Rewind of the Living Dead
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 35 ratingsA podcast for true horror fanatics. Each week we will take a deep dive into the best horror films of all time and some movies that aren't so great as well. We will also review current horror films and break down different categories including our favorite performances, the best gore, the best lines and if these movies truly scared us or not!
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Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023 Reaction and Consecration Review —Episode 143
May 24, 2023 05:32 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBIn the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we give our reactions to the 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, the biggest upsets and surprises and we also review the new Shudder exclusive film “Consecration”… Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell and Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio For more Rewind of the Living Dead, follow on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewindofdead Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewindoflivingdead Instagram: htt...
The Omen (1976) Review: Does This Horror Classic Still Hold Up? —Episode 142
May 17, 2023 04:58 - 1 hour - 96 MBIn the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we look back at the 1976 Richard Donner classic "The Omen" and discuss if this horror classic still holds up to this day! Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell and Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio For more Rewind of the Living Dead, follow on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewindofdead Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewindoflivingdead Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewindoflivin...
Friday the 13th Review on the 43rd Anniversary of the Film's Release — Episode 141
May 10, 2023 05:23 - 1 hour - 103 MBAfter working with horror legend Wes Craven on his film “The Last House of the Left” along with inspiration from John Carpenter’s classic horror movie “Halloween,” Sean S. Cunningham to decided to craft his own nightmarish vision on the big screen. Working with a relatively small budget alongside a group of mostly unknown actors and armed with a script from Victor Miller, Cunningham started putting together the pieces of a film that would change the slasher genre forever and he would make ...
Evil Dead (2013) — One of the Greatest Remakes In History? — Episode 140
May 03, 2023 05:11 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBThe idea to revisit the world of “Evil Dead” had been tossed around for years since “Army of Darkness” was released in 1992 but a direct sequel just never came together. That’s when the possibility of a remake started being discussed with original director Sam Raimi welcoming the idea as well as longtime friend and producer Robert Tapert. The same couldn’t be said for original star Bruce Campbell, who bristled at the thought of remaking “Evil Dead,” especially if the film would just reh...
Evil Dead Rise Review: Where Does This Film Rank Among the Best in the Franchise? — Episode 139
April 26, 2023 04:26 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBFew horror franchises enjoy a more rabid fanbase than “Evil Dead” thanks to the violent, gory and often times hilarious exploits on screen from star Bruce Campbell and director Sam Raimi. But after “Army of Darkness” was released in 1992, there were just rumors about when another film in the series might follow. The success of a remake from Fede Alvarez in 2013 reignited passion for the series with Raimi later announcing that he was conceiving plans for a fourth “Evil Dead” film. There wer...
Renfield Review: Nicolas Cage Vamps It Up in This Horror Comedy —Episode 138
April 19, 2023 04:18 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBBram Stoker’s gothic horror novel “Dracula,” which was first released in 1897, has been adapted across film and television for decades. From a version portrayed in “Nosferatu” to Bela Lugosi’s iconic performance and Christopher Lee’s chilling take on the character, Dracula has remained a relevant piece of pop culture for more than 100 years. So it’s no surprise that Universal was looking to revamp a monstrous line of films based on characters like Dracula but it was actually Robert Kirkman...
Malum Review (Episode 2 in 2 Part Special) — Episode 137
April 12, 2023 06:09 - 1 hour - 104 MBWorking on a tiny budget didn’t allow director Anthony DiBlasi and co-writer Scott Polley to do everything they wanted when making the 2014 film “Last Shift” but they never imagined that there would be a return to that same world less than 10 years later. A new production company called Welcome Villain launched with producer Luke LeBeau pitching the duo on the idea of revisiting “Last Shift” — this time with a bigger budget, which would allow them to tell a bigger story. DiBlasi debated ...
Last Shift Review (Episode 1 in 2 Part Special) — Episode 136
April 05, 2023 05:46 - 1 hour - 75 MBAfter cutting his teeth under legendary horror writer Clive Barker, Anthony DeBlasi struck out on his own looking to become a director while developing his own style behind the camera. DeBlasi eventually made his directorial debut with the film “Dread,” which was based on a short story of the same name by Barker. It wasn’t until a few years later that DeBlasi came up with an idea about a self-contained horror film centered around a police dispatcher in a small town, who was all alone and t...
