By Jessica Peralta, Alexander Pate, Carissa Martinez, Jack Newsome and Gavin Mock The indie horror film festival Horrible Imaginings made its annual return to Labor Day weekend with its usual collection of all that is creepy, crawly, weird, hilarious and...
September marks the 55th anniversary of the novelty song “The Lurch” and its accompanying dance. The song comes from The Addams Family — the 1960’s ABC television show based on the macabre collection of cartoons by Charles Addams. The main inspiration...
Seymour has a crush on Audrey. Seymour and Audrey work in a flower shop. Seymour breeds an exotic new plant named Audrey Jr. that needs human blood to survive. Comic horror ensues. Director Roger Corman’s horror-comedy masterpiece, Little Shop of...
October will be dead again, according to the Comic-Con@Home panels at Comic-Con 2020. The long-awaited Walking Dead season 10 finale will air at 9 p.m. Oct. 4 and be followed by the premiere of the new spinoff The Walking Dead:...
An abandoned boat that belongs to a scientist is found with a zombie off the New York City coast. That’s where the bloody, over-the-top fun of Zombie — which turns 40 this week — begins. The scientist’s daughter travels to...
Director Tod Browning greatly influences American thriller, horror, and cult films even 140 years after his birth, July 12. Making his debut in 1917 with Jim Bludso, he made nearly 40 silent films and a handful of sound films. Among...
Americans celebrate the Fourth of July for our independence from the British. Brits celebrate it for a different reason. July 4 in Britain is annually celebrated as Alice in Wonderland Day, where people gather together in costumes to commemorate the...
Harryhausen was 13 years old when he was inspired to do stop-motion animation after watching the 1933’s King Kong. He eventually got to meet the animator for the movie, Willis O’Brien, and became his pupil. His stop-motion technique is called “Dynamation.”...
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....