Welcome back to Dead Time. A group of terrifying, hulking horror villains getting together to hunt ghosts may sound like the plot of a movie, but it’s not.
Meet the Hollywood Ghost Hunters. The paranormal team includes actor and stuntman R.A. Mihailoff, as well as actor and stuntman Rick McCallum, who co-founded the group with actor Kane Hodder more than a decade ago.
Hollywood Ghost Hunters co-founder Rick McCallum has been an actor, stuntman, and stunt coordinator for more than 42 years. He’s worked on countless horror movies like Deepstar Six (1989), DarkWolf (2003), and the Hatchet series under makeup in character and coordinating the stunts on set. When McCallum discovered his longtime best friend Kane Hodder shared his love of the paranormal, they decided to form the paranormal team Hollywood Ghost Hunters with friend and fellow actor R.A. Mihailoff.
McCallum travels all over the world to hunt for ghosts...
Meet the Hollywood Ghost Hunters. The paranormal team includes actor and stuntman R.A. Mihailoff, as well as actor and stuntman Rick McCallum, who co-founded the group with actor Kane Hodder more than a decade ago.
Hollywood Ghost Hunters co-founder Rick McCallum has been an actor, stuntman, and stunt coordinator for more than 42 years. He’s worked on countless horror movies like Deepstar Six (1989), DarkWolf (2003), and the Hatchet series under makeup in character and coordinating the stunts on set. When McCallum discovered his longtime best friend Kane Hodder shared his love of the paranormal, they decided to form the paranormal team Hollywood Ghost Hunters with friend and fellow actor R.A. Mihailoff.
McCallum travels all over the world to hunt for ghosts...
- 6/20/2024
- by Michelle Swope
- bloody-disgusting.com
The episode of The Black Sheep covering DeepStar Six was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Sean S. Cunningham will always be primarily remembered for directing the original Friday the 13th, but he has taken the helm of some other movies that are worth checking out, like 1985’s The New Kids and the subject of the latest entry in our Black Sheep video series, DeepStar Six (get it Here).
Released in 1989 and often compared to its fellow ’89 release Leviathan (which has also gotten the Black Sheep treatment), DeepStar Six was scripted Geoff Miller and Lewis Abernathy – which is interesting because movies like Leviathan and DeepStar Six exist because James Cameron’s The Abyss was coming out the same year, and Abernathy and Cameron are pals. Abernathy even had an acting role in Titanic.
Starring Greg Evigan,...
Sean S. Cunningham will always be primarily remembered for directing the original Friday the 13th, but he has taken the helm of some other movies that are worth checking out, like 1985’s The New Kids and the subject of the latest entry in our Black Sheep video series, DeepStar Six (get it Here).
Released in 1989 and often compared to its fellow ’89 release Leviathan (which has also gotten the Black Sheep treatment), DeepStar Six was scripted Geoff Miller and Lewis Abernathy – which is interesting because movies like Leviathan and DeepStar Six exist because James Cameron’s The Abyss was coming out the same year, and Abernathy and Cameron are pals. Abernathy even had an acting role in Titanic.
Starring Greg Evigan,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
After the success of Ridley Scott’s Alien, the world saw a surge in sci-fi movies centered around blue-collar workers finding themselves up against terrifying creatures, usually in a dark, dank, remote setting. Some of these rip-offs were studio affairs, but a majority of them were made for the home video and late-night cable markets, where the cheap sets and shoddy effects weren’t such big deals. Who among us hasn’t enjoyed a low-budget monster flick that was clearly made for the price of a six-pack? 1989 brought us not one but three sci-fi movies that had at least partial inspiration from Alien and its sequel, Aliens. The latter film’s director, James Cameron, brought us his underwater epic The Abyss, which isn’t a horror film but certainly takes some cues from those earlier movies. Deepstar Six was Sean S. Cunningham’s attempt to bring the slasher movie underwater,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Eric Walkuski
- JoBlo.com
This week brings the arrival of Night Swim, a high concept horror feature from writer/director Bryce McGuire that centers around a haunted swimming pool with murky, supernatural depths. Night Swim arrives in theaters on January 5, 2024, and the film employed as many practical effects as possible to submerge viewers into its aquatic nightmare realm.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) and Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) as a couple looking for a fresh start in a new home in the wake of a newly diagnosed illness. For their family, the home and its large backyard swimming pool offer the chance for recovery and togetherness. If only the pool didn’t harbor a sinister secret.
McGuire recently shared with Bloody Disgusting how he wanted to approach Night Swim as practically as possible.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) and Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) as a couple looking for a fresh start in a new home in the wake of a newly diagnosed illness. For their family, the home and its large backyard swimming pool offer the chance for recovery and togetherness. If only the pool didn’t harbor a sinister secret.
McGuire recently shared with Bloody Disgusting how he wanted to approach Night Swim as practically as possible.
- 1/4/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
About 70% of the Earth is covered in water. The ocean’s dark depths hold many secrets that we still have not learned about. What kind of creatures could it be hiding from us? This intrigues film fans as they seek out movies to give them a good scare. Imagining what could lurk below us, just waiting for a chance to make their presence known. Hollywood is happy to oblige by turning out some of the best aquatic horror films. What lurks for us under the waves?
Humanoids From The Deep (1980)
A small town that is already divided by an upcoming salmon cannery being built is besieged by strange fish creatures that stumble out of the ocean. They seem to kill the men and rape the women. When the town holds its annual Salmon Festival, the monsters attack in droves, causing the town to come together to defeat them once and for all.
Humanoids From The Deep (1980)
A small town that is already divided by an upcoming salmon cannery being built is besieged by strange fish creatures that stumble out of the ocean. They seem to kill the men and rape the women. When the town holds its annual Salmon Festival, the monsters attack in droves, causing the town to come together to defeat them once and for all.
- 8/27/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
The biggest complaint about 2018’s The Meg, an American and Chinese co-production loosely based on author Steve Alten’s novel, was that it lacked bite. The PG-13 action vehicle for Jason Statham brought the B-movie sense of fun, but it was too restrained regarding the megalodon carnage. Meg 2: The Trench answers the first film’s criticisms, though not in the way you’d anticipate. Director Ben Wheatley forgoes retreading the same waters with a higher body count. Instead, Wheatley goes full throttle on the B-movie spectacle, packing the nearly two-hour runtime to the gills with aquatic horror madness and nonstop entertainment.
