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5 Essential Ennio Morricone Scores

Here are the five essential Ennio Morricone scores, as a new documentary, Ennio, looks back on his life. He died in…

2 months ago
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John Carpenter Talks Remakes and the “Insane Business” of Horror Moviemaking

In Hollywood these days, it sometimes seems easier to find an actor who’ll admit to having had plastic surgery than…

3 years ago
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Movie News: The Thing Returns; Texas Chainsaw Troubles; Berlin Cuts ‘Actors’ and ‘Actresses’

In today's Movie News Rundown: The Thing reboot is hopefully going better than the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre; a profile of…

4 years ago
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Book Review: Ad Nauseam is a Charming Trip Through Curated ’80s Horror Newsprint Ads

Like your favorite fright flick marathon, Michael Gingold’s Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the 1980s is a nostalgic trip through '80s horror.…

6 years ago
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Studio Mindset, Indie Budget: Six Steps to Making Your Little Movie Big From the Team Behind The Campus

Our mission in making the new indie horror/thriller The Campus was to attempt to separate our film from the myriad of…

6 years ago
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First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “If, in the first chapter,…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Why A Screenwriter Should Think Like A Film Editor

In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. When the…

8 years ago
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Sloppy Seconds: The Best (and Worst) Horror Remakes

Beware! Here are some of the best and worst horror remakes ever made.

11 years ago