The Twilight Zone. If you’re a fan, insert the episode that comes to mind here. But before we got ourselves...
The slasher film reached mainstream success with John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1979. But Friday the 13th made slashers a bankable genre in 1980. And in the ‘80s, it was very bankable. Friday the 13th captured what critics determined was a horrific...
A new 21st Century rendering of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Color Out of Space gives audiences a chance to see a well-made Lovecraft-based film that features a gonzo Nicholas Cage performance thrown in as a bonus. Director Richard Stanley (Hardware, The...
Ant Timpson’s debut as a feature film director began the moment his father died. “In front of me,” he says, “which was very traumatic.” The trauma inspired Timpson’s new film Come to Daddy, an examination of unresolved father and son...
George A. Romero would have turned 80 years old in February. Gone, but absolutely not forgotten, the iconic writer/director and “Godfather of the Dead” remains a large presence on TV and movie screens around a planet that has, since his...