Picking up six years after The Meg, Jonas Taylor (Statham) is now a fully integrated member of the found family forged from the last film, living at the underwater research facility and furthering their studies of the Trench and the Megalodon sharks, one of which they have in captivity.
Picking up six years after The Meg, Jonas Taylor (Statham) is now a fully integrated member of the found family forged from the last film, living at the underwater research facility and furthering their studies of the Trench and the Megalodon sharks, one of which they have in captivity.
- 8/3/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies. Some selections reflect a specific day or event in June, and others were chosen at random.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a Japanese slasher, a dark tale about family, a Scandinavian haunting, a terrifying coming-out story, and an aquatic creature-feature.
The Attic (1980)
Directed by George Edwards and Gary Graver.
Fathers are usually depicted as unkind and cruel in horror, and the one in The Attic is no exception. Carrie Snodgress plays the dutiful Louise who has sacrificed her own happiness for far too long. When she tries to turn her life around and do something about her loneliness, which entails adopting a chimpanzee, her tyrannical father (Ray Milland) is quick to stomp out her ambitions.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a Japanese slasher, a dark tale about family, a Scandinavian haunting, a terrifying coming-out story, and an aquatic creature-feature.
The Attic (1980)
Directed by George Edwards and Gary Graver.
Fathers are usually depicted as unkind and cruel in horror, and the one in The Attic is no exception. Carrie Snodgress plays the dutiful Louise who has sacrificed her own happiness for far too long. When she tries to turn her life around and do something about her loneliness, which entails adopting a chimpanzee, her tyrannical father (Ray Milland) is quick to stomp out her ambitions.
- 6/1/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
This episode of The Black Sheep was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Brandon Nally, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
The creature feature just isn’t explored enough anymore. Jaws was a monster of a success story and ended up having three sequels on its own and had a slew of imitators. 1980 would give us, in my humble opinion, one of the better ones with Alligator starring Robert Forster. It was successful too, making 6 and a half million on a 1.5-million-dollar budget. I know that’s not crazy money, but it was a hit and had a fun pedigree with it that remains very popular today. Its one of the movies that keeps selling well with new and old fans and so it recently got put on 4K. There weren’t as many creature flicks through the rest of the...
The creature feature just isn’t explored enough anymore. Jaws was a monster of a success story and ended up having three sequels on its own and had a slew of imitators. 1980 would give us, in my humble opinion, one of the better ones with Alligator starring Robert Forster. It was successful too, making 6 and a half million on a 1.5-million-dollar budget. I know that’s not crazy money, but it was a hit and had a fun pedigree with it that remains very popular today. Its one of the movies that keeps selling well with new and old fans and so it recently got put on 4K. There weren’t as many creature flicks through the rest of the...
- 4/18/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sean Sexton Cunningham is an American film producer, director and writer. He is best known for producing the slasher movie Friday the 13th (1980) and its various sequels. In addition to his Friday the 13th films, he has produced other horror films such as The Last House on the Left (1972), DeepStar Six (1989), Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994), and Shocker (1989).
Cunningham also directed feature-length films such as Sweet Sixteen (1983),which featured a young Sharon Stone; The New Kids (1985); and 976-Evil II (1991).He served as executive producer of the psychological thriller Wishmaster (1997) and wrote and directed its sequel, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999).
Aside from his work in the horror genre, Cunningham contributed to other genres such as comedy and drama. He worked as a production associate on two Woody Allen films: Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex*But Were Afraid to Ask(1972)and Love & Death(1975).He was also associate producer of...
Cunningham also directed feature-length films such as Sweet Sixteen (1983),which featured a young Sharon Stone; The New Kids (1985); and 976-Evil II (1991).He served as executive producer of the psychological thriller Wishmaster (1997) and wrote and directed its sequel, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999).
Aside from his work in the horror genre, Cunningham contributed to other genres such as comedy and drama. He worked as a production associate on two Woody Allen films: Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex*But Were Afraid to Ask(1972)and Love & Death(1975).He was also associate producer of...
- 2/27/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
‘Smallville’ alum Tom Welling has been cast in the upcoming action thriller ‘Deep Six,’ which is set to begin shooting in Rome in April. The actor is set to play main character Terry in the new movie, Deadline is reporting. The drama was written, and will be directed, by Scott Windhauser. The filmmaker is known […]
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- 2/15/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Tom Welling has signed on to star in Deep Six, an action-thriller from writer-director Scott Windhauser (Death in Texas).
In the film, which will begin shooting in Rome in April, Terry (Welling) is released early from prison only to be forced to go undercover to take down the Cosa Nostra in Italy. On his first day, his fellow six-man undercover unit is taken out. Terry must then ride shotgun all day with a psychopath killer who may know he is working for the police.
Cam Gigandet (Without Remorse), Sidhartha Mallya (Brahman Naman), Cher Cosenza (Death in Texas), Al Linea (The Irishman) and Alessia Alciati will also star, with Emanuele Moretti producing for The Motus Studios.
“I really lucked out to get to work with such a great actor like Tom. I think he is really going to open a lot of eyes with his role,” said Windhauser.
In the film, which will begin shooting in Rome in April, Terry (Welling) is released early from prison only to be forced to go undercover to take down the Cosa Nostra in Italy. On his first day, his fellow six-man undercover unit is taken out. Terry must then ride shotgun all day with a psychopath killer who may know he is working for the police.
Cam Gigandet (Without Remorse), Sidhartha Mallya (Brahman Naman), Cher Cosenza (Death in Texas), Al Linea (The Irishman) and Alessia Alciati will also star, with Emanuele Moretti producing for The Motus Studios.
“I really lucked out to get to work with such a great actor like Tom. I think he is really going to open a lot of eyes with his role,” said Windhauser.
- 2/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
I can’t imagine I’ll be the first person to kick off their year-end favorites list by saying it was a dumpster fire. But while we’re all eager to put this Hindenburg-esque disaster of a year in our rearview, there were certainly some highlights in the world of horror. We squeaked in a few theatrical releases before we all had to go into involuntary hibernation, and while the disruption to major releases wasn’t ideal, we got a chance to give some love to smaller releases that may have flew under the radar in other years. Add to that some great genre television and virtual events that let us come together and celebrate horror without even having to put on pants, and there are definitely reasons to rejoice. Here are a few of mine in no particular order.
