Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story, the Jamie Lee Curtis-produced documentary about the late writer/producer, will begin production with Causeway Pictures. Queen of the Hill The documentary is set to be directed by Irish filmmakers Jim McMorrow and Margaret McGoldrick, and it will tell the story of Hill, who wrote and produced many films with… Read More »
45 years ago, John Carpenter hit the kind of paydirt that keeps him in snacks and video games to this very day. There’s really not much left to be said about Halloween‘s impact since its release in 1978. A small-scale yet fleshed-out feature film born from the ideas and visual style of Carpenter’s student short… Read More »
John Carpenter notoriously hates studio involvement in his work. It’s part of why he effectively retired from directing, which is an endless source of heartbreak for fans. But that disdain did once have an upside. After dealing with studios for his four previous films (The Thing, Christine, Starman, and Big Trouble in Little China), Carpenter… Read More »
You can cross one potential theory off the list with regard to The Thing’s ending. Debunked straight from the source. I Know I’m Me The ambiguous nature of the ending to John Carpenter’s The Thing is just one of the reasons it has stood the test of time. There have been plenty of theories over… Read More »
On this day in 1996, John Carpenter finally directed a sequel to one of his films. While historically it might be seen as a failure, Escape From L.A. is a genuinely entertaining follow-up to 1981’s Escape From New York that deserves a bit more respect. Kurt Russell returns as Snake Plissken, thrust into yet another… Read More »
Two notable movies made their debut on this day in horror history. Chuck Russell’s gory remake of The Blob came out 35 years ago today and 25 years ago we witnessed the return of Michael Myers (again) alongside the debut of Josh Hartnett’s strikingly terrible haircut in Halloween H20. The Blob sees an alien creature… Read More »
Tune in as host, Kevin Given shares his views on this classic film series Halloween! Who did it better? Carpenter or Zombie? Watch now…… [embedded content] Q) Why was Michael Myers in a sanitarium? Q) How long was Myers in the sanitarium? Q) What is Michael Myers hometown? Q) Who played Michael Myers in the… Read More »