Yeah, normally, it’s 11 questions that I torture people with, but as you’re about to find out, Justin is simply far too busy to stop and answer a bunch of questions. Justin is a guy with a lot going on, including his cinematography work on Sacrament and we are super happy that we had the […]
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Anna
Directed by Jorge Dorado (assistant director on The Devil’s Backbone, Bad Education, Talk To Her and many more outstanding Spanish films) with a screenplay from Guy Holmes and Martha Holmes, Anna brings us into the world of memory detectives; people who have the ability to enter our memories to find more information about past traumatic […]
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Danger Word: A Short Film
Director: Luchina Fisher Writers: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes Before I get started, I’d like to point out that Steven Barnes has writing credits for The Twilight Zone, The Real Ghostbusters, The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, Baywatch and Andromeda. That’s a terrific collection of shows. Danger Word is based on “Devil’s Wake”, a YA novel […]
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Godzilla
Monster movies are tricky in that the titular star is often a minor character, behind those that it affects. He is a plot point. A puzzle to be solved. A villain to be conquered. They are often the center of the film, but they are unable to carry it. That duty in Godzilla falls on […]
Hell-come to another chapter in Renfield’s Re-Collections. The only site on the ‘ole interweb that gives you an education at the same time as providing you with the coolest horror collectibles that would make you wanna slap yo momma! You crazy young kids just can’t get enough of this crap can you? I understand, it’s […]
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Penny Dreadful Episode 2: Séance
This episode was infinitely more enjoyable than the first one. With the exception of perhaps the ending, I found the pilot episode to be incredibly slow. Beautiful, but slow. This episode ups the intensity and does a much better job of making me care about what happens to these characters. A huge stand out to […]
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Penny Dreadful S1E2, “Seance”
“Pay attention to me!” Like the first episode, this one moved along pretty slowly, revealing just enough to keep interest up. A slow start does not mean a disappointing start. I loved this episode every bit as much as the first one. These first two episodes feel like the set-up of bigger things to come. […]
“I’m already a couple of drinks ahead of ya” Matt Ash, special effects artist for horror movie Sacrament (premiering June 7th in Dallas, Texas at the famous Texas Theater) tells me in his deep southern drawl as he lights up a cigarette. Matt has worked on various movies for his specialty of creature effects as well […]
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Stage Fright
Musical theatre nerds and horror fans rejoice! If you are one of the millions who secretly, or not so secretly, know all of the words to the Phantom of the Opera, I have your next favorite movie. Stage Fright begins with one of those delicious opening scenes that sets up the story and gives us […]
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Rosemary’s Baby: Part 1
Before I get started, I think it’s important to get a couple things out of the way. I don’t really care for Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby. I can appreciate it for what it did for the genre, but I never found it particularly scary or interesting. I love the atmosphere, but, in the end, it […]