Based on Jules Verne’s CAREER OF A COMET, Valley of the Dragons stars Cesare Danova (Mean Streets) and Sean McClory (The Quiet Man) as two dueling cavaliers suddenly swept into earth’s orbit on the back of a wayward comet. Edward Bernds, the man responsible for the Three Stooges’ comeback hit The Three Stooges Meet Hercules,…
John Gilling’s The Flesh and the Fiends is the story of Burke and Hare, graverobbers who find that murder is a more expedient route to the cadavers they need for their trade. William Burke’s grisly claim to fame is his own entry in the dictionary; to “Burke” is to “… stifle or to execute someone…
The internet is nothing if not list-crazy but New York Magazine critics David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri have put together an insightful “best of” list that’s genuinely provocative and worthy of discussion. With The 25 Best Horror Movies Since The Shining they use Kubrick’s controversial classic as a demarcation point for modern horror films and, in doing so, have cast…
If Trailers From Hell has a literary soul-mate, it must surely be the long-running film magazine, Video Watchdog. Launched in June of 1990 by Tim and Donna Lucas, the “perfectionist’s guide to fantastic video” has gradually broadened its scope over the length of its 23 year run to focus not just on fantastic film but…