It’s been 35 years since The Goonies, the Steven Spielberg-produced/Richard Donner-directed adventure focusing on a bunch of misfit kids (including Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, and Martha Plimpton) as they follow a treasure map with hopes of finding the…
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In space, no one can hear you scream. We all know that. But on the radio, everyone can. To promote the 1979 release of Alien at London’s Odeon Leicester Square theater, 20th Century Fox created a series of haunting radio…
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Stuart Gordon, the cult film auteur/showbiz everyman, died earlier this week at the age of 72. Best known for his 1985 Lovecraftian effort Re-Animator, Gordon was also a creative force to be reckoned with in Chicago’s Theater scene — working…
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On my list of acts that I hope to see in concert before they stop touring altogether is Meat Loaf. Meat Loaf is the stage name of Marvin Lee Aday, a vocalist who is better known for his long songs,…
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As you may have noticed from the hustle and bustle permeating seemingly every aspect of life right now, December is upon us…and with it the holiday season. Obviously, your friends here at MovieFanFare are already planning to deck the proverbial…
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Herk Harvey‘s 1962 chiller Carnival of Souls is the most influential film you’ve never seen. Filmed on a budget of a mere $33,000 in Kansas and Utah, the deeply unsettling (in the best possible way) focuses on a young woman…
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In this guest post, Jim Brymer takes a look back at the biting vampire classic The Lost Boys Matthew and Sam (Jason Patric and Corey Haim), along with their mother, Lucy (Dianne Wiest), have moved to the California beach town…
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Despite being a thrilling film in its own right, Tron: Legacy — the sequel to 1982’s cult sci-fi favorite Tron — wasn’t quite the franchise-builder Disney was hoping for when the movie hit theaters in December of 2010. Deeply weird…
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Kevin Connor is best known for directing a series of rather cheesy popcorn sci-fi/adventure film adaptations of Edgar Rice Burrough novels, a series which began with The Land That Time Forgot (1975). Most of the films had great casts, adequate…
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Have no fear, Doc Savage is here! The intrepid Doc Savage (Ron Ely) and his Fabulous Five journey to the wilds of South America to investigate Doc’s father’s death in the jungles of Hidalgo. En route, they encounter numerous dangers…
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