The Wishmaster episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Juan Jimenez, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Horror has had many periods and the late 1990s were very much for self-referential films, dark humor, and cameos. Wishmaster, or Wes Craven’s Wishmaster (watch it Here) as it was marketed at the time, is more on the dark humor side of things than self-referential. Still, it does have plenty of cameos and references to other movies to be found by those paying attention.
While the film was marketed as Wes Craven’s Wishmaster, the film was in fact, written by Peter Adkins and directed by Robert Kurtzman, two creators the world of horror already knew. Craven was an executive producer here, but his name put butts in seats back in the day,...
Horror has had many periods and the late 1990s were very much for self-referential films, dark humor, and cameos. Wishmaster, or Wes Craven’s Wishmaster (watch it Here) as it was marketed at the time, is more on the dark humor side of things than self-referential. Still, it does have plenty of cameos and references to other movies to be found by those paying attention.
While the film was marketed as Wes Craven’s Wishmaster, the film was in fact, written by Peter Adkins and directed by Robert Kurtzman, two creators the world of horror already knew. Craven was an executive producer here, but his name put butts in seats back in the day,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
The Castle Freak episode of Best Horror Movie You Never Saw was Written by Cody Hamman, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Paul Bookstaber, Produced by John Fallon and Tyler Nichols, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Stuart Gordon directed some of the best, most popular H.P. Lovecraft adaptations ever made, starting with the 1985 classic Re-Animator. A decade after making that movie, he returned to Lovecraft to tell a much darker, even nastier story. The story of a hideous man who has lived an awful life of confinement and torture. And when he escapes, a bloodbath ensues. It’s the story of a man known as the Castle Freak – and it’s The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.
Stuart Gordon and producer Charles Band established their working relationship during the filming of Re-Animator. The project benefited from the production facilities of Band’s company Empire Pictures, and Empire was the distributor.
Stuart Gordon directed some of the best, most popular H.P. Lovecraft adaptations ever made, starting with the 1985 classic Re-Animator. A decade after making that movie, he returned to Lovecraft to tell a much darker, even nastier story. The story of a hideous man who has lived an awful life of confinement and torture. And when he escapes, a bloodbath ensues. It’s the story of a man known as the Castle Freak – and it’s The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.
Stuart Gordon and producer Charles Band established their working relationship during the filming of Re-Animator. The project benefited from the production facilities of Band’s company Empire Pictures, and Empire was the distributor.
- 6/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It’s Friday the 13th, and we’re celebrating with a new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series that looks back at the original, 1980 Friday the 13th (watch it Here)! To hear about some of what went into the making of this classic slasher, check out the video embedded above.
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham from a screenplay by Victor Miller, Friday the 13th has the following synopsis: Crystal Lake’s history of murder doesn’t deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people — Jack, Alice, Bill, Marcie, and Ned — pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. As they’re slashed, shot and stabbed, the counselors struggle to stay alive against a merciless opponent.
The film stars Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Jeannine Taylor,...
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham from a screenplay by Victor Miller, Friday the 13th has the following synopsis: Crystal Lake’s history of murder doesn’t deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people — Jack, Alice, Bill, Marcie, and Ned — pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. As they’re slashed, shot and stabbed, the counselors struggle to stay alive against a merciless opponent.
The film stars Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Jeannine Taylor,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at one of the more overlooked entries in the filmography of the late, great George A. Romero. The movie is the 1988 release Monkey Shines (watch it Here), and you can hear all about it in the video embedded above!
Written and directed by Romero, Monkey Shines is based on a novel by Michael Stewart. The film has the following synopsis: What starts as an innocent attempt to have a specially trained monkey help a paralyzed man get a new lease on life turns into a hell of unleashed rage. Monkey Shines, is a chilling look at how one man’s inner fury is telepathically channeled through his beloved monkey which carries out his most devious thoughts.
Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten,...
Written and directed by Romero, Monkey Shines is based on a novel by Michael Stewart. The film has the following synopsis: What starts as an innocent attempt to have a specially trained monkey help a paralyzed man get a new lease on life turns into a hell of unleashed rage. Monkey Shines, is a chilling look at how one man’s inner fury is telepathically channeled through his beloved monkey which carries out his most devious thoughts.
Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It’s time for a new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series, and with this one we’re looking back at a 1991 slasher that had a rather troubled production but still managed to gain a solid cult following. The movie is Popcorn (watch it Here), and you can find out all about it by watching the video embedded above.
Directed by Mark Herrier, Popcorn has the following synopsis:
What could be scarier than an all-night “Horrorthon”? A group of film students finds out when they stage just such an event at an abandoned movie palace. In addition to the three features — Mosquito, The Attack Of The Amazing Electrified Man and The Stench — they decide to screen a bizarre short called The Possessor, whose creator, Lanyard Gates, killed his family and set the theater on fire after its first showing. Maggie has been having frightening dreams...
Directed by Mark Herrier, Popcorn has the following synopsis:
What could be scarier than an all-night “Horrorthon”? A group of film students finds out when they stage just such an event at an abandoned movie palace. In addition to the three features — Mosquito, The Attack Of The Amazing Electrified Man and The Stench — they decide to screen a bizarre short called The Possessor, whose creator, Lanyard Gates, killed his family and set the theater on fire after its first showing. Maggie has been having frightening dreams...
- 12/28/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It’s time for a new episode of the Paranormal Network series The UFO Show, and in this one we find out that NASA has set up its own Uap investigation, look into Uap investigations that are taking place in a few other countries, and then examine a shocking evening in Brazil that has been called the “Night of the UFOs”. Find out all about it in the video embedded above!
New episodes of The UFO Show are released monthly, and here’s the info on the show:
Have you ever seen a UFO – or thought you had? Are you fascinated by the very idea that Aliens, ETs, and Invaders from Mars exist not only in our imaginations… but beyond the stars? Do you hope one day we’ll have a Close Encounter of any kind with a being from another world? You’re not alone! With more and more...
New episodes of The UFO Show are released monthly, and here’s the info on the show:
Have you ever seen a UFO – or thought you had? Are you fascinated by the very idea that Aliens, ETs, and Invaders from Mars exist not only in our imaginations… but beyond the stars? Do you hope one day we’ll have a Close Encounter of any kind with a being from another world? You’re not alone! With more and more...
- 9/12/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series has just been released, and in this one the movie we’re looking into is the infamous 1978 box office hit Faces of Death (get it Here). A movie that mixes footage that was shot by writer/director John Alan Schwartz (credited as Conan Le Cilaire and Alan Black) with actual footage of real human and animal deaths. To hear more about Faces of Death, check out the video embedded above.
In Faces of Death,
a coroner (Dr. Francis B. Gröss) shows scenes of gruesome deaths from around the world both real and re-enacted.
Dr. Francis B. Gröss was played by Michael Carr.
This is what the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie series is all about:
Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites,...
In Faces of Death,
a coroner (Dr. Francis B. Gröss) shows scenes of gruesome deaths from around the world both real and re-enacted.
Dr. Francis B. Gröss was played by Michael Carr.
This is what the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie series is all about:
Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A new episode of the video series Haunted Objects has just been released through the Paranormal Network YouTube channel, and in this one we’re taking a trip around the world to visit places of great beauty and wonder. Places that attract millions of tourists… some of whom bring home something more than they bargained for. To hear all about it, check out the video embedded above!
Here’s the synopsis for the Haunted Objects series:
What if you found out something you cherished, an heirloom perhaps, was possessed? Would you try to throw it away? Destroy it? Maybe sell it to an unsuspecting buyer? And how did it become “haunted” to begin with? Those are the questions we are going to ask as we explore those very objects. Some, you might be familiar with, and others might be so obscure that they’ve been lost to the sands of time,...
Here’s the synopsis for the Haunted Objects series:
What if you found out something you cherished, an heirloom perhaps, was possessed? Would you try to throw it away? Destroy it? Maybe sell it to an unsuspecting buyer? And how did it become “haunted” to begin with? Those are the questions we are going to ask as we explore those very objects. Some, you might be familiar with, and others might be so obscure that they’ve been lost to the sands of time,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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