by Eric Olsen | Mar 24, 2016 | books, culture, extraterrestrials, media, monsters, movies, paranormal, radio, television, weird/science |
One of the greatest things about the 2016 revival of The X-Files is that we get to… talk about The X-Files! On tonight’s special scientastic episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — 9-11pE Thursdays with hosts Joel...
by Blogcritics | Mar 21, 2016 | conventions and events, media, movies |
By LEO SOPICKI J.J. Abrams joined SXSW attendees and writer/director Don Coscarelli for the debut of Phantasm Remastered at the Stateside Theatre in Austin. The debut was part of the SXSW Midnighters series which is billed as “Scary, funny, sexy, controversial –...
by Eric Olsen | Mar 15, 2016 | extraterrestrials, media, movies |
(Spoilers ahead) 10 Cloverfield Lane, produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and directed by newcomer Dan Trachtenberg, is both a taut suspense film about the pressures and consequences of confinement, and a psychological horror film about the creeping realization...
by Eric Olsen | Mar 8, 2016 | media, movies, television |
(SPOILERS ahead for Bates Motel, Season 4, episode 1, “A Danger to Himself and Others”) Life can be very difficult and counter-intuitive for those who love too well. After three seasons of Bates Motel, A&E’s prequel series to Hitchcock’s...
by Blogcritics | Feb 19, 2016 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, media, movies, paranormal |
By CINENERD Not many directors can get away with style over substance these days. Unless your name is Guillermo del Toro. Granted, most of his screenplays are filled with as much depth as his production design, sometimes the design itself drives the film. And now,...
by Blogcritics | Feb 16, 2016 | media, monsters, movies, vampires, zombies |
By CINENERD Some recent examples of mixed monsters are Van Helsing and four Underworld films — with an Underworld reboot on the way, which no one wants. So how does the new horror/comedy Freaks of Nature get away with combining humans, vampires, and zombies who fight...
