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NEWS – Tremors TV Show Now on DVD

Published on: 11th March, 2010

Ron Underwood’s original B-movie classic Tremors was the perfect balance of horror and comedy. A throwback to the cheap flicks of the 1950s, the movie co-starred Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward as handymen in a remote desert town that is suddenly plagued by underground reptiles that hunt through sound. Each sequel got progressively worse, with [...]

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NEWS – Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder Set for Blu-ray?

Published on: 11th March, 2010

Whilst there is a threat that both Will Smith and Michael Bay are set to remake Alfred Hitchcock (did Gus Van Sant teach us nothing), there are still plenty of ways for audiences to rediscover the master filmmaker’s vintage classics without subjecting themselves to watered-down copies.
L.A. residents can check out screenings of Shadow of a [...]

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NEWS – Showing of Adam Green’s Frozen at LA’s New Beverly Cinema

Published on: 10th March, 2010

With Hatchet 2 expecting to splash its way across the screen later this year, director Adam Green is currently riding high on the success of his latest thriller Frozen, which was screened to an enthusiastic crowd at Sundance earlier this year. Based around the concept of three skiers trapped in a lift in the dead [...]

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NEWS – Corey Haim Dead at 38

Published on: 10th March, 2010

Former ’80s star Corey Haim died earlier today from a suspected drug overdose. The troubled actor, who became a heartthrob after appearing in The Lost Boys back in 1987, had been battling a well-publicised drug addiction for many years. Alongside Corey Feldman, who he would co-star with in License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream [...]

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NEWS – Dan O’Bannon Tribute in LA Later This Month

Published on: 9th March, 2010

It is two days since the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and fans of the legendary actress Farrah Fawcett are still stewing that the star, who passed away on the same day as Michael Jackson, was omitted from the 2010 Oscar Orbit Reel. Yet whilst the likes of Karl Malden and Patrick Swayze got the respect [...]

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NEWS – Predator 2 Screening in LA This April

Published on: 9th March, 2010

Whilst few fans of ’80s action will argue that the Arnold Schwarzenegger flick Predator is the ultimate macho guilty pleasure (as well as an inventive sci-fi classic), its 1990 sequel was been criminally underappreciated over the last twenty years.
Sandwiched in Stephen Hopkins’ résumé between A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and Judgment [...]

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NEWS – No Right Turn Region 2 DVD Details

Published on: 8th March, 2010

Those that have been eagerly awaiting a region 2 release of David Noel Bourke’s surreal noir drama No Right Turn will be pleased to know that the movie is finally set to surface on April 10, courtesy of Another World Entertainment.
Boasting lush cinematography and dark sexual overtones, the movie has developed something of a cult [...]

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NEWS – Xtro 4 to Begin Shooting This Summer

Published on: 8th March, 2010

With Hollywood digging up every old fossil from the 1970s and ’80s and giving them the attractive MTV makeover, fans of old school schlock may be interested to know that there are still the occasional sequels produced. Whilst the follow-up to The Lost Boys may have been a total disaster, one classic that is set [...]

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NEWS – Win Argento’s The Card Player on DVD from Arrow

Published on: 7th March, 2010

Fans of Euro horror have been spoilt rotten over the last few years, thanks to long overdue releases from such cult labels as Blue Underground, Shameless and Arrow. The latter have already given us excellent editions of Lamberto Bava’s Macabro/Macabre, Lucio Fulci’s Quella villa accanto al cimitero/The House by the Cemetery and Dario Argento’s Non [...]

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NEWS – Hammer Plan Reboots

Published on: 6th March, 2010

Looks like Hollywood’s obsession with remakes is rubbing off on other countries now, as Britain’s Hammer Films have announced that they plan to bring back some of their classics for modern audiences. Having already acquired the rights for the Swedish vampire flick Låt den rätte komma in/Let the Right One In, the studio have now [...]

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