To celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, Narragansett Beer is releasing the sixth entry in their Lovecraft Series, paying tribute to one of the greatest authors that Poe ever influenced with his words.
If you’re confident that your taste buds can comprehend the otherworldly taste of The Unnamable Black Lager, then you can now look for it in select stores, or maybe even at the local mausoleum…
Below, we have photos of the black lager and the official press release with full details via a wonderful homage to Lovecraft’s short story “The Unnamable.”
Press Release: Arkham, Ma; January 19, 2017 – Locked inside of a deserted mausoleum, Randolph Carter and Rhode Island artist Jarrett McPhee stood under candlelight with two cans of The Unnamable Black Lager in their hands. There, immersed in darkness at the request of Narragansett Beer, the pair wondered why they had agreed to go to such great...
If you’re confident that your taste buds can comprehend the otherworldly taste of The Unnamable Black Lager, then you can now look for it in select stores, or maybe even at the local mausoleum…
Below, we have photos of the black lager and the official press release with full details via a wonderful homage to Lovecraft’s short story “The Unnamable.”
Press Release: Arkham, Ma; January 19, 2017 – Locked inside of a deserted mausoleum, Randolph Carter and Rhode Island artist Jarrett McPhee stood under candlelight with two cans of The Unnamable Black Lager in their hands. There, immersed in darkness at the request of Narragansett Beer, the pair wondered why they had agreed to go to such great...
- 1/19/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Oh, boy, Mick is gonna get it now! The Wolf Creek series is coming to Pop TV, Daily Deaders, and we have a clip from the first episode. Also: Trash Fire's at Screamfest 2016, the DVD release autograph signing for Clowntown, and Destination America's October programming.
Wolf Creek Series Clip: "About Wolf Creek: Pop’s limited series event--inspired by one of the "25 best horror movies since 2000" (Av Squad), one of the "100 Best Horror films" (Time Out) and one of the "25 Best Horror Movies Since The Shining" (Vulture)--is an intense psychological thriller premiering Friday, October 14, at 10/9c. It stars John Jarratt as killer Mick Taylor, wreaking havoc in the Australian Outback except, this time, things are different. The series turns an entire genre on its head when a 19-year-old American college student, played by rising star Lucy Fry, survives Taylor’s massacre of her family and sets out for revenge.
Wolf Creek Series Clip: "About Wolf Creek: Pop’s limited series event--inspired by one of the "25 best horror movies since 2000" (Av Squad), one of the "100 Best Horror films" (Time Out) and one of the "25 Best Horror Movies Since The Shining" (Vulture)--is an intense psychological thriller premiering Friday, October 14, at 10/9c. It stars John Jarratt as killer Mick Taylor, wreaking havoc in the Australian Outback except, this time, things are different. The series turns an entire genre on its head when a 19-year-old American college student, played by rising star Lucy Fry, survives Taylor’s massacre of her family and sets out for revenge.
- 10/12/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We’re all huge admires of Roger Corman’s Poe movies here, so we’re pretty hyped for director Benjamin Cooper’s Lighthouse Keeper (company website), which pays homage to them. Dig the trailer below. From the Press Release: ITN Distribution has acquired Edgar… Continue Reading →
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- 9/21/2016
- by David Gelmini
- DreadCentral.com
If you’re like me and worship Edgar Allan Poe like the poetic god that he deserves to be recognized as, then fans of the master made famous for thrilling your mind with vivid horror tales from long ago are in… Continue Reading →
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- 8/8/2016
- by Patti Pauley
- DreadCentral.com
Bingham Bryant: "The intimations of ghosts - that was a strange self-fulfilling prophecy." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Matías Piñeiro, Jean-Luc Godard, Shakespeare, Hermia & Helena, Kobo Abe, Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, the Brothers Grimm, plus Jake Perlin, Andrew Adair, and Tyler Brodie of the Cinema Conservancy haunted my conversation with For The Plasma writer/co-director Bingham Bryant.
Helen (Rosalie Lowe) monitors forest fires while living in a house in Maine and invites her acquaintance Charlie (Anabelle LeMieux) to keep her company and be her assistant. Deadpan Mainer lighthouse keeper Herbert (Tom Lloyd), a dead bat, four living crabs, a couple of Japanese businessmen (Ryohei Hoshi and James Han), and a few phone calls pop up to structure the narrative flow in Bryant and Kyle Molzan's Poe-tic For The Plasma.
"It is very tale-like because it creates just a suspension because of the loop.
Matías Piñeiro, Jean-Luc Godard, Shakespeare, Hermia & Helena, Kobo Abe, Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, the Brothers Grimm, plus Jake Perlin, Andrew Adair, and Tyler Brodie of the Cinema Conservancy haunted my conversation with For The Plasma writer/co-director Bingham Bryant.
Helen (Rosalie Lowe) monitors forest fires while living in a house in Maine and invites her acquaintance Charlie (Anabelle LeMieux) to keep her company and be her assistant. Deadpan Mainer lighthouse keeper Herbert (Tom Lloyd), a dead bat, four living crabs, a couple of Japanese businessmen (Ryohei Hoshi and James Han), and a few phone calls pop up to structure the narrative flow in Bryant and Kyle Molzan's Poe-tic For The Plasma.
"It is very tale-like because it creates just a suspension because of the loop.
- 7/19/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bryan Moore has crafted bronze busts of Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allan Poe (to name a few), and the lattermost of those creations was unveiled at the Boston Public Library back in 2014. With the library's remodeled Johnson building opening its doors this Saturday, fans will soon be able to gaze upon Moore's incredible bronze bust of Poe, and new photos show what people can expect to see while browsing for their next read.
