On the Vancouver set of Peter Benchley’s Creature with a shark that can walk

By Steve Newton Back in 1997 I did a set-visit piece for Fangoria on the local filming of Peter Benchley's Creature, a TV-movie based on theJaws author's 1994 novel, White Shark.  The sea-beast in question was not content just taking out swimmers in the ocean; it actually walked on land too. Yeah, sounded pretty hokey to me too—even with the … Continue reading On the Vancouver set of Peter Benchley’s Creature with a shark that can walk

Wrong Turn is a decent backwoods-slasher blend of Deliverance and Friday the 13th

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 5, 2003 By Steve Newton This horror flick about young campers stalked and slaughtered by gruesome backwoods barbarians is a fairly decent crossbreeding of Friday the 13th and Deliverance. Despite the typical hunky-guys/babes-in-tank-tops Hollywood cast, Wrong Turn is gritty and uncompromising, and it includes several suspenseful and shocking moments. Unlike Deliverance, … Continue reading Wrong Turn is a decent backwoods-slasher blend of Deliverance and Friday the 13th