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Famous Monsters sat down recently to speak with director James Watkins about his influences and experiences while making THE WOMAN IN BLACK, the new feature produced by historically lauded Hammer Films, which opens today. Since being re-acquisitioned in 2008, Hammer has produced a handful of independent movies (such as LET ME IN, the American remake… [Continue Reading]
BY LIANNE SPIDERBABY Can you think of a better way to open a film than with Lon Chaney singing, “This cannibal orgy is strange to behold – and the maddest story ever told!” over rattling piano keys? Me neither. Jack Hill’s solo directorial debut, SPIDER BABY, or THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD (1968) has reached epic… [Continue Reading]
2011 is the birthday centennial for Vincent Price, and the anniversary was celebrated by various magazines, blogs, film screenings and other events that honored the late actor. It was most memorably observed in Price’s hometown of St. Louis, where the Vincentennial was marked by a series of events organized primarily by Price fan Tom Stockman…. [Continue Reading]
If you’re a regular visitor to the site, no doubt you’ve seen the ads in your peripheral vision touting “LUNA: ORDER OF THE WEREWOLF,” the awesome new comic series presented exclusively by Famous Monsters of Filmland. We’re pretty proud of the first issue, and are quite happy with the positive reviews garnered thus far. Now,… [Continue Reading]
Three weeks ago, the new manifestation of DOCTOR WHO managed to crash the festivities at San Diego Comic-Con for the first time. Though Doctor Who might seem like a primarily British phenomenon, the television juggernaut has invaded American shores successfully enough for the panel—featuring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis, and Toby Whithouse—to… [Continue Reading]
FM spoke briefly with Kevin Eastman in San Diego about the future of a new HEAVY METAL film project. It was announced at the convention that filmmaker Robert Rodriguez had bought the rights, following on the heels of David Fincher, who was not able to get the movie greenlit. “David poured his heart into making… [Continue Reading]
Friday was an evening of mayhem with all four directors of CHILLERAMA: Adam Green (HATCHET, FROZEN), Tim Sullivan (2001 MANIACS), Adam Rifkin (DETROIT ROCK CITY), and Joe Lynch (WRONG TURN 2). CHILLERAMA is an outrageous horror-comedy anthology of roughly four segments, each with its own director. The fanboy jokes outnumber the actors, sex references abound,… [Continue Reading]
FM sat down with horror comic artist (and super nice guy) Ben Templesmith on Thursday afternoon to talk about early influences, how he feels about past works like 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and SINGULARITY 7, his upcoming projects, and possible future collaborations with FM (yay!). He also revealed that he will be contributing a volume… [Continue Reading]
The new novel by Sheri Holman, Witches on the Road Tonight, is the first literary novel to feature a television horror host as a central character, and it makes an emotional impact as a story of “lonely horror.” That’s the kind of horror that haunts Eddie Alley. Alley works as “Captain Casket”, a monster… [Continue Reading]
Been wondering if the pop infatuation with rom-zoms (Romero-style zombies) is on the skids in the United States. I mean, wasn’t their fifteen minutes up some time ago? Happily, I have to say I don’t think so. “Zombie walks” and other zombie events are increasingly popular. The Walking Dead comics have had enormous sales, and… [Continue Reading]
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