If you’ve ever wondered what “A Whiter Shade of Pale” referred to, it was probably Caleb Landry Jones in Antiviral. It is of the utmost importance that someone cast this kid as Dracula. He could be the vampire of the decade. By turns cool and detached, then horribly sick, always incredibly pale, Jones is worth the price of admission for his performance alone.
Antiviral takes place in a near-future (or alternate present, most likely) in which …
Night Creatures (1962). Directed by: Peter Graham Scott. Starring: Peter Cushing, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen.
Welcome back to the Vault of Secrets, where we’ll be unearthing another classic (or not-so-classic) vintage horror film for your delectation. Tonight’s picture is a personal favorite of mine that may not be much of a horror movie, but that I think is very autumnal, and beautifully suited to the Halloween season. Originally released as Captain Clegg, it had …
Absentia (2011). Director: Mike Flanagan. Cast: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine.
How sad is it that new, original and good horror films like this have to go to places like Kickstarter to get the meager funding they require, while vapid, uninspired, CGI-bloated, and unnecessarily 3D-stuffed so-called ‘horror’ flicks like Resident Evil Part Who-Gives-A-Damn, can get millions tossed at them time and time again, no matter how horrible the previous movies were? Man, if you’re …
Hello friends. Today, I thought I’d take a break from the big screen, and instead focus on the infamous (blind) idiot (god) box and those eerie episodes that dare to bring the forbidden knowledge of the Cthulhu Mythos to the masses. As if that were not nefarious enough, such shows seem to go out of their way to entice future generations through the use of darkly demented doodles. I’m talking about the work of H.P. Lovecraft …
Planet of the Vampires (1965) Directed by: Mario Bava Starring: Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda.
Welcome back to the Vault of Secrets, where, every month, we’ll be unearthing another classic (or not-so-classic) vintage horror film for your delectation. Tonight’s film is Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires, a movie that’s probably most famous for having supposedly inspired Alien, although both Ridley Scott and Alien scribe Dan O’Bannon claim to have never seen it at …
