I’ve been attempting to conceptualize a space for Black voices in the horror film genre for awhile now. Imagining new ideas for thought when we think about what a “Black horror film” is and how we can take our definitions further. Our experiences and cultural productions are so convoluted...
Also ranks #1 on The Most Startling Jump Scares In Non-Horror Movies 5 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler 1,946 votes Running Time: 3 hr. 21 min. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and...
Perla Cristal’s (literally) show-stopping number later in the film, “Pepita que horror”, is far more dignified (and better-dressed), though like the musical numbers in Franco’s later films it does grind the story to a halt. Fortunately, the song is so good that we don’t much car...
This critic also has odd ideas about family pictures on a desk –“Tellingly the photographs on his desk face away. He is a family man, but they are just part of his priorities.” Martin Newman suggests that the family photographs (Are they? How does he know?) facing away from Mr Blai...
Labels: A Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddy Krueger, horror, Podcast Monday, September 9, 2024 SHV - S19E10 - Freddy vs Jason (2003) We discuss the 16 years and millions of dollars spent on development, the 17 writers, the numerous script ideas that never saw the light of day, the ...
How to narrow down this list of ideas? First, make a rough inventory: Which of the speech topics are you interested in? What amuses you, makes you move right the way, happy or sad? Which topics do you know something about? Which topics would you like to research?
Filed under:Games|Ideas|Travel Idea: A new automatic setting for cameras There’s a rule of thumb for long lenses and shutter speeds: to handhold a camera without noticeable motion blur, your shutter speed should be no slower than the inverse of your focal length. So for a 50mm lens, ...
This is a wonderful Sci-Fi from 1956. I do wish it had been a longer series – like the Quatermass series of the same era. There are several scenes and ideas that, given more time to delve into – would have made this a super-great movie of it’s time. The BEST thing is the mo...
Also ranks #2 on 12 Ana De Armas Horror Movies That Show Her Acting Range 60 Gandhi Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox 277 votes Gandhi, an epic historical drama, unravels the life and times of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Ben Kingsley). Set against the tumultuous backdrop of colonial...
Whether the success of “The Woman in Black” was down to it being Daniel Radcliffe’s first big post-'Potter' role or simply a yearning from audiences for old-school chilling horror, it performed well enough at the box office ($127 million worldwide) to justify a sequel. Anyone who saw...