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The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Citizen Kane,’ ‘Mulholland Dr.,’ ‘Menace II Society’ & More

November 30, 2021 1:53 pm

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Passing,’ ‘Scream,’ ‘The Eyes Of Tammy Faye’ & More

Jason Bailey

November 16, 2021 1:12 pm

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

Wes Craven Initially Turned Down ‘Scream’ Because He Wanted To Get Out Of The “Horror Ghetto”

Charles Barfield

October 29, 2021 12:29 pm

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After launching his career in horror in the ‘70s, the next decade brought Wes Craven a ton of success thanks to his “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise. By the ‘90s, however, after directing what he thought wa...

Revisiting Wes Craven’s ’90s Nightmares [Be Reel Podcast]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer

October 22, 2021 12:57 pm

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By Wes Craven's third decade reinventing Hollywood horror, the "Nightmare on Elm Street" creator found himself asking, "What's the point of all this slashing?" He then embarked on a third act of socially criti...

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The Best Horror Sequels Of All Time: ‘Dawn Of The Dead,’ ‘Scream 2’ & More [The Playlist Podcast]

Charles Barfield

October 9, 2021 9:13 am

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The horror genre is notorious for having some of the worst sequels to ever grace the big screen. Most of the time, these sequels are studio-driven cash-grabs that fail to live up to the original film and quick...

Jordan Peele To Produce A Remake Of Wes Craven’s ‘The People Under The Stairs’

Charles Barfield

October 30, 2020 11:26 am

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First, Jordan Peele decided he wanted to write and produce a new version of “Candyman,” which will now be arriving next August. However, the filmmaker isn’t done with remakes, as it appears he’s onboard a new ...

Criterion Channel Is Doing A ’70s Horror Series For Halloween, And We Have A Trailer

Valerie Thompson

October 2, 2020 1:54 pm

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The ‘70s represented some of horror’s most creative and exciting developments. Criterion Channel is taking the month of October to delve into this influential decade’s fright-filled contributions with their ne...

‘Scream’ Is Reportedly The Latest Horror Franchise To Get A Big Screen Revival

Charles Barfield

November 7, 2019 3:20 pm

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Horror remakes and reboots are all the rage in Hollywood. Thanks to Blumhouse turning “Halloween” from a joke of a franchise into the biggest horror film of last year, studios are all trying to figure out what ...