CAN YOU SMELL, WHAT THE ROCK IS REMAKING? Big Trouble In Little China is, according to people who have seen the film (PLEASE DON’T HURT ME) a classic masterpiece that is still infinitely rewatchable to this day. Kurt Russell at his beefiest prime, taking on sinister magical forces in Chinatown! How could a film like that not be even more awesome? According …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: April 22, 2015
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: January 27, 2015
I am tired of it, tired, tired, tired of it! Remakes of movies that should be left to mature in their juices of cult classic status, pulled from their resting places by Hollywood only to have CGI electrodes thrust into them in order to destroy remake them! Cough. Sorry about that. Let me calm myself… My beloved Escape from New …
I am an utterly unrepentant John Carpenter fan. Yes, he has created his share of rubbish cinema, but you cannot deny the man who gave us The Thing, They Live, Mouth Of Madness, Escape From New York and Halloween. But the director is as well known for his soundtrack work, which have scored some of his most iconic films with …
This being the season of sugar, scares and sexy costumes, let’s give a nod not only to the film of the same name, but which defined a huge chunk of horrordom. The slasher sub-genre has been a little slow of late, but you can still expect at least one movie each year that copies its formula. And that all started …
He may have escaped from New York and LA, but not even Snake Plissken could escape from a cancelled video game.
Call me Snake. It’s been a number of years since we last saw one-eyed Snake Plissken, the surly man with a past and a habit of getting himself thrown into sealed city super-prisons. 1996 was that year, as John Carpenter directed the sequel Escape from LA, that ended with Snake pulling the ol’ “EMP blast the entire planet with this …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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