Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D: Deluxe Edition
February 23, 2009
Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) tried to keep things interesting in the franchise by cashing in on the 3-D craze of the early to mid-1980s. This gave the filmmakers an excuse to stage the numerous kills for 3-D effect with knives, machetes and even hot...
Mirrors: Unrated
February 17, 2009
When Alexandre Aja burst on the scene with a clever little French horror film called High Tension (2003), he was almost immediately heralded by some as injecting a foul breath of new air into the horror genre which had become safe and predictable. He...
Friday the 13th Part 2: Deluxe Edition
February 12, 2009
Not surprisingly, Paramount Pictures was quick to capitalize on the success of the first Friday the 13th (1980) film with a sequel. Unfortunately, the creative madmen behind the first film – director Sean S. Cunningham, writer Victor Miller and make-up...
Friday the 13th: Uncut Deluxe Edition
February 11, 2009
Literally cashing in on the success of John Carpenter’s low-budget slasher film Halloween (1978), Sean S. Cunningham made his own no frills horror film with Friday the 13th (1980). Little did he know that it would give birth to a very lucrative franchise...
My Name is Bruce
February 9, 2009
Over the years, actor Bruce Campbell has cultivated a sizable fan following based predominantly on the three Evil Dead films he made with Sam Raimi. In the 1990s, he tried to make a bid for mainstream success with small roles in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994),...
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition
November 17, 2008
Before the advent of DVD audio commentaries, Mystery Science Theater 3000 provided irreverent commentary on 198 schlocky B-movies of the science fiction and horror variety over 11 years. The premise revolved around a man and his two robot sidekicks trapped...
Icons of Horror Collection: Hammer Films
November 13, 2008
Sony’s latest Icons of Horror box set celebrates Hammer horror films by presenting four classics, beautifully restored and shown in their original aspect ratios. Hammer is best known for revitalizing and reinventing the horror genre during the 1950s...
The Happening
October 16, 2008
In retrospect, M. Night Shyamalan peaked with The Sixth Sense (1999), a film that was a massive critical and commercial success. Naturally, it would be the yardstick that every subsequent film he made would be judged by. To Shyamalan’s credit, he tried...
Rogue: Unrated
August 14, 2008
After the surprise success of his debut film, Wolf Creek (2005), horror fans eagerly anticipated Greg McLean’s next film about a killer crocodile entitled, Rogue (2007). However, a rival croc film, Primeval (2007), stole its thunder, tanked at the box...
Shutter: Unrated
August 4, 2008
When Hollywood first started remaking Asian horror films, A-list actresses like Naomi Watts and Jennifer Connelly starred in them. Over time, as the public’s fascination with them waned, not so high-profile actresses like Amber Tamblyn and Kristen Bell...
