Over the last six weeks or so MovieFanFare ran a trio of Academy Award-related polls–on non award-winning foreign films, films that failed to receive a Best Picture nomination, and Best Picture losers that may have deserved the award over the eventual winners–that…
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There are Famous Monsters…and then there are famous monsters. Both Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were inspired by the real-life crimes of mass murderer Ed Gein; The Silence of the Lambs, book and film, incorporated character traits of…
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Guest blogger Alex writes: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950, Japan) A forlorn priest curses the weakness of men who are cruel slaves to their own selfish desires. Director Akira Kurosawa cross examines four witnesses to a savage crime, a shadow of…
Read more →March 18, 1910: An important entry in the nascent horror genre is the Edison Company’s Frankenstein, with stage veteran Charles Ogle as the monster. March 14, 1930: With “give me a vhiskey with a ginger ale on the side–and don’t…
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“Hand-drawn” animation??? What’s that, grandpa? Don’t they do all that stuff with a Mac now? Didn’t hand-drawn animation go out with 8-Tracks, Saturday morning cartoons, and well-behaved audiences? The co-directors of Walt Disney’s Aladdin are back with The Princess and the Frog, animated in…
Read more →What famous director was originally asked to direct the silent chiller classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? Which symphony of horror received its lavish premiere at a zoo? Can you guess the name of the legendary actor who was so dedicated he brought his…
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Okay, please let me get in a few words first. Starting from the age of 12 or so–between afternoon and late late TV broadcasts, a few screenings in repertoire cinemas (Remember rep theaters? That’s where college students and urban intelligentsia would flock to watch King…
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Guest blogger Alexis writes: On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the play, Everybody Goes to Rick’s, was purchased by Warner Bros. Producer Hal Wallis for $20,000. This was the most money ever spent on…
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I told you about The Brainiac and The Deadly Mantis from my childhood. Now, I’ll tell you about my favorite movie. The one movie that started my absolute love of horror and sci-fi… The Ridley Scott masterpiece… Alien. By the…
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