Press Release: The Edgar Allan Poe bronze bust will soon be on display for public viewing in the newly renovated Johnson building at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in Copley Square, following the building’s grand reopening ceremony on July 9th.
The bust was formally unveiled and donated to the library on October 30, 2014, the plan being that its final placement would indeed be alongside many other fine busts in the library's vast art collection in the Johnson building.
Press Release: The Edgar Allan Poe bronze bust will soon be on display for public viewing in the newly renovated Johnson building at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in Copley Square, following the building’s grand reopening ceremony on July 9th.
The bust was formally unveiled and donated to the library on October 30, 2014, the plan being that its final placement would indeed be alongside many other fine busts in the library's vast art collection in the Johnson building.
- 7/7/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stunning Poe bust to be exhibited in Boston Public Library. Revered bronze sculptor Bryan Moore‘s bust of literary icon Edgar Allan Poe will soon be on display for public viewing in the newly renovated Johnson building at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in Copley Square, following the building’s grand reopening ceremony on July 9th.…
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- 7/7/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
An Outpost of Progress“Shadow,” said he,“Where can it be –This land of Eldorado?” —Edgar Allan Poe, “Eldorado”, 1849While critics mine film festivals for hidden or sometimes unattainable gems, a parallel quest for an El Dorado can be seen as a thematic undercurrent within the larger focus of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section on migration. This quest is especially apparent in the gold mines of the Peruvian Andes in Salomé Lamas’ Eldorado Xxi and the jade mines of northern Myanmar in Midi Z’s City of Jade. Set in the same war-torn region as the latter film, Wang Bing’s Ta'ang follows people from the eponymous minority group seeking safer shelter across the Chinese border. In An Outpost of Progress and competition film Letters from War, the Portuguese filmmakers Hugo Vieira da Silva and Ivo M. Ferreira deal explicitly with the colonial connotations of the notion of El Dorado.
- 2/24/2016
- by Ruben Demasure
- MUBI
Thanks to the fine folks at The Toyark, we have a look at the new Aliens cookie jar courtesy of Diamond Select Toys. Also: details on Bryan Moore's bust of Bram Stoker, an excerpt from Lorne Dixon's Blue Eel, and screening dates for Jessica Cameron's Mania.
Aliens Cookie Jar: From Diamond Select Toys: "Cookie thieves mostly come out at night, mostly, so make sure your cookies are safe with this detailed ceramic cookie jar in the shape of a ferocious Alien Warrior from the sci-fi classic Aliens!
Even if it doesn’t instantly send thieves running from the room, no one will dare lift the jar’s removable skullcap to get at the sweet, sweet cookies inside – there are way too many nasty things inside a xenomorph to take the risk! This approximately 12” tall cookie jar comes packaged in a full-color box. Sculpted by Paul Harding!
Estimated availability:...
Aliens Cookie Jar: From Diamond Select Toys: "Cookie thieves mostly come out at night, mostly, so make sure your cookies are safe with this detailed ceramic cookie jar in the shape of a ferocious Alien Warrior from the sci-fi classic Aliens!
Even if it doesn’t instantly send thieves running from the room, no one will dare lift the jar’s removable skullcap to get at the sweet, sweet cookies inside – there are way too many nasty things inside a xenomorph to take the risk! This approximately 12” tall cookie jar comes packaged in a full-color box. Sculpted by Paul Harding!
Estimated availability:...
- 11/28/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Horror comics and magazines filled my shelves as a kid, titles such as Creepy, Eerie, House of Secrets and The Witching Hour weakening my eyes and troubling my sleep. I simply could not get enough of them. However, when I discovered that there were films made in the same multistory, blood soaked spirit, well, I forgot about sleep altogether. My first stop was Creepshow (1982), and delighted with that, I made my way back through earlier (and gentler) excursions of terror. Step right up ladies and gentlemen! Enter the Torture Garden (1967), a carnival exhibit where the evils of man are laid before you…for a price.
Released by Columbia Pictures November ’67 in the U.K. and July ’68 in North America, Torture Garden was the second film of Amicus Productions (Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (’65) being the first) that followed the omnibus format. Amicus, started by producers Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky,...
Released by Columbia Pictures November ’67 in the U.K. and July ’68 in North America, Torture Garden was the second film of Amicus Productions (Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (’65) being the first) that followed the omnibus format. Amicus, started by producers Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky,...
- 11/7/2015
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Vincent Price is known for having starred in numerous films based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Price traded in Poe for Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1963’s Twice Told Tales. Now you can trade in your DVD for a Blu-ray. In… Continue Reading →
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- 4/30/2015
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Rat God #1
Writer: Richard Corben
Artist: Richard Corben
Colorist: Richard Corben
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $4
We’ve reviewed almost all of horror comics legend Richard Corben’s latest material and it has been received fantastically and not just because Richard Corben. His adaptations of classic Edgar Allan Poe stories struck precisely the right balance between adaptation and improvisation, lending the stories his own delicious brand of black humor but preserving their eerie strangeness. It also goes without saying that his artwork was like poisoned candy, delicious and horrible at the same time. His return sees him taking inspiration from Poe’s successor, Hp Lovecraft, and while this is not the first time Corben has illustrated the work of Cthulhu’s creator, Rat God appears to be more a riff than a straight adaptation.
The first twist of Rat God is that, in true Lovecraftian fashion, it’s a narrative in flux,...
