Origianlly published at Fangoria.com on Dec. 5, 2010 With the recent passing of Dino De Laurentiis, the opportunity arises to look back at one of the films in his long-lasting legacy. In 1986, the legendary producer backed Michael Mann’s uniquely stylish thriller, MANHUNTER, based on RED DRAGON, the first Hannibal Lecter novel by Thomas Harris. […]

Originally posted at Fangoria.com on October 10, 2010 With David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK now a hit in theaters, the time is right to take a look back at his 1995 serial-killer thriller SE7EN. There have been countless films with similar subject matter in the past two decades, but to this day, SE7EN continues to […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on August 8, 2010 At the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Zombo Italiano series presented Lamberto Bava’s graphic shocker DEMONS. It tells the now-classic story of theater patrons watching a horror movie on the big screen who are suddenly cursed to turn into bloodthirsty creatures themselves. […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on August 7, 2010 During the recent Zombo Italiano at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, fans had a chance to see the 1979 apocalyptic opus ZOMBIE (a.k.a. ZOMBI 2) on the big screen. This is the quintessential ghoul flick that established director Lucio Fulci as a […]

Originally publisged at Fangoria.com on May 27, 2010 With the Nimrod Antal-directed PREDATORS on the way, the time is perfect to look back at PREDATOR 2, a worthy follow-up featuring the extraterrestrial huntsman who singlehandedly brought down an entire team of commando elite in the 1987 original. In the second installment, released in 1990, a […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on June, 6, 2010 Hailing from Japan, director Kinji Fukasaku’s BATTLE ROYALE is a high-octane thriller, a combination of LORD OF THE FLIES and THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. Under orders from the authoritarian government, 42 teenaged students are given weapons and forced to play a deadly game of survival. An education […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on June, 6, 2010 Reminiscent of Dario Argento’s gory style, HIGH TENSION (a.k.a. HAUTE TENSION) is an intense French shocker that strikes you in the jugular. Director/co-writer Alexandre Aja lives up to the searing title, creating an admirable tribute to ’70s slasher films like HALLOWEEN and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. In the […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on May 23, 2010 With a Darren Lynn Bousman-directed remake on the way, the time is right for a look back at the 1980 exploitation classic MOTHER’S DAY. The film follows three women whose lives are drastically changed forever when they are kidnapped by a sadistic family. Trina (Nancy Hendrickson), Jackie […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 24, 2010 With the remake of Wes Craven’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET opening this Friday, April 30, the time is ripe for the two follow-ups with which Craven was directly involved to be revisited. Craven first returned as a writer and executive producer on 1987’s A NIGHTMARE ON […]

Originally published at Fangoria.com on October 5, 2009 CARRIE is the revenge tale of a high school girl who was picked on one too many times. Carrie White just wanted to be herself and have wonderful fun with her date at the prom. Instead she was forced to use her telekinetic powers to hurt those who […]