Author: Patrick Brennan

Deeper Cuts: 5 Underrated John Carpenter Scores

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Horror legend John Carpenter turns 78 this Friday, and Halloween Night: John Carpenter Live from Los Angeles is now streaming on Screambox. Bloody Disgusting is celebrating with John Carpenter Week. For John Carpenter’s birthday, Patrick Brennan champions the composer’s underrated works. Halloween. Escape from New York. Assault on Precinct 13. These are the movies that usually come to mind when fans […]

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‘Mr. Vampire’ at 40: Hong Kong’s Hopping Kung Fu Horror Comedy

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1985 was a hell of a year for Hong Kong cinema. Classics like Heart of Dragon, My Lucky Stars, and Police Story were all released in the span of a few months, showcasing the multifaceted talents of stars Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, and catapulting the long-time friends into stardom. All three films did big […]

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It’s the Little Things: An Appreciation of the Miniatures in ‘Escape from New York’

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In a world that’s becoming increasingly more literal by the year, it’s intoxicating to realize that your eyes have betrayed you. For many fans of genre filmmaking, that feeling is what initially pulled our tastes towards the bizarre and dream-like. It’s a realm containing stories that give us permission to discard the rational portions of […]

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Brutal Beauty: Mario Bava’s ‘Blood and Black Lace’ at 60

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It’s no secret that horror too often elicits kneejerk reactions from narrow-minded critics who, for some reason or another, aren’t willing to give its particular brand of storytelling a fair shake. There are countless examples of films that have received lukewarm to scathing critiques from reviewers upon their release only to be embraced as classics […]

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‘Willow Creek’: Found Footage Film Is the Rare Bigfoot Movie That Terrifies

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Bigfoot’s relationship with the horror genre is a strange one. On its own, the idea of a towering woodland ape is pretty pants-shittingly scary, especially if you happen to be contemplating the legendary cryptid while in the middle of a deep dark forest. However, for some strange reason, that terror too often gets lost when […]

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Fashionista Freddy: Ranking Every Krueger Character Design in the ‘Elm Street’ Movies

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Maybe more than any other character in the pantheon of horror villain legends, Freddy Krueger was custom built to put the fear of god into us. Nothing about his presence was thrown together haphazardly. Instead, nearly every aspect of his design had a tremendous amount of thought put into it. From makeup effects great David […]

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4 Stephen King Stories That Are Still Dying to be Adapted for the First Time

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Stephen King’s creative output is the stuff of legend. The number of stories that have flowed from that man’s brain, like water from a tap that can’t be shut off, is staggering. They’ve been followed by a similarly jaw-dropping number of film and television adaptations, to the point that some have argued the best of […]

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‘The Night Flier’ at 25 – This Stephen King Gem Is Still Flying Under the Radar

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“An egotistical tabloid reporter attempts to track down a vampire/amateur pilot who’s been feasting on the unlucky inhabitants of several rural airfields.” This premise shouldn’t have worked. It too closely resembles something thrown out during a high school creative writing class that’s gone off the rails. But Stephen King, who has done some of his […]

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