Most people think of zombies as, depending on their age, either the slow moving walkers of George Romero’s movies or the athletic sprinters of films like 28 Days Later. The original cinematic zombies, however, were the voodoo zombies of films like White Zombie, Revolt of the Zombies, and I Walked with a Zombie, real people […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Night Train to Terror’ – A Schizophrenically Weird Ride With God and Satan
The horror anthology movie has been a staple of the genre for as long as there has been a genre, finding its beginnings with films like Waxworks in the silent era. The trend continues to this day, with successful franchises such as V/H/S and The ABCs of Death carrying the torch. Anthology films may have […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Wizard of Gore’ – A Splattery Flick From The Godfather Of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Wizard of Gore’ From the king of splatter cinema, ‘The Wizard of Gore’ is Herschell Gordon Lewis’ career crowing achievement. The term “splatter cinema” was first coined by George Romero, but his films rarely fit the pure definition of the term. Although there is plenty of gore in some of his […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Student Bodies’ – The Original Slasher Parody
Slasher movies have always been based, at least a little, in comedy. While early films like Halloween and Friday the 13th horrified audiences, the later entries into both franchises flirted with humor, recognizing the silliness of their premises. Freddy Krueger, the antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies, is as quick with a […]
Cinema Fearité Bids Farewell To Robin Williams With ‘One Hour Photo’ – A Creepy Film That Proves He Was More Than Just A Funnyman
As everyone has heard by now, Robin Williams died earlier this week at the age of 63. A comedian first and foremost, the actor broke into Hollywood playing humorous roles in movies like Popeye and Mrs. Doubtfire, but quickly proved his meddle by taking on dramatic parts in such films as Dead Poets Society and […]