Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff both had successful and prolific acting careers before the 1930s, but the pair became horror icons when they were cast in their signature roles, Lugosi as the title role in Dracula and Karloff as the monster in Frankenstein, by Universal Pictures. As two of the crown jewels in Universal’s horror […]
On Hitchcock, The Girl, and The Enigma That Remains, Alfred Hitchcock
In the wake of the release of Fox Searchlight’s long anticipated Alfred Hitchcock biopic, appropriately called Hitchcock, a different production about the master of suspense has flown under the radar. Home Box Office, in conjunction with the British Broadcasting Corporation, has made their own Hitchcock film, The Girl, which focuses on a darker side of […]
Cinema Fearité presents Blood Freak (Dir. Steve Hawkes/Brad F. Grinter 1972)
The horrors of drug abuse have had the pleasure of being documented on film for nearly a hundred years. While most of these films are thinly veiled social commentary, others mask their message in a true artistic expression of cinema. Somewhere in between Reefer Madness and Requiem for a Dream sits a weird little horror […]
Film Review: ‘Sister’ (L’enfant d’en haut)
Synopsis: L’enfant d’en haut is a drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests. Release Date: November 17, 2012 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Foreign Film Review Production Sister (L’enfant d’en haut) is a Swiss film by French director Ursula Meier (Home), a […]
Cinema Fearité presents The Brain Eaters (Dir. Bruno VeSota 1958)
As long as there have been actors, there have been actors wanting to be directors. Whether they would handle it all from the beginning of their careers, like Orson Welles or Woody Allen, or transitioned into directing after years of acting, like George Clooney or Ben Affleck, the desire to move from in front of […]