Shot by a group of college friends who made commercials, Night of the Living Dead has endured for over 40 years as the gold standard of zombie films. Released in 1968, on a shoe-string budget, and with little to no experience for most of the cast and crew, this film continues to influence pop culture still today.
Continue reading #21 – Countdown to Halloween: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
The Countdown blazes on! We’ve seen some great movies and some bad movies in preparation for the upcoming celebration of All Hallow’s Eve. Some Horror films can be tied to other holidays of course. Christmas, Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day all have their share of movies. But when it comes to Halloween, one movie stands out above the rest.
A movie that helped guide all horror to come. It spawned a number of sequels, a reboot and a remake, which itself spawned a sequel. You’d think that would narrow it down a little, right? Not in this day and age of reboot madness. That’s a topic for another day. Today we are going to take a look at Rob Zombie’s Halloween.
Continue reading #22 – Countdown to Halloween: HALLOWEEN (2007)
I’m gonna go ahead and be biased for this one because it’s one of my favorite horror movies of all time. Does it stand the test of time? Hell no. At this point there is nothing appealing about watching Prince Humperdink dancing to an eighties song with Marcy D’Arcy, but it’s still a fun film, with great special effects and an awesome performance from Roddy McDowell as ‘Peter Vincent the Great Vampire Killer’.
Continue reading #23 – Countdown to Halloween: FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)
Do you know what connects the films Troll and Troll 2? (Other than the fact that I bought them packaged onto one DVD). The word ‘troll’ in the title. That’s it. They share no characters, no cast, no locations, not even a single plot element. In fact there isn’t even a troll in Troll 2. There are however, lots of goblins.
The Silence of the Lambs is one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time. Based on the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris, the movie was released in 1991.Not only did it shock and disturb audiences everywhere, but it set a new standard for horror movies. This was not just another gore-filled hack-and-slash. This is a complete mind-blowing thriller, and one of my favorite movies of all time.
Continue reading #25 – Countdown to Halloween: SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
We’re continuing our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS with the creative team of the superhero blog The Urban 30. Their current season keeps on rolling out every week, so I’ll pull you away from their adventures for our next discussion.
Christopher Brown is the writer of Xander Allen AKA Hitman, as well as one of the artist’s bringing life to the U30. Please join me in welcoming him Inside the Grizzly Studio.
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