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“Hi, I’m John Lithgow. I’ve been given this impossible task to pick out Blu-rays of films that have meant something to me in my life. All of them great.”

Could this possibly be a more inviting intro to a Criterion Closet video? We think not.

While the “Conclave” star’s Cardinal Tremblay may be a snake in some vestments, beloved performer John Lithgow is nothing but a charmer who’s love of cinema is as deeply rooted as his long career. Tracing back to its beginnings, Lithgow shared that one of his early selections, the Richard Harris-led drama “This Sporting Life” directed by Lindsay Anderson and written by David Storey, had a direct connection with one of his first breakout roles.

“There is a play that David Storey wrote which is basically derived from ‘This Sporting Life.’ I played a role in it when its American premiere...

Everything’s Coming Up Carrie!

January proved to be a busy, varied month on Horror Queers. We kicked off 2025 with a look at Sophia Takal’s examination of toxic friendships in Into the Dark: “New Year, New You” (listen), tackled Quentin Tarantino’s half of the Grindhouse double feature with Death Proof (listen), revisited George Waggner’s 1941 classic The Wolf Man (listen), then begged for Aylmer’s juice in Frank Henenlotter’s Brain Damage (listen).

To wrap up January, we’re taking Carrie White to prom in Brian De Palma‘s adaptation of Stephen King‘s debut novel, Carrie. The classic film about telekinesis follows timid, bullied Carrie (Sissy Spacek) struggling to fit in at high school and get out from under the thumb of her overbearing religious mother (Piper Laurie).

Unexpected kindness arrives courtesy of popular girl Sue Snell (Amy Irving), who volunteers her boyfriend Tommy (William Katt) to take Carrie to prom.

Arrow Video’s March 2025 releases promise a treasure trove of cult cinema, featuring everything from gory giallo to shark-infested waters and a Japanese gem making its international debut. With restored classics, genre-defining hits, and packed collector’s editions, this line-up is a must for film fans.

The headline release is Lucio Fulci’s Don’t Torture a Duckling, arriving on 24 March in a pristine 4K restoration. Considered Fulci’s masterpiece, this 1972 giallo blends mystery and horror with biting social commentary. Following a series of child murders in a superstitious village, journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian) and socialite Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet) uncover shocking secrets. With its brutal violence and critique of the Catholic Church, Don’t Torture a Duckling is both provocative and essential viewing. Arrow’s edition includes a collector’s booklet and reversible sleeve, perfect for fans of Italian cinema.

On 3 March, Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill arrives in a Limited Edition 4K Uhd.

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This November, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment from the dark detective fiction series titled Cross to a thrilling teen drama series titled Cruel Intentions. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 13 best films that are coming to Prime Video in November 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Carrie (November 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – United Artists

Carrie is a supernatural horror drama film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen. Based on the 1974 epistolary novel of the same name by Stephen King, the 1976 film follows Carrie White, a teenage girl living with a controlling mother who also gets bullied at school. But what...

Mystery movies have been around since the very early days of cinema, and are still incredibly popular today. For over a century, audiences have loved watching as a mystery unfolds onscreen. After all, it is difficult to resist a film that allows the viewer to feel like an active participant, getting roped into the story and trying to solve the crime before the characters onscreen. The best mysteries, though, are often the ones that the viewers are unable to solve on their own. These movies keep their audiences guessing until the last moment.

While filmmakers have been making mystery movies for generations upon generations, few eras have been quite as exciting for the genre as the 1980s. This decade featured an onslaught of well-executed mysteries covering a wide range of topics. With films ranging from silly whodunits to dark, serious investigations, the '80s promised something for all sorts of mystery lovers.

Some very exciting news for horror fans this evening, as Mike Flanagan is re-teaming with Stephen King for a new small-screen adaptation of the legendary's author's first novel, Carrie.

Deadline reports that the pair - who recently collaborated on the upcoming The Life of Chuck - are developing the supernatural coming-of-rage tale as an eight-episode series for Amazon, with Flanagan on board as showrunner and exec producer.

Brian De Palma's 1976 take on the book is widely viewed as one of the better King adaptations, with Sissy Spacek delivering a terrifying and tragic turn as the title character, who begins to manifest destructive telekinetic abilities after being relentlessly bullied by her classmates and tormented by her domineering religious fanatic mother. John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley and William Katt also starred.

