Image: Showtime Across two seasons of Showtime’s Mick Garris-created anthology series, which ran from 2005-2007, you’ll find 26 eerie episodes, each around an hour long, directed by, as the title suggests, the era’s reigning masters of horror: Don Coscarelli, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Dario Argento, Joe Dante, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Takashi Miike, Ernest Dickerson, … Read more
During Kurt Russell’s acting retrospective for GQ, the famed actor gave his thoughts on the ever-constant debate of which survivor is the Thing at the end of John Carpenter’s The Thing. During the shoot, what would be shown of the divisive ending was a matter of contention even for Carpenter himself, who now swears he’s … Read more
A bunch of Star Trek movies are coming.Image: Paramount What’s available on Max January 1? The A-Team (2010) After Earth (2013) Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) Body at Brighton Rock (2019) Cabin Fever (2003) Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) Cyborg (1989) Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love … Read more
Image: Universal Pictures The ending of John Carpenter’s sci-fi creature feature The Thing is one of genre cinema’s greatest puzzles; with just two characters left alive, the viewer is never sure who’s human, and/or who’s secretly an alien. Now, a popular theory about the scene has been dismissed by the director. Renfield’s Director and Writer … Read more
Peacock’s upcoming anthology Suburban Screams has an episode centering on the true-crime account of a woman’s experience with a phone stalker, which was interesting enough to draw in 75-year-old legendary horror filmmaker John Carpenter to direct an episode. He also produced the series and composed its theme. Google’s Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are New, … Read more
Creepshow is back for its fourth season, and the horror anthology series doesn’t diverge much from its established formula: two stories per episode, both putting characters through gory ordeals that climax in (usually) well-earned punishment. You know a twist is coming, but Creepshow’s draw is that you can never quite map out the road to … Read more