Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath)
Nacho Cerda carved a name for himself a few years ago with an absolutely terrifying film called Aftermath. It’s been quite some time since and the wait is well worth it. In his new film, The Abandoned, Nacho establishes the fact that he is not a one hit wonder. His...
Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty)
JACK REHER: Dark Corners…quite the departure from the characters you played in Ghost World and American Beauty. Do you want to say anything about that transition? THORA BIRCH: It is. It’s different. It was a nice challenge for me, the first time I ever tackled a dual...
Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage
Skinwalkers Press Day. A Roundtable Experence with the people behind After Dark Films Skinwalkers. And a Short interview with actor Jason Behr. Interview by Jack Reher. This past Friday Jack Reher had the chance to sit down for some roundtable action in Beverly Hills...
Interview with Actor Nathan Baesel (Behind the Mask: ROLV)
Behind Leslie Vernon: An Interview with Nathan Baesel Like a solar flare set off in a pitch-black room, Nathan Baesel’s first starring role (in his debut feature-length feature no less) as Leslie Vernon--a humanistic serial killer with a m.o. which is disconcertingly...
Interview with Actor Gary Lockwood (2001: A Space Odyssey)
2007: A Myspace Odyssey A random encounter via the internet leads to a Conversation with acclaimed actor Gary Lockwood. Interview by Jack Reher. In 1965, Stanley Kubrick assembled a brilliant cast & crew as they embarked upon what has been heralded as one of the...
An Interview with Bentley Little
After a hope-and-a-prayer phone call to an overseas literary agent and submitting to an NSA-esque background check, The Horror Review’s Egregious Gurnow was reluctantly given an elusive P.O. Box by which to communicate with one of the most notorious figures in horror...
So You Want to Be a Movie Critic, Heh?
I am constantly getting asked the question, “How do you get to be a movie critic?” which, in a majority of the cases, is actually the thinly veiled plea, “Please tell me how I can be a movie critic too.” Obviously, if you clicked on the hyperlink that brought you...
Fearful Meditations: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Horror Cinema
Overviews, Introductory Studies, and Guides Hardy, Phil. The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror Collection of plot summaries and their subsequent analyses, though not without omissions (i.e.--Creature from the Black Lagoon). 496 pgs. Hutchings, Peter. The Horror Film...
Jack the Black Cat Haunts Universal Studios
www.halloweenhorrornights.com For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not --and very surely...
The Eve of 8 Films to Die For!
On a chilly November evening, sixteen days passed since Halloween and no one would have thought the wiser. Horror filmmakers from AfterDark’s 8 Films to Die For converged on an intimate gathering of the minds and talent. The place was Dark Delicacies www.darkdel.com,...
I Can’t Discuss Glen Morgan’s New Film, [Censored] [Censored], Because Liberty Counsel Says It’s Rude: Race, Religious Tolerance, Ethics, and Aesthetics and the 21st Century Holiday Horror Film
On December 15, 2006, I was skimming through the cinema-related headlines and to my naïve surprise, found the heading “Christmas Horror Movie Offends Religious Groups” on CNN.com. I say “naïve surprise” because, upon researching Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s Silent Night,...
Parental Guidance Suggested: Deconstructing the MPAA Film Rating System
After Dark Films has caused quite a stir in the past week with their billboard campaign for academy award nominee Roland Joffe’s foray into the psychological thriller genre. Captivity is the new film being released by After Dark in association with Lionsgate....
Roger Ebert’s Bloody Ax: An Examination of the Film Critic’s Elitist Dismissal of the Horror Film by Michael “Egregious” Gurnow
On June 29th, the illustrious Roger Ebert inserted his foot squarely into his mouth. Of course this is not the first occasion in which we find the esteemed critic mumbling as he picks bits of shoelace from between his teeth. However, the audacious arrogance and...
DOOMSDAY IN LEICESTER SQUARE… A Neil Marshall Marathon
Saturday May the 3rd was a good day to be a horror fan for anyone living in reasonable travelling distance of London. The only problem was deciding which cool genre-related event to opt for. Over at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, genre legend Roger Corman was...
Defending the King: An Examination of Academia’s Reaction to Stephen King Being Awarded the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
“Meaningless pulp.” “Puerile escapism.” “Utter trash.” These are not the labels one would ordinarily associate with an award-winning writer’s work. However, the sound of academia’s jaw hitting the floor continues to resonate years after Stephen King was awarded the...