Underwater
I’m a sucker for aquatic horror, so one...
Underwater
I’m a sucker for aquatic horror, so one...
- 1/5/2021
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
Movies and TV are guilty of many inaccuracies, but few are worse than their portrayals of corsets.
“Netflix released Bridgerton on Christmas Day, and while it’s not meant to be a strictly historical portrayal of Regency life, the big inaccuracy that caught my eye just from the trailer was the costumes. Not only did the show seem to be using costumes from different centuries, with typical Regency looks from around the late eighteen-teens mashed against much earlier looks from forty years prior, but they also did the thing I hate in period movies and made a joke about a woman not being able to breathe in a corset.”
Read more at The Mary Sue.
The Boys‘ character Stormfront is a personification of the modern day Neo-Nazi movement, and a dose of reality in the escapism that is the superhero genre.
“In the second season of Amazon’s popular superhero drama The Boys,...
“Netflix released Bridgerton on Christmas Day, and while it’s not meant to be a strictly historical portrayal of Regency life, the big inaccuracy that caught my eye just from the trailer was the costumes. Not only did the show seem to be using costumes from different centuries, with typical Regency looks from around the late eighteen-teens mashed against much earlier looks from forty years prior, but they also did the thing I hate in period movies and made a joke about a woman not being able to breathe in a corset.”
Read more at The Mary Sue.
The Boys‘ character Stormfront is a personification of the modern day Neo-Nazi movement, and a dose of reality in the escapism that is the superhero genre.
“In the second season of Amazon’s popular superhero drama The Boys,...
- 1/4/2021
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
This big, expensive and well-produced action-suspense Sci-fi epic mostly delivers on its promise to be Aliens at the bottom of the sea. At heart it’s a 1950s pulse-pounder with a bigger monster, a zillion times the budget and a script that does everything but make us care. We appreciate the likable characters but it’s too easy to predict who will ‘get it’ next. The realism factor is not bad at all, although the undersea explorer video training sessions should have given ‘how not to crack up under stress’ more emphasis. And can’t anybody properly mind those pesky nuclear bombs?
DeepStar Six
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1989 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date October 13, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Greg Evigan, Nancy Everhard, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples, Cindy Pickett, Matt McCoy, Taurean Blacque, Marius Weyers, Elya Baskin, Thom Bray, Ronn Carroll.
Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
Film Editor: David Handman
Original...
DeepStar Six
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1989 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date October 13, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Greg Evigan, Nancy Everhard, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples, Cindy Pickett, Matt McCoy, Taurean Blacque, Marius Weyers, Elya Baskin, Thom Bray, Ronn Carroll.
Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
Film Editor: David Handman
Original...
- 10/17/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
While it may not be Friday, there is still plenty to celebrate this Tuesday the 13th, as we prepare to head back to Camp Crystal Lake with Scream Factory’s impressive Friday the 13th Collection, which brings together all the films from the original franchise, as well as the remake and Freddy vs. Jason as well. Scream Factory also put together a Blu-ray release of one of the most seminal films from my childhood this week—Terror in the Aisles—and they even are giving Motel Hell the Steelbook treatment on Tuesday as well.
Kino Lorber is also keeping busy this week with their special edition Blu for DeepStar Six as well as a SteelBook for Rawhead Rex, and for those of you who dig on The Exorcist sequels, both Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning come home on Blu-ray this Tuesday, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Other home media...
Kino Lorber is also keeping busy this week with their special edition Blu for DeepStar Six as well as a SteelBook for Rawhead Rex, and for those of you who dig on The Exorcist sequels, both Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning come home on Blu-ray this Tuesday, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Other home media...
- 10/13/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Actor Chandan Roy Sanyal says dubbing for Woh Teen Din was like reliving the experience of shooting for the upcoming film.
The film is the actor's first venture amid the pandemic.
"This film is special to me because it is a story that, I am sure, will resonate with people. I am fortunate that the we're in the dubbing stage now," said Chandan.
"Dubbing for the film was like reliving the experience of shooting it. We will be wrapping up the dubbing work soon," he added.
The upcoming film is about a journey that a rickshaw puller and his passenger undertake in a small town in Uttar Pradesh.
Chandan also has Buddhadeb Dasgupta's untitled project, the web series "Kaali Season 2" and a film titled "Deep Six". --Ians/nn/vnc...
The film is the actor's first venture amid the pandemic.
"This film is special to me because it is a story that, I am sure, will resonate with people. I am fortunate that the we're in the dubbing stage now," said Chandan.
"Dubbing for the film was like reliving the experience of shooting it. We will be wrapping up the dubbing work soon," he added.
The upcoming film is about a journey that a rickshaw puller and his passenger undertake in a small town in Uttar Pradesh.
Chandan also has Buddhadeb Dasgupta's untitled project, the web series "Kaali Season 2" and a film titled "Deep Six". --Ians/nn/vnc...
- 9/24/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
If you listened to our Class of 1989 aquatic horror movie episode of Corpse Club, then you know we're big fans of Sean S. Cunningham's DeepStar Six, so we're especially thrilled that the film's submerged scares are coming to Blu-ray on October 13th from Kino Lorber.
As reported on Bloody Disgusting, you can check out the DeepStar Six Blu-ray cover art and full list of special features below (via Facebook):
"Coming October 13th!
Deepstar Six (1989)
• Audio Commentary by Producer/Director Sean S. Cunningham & Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac
• Featurette with Creature Supervisor Greg Nicotero & Creature Designer Robert Kurtzman
• Featurette with Composer Harry Manfredini
• Original Epk
• Extended Vintage Interview Clips
• Behind-the-Scenes Footage
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• Image Gallery
• Limited Edition O-Card
• Reversible Art
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
Color 99 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated R
Not All Aliens Come From Space! From producer/director Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of...
As reported on Bloody Disgusting, you can check out the DeepStar Six Blu-ray cover art and full list of special features below (via Facebook):
"Coming October 13th!
