IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS *** UK 2019 Dir: David A Weiner. 264 mins There’s no doubting the affection behind this four hour celebration of 1980s horror: the title design is lovingly modelled on Carpenter’s THE THING, the synth score (by Weary Pines and New Retro Wave) is a spry homage…
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Famous video label VIPCO are back and they have put out their first release of 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray, the VHS documentary VHS FOREVER? PSYCHOTRONIC PEOPLE. VHS FOREVER? PSYCHOTRONIC PEOPLE is a feature length documentary taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in…
From filmmaker Darcy Weir, and featuring frighteningly true encounters with Bigfoot, Sasquatch Among Wildmen coming this November from Uncork’d Entertainment. Throughout history, ape-like humanoids have appeared in myths and legends of cultures from around the world. The best known wildmen that people still say they see roaming the wilds of…
When it was released in 1987, The Monster Squad was deemed a failure by critics and was, according to the box office, a film no one cared about. But over the last three decades, word of mouth has turned this sleeping hit into a cultural phenomenon. Wolfman’s Got Nards explores…
THE HORROR CROWD *** USA 2020 Dir: Ruben Pla. 92 mins Actor / director Ruben Pla is a jovial – if sometimes slightly intrusive – onscreen presence throughout this warm documentary, in which he interviews an assortment of friends and contacts within the Hollywood horror film community. The line of…