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Looking Back at Die, Monster, Die!

Earlier, we discussed the first Lovecraftian work to be translated to film: “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.” The film was, of course, The Haunted Palace, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. At that time we made the argument that few, if any,  of the major studio films based on Lovecraft’s writings . . . → Read More: Looking Back at Die, Monster, Die!

Looking back at The Haunted Palace

Mention director Roger Corman and horror fans immediately and correctly  start thinking about the late Vincent Price. Together they gave us such Sixties cult classics as The House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, The Tomb of Ligea, and of course, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunted Palace.

Wait. Weren’t all those aforementioned . . . → Read More: Looking back at The Haunted Palace

Movie Review: Let the Right One In

Genre: Horror

Rating: R for some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language.

Feature Running Time: 115 minutes

Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson

Studio: EFTI

Whenever a film makes the leap across borders, fans have a right to be nervous. Was  Point of No Return as good as the original Le Femme . . . → Read More: Movie Review: Let the Right One In

DVD Review: Daybreakers

Genre: Horror

Rating: R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity

Feature Running Time: 98 minutes

Studio: Lionsgate

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Claudia Karvan

DVD Release Date: May 11, 2010

The fact that Daybreakers sped from theater screens to DVD release in four months should be enough to . . . → Read More: DVD Review: Daybreakers