Deepstar Six (1989)
• Audio Commentary by Producer/Director Sean S. Cunningham & Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac
• Featurette with Creature Supervisor Greg Nicotero & Creature Designer Robert Kurtzman
• Featurette with Composer Harry Manfredini
• Original Epk
• Extended Vintage Interview Clips
• Behind-the-Scenes Footage
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• Image Gallery
• Limited Edition O-Card
• Reversible Art
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
Color 99 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated R
Not All Aliens Come From Space! From producer/director Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of...
- 8/10/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive:Italian producer Emanuele Moretti (Bite) is launching LA and Rome-based production and sales firm Motus Studios.
Out of the gate, Moretti has set up a strategic partnership with Ellen S. Wander’s Film Bridge International to produce and sell movies together. On Motus’s sales slate will be Trevor Donovan movie Hot Water and Engelbert Grech’s Caravaggio Heist.
Motus will co-produce and help finance Peter Greenaway’s upcoming movie Lucca Mortis with Morgan Freeman and producer Kees Kasander, the new Johnny Martin action movie written by Chad Law, Ring Of Fire, and Deep Six by Scott Windhauser.
Moretti, who was previously head of acquisitions at Phoenix Entertainment and CEO of Alberini Films, has produced genre movies including Bite and Deprivation, and served as an executive producer on Lindsay Lohan pic Among The Shadows. He is also a producer on Peter Greenaway’s feature Walking To Paris, about the early...
Out of the gate, Moretti has set up a strategic partnership with Ellen S. Wander’s Film Bridge International to produce and sell movies together. On Motus’s sales slate will be Trevor Donovan movie Hot Water and Engelbert Grech’s Caravaggio Heist.
Motus will co-produce and help finance Peter Greenaway’s upcoming movie Lucca Mortis with Morgan Freeman and producer Kees Kasander, the new Johnny Martin action movie written by Chad Law, Ring Of Fire, and Deep Six by Scott Windhauser.
Moretti, who was previously head of acquisitions at Phoenix Entertainment and CEO of Alberini Films, has produced genre movies including Bite and Deprivation, and served as an executive producer on Lindsay Lohan pic Among The Shadows. He is also a producer on Peter Greenaway’s feature Walking To Paris, about the early...
- 6/23/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sea Fever will be available on Digital and On Demand on April 10th.
Review by Matthew Lowery
Stories about aquatic terrors are certainly nothing new, dating back to the ancient Greek legend of the Hydra. Authors like H.P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne, and Herman Melville became famous for writing such tales about underwater monsters. In films, there have been tons about undersea creatures terrorizing people, most famously being Spielberg’s 1975 classic, Jaws. However, after the release of 1979’s Alien, people were more focused on outer space terrors than those from the depths. Around the late 1980s, there was a string of underwater creature films released, including The Abyss, Leviathan, and Deepstar Six. Most recently, we had the surprisingly effective deep-sea thriller, Underwater, and now we have another one straight from Ireland. This time, it’s from writer-director Neasa Hardiman, who previously directed TV shows like Happy Valley, The Inhumans, and Jessica Jones.
Review by Matthew Lowery
Stories about aquatic terrors are certainly nothing new, dating back to the ancient Greek legend of the Hydra. Authors like H.P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne, and Herman Melville became famous for writing such tales about underwater monsters. In films, there have been tons about undersea creatures terrorizing people, most famously being Spielberg’s 1975 classic, Jaws. However, after the release of 1979’s Alien, people were more focused on outer space terrors than those from the depths. Around the late 1980s, there was a string of underwater creature films released, including The Abyss, Leviathan, and Deepstar Six. Most recently, we had the surprisingly effective deep-sea thriller, Underwater, and now we have another one straight from Ireland. This time, it’s from writer-director Neasa Hardiman, who previously directed TV shows like Happy Valley, The Inhumans, and Jessica Jones.
- 4/8/2020
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We finally found out more about why Jack gave up her biological daughter Faith, who recently came back into her life.
School was a part of all three storylines on NCIS Season 17 Episode 18.
It was mostly tangential to Jack's storyline, though.
Faith put Jack in a corner without really meaning to.
Fortunately, Faith's interest in Jack's medical history had nothing to do with her needing an organ of some type.
Instead, she and her fiance were trying to have a baby but were running into complications.
Hence Jack's medical history. But now, to make things stickier, Faith needed to know who her father was so she could get his medical history as well.
Faith couldn't have known that she was asking for information about which only Vance knew.
Everyone recognized, however, that something was bothering Jack.
Gibbs, of course, couldn't be bothered with respecting privacy. He's just a linear kind of guy.
School was a part of all three storylines on NCIS Season 17 Episode 18.
It was mostly tangential to Jack's storyline, though.
Faith put Jack in a corner without really meaning to.
Fortunately, Faith's interest in Jack's medical history had nothing to do with her needing an organ of some type.
Instead, she and her fiance were trying to have a baby but were running into complications.
Hence Jack's medical history. But now, to make things stickier, Faith needed to know who her father was so she could get his medical history as well.
Faith couldn't have known that she was asking for information about which only Vance knew.
Everyone recognized, however, that something was bothering Jack.
Gibbs, of course, couldn't be bothered with respecting privacy. He's just a linear kind of guy.
- 3/25/2020
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
What are you afraid of? For many it is the dark. For some it is clowns. However, for this writer’s money, few things send shivers up and down the spine as the vastness and unknowns of the deep blue sea. Most of the globe is populated by these waters and there is something particularly terrifying about those dark, unexplored, and rather alien, depths. This is a fact a few films have picked up on but with Underwater, which is the last film to be released under the 20th Century Fox name following Disney’s acquisition, director William Eubank (The Signal) resurges the aquatic horror genre.
Living up to its title, the film is set entirely beneath the oceans, as a Marianna Trench drilling station is rocked by a mysterious disaster. As the walls begin caving in and water pours into the facility, the remaining crew attempt daring and dangerous ways to escape and survive,...
Living up to its title, the film is set entirely beneath the oceans, as a Marianna Trench drilling station is rocked by a mysterious disaster. As the walls begin caving in and water pours into the facility, the remaining crew attempt daring and dangerous ways to escape and survive,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
The new horror film Underwater is a piece so devoid of entertainment value that you may find yourself yearning for the understated elegance of a film like DeepStar Six (1989) or even the subtlety of similar fare like Leviathan (1989). In the end however, this is little more than a collection of nods to far superior films and an examination of what happens when everyone making a movie seems to have lost interest in doing so before the opening credits have even been completed.
