The word phantom can mean several things. It can be another name for a ghost. It can represent anything that is imaginary. It can also denote something that is difficult to attain. Cinematically, the term has been used in movie titles about both superheroes and submarines, and that’s not even including variations on the name […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Deadly Blessing,’ An Early Wes Craven Shocker
Although he wouldn’t become a household name until A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, Wes Craven spent the seventies building up his legacy with low budget shockers like The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes. In retrospect, these films are highly revered, but they were seen as little more than […]
Cinema Fearité Presents Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils,’ An X Rated Blasphemy That Is Actually A Beautiful Film
The X rating is a double edged sword. For adult films, the X is a badge of honor; it’s the rating for which they strive. For a mainstream film, it can be the kiss of death. There have been several mainstream films that have gone on to great success, both critical and commercial, despite being […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Face At The Window,’ An Awkward Love Triangle With Both A Wolfman And A Mad Scientist
In the nineteen thirties, Universal Pictures was busy making legendary monster movies like Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy that would turn stars such as Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff into household names. However, across the pond in England, a director by the name of George King was making a horror star out of another actor: […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Paperhouse’, A Kid-Friendly Tale That Is Surprisingly Horrifying
With all of the gratuitous sex and violence that come with modern horror movies, they are generally thought of as fare for mature audiences. However, there exists a category of cinema that bridges the gap between the scary animated films of Disney such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the controversial X-rated schlock films […]