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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IT’S ALIVE **** USA 1974 Dir: Larry Cohen. 87 mins Writer-director Larry Cohen’s first horror movie is a semi-satirical modern monster movie with a title cannily aping the most famous line from classic Universal horror: hero John Ryan anecdotally acknowledges this by recalling his high school realisation that the…
KING COHEN **** USA 2017 Dir: Steve Mitchell 110 mins Opening with J J Abrams clutching an IT’S ALIVE baby prop while relating an anecdote, this is a regaling feature documentary about one of modern horror’s smartest writer-producer-directors, made by the guy who wrote the vaguely Cohen-esque high concept splatter…
The highly anticipated KING COHEN, the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen, will receive a full theatrical run across the U.S – including Los Angeles and New York – beginning 27th July courtesy of Dark Star Pictures. Cohen, best known for resourceful low-budget horror…