by Don Kaye | Nov 1, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Home Viewing
We’re in the middle of a bit of a John Carpenter renaissance at the moment, which can only be a good thing. Halloween was recently reissued in a gorgeous new Blu-ray transfer, while the past year has seen terrific special edition Blu-rays of films like Assault on...
by Don Kaye | Oct 31, 2013 | Features, Staff Picks
It’s Halloween! Which means everyone should go home tonight and load up on the scary movies (the scarier the better, is what we say – we like our horror straight, and rarely with a dash of comedy). But how many of those movies are actually set on Halloween? That,...
by Don Kaye | Oct 28, 2013 | Home Viewing, Staff Picks
“Hill House had stood for 90 years, and might stand for 90 more…” British actor Richard Johnson intoned those words 50 years ago in the opening shot of Robert Wise’s 1963 The Haunting, which itself remains standing as the greatest haunted house film ever made and one...
by Don Kaye | Oct 23, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Home Viewing
Vincent Price was a working Hollywood actor long before he became a horror icon, yet it was his genre work that gave his career a decidedly strong second wind while also ensuring that his name would not vanish into the mists of cinema history. Coming along just after...
by Don Kaye | Oct 17, 2013 | Interviews, What's Hot
The connection between rock music — especially the heavier varieties — and horror movies has always been a vibrant one, with fans of both easily migrating back and forth between the two and the former often co-opting the imagery of the latter. It was,...