The movie's climactic bloodbath is often hailed as one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

When Mike Flanagan and Stephen King join forces, it’s game over for their competitors in the horror film universe. Over the years, the legendary author and the veteran filmmaker have worked on a couple of projects that have received incredible ratings from critics. But Flanagan clearly isn’t done with bringing out on-screen adaptations of King’s stories.

Mike Flanagan | Credits: @flanaganfilm via Instagram

The 46-year-old filmmaker has already produced a few critically acclaimed series like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. The word on the street is that Flanagan’s next series will feature a classic Stephen King story that has already seen box office success, twice!

Mike Flanagan is currently laying the groundwork for an adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie Mike Flanagan and the cast of The Fall of the House of Usher...

Mike Flanagan has his sights set on another classic piece of IP: “Carrie.”

The “Doctor Sleep” and “Exorcist” filmmaker is adapting Stephen King’s novel for an eight-episode series at Prime Video, IndieWire has confirmed. King’s “Carrie” was first brought to the screen by Brian De Palma in 1976. There was a sequel film, “The Rage: Carrie 2” (1999), and a 2013 remake of the original “Carrie” starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore.

“Carrie” centers on a teenager who has a sheltered life in part due to her controlling mother. Yet the titular Carrie soon realizes that the torment she has endured both at home and at school with her bullying peers has heightened her hyperkinetic powers, and a revenge plan is brewed….

The official logline for the series teased that the show will be a “bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent...

Exclusive: After scoring the big deal at the Toronto Film Festival with Neon for TIFF’s People’s Choice Award winner The Life of Chuck, director Mike Flanagan and Stephen King are right back at it. The Dish hears their next collaboration will be Carrie, this time in an eight-episode series for Amazon. Flanagan will be the showrunner.

The 1974 novel put the young author King on the map, and also bolstered his worth as an author whose genre storytelling was most translatable to the big screen. Brian De Palma was the first director to adapt King’s coming-of-age story of a young sheltered girl with a domineering mother whose bullying caused unimaginable blood-soaked consequences due to her hyperkinetic powers. Sissy Spacek played the title character, and John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley and William Katt also starred.

After that 1976 hit, several follow-ups came later including The Rage: Carrie 2,...

Sissy Spacek unforgettably evolves from ugly duckling to swan to something else entirely in the groundbreaking film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel

Brian De Palma’s insouciantly horrible masterpiece from 1976, adapted from the novel by Stephen King, and mixing in tropes and tricks from Hitchcock’s Psycho, is now rereleased. This is the extraordinary exploitation shocker that also conveyed – or anyway fabricated – an impassioned sympathy for a bullied teenage girl with learning disabilities and telekinetic powers. It was a horror classic that didn’t conform to the narrative beats of the genre; it was a scary movie in which the terrifying demon was also the final girl.

Sissy Spacek gives an amazing performance as Carrie, a shy high school student and put-upon daughter of Margaret (Piper Laurie), whose fanatical religious devotion and fear of sex – and fear of Carrie having sex – stems from having been seduced and abandoned by...

There’s nothing like the first time. Your first published novel. Your first Prom. First telekinetic murder spree. Whatever. In the case of the 1974 novel, Carrie, it was Stephen King’s first time having a book published. It would also be the first piece of his work to ever grace the silver screen. Carrie would be released in 1976 on its way to becoming an all-time horror classic. In the film, Sissy Spacek plays an extremely shy and sheltered High School girl who is bullied relentlessly at home and school. At home, her mother is a complete and total nutbar salad who has weaponized her religious beliefs against her daughter. She locks her in the closet with this little coked-out Jesus statue and has for all intents and purposes ruined her chance at a normal life. One day at school, Carrie gets her period for the first time while in the community showers.

Amazon's Robocop TV show gets a new update, revealing that a showrunner has been brought on board. Released in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, the first Robocop movie starred Peter Weller as the titular cyborg police officer. The franchise returned in 2014 for a failed reboot starring Joel Kinnaman, with the property then moving to Amazon with the company's purchase of MGM in 2022. It was subsequently reported that a Robocop TV show was in the works, though few updates about the project have emerged since.

