Species
Species (1995) and Nemesis (1992) are two films that I grew up with and associate very strongly with the VHS format. There’s something about movies like Species, the sleazy kind… Read more »
The Craft
Every October I imagine that everybody watches at least one Neve Campbell film. Scream (1996) may be the quintessential Neve Campbell film, but The Craft (1996) is the go to… Read more »
Phantasm
For Don Coscarelli Phantasm (1979) was truly a labor of love (he wrote, produced, directed, photographed and edited the film) that paid off. Where would Matt and Ross Duffer be… Read more »
The Haunting
I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t seen Robert Wise’s film of The Haunting (1963); nor have I read Shirley Jackson’s acclaimed novel The Haunting Of Hill House. I am,… Read more »
Pacific Heights
Having recently just acquired a house for the first time I felt more deeply affected by this film than I did when I first saw it when I was about… Read more »
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
In honor of the new 4K restoration and bluray release of The Face at the Window (1939), and with Halloween fast approaching, I thought it was time to turn my… Read more »
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
By 1992 Francis Ford Coppola had become a director for hire, restricted by the financial debt incurred with the prestige Zoetrope productions of One From The Heart (1982), Rumble Fish… Read more »
Häxan
Häxan (1922) has lost little of its ability to shock and awe almost 100 years after its original release. I remember when I first saw Benjamin Christensen’s masterwork when I… Read more »
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Having just watched the criminally underrated Patty Hearst (1988), Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) was a tremendous disappointment. Of course, this isn’t entirely Paul Schrader’s fault. Dominion suffers mostly… Read more »
Lady In White
I don’t know what it is about American films made in the 1980s, but no other era seems to capture the essence of Autumn in the same way. The Autumn… Read more »
