UNSEEN HORRORS: The ‘THING’ That Should Not Be
Imagine if you were watching John Carpenter’s THE THING. You’re around the 30-minute mark and it’s the classic kennel transformation scene. The Norwegian dog sits still as the other dogs grow uneasy...
View ArticleUnseen Horrors! The HELLRAISER Anthology We Should Have Had
With the release of the HELLRAISER Box Set this past October it was unfortunate to see HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE missing. Some fans consider BLOODLINE the beginning of the end of the franchise and,...
View ArticleWith Teeth: Ten H.R. Giger ALIEN Inspired Creatures
As a tribute to H.R. Giger I thought it would be interesting to pull together ten spinoffs of his classic ALIEN creature. Some will refer to them as rip-offs, but as a fan of monsters I see them as...
View ArticleThe Art Of Japanese JAWSpoiltation
Steven Spielberg’s JAWS is not only a classic that spawned countless rip-offs, but it also has one of the most iconic movie poster designs of all time. The visual of a peaceful female swimmer just...
View ArticlePHANTASM Is DUNE
Two films that impacted my young teenage years were David Lynch’s DUNE and Don Coscarelli’s PHANTASM. The more I delved into Frank Herbert’s adaptation of DUNE and reviewed the PHANTASM franchise, the...
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