Writer: Richard Corben
Artist: Richard Corben
Colorist: Richard Corben
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $4
We’ve reviewed almost all of horror comics legend Richard Corben’s latest material and it has been received fantastically and not just because Richard Corben. His adaptations of classic Edgar Allan Poe stories struck precisely the right balance between adaptation and improvisation, lending the stories his own delicious brand of black humor but preserving their eerie strangeness. It also goes without saying that his artwork was like poisoned candy, delicious and horrible at the same time. His return sees him taking inspiration from Poe’s successor, Hp Lovecraft, and while this is not the first time Corben has illustrated the work of Cthulhu’s creator, Rat God appears to be more a riff than a straight adaptation.
The first twist of Rat God is that, in true Lovecraftian fashion, it’s a narrative in flux,...
- 2/6/2015
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
Renowned poet Edgar Allan Poe as a demon-fighting, Constantine-like, alcohol-consumed figure trying to cope with the death of his wife? Sounds like something Keanu Reeves or Nic Cage would think about getting involved in, but it turns out this is Idris Elba.s next big movie project that.ll keep him busy for some time. According to Variety, Heimdall himself is producing a new trilogy through his Green Door Production Co. based on Poe Must Die by Marc Olden. Check out the novel.s summary. It.s pretty wacky: Against a backdrop of New York City in the 1840s, a hellhole of crime and squalor, Edgar Allan Poe plays out a deadly game, fighting not only the demonic forces waged against him, but also his personal demons, the memory of his beloved wife and the alcohol he consumes in order to forget her. To complicate matters even more, Poe...
- 1/13/2015
- cinemablend.com
Idris Elba is developing a film adaptation of author Marc Olden's 1978 thriller "Poe Must Die," via his Green Door Production Co, reports Publishers Weekly. Set in New York City in the 1840s, the novel follows Edgar Allan Poe fighting demonic forces and personal demons, as he teams up with a former fighter, who seeks revenge against a sorcerer who murdered his wife. The dark story also features the sorcerer looking for the Throne of Solomon, which will grant him immortality and control over Lucifer. Elba plans to adapt the novel into a trilogy of films, although no word on when we can expect them, whether Idris will also star, who else might be attached (in front of and behind...
- 1/13/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
New England horror hounds have to be pleased with the way their region has paid tribute to their terror-inducing native sons. This past Halloween season, an unveiling of an Edgar Allan Poe bronze bust took place at the Boston Public Library, while Jeffrey Combs portrayed Poe in a one-man show at the Somerville Theatre. And soon the Narragansett Brewing Company will commemorate another prolific horror author, Rhode Island’s own H.P. Lovecraft, with a four-part beer line inspired by the author’s written works.
Narragansett Beer President Mark Hellendrung revealed the new Lovecraft beers are being brewed to celebrate both the 125th anniversary of the storied brewery and the 125th birthday of the late, influential horror writer whose Cthulhu Mythos still resonates today with readers, writers, musicians, and other artists.
Lovecraft Honey Ale, the first of the four Lovecraft beers, will debut on January 19th (the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe...
Narragansett Beer President Mark Hellendrung revealed the new Lovecraft beers are being brewed to celebrate both the 125th anniversary of the storied brewery and the 125th birthday of the late, influential horror writer whose Cthulhu Mythos still resonates today with readers, writers, musicians, and other artists.
Lovecraft Honey Ale, the first of the four Lovecraft beers, will debut on January 19th (the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe...
- 1/12/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Simon Pegg playing the Devil?! Sounds good to me! The actor has been cast in a horror comedy called The Gathering, and it sounds awesome! I never thought I’d see Pegg as the Devil, but now that it’s out in the universe it makes complete sense. The movie is being directed by Jon Keeyes, and he talked to Fangoria about the project. This is how he describes the fantastic story that he’s going to tell:
“On Halloween night, the devil brings together Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allan Poe in purgatory to tell their best untold tales, the idea being that whoever has the best story of the night gets to leave purgatory forever ... We've tried to put a spin on the essence of the stories they're most well-known for. So Stoker tells a vampire tale, but it's not about Dracula. H.P. Lovecraft's...
“On Halloween night, the devil brings together Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allan Poe in purgatory to tell their best untold tales, the idea being that whoever has the best story of the night gets to leave purgatory forever ... We've tried to put a spin on the essence of the stories they're most well-known for. So Stoker tells a vampire tale, but it's not about Dracula. H.P. Lovecraft's...
- 12/13/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
As Halloween approaches, we were swapping ghost stories around the ol' People offices. Though we're based in New York, staffers here come from all over, and so it got us thinking about what we like to call the Haunted States of America: What "ghost story" defines your state? This infographic is assembled from a variety of sources - in some cases, it's the "most famous" ghost in each state, in others, it's the one we found the most interesting. Enjoy, and add your own in the comments! AlabamaBear Creek Swamp in Prattville is home to floating lights, phantom cars, the ghosts of Creek Indians,...
- 10/30/2014
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
As Halloween approaches, we were swapping ghost stories around the ol' People offices. Though we're based in New York, staffers here come from all over, and so it got us thinking about what we like to call the Haunted States of America: What "ghost story" defines your state?
This infographic is assembled from a variety of sources – in some cases, it's the "most famous" ghost in each state, in others, it's the one we found the most interesting. Enjoy, and add your own in the comments!
AlabamaBear Creek Swamp in Prattville is home to floating lights, phantom cars, the ghosts of Creek Indians,...
This infographic is assembled from a variety of sources – in some cases, it's the "most famous" ghost in each state, in others, it's the one we found the most interesting. Enjoy, and add your own in the comments!
