In the groovy seventies, true-life monsters became pop culture fads. The big three – Bigfoot (or Sasquatch), The Loch Ness Monster, and the Abominable Snowman (or Yeti) – found their ways into exploitative documentaries, sensationalistic television shows, even children’s toys. Low budget filmmakers jumped on board with fictionalizations of the creatures, making classic films like […]
2013
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Final Terror’, The Unsung Hero Of Camp Killer Movies
The woods has always been a great setting for a horror movie. Whether the heroes are running from a mutant monster (Prophecy), battling one of God’s creatures (Grizzly), or fleeing from a masked madman (Friday the 13th), the disorientation and secluded surroundings are just as frightening as the antagonist itself in most of these movies. […]
Film Rant: Dario Argento’s ‘Dracula 3D’
As the years go by it seems ever more likely that Dario Argento will never rescale the inspired heights of his ’70s output, the hysterical horror and steely set-pieces that more than make up for wooden acting, distracting dubbing, and leaden exposition. Mother of Tears had its moments and gave one cautious hope in 2007; […]
Cinema Fearité Presents Mario Bava’s Fantastically Surreal And Intentionally Confusing ‘Kill Baby, Kill’
Because of the overwhelming volume of Hollywood films that are made and the success of the horror genre, the modern horror movie is a fairly American phenomenon. However, the influence of European filmmakers on these films cannot be understated, whether those roots fall within the surrealism of German Expressionism or the eerie Gothicism of Britain’s […]
A Visit To Bran Castle, Transylvania: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Dracula,’ Vampires, And Horror On Display
A trip to Romania is not complete without a visit to the famed Bran Castle, located on the border of Transylvania and Wallachia. A magical place, full of iconography dealing with vampires, it came as no surprise that Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula was one of many films deserving of a mention during the castle tour. […]