“The Dead Zone” (1983) has two essential ingredients for turning Stephen King’s sprawling, light-on-plot 1979 novel into a compelling film. One is Jeffrey Boam’s screenplay,
About 15 years ago when mass layoffs hit newspapers, editors were encouraged to use the catchphrase “Do more with less.” It was idiotic in that
As wannabe porn star Maxine in the horror/dark comedy “X,” Mia Goth sets a record that will never be broken for most side-boob in a single
Rebecca Hall will star this summer in “Resurrection” (Aug. 5), and she’s already set a high bar for herself in psychological horror with “The Night
“Firestarter” (1984) served as a cautionary tale for Blumhouse’s “Firestarter” (2022) by showing what not to do in every instance. Writer Scott Teems (“Halloween Kills”)
“Firestarter” will get a remake later this month, and watching the original “Firestarter” (1984) it’s clear it needs one. As adapted by Stanley Mann, the
“A Return to Salem’s Lot” (1987) – the movie sequel to the 1979 TV miniseries – represents the perils of selling cinematic rights to your
Unless you’re a mega-fan, your knowledge of “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” (1990) might come from the “Key & Peele” skit where they imagine a
“Scream 5” — technically titled “Scream,” but I insist on some sanity on my blog – ends with “For Wes.” To evoke the late great
Love or hate the slew of horror remakes of the early part of this century, but most have something slightly new to say. Or they