John Landis

  • Crossing the Line

Gentle Heart, Gruesome Imagination: Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943—August 26, 2017)

Tobe Hooper gave me my start in the business. We had the same agent, and he invited my writing partner/now-wife…

6 years ago
  • Acting

On-Set Chemistry: How The Pickle Recipe’s Michael Manasseri Learned the Weird Science of Directing

INT. BANQUET HALL, METRO, DETROIT, 2015–DAY I’m sitting next to the camera as we film one of the opening scenes of…

7 years ago
  • Directing
  • How They Did It

Tales of Halloween: 10 Short Stories Collide in Axelle Carolyn’s Orgy of Blood and Guts

It's scary to think that the new year is officially three weeks old. Even scarier? The thought of Halloween in…

9 years ago
  • Best Of

Mixing Yuks with Yucks: The Best Horror Comedies of the Past 30 Years

What is it about the combination of horror and comedy that’s so irresistibly entertaining? Mixing macabre humor with bountiful bloodshed…

13 years ago