Screening In NYC: HOUSE (1977).

  This recently-excavated cult classic is the weekend movie at Landmark Sunshine Cinemas here in New York.  YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS CRAZY GODDAMN MOVIE.  It’s great.  Here’s why: Hausu (aka House, from 1977) is without a doubt, one of the weirdest fucking movies I’ve ever seen, and goddamn it but that really must be saying something.  It’s strange that standing in the face of this [...]

Cult Classics: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986).

Today we celebrate a great American.  Oh totally, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but also: John Carpenter, one of my very favorite filmmakers of all time.  Here’s something I wrote on February 11th, 2009:  I recently received in the mail the limited edition 2-disc score album for John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China.  It’s a [...]

31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #21: HOUSE (1977).

Hausu (aka House, from 1977) is without a doubt, one of the weirdest fucking movies I’ve ever seen, and goddamn it but that really must be saying something.  It’s strange that standing in the face of this thing has reduced me to profanity, when it’s most certainly the most innocent ultra-violent horror movie that could [...]

31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #10: THE INNOCENTS (1961).

Some of my constituents, particularly my very vocal hot-girl readership (there are a few), rightly point out that I keep going back to “old” movies.  To some of them, anything before the 1990s is considered “old.”  So I hate to disappoint, because 1961 is positively ancient, but The Innocents is too goddamn creepy for me [...]

31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #7: CHAW (2009) v. PIG HUNT (2009).

  Movies about giant killer pigs are not a common occurrence, but every continent seems to have one.  The best-known feature in the genre is probably 1984′s Razorback, an Australian movie from the director of Highlander.  I haven’t seen that one recently enough to confidently write about it, and I’m not sure I can do better [...]

Cult Classics: HOUSE (1977).

Hausu (aka House, from 1977) is without a doubt, one of the weirdest fucking movies I’ve ever seen, and goddamn it but that really must be saying something.  It’s strange that standing in the face of this thing has reduced me to profanity, when it’s most certainly the most innocent ultra-violent horror movie that could [...]

SCREENING IN NYC: Ghostbusters (1984).

One of my top three favorite movies ever is also one of the best-made comedies of all time.  I’m speaking of course – again – about Ghostbusters, which is playing tonight in Brooklyn. The screening begins tonight at sundown, as part of SyFy’s Movies With A View, an outdoor film series which runs through September.  Obviously I recommend that [...]

A Word About GHOSTBUSTERS.

Can’t lie to whichever readers I do have:  So far 2011 has been a snarling beast, intent on demolishing me and mine.  I’ve been working on and dealing with too many other things, both clerical and creative, so recently I’ve been watching far fewer movies than usual, and writing about them even less.  Been gearing up to [...]

Movie Review: HEREAFTER (2010).

You don’t have to go far on the internet to know where I stand on Clint Eastwood.  I’m as big a fan of him as a filmmaker as I am of him as an actor.  I’m interested in his take on America, his take on humanity, and in his restless creative spirit.  Clint never makes [...]

13 Horror Movies Everyone Should See.

Thirteen is just a start. Believe me, there are plenty of horror movies I can happily recommend to you, but I’m going to limit myself to writing about the basics, the barest of necessities. This isn’t even necessarily a list of my own personal favorites, although there is a fair amount of overlap. For the purposes of this article, [...]