WONDER WOMAN 1984 To Debut On HBO Max In 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, Dolby Vision And Dolby Atmos
WONDER WOMAN 1984 To Debut On HBO Max In 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, Dolby Vision And Dolby Atmos
Toony Terrors Series 4, Toony Classic Bill & Ted, and the Guillermo del Toro Signature Collection Old Faun(Pan’s Labyrinth)!
This week NECA has Toony Terrors Series 4, Toony Classic Bill & Ted, and the Guillermo del Toro Signature Collection Old Faun shipping to retailers.
Reviews From The Crypt – Anything For Jackson
Today we take a look at the new Shudder Original, Anything For Jackson.
CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MACGOWAN | Opening This Friday
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CROCK OF GOLD will be available everywhere THIS FRIDAY December 4th, 2020.
HorrorRealm Radio Episode #3 Felissa Rose
On this episode of HorrorRealm Radio the guys welcome Felissa Rose, the star of Sleepaway Camp, Victor Crowley, A Nun’s Curse and more to the show. Check out the conversation about her films and her upcoming appearance at HorrorRealm!
Now Streaming: 80s and 90s Western Double Feature
Our need for entertainment has never been greater. Let’s check out some of the great television and movies available on streaming platforms.
Tonight’s Genre: WESTERN
Tonight, we dive into a double shot of 1980’s and 1990’s Westerns. There weren’t many during that period, but there were some great ones!
First Pick: Unforgiven (1992)
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Second Pick: Silverado (1985)
Silverado is an enchanting western comedy. Without giving, too much away the basic plot for the movie is simple, yet it will keep you very entertained for the entire film. Two brothers are heading to California during the late 1800’s and they need to stop in a town called Silverado so they can say goodbye to their only sister. Along the way, they run into several troubling situations like a caravan that needs help and a town that is run by a corrupt sheriff. They get out of one predicament and along come another. During their travels, they meet up with two other men that are in similar predicaments. The four men decide that they should ride together. They become quick friends and soon find out that they have a common goal.
This movie features some well-known actors that are early in their professional careers. It is one of the movie’s that helped launched the career of Kevin Costner. Kevin Costner plays one of the two brothers that is on their way to California. He plays an entertainingly goofy and unpredictable character. The brother playing opposite to Kevin Costner is Scott Glenn. Scott Glenn was an up and coming actor at the time. The other two members of their little group were Danny Glover and Kevin Kline. Kevin Kline was fresh off a hit movie and Danny Glover was an unknown. All four went on to great careers. These four worked perfectly together and they all made very believable characters. The rest of the cast for the movies featured some excellent role players. People like Jeff Goldblum, Rosanna Arquette, Brian Dennehy, and Linda Hunt did great jobs with their characters.
Western comedies that are both well written and funny are rare. Silverado is both of those things. It is a great chance to see some of your favorite actors at the beginning of their careers.
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Cadabra Records Presents H. P. LOVECRAFT’s The Festival, Read By Andrew Leman And Scored By Fabio Frizzi; Audio Sample Playing Exclusively At Decibel Magazine
HBO Max Highlights – December 2020
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Comedy and horror can be tricky. Comedy has to hit you as a surprise. Horror is often the result of surprise. Typically comedies and horror films have difficulty “holding up” over the years. Taste in comedy and horror is typically a contemporary affair and adapts to the times that surround it.
So how, oh, how has Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein held up after all these years?
Was it the cast? This is one of the few appearances of Bela Lugosi as Dracula for Universal (he was often passed over for various reasons) despite being the iconic figure for the character. The incredible Lon Chaney Jr. is here as the classic Larry Talbot Wolf Man. Even Glenn Strange does an admirable job in the boots that Boris Karloff first made famous as Frankenstein.
It is the comedy? Bud Abbott and Lou Costello typically recreated old vaudeville routines on the screen, but this movie is lighter than air. No set routines, but plenty of the wheezy fear takes of Costello shouting for “Chick!” to point at something that inevitably went away by the time Abbott returns.
Is it the horror elements? I remember as a child being mesmerized by the classic transformation of the Wolf Man with Jack Pierce’s iconic makeup design. I was also impressed with the transformation of Dracula into a bat animated by Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz. The hypnotic scenes of Dracula with his victims are chilling and the destructive feats of strength by Frankenstein are thrilling.
Is it nostalgia? Perhaps. Certainly references to the Lucky Strike ad campaign (So round. So firm. So fully packed.) are not landing as jokes in 2020 as they did in mid-century America. But there is something disarming with the mix of wordplay, slapstick bumbling and a straight on classic Universal horror film. While Abbott and Costello play for laughs, the rest of the cast were playing things absolutely straight; sometimes ignoring things no human could ever truly ignore in service of the film.
I think this combination is what brings us one of the greatest Halloween movies of all time. It was actually banned in some territories upon original release and still could scare an uninitiated child and illicit laughs even after you’ve seen every sequence and know every line of dialogue.
Grade: A-
