Kurt Barlow is the vampire lord in Stephen King’s SALEM’S LOT, both in the original novel and in the cinematic adaptations that have followed, the masterful 1979 miniseries and the less-than 2004 remake of the miniseries, the one with Rob Lowe. Barlow will, we can safely assume, be the Big Evil in the forthcoming big…
SALEM’S LOT Cast Rounds-Out
We now know most of the principal cast for the remake of SALEM’S LOT, which is scheduled to be out in time for Halloween of 2022. We previously reported on the casting of Lewis Pullman as the protagonist. (I won’t say he was cast as “the lead” because to me, and, I expect, to the…
Peter Proud Getting Reincarnated Again
This is kind of a surprise. Obscure 70s made-for-television Horror flicks don’t typically get remade, and when they do, the results usually leave a bit to be desired. Exhibit A, that remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES. That property deserved so much better than being turned into a silly ineffectual comedy. Wait, what’s that? THE REINCARNATION…
Sabotaging Your Product: HALLOWEEN KILLS
It was announced this week that universal would release HALLOWEEN KILLS to livestreaming on the same day that it releases in theaters. What a stupid move. This is guaranteed to cut the legs from the film in terms of its box office haul. Why would they do this? Folks, the move has nothing to do…
Sabotaging Your Product: MALIGNANT and Livestreaming
The new James Wan film MALIGNANT is nothing less than magnificent. It opened this past weekend, and it didn’t do well. It’s probably fair to call it a flop, at least insofar as its theatrical take is concerned. Why, when CANDYMAN opened just a couple of weeks ago and scored a slam-dunk? Why, when Horror…
Movie Review: MALIGNANT
There’s a certain approach, a certain, shall we say, subtlety one expects of a specific type of movie, what we can call the INSIDIOUS approach, the kind seen in the THE CONJURING movies and the like. The supernatural threat is understated and creeping, slowly rising, often overlooked by any characters on the outside, perceived only…
THE CHOSEN Part Five: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS AND THE MORNING AFTER Chapter Fourteen
Brian walked ahead of Gale down the corridor, his sword held with both hands; the bluish overhead lights glinting off the polished steel caused the runes and glyphs along the blade to stand out in bold relief. The air conditioning chilled him, the artificial breeze licking the sweat from his skin. His wet clothes stuck…
On the Importance of CANDYMAN
At the other end of this link is an article I could not have written. Because I’m not black. The best I could ever do would be to try to mentally put myself in another’s place, try to conceive of how such a person would see the world, use empathy for creative purpose. That’s how…
Sony Moves VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
To quote the Slickster of World Wrestling Federation infamy, “I told you, I told you, I told you—now didn’t I tell you?!” I predicted that Sony would not leave the new Venom movie where they’d parked it, opening on October 15th, the same weekend as HALLOWEEN KILLS. And I was right. But exactly *when* Sony…
Is Nadja the Most Badass of the Vampires on WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS?
Sexiest? Yes. (It’s the accent.) Smartest? No. Well, maybe. But that’s not really saying all that much, now is it? Funniest? How could anyone pick just one, as far as that goes? But Nadja may just be the most badass of the quartet. I would have said Nandor before, but after seeing the way she…