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Basement Songs: John Carpenter’s “The Thing”
Scott Malchus celebrates Halloween with John Carpenter's "The Thing" in this week's Basement Songs
Read More »Basement Songs: 52 Saturday Nights
Last year I began to reevaluate my life (that happens when you turn 40) and the pursuit of the dream I had as a boy. What was it about those movies that captured my
Read More »DVD Review: Kurt Russell Is the King in John Carpenter’s “Elvis”
The 1979 biopic, Elvis, has finally found a home on DVD thanks to Shout! Factory. This made-for-TV movie was a huge success when it originally aired. There’s no question why: The movie came our
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: All Souls Edition, 10/30/09
Welcome back. Are you feeling comfortable? Good. Right about now, you’re sitting casually in your seat, perhaps in a chair staring at the monitor, perhaps bundled up on the couch, wrapped in your Snuggie,
Read More »Revival House: “The Night HE Came Home!”
Welcome back to Revival House, where Jeff Johnson has dimmed the lights, cued the chilling music, and is waiting to take us back to Halloween night,
Read More »Revival House: Ten Great Remakes
Remakes are all the rage in Hollywood these days, and "rage" is the popular filmgoer response to most of them -- but as Jeff Johnson points out in his latest Revival House, a remake
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