- John Hansen
- November 24, 2023
‘Shaun of the Dead’ (2004) the all-time elite zom-com
“Shaun of the Dead” (2004) is not only the best zombie comedy of all time, but a case could be made that it uses zombies
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- John Hansen
- November 23, 2023
‘A Murder at the End of the World,’ ‘Fargo’ Season 5, ‘The Irrational,’ ‘The Spencer Sisters’
The writers’ strike slowed down production, but mystery fans wouldn’t know it this month, as we’re hit with FX/Hulu’s “A Murder at the End of
- John Hansen
- November 20, 2023
Missing Mona Lisa: A look at ‘TMNT’s’ early CBS episodes (Season 4, 1990)
In the first CBS episode, as the Turtles (rather slowly) recognize that a giant fly footprint belongs to Baxter Stockman, they muse about who else
- John Hansen
- November 13, 2023
‘TMNT’ Season 4 (1990) stumbles out of gate with syndicated episodes
After the March 1990 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie, the cartoon’s move to CBS Saturday Mornings in the fall was much-hyped. As a kid, I
- John Hansen
- November 3, 2023
‘Return of the Living Dead’ (1985) takes the comedic route
“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) has one of the messiest horror-franchise continuities, with each of the co-creators trying their own narrative continuation: one in
- John Hansen
- October 31, 2023
Such sights to show you: All 11 ‘Hellraiser’ films, ranked
“Hellraiser” is an oddball among horror franchises, starting with idiosyncratic gore-horror from the writings of Clive Barker, ranging into straight-to-video films where Pinhead (Doug Bradley
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2023
Special effects artists are the stars of ‘Meg 2: The Trench’
Hollywood will eventually use AI to write some movie scripts, and if you want a sneak preview of what that will be like, check out
- John Hansen
- October 28, 2023
‘28 Days Later’ (2002), ‘28 Weeks Later’ (2007) infect zombie fiction with emotion
“28 Days Later” (2002 in the U.K., 2003 in the U.S.) fast-tracked zombies back into the mainstream for a new century. Director Danny Boyle and
- John Hansen
- October 27, 2023
‘Survival of the Dead’ (2009) zombie-walks to series’ finish line
I have to give writer-director George Romero credit for this much: No two of his “Living Dead” films are quite like each other. He can’t
- John Hansen
- October 24, 2023
P&C unearth another New Mexico conspiracy in ‘Dead Mountain’
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child deliver a chiller suitable for curling up against the autumn chill in “Dead Mountain” (August, hardcover). A comfortingly familiar novel