The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Werner Herzog, Bruno S. “In 1828, a ragged boy was found abandoned in the town of N.” reads the opening text of Werner…
For those unfamiliar with the original, Maniac (1980) was a notorious classic of the slasher genre. Its unprecedented gore and use of first person perspective during the killer’s senseless…
By Helen Cox Independent director and producer Sloane U’Ren and Ant Neely have returned from the 37th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival with one of the coolest awards in…
Explorers from Gremlins director Joe Dante is most notable for featuring both River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke in their debut feature-length roles as wannabe space explorers who build their…
“One of the bloodiest and most brutal films of Bruce Lee’s career,” The Big Boss (aka Fist Of Fury) was actually conceived as a star project for co-star James…
Alan Parker’s Angel Heart is a visceral experience in both atmosphere and mood, with pressure cooker tension, intrigue and fear bubbling up to a burning climax. Despite its bold…
In the late 1970s/early 80s the cannibal film was a somewhat bizarre phenomenon within the Italian film industry. A variation on the zombie genre in which the monsters were…
The huge success of Markus Zusak’s prize winning novel The Book Thief had many challenges to overcome in its adaptation for the screen. Namely, much of the novel’s originality…
