In Abott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, the popular comedy serve up scares and laughs (mostly the former). Universal tossed their most popular fiends ─ Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s monster ─ at their top comedy team for this slapstick…
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Create-A-Caption: Day of the Dead
You know the drill. Below is a picture from Day of the Dead with Chris’ caption. You can leave your own goofy captions in the comments section below. (And since Halloween will soon be upon us, the rest of October’s…
Read more →Open Thread: What Are Your Five Favorite Horror Films?
Chances are pretty good that you’ll be hunkered down in front of a horror film at some point this weekend. So for this week’s Open Thread, I wanted to hear what your Top Five horror films are. I’ll start: 5…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Night of the Living Dead
Arguably the most influential fright flick ever made, Night of the Living Dead is a true masterpiece. Director/cowriter George Romero‘s gruesome and groundbreaking cult classic pioneered the zombie genre of horror movies and spawned a host of sequels, remakes, and…
Read more →Independence Day: Resurgence and Other DVD & Blu-ray New Releases
We are at the point in the year where the major studios rush their summer releases to DVD and Blu-ray just in time for the holiday shopping season to begin. Thus, this week’s titles are dominated by films that reached…
Read more →Open Thread: What’s Your Favorite Classic Comedy Team?
Abbott and Costello. George Burns and Gracie Allen. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Laurel and Hardy. And on and on and on. These comedy teams of yesteryear have brought endless laughs to audiences across the…
Read more →It’s All Aboard for Big Scares on the “Terror Train”
Following the success of the first two Halloween movies Jamie Lee Curtis had established herself as America’s premiere scream queen. She became the go-to actress for low-budget horror films, and soon found herself starring in the 1980 low-budget affair Terror…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Night of the Comet
1984’s Night of the Comet poses a very interesting question: What if the only people left alive in the world were Southern California teenagers? That’s the start in this campy, enjoyable tale of two sisters who must fend off zombie-like…
Read more →Ghostbusters And Other DVD and Blu-ray New Releases
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? MovieFanFare! Because this week, we are scaring up all sorts of terrific new releases for you to enjoy. Along with a new bunch of Ghostbusters, you’ve got the latest…
Read more →Tell Us About Your Favorite Screwball Comedy!
With its madcap antics and endless charm, the screwball comedy is a motion picture genre that is ripe and ready for a comeback. Whether you prefer The Awful Truth, Love Crazy, The Palm Beach Story, My Man Godfrey, The Lady…
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