AlabamaBear Creek Swamp in Prattville is home to floating lights, phantom cars, the ghosts of Creek Indians,...
- 10/13/2014
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- People.com - TV Watch
Nothing quite beats a good psychological horror story and if there is one author whose name is synonymous with the genre it is Edgar Allan Poe. We haven't seen a good adaptation of a Poe work in a long time, but the trailer for Stonehearst Asylum teases a scary good time. Director Brad Anderson is known for some atmospheric and chilling films like The MacHinist and Session 9 and this could be another winner. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, and Jim...
- 8/1/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Over the years we've seen lots of horror heavyweights do battle until the last "thing" was standing... In the tradition of King Kong vs Godzilla, Freddy vs. Jason, Foreman vs Ali, the good folks behind Epic Rap Battles of History have come up with one for the books! Literally!
Season 3 of the prolific web series continues with the great Edgar Allan Poe taking on none other than The Maine Man Stephen King! Watch as the master of horror, Stephen King, faces-off against Edgar Allan Poe, the author of mystery and the macabre in the ninth battle of the season. The battles stars rapper and poet George Watsky as Poe and rapper and comedian Zach Sherwin as King. Who won? You decide.
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Season 3 of the prolific web series continues with the great Edgar Allan Poe taking on none other than The Maine Man Stephen King! Watch as the master of horror, Stephen King, faces-off against Edgar Allan Poe, the author of mystery and the macabre in the ninth battle of the season. The battles stars rapper and poet George Watsky as Poe and rapper and comedian Zach Sherwin as King. Who won? You decide.
Great job guys! Enough jabbering... dig it!
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Spit mad lyrics in the comments section below!
- 6/3/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
He created a bronze bust of the King of Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, and now sculptor Bryan Moore’s next bust is paying tribute to another horror literature legend: Edgar Allan Poe. Poe will be immortalized in bronze in his hometown of Boston, and the bust’s unveiling has been set for a very fitting day on the calendar.
Press Release: “Having just won a Rondo Award—given in celebration of the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation—for Best Fan Event for his 2013 H.P. Lovecraft Bronze Bust Project, sculptor Bryan Moore is now tackling Boston and its wayward son, Edgar Allan Poe, at the nation’s oldest public library, the Boston Public Library.
“I’ve always been a fan of both Lovecraft And Poe as American authors who were truly emblematic of the horror genre,” Moore asserts. “It seemed almost criminal to me that there weren...
Press Release: “Having just won a Rondo Award—given in celebration of the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation—for Best Fan Event for his 2013 H.P. Lovecraft Bronze Bust Project, sculptor Bryan Moore is now tackling Boston and its wayward son, Edgar Allan Poe, at the nation’s oldest public library, the Boston Public Library.
“I’ve always been a fan of both Lovecraft And Poe as American authors who were truly emblematic of the horror genre,” Moore asserts. “It seemed almost criminal to me that there weren...
- 5/19/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Miami - One of the pleasures of smaller film festivals, where one's viewing is less dutifully structured around competitions and mandatory big-name premieres, is pick-and-mix scheduling -- selecting the day's viewing on a mixture of gut instinct and chance convenience, and seeing what unexpected patterns and conflicts emerge. Coincidentally enough, I wound up seeing two Brazilian films back to back yesterday -- not such an improbable occurrence in a festival programme that accommodates Latin-American markets so generously, but their wildly contrasting impressions of urban social malaise and personal distrust proved mutually enhancing. Mexico and Germany were selected by the Miami programmers for dedicated showcases this year; on yesterday's evidence, however, Brazilian film is fighting fit. There's a fierce, Pablo Trapero-like sense of purpose to "A Wolf at the Door," a jumpy, pile-driving directorial debut for Fernando Coimbra that seems a gateway to more illustrious things -- as plausibly within...
- 3/15/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Review Ron Hogan 29 Jan 2014 - 07:38
The Following is one of the most hateful, cruel shows on television and is all the better for it. Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.2 For Joe
Last year's Edgar Allan Poe mask has become this year's Joe Carroll mask, and with the show's reduced interest in Poe's work and its increased interest in working Joe Carroll's magnum opus masterwork, The Following seems to actually have improved. Well, perhaps not improved, but it's a little different. As good as the Edgar Allan Poe masks were from the first season, there's nothing quite as creepy as the Joe Carroll masks sported by The Following's new twin Patricks Bateman. When Joe Carroll's dead-eyed face steps out from the shadows wielding a knife, looking just enough like James Purefoy to put the non-Joes into Uncanny Valley, it's one of the more disturbing things on network television.
The Following is one of the most hateful, cruel shows on television and is all the better for it. Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.2 For Joe
Last year's Edgar Allan Poe mask has become this year's Joe Carroll mask, and with the show's reduced interest in Poe's work and its increased interest in working Joe Carroll's magnum opus masterwork, The Following seems to actually have improved. Well, perhaps not improved, but it's a little different. As good as the Edgar Allan Poe masks were from the first season, there's nothing quite as creepy as the Joe Carroll masks sported by The Following's new twin Patricks Bateman. When Joe Carroll's dead-eyed face steps out from the shadows wielding a knife, looking just enough like James Purefoy to put the non-Joes into Uncanny Valley, it's one of the more disturbing things on network television.
