When people think about B-movie producers, the names that come to mind are usually Roger Corman, William Castle, maybe even Ed Wood. A good decade before those guys, however, there was Val Lewton, who owned the 1940s with movies like I Walked with a Zombie and The Ghost Ship, as well as his trio of […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Jaws Of Satan’ – A Low-Budget Creature Feature Starring The Late Fritz Weaver
The hits just keep on coming for 2016. Over the holiday weekend, the entertainment world lost yet another legend when Fritz Weaver passed away at the age of 90. Even if his name isn’t immediately recognizable, his face certainly was; Weaver appeared on every type of television show, from “All My Children” to “Wonder Woman.” […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Manos: The Hands Of Fate’ – A Turkey For Turkey Day
Last week, an actor named Tom Neyman passed away at the age of 80. Calling him an actor might be a bit of a stretch, since he only made one movie way back in 1966, but that one movie is legendary…for being one of the worst films of all time. Well, since it’s Thanksgiving anyway, […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Shock Corridor’ – Samuel Fuller’s Film Noir Journey Into Madness
As cheap of a ploy as it sounds, setting a horror movie in a mental hospital is a highly effective way to raise the creep factor. From Asylum to The Ward, and even in cult classics like Alone in the Dark and Bad Dreams, a loony bin is a great setting for scares. Even fringe […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Cat’s Eye’ – Three Stephen King Stories Told By One Charming Cat
Two of this year’s most buzzworthy horror movies have had animals featured in prominent roles. The Witch stars a freaky 210 pound goat named Charlie as the evil Black Phillip, and a charming seagull named Sully almost steals The Shallows away from Blake Lively with his performance as Steven Seagull, her rocky reef-mate for the […]