After dazzling the horror world with Re-Animator (1985) and then helming more shockers with Dolls (1987) and From Beyond (1986), Stuart Gordon tackled one of his more unusual projects for Empire International Pictures: the family friendly, PG-rated science fiction flick, Robot Jox (1985). In the not-too-distant future, the international conglomerate forces of Market and Confederation […]
Read more "Crash and Burn: Robot Jox (1989)"Although he would find creative gold in his fruitful collaborations with James Stewart, Anthony Mann worked quite nicely without that actor. Case in point, 1950’s steamy family melodrama The Furies, starring Walter Huston and Barbara Stanwyck. When their father T. C. Jeffords (Huston) rides home to The Furies, the largest and most valuable ranch in […]
Read more "I Hope You Can Chew What You Just Bit Off: The Furies (1950)"Years ago, when Joe R. Lansdale was finding his footing as a writer, his fan base, and his career, the author published a collection called Stories by Mama Lansdale’s Youngest Boy for Author’s Choice Monthly. When it came time for the paperback edition, the author added a lengthy story he penned for the Dark At […]
Read more "Harlequin Romances and Clown Orgies: Joe R. Lansdale’s The Events Concerning"When the rains make old Boggy Creek swell up and the swamps overflow, the creature emerges. It’s hunting for food, perhaps, or it is driven by a curiosity. Seen by some, disputed by most, the Boggy Creek Creature is the stuff of legend. Dr. Brian C. Lockhart (Charles B. Pierce) is eager to find out […]
Read more "And the Legend Continues: Boggy Creek II (1983)"Quinn Quicksilver has had a strange life. He was found in a basinet by a trio of laborers when he was just a few days old. They handed him over to a local orphanage, where Quinn was raised by nuns. He’s an adult now, a writer for Arizona! magazine. However, as curious as his life […]
Read more "Not One of Us: Quicksilver"Although she’s been invited along on a conference trip, Sofia (Carolina Gaitan) is really an afterthought. Of course, her husband Josh (Allan Hawco) has neglected to advise his brother that the two are separating, so Marcos (Sebastian Eslava) thought he was being a good guy by inviting her along as well. Once upon a time, […]
Read more "Up to Their Necks: Quicksand"Although he’s got a blossoming career as a pitcher for the Saint Louis Cardinals, Robert “Dutch” Holland (James Stewart) is being called back into service. Not because there’s a shooting war on, however. Instead, General Ennis Hawkes (Frank Lovejoy) is heading a war deterrent project, the Strategic Air Command, and SAG could use a few, […]
Read more "It All Boils Down to Less Danger of War: Strategic Air Command (1955)"Patrick C. Harrison III (aka PC3) is a horror author with plenty of ideas. Recently he announced a leap into semi-regular self-published novella length works, a line of books dubbed PC3’s Splat Life. The first of these, The Sludge Tab, might only clock in at about 40 pages of story, but it is a surprisingly […]
Read more "One Woman’s Life as a Train Wreck of Lousy Opportunities and Worse Choices: Patrick C. Harrison III’s The Sludge Tab"David (Joseph Paul Mano) has it made. He’s the star player of the local football team, got a full ride to Oklahoma University on a football scholarship. He’s living up to his dad’s (Rick Anex) lofty expectations. His new girlfriend Joni (Megan Wyss) adores him … though she’s shy and not yet at ease with […]
Read more "Horror of Personality: Night Screams (1987)"Todd Klein is an author in dire need of a license renewal. Sadly, this year he cannot rely on the Department of Motor Vehicles website to fulfill the necessary requirements and has to head in for a test. He makes an appointment, arrives early, skips the “no appointment” line and … finds himself waiting in […]
Read more "Another Jab at Americana from the Master of Satiric Horror: Bentley Little’s DMV"
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