The 9th annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival stressed variety over pure horror bonafides at its first weekend in Orange County, Calif. In theme and style, HIFF went exploring Sept. 3-5 at Santa Ana’s Frida Cinema, with German film Snowflake, and...
Stephen Lane has some very sweet early treats for Halloween. If you’re the highest bidder. The CEO of London-based auction house Prop Store is offering up a treasure trove of real movie props and wardrobe from some of the most...
Beetle House L.A. is the Tim Burton-themed restaurant and bar on Hollywood Boulevard. Freakshow performers and actors dressed as characters from Burton’s movies inhabit the place, entertaining diners and drinkers. Some just hang out. All photos by Jessica Peralta. ...
Derek Dennis Herbert’s To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is an insightful documentary about the man behind the iconic horror character we have all come to know as Jason Voorhees. He is known for being the man with the...
Roundly ridiculed but strangely historical, the third film in a goofy franchise of Aztec mummy movies arrived on Mexican movie screens in the summer of 1958. No one knew at the time it would become the first ambassador of Mexican...
The Fly is an often overlooked classic which, after a rocky start, proved its worth as a solid work of true cinematic horror leading to two sequels, a remake and a spot on two of the American Film Institute’s top...
It Came From the Desert is a movie about giant ants. Let’s just get that out of the way right now, as there are certain expectations that need to be adjusted when watching a movie about giant ants. It’s not...
Cat and mouse is the best way to describe the story of Bad Samaritan. The hero is hardly a Boy Scout, and the bad guy is wonderfully bad. The audience is pushed somewhere into the middle, where you often are...
A young couple’s troubled marriage hits another bump on the night of New Year’s Eve, quite literally, when they slam into a man on their drive home from a party. They take him and head to the nearest hospital but...
Billed as a “terrifying cautionary tale,” Bad Samaritan follows two thieves who make a shocking discovery while breaking into a house. Starring Doctor Who’s David Tennant, along with Robert Sheehan, Carlito Olivero and Kerry Condon, the thriller hits theaters April 27. Don’t...