The plot of Underwater follows a group of scientists as they try desperately to get to safety when their underwater laboratory complex is damaged by an apparent earthquake all while avoiding a recently awakened subterranean monster.
Director William Eubank, who previously delivered forgettable fare like The Signal (2014) and Love (2011), fails to find anything surprising within himself here and, in fact, seems bored from the onset as the film...
The plot of Underwater follows a group of scientists as they try desperately to get to safety when their underwater laboratory complex is damaged by an apparent earthquake all while avoiding a recently awakened subterranean monster.
Director William Eubank, who previously delivered forgettable fare like The Signal (2014) and Love (2011), fails to find anything surprising within himself here and, in fact, seems bored from the onset as the film...
- 1/10/2020
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
On this episode of Corpse Club, we continue our Class of 1989 celebration with a look back at two deep-sea horror movies that swam into cinemas 30 years ago!
On this episode of Corpse Club, we take a deep breath and plunge into salty waters to discuss the aquatic horror movies Leviathan and DeepStar Six as part of our Class of 1989 retrospective series! Listen as co-hosts Heather Wixson, Bryan Christopher, and Derek Anderson talk about their favorite elements of the deep-sea 1989 horror films, including the blue-collar chemistry of their casts, the well-developed (and stressed-out) characters, the outer space-like isolation of the ocean floor, and the impressive practical effects that bring the nightmare-inducing creatures to life in both movies. With 1989 being a banner year for submersible scares, the co-hosts also chat about James Cameron's The Abyss and other deep-sea horror movies released that year. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy a new...
On this episode of Corpse Club, we take a deep breath and plunge into salty waters to discuss the aquatic horror movies Leviathan and DeepStar Six as part of our Class of 1989 retrospective series! Listen as co-hosts Heather Wixson, Bryan Christopher, and Derek Anderson talk about their favorite elements of the deep-sea 1989 horror films, including the blue-collar chemistry of their casts, the well-developed (and stressed-out) characters, the outer space-like isolation of the ocean floor, and the impressive practical effects that bring the nightmare-inducing creatures to life in both movies. With 1989 being a banner year for submersible scares, the co-hosts also chat about James Cameron's The Abyss and other deep-sea horror movies released that year. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy a new...
- 8/30/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
(Welcome to Seeing Double, a series where two strangely similar films released around the same time are put head-to-head. This time: we flash back to 1989, when undersea creatures attacked in both DeepStar Six and Leviathan!) This month’s face-off comes with a creature feature theme in honor of Halloween and we’re pitting two underwater monster movies against each […]
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- 10/12/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- Slash Film
Ryan Lambie Jun 2, 2017
Inspired by James Cameron's The Abyss, the late 80s brought with it a wave of brilliantly cheesy undersea horrors, Ryan writes...
Hollywood studios occasionally have an uncanny knack of announcing almost identical film projects at the same time. In the 1980s, we had rival police dog movies K-9 and Turner And Hooch. The 90s saw the release of rival eruption movies (Dante's Peak and Volcano), opposing killer space rock pictures (Deep Impact and Armageddon) and duelling insect comedies (Antz and A Bug's Life). We provided a detailed run-down on these rival movies back in 2015.
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Around the year 1989, meanwhile, film producers briefly fell in love with a curiously specific genre: undersea sci-fi horror. Between January 1989 and the spring of 1990, no fewer than five films all came out with a similar theme - DeepStar Six was first, followed by Leviathan, Lords Of The Deep,...
Inspired by James Cameron's The Abyss, the late 80s brought with it a wave of brilliantly cheesy undersea horrors, Ryan writes...
Hollywood studios occasionally have an uncanny knack of announcing almost identical film projects at the same time. In the 1980s, we had rival police dog movies K-9 and Turner And Hooch. The 90s saw the release of rival eruption movies (Dante's Peak and Volcano), opposing killer space rock pictures (Deep Impact and Armageddon) and duelling insect comedies (Antz and A Bug's Life). We provided a detailed run-down on these rival movies back in 2015.
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Around the year 1989, meanwhile, film producers briefly fell in love with a curiously specific genre: undersea sci-fi horror. Between January 1989 and the spring of 1990, no fewer than five films all came out with a similar theme - DeepStar Six was first, followed by Leviathan, Lords Of The Deep,...
- 5/31/2017
- Den of Geek
Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Patrick Renna, Carlos Bernard, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Ralph Garman, Danny Woodburn, Noah Hunt, Diana Hopper | Written by Neil Elman, Mike Mendez, Ashley O’Neil | Directed by Mike Mendez
Back in 2012 I reviewed a Syfy channel monster movie called Arachnoquake, which saw an earthquake in New Orleans unleash fire-breathing giant spiders. Flash forward to today and we have a Syfy channel monster movie called Lavalantula which… features giant fire-breathing spiders unleashed by an earthquake And erupting volcano in Los Angeles! Retreading old ground? Technically yes. But given that this is a movie by Mike Mendez, there’s guaranteed to be some air of originality about it.
As the cover art states, Lavalantula is something of a Police Academy reunion. Not only does the film star Steve Guttenberg, but also featuress Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsay and Leslie Easterbrook – who buys the farm in truly spectacular fashion,...
Back in 2012 I reviewed a Syfy channel monster movie called Arachnoquake, which saw an earthquake in New Orleans unleash fire-breathing giant spiders. Flash forward to today and we have a Syfy channel monster movie called Lavalantula which… features giant fire-breathing spiders unleashed by an earthquake And erupting volcano in Los Angeles! Retreading old ground? Technically yes. But given that this is a movie by Mike Mendez, there’s guaranteed to be some air of originality about it.
As the cover art states, Lavalantula is something of a Police Academy reunion. Not only does the film star Steve Guttenberg, but also featuress Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsay and Leslie Easterbrook – who buys the farm in truly spectacular fashion,...
- 5/5/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A hard-working actor with over 100 screen credits to his name, actor Miguel Ferrer has sadly passed away at the age of 61.
Earlier today, Deadline reported the very sad news that Ferrer has passed away after a battle with cancer.
