Posts tagged author lowell greenblatt
Fantastic Fest invites you through the "DOOR"!

The reasons for the inclusion of older films into a film festival’s lineup is always cause for reexamination.  Fantastic Fest is typically a platform for newer movies to find an audience (and a home), so why show films from several decades ago?  Is it an anniversary?  Did one of the filmmakers pass away?  Director Banmei Takahashi is still alive and his1988 japanese thriller “Door” is as current as ever.

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Be careful around The Coffee Table at Fantastic Fest!

If Todd Solondz met Garpar Noé at a party neither one of them wanted to go to, “The Coffee Table” would be the film they’d conceive while smoking a joint on the back porch. Directed by Caye Casas from a script he co-wrote with Cristina Borobia, this entry into this year’s Fantastic Fest will certainly not be for everyone, but it will find you where you live.

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Heather Graham is a different kind of host in the new Red Band trailer for SUITABLE FLESH!

From RLJE Films, Joe Lynch is back with his latest film, the ooey-gooey H.P. Lovecraft adaptation “Suitable Flesh!”  Playing in this year’s Fantastic Fest, “Suitable Flesh” has a new trailer which sheds more light (and skin) on the shapeshifting plot.  You can catch it in theaters and on VOD next month!

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Five by Five: “Satanic Hispanics" May Just Usher In A New Golden Age For Horror Anthologies

Anthology horror films are curious beasts.  They’re known for having segments ranging in quality from classic to abysmal.  Even fans of “Creepshow” (arguably the best anthology horror film of all time, if not in the top 5), have segments they rank last without thinking twice.  This doesn’t mean they’re bad, or even that they lessen the film as a whole.  Weak entries are priced into all anthology films, and they don’t stop them from being classics.  There aren’t many exceptions to this rule, but “Satanic Hispanics” doesn’t contain a single bad segment.

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New Belgium Extreme: A review of "Megalomaniac!"

They never caught the Butcher of Mons, but they found his victims. In 1997, their remains were found, but the case went unsolved and the murders ceased. That is, until today when his two adult children continue the twisted legacy of their father.  Such is the plot of “Megalomaniac,” a gloomy piece of work out of Belgium that won the top Jury Prize for Best Feature at Fantasia last year. From writer/director Karim Ouelhaj, “Megalomaniac” might just be the feel-bad film of the year if, like me, you were lost in the extreme implausibility of “See No Evil.”  But that’s another article.

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Lisa Wilcox talks to Macabre Daily about 35 years of “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master!”

This week marks 35 years since the release of “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.”  Helmed by future blockbuster director Renny Harlin, “Dream Master” was a massive hit, known for being louder, brighter, quippier, and just BIGGER than any entry in the series before or since.  While the film is memorable for its special effects, including several eye-popping deaths, it also introduced us to one of the best Final Girls in horror, Alice Johnson, played by Lisa Wilcox.  

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The Shemp Stays In the Picture: A Review Of “Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist”

The “Evil Dead” franchise has seen so many home video releases, that between commentaries, making-of featurettes, and interviews, that it has amassed more special features than Stefon’s latest nightclub find.  While Anchor Bay drowned us in “limited” editions of each film in the original trilogy, one person was barely accounted for: special effects artist Tom Sullivan.  Sullivan’s story is told with humor and heart in the latest Synapse blu-ray of director Ryan Meade’s “Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist.”  

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Macabre Daily Talks With Bruce Seddon, creator of “Never Sleep Again: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game!”

An interview with Bruce Seddon

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An Interview with Christopher Griffiths and Gary Smart, Directors of 'Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story!'

As “Dead Mouse Productions,” Gary Smart and Christopher Griffiths have been making horror documentaries for a decade.  You may have seen their comprehensive retrospectives “You’re So Cool, Brewster: The Story of Fright Night,” “Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellraiser II” or their recent “Pennywise: The Story of It.”  Dead Mouse’s latest doc, “Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story,” is a slight change of pace that focuses on the career of one actor.  Smart and Griffiths sat down to discuss their latest film, how documentary filmmaking has changed since they started, and the “Zelig”-like career of the iconic Robert Englund.

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Better Late Than Never: A Review of “Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story!”

No matter how much special effects makeup he wears, or how thick of an accent his characters may have, you instantly recognize Robert Englund in any film he’s in.  Once he shows up as a creepy redneck, an eccentric doctor, or a hapless alien, we all instantly turn into that Leonardo DiCaprio meme.  His most recognizable character, of course, is Freddy Kruger, the dream-stalking child murderer with a razor glove.  Unless you’re a horror fan, Robert Englund and Freddy Kruger are one in the same, much to the chagrin of many, including I’m sure, Englund himself.  Enter directors Gary Smart and Christopher Griffiths, who’ve made “Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story,” the definitive documentary on the guy who scared us stiff.

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Director Joe Lo Truglio Talks His Debut Feature 'OUTPOST' with Macabre Daily!

Over the past few years, some of the most recognized horror directors have emerged from the comedy world.  Audiences couldn’t have imagined established comedic actors like Jordan Peele and John Krasinski were capable of bringing us horror films, let alone major hits like “Get Out” and “A Quiet Place.” Now Joe Lo Truglio (“The State,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Wet Hot American Summer”) has written and directed Outpost, a psychological horror film starring his wife, and fellow comedian Beth Dover.  I was lucky enough to talk to Lo Truglio about the film, wanting to make a horror film since he was 13, and the perils of shooting an indie movie on a mountain.  We discuss some minor spoilers towards the end, but we’ll keep it vague.  You don’t want this one ruined for you.

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