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Rankin/Bass Productions, the company responsible for the indelible Christmas classic special RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER, also created the stop motion animated trip MAD MONSTER PARTY? in 1967. More than 45 years later, Diamond Select Toys are teaming with them to release action figures of the classic monsters from the film. The first three… [Continue Reading]
Carla Laemmle has had a busy few weeks! She introduced the movie DRACULA for the TCM Film Festival and was interviewed by Leonard Maltin. Additionally, she appeared at The Hollywood Show where she signed almost 500 autographs for fans. In honor of Universal Studio’s 100th birthday, Carla has been interviewed by numerous publications around the… [Continue Reading]
Slashfilm has discovered another teaser for the upcoming animated family comedy HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA. It’s Genndy Tartakovsky (CLONE WARS, SAMURAI JACK, DEXTER’S LABORATORY, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS) long awaited debut in feature films, as he handles the animation and directorial duties. Starring Adam Sandler as Dracula and Maitre D of a resort for monsters and supernatural beings (no humans… [Continue Reading]
All this talk about Tim Burton’s DARK SHADOWS makes me think about the original DARK SHADOWS, and when considering show creator Dan Curtis’ ovure, I am reminded of his great, and often unfairly overlooked, 1973 take on Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. The film, shot in England in 1973, hit the airwaves on February 8, 1974, just… [Continue Reading]
There are more horror films being made today than ever before in history. No, the studios might not be churning them out like they used to, but that has never been, as bookies are fond of saying, where the action was. It has been in the underground, on the fringes, and outside of the usual… [Continue Reading]
THE HAMMER VAULT by Marcus Hearn Titan Books Review by Elvis Kunesh If you’re looking for a great book to go with your blood-stained coffee table, have we got the recommendation for you. From publisher Titan Books we bring you THE HAMMER VAULT – an immense tome bursting with illustrious artifacts and elaborate stories behind… [Continue Reading]
On the eve of WOMAN IN BLACK’s appearance in U.S. theaters, Hammer has provided a thorough update on the restoration process happening with a number of their catalog titles, an exciting project we first reported several weeks ago. I spoke with Hammer CEO Simon Oakes this morning and got the scoop on all thing past,… [Continue Reading]
Italian maestro Dario Argento’s latest is DRACULA 3D, starring Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing, Asia Argento as Lucy, Marta Gastini as Mina, Unax Ugalde as Johnathan Harker, and Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula. The film, shot in Hungary last year, is reported to be more Hammer than Coppola, and judging by footage shared thus far, it… [Continue Reading]
Hammer Films, no stranger to genre fans, and most recently the studio behind THE WOMAN IN BLACK (landing February 3), are in the midst of restoring a number of their most iconic titles. The British giant has enlisted an army of studio restoration specialists in the States to lend a hand in the effort, meeting… [Continue Reading]
As part of their 100 year birthday celebration this year, Universal is opening their vaults and remastering some classics for re-release. In all, thirteen titles are in line to get dusted off and prettied up, with some genre heavyweights in the pack. Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS joins JAWS, the English and Spanish DRACULAs (1931), FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE… [Continue Reading]
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