Striking the right balance of tone and genres in a horror comedy can be a tricky proposition. Writer Tim Ryan and director Trevor Ryan manage to pull this off with their alien-thriller-comedy splatterfest Welcome to Willits (Nevermore Film Festival 2017). The film, which played at the Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina on the […]
I really didn’t sit down to write a remembrance of Bill Paxton — as someone who reports genre news on a daily basis – when things like this happen — the passing of a celebrity or genre notable — I’ve found it better to not add to that sudden rush of noise and praise and […]
Next year is promising to bring alien based horror back to the forefront with the May 26th release of LIFE – directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds – the film will tell the tale of a “six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge […]
“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” – Hicks (Michael Biehn) agrees with Ripley (Signourney Weaver) in Aliens as they surviving marines search for the best plan in dealing with the swarming, unstoppable xenomorphs. James Cameron delivers a kick-ass sequel to Ridley Scott’s […]
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Most sequels manage to both suck and blow at the same time. It’s a marvel of physics but it’s no surprise. Most great movies were planned on being one and done and it was only after their success that the suits started throwing money around demanding more of the same. And therein lies the problem. […]
Being a guy who is familiar with UFO, paranormal and unexplained topics, I am well aware of the Montauk Conspiracy theory. Now, I have the opportunity to view a new pseudo-documentary about the topic, Montauk Chronicles. As with most films dealing with subject matter of this sort, the viewer better be ready to not only […]