Happy Halloween to all you ghouls and goblins out there! We’ve had so much fun celebrating this spooky season with you over the past month with our 31 Days of Halloween posts, and we hope you all have a happy…
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“The Princess Bride” Gets a Criterion Collection Special Edition, and More New Releases!
Even though Halloween is tomorrow, this week’s DVD and Blu-ray new releases offer up no tricks, but plenty of treats! Leading things off is a lavish new special edition of one of the best loved films of the 1980s (if…
Read more →Aliens Among Us: “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “They Live”
Aliens and alien invasions are usually considered the exclusive dominion of the science-fiction genre. In fact, aliens, good or bad, are, by necessity, “creature features,” and thus should be also considered horror movies. Still, the usual alien feature films are…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Omen
This latest Create-A-Caption IS ALL FOR YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU! Directed by the great Richard Donner, the 1976 horror hit The Omen concerns an adopted child who turns out to be the Antichrist. Packed with creepy moments, the movie is right up there…
Read more →Poll: What Scares You More, Vampires or Zombies?
This is our final poll before Halloween, and we wanted to ask you — do vampires or zombies scare you more? Sure, the blood-sucking antics of Dracula and company are terrifying, but so are the undead, hunger-fueled creatures of George…
Read more →Remembering Character Actor Great James Karen: 1923 -2018
Often times when character actors pass away, obituaries like this one make the claim that “you may not know his name, but you sure did know his face!” There is a reason for this cliche-but-true statement, and that is that…
Read more →“Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again,” “Sorry to Bother You,” and More New Releases
Here we go again, indeed! It’s time for another batch of DVD and Blu-ray new releases and we think you’ll love this list of what is now available. The Abba-inspired blockbuster musical kicks things off in fine fashion, but we’ve…
Read more →Seven Things to Know About Tina Louise
1. In his book Inside Gilligan’s Island, series creator Sherwood Schwartz wrote: “Actually, we were fortunate to sign Tina Louise in that role (of Ginger). I had remembered her from God’s Little Acre. She had a face and figure that…
Read more →FYI: “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” Gets a New Special Edition
The original 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is the defining science-fiction film of its age. Far more clever than its genre trappings would seem, the film works just as well as a political allegory (perhaps even more…
Read more →Let’s Go to the Circus: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Coulrophobia: (n) an abnormal fear of clowns. Some people are afraid of spiders (arachnophobia). Some are afraid of snakes (ophidiophobia) Some people have a fear of being touched (haphephobia). But why would anyone be afraid of clowns? How about because…
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