The reason that The Blair Witch Project was so effective is that audiences thought that it was real; the movie had a genius viral internet marketing campaign that helped fool the public into believing that the three filmmakers were really missing and presumed dead. Unfortunately, now that the hoax has been exposed and every aspiring […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘A Bay Of Blood’ – Mario Bava’s Prototype For The Golden Age Slasher
The roots of the modern slasher movie can generally be traced back to 1960 and the release of Psycho and Peeping Tom. Between then and the late seventies, when the golden age of the slasher began with the release of films like Halloween and Friday the 13th, a handful of modest films kept the blood […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Sleepaway Camp’ – A Slasher Classic Right Up To The Very Last Frame
There is nothing more satisfying for a horror fan than a surprise ending. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Saw, twist endings have been keeping horror audiences guessing for decades. Whether it’s a simple last second jump scare or a jaw-dropping revelation, the shock of the unexpected is something that makes a movie really […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Evilspeak’ – Clint Howard In A Crazy Satanic Computer Movie
Anytime a new technology is introduced into the popular culture, a horror movie will come along to exploit it and make people afraid. Cinema Fearité has already covered this phenomenon with TerrorVision’s treatment of cable television and Videodrome’s take on home video. Modern movies have explored the darker side of personal computers in films like […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Beast Must Die’ – A Classic Werewolf Movie With A Twist
With roots that stem from various mythologies as opposed to any single source, the werewolf has been depicted in many different ways over the history of cinema. From the silent classic Wolf Blood to the teen romance Twilight series, werewolves have been brought to the screen by both costumed actors and CGI artists. Seemingly every […]