I interviewed rocker and horror director Rob Zombie for the third time in August of 2009, when he was promoting his new Halloween II movie.
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Stephen King’s IT gets the 40th anniversary treatment from Overlook Connection Press
This September marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of IT, one of the Stephen King's best-loved horror novels.
13 minutes on the phone with J.A. Bayona, director of The Orphanage, one of the most haunting haunted-house flicks ever made
I've reviewed over 350 horror movies during my journalism career, and every once in a while I'd come across a real gem, like The Orphanage.
11 minutes on the phone with Superman director James Gunn back when he was promoting a gross-out horror-comedy that bombed
I didn't get invited to Hollywood for last night's world premiere of James Gunn's $225 million blockbuster-to-be, Superman, but that's cool.
Screenwriter W.D. Richter shudders to think how he tackled Stephen King’s Needful Things
Back in December of 1992 I wrote a feature article on the filming of Needful Things for the horror magazine Fangoria.
20 minutes on the phone with Jaws author Peter Benchley
Back in November of 1997 I called up American author Peter Benchley, best known for the novel Jaws, in Bethesda, Maryland.
Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder renders classic horror scenes to mimic the madness of Trump
Hats off to Michael de Adder for connecting the current insanity of the Trump administration with classic horror moments of the past.
Canadian thriller writer Linwood Barclay reveals what he thinks is Stephen King’s scariest book
Had a nice chat with novelist Linwood Barclay yesterday, and asked him which Stephen King book he thought was the horror master's best.
That time fast-rising horror star Clive Barker told me what he really thought of his biggest booster, Stephen King
Way back in November of 1987 I did my first interview with Clive Barker, who was on a signing tour to promote his latest novel, Weaveworld.
Halloween special: 15 minutes on the phone with makeup-FX master Tom Savini, the King of Splatter
Back in 1990 I interviewed American makeup-FX icon Tom Savini, who made a name for himself in the '80s crafting gory deaths for horror films like Friday the 13th, Maniac, The Prowler, and Alone in the Dark.
That time Alice Cooper told me about his “street schizoid” role in John Carpenter’s new horror flick, Prince of Darkness
I did the second of my four interviews with Alice Cooper in November of 1987, when he was touring behind his new album, Raise Your Fist and Yell.
Throwing shade at the only Rotten Tomatoes critic who gave Uwe Boll’s Alone in the Dark a fresh rating
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 5, 2013 By Steve Newton When people, knowing I'm a horror freak, ask me what my fave scary movie is, the answer never comes that easily. The obvious choice, The Exorcist, comes to mind, but more recently I was totally blown away by The Cabin in the Woods. And I never tire of … Continue reading Throwing shade at the only Rotten Tomatoes critic who gave Uwe Boll’s Alone in the Dark a fresh rating
Filmmaker Kier-La Janisse lays out the history of folk horror
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON SEPT. 15, 2021 By Steve Newton Back in 2005 I interviewed Kier-La Janisse at Black Dog Video, the Vancouver specialty-video shop she'd worked at for several years. At the time Janisse was curating her seventh and final installment of the CineMuerte Film Festival, which took place at the Pacific Cinématheque (now just … Continue reading Filmmaker Kier-La Janisse lays out the history of folk horror