A few years ago, Cinema Fearité took a look at the legendary science fiction classic The Blob. Now, we’re doubling down with the less legendary – but equally awesome – science fiction classic The Green Slime. The Green Slime is about an astronaut named Commander Jack Rankin (The Spy Killer’s Robert Horton) who […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Ghostwatch’ – The Halloween Broadcast That Terrified A Whole Nation
In a post-The Blair Witch Project world, it’s difficult to fool the public with a faux-documentary, but before 1999, people were gullible. Orson Welles caused panic with his radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds back in 1938. In 1980, Cannibal Holocaust was so convincing that director Ruggero Deodato was brought up […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Flowers In The Attic’ – Modern Gothic Horror At Its Finest
Gothic horror is usually thought of as a period subgenre, with lavish costumes and grand sets. Gothic horror movies are also generally considered to be older classics, like Nosferatu or Frankenstein. Even modern gothic horror movies are either set in past centuries, like Crimson Peak or The Woman in Black, or deal with the making […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Rollerball’ – A Slightly Futuristic Dystopian Movie From The Seventies That Could Have Been Made Today
Science fiction is a nebulous thing. It can be heavily futuristic, or it can take place “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” Or sometimes, it can take place just barely in the future, giving the audience a glimpse of almost an alternate timeline of history. It is one of these worlds […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Shadow Of The Vampire’ – The ‘Real’ Story Of The Making Of A Horror Classic
In the years after the writer’s passing, Bram Stoker’s estate was very protective of his intellectual property. So, in 1922, when German expressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau was denied the rights to do an adaptation of Dracula, he did one anyway – but he had to change the name of his lead character from Count Dracula […]