Since he began acting on screen in the early ’80s, Ferrer has lent his commanding presence as a performer to many TV series and films. Viewers know him as Dr. Garret Macy in Crossing Jordan, Owen Granger in NCIS: Los Angeles, and FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks—a role he reprised in both Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the upcoming revival series on Showtime.
Ferrer was a familiar face to horror and sci-fi fans over the years, appearing in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, RoboCop, DeepStar Six, The Guardian, Night Visions, and several episodes of Tales From the Crypt.
He also helped bring life to several Stephen King adaptations,...
Earlier today, Deadline reported the very sad news that Ferrer has passed away after a battle with cancer.
Since he began acting on screen in the early ’80s, Ferrer has lent his commanding presence as a performer to many TV series and films. Viewers know him as Dr. Garret Macy in Crossing Jordan, Owen Granger in NCIS: Los Angeles, and FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks—a role he reprised in both Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the upcoming revival series on Showtime.
Ferrer was a familiar face to horror and sci-fi fans over the years, appearing in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, RoboCop, DeepStar Six, The Guardian, Night Visions, and several episodes of Tales From the Crypt.
He also helped bring life to several Stephen King adaptations,...
- 1/19/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
From a crazy early Nic Cage role to a lesser-known film starring Robert De Niro, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from 1989...
Ah, 1989. The year the Berlin Wall came down and Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest. It was also a big year for film, with Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade topping the box office and Batman dominating the summer with its inescapable marketing blitz.
Outside the top 10 highest-grossing list, which included Back To The Future II, Dead Poets Society and Honey I Shrunk The Kids, 1989 also included a plethora of less commonly-appreciated films. Some were big in their native countries but only received a limited release in the Us and UK. Others were poorly received but have since been reassessed as cult items.
From comedies to thrillers, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from the end of the 80s...
25. An Innocent Man
Disney, through its Touchstone banner, had high hopes for this thriller,...
Ah, 1989. The year the Berlin Wall came down and Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest. It was also a big year for film, with Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade topping the box office and Batman dominating the summer with its inescapable marketing blitz.
Outside the top 10 highest-grossing list, which included Back To The Future II, Dead Poets Society and Honey I Shrunk The Kids, 1989 also included a plethora of less commonly-appreciated films. Some were big in their native countries but only received a limited release in the Us and UK. Others were poorly received but have since been reassessed as cult items.
From comedies to thrillers, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from the end of the 80s...
25. An Innocent Man
Disney, through its Touchstone banner, had high hopes for this thriller,...
- 4/28/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
For the second day of our Stan Winston Week celebration, I wanted to shine the spotlight on another monster movie that I’ve always enjoyed, but it never seemed to get as much love as I thought it should- George P. Cosmatos’ Leviathan. It’s a movie that wasn’t perfect by any means, but it was endlessly entertaining all the same, featuring a top-notch ensemble and tons of wonderfully weird and creepy creature effects created by Winston and his team of artists.
Starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Amanda Pays, Hector Elizondo, Meg Foster, Michael Carmine and Lisa Eilbacher, Leviathan was released in theaters everywhere on March 17, 1989 and took a respectable second place for the weekend, right behind Chevy Chase’s Fletch Lives. It only stayed in theaters for a total of three weeks, but still managed to haul in over $15 million during that run, which...
Starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Amanda Pays, Hector Elizondo, Meg Foster, Michael Carmine and Lisa Eilbacher, Leviathan was released in theaters everywhere on March 17, 1989 and took a respectable second place for the weekend, right behind Chevy Chase’s Fletch Lives. It only stayed in theaters for a total of three weeks, but still managed to haul in over $15 million during that run, which...
- 7/8/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
In almost every set of “dueling” movies, whether they’re competing biopics or similar-premise disaster flicks out within months of each other, there’s a right one and a wrong one as far as which you’re supposed to prefer. It’s okay to enjoy Michael Bay’s Armageddon, but you should recognize Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact as the better movie. Capote over Infamous. Observe and Report over Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Top Gun over Iron Eagle. Dantes Peak over Volcano. Tombstone over Wyatt Earp. 1492: Conquest of Paradise over Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. The Prestige over The Illusionist. Mission to Mars over Red Planet. Chasing Liberty over First Daughter. Leviathan over DeepStar Six, and The Abyss over both of them. Some pairs are nearly a draw as far as neither actually being worth a preference, such as Lambada and The Forbidden Dance. Here’s a more recent one: Cheap Thrills over 13 Sins. The...
- 6/24/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Blood Stream mines the Internet for horror gold so you don’t have to, delivering streamable horror titles never before featured on Dread Central. Occasionally I’ll dredge up something good, maybe even great. To find those gems, I’ll have to sift through a lot of breathtakingly bad cinema. Enjoy!
It's hard to think of many movies more intentionally, non-ironically derivative than Proteus (1995).
First the obvious: A group of unsuspecting people happens upon an oil rig housing a dark, mutated secret. Right off the bat we've got direct plagiarism of maritime monster movies like Leviathan and Deepstar Six, albeit a decade late and several million production dollars short. (Obviously Leviathan and Deepstar. I will hear no argument on the subject.) But Proteus' shameless cribbing doesn't end there.
With the exception of the finale's more or less passable money shot, the gloppy, haphazard creature effects are a halfhearted...
It's hard to think of many movies more intentionally, non-ironically derivative than Proteus (1995).
First the obvious: A group of unsuspecting people happens upon an oil rig housing a dark, mutated secret. Right off the bat we've got direct plagiarism of maritime monster movies like Leviathan and Deepstar Six, albeit a decade late and several million production dollars short. (Obviously Leviathan and Deepstar. I will hear no argument on the subject.) But Proteus' shameless cribbing doesn't end there.
With the exception of the finale's more or less passable money shot, the gloppy, haphazard creature effects are a halfhearted...
- 4/28/2014
- by adamdileo
- DreadCentral.com
This summer Scream Factory will be releasing special editions of Final Exam, Evilspeak, Nosferatu (1979), Sleepaway Camp, Ravenous, Dog Soldiers, Hellhole, Deadly Eyes, Ginger Snaps, and Phantom of the Paradise. Will you still have room in your Blu-ray budget for Lake Placid?