- 1/29/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Twelfth-century Germany, Victorian-era America, China in the 1900s: Our staffers are in the mood for some time traveling, and these three novels do the trick. Tell us what you think of their choices - and let us know what you're reading. Tatsha Robertson, Senior Editor Her Pick: Illuminations by Mary Sharratt Who wouldn't want to read about a ballsy 12th-century nun whose divine visions could make the most powerful evil monk shiver in his tunic? Sharratt offers up a mesmerizing reimagining of the true story of Hildegard von Bingen, probably the most famous nun of the Middle Ages. Expected to...
- 1/17/2014
- PEOPLE.com
Louis J. Pecsi, the author of 2009’s Nosferatu: The Untold Origin, has recently released a new book based upon the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Entitled The Awakened Poe, the book was created as his follow-up to his story on Nosferatu due to the fact that Mr. Pecsi wants to introduce and inspire young people to read literature. That is an admirable goal considering that so many of us seem to … Continue reading →
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- 11/9/2013
- by Jonathan Stryker
- Horror News
Reviewed by Marcey Papandrea, MoreHorror.com
Twixt, from the once great Francis Ford Coppola is a very bizarre film, one that I am not sure entirely made sense but I kind of liked it. I can’t be sure what happened to the filmmaker that once brought us The Godfather, but he seems content making low budget films. Twixt is as strange as they come too, think Stephen King with a mix of David Lynch, Coppola wanted to go for weird and he certainly achieved it. His intentions aren’t entirely clear with this one, that is a mystery in itself to be solved if one dares.
A writer Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) is in a small town to sign copies of his book at a local hardware store when he meets the town Sheriff Bobby Lagrange (Bruce Dern) and gets caught up in a bizarre murder mystery. This town...
Twixt, from the once great Francis Ford Coppola is a very bizarre film, one that I am not sure entirely made sense but I kind of liked it. I can’t be sure what happened to the filmmaker that once brought us The Godfather, but he seems content making low budget films. Twixt is as strange as they come too, think Stephen King with a mix of David Lynch, Coppola wanted to go for weird and he certainly achieved it. His intentions aren’t entirely clear with this one, that is a mystery in itself to be solved if one dares.
A writer Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) is in a small town to sign copies of his book at a local hardware store when he meets the town Sheriff Bobby Lagrange (Bruce Dern) and gets caught up in a bizarre murder mystery. This town...
- 9/28/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Paddywax candle company wants to pay homage to some of history's most important writers. Naturally, this includes Edgar Allan Poe. So what scent smells like the godfather of goth - besides lots and lots of booze? Hippies, apparently. The Poe candle - which I have not smelled - is scented with cardamom (a slightly spicy ginger-type herb), sandalwood, and absinthe. Honestly, it sounds like you could get drunk just on the scent of this candle.
$25 at Paddywax.com...
$25 at Paddywax.com...
- 9/2/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
No amount of bad "buzz" should ever keep you from avoiding a movie you want to see, especially when it's a film that comes from someone like Francis Ford Coppola. Not to overstate the obvious, but the director of The Godfather, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, and (the excellent) Tucker: The Man and His Dream has more than earned the benefit of the doubt, plus it's no secret that Mr. Coppola has a clear admiration for horror cinema; some of his other films include The Terror (1963), Dementia 13 (also 1963), and a fairly impressive 1992 rendition of Dracula.
Having said all of that, the filmmaker's latest -- a bizarre and languid horror mash-up known as Twixt -- is an appealing mess (if I'm being kind) and an eye-tickling analysis of how a writer finds his muse (if I'm being smart), but it's recommended only to A) Coppola completists, B) Val Kilmer fans, and C) Edgar Allen Poe fanatics.
Having said all of that, the filmmaker's latest -- a bizarre and languid horror mash-up known as Twixt -- is an appealing mess (if I'm being kind) and an eye-tickling analysis of how a writer finds his muse (if I'm being smart), but it's recommended only to A) Coppola completists, B) Val Kilmer fans, and C) Edgar Allen Poe fanatics.
- 7/1/2013
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Legendary author Richard Matheson died yesterday at home with his family. He was 87.
Matheson was born in 1926 in New Jersey. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," was first published in 1950, and his first novel, Someone is Bleeding, was published in 1953. In total, he had hundreds of short stories, dozens of novels, and dozens of screenplays and TV episodes to his name.
Some of his best-known works include I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Hell House, and A Stir of Echoes, all of which were adapted into major motion pictures. He wrote directly for the screen, too, including many episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and the original Star Trek. He worked frequently with B-movie legend Roger Corman, and scripted all of Corman's Poe adaptations.
Matheson leaves behind a legacy that is almost impossible to put into words. He has influenced genre legends from Anne Rice,...
Matheson was born in 1926 in New Jersey. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," was first published in 1950, and his first novel, Someone is Bleeding, was published in 1953. In total, he had hundreds of short stories, dozens of novels, and dozens of screenplays and TV episodes to his name.
Some of his best-known works include I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Hell House, and A Stir of Echoes, all of which were adapted into major motion pictures. He wrote directly for the screen, too, including many episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and the original Star Trek. He worked frequently with B-movie legend Roger Corman, and scripted all of Corman's Poe adaptations.
Matheson leaves behind a legacy that is almost impossible to put into words. He has influenced genre legends from Anne Rice,...
- 6/24/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
The Following, Season 1, Episode 15: “The Final Chapter”
Written by Kevin Williamson
Directed by Marcos Siega
Aired Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
As just an episode, “The Final Chapter” of The Following is a slight step up from the past many (inevitably, since everything set up in the pilot has been saved for this entry); but, even if it’s a passable ending for some kind of story, somewhere, it is absolutely horrendous as a finale. For every moment that we’ve been waiting for—a scene between the three major characters for once, some guilt out of Claire, etc.—there is an opposite moment of confusion and frustration considering what we’ve been fed thus far. The characters speak about things they should have talked about in “Chapter Two,” but didn’t because they were too busy following Joe, who was such a genius and always one step ahead.
