In 1999 Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis teamed up to form Dark Castle Entertainment a production company designed to pay homage to the works of legendary filmmaker William Castle; their first project was a remake of the 1960 classic House on Haunted Hill, yet after just two remakes they stopped and went on to make…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
House on Haunted Hill (1959) – Review
If a person were to find themselves in a horror movie a solid piece of advice to follow would be, “Don’t accept an invitation from Vincent Price!” By the late 50s William Castle had made a name for himself as a talented producer of low-budget entertainment, and also as a bit of genius when it…
Silver Bullet (1985) – Review
If you name your wheelchair the “Silver Bullet” and you end up having to fight a werewolf, you were basically asking for it. The movie Silver Bullet was based on the Stephen King novella “Cycle of the Werewolf” which itself was originally a calendar illustrated by the late great comic book artist Bernie Wrightson, and…
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) – Review
The Scooby gang have tackled a variety of ghost and goblins over the years, albeit mostly it was some dude in a mask but the point still stands, yet surprisingly not all that many of their mysteries revolved around the spookiest day of the year and with Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! we not only find the…
Flash Gordon (1980) – Review
In the early 70s, a young filmmaker by the name of George Lucas wanted to make an exciting space opera that harkened back to the serials of Flash Gordon that he grew up watching, unfortunately, securing the licensing rights to the stories of Flash Gordon’s adventures ended up being strangely difficult to obtain so he…