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On this day in horror…
1907. Popular sci-fi author Robert A. Heinlein is born. Despite being an award-winning author typically associated with science fiction, some of Heinlein’s work has inspired works that comfortably fit in the horror genre, such as Starship Troopers, The Brain Eaters and The Puppet Masters.
1949 sees the birth of Shelley Duvall. Duvall [...]
Lists are important. Real men are defined by lists and I cannot emphasise that enough. Lists exist to bring order to the world as well as setting the bar for what every might follow. With films, lists are a means to explore the true quality found in film-making and the worst crud available.
Sci-fi and horror have [...]
On this day in horror…
1925. Hal Holbrook, star of Creepshow and The Fog, was born today.
1971. One for the boys here, the sickeningly beautiful ex Mrs Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards is born. Richards got her big break starring in Starship Troopers. She also starred in Valentine but I think the men in the house will [...]
It would appear that recently, Hollywood is intent on destroying some of my favourite boyhood movies by remaking or “reimagining” them for a modern audience. The Thing prequel is a prime example and I am incredibly wary of the release of the new Total Recall starring Colin Farrell which will hit cinemas in the US on [...]