Now, Variety reports that Peter Ocko has joined the Robocop TV show as showrunner. James Wan has also boarded the series and will executive produce the project through his production company, Atomic Monster. The report includes the official logline for the series, included below, which teases a premise similar to that of the original film:

A giant tech conglomerate collaborates with the local police department to...

The “Robocop” TV series in development at Amazon is starting to take shape.

Variety has learned that Peter Ocko has boarded the project to serve as writer, executive producer and showrunner. In addition, James Wan is set to executive produce under his Atomic Monster banner.

The official logline for the series states, “A giant tech conglomerate collaborates with the local police department to introduce a technologically advanced enforcer to combat rising crime — a police officer who’s part man, part machine.”

Along with Ocko and Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett of Atomic Monster will also executive produce. Danielle Bozzone is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.

The “Robocop” series has been in the early development stages since Amazon acquired MGM, with Amazon looking to capitalize on their access to MGM’s deep IP library for both film and television projects. Amazon...

"Did anyone of you ever stop to think that Carrie White has feelings?" Park Circus in the UK has revealed a brand new official trailer for their re-release of the horror classic Carrie from 1976. After a 4K restoration, Carrie will be hitting theaters again in the UK this October - though there's no US release planned just yet. This horror film is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, published two years before the film first hit theaters in the 70s. A girl unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta, William Katt, Nancy Allen, and Betty Buckley. In addition to this classic, there was already a Carrie remake in 2013 directed by Kimberly Pierce starring Chloë Grace Moretz. There's also a sequel no one talks about anymore called The Rage: Carrie 2...

Everyone knows that Steven Spielberg's "1941" was a notorious box office flop. And everyone ... is wrong. Despite its reputation over the years, Spielberg's 1979 war comedy was not a box office failure. It just looked that way because, well, it was a Steven Spielberg movie. In '79, in the wake of the record-breaking box office juggernaut that was "Jaws" and its successful follow-up "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Steven Spielberg seemed untouchable. It felt like the wunderkind director could not fail — that, like a cinematic King Midas, everything he touched would turn to gold.

"1941" changed that. While the film went on to become a modest box office success, taking in $94.9 million on a $35 million budget, it was not well received. Critics were mixed at best on the film. As Roger Ebert wrote, "The movie finally reduces itself to an assault on our eyes and ears, a nonstop series of climaxes,...

There are various suggestions as to when the slasher movie sub-genre began, but it's safe to say it's been with us for at least 60 years. And in those 60 years, there's been a lot of dreck. That's not a bad thing, mind you — dreck can be fun! The slasher film, with its propensity for graphic kills and unstoppable killers taking center stage, is prone to sleaze and cheese, and that can be mighty enjoyable. It's a matter of taste — can you stomach what's being churned out? Or will you head to the toilet and lose your lunch? And then ... will you come back for more?

A new month is upon us, which means it's time for me to yet again highlight some streaming horror titles. And this month is all about slashers! Before we get to it, some ground rules. I tried not to be too obvious here. There are a...

Steven Spielberg, the master auteur, had somewhat of a crash course in the interdependent working relationship between a director and the studio quite early on in his career. Despite his natural expertise and ingrained talent for producing cinematic masterpieces, Spielberg is not entirely immune to box office failures.

Steven Spielberg on the sets of 1941 [Credit: Amblin]

The director of the aquatic thriller, Jaws, and sci-fi alien film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, had ridden the wave of success and glory for far too long to realize that without studio interference, a project can sometimes go downhill too. And Spielberg was quick to learn that on the evening of the premiere of 1941.

Steven Spielberg and His Radical New Hollywood Era

No studio production enters the final theatrical lineup without the absolute say-so of the higher-up execs. The Hollywood of today is entirely guided by the principle of equal collaboration between the suits and the creatives.

Spielberg's filmography is diverse, but he's only made a few overt comedies. Spielberg's 1941 was a critical bomb, but he bounced back , Catch Me If You Can, showcasing his comedic talent. Catch Me If You Can, a fast-paced comedy, starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks and received critical acclaim.

