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New RESIDENT EVIL, Jennifer and David Lynch’s Latest, Spain’s TIMECRIMES, Frank Henenlotter and More—All Part of NYCHFF’s Promising 2008 Lineup
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 11/8/2008
- Festivals and Filmmakers , Horror Films and Thrillers
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And if those teasers don’t give you reason enough to keep reading, know that on the eve of one of horror’s premiere events, Festival Director Michael Hein was kind enough to answer a few of our questions…
A Halloween Pow-Wow with Toby Wilkins, the Award-Winning Director of SPLINTER
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/23/2008
- Festivals and Filmmakers , Horror Films and Thrillers , Interviews
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One can no longer say that Toby Wilkins is an up-and-coming filmmaker—he’s already arrived. Tapped by Sam Raimi to make TALES FROM THE GRUDGE and THE GRUDGE 3, Wilkins recently spoke to us about SPLINTER, the year’s best old-fashioned (yet new-fangled) monster movie. But along the way we also discussed ALIEN, ALIENS, FINAL DESTINATION, 28 DAYS LATER, THE THING and, um, STARDUST…
Rob Tapert Talks Horror with Firefox News
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/15/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , Legend of the Seeker , Television , Interviews , Festivals and Filmmakers
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The producer of The Evil Dead, 30 Days of Night, and Sam Raimi’s 2009 release, Drag Me To Hell, sat down to talk with us about the joys of foreign-language horror, the focus of his new DVD label, Ghost House Underground. We also got around to topics such as the place of the PG-13 rating in the genre, why J-horror’s moment in the sun may have come and gone, and even the upcoming TV series The Legend of the Seeker…
Brace Yourself: New Films from Korea Are Here
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 08/17/2008
- Festivals and Filmmakers , Asian Films , Horror Films and Thrillers , Movies
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Star-crossed lovers in a gorgeous high tragedy, a straight-laced cop who becomes a brilliant crook, and ghostly twists-‘n-turns practically guaranteed to fake you out—this year’s New York Korean Film Festival provides a host of international and North American premieres of movies with imagination to burn…
Returning to the Primal Screen: A Conversation with Neo-Grindhouse Provocateur Rob Hauschild
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 08/5/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , Festivals and Filmmakers , North American Films
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Can two of the most downtrodden of film genres, horror and exploitation, actually help restore the communal wonder of the cinema itself? Well, for the producer/distributor behind Wild Eye Releasing, this may be a question that’s barely worth asking…
“Japan Cuts” Above The Rest
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/29/2008
- Festivals and Filmmakers , Asian Films , Horror Films and Thrillers , Movies
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Japan Society has curated an impressive program that includes classic and recent works from the late grandmaster Kon Ichikawa, the funniest Giant Monster flick you’ll ever see, and Quentin Tarantino in Takashi Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django…
Movie Review--Kisaragi
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/27/2008
- Fandom , Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
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Probably the most impressive, most fun feature film I’ve ever seen about fandom…
Movie Review--Like a Dragon
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/21/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
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Takashi Miike makes a movie out of a videogame… or is it the other way around?
The Best Asian Genre Movies, Period
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 06/19/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , Asian Films , Festivals and Filmmakers
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Even if you can’t manage to claw your way to the Big Apple over the next couple of weeks for NYAFF, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with its offerings and queue them mentally. With directors such as Miike and To, and films such as the Death Note sequel L: Change the World and the live-action Dororo, we’re talking state-of-the-art genre movies…
Interview—Dead by Dawn’s Adèle Hartley
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 04/2/2008
- Festivals and Filmmakers
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There’s only a handful of horror film festivals that enjoy international reputations and Edinburgh’s Dead by Dawn is one of them. In a way, its founder and director Adèle Hartley is the ultimate fan—with no real prior experience, she nonetheless started the kind of event that she knew she’d love to attend. That was in 1993. And the startling success that she’s achieved since tells me that all of us in horror could probably learn a few things from her…