Chloe Moretz: You Will Know Her Name

Most people were very excited to hear of a Carrie remake starring Chloe Moretz.  I, on the other hand was slightly torn.  I really enjoyed the original and really was not sure how the remake was going to play out.  However, I am a big fan of Chloe Moretz as an actor, so I really thought she could pull off the role of a tormented teenager. 

Danielle Harris: Horror Icon

Many fans of the horror film genre think of Danielle Harris as a scream queen, I think of her more as a horror icon.  She started in the horror genre over 25 years ago with her portrayal of Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4.  She has come a long way since then, playing in over 25 horror films as well as a role in the web series Fear Clinic along side horror film legends Robert Englund and Kane Hodder.

Crowd Funding and The Horror Film Industry

Everywhere you look these days, the term crowd funding is there.  Websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo are just two of the many sites that people can use to try and raise money for all types of projects from movies to small businesses. 

3-D Technology and the Horror Genre

3-D technology has been around for many years.  It all started in the early 1920s with 3-D release of The Power of Love.  During the 1940s, 3-D began picking up speed. The main reason for this is that theaters needed a way to increase ticket sales because most people decided to stay home and watch television.  They used the 3-D technology to differentiate the cinemas from home theaters.

The Twisted Twins and American Mary

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Today is the day that many North American horror fans have been waiting for, the video on demand release of American Mary.  American Mary is the much-anticipated film by the Twisted Twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska.  It is the follow up to their debut feature film Dead Hooker in a Trunk, which they released in 2009.

Will the Financial Success of the Evil Dead Remake, Lead to More Remakes?

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After my blog about computer-generated effects (CGI), I went out and watched Evil Dead again.  Although there was some CGI in there, I really dug the film even more the second time around.  I am a fan of the majority of the remakes of American horror films, but I feel that Evil Dead is by far the best of the bunch.

SXSW and the Horror Genre

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South by Southwest (SXSW) is one of the biggest and most well known festivals in the world.  Every March, thousands of people from all over the world converge on Austin, Texas.  The festival connects people from film, music and emerging technology. 

Why, Oh Why, Did Someone Invent CGI?

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I recently watched a TED Talk by Don Levy called A Cinematic Journey Through Visual Effects.  I found the talk to be informative, but I am still in the group who is not a fan of visual effects.

All the Boys Love When The Film Gets Distributed

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After 7 long years since its outstanding Toronto Film Festival debut, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane is finally set for a U.S. release.  The U.S. rights for the film were picked up by Radius-TWC, who are planning a late-summer multi-platform launch.  This film stars the beautiful Amber Heard as Mandy Lane, a good girl who becomes the target of everyone’s affections after returning for a new school year.

Sam Raimi and The Evil Dead

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When most people these days hear the name Sam Raimi, they think of the Spiderman trilogy or the upcoming Oz the Great and Powerful, but if you are a horror movie fan, you know him for such great films as The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness and his venture back into the horror realm Drag Me to Hell. 

The Evolution of the Found Footage Horror Subgenre

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In the horror realm of filmmaking, the found footage subgenre is an ever-growing genre.  It all started in 1980 with the film Cannibal Holocaust directed by Ruggero Deodato.  After Cannibal Holocaust there wasn’t many found footage films being made.  It would take almost two decades for another big step in the evolution of this subgenre.