“A Quiet Place” has managed to balloon in to its own respectable horror/scifi series but through it all has remained an apocalyptic tale about people. Just when you thought you’d seen all apocalyptic scenarios, Krasinski and co have explored a reality where Earth is destroyed by super powerful monsters known as “Death Angels.” They hunt by sound and are merciless when pursuing victims. In spite of running the risk of tiring this premise, “Day One” finds a way to explore a new angle of this alien invasion. Here, director Michael Sarnoski likens the invasion of the “Death Angels” as a horrible catastrophe where in survival relies on isolation and alienation and not unity.
Tag Archives: Adaptation
The Guyver (1991): Limited Collector’s Edition [4K UHD/Blu-ray/CD Soundtrack]
Coming Soon from Unearthed Films.
Toshiki Takaya’s anime and manga are science fiction body horror martial arts chaos mixed in with a ton of concepts involving corporations, mutant aliens, and genetics. America saw “mutants” and ran with it in an effort to kind of build upon the winning formula of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” In effect, 1991’s American adaptation of “The Guyver” takes the very gory original material and transforms it in to a silly, but absolutely fun love letter to Japanese culture and just horror in general. With the help of Screaming Mad George’s amazing special effects, director Steve Wang realizes a lot of concepts from the original source material that would have otherwise been utterly impossible in 1991.
The Watchers (2024)
The Original novel from A.M. Shine is now available.
Now Exclusively in Theaters.
With the debut of Ishina Night Shyamalan I was hopeful that we would get a bold new voice for the genre film. Instead, she offers up a lukewarm, barely edible movie that fails as cinema, and failed as a movie you cam just use it as a means of killing time on a boring Sunday. You won’t kill time, but you might just doze off every now and then, thanks to its almost pride in tedium and dullness. For almost a ninety minutes movie, Shyamalan’s movie is painfully uneven in tone and pacing slowing down big time in various moments as a means to stage her clunky symbolism.
Five Great Horror Movies by LGBTQ+ Creators
With another Pride Month here, I’m always reminded at how much the LGBTQ+ community has contributed to the horror world. Be it literature, television, comic books, and or movies, the LGBTQ+ spirit is woven in to the DNA of horror as a whole from Mary Shelly, to Don Mancini, to Elvira, et al.
These are five truly great horror standards directed and/or written by an LGBTQ+ creator.
The Importance of Christian in “Clueless”
It was 1995 and I’d seen “Clueless” five times by now. My dad had rented it from the video store for us and I’d seen it a lot over the course of a weekend, even though I didn’t care much for it. It’s a fine movie, but it never managed to click with me like “Heathers” or “Mean Girls” ever did. From these viewings, though, I did pick up a few things.
Number One: I definitely was going to be a good husband to Alicia Silverstone. I’d be supportive of her career, and even not be a geek around other celebrities.
Number Two: Christian is definitely not in to women.
30th Anniversary Re-Release of “The Crow” Coming to Theaters
With the “remake” of “The Crow” right around the corner with Bill Skarsgard, and the popularity of the original film about as big and marketable as ever, Cinemark is bringing director Alex Proyas’ The Crow back to theaters for the classic movie’s 30th anniversary as part of the “Scream Greats” label from Paramount Scares and Fangoria.
Fans that missed the original experience will be able to see The Crow up on the big screen at Cinemark theaters on two nights only:
May 29th & May 30th.
You Can Head over to Cinemark’s website to check local listings now.
“Adapted from the comic book saga of the same name, this action-packed thriller from director Alex Proyas (Dark City) features hypnotic style, dazzling visuals, and a soulful performance by the late Brandon Lee. Bonus content with the feature: Production designer Alex McDowell revisits the goth masterpiece, taking us on a deep dive covering all facets of designing the film.”
Dune: Part Two (2024) [4K UHD/Digital]
Now Available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
“Dune Part Two” is an infinitely superior film to the 2021 installment of “Dune” which, when all was said and done, felt more like a prologue than an actual narrative. While “Dune” was good, the second chapter to Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation feels so much more cohesive. Not to mention a lot of the concepts and ideas and so much less abstract and much easier to comprehend. There’s just so much more focus and laser beam direction this time out. While, again, “Dune” was good in its own right, I just had a much better time in how Villeneuve adopts the whole concept of “Dune” in the vein of “The Empire Strikes Back.”