The Crazies (2010 Remake) Review — Episode 135
March 29, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBHorror remakes are almost as much of a staple of the genre as sequels so it was no real surprise that studios started mining lower budget films made by iconic directors with the chance to do it all over again — this time with more money. Paramount Pictures took that exact step after optioning a remake of the 1973 film called “The Crazies” by director George A. Romero. Scott Kosar, who had previously worked on the remakes of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Amityville Horror” was hired to...
The Last of Us Season 1 Review — Episode 134
March 22, 2023 05:09 - 1 hour - 73 MBIn 2013, Naughty Dog — a video game developer — unleashed “The Last of Us” on Playstation to critical acclaim and huge sales at stores. The game sold over 1.3 million copies in the first week and less than a year after the game was released a film adaptation was already in the works. Unfortunately, just two years later the film was languishing in development hell and the rights to the adaptation eventually reverted back to original creator Neil Druckmann. Then in 2019, Druckmann was introd...
Scream VI Review: Is This the Scariest Sequel in the Franchise? — Episode 133
March 15, 2023 05:26 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBAfter original “Scream” creator Kevin Williamson split with the franchise following the fourth film in the series, the team at Radio Silence — a group comprised of Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — pitched an idea for a fifth sequel that ultimately went onto find great success while helping to reinvigorate the series that laid dormant for over 10 years. “Scream 5” had barely been in theaters for two weeks when a sequel was ordered with a release date already attached f...
Scream 2 Review: Is This the Greatest Horror Sequel of All Time? —Episode 132
March 08, 2023 09:33 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBWhen Kevin Williamson was originally writing a script he called “Scary Movie,” he was so nervous about handing it over to his agent that he immediately began penning the opening scene to a potential sequel. After sending those pages over to his agent, the idea struck them that they were no longer just selling a script to a studio — there were introducing them to a franchise. The film eventually became “Scream” and after a massive opening month in theaters, Miramax executives were frothing ...
Pieces Review — Lost Episode Looking Back at this 80s Classic —Episode 131
March 01, 2023 05:41 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThe 1980s were a haven for horror cinema and that’s what led to exploitation and hardcore pornography filmmaker Dick Randall and Italian producer Roberto Loyola to get together and write a script for a movie under the pen name “John Shadow.” The end result was a project called “Jigsaw” that eventually landed in the hands of director Juan Piquer Simon, who had just recently been approached to helm “The Last House on the Left” sequel but he passed because he felt the script was too boring. ...
The Outwaters Review: Is This the Next Great Found Footage Film? —Episode 130
February 22, 2023 05:51 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBFound footage films in horror go back many years with the controversial movie “Cannibal Holocaust” credited as one of the first to come to prominence. It wasn’t until 1999 when “The Blair Witch Project” landed in theaters that found footage horror films truly exploded in popularity with audiences even going as far as questioning if what they were watching might actually be real and not a work of fiction. It was from that movie that up and coming filmmaker Robbie Banfitch was inspired to ...
From Dusk Till Dawn Review: Looking Back at Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Vampire Classic —Episode 129
February 15, 2023 06:52 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBFamed special effects technician Robert Kurtzman — best known for his work on films such as “Evil Dead 2” and “Night of the Creeps” — developed a story for a movie he wanted to make but he soon realized he didn’t quite have the chops to actually write it. So he hired a young filmmaker named Quentin Tarantino to take on that job. Tarantino had started earning buzz around Hollywood for his “True Romance” and “Natural Born Killers” scripts but at the time he was still jockeying a register at ...
Knock at the Cabin Review: Is M. Night Shyamalan's Latest Among HIs Best or Worst? — Episode 128
February 08, 2023 05:34 - 1 hour - 101 MBAuthor Paul Tremblay had already received international acclaim for his past books including “A Head Full of Ghosts,” which earned the 2015 Bram Stoker Award for best novel. In 2018, Tremblay unleashed his newest work called “A Cabin at the End of the World” — an apocalyptic yet intimate tale about faith, belief and the end of the world. It didn’t take long for Hollywood to get interested in an adaptation with the original writers behind a screenplay reaching out to famed director M. Night...
