THE THING and THE FLY are the two most notable 1980s remakes that get credit for improving greatly upon the originals. But Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of THE BLOB, though not[…]
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010)
Ed. note– Back when Platinum Dunes was putting out all their remakes, I wrote a few reviews of them for the flicks I saw in a theatre. I realized reading this[…]
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FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009)
Ed. note– I saw this flick at a preview before its official release date. I haven’t seen it since, so I figured it would be unfair to rewrite a critique. What[…]
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GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
Let me start this off by saying I don’t hate the GHOSTBUSTERS remake because I’m a man, which I am, and I don’t hate it because the original is my favorite[…]
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KING KONG (2005)
Ed. note– As a kid, I always loved Thanksgiving because Channel 9 ran a King Kong marathon that also featured SON OF KONG and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG. This Thanksgiving week, I[…]
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GODZILLA (2014)
Ed. note– When I was a kid, Channel 9 used to run a Godzilla marathon the day after Thanksgiving. It wasn’t as cool as Thanksgiving Day’s King Kong marathon, but it[…]
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LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (Documentary)
In the wake of the disastrous release of Josh Trank’s FANTASTIC FOUR, it’s almost prescient on the part of Netflix that LOST SOUL arrived when it did. Given all the recent[…]
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Jeremiah Kipp– Making the Horrific Look Beautiful (Audio)
One of the niceties of running a horror blog is that sometimes I pop open my DE email and there’s a message from someone wanting me to view his work. This[…]
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