It usually begins with the look. That bewildered double-take, like they?ve misheard. It?s part disbelief, part revulsion, like when you find a Band-Aid in your Whopper, or when your wife surprises you with The Vagina Monologues tickets. The egocentric statements follow. ?I can?t watch that stuff.? ?That crap disgusts me.? ?I can?t watch that as…
For years, we thought the most frightening thing about William Shatner was his acting. Then, in 1978, an enthusiastic group of creators took a rubber mask molded in his likeness, mussed the hair, widened the eyes and painted it white. And moviegoers everywhere experienced terror like never before. Nearly forty years on, nearly everyone knows…
?I?m not bad. I?m just drawn that way.? With those iconic words, cartoon starlet Jessica Rabbit wove her thread into the forever tapestry of pop culture. That was way back in 1988, as she defended her actions to human flatfoot Eddie Valiant in the innovative comedy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Fast forward nearly 30 years…
Show me one movie where things work out wonderfully in a fallout shelter and I?ll show you Blast From the Past. Otherwise, Hollywood?s track record for happy ending fallout films is about as successful as the Brooklyn Brawler?s WWE career. Warner Bros.’ latest offering, Hidden, is no exception. But at least it?s got a little…
If Christopher Lee is involved, you can bet there is gonna be some crazy Dooku going down. Whether slurping sanguine sips from the necks of fair maidens as Dracula, smacking Gandalf around for a spell as Saruman or routing rebel scum as the aforementioned Jedi turncoat, Sir Christopher always brought the weight with just enough…
When Paranomal Activity took the world by storm in 2009, it proved that movies didn?t need big budgets or outrageous FX to be scary. Ironically, in true Hollywood-fickle fashion, producers suddenly seemed to think that this new minimalist style was all you had to have, and the ?found footage? genre (launched in the modern era…
The following public service message is brought to you by the Editors of ScreamFish: For your safety, when frequenting rundown cabins in the middle of nowhere, avoid the audible recitation of ancient texts (specifically Sumerian), especially if said passages are scripted in blood and recorded in books bound in human flesh. Should such incantations…
You know the biggest drag about Satanism (aside from the whole eternal condemnation of your immortal soul bit)? Botany. Seriously, it’s like you need a degree to make sure you mix your lady slipper with your night shades in just the right concentration or else your intended victim will only end up with an embarrassing…
What a difference thirty years can make. Case in point: back in 1958 when David Hedison portrayed the title role in The Fly, he ended up buzzing around as an itsy bitsy insect with his still quite human (yet miniaturized) head and arm intact. Shocking for the time, perhaps, but kinda fun. Fast forward to…
One, two;?Freddy’s coming for you. That’s it. If done properly, in that sing-song, little-kid-nursery-rhyme-double-Dutch kind of way, that’s all you have to say and immediately, horror fans will know what you’re talking about. And grown men may shudder. Those words (and the remaining twenty-two that finish out the mythic urban-legendary poem) and a few wordless…