Infinity Pool Review — Episode 127
February 01, 2023 05:47 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWriter and director Brandon Cronenberg has developed a style of his own that seamlessly blends elements of horror and science fiction as evidenced in past films such as “Possessor” and “Antiviral.” He was working on a story revolving around human clones and using them to stand in for executions when he remembered a particularly off putting vacation that led him to an entirely new idea. Cronenberg had traveled to an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic where the visitors were buss...
Hereditary Review: Is This One of the Greatest Horror Films of All-Time? —Episode 126
January 25, 2023 07:16 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBAfter attending the American Film Institute and receiving critical acclaim for a pair of short films he wrote and directed, Ari Aster was suddenly getting opportunities in Hollywood but after several feature length scripts got rejected, he decided to turn his attention back to horror — a genre he loved growing up but fundamentally avoided with his writing despite constantly focusing on bleak and dreary material. What started as a film centered around a family tragedy and the trauma involve...
'Sick' Review: 'Scream' Writer Kevin Williamson Returns with a New Slasher Film — Episode 125
January 18, 2023 06:51 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBKevin Williamson — best known as the screenwriter behind the original “Scream” as well as films such as “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “The Faculty” — was looking for a setting for a new slasher movie but he wasn’t sure if tackling a subject as serious as the COVID-19 global pandemic was something he should explore. Previous attempts to set films during the pandemic had largely failed but he was inspired by other genre filmmakers like Jordan Peele, who have used movies to tackle har...
M3GAN Review Plus Reacting to 'Evil Dead Rise' Trailer — Episode 124
January 11, 2023 06:48 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBProlific writer and director James Wan has plenty of experience with terrifying dolls because you have to look no further than his signature series “The Conjuring” to find Annabelle staring back at you. But Wan wasn’t looking for another haunted doll when he came up with the idea for a premise centered around “embracing technology too much” and “what happens when technology runs amok.” That was the spark of an idea that was handed over to screenwriter Akela Cooper, who had previously wor...
The New York Ripper Review (Special Lost Episode) — Episode 123
January 04, 2023 06:09 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBItalian horror have often been revered or considered revolting by audiences all over the world. Famed directors like Dario Argento have built rabid fanbases centered around the stylized way many directors from the European country color a canvas with blood. Lucio Fulci — who was nicknamed the “Godfather of Gore” — was one of the most beloved directors of Italian horror films with his work on movies such as” “Zombi 2” and “City of the Living Dead.” In 1982, Fulci released what would beco...
Best of 2022 and Top 5 Horror Films of the Year — Episode 122
December 28, 2022 07:12 - 2 hours - 119 MBFollowing a global pandemic, movie theaters were still struggling to pack in audiences but two genres — along with Tom Cruise flying a jet — proved resilient in the face of falling box office numbers — superhero movies and horror films. Week after week, critics were stunned at the staggering returns on horror films at the box office including a feature called “Smile” that wasn’t even supposed to earn a theatrical release yet it went onto gross more than $216 million worldwide to make it th...
Silent Night, Deadly Night Holiday Special — Episode 121
December 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBThere was a time when studios would actually accept screenplay ideas from the general public and that’s how producer Scott Schiend got his hands on a short story entitled “He Sees You When You’re Sleeping,” which was written by a Harvard student named Paul Caimi. The story centered around a killer Santa Claus and the concept was interesting enough that Schiend decided to develop it into a film. Under the working title “Slayride,” numerous directors were targeted to lead the film includin...
Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise Retrospective with Lisa Wilcox —Episode 120
December 14, 2022 06:54 - 2 hours - 118 MBWhen Wes Craven first terrified audiences by unleashing dream demon Freddy Krueger in 1984, no one could have predicted that his film that had to scrape together financing just to get made would ultimately become one of the most successful horror franchises of all time. In the nearly 40 years since the first film was released, the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series has spawned nine total movies while earning more than $474 million at the box office. The series also managed to create one of t...
