This week’s Cinema Fearité is dedicated to Jimmy Sangster, who passed away on August 19th, 2011 at the age of 83. As one of the driving creative forces behind Hammer Studios, Sangster’s prolific writing has inspired generations of horror and suspense writers all over the world, and he will be sorely missed. Great Britain’s […]
Classic Films
Cinema Fearité presents Xtro (Dir. Harry Bromley Davenport 1983)
During the early eighties science fiction boon, there were two ways for filmmakers to approach the alien movie – they could make the visitors peaceful, like in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or they could make them murderous, like in The Thing. In 1983, British director Harry Bromley Davenport tried to take the best […]
Cinema Fearité presents Revolt of the Zombies (Dir. Victor Halperin 1936)
If George Romero can be considered the father of the zombie movie, then the Halperin brothers are the grandfathers. More than 30 years before Romero made Night of the Living Dead, producer Edward Halperin and director Victor Halperin introduced the film world to zombies with White Zombie. Four years later, in 1936, the Halperins followed […]
Cinema Fearité presents Madman (Dir. Joe Giannone 1982)
When most people think about modern horror movies, the vision that comes to mind is one of scared kids running away from crazed axe-wielding psychopaths through the woods screaming their heads off. While this image is due mostly to the Friday the 13th franchise, additional scared camper films like Sleepaway Camp and The Burning also […]
Cinema Fearité presents The Monster Maker (Dir. Sam Newfield 1944)
One of the oldest and most cherished archetypes in the horror movie genre is the mad scientist. From the crazed genius of Dr. Frankenstein to the calm brilliance of Dr. Jekyll, the mad scientist has always had his place in classic monster movies. In 1944, legendary B-movie director Sam Newfield (known primarily for quick-made westerns […]