Castle Rock… to Stephen King fans, the name of this town sends shivers down their spines. So many of the Master of Horror’s stories have been set in this creepy, fictitious little suburb of Portland, Maine, and quite a few of them have been made for the silver screen, including …
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Harvesting Fear: Unearthing the Cult Classic ‘CHILDREN OF THE CORN’ (1984)
Another chip off the old “Castle Rock,” Children of the Corn is a horror film released in 1984, based on a short story of the same name by Stephen King, which was first published in 1977 in the March issue of Penthouse (a publication I never heard of before) and …
Read More »25 Years Of ‘THE RAGE: CARRIE 2’ (1999) – Retro Review
Poor emotional regulation apparently runs heavily in the White family genes. 25 years after the release of Stephen King’s novel, and 23 years after the award-winning film adaptation of Carrie (1976), we learned that the legacy of the White family had hardly stopped with Carrie (Sissy Spacek, Castle Rock, 2018), …
Read More »‘Needful Things’ (1993): You Might Need This Underrated Flick
Needful Things is a 1993 American horror film directed by Fraser C. Heston (the son of Charlton Heston) and based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King (screenplay by W. D. Richter). The film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, a common setting …
Read More »Celebrating 40 Years Of Cujo With Eight Fascinating Facts
The early 1980s were a golden era of horror. It served as the first wave of the American slasher craze and made rock stars out of the FX teams responsible for creating some of the most inventive kills to date. It was also when feature-length Stephen King adaptations were a …
Read More »‘SMILE’ (2022) – Headcase Or Head Cursed? – Spoiler Free Review
When the promos dropped for Smile, I instantly felt great vibes about the movie. ” What’s that? The monster is something only I can see, and it blankly smiles at me? Okay, that’s creepy… I’m in!” What can I say? I’m a sucker for new ideas in my favorite genre, …
Read More »Everything We Know So Far About ‘American Horror Stories’ Season 2
Last summer, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk surprised their fans with the first ever season of American Horror Stories, a seven-episode spinoff series of American Horror Story (AHS). Unlike the ten seasons of AHS, American Horror Stories features a new tale of horror in each episode, with new and reoccurring cast …
Read More »Epix Releases The Trailer For The Horror Series, ‘From’
The talented visionaries that brought Lost and Game of Thrones to the small screen, Epix, drops the first full length trailer for their horror/sci-fi series, From. From the official press release: EPIX® has released the first full-length trailer for their contemporary sci-fi horror series, From, premiering on February 20, 2022. …
Read More »EPIX Releases ‘FROM’ (2022) Teaser and Announces Release Date
EPIX just released a first-look teaser trailer for their contemporary sci-fi horror series, From. It looks pretty cool! Production wrapped earlier this month in Halifax, Nova Scotia. EPIX plans to release it early next year in the U.S. while Netflix distributes it everywhere else. Check out the teaser below, then …
Read More »Zane Hershberger And Chad Bruns’ Action Horror Thriller, ‘Force To Fear’ (2020) – Blu-ray Review
I was surprised that I hadn’t heard of the Scream Team Releasing film, Force To Fear (2020), before now, especially after seeing how many familiar names and faces were involved. When the Blu-ray became available this past summer, it popped up onto my radar, and I knew I had to …
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