Steven Spielberg's only made a few full-blown comedies over the years, and his first successful one came over two decades after the first one failed to earn critical raves. Spielberg stands out among his peers as one of the most celebrated directors in cinematic history. Over the last fifty years, he's proven capable of jumping from genre to genre with ease. Spielberg seems just as at home in big-scale action movies and riveting historical dramas as he is with tense monster movies and heartwarming family films.

One genre that proved deceptively tricky for the filmmaker though was comedy. Although many...

Believe it or not, there was a time when studio executives were worried that John Travolta didn't have enough of the "it factor" to make it as a Hollywood leading man. He had a background in theater and was doing well on television, but in the 1970s, television and cinema were two entirely different worlds and actors didn't often jump between the mediums the way they do now. There were TV stars and there were movie stars, and never the twain shall meet. Well, maybe not never but it certainly wasn't common. And yet it was his TV star status that helped him land one of his breakout film roles.

During an interview with Journey To The Center Of The Cinema, casting director Harriet B. Helberg found it hilarious that Travolta arrived for his audition during his lunch break working on the TV comedy "Welcome Back, Kotter," still in his...

“When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here’s what she said to me: Qué será, será. Whatever will be, will be”

The opening of Michael Lehmann’s Heathers begins with a dreamy cover of a familiar song. Angelic voices ask a mother to predict the future only to be met with an infuriating response: “whatever will be, will be.” Her answer is most likely intended to present a life of limitless possibility, but as the introduction to a film devoid of competent parents, it feels like a noncommittal platitude. Heathers is filled with teenagers looking for guidance only to be let down by one adult after another. Gen Xers and elder millennials may have glamorized the outlandish fashion and creative slang while drooling over a smoking hot killer couple, but the violent film now packs an ominous punch.

Jeannie Epper, the peerless, fearless stunt performer who doubled for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman and swung on a vine across a 350-foot gorge and propelled down an epic mudslide as Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, has died. She was 83.

Epper died Sunday night of natural causes at her home in Simi Valley, her family told The Hollywood Reporter.

Just one member of a dynasty of stunt performers that Steven Spielberg dubbed the “Flying Wallendas of Film” — starting with her father, John Epper, there have been four generations of Eppers in show business since the 1930s — she worked on 150-plus films and TV shows during an astounding 70-year career.

In 2007, Epper received the first lifetime achievement honor given to a woman at the World Taurus Awards and ranks among the greatest stuntwomen of all time.

Known for her agility, horse-riding skills and competitiveness, the 5-foot-9 Epper also stepped in...

When Steven Spielberg set out to helm "1941" (a film John Wayne tried to stop him from making), he was seemingly unbeatable. Here was the man who invented the summer blockbuster with "Jaws," then followed it up with the big hit "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." He was on top of the world, and it felt like anything he put his name on was going to be a success. Then "1941" crashed and burned. 

Sort of. 

Here's the thing: in the grand scheme of things, "1941" was not relly a flop. However, because critics were mixed on the flick and it wasn't as big of a hit as Spielberg's previous two movies, it was seen as a failure. Spielberg the wunderkind was showing signs of fatigue. And to be fair, "1941" is definitely one of Spielberg's weaker efforts. Based very loosely on true events, the film follows several...

“It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It’s me. Me. If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things”

Is it possible to go to prom these days without thinking about Carrie? Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel has become so ingrained in the zeitgeist that it’s nearly impossible to shop for a prom dress without a fleeting fear that it might become covered in blood. And perhaps that’s a good thing. Revolutionary at the time, the story concludes with a shocking act of righteous revenge, but mixed into the wreckage is a cautionary tale about bullying and religious abuse. Carrie may wield the fiery hand of justice in the film’s final act, but only after a lifetime of victimization at the hands of her classmates and mother. Maybe thinking about Carrie and the real life outcasts that share her...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!]

RoboCop 2 4K Uhd from Scream Factory

RoboCop 2 will protect the innocent on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on June 18 via Scream Factory. The 1990 sequel has been newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision.

Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) directs from a script by comic book legend Frank Miller and Walon Green (Eraser). Peter Weller returns to star with Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Tom Noonan, Belinda Bauer, and Gabriel Damon.

