Horrorthon Posts

The Tell-Tale Heart

Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Horrorthon Posts

1954 (*****) Thank God for YouTube, because without it, I’d be doomed to spend another thirty years fruitlessly searching for this exquisite seven-and-a-half-minute animated film, which scared the crap out of me in a fifth- or sixth-grade 16mm showing in school (so much so that I couldn’t sleep that night without the light on). Like […]

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WATCHMEN set photos!

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Horrorthon Posts

Click here for high-res versions of these excellent backstage Watchmen photos! You will recall that Zack Snyder, the director of 2004 Dawn of the Dead, is “helming” this movie. Look at the Gunga Diner! The Nixon poster! It’s all there! It’s great to see that the last vestiges of the Tim Burton disease have been […]

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“Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!”

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Horrorthon Posts

In between the original Cloverfield trailer (which debuted in front of Transformers) and the new, longer one (which is currently showing in front of Beowulf) the filmmakers have apparently been re-working a lot of the effects. The “Statue of Liberty’s head tumbling down Broadway” shot, in particular, has been re-done; I made a comparison to […]

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