In the horror world, low-budget movies are just as much (if not more) fun than their big Hollywood brethren. Amongst the modern B-Movie pioneers are a number of influential auteurs who have paved the way for those who have come later. Guys like Roger Corman (A Bucket of Blood, Bloody Mama) and Lloyd Kaufman (The […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Swamp Thing’ – A Fond Farewell To Louis Jourdan, The Quintessential Moustache-Twirling Villain
Hollywood lost another one of its shining stars this last weekend when Louis Jourdan, the debonair French character actor, passed away at the age of 93. Throughout his long and storied career, Jourdan worked with Hitchcock, played Count Dracula, and lent his voice talents to Scooby-Doo cartoons. He is best known to movie fans as […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘eXistenZ’ – The Last Of David Cronenberg’s Cronenbergian Movies
David Cronenberg successfully transitioned from low-budget sci-fi horror to “legitimate” filmmaking with A History of Violence in 2005. Although Cronenberg is now known as a big Hollywood moviemaker with reputable films like Eastern Promises and A Dangerous Method on his resume, horror fans will always remember the man for his early films, slimy science fiction […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Uninvited’ – A Romantic-Comedy-Film-Noir-Mystery-Horror Ghost Story
There’s nothing better than an old fashioned haunted house story. Whether they’re sublime, as in The Haunting and The Innocents, or completely visceral, like The Amityville Horror and The Legend of Hell House, movies about haunted houses are always enjoyable, as long as they’re done right. In 1944, an unusual kind of hybrid ghost-house movie […]
Cinema Fearité Bids Farewell To Edgar Froese With ‘Strange Behavior’ – David Cronenberg Meets John Hughes With A Soundtrack By Tangerine Dream
Edgar Froese died last week. Movie fans might not immediately recognize the name, but they most certainly know his work. As the founder and only continuous member of the electronic musical group Tangerine Dream, Froese helped dozens of films, from the Tom Cruise vehicle Risky Business to, well, the other Tom Cruise vehicle Legend. Tangerine […]