Monthly Archives: May 2011

SOME LIKE IT HOT and the Great Paul Frees

Joe Dante weighs in on the sonorous wavelength of Paul Frees.

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Brian Trenchard-Smith Swims the TIDES OF WAR

Brian Trenchard-Smith comes to From Hell It Came, and, in keeping with this week’s Memorial Day theme, he tells us all about the trials and tribulations surrounding the selling of his 2005 war epic Tides of War.

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Drive-In Doubles: Monsters, Mutants and Martians

Joe’s picks for the first week of a month-long monster mash on Turner Classic Movies.

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Posted in Features, Guru Picks, Joe Dante, News and Notes, Science Fiction | 3 Comments

New at TFH: Ed Neumeier on THE DIRTY DOZEN

Simple:
  1. Ed Neumeier speaks.
  2. We all listen.
  3. It’s the trailer for Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen.

The biggest boxoffice hit of 1967 led to scores of imitations, remakes and sequels. Robert Aldrich’s brutal action film was highly criticized at the time for its excessive violence and general air of nihilism, but has remained an audience favorite through the decades. Yet Roger Corman got there first with a more modest version of the same story, The Secret Invasion (1964).

 

Check out the trailer commentary and then keep reading for a couple bits of bonus.

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Annotations and Asides: The Guru Blotter

The latest news, updates and multifarious ephemera, direct from our gurus and collected for you.

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Posted in Brian Trenchard-Smith, Gurus, John Sayles, Josh Olson, Larry Karaszewski, News and Notes, Stuart Gordon | 1 Comment

RE-ANIMATOR THE MUSICAL: Extended Run, Awesome.

The stage musical adaptation of Stuart Gordon’s splat-tastic classic gets extended for one more month, is awesome.

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Week 197: War! What is it Good For?

We’re celebrating Memorial Day all week long and the preview lies ahead.

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Week 196 Recap: We Lived By Noir…

…and we had a great week doing so. Check out all that you might’ve missed.

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Happy 89th Birthday, Sir Christopher Lee!

A living legend turns 89! A look back — with thoughts from Joe and John Landis– follows:

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Posted in Commentaries, Features, Horror, Primers | 2 Comments

Celebrating 100 Years of Vincent Price!

The horror legend’s legend hits 100!

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