Augustine is one of the harder sorts of films to write about, being handsomely mounted, with appealing leads and an interesting story, a minimum of pandering or condescension towards the audience, and fully aware of the ramifications of its subject matter. The problem is, it’s just not very interesting. Augustine was a patient of […]
2012
Cinema Fearité Remembers The Influential Work Of Ray Harryhausen In ‘It Came From Beneath The Sea’
This week, the motion picture industry lost one of its most influential figures. Special effects artist Ray Harryhausen passed away in London at the age of 92. Harryhausen’s stop-motion animation techniques are the stuff of legends, from the ape in Mighty Joe Young (which won an Oscar for best visual effects) to the medusa in […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Attack Of The Puppet People’
Samuel Z. Arkoff’s American International Pictures made a habit of capitalizing on the successes of Universal Pictures movies in the 1950s. The production and distribution company pumped out modernizations of the classic monster films, including I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. In 1958, hot on the heels of Universal’s The […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’, A True Story That Is Creepier Than Fiction.
Masked killers are always scary, but the words “based on a true story” seem to magnify the effect. From The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Strangers, the claim that a horror movie is based on actual events gives it an air of authenticity that can be terrifying. In 1976, during the infancy of the […]
NBFF Film Review: The Fun, Dark Twisted Tale That Is ‘Rushlights’
Rushlights is a twisted tale of lies and deceit, with a host of characters that get more shady by the minute. This is, of course, the extreme fun in watching Rushlights‘ story play out on screen. The twists keep coming, the momentum never slows down, and the near-pulpiness of the movie only helps matters. […]
