EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: JOE DANTE, Part II – Dante’s Inferno! By BILL REICK Here’s the second half of my hour-long conversation with Joe Dante. He couldn’t have been kinder in answering my scatter-brained questions. It was a real privilege to connect with this...
MISSED MASTERPIECES: TRUST IS TERROR IN “LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH” By BILL REICK “The three types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it’s when the lights go out and something green and slimy...
MISSED MASTERPIECES: HINTS OF SOMETHING GREAT IN “ABSENTIA” By BILL REICK Even if you don’t recognize his name, you’ve probably screamed during one of Mike Flanagan’s projects. Over the past decade-plus, Flanagan has created an untouchable track record in horror, and...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: JOE DANTE ON HIS LIFE, HIS WORK AND 70 YEARS OF THE SCI-FI HORROR CLASSIC “TARANTULA,” PART I By BILL REICK I connected with Joe Dante’s team under the guise of speaking about the 1955 creature feature Tarantula’s 70th anniversary....
MISSED MASTERPIECES: Gory, Goofy Gags Galore in “MOTEL HELL” By BILL REICK Starring Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke and Nancy ParsonsWritten by Robert Jaffe and Steven-Charles JaffeDirected by Kevin ConnorUnited Artists In the 2020s, the horror genre sometimes seems like a...
