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RIP Ib Melchior
TFH regrets the passing of one-time TFH Guru, novelist, screenwriter, producer and director Ib Melchior, who gave us THE ANGRY RED PLANET,…
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Wild Tales
Anthology films, by their very nature, suggest a mixed bag of experience, perspective and, sometimes, even thematic concern, and their history is,…
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The Boys From Brazil
In 1978 I was a college student majoring in film studies, as well as a mid-lapse Catholic, so the ripples of flabbergasted…
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Joe Dante Puts On His X-Ray Specs
Roger Corman fans will be in hog heaven come this May when Kino Lorber Studio Classics releases one of his seminal films on…
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Joe Dante is Prematurely Burying the Ex
Joe Dante has been thinking a lot lately about dead bodies that won’t stay dead. Case in point, his upcoming Zom-Com, Burying…
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Chainsaw Confidential & An Oscar Postscript
Another movie-mad installment from Dennis Cozzalio, this week tackling Gunnar Hansen’s memoir on the making of that out-of-control horror classic The Texas…
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The Oscars
The first Oscar show I ever saw was the 42nd annual gala, honoring the movies of 1969. Of course I hadn’t seen…
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Introducing… Fear of the Velvet Curtain
We’re excited to announce a new feature here at TFH, a weekly column from one of our favorite writers on film, Dennis…
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Tale of the Dean’s WIfe
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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The Birds
Let’s dip into the Alfred Hitchcock catalog again – and no, the wine pairing isn’t brandy. That’s too easy, and it works…
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PARANOIA
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
If you spend a lot of online time at TrailersFromHell.com, you probably have an affinity for the low-budget horror films of the…
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Joe Dante’s Top Ten Movies for 2014
Just in time for Oscar season here are Joe’s favorite films of 2014, rescuing a few (Belle and Locke) from undeserved obscurity…
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Runaway Train
Is it just me, or do all the characters Eric Roberts plays need a smack upside the head from a wine bottle?…
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CELEBRATION AT BIG SUR
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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From Russia With Love
British secret agent James Bond gave the world its most famous drink order: “A martini – shaken, not stirred.” Even if you…
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Bloody Mama
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE…WHAT?
Another classic Los Angeles cinema bites the dust. Located at 5112 Wilshire Boulevard just west of Highland, this was the Four Star…
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The Pom Pom Girls
There is something quaintly American about cheerleaders. There is also something quaintly American about baseball, apple pie and white Zinfandel. This time,…
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BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Cool Hand Luke
As we inch our way toward autumn, wine lovers turn their thoughts to harvest time. Visions of grape pickers working the vineyards…
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Piranha
Don’t be too quick to fish for a white wine to pair with the 1978 “Jaws” parody, “Piranha.” The Roger Corman production,…
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Max Landis’s Jane LA
TFH Guru Max Landis just wrapped a short film, Jane LA. Max describes it as “a short film about a girl who’s…
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WITCHCRAFT ’70
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…