Special features include: commentaries by CG supervisor Paul M. Sammon and the RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop documentarians; Corporate Wars: The Making of RoboCop 2; Machine Parts: The FX of RoboCop 2; Ocp Declassified; and more.

Species...

Fear Street 4 is reviving an old horror trend that started with Stephen King's movie Carrie. A prom is a perfect horror movie setting, offering tension and no way out for characters. Fear Street 4 isn't a sequel to the trilogy, and it's based on R.L. Stine's The Prom Queen book.

More details about Netflix’s Fear Street 4 have been revealed, and it’s reviving an old horror trend that was perfected almost five decades ago. In 2021, Netflix brought R. L. Stine’s book series Fear Street to life with a trilogy, with each movie set in a different year: 1994, 1978, and 1666. However, they are all connected through the curse of Shadyside, the curse of Sarah Fier, and a series of mysterious murders. Thanks to the success of the trilogy, the world of Fear Street is now expanding with a fourth movie.

In 2023, a fourth Fear Street movie...

Spoilers for Brian De Palma's "Carrie" follow.

Brian De Palma's "Carrie" is a harrowingly earnest adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name, in which Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is thrust into the jaws of a cruel world, prompting her to unleash raw, unadulterated rage. Apart from dealing with a rough, abusive upbringing by her overbearing religious mother, Carrie has to wade through throngs of bullies at school every day, who despise her for not fitting into a mold. Just when Carrie thinks she is socially accepted after being crowned prom queen, she is doused in buckets of pig's blood, which drench her dress completely red. This is a turning point for Carrie, who finally unleashes everything dormant within her: her pain, her psychic abilities, and her rage.

The prom massacre echoes a scene from the very start of the film, where Carrie gets her first period...

It is 36 years since RoboCop blasted its way onto UK cinema screens and made a splash of epic, gruesome, proportions. With that a cult-like following is born and the film’s influence cannot be overstated.

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is an incredibly methodical ‘making of’ documentary that has now set the standard and an exceptionally high one, no less. It comes as no surprise with the success of their recent projects which include Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story and Pennywise: The Story of It.

The documentary oozes passion and is testament to its directors Christopher Griffiths and Eastwood Allen clear love for the film in a project that has been over seven years in the making.

This four part series spans over more than four hours is nothing short of a triumph, it is forensic in its analysis and brings to life the chaos of the RoboCop shoot and does so brilliantly.

Arrow Video’s January release is the 1970s horror masterwork Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek as a telekinetic title character. If you’ve got a taste for terror – make sure you grab Carrie on 4K Uhd from Arrow Video.

The release includes commentaries and visual essays, a wealth of interviews and archive featurettes, and comes in limited edition packaging, with a 40-page perfect bound book, a fold-out double-sided poster, six collector’s postcards!

In 1974, Stephen King published his first novel, the story of Carrie White, a troubled young girl, bullied by her peers and daughter to a fanatical fundamentalist mother, who discovers she has telekinetic powers. In 1976, it became the first of his works to be adapted for the big screen and, to this day, remains one of the very best.

Carrie marked Brian De Palma’s arrival as a major director, following smaller cult films such as Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise and Obsession,...

There's a billion bits of "Star Wars" trivia out there, but one of my favorites is actually from before a single foot of film ran through the camera. You have to remember that, though "Star Wars" is a multi-billion dollar IP now, the original film barely got made. George Lucas had success with "American Graffiti," but this was a script that nobody in Hollywood understood, even Alan Ladd Jr., the Fox exec who gave the film a greenlight. 

Lucas's world-building impressed most people, but they just didn't understand the technobabble jargon in a genre that was predominantly either super serious like "2001" or extra campy like "Barbarella." "Star Wars" existed somewhere between the two and that threw everybody, from studio execs to the actors auditioning for the movie, for a loop.

This was also an era pre-internet, so when Hamill went in to his first meeting for the role of Luke Skywalker...

Piper Laurie's misunderstanding of the script led to an over-the-top and memorable performance as Margaret White, Carrie's mother. The campy and exaggerated tone of the film made the bleak story more digestible and balanced. John Travolta and Nancy Allen also misunderstood the tone, adding to the film's unintentional comedic villainy.

While Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie was turned into a highly successful adaptation by director Brian De Palma, one of the movie’s best decisions was a fortunate mistake by an actor. Stephen King has played an outsized role in the history of modern horror, and his influence is so vast that it is tough to remember a time when he was an unknown young author. However, in 1974, publishers took a big chance on King when they offered the writer a huge advance for his debut novel, Carrie. King got lucky once again when director Brian De Palma...

Starring: Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer RoboDoc – The Creation of RoboCop, the definitive RoboCop documentary has landed! The four part docu-series is out now exclusively on the Icon Film Channel, and Blu-ray Collector’s Edition and Tvod/Est from 1st January 2024. A 4-part limited series spanning nearly 5 hours – RoboDoc is a deep-dive into the making of the seminal 80’s sci-fi sensation, a film that pushed boundaries and inspired a whole generation! Directed by Eastwood Allen and Christopher Griffiths (Pennywise: The Story of It), and produced by Gary Smart (Dark Ditties Presents), the film includes brand new interviews with BAFTA-nominated RoboCop Director, Paul Verhoeven, plus a host of stars from the original trilogy including Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, and the late Miguel Ferrer. Complete with exclusive behind-the-scenes materials, this comprehensive new take on the story offers...

Inthe 1995 "The X-Files" episode "Død Kalm," Agents Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) trek out to the U.S.S. Ardent, an American destroyer frozen in a remote area off the coast of Norway. The ship had recently been abandoned by its crew as a mysterious environmental condition had caused them to age rapidly; although in their 20s, they looked like they were in their mid-60s. When Mulder and Scully arrive on the Ardent, they find that the remaining crew on board has become mummified and that the ship's hull has already begun to rust through. Before too long, Mulder and Scully begin aging rapidly as well. Mulder theorizes that they have encountered a "wrinkle in time," and that the Ardent might be going through something similar to the notorious Philadelphia Experiment of 1943. Scully later finds that their advanced aging might have something to do with the ship's freshwater supply.

We’ve all got that friend. The one who convinces us to push our boundaries or take that crazy risk, even though we have a hunch we’ll probably get hurt. They’re exciting, they’re cool, maybe even supportive, but they tend to lead us down the road to trouble, only to duck out when the consequences roll around. Film has a long history of these toxic troublemakers. Looking back, the Horror/Thriller genre was practically built on the backs of these smiling devils, who lure us in with their fun-loving wiles, then lead us off the side of a cliff.

Director William Oldroyd plays with this treacherous archetype in his adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2015 novel Eileen. At first, Rebecca (Anne Hathaway) seems like a breath of fresh air to Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie). She’s the glamorous new educational director at a boys reformatory, who encourages Eileen to...

The fan-funded, four-part docuseries RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is available to watch through the Screambox streaming service, and has also received a Blu-ray release. As fans watch the docuseries, it seems the most popular, standout moment is a sequence where weapons master Randy E. Moore talks about interacting with RoboCop star Peter Weller while holding a stack of Oreos. You can watch that clip in this embed:

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From Dead Mouse Productions Ltd and Cult Screenings UK Ltd, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is a fully independent retrospective into the making of RoboCop and its cultural impact over the last 30 years. Supported by dozens of the original cast and crew, RoboDoc is made by fans of the movie for fans of the movie. The filmmakers conducted interviews with sixty-six cast and crew members when assembling the documentary.

After the debacle that was Batman & Robin, George Clooney needed to find the kind of role that would rehabilitate his reputation as an actor. He found it in Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight, a crime comedy adapted from a novel by Elmore Leonard. In Out of Sight, Clooney led an outstanding ensemble cast that included Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Catherine Keener, Albert Brooks, Ving Rhames, Nancy Allen, and Dennis Farina. It turned out to be a good career move for Clooney — the movie got fantastic reviews and, although it wasn’t a huge box-office hit at the time, has become a cult classic over the years. When Out of Sight was released in 1998, Clooney walked us through the process that resulted in him starring in the film. (Click on the media bar below to hear George Clooney) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/George_Clooney_Out_Of_sight...

Officially announced this morning, Brian De Palma’s classic Stephen King adaptation Carrie is getting a 4K Ultra HD upgrade from Arrow Video, and it’s up for pre-order now.

