Retro Review: 15th Anniversary Screening of 28 Days Later w/John Murphy
Revisiting the cult “zombie” film on the big screen, with commentary from the composer Hoodihoo Productions’ recent Throwback Thursday: Zombie
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Film Fests & Retrospectives
Horror, fantasy & sci-fi film festivals, retrospectives & other & special events in Los Angeles.
Retro Review: Watching Black Sunday & Castle of Blood at the New Beverly
The venerable revival house takes film fanatics on a trip through time – back to when movies flickered in 35mm
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Horror Filmmaker Pete Walker Interview
On Wednesday, September 9, the American Cinematheque hosted a double-bill screening of two horror films directed by Pete Walker, House
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Film Review: Ring (1998)
RING (sometimes spelled “Ringu,” to distinguish it from its 2002 American remake) is a smash hit horror film from Japan, which
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Film Retrospective: House of Wax (1953)
The classic horror film looks great but delivers little horror. The enduring reputation of this 3D horror film almost seems
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Film Review: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Writer-director Roman Polanski’s film adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel has earned a reputation as one of the greatest horror films
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Retro Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960)
This low-budget black-and-white shocker is one of the great achievements in the horror genre, although it eschews the monsters and
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Resident Evil: Afterlife (Film Review)
Hard experience and profound disappointment have taught us not to expect too much from the RESIDENT EVIL films, which tend
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Film Review: Resident Evil – Extinction (2007)
This film is yet more evidence that, like the walking dead who shuffle across the screen, the zombie sub-genre
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Film Review – Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
In case you missed the first Resident Evil film, the story involved a virus that gets loose in a secret
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Capsule Review – Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
After killing off Jason Voorhees in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART IV: THE FINAL CHAPTER and then having someone else don
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Scaredy Cats: Cat Girl (1957)
The low-budget opus belatedly attempts to cash in on Cat People, but it has little of the subtlety or style
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Talking about "Diary of the Dead" with George Romero and John Landis
Four months since the West Coast premiere of DIARY OF THE DEAD at Screamfest, I took advantage of the opportunity
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