Written by Kevin Williamson
Directed by Marcos Siega
Aired Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
As just an episode, “The Final Chapter” of The Following is a slight step up from the past many (inevitably, since everything set up in the pilot has been saved for this entry); but, even if it’s a passable ending for some kind of story, somewhere, it is absolutely horrendous as a finale. For every moment that we’ve been waiting for—a scene between the three major characters for once, some guilt out of Claire, etc.—there is an opposite moment of confusion and frustration considering what we’ve been fed thus far. The characters speak about things they should have talked about in “Chapter Two,” but didn’t because they were too busy following Joe, who was such a genius and always one step ahead.
- 5/1/2013
- by Michael
- SoundOnSight
Baltimore, 1849, and troubled author Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) is called upon to join the hunt for a serial killer who is basing his murders on the writer’s grisly tales. Challenging Poe to a game of wits, the maniac kidnaps Poe’s sweetheart (Alice Eve) and leaves a fiendish trail of clues that Poe must solve or see her... nevermore.
- 3/15/2013
- Sky Movies
As human beings, we often find ourselves morbidly curious about the darker side of human nature. Everyone has things that they swear on everything that they hold scared they will never, ever do. For the most part, they can almost always hold fast to those self limitations. We all have those places that we fear to tread, those boundaries that we refuse to push.
It would also seem that a good percentage of the population feels a need to explore that darker side of human nature from the comfort of their couches. There is no shortage of darker fare available on an average night of primetime viewing. Crime procedurals and supernatural stories are crowding the airwaves making comedies harder to find than ever, unless you’re watching a pre-primetime block of syndicated shows. Just like everything else, television shows follow trends. If the winter 2013 TV season is anything to base assumptions on,...
It would also seem that a good percentage of the population feels a need to explore that darker side of human nature from the comfort of their couches. There is no shortage of darker fare available on an average night of primetime viewing. Crime procedurals and supernatural stories are crowding the airwaves making comedies harder to find than ever, unless you’re watching a pre-primetime block of syndicated shows. Just like everything else, television shows follow trends. If the winter 2013 TV season is anything to base assumptions on,...
- 2/28/2013
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
The Following, Season 1, Episode 2: “Chapter Two”
Written by Kevin Williamson
Directed by Marcos Siega
Aired Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
It’s the second episode of The Following, and now we are beginning to learn the rules of the alternate universe. In this world, anyone can be a serial killer: prison wardens, detectives, pretty boys, British professors, even emo girls. Also, since murder is so commonplace and just kind of quirky, it’s more like a drag rather than a devastating event when your husband gets convicted for mutilating co-eds. After he’s put away, you may say things like “Here’s to being a single lady again!” and flirt with the apprehending agent. If you are that agent, you may reciprocate those advances, and later treat the killer like a jealous ex, spending more time having pissing matches with him than outsmarting his psychotic schemes.
The alternate...
Written by Kevin Williamson
Directed by Marcos Siega
Aired Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
It’s the second episode of The Following, and now we are beginning to learn the rules of the alternate universe. In this world, anyone can be a serial killer: prison wardens, detectives, pretty boys, British professors, even emo girls. Also, since murder is so commonplace and just kind of quirky, it’s more like a drag rather than a devastating event when your husband gets convicted for mutilating co-eds. After he’s put away, you may say things like “Here’s to being a single lady again!” and flirt with the apprehending agent. If you are that agent, you may reciprocate those advances, and later treat the killer like a jealous ex, spending more time having pissing matches with him than outsmarting his psychotic schemes.
The alternate...
- 1/29/2013
- by Michael
- SoundOnSight
After months of anticipation and an extraordinary viral marketing campaign, Kevin Williamson's serial killer thriller "The Following" debuted on Monday night on Fox. The dark, haunting drama brings Kevin Bacon to the small screen in his first television role, as former FBI agent Ryan Hardy. He's an alcoholic, a loner, and an expert on serial killer and cult leader Joe Carroll (James Purefoy).
Former lit professor Carroll, on death row for murdering 14 college women nearly a decade ago, has used his considerable charm and seductive charisma to prey on some weak, disturbed individuals and create his own network of devoted killers outside the prison walls.
In the pilot episode, Carroll escapes just long enough to finish the job he began nine years ago, before Hardy caught him. His idol, Edgar Allan Poe, never finished his final work, but Carroll is intent on besting him. With the help of "Billy...
Former lit professor Carroll, on death row for murdering 14 college women nearly a decade ago, has used his considerable charm and seductive charisma to prey on some weak, disturbed individuals and create his own network of devoted killers outside the prison walls.
In the pilot episode, Carroll escapes just long enough to finish the job he began nine years ago, before Hardy caught him. His idol, Edgar Allan Poe, never finished his final work, but Carroll is intent on besting him. With the help of "Billy...
- 1/22/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The kids discovers a raven that has been following Jeremy is actually a Splinter. Before they can do anything about it, the bird flies through an open Door. The Wardens charge after the bird, only to find themselves in 1849 Baltimore. Things are terribly wrong, however. It seems that the stories of Edgar Allan Poe have been coming to life! Moments later they discover the famous author himself and he is very, very ill. He tells the kids that a man named Reynolds is trying to kill him and begins to describe a story he’s writing about a lighthouse. Matt recognizes it as the last story Poe ever worked on—the story he never finished. Will the Latchkeys be able to survive Poe’s final work and escape back to Tanglewood, or will they all be lost forever?
