Posts Tagged ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Film Review – Men
Trigger Warning: Men (2022) deals with possible suicide and sexual assault. Please take care if you would see this film. Director and screenwriter Alex Garland is back showcasing his latest film after stepping away from the big screen to develop, write, and direct the television…
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Film Review – Choose or Die
Choose or Die (2022) wears its influences so blatantly on its sleeve that it basically does the cinematic version of a cover song. It’s so invested in the horror films of the 1980s and ‘90s that it suffers from an identity crisis. We see this early…
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Film Review – Fear Street Part 2: 1978
In Fear Street Part 1: 1994 (2021), we were introduced to the town of Shadyside, which developed the reputation of being “Murder Capitol, U.S.A.” It’s a place burdened by tragedy and loss, with folktales of a witch cursing all who live there. In Fear Street Part…
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Film Review – Fear Street Part 1: 1994
Based on the R.L. Stine books, Fear Street (2021) is an ambitious horror trilogy telling an interweaving story through three different time periods. Fear Street Part 1: 1994 combines such influences as A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Scream (1996), The Shining (1980), and its Netflix counterpart, Stranger Things. That last comparison is apt since several…
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Interview – Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett – The Guest
The MacGuffin was part of a small roundtable interview with director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett to discuss their new film The Guest. Wingard and Barrett’s last project together was You’re Next. The Guest is in theaters on September 17, 2014.
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Film Review – The Guest
The guys behind the very successful You’re Next are moving on from animal-masked murderers to just a friendly guy who is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, to say the least. Director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett resurrected an overused scenario and made it their own…
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Poll – Favorite Horror Film of the 1980s
As part of our horror celebration for the month of October, we will be running a series of polls to try to nail down the best horror films from specific periods of time. This time we are tackling the best horror film of the 1980s.…
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Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film
A staircase spirals around, leading you down underneath the Experience Music Project Museum. You know you’re heading in the right direction because things have taken a darker turn. The lighting has the distinct color of red, and in the background you can hear the faint…
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