On a chilly November evening, sixteen days passed since Halloween and no one would have thought the wiser. Horror filmmakers from AfterDark’s 8 Films to Die For converged on an intimate gathering of the minds and talent. The place was Dark Delicacies www.darkdel.com,...
On December 15, 2006, I was skimming through the cinema-related headlines and to my naïve surprise, found the heading “Christmas Horror Movie Offends Religious Groups” on CNN.com. I say “naïve surprise” because, upon researching Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s Silent Night,...
After Dark Films has caused quite a stir in the past week with their billboard campaign for academy award nominee Roland Joffe’s foray into the psychological thriller genre. Captivity is the new film being released by After Dark in association with Lionsgate....
On June 29th, the illustrious Roger Ebert inserted his foot squarely into his mouth. Of course this is not the first occasion in which we find the esteemed critic mumbling as he picks bits of shoelace from between his teeth. However, the audacious arrogance and...
Saturday May the 3rd was a good day to be a horror fan for anyone living in reasonable travelling distance of London. The only problem was deciding which cool genre-related event to opt for. Over at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, genre legend Roger Corman was...
“Meaningless pulp.” “Puerile escapism.” “Utter trash.” These are not the labels one would ordinarily associate with an award-winning writer’s work. However, the sound of academia’s jaw hitting the floor continues to resonate years after Stephen King was awarded the...