Debbie Viguié has been writing for most of her life and holds...
Debbie Viguié has been writing for most of her life and holds...
- 1/22/2013
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
• Sarah Dempster's TV Od: Sky Atlantic's new Kevin Bacon vehicle is a programme crying out for a decent story line
Ryan Hardy is a maverick, a lone wolf, a loose cannon who won't play by the rules. "The man is a hero," whispers an underling as Hardy (Kevin Bacon) points at a map and sighs, maverickly.
Hardy – an ex–FBI agent – has a fondness for vodka and leaves his top button undone in order to facilitate the circulation of radical ideas around his compact, powerful body. Men admire his assertiveness; women are magnetised by his reckless approach to leisurewear. New Fox drama The Following (Tuesday, 10pm, Sky Atlantic) follows Hardy as he follows a convicted serial killer who has somehow managed to recruit hundreds of devoted, equally dangerous followers "on the internet". Said nemesis – one Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) – is a serial-killing intellectual of the old school. A suave English...
Ryan Hardy is a maverick, a lone wolf, a loose cannon who won't play by the rules. "The man is a hero," whispers an underling as Hardy (Kevin Bacon) points at a map and sighs, maverickly.
Hardy – an ex–FBI agent – has a fondness for vodka and leaves his top button undone in order to facilitate the circulation of radical ideas around his compact, powerful body. Men admire his assertiveness; women are magnetised by his reckless approach to leisurewear. New Fox drama The Following (Tuesday, 10pm, Sky Atlantic) follows Hardy as he follows a convicted serial killer who has somehow managed to recruit hundreds of devoted, equally dangerous followers "on the internet". Said nemesis – one Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) – is a serial-killing intellectual of the old school. A suave English...
- 1/19/2013
- by Sarah Dempster
- The Guardian - Film News
Javier Soto has been working with Guillermo del Toro for nearly 10 year, providing documentaries and other content for his Blu-ray/DVD releases. For Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Soto took his work to the next level, creating an animated graphic novel-style short, titled The Great Calamity. I recently had a chance to speak with Javier Soto, who told me about his career with del Toro and the challenges of creating this short film:
For readers who are unfamiliar with your work, can you tell us about your projects for Guillermo del Toro?
Javier Soto: By trade, I’m a documentarian. My working relationship is really with Guillermo del Toro and I’ve been working with him for close to 10 years, providing the supplements for his DVD’s/Blu-rays. We stuck up a working relationship that’s become a friendship over the years, and I’m most proud of the fact...
For readers who are unfamiliar with your work, can you tell us about your projects for Guillermo del Toro?
Javier Soto: By trade, I’m a documentarian. My working relationship is really with Guillermo del Toro and I’ve been working with him for close to 10 years, providing the supplements for his DVD’s/Blu-rays. We stuck up a working relationship that’s become a friendship over the years, and I’m most proud of the fact...
- 10/31/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
I looked for him, but he was gone. I checked the boozy dives and the greasy spoons and the street corners where the not-nice girls hang out.
Nothing.
He was gone.
Tall guy, fedora, trench coat. You must’ve seen him. Usually smoking. He was always hanging around, poking his nose where it didn’t belong and usually getting it punched.
A real wisenheimer, too, always cracking wise.
You see him, you call. And if I find out you’ve been holding back…
If you don’t miss that kind of patois, you’re either too young to remember it, or you’ve got a tin ear. God knows, I miss it.
Back in May, some of you might remember I interviewed Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins (http://www.soundonsight.org/max-allan-collins-road-to-perdition-on-carrying-on-mickey-spillanes-legacy/). A lot of the discussion had to do with his connection with one of the giants of private eye fiction,...
Nothing.
He was gone.
Tall guy, fedora, trench coat. You must’ve seen him. Usually smoking. He was always hanging around, poking his nose where it didn’t belong and usually getting it punched.
A real wisenheimer, too, always cracking wise.
You see him, you call. And if I find out you’ve been holding back…
If you don’t miss that kind of patois, you’re either too young to remember it, or you’ve got a tin ear. God knows, I miss it.
Back in May, some of you might remember I interviewed Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins (http://www.soundonsight.org/max-allan-collins-road-to-perdition-on-carrying-on-mickey-spillanes-legacy/). A lot of the discussion had to do with his connection with one of the giants of private eye fiction,...
- 8/11/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
One of our Comic-Con 2012 highlights was the opportunity to chat with the cast and creators of Fox's upcoming series "The Following". Even though only the pilot has been filmed so far, they all provided us with some thoughtful insights into the show.
First we spoke with creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson, who has been working on the project in one form or another for over 16 years. While he wants "The Following" to be gripping and leave audiences breathless, it has a love story at the root of it.
Joe Carroll, the serial killer at the center of the show, has a bit of an obsession with Edgar Allan Poe - Poe's romanticism holds great appeal for him - and every week is like a different chapter in the book Carroll is writing. Bacon's character (retired FBI agent Ryan Hardy, who is called back in after Carroll escapes from prison...
First we spoke with creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson, who has been working on the project in one form or another for over 16 years. While he wants "The Following" to be gripping and leave audiences breathless, it has a love story at the root of it.
