In 1981 director Joe Dante two years after directing the cult hit Piranha would go on to direct one of the most successful werewolf films that would also spawn another cult hit. The Howling, is one of those werewolf films that took a back seat to the likes of An...
Herbert Strock’s How to make a Monster is one of the gems of 1950’s B-horror in that it readily stands beside Roger Corman’s better works during the period. Not only does he present an intriguing plot involving movie making, decades before postmodern reflectivity...
Director William Castle and writer Robb White were known primarily for one thing, which is creating gimmicks for many of their otherwise B-productions in order to build the reputation of their films and generate an audience. House on Haunted Hill was no exception,...
Ok so summer is coming and the first horror film to hit the theaters this May is Dark Castle’s “House of Wax”, yes it’s another remake of the 1953 version of “House of Wax” starring Vincent Price, however the story is different than...
Like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Jaume Collet-Serra’s House of Wax shares the name of André De Toth’s 1953 film though it houses few plot similarities, while the latter is a literal remake of a 1933 film by Michael Curtiz, Mystery of the Wax Museum, despite the...