Freddy vs. Jason Review — Episode 119
December 07, 2022 07:41 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe idea for a movie pitting Freddy Krueger against Jason Voorhees actually dates all the back to 1987 when New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures started talking about a crossover film following the success of “Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors” and “Friday the 13 the Part VI: Jason Lives.” Sadly, neither studio wanted to give up rights to the other character to make the film so the ambitious plans fell to the wayside. Talks about putting the two slasher icons into a single m...
Bones and All Review — Episode 118
November 30, 2022 06:18 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBWriter David Kajganich had worked on several horror screenplays throughout his career including the critically acclaimed 2018 remake of “Suspiria” but even he was surprised when he was approached about adapting Camile DeAngelis’ book about a pair of lovestruck teenagers who both happen to be afflicted with the same instinct to consume human flesh while in the midst of a coming of age story. It was unlike anything he’d ever been asked to write before but after talking to the author, Kajgani...
The Menu Review - Episode 117
November 23, 2022 06:54 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBWriter Will Tracy, who counts shows like “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession” among his credits on IMDB, was on his honeymoon in Norway when he started exploring the best options for dinner as a certified foodie. What he discovered was a private dining location on an island where a boat was required to pick you up and drop you off for a five-hour experience where the chef and staff prepared an elaborate meal for an exclusive set of clientele. That was all the inspiration Tracy needed to ...
Nightmare on Elm Street Remake (2010): Is This the Worst Remake in History? — Episode 116
November 16, 2022 07:47 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBFollowing the development of the “Friday the 13th” remake, Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company announced plans to take on another franchise with a remake of the 1984 classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” The idea behind the remake was taking the “Nightmare” franchise back to its roots as a much scarier film rather than the version that had been duplicated in recent years where antagonist Freddy Krueger was defined by “cracking jokes” and making one-liners before killing hi...
Wes Craven's New Nightmare Review - Episode 115
November 09, 2022 05:40 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBWhen Wes Craven contemplated returning to the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise for the third film in the series, he pitched an idea for a story where Freddy Krueger crossed over to invade the real world where he would begin haunting the actors from the movies. The studio declined that version of the film but Craven never forgot his idea. Six years later after it appeared the “Nightmare” series was all but dead and buried, Craven returned with a similar pitch while promising to return Fr...
Resurrection Review — Episode 114
November 02, 2022 05:08 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBAfter writing and directing his debut film in 2012, Andrew Semans worked on a screenplay for a new idea that centered around a single mother battling against feelings of fear and paranoia when it came time to protect her child. The screenplay ended up on the infamous Black List — an annual group of the most liked scripts that haven’t been picked up or produced by a major studio. Numerous award winning films have come from the Black List and Semans’ latest screenplay ended up there as one...
Terrifier 2 Review — Episode 113
October 26, 2022 05:51 - 1 hour - 80 MBFollowing the release of his first short film, writer and director Damien Leone began developing a script centered around an evil slasher named Art the Clown who would battle it out with a heroine wearing an angel costume. The idea got scrapped before Leone eventually released the film “Terrifier,” which brought Art the Clown to life in a graphic, blood-soaked movie that definitely got the attention of horror audiences. The biggest criticism around that film, however, was a lack of narrati...
Sinphony Special Interview — Episode 112
October 24, 2022 06:21 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBConceived and curated entirely on the popular, audio-based social media platform Clubhouse, the newly released "Sinphony: A Clubhouse Horror Anthology" features shorts from some of the best and brightest up and coming filmmakers across horror. In this special episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we speak to three of those filmmakers about their work on "Sinphony" including Haley Bishop, who many will remember as the star of the massive hit film "Host," as well as Kimberley Elizabeth — one...
