By Steve Newton Most of the Vancouver-shot movies I covered during my time as a freelancer for Fangoria magazine actually made it into theatres. One that didn't was The Resurrected, which was based on the H.P. Lovecraft novella, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. The movie--aka Shatterbrain--went directly to video, but that's okay with me. The main reason I wanted … Continue reading Hangin’ with Alien writer Dan O’Bannon on the Vancouver set of his 1992 Lovecraft flick
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Horror review: Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JAN. 19, 1995 By Steve Newton Take equal parts Night of the Living Dead and Aliens. Mix thoroughly with generous doses of sick humour and state-of-the-art gore. Toss in one shot of kinky sex and a few dozen naked breasts. Flavour with a thrashy metal soundtrack. Colour with a garish, comic book–style … Continue reading Horror review: Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight
Horror review: Slither
Slither is an over-the-top splatter-comedy about sluglike thingies from outer space that infest a backwoods community of brain-dead hicks.