This Devil’s Advocate offers a full exploration of SCREAM, including its structure, its many reference points (such as the prominent use of HALLOWEEN (1978) as a kind of sacred text), its marketing (‘the new thriller from Wes Craven’ – not a horror film), and legacy for horror cinema in the new millennium. Wes…
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Released in cinemas in 1982, CREEPSHOW is typically regarded as a minor entry both in the film output of George A. Romero and the adaptations of the works of Stephen King. Yet this lack of critical attention hides the fact that CREEPSHOW is the only full collaboration between America’s bestselling horror author…
Despite being the product of Roger Corman’s AIP exploitation studio, HOUSE OF USHER (1960) enjoys a high standing. But while the impact and cult status of Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle is often discussed in histories of gothic, horror and exploitation cinema, no extended analysis and critical discussion has been…
Auteur Publishing return with the next release in the successful Devil’s Advocates line of books. The first book-length consideration of Ken Russell’s most controversial film THE DEVILS, the complete version of which remains unseen to this day. Undoubtedly the most notorious title in director Ken Russell s controversial filmography, THE…
The Urban Legend of The Blink Man / Peeping Tom was popularized by director Erik Kristopher Myers’ independent movie, BUTTERFLY KISSES and now 12 authors are digging deeper into the folklore with the upcoming book by K. Patrick Glover, ‘In The Blink of An Eye’. Erik Kristopher Myers and K.…