The Limited Edition 4K release will be available on January 22, 2024. Restored in 4K from the original negative, this collector’s edition “provides the film’s definitive release.”

Special Features include…

4K restoration from the original camera negative 4K (2160p) Uhd Blu-rayTM presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Lossless mono and DTS-hd 5.1 Master Audio soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Commentary by Lee Gambin, author of Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45 and Devil’s Advocates: Suspiria Acting Carrie – archive featurette containing interviews with director Brian De Palma, actors Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt and others More Acting Carrie – additional interviews with the...

Starring: Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer RoboDoc – The Creation of RoboCop, the definitive RoboCop documentary has landed! The four part docu-series is out now exclusively on the Icon Film Channel, followed by a Blu-ray Collector’s Edition on 18th December 2023 and Tvod/Est from 1st January 2024. A 4-part limited series spanning nearly 5 hours – RoboDoc is a deep-dive into the making of the seminal 80’s sci-fi sensation, a film that pushed boundaries and inspired a whole generation! Directed by Eastwood Allen and Christopher Griffiths (Pennywise: The Story of It), and produced by Gary Smart (Dark Ditties Presents), the film includes brand new interviews with BAFTA-nominated RoboCop Director, Paul Verhoeven, plus a host of stars from the original trilogy including Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, and the late Miguel Ferrer. Complete with exclusive behind-the-scenes materials, this comprehensive new...

Brian De Palma’s “play nice” films—in which he shows that he can groove to the strictures of pop cinema while reinvigorating formulaic stories with his formal gifts—often have an acrid aftertaste. While watching The Untouchables or Mission: Impossible, the De Palma acolyte may sense the artist’s resentment at having to impersonally flex his mastery. Carlito’s Way, though, is an exception.

Working from a vivid screenplay by David Koepp, adapted from two novels by Judge Edwin Torres, De Palma embraces the romantic possibilities of mainstream cinema, using his skill to deepen the audience’s engagement with melodrama rather than to interrogate it. The 1993 film is an increasingly endangered bird—an intelligent and beautiful entertainment for adults—that was taken for granted by many at the time.

The opening credits sequence establishes a different De Palma register—a cohesion between the sentimental pull of pop cinema and the...

The fourth and final episode in the must-see four-part Screambox Original series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is now streaming on Screambox. The fourth episode is a blast, celebrating the timeless cult classic’s staying power. Watch it now!

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, director Paul Verhoeven & more.

In Episode 1, “Destination Delta City,” take a deep dive into the making of the sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop. Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them, have signed up for a turbulent and career-defining ride.

In Episode 2, “Verhoeven’s Mantra,” with the production in full swing,...

If you haven’t checked out the RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop series on Screambox yet, you are missing out. It’s hands down one of the best documentaries ever made… and it’s not even over yet!

Tomorrow will see the release of the final episode, in which a movie icon is unleashed to the world, creating an unforgettable legacy with lasting memories for the people who lived through its production.

In Dread Central‘s exclusive clip, get a sneak peek at how the film was received upon its initial release and how the cast and crew remember this iconic and monumental occasion.

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller,...

The next episode of "RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop" documentary TV series, streams September 19, 2023 on The Roku Channel, Prime Video, Apple TV and Vudu:

"...'RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop' takes an in-depth look into the ground breaking franchise...

"...and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise...

"... director Paul Verhoeven and a whole lot more..."

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The third episode in the must-see four-part Screambox Original series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is now streaming, with additional installments dropping weekly. The third episode is a killer, celebrating the golden age of practical effects! Watch it now!

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, director Paul Verhoeven & more.

In Episode 1, “Destination Delta City,” take a deep dive into the making of the sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop. Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them, have signed up for a turbulent and career-defining ride.

In Episode 2, “Verhoeven’s Mantra,” with the production in full swing,...

The first and second episodes in the must-see four-part Screambox Original series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop are now streaming, with additional installments dropping weekly. In fact, Episode 3 hits the streaming service tomorrow, September 12.

The new episode dives into untold first-hand accounts from the resilient cast & crew as they relive the golden era of hands-on, practical filmmaking in the 1980s!

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, director Paul Verhoeven & more.