For that matter, do you even care about owning Steve Miner’s 1999 crocodilian horror comedy written by David E. Kelley? Even as a fan of nature gone amok movies, I found foul-mouthed Betty White to be about the only memorable aspect of Lake Placid.
Clearly a lot of you enjoyed it more than me. How else to explain all those Syfy-produced sequels?
Those of you that dug Lake Placid should be thrilled that Scream Factory’s latest surprise announcement is their intention to release a Collector’s Edition Lake Placid Blu-ray sometime this summer. Here’s what they had to say on Facebook:
The crocodile-chompin’- Betty-White-swearin’ film Lake Placid...
For that matter, do you even care about owning Steve Miner’s 1999 crocodilian horror comedy written by David E. Kelley? Even as a fan of nature gone amok movies, I found foul-mouthed Betty White to be about the only memorable aspect of Lake Placid.
Clearly a lot of you enjoyed it more than me. How else to explain all those Syfy-produced sequels?
Those of you that dug Lake Placid should be thrilled that Scream Factory’s latest surprise announcement is their intention to release a Collector’s Edition Lake Placid Blu-ray sometime this summer. Here’s what they had to say on Facebook:
The crocodile-chompin’- Betty-White-swearin’ film Lake Placid...
- 1/30/2014
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Last year we ran a schedule of every TV/Cable network schedule we could find that could be construed as Horror or Halloween related for the month of October. Let’s just say it proved useful for our readers and even for our staff when they were looking to find something to watch, wanted to program their DVR’s or didn’t want to miss out on some great “live” Horror. Isn’t there something about having a movie fed to you on TV as opposed to watching it on Blu-ray or DVD or streaming? We may not like commercials, but the randomness that you can associate with a TV program itinerary is novel. It removes a little bit of control from the audience who is all to concerned with being in control these days (just look at the reasons behind publishing a piece like this).
So here’s the 2013 Halloween Seasonal TV Preview,...
So here’s the 2013 Halloween Seasonal TV Preview,...
- 9/19/2013
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
A distress signal from deep space. A blue-collar crew of astronauts discover a derelict space craft. A star beast of unknown origin chases them through dark pipe-lined corridors until there's only a few (if one) left. After the blockbuster success of Ridley Scott's sci-fi tinged haunted house movie "Alien" busted some blocks in 1979, it was only a matter of time before the low-budget copycats followed suit.
Not only were many of these knockoff movies kinda cool, but they turned out to be a proving ground of ideas and talent for future entries in the "Alien" franchise, including "Aliens," "Alien 3" and "Prometheus" … for realsimo. The first "Alien" was in itself a shameless "homage" to classic B-movies "Planet of the Vampires" and "It! The Terror from Beyond Space," so it's only fair that flicks like this week's Vin Diesel monster mash "Riddick" should take a page or seven from its playbook.
Not only were many of these knockoff movies kinda cool, but they turned out to be a proving ground of ideas and talent for future entries in the "Alien" franchise, including "Aliens," "Alien 3" and "Prometheus" … for realsimo. The first "Alien" was in itself a shameless "homage" to classic B-movies "Planet of the Vampires" and "It! The Terror from Beyond Space," so it's only fair that flicks like this week's Vin Diesel monster mash "Riddick" should take a page or seven from its playbook.
- 9/5/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
0:00 - Intro 8:10 - Review: Prometheus 43:55 - Headlines: Justice League Movie Back in Development, Guinness Book of World Records: The Movie, World War Z Rewrite and Reshoots, Jackass 4: Bad Grandpa, Django Unchained Trailer, Wreck-It Ralph Trailer 1:10:50 - Other Stuff We Watched: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Planet of the Vampires, Leviathan, DeepStar Six, Wanderlust, Dennis the Menace, White Squall, Black Rain 1:56:45 - Junk Mail: Directors We'd Like to See Return to a Franchise, Batman Premium Podcast, Cinema Studies Responses, Ti West vs. Alexandre Aja vs Rob Zombie, Movies That We Wish Found a Bigger Audience, Movie Catchphrases That Enter Your Daily Vernacular 2:17:45 - This Week's DVD Releases 2:18:30 - Outro 2:20:24 - Spoiler Discussion: Prometheus
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- 6/12/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Democracy is a flawed concept. Here are 50 films that the IMDb voters would unfairly have you believe are worth no more than 5.9/10…
Six out of ten isn’t a very good score, really. It’s barely over half marks. 60 per cent. It’s alright, but it’s not great. You wouldn’t be proud of getting six out of ten on most kinds of tests, would you? So you might assume that any film that scores under six stars out of ten on the IMDb isn’t very good – possibly even terrible.
But that’s not always the case. Averages don’t tell the whole story; anything that’s potentially controversial or divisive will end up with a score that suggests most people weren’t that bothered about it, since high and low scores will be averaged – and IMDb users often exaggerate their scores anyway, giving a film one star...
Six out of ten isn’t a very good score, really. It’s barely over half marks. 60 per cent. It’s alright, but it’s not great. You wouldn’t be proud of getting six out of ten on most kinds of tests, would you? So you might assume that any film that scores under six stars out of ten on the IMDb isn’t very good – possibly even terrible.
But that’s not always the case. Averages don’t tell the whole story; anything that’s potentially controversial or divisive will end up with a score that suggests most people weren’t that bothered about it, since high and low scores will be averaged – and IMDb users often exaggerate their scores anyway, giving a film one star...
- 2/23/2012
- Den of Geek
If you took a random poll asking people to name the most mysterious place on Earth the answers you’d receive would be fairly widespread. Some would say The North Pole, others Madagascar, and Robert Fure would reply with a woman’s g-spot. But surely someone, somewhere would answer correctly. And that correct answer lay beneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans. Hollywood is well aware of this fact and has explored and exploited our fear of the unknown in films both great and small, from The Abyss to Sphere, with stops at all levels of quality in between. Two such movies released in 1989, Deepstar Six and Leviathan, bypassed subtlety and any real sense of mystery in favor of creature feature thrills, chills and at least a modicum of fun. Both are worth watching on late night cable, but Leviathan is the better of the two thanks in large part to the presence of Peter Weller. And...
