The Kitsch Hits ‘The Fan’: Lauren Bacall Stars in the Weirdly Enjoyable ’80s Thriller
The Fan, a gritty stalker-thriller, runs like clockwork, earning a steady momentum toward a stylishly spooky finish.
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’70s Horror Film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death Fools Everyone
Writer-Director John Hancock and co-writer Lee Kalcheim take the gothic heroine from hundreds of penny dreadfuls and allow her to have her agency in the most unusual horror film, Let's Scare Jessica to Death.
John Badham’s ‘Dracula’, the Rock Star
On John Badham's Dracula. Because the director of Saturday Night Fever is the first person you would think of to direct Dracula, right?
Who Can Take Tomorrow, Dip It in a Scream? The ‘Candyman’ Can…
Bernard Rose's Candyman offers a moody "elegance", if you will, that's sorely lacking in other horror films of the era.
‘Quatermass and the Pit’ Peers into the Dark Nature of Human Evolution
Nigel Kneale's book and screenplay, which Hammer Films made into Quatermass and the Pit, raises many provocative questions regarding the nature of human evolution and the conception of the devil itself.
‘Get Shorty’ Is the Purest Distillation of Elmore Leonard
The 1995 Hollywood caper Get Shorty, starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito, was billed as Elmore Leonard's revenge on the movie industry, but it has a funny way of showing it.
Bill & Ted’s 30th Anniversary: Still Most Triumphant
Bill and Ted's relentless enthusiasm, openness, and goodwill toward all they meet are infectious and, quite frankly, rather inspiring, even (or perhaps especially) in the face of the apathy, prejudice, and animosity that surrounds us today.
A Man, a Plan, a Manimal
Considered one of the worst things to ever hit the television waves in 1983, Manimal doesn't look so bad in 2015. Really.
Soldiers vs. Werewolves in the Scottish Highlands
Through their relentless bloodlust and willingness to organize and plot with their own kind, these werewolves are, in many ways, like us.
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