Halloween Ends Review: Is ThIs the Most Divisive Film of the Year? - Episode 111
October 18, 2022 04:59 - 1 hour - 110 MBWhen David Gordon Green got the greenlight to begin developing a new take on the “Halloween” franchise, he started by fleshing out a story that would resurrect Michael Myers and pit him against Laurie Strode once again. Initially, Green wanted to pitch two films that he would shoot back-to-back, which would ultimately serve as one complete story. Those plans were scratched but Green still found massive success with the release of his first “Halloween” film in 2018. It didn’t take long for ...
Hellraiser (2022) Review — Episode 110
October 12, 2022 05:28 - 1 hour - 87 MBTalks about a ‘Hellraiser’ reboot or remake had been in the works for years with original creator Clive Barker occasionally offering updates about the film. Various writers and directors were pitched for the project for a franchise that had already seen a multitude of lackluster sequels. By 2013, Barker said he was set to direct and write the newest iteration of the series with Doug Bradley returning as Pinhead. The project continued to languish away in development hell until 2019 when S...
Smile Review: Is This a New Contender for Best Horror Movie of 2022? — Episode 109
October 05, 2022 06:04 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBRaised in a small town near Akron, Ohio, Parker Finn grew up as a huge fan of film but particularly when it came to horror movies. Often intrigued by the covers of VHS tapes at the video store, Finn admittedly watched films that he probably had no business seeing at a young age. Being traumatized by movies like Poltergeist and The Shining set Finn on a path where he was determined to eventually scare people with films of his own. That led him to make his critically acclaimed 2020 short fil...
Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and Freddy's Dead Review — Episode 108
September 28, 2022 06:34 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBThe “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise had never been bigger following the release of the fourth installment in the series “The Dream Master,” which was then followed by a TV series titled “Freddy’s Nightmares.” New Line Cinema, which was nicknamed “The House That Freddy Built,” wasted no time ordering a fifth film with an idea that was originally pitched during pre-production on Part 3 about Freddy Krueger inhabiting the mind of an unborn child. It wasn’t until years later when producer ...
Pearl Review: How Does the Prequel Stack Up to 'X'? — Episode 107
September 21, 2022 05:54 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBDuring the production of his hit slasher film “X,” director Ti West began developing a backstory for the character of Pearl as played by actor Mia Goth. Working together, the director and star began crafting what would ultimately become a script for an entire prequel movie that would center around the murderous woman that haunted the farm where “X” took place. Unlike that film, which took inspiration from movies like “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” West felt like he wanted to go in a complet...
Barbarian Review: Is This The Scariest Movie of 2022? - Episode 106
September 14, 2022 04:48 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThe relationship between horror and comedy has really exploded over the last few years, especially with filmmakers like David Gordon-Green and Danny McBride developing a new “Halloween” trilogy and former sketch comedy guru Jordan Peele winning an Oscar and becoming one of the most popular directors in modern horror history. The latest convert is Zach Cregger, who first came to fame through his own sketch comedy series called “The Whitest Kids You Know.” It wasn’t until he read a book ca...
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Review - Episode 105
September 07, 2022 05:10 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBAs part of our ongoing series taking a deep dive into the entire Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, this week we look back at the 1988 sequel Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell and Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio For more Rewind of the Living Dead, follow on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewindofdead Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewindoflivingdead Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewindoflivingdead/
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors Review - Episode 104
August 31, 2022 03:36 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBDue to the critical failure surrounding “Nightmare on Elm Street 2,” New Line Cinema was hesitant to green light a third film in the franchise but when original creator Wes Craven decided to come back on board to help write the script, the studio decided to move forward with the project. Craven’s idea centered around a third and final film that would conclude the series, especially considering he didn’t initially plan on making any movies past the first one. His original script actually in...
Allegoria Review and the Best Low Budget Horror Films of All Time - Episode 103
August 24, 2022 05:54 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBMichael David Cummings — better known as Spider-One, the lead singer of the hard rock band Powerman 5000 and younger brother to Rob Zombie — decided to follow his sibling into filmmaking with his own movie after he had previously directed several of his group’s music videos. The inspiration for his first film was based on his own writer’s block as a musician and how he struggled to live a creative life while also bowing to the demands of his own emotions not to mention the financial constr...