In Episode 1, “Destination Delta City,” take a deep dive into the making of the sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop. Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them,...

The Ultimate Time Capsule.

We closed out August with a look at the horror elements in the non-horror film Shiva Baby, the trans empowerment of Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers, and Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut Stoker. Now, our first episode of September kicks off a month themed after one of Joe’s favorite sub-genres: the erotic thriller!

First up is Brian De Palma‘s controversial masterpiece Dressed to Kill.

Dressed to Kill sees high-priced sex worker Liz Blake (Nancy Allen) witness a mysterious woman brutally slay homemaker Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson). The police think Liz is the murderer and the real killer wants to silence the crime’s only witness, putting Liz in a tough situation. Only Kate’s inventor son, Peter (Keith Gordon), believes Liz. Peter and Liz team up to find the real culprit, who has an unexpected means of hiding her identity and an even more surprising motivation to kill.

Clockwise from top left: Grease 2 (Paramount), Jaws: The Revenge (Universal), Exorcist II: The Heretic (Warner Bros.), Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.)Image: The A.V. Club

In 1997’s Scream 2, self-proclaimed film geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) rants about sequels in his college film class. “Sequels suck! By definition alone they’re inferior films,...

Back in 1990, Lifetime premiered its first-ever original made-for-tv movie, Memories of a Murder. The film followed a woman (Nancy Allen) who hits her head and gets amnesia, causing her to forget that a psychopath is trying to kill her family. It set expectations for the network’s movies for years to come: over-the-top stories about women in danger that were either cautionary tales, survival narratives, or both. This fall, the network keeps the tradition going with the release of its 500th original film.

The first and second episodes in the must-see four-part Screambox Original series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop are now streaming, with additional installments dropping weekly!

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, director Paul Verhoeven & more.

In Episode 1, “Destination Delta City,” take a deep dive into the making of the sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop. Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them, have signed up for a turbulent and career-defining ride.’

In today’s Episode 2, “Verhoeven’s Mantra,” with the production in full swing, a notoriously demanding, volatile and mad-genius of a director in Paul...

On the road to Halloween, Screambox is unleashing another massive wave of spooky streaming here in September 2023, and we’ve got the full lineup for you today.

First up, a horde of cretaceous creatures attack a coastal town on prom night in Crabs! The indie horror-comedy is streaming exclusively on Screambox right now.

Ahead of Netflix’s new series “Gamera: Rebirth” on September 7, the Gamera Collection stomps onto Screambox on September 4. All 12 films in the giant monster movie franchise are included, from the classic Gamera: The Giant Monster to the influential ’90s reboot, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, and the latest installment, Gamera the Brave.

Screambox delves into The History of Metal and Horror on September 15. Explore how the two genres have intersected with horror icons like John Carpenter, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder, Doug Bradley, and Tom Savini alongside such metal luminaries as Rob Zombie, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine,...

The fan-funded, four-part docuseries RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop was acquired by Cinedigm last year, and the company is currently releasing the series through their Screambox streaming service, with episodes being released on a weekly basis starting today – but if you want to own the documentary on physical media, you’ll be glad to hear that RoboDoc is also set to receive a Blu-ray release in October! On October 17th, to be exact.

Our friends at Bloody Disgusting gave us the heads-up that a collector’s edition Blu-ray release of RoboDoc is available for pre-order through Amazon, and there’s also a steelbook that’s exclusive to Walmart. (It can be pre-ordered through the Walmart website.)

Coming to us from Dead Mouse Productions Ltd and Cult Screenings UK Ltd, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is a fully independent retrospective into the making of RoboCop and its cultural impact over the last 30 years.

The first episode in the must-see four-part Screambox Original series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is now streaming, with additional installments dropping weekly!

From the makers of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (now streaming on Screambox), RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop takes an in-depth look into the creation of the groundbreaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew, including Hollywood icons such as Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise, director Paul Verhoeven & more.

In Episode 1 “Destination Delta City”, ‘Who is he? What is he? Where does he come from?’ Take a deep dive into the making of the sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop. Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them, have signed up for a turbulent and career-defining ride.

Dead or alive, you’re watching this series…

Stream Episode 1 Exclusively On Screambox!

Part man. Part machine.