- 1/27/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
We take a look back at Leviathan, a sci-fi horror hotchpotch of Alien, The Thing and Jaws, in which Peter Weller takes on a vodka-fuelled fish monster…
As 80s B-movies go, Leviathan surely boasts one of the coolest casts of the decade. Even on paper, a film that stars RoboCop, Colonel Trautman out of the Rambo movies, one of the hapless villains out of Home Alone and its sequel, plus Ghostbusters’ Winston Zeddemore sounds great. As does its premise, which is essentially a schlocky rip-off of Alien and The Thing.
One of a flotilla of undersea sci-fi thrillers to drift out of Hollywood in the decade (see also James Cameron’s flashier The Abyss, Roger Corman’s Lord Of The Deep and Sean S Cunningham’s DeepStar Six, to name a few), Leviathan was the product of the late Florentine director George Pan Cosmatos, whose work also included train-based disaster flick The Cassandra Crossing,...
As 80s B-movies go, Leviathan surely boasts one of the coolest casts of the decade. Even on paper, a film that stars RoboCop, Colonel Trautman out of the Rambo movies, one of the hapless villains out of Home Alone and its sequel, plus Ghostbusters’ Winston Zeddemore sounds great. As does its premise, which is essentially a schlocky rip-off of Alien and The Thing.
One of a flotilla of undersea sci-fi thrillers to drift out of Hollywood in the decade (see also James Cameron’s flashier The Abyss, Roger Corman’s Lord Of The Deep and Sean S Cunningham’s DeepStar Six, to name a few), Leviathan was the product of the late Florentine director George Pan Cosmatos, whose work also included train-based disaster flick The Cassandra Crossing,...
- 4/4/2011
- Den of Geek
If you have Netflix and are a horror fan in need of something to watch this Labor Day weekend, one look at this gargantuan list I compiled of the new terror titles Netflix has added for instant streaming in just the first three days of this month should keep you busy until Labor Day next year. You'll find something for everyone, from older titles to recent releases, famous to obscure, classic to not-so-classic, monsters to maniacs - you name it.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
- 9/3/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Updated with artwork. Special features will include an audio commentary with director Peter Atenscio and producer James D. Benson and a behind-the-scenes featurette. The Peter Atencio-directed The Rig is reportedly hitting DVD this fall from Anchor Bay and we've got the trailer to share below. The film, which falls in line with Deepstar Six and Leviathan , stars William Forsythe, Art Lafleur, Marcus Paulk, Serah D'Laine and Stacey Hinnen. Synopsis: As a hurricane rages outside, the small but experienced crew of an oil drilling rig settles in to ride out the storm. Isolated on the rig, their calm is short lived when a crew member goes missing and an extensive search proves futile. Slowly, they discover that a deadly creature is stalking the skeleton crew, eliminating them...
- 8/6/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
A friend called me as he was strolling around Best Buy this afternoon, and he made a passing mention of that fact that Dr. Giggles of all things was finally on Blu-ray (paired up with the execrable Otis). I only remembered that film as the cover of a VHS on a shelf at a video store long ago. Hell, I even remembered the tagline: "The doctor is out... of his mind!" But I never actually saw the thing.
So this is a list of those, with trailers included. (It would appear that I missed out on some real gems.) Feel free to chime in with any of your own picks.
1. Dr. Giggles (1992)
2. Candyman (1992)
3. Ghost in the Machine (1993)
4. Shocker (1989)
5. Leviathan (1989)
6. Deepstar Six (1989)...
So this is a list of those, with trailers included. (It would appear that I missed out on some real gems.) Feel free to chime in with any of your own picks.
1. Dr. Giggles (1992)
2. Candyman (1992)
3. Ghost in the Machine (1993)
4. Shocker (1989)
5. Leviathan (1989)
6. Deepstar Six (1989)...
- 8/4/2010
- by William Goss
It doesn't quite happen as much as it did a few years back, but there was this trend for a while where one studio would have an idea for a movie and start moving forward with it... and then another studio would hear about it, also think it was a good idea and start making a very similar movie. They'd even often come out right around the exact same time.
The website Topmoviez also recognized this little trend and put together a list of similar films that all came out at the same time. Their list looked like this:
Volcano Movies: “Dante’s Peak” (February 7, 1997) and “Volcano” (April 25, 1997)
Asteroid Threatening Earth Movies: “Deep Impact” (May 8, 1998) and “Armageddon” (July 1, 1998)
18 Year Old Daughters of the President Movies: “Chasing Liberty” (January 9, 2004) and “First Daughter” (September 24, 2004)
European Period Movies About Magicians: “The Illusionist” (September 1, 2006) and “The Prestige” (October 20, 2006)
Animated Bug Movies: “Antz” (October 2, 1998) and...
The website Topmoviez also recognized this little trend and put together a list of similar films that all came out at the same time. Their list looked like this:
Volcano Movies: “Dante’s Peak” (February 7, 1997) and “Volcano” (April 25, 1997)
Asteroid Threatening Earth Movies: “Deep Impact” (May 8, 1998) and “Armageddon” (July 1, 1998)
18 Year Old Daughters of the President Movies: “Chasing Liberty” (January 9, 2004) and “First Daughter” (September 24, 2004)
European Period Movies About Magicians: “The Illusionist” (September 1, 2006) and “The Prestige” (October 20, 2006)
Animated Bug Movies: “Antz” (October 2, 1998) and...
- 5/10/2010
- by amcsts@gmail.com
- AMC - Script to Screen
It's not every day that you see a Renny Harlin film at the top of one of our polls, but this week Film Junk readers gave Deep Blue Sea the nod as the best post-Jaws horror flick involving underwater mayhem with an impressive 36% of the votes. Chris Kentis' low budget indie thriller Open Water came in second, followed by Lake Placid, Sphere and Leviathan. Piranha II and DeepStar Six finished in a tie for dead last. Are you surprised by the results? Would the addition of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus as a possible option cause you to rethink your vote? 1. Deep Blue Sea -- 36.7% 2. Open Water -- 14.4% 3. Lake Placid -- 10.6% 4. Sphere -- 10.2% 5. Leviathan -- 7.6% 6. Piranha -- 6.4% 7. Deep Rising -- 6.1% 8. Rogue -- 4.2% 9. Piranha II: The Spawning -- 1.9% 9. DeepStar Six -- 1.9%
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- 4/15/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
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