Next Level Horror, Exploitation and Cult Discussion
By Eli LaChance Toho took Hollywood to school on long-running franchise movies with a fraction of the budget. After a long year of Blockbuster duds, Godzilla Minus One proves the problem isn't inherent to franchises or genre, it's Hollywood's cookie-cutter approach. https://youtu.be/d79dUsPZKL0 Credit: Toho With Godzilla Minus One, writer/director Takashi Yamazaki delivers a deeply emotional... Continue Reading →
By Eli LaChance If I might borrow from the bard to tempt you, “hell is empty and all the devils are here,” and by here, I mean writer David Pepose(SAVAGE AVENGERS, SPENCER & LOCKE) and artist Alex Cormac’s(BREATH OF SHADOWS, SEA OF SORROWS) new comic The Devil that Wears my Face, due October 4th from... Continue Reading →
Every good deal begins with a handshake. Talk to Me, the new A24 distributed indie from the land down under, seeks to provide gothic horror for the 21st century. And while the first act mostly delivers on the marketing promise, we don't spend long in the film's clutches before it becomes clear that YouTube's RackaRacka creators turned directors, Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou, are working with a more timeless metaphor.
By Eli LaChance Maniac Harry isn't the scariest thing in NYC It’s impossible to discuss Elliott Kalan & Andrea Mutti’s new Aftershock horror comic, Maniac of New York, without mentioning the film that inspired it. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan begins with panning shots of New York City in decay. The goal... Continue Reading →
THE HUMAN SUBPLOT IS THE PLOT “Monsters are tragic beings,” Godzilla co-creator Ishiro Honda was onto something when he observed, “They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy.” Humanity is at the heart of the best monster stories. It’s not by accident that... Continue Reading →
It isn’t that I believe Toho and co. were making a Godzilla film about the coronavirus in 2016, that would require a tin-foil hat and perhaps an antipsychotic prescription.
Alma Katsu will be appearing at St. Louis County Library on Monday, March 16 at 7 pm to discuss her newest book, The Deep. 1640 S. Lindberg Blvd, St. Louis MO, 63131
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