After Dark’s 51 airs February 26th at 9 p.m. on Syfy as part of “Syfy Saturday Original Movies”, check your local listing. Check out the trailer. 51 chronicles what happens after political pressure from the American public forces the Air Force to provide a few well-known reporters with limited access to the most secretive base …
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‘Monsters’ Trailer – District9ey Goodness
Alas, something to get excited about. This one my friends is called Monsters and it has the vibe and feel of Cloverfield (ahem, done better) meets District 9 (sheer awesome). Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry …
Farewell, Dan O'Bannon! Thanks for Ripley…
Dan O’Bannon, the sci-fi and horror screenwriter behind some of the genres’ most recognizable titles, has died in Los Angeles following a short illness. He was 63. He brought us the sci-fi creepiness that was Alien. And we say thank you!
‘V’ Premiere’s Tonight!
My inner nerd is all in a tizzy over this, could be the flu meds, but no it’s definitely V. While on my deathbed Sunday I watched the 1983 version all night on Syfi, sad but true story. Anyway the spanking new version premiere’s tonight! Giant spaceships appear over 29 major cities of the world, …
The Fourth Kind – Good Idea in Theory
I think I like the idea of this movie, way more than I will like the actual movie. It’s called, The Fourth Kind Here’s the deal, it’s a fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there …
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‘Evil Dead (2013)’ Review – Earns its R! Darkly Fun.
Directed by Fede Alvarez (2013) No Ash? Wait, they are remaking Evil Dead, without Bruce Campbell? What? That’s crazy talk. That will never work. The Ash character is now a girl? Remember when the internet world went all flavors of nutters when all that information came out about this remake. Guess what? They were WRONG! …
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Bates Motel – Three Episodes In So Far, So Odd
After a much needed break, I have returned from my walkabout. Walkabout, that spontaneous journey through the wilderness of one’s choosing in an effort to satisfy one’s itchy feet, a need to be elsewhere, the craving for the open road, that space over the horizon… You guessed it I walked about the shoes stores across …
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‘MAMA’ (Review) – Mama is mad folks!
Directed by Andrés Muschietti 2013 I’ll just say this right off, I’m a big fan of Guillermo del Toro, so I came into Mama with bias. Technically this film was not directed by Guillermo, but by Andrés Muschietti, who actually co-wrote and directed a Spanish short by the same name in 2008. However, when you …
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HorrorFatale.com Picks the Best and Worst Horror Films of 2012
We laughed, we cringed, we booed and we laughed some more, because it’s us. That’s we do. I always procrastinate with this list because I see dozens upon dozens of films each year and I’m always somewhat unmoved lately that is. I long for the days of Jason and Freddie. There are just no good …
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‘Juan of the Dead’ Review – Zombie Killing and Havana Nights
Juan de los Muertos (original title) Directed by Alejandro Brugués 2012 How can a film go wrong when you include Sid Vicious crooning Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ on its soundtrack I ask you? Answer is you cannot. This film actually had my approval with its title, ‘Juan of the Dead’. Remember that cool little British film, …