Although Boris Karloff had been making movies for years before he became the monster in Frankenstein, this signature roll opened the gates to offers for more monster roles and cemented his legacy as an icon in the horror genre. Tucked neatly within Karloff’s filmography between The Mummy and The Black Cat is a lost little […]
2012
Cinema Fearité presents The Video Dead (Dir. Robert Scott 1987)
There are two kinds of bad movies. There are bad movies that are just unwatchable, and then there are bad movies that strike a chord with certain audiences and are sought out and viewed because of the very fact that they are bad. In 1987, The Video Dead was made, becoming an instant cult classic […]
Cinema Fearité presents The Legend of Hell House (Dir. John Hough 1973)
Legendary writer Richard Matheson has had his hand in dozens of Hollywood productions, whether it has been as the imagination behind many of the more memorable episodes of “The Twilight Zone” or as the creator of screenplays for movies like I Am Legend or Duel. In 1973, Matheson’s most frightening book was brought to the […]
Cinema Fearité presents Blood and Roses (Dir. Roger Vadim 1960)
Vampires have always been the most sexy and loved movie monsters. Starting with Dracula himself, following through The Lost Boys and continuing into Twilight, bloodsuckers have gained a reputation as the hip, romantic undead beings. It’s not just the male vampires that can be fashionable, either, as director Roger Vadim (Barbarella) showed the world in […]
Film Rave: On Morality, Romance, and Truth in The Words (Dir. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal 2012)
A writer’s words can project their soul onto the page, for the world to embrace, admonish, or when such words reveal a love story beyond measure to provoke a wealth of emotion. Passing off another’s work as your own is the cruelest act a writer can commit; in The Words, Bradley Cooper’s character Rory Jansen […]