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Pink Bicycles and Folding Chairs: An Interview with Microbudget Movie Maker Joshua Kennedy

Pink Bicycles and Folding Chairs: An Interview with Microbudget Movie Maker Joshua Kennedy

Horror movie maker Joshua Kennedy knows how to make imaginative movies with little or no money. He made an homage to '70s airline disaster films without a plane -- but with plenty of folding chairs.

‘Quatermass and the Pit’ Peers into the Dark Nature of Human Evolution

‘Quatermass and the Pit’ Peers into the Dark Nature of Human Evolution

Nigel Kneale's book and screenplay, which Hammer Films made into Quatermass and the Pit, raises many provocative questions regarding the nature of human evolution and the conception of the devil itself.

Who Dares to Enter ‘The House That Dripped Blood’ and the ‘Asylum’?

Who Dares to Enter ‘The House That Dripped Blood’ and the ‘Asylum’?

Amicus Productions provide a smorgasbord of macabre thrills and atmospheric chills with two superior films from their quaint line of quirky portmanteau horror features, The House That Dripped Blood and Asylum.

‘Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde’: Hammer Films in Transition

‘Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde’: Hammer Films in Transition

The legendary horror studio's gender-bending take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story epitomized the changing roles of women at Hammer Films.

Lost Time and Lost Potential in ‘Dracula A.D. 1972’ and ‘Dracula 2000’

Lost Time and Lost Potential in ‘Dracula A.D. 1972’ and ‘Dracula 2000’

While the films Dracula A.D. 1972 and Dracula 2000 seem to be using a silly gimmick by placing the titular vampire into a modern setting, they are being uniquely faithful to Bram Stoker's gothic novel.

Don’t Open That Door! #26: ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’ (1957)