In 1981, director John Landis revitalized the werewolf subgenre of horror films with An American Werewolf in London. That film was the source of both nightmares and a unique hybrid of horror and comedy that does not denigrate the film’s integrity as a solid overall narrative. With Arrow Video’s release …

Devotees of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser franchise will be pleased to know that Arrow Video has given the royal treatment to Hellbound: Hellraiser II. In 2016, Arrow released Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Trilogy, which included the series’ first three films — there have been a total of ten. The original Hellraiser …

Clive Barker’s film Hellraiser spawned a successful franchise, and it has experienced several blu-ray releases over the years. In 2016, Arrow Video released the best version, yet, as part of its Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Trilogy, and while individual editions of that set’s Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II had been …

Last year, director Ari Aster became a major player within the horror scene with his feature directorial debut, Hereditary. The film received strong buzz from the horror community despite being an uneven patchwork of elements from other horror films. Aster’s strength as a storyteller shined through in the film’s dramatic, …

This weekend, It: Chapter 2 had its wide premiere at theaters around the world. Andrés Muschietti’s second installment of his adaptation of Stephen King’s book It brings back every successful aspect of his first installment, plus it adds sprinkles on top. Additionally, select theaters provide even more sprinkles via a …

Any Batman fan worth their weight in Lazarus Pit water has followed the saga of James Gordon (Ben McKenzie), a young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz), and an exceedingly colorful cast of supporting characters for the five seasons of Gotham. Now that the series has come to an end, after five …

Godzilla, King of the Monsters, has a varied history that includes the enormous radioactive lizard as, alternatingly, a friend and a foe to humanity. However, within the pantheon of giant, destructive monsters from Toho Studios, Mothra has consistently been the most benevolent. That is not to say that Mothra doesn’t …

There is more than one way to pay homage to campy entertainment. Quintessential examples of classic camp include the cheesy 60’s Batman series, Barbarella, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and pretty much every John Waters film. For nearly 20 years, indie filmmakers such as Larry Blamire (The Lost Skeleton of …

A few weeks ago, Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell released his latest experimental album, and it’s a doozy! Kind Heaven continues the trend of Farrell’s albums which generally center on the theme of global unification. Those albums include: Song Yet to Be Sung (2001) and Ultra Payloaded (2007) — the …

History has a way of settling into place when looked upon retrospectively. Given enough time and enough revelations, what seems to be one reality can become another when viewed through this lens. Martin Scorsese’s recently released film about Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review tour could have been that — had …