By Nick Maylor Happy Halloween to all of our readers. So… could I have been any more obvious in my choice? I doubt it. For this site, I recently reviewed this year’s direct-sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher film which can be read here. I really enjoyed the new movie as it harkened back to…
By John H. Foote Nosferatu (1919/ 1979) The portrayal of dread has not ever been done stronger than it is here, because F. W. Murnau caught it perfectly in his expressionistic horror film Nosferatu (1919). Meant to be an adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula, the director neglected to buy the rights from the writer’s widow,…
By Craig Leask I’m a sucker for movies with big old creepy houses (check out my article on Spooky House Comedies here). So, as you can imagine, in the weeks leading up to Halloween my Blu-ray player is kept busy with everything from the classics (Dracula (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Psycho (1960), and The…
By Alan Hurst We were asked to pick our favorite movie for Halloween and there were many that could have made my top spot. I love the Universal monster classics of the thirties and forties, particularly The Invisible Man (1933), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and The Wolf Man (1941). The Uninvited (1944) is probably the…
By Nick Maylor We Canadians recently had our national holiday That means that today our neighbours below the 49th parallel are celebrating their Independence day. . Happy Fourth of July to our American friends and readers! I must admit that when I conceived the idea for this post, I had a much goofier list of…
By John H. Foote There are I am sure other films that display American patriotism, that wave the flag, that celebrate America. However, is anyone really in the mood to celebrate a country run by a complete buffoon? A man who in less than eighteen months has ruined the office of the President, has proven…