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Review — Episode 102
August 17, 2022 06:33 - 1 hour - 71 MBThe 1980s served as the home to many great horror films but it was also a decade defined by sequels, especially when any movie found success with theater goers. The immense popularity of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” in 1984 led New Line Cinema to immediately shift gears to a sequel that would ultimately be released less than a year later. Unfortunately, original director Wes Craven declined to return despite being offered the gig because he found the script by writer David Chaskin just to...
Prey - Episode 101
August 10, 2022 05:53 - 1 hour - 64 MBAfter directing the critically acclaimed sequel “10 Cloverfield Lane,” Dan Trachtenberg began developing an idea for a new “Predator” filmed based on the existing property owned by FOX Studios. It was a long and arduous process but one that Trachtenberg was willing to take after he first fell in love with the original film when he was only in the sixth grade. He then teamed up with screenwriter Patrick Aison to craft an original story that didn’t necessarily have ties to any of the other...
A Nightmare on Elm Street — Episode 100
August 03, 2022 07:39 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBFollowing a career that began directing x-rated films, Wes Craven decided to make the move into bigger features while combing the deepest, darkest parts of his psyche. He wrote and directed “The Last House on the Left” and “The Hills Have Eyes” — a pair of gruesome horror films that terrified audiences but also managed to essentially ostracize Craven because of the extreme content in his movies. Realizing that horror was going to be the only genre that would have him, Craven was inspired b...
Jordan Peele's Nope — Episode 99
July 27, 2022 07:11 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBAfter signing a five-year development deal with Universal Pictures, Jordan Peele got to work on his next project following the massive success of both “Get Out” and “Us.” Peele’s next film was announced in November 2020 with the writer and director saying he wanted to create something audiences would have “to come see” after penning the script at a time with incredible uncertainty surrounding the future of movie theaters. Notoriously secretive about his projects, Peele didn’t reveal much...
The Mist - Episode 98
July 21, 2022 07:41 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBFrank Darabont had been an avid reader of Stephen King novels for quite some time when he came across the 1980 novella called “The Mist” as part of the “Dark Forces” anthology. Darabont immediately fell in love with the story and decided to adapt King’s book into a film that would become his directorial debut. What ultimately happened was Darabont made another King novella into a film with “The Shawshank Redemption” followed by yet another story called “The Green Mile.” Finally in 2004, ...
The Black Phone - Episode 97
July 13, 2022 04:45 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBBack in 2004, Joe Hill was a struggling novelist who just couldn’t seem to get one his books purchased by a publisher. Despite being horror icon Stephen King’s son, Hill was determined to strike out on his own, which is why he changed to a different last name from his father. Rather than write another novel, Hill decided to develop a group of short stories into a single collection with one of the stories centered around a little boy who gets kidnapped and he escapes thanks to help from a s...
Stranger Things Season 4, Volume 2 — Episode 96
July 05, 2022 04:23 - 1 hour - 112 MBA supersized group of episodes of “Stranger Things” combined with delays in production due to the pandemic led to season 4 being split into two separate parts with the first seven episodes dropping in May and then the final two debuting in July. Despite only two episodes remaining in the season, “Stranger Things” packed a lot into these episodes with a nearly four-hour run time that helped reach a conclusion leading into the fifth and final season of the show. When we left at the end of ...
Prom Night (1980) — Episode 95
June 30, 2022 07:34 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBThe end of the 1970s and the start of the 1980s became primetime for slasher films after the success of “Halloween” in 1978. By that time, studios were all looking for the next hit that could be made for cheap and then produce millions at the box office. It was around this time that director Paul Lynch had a production meeting with Irwin Yablans, who initially came up with the idea for the original “Halloween” when he pitched a film about a group of babysitters who get stalked by a masked ...
Tremors - Episode 94
June 22, 2022 05:02 - 1 hour - 90 MBWhen writers S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock were working as editors for the United States Navy while helping to produce educational videos, they had a thought while standing on top of a boulder in the middle of the desert — what if there was something underground that prevented them from actually getting off this rock? That spawned an idea for a monster movie about creatures that swim around under the dirt. The original working title was “Land Sharks” but that had to change thanks to a “Sat...