Joe Carroll, the serial killer at the center of the show, has a bit of an obsession with Edgar Allan Poe - Poe's romanticism holds great appeal for him - and every week is like a different chapter in the book Carroll is writing. Bacon's character (retired FBI agent Ryan Hardy, who is called back in after Carroll escapes from prison...
- 7/15/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Back when the Japanese horror scene was dominated by black-haired, female ghosts draped in long white gowns, ever fueling the regressing less is more aesthetic, there was one project that rose from the stale ashes left by hundreds of rip-offs and wannabes. Rampo Jigoku (Rampo Noir) revitalized the Japanese horror genre and showed the world there was more than glitchy apparitions and cheap setups to scare and out-gross audiences.Rampo Jigoku is an anthology film based around the work of famous Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo. The man was a big fan of Edgar Allan Poe (and if you look closely, Edogawa Rampo is merely a Japanese re-pronunciation of Poe's name), his influence ever present in Rampo's work. Rampo's stories are a mix of the obscene, the...
- 7/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
When I hear the phrase "one-man show," my mind immediately flashes to a dozen different sitcom versions of one-man shows, where the production is always a bit of self-indulgent tripe. I knew I wouldn't get that from the guys behind Re-Animator... I just didn't really know what I'd get with Nevermore. Nevermore is a one-man show starring Jeffrey Combs, directed by Stuart Gordon, and written by Dennis Paoli. Combs plays Edgar Allan Poe performing a live recital of his own works, something the author did frequently in his own time when he needed drinking money. Over the course of Nevermore, Combs's Poe devolves into a drunken, blithering mess. While there is no evidence that Poe ever did this during his...
- 6/14/2012
- FEARnet
Although seeming quite a bit like one of Roger Corman’s period Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, it’s actually a slight digression in that it’s not based on Poe at all but on an H.P. Lovecraft story. Economical but imaginative, it offers two Vincents for the Price of one and pairs them with Lon Chaney for the first time since Casanova’s Big Night. Features one of the best opening title sequences of the series.
- 4/27/2012
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life - and death - in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poes darkest works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with Poe in a quest to get inside the killer's mind in order to stop him from making every one of Poes brutal stories a blood chilling reality. A…...
- 4/27/2012
- Horrorbid
Plot: In this fictional account of Edgar Allan Poe's last days, there is a dark cloud hanging over late 1840.s Baltimore. When a series of brutal murders are fashioned after Edgar Allan Poe.s work, the police begin to suspect the writer himself. Yet when Poe.s wealthy . and secret - lover is kidnapped. With her disappearance comes a series of clues to the killer.s next move. Due to the bizarre nature of the crimes, the detective investigating the case requests Poe . with his unique knowledge...
- 4/27/2012
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
by Nick Schager
[This week's pick is inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe-themed horror-mystery The Raven.]
Not to be nitpicky, but it would have benefited Web of the Spider if it had something—anything—to do with a spider. Or, for that matter, a spider's web. It's likely that director Antonio Margheriti intended his title to refer to the sinister trap set in his story by a castle proprietor for an American journalist, but that's hardly a reasonable reason for bestowing this 1971 film with its chosen moniker, especially given that it's a remake of Margheriti's own aptly-dubbed (and superior) 1964 Castle of Blood. Nonetheless, this Italian horror throwaway's problems aren't relegated to name alone, as the saga of a haunted abode and its spooky inhabitants is defined by lame-brained incompetence, a fate made all the more frustrating by the fact that it has the inspired idea to cast the incomparable Klaus Kinski as Edgar Allan Poe. Kinski opens the film flailing about a tomb with a torch in hand,...
[This week's pick is inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe-themed horror-mystery The Raven.]
Not to be nitpicky, but it would have benefited Web of the Spider if it had something—anything—to do with a spider. Or, for that matter, a spider's web. It's likely that director Antonio Margheriti intended his title to refer to the sinister trap set in his story by a castle proprietor for an American journalist, but that's hardly a reasonable reason for bestowing this 1971 film with its chosen moniker, especially given that it's a remake of Margheriti's own aptly-dubbed (and superior) 1964 Castle of Blood. Nonetheless, this Italian horror throwaway's problems aren't relegated to name alone, as the saga of a haunted abode and its spooky inhabitants is defined by lame-brained incompetence, a fate made all the more frustrating by the fact that it has the inspired idea to cast the incomparable Klaus Kinski as Edgar Allan Poe. Kinski opens the film flailing about a tomb with a torch in hand,...
- 4/26/2012
- GreenCine Daily
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Ladies and gents, meet Britain's hottest and latest import.
Alice Eve is quickly gaining traction on this side of the pond, and we couldn't be more thrilled to see the blonde bombshell spicing up some age-old Poe in this week's "The Raven." Eve stars as the lady friend of Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack), who holds her own against the lit legend as they try to find a killer.
Damsels in distress were so last century.
She'll be back again this summer kicking alien butt as a young Agent O in "Men in Black 3," but whether she's on the red carpet or on the big screen, Eve has captivated us entirely. Just check out this gallery of photos and try to argue.
Ladies and gents, meet Britain's hottest and latest import.
Alice Eve is quickly gaining traction on this side of the pond, and we couldn't be more thrilled to see the blonde bombshell spicing up some age-old Poe in this week's "The Raven." Eve stars as the lady friend of Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack), who holds her own against the lit legend as they try to find a killer.
Damsels in distress were so last century.
She'll be back again this summer kicking alien butt as a young Agent O in "Men in Black 3," but whether she's on the red carpet or on the big screen, Eve has captivated us entirely. Just check out this gallery of photos and try to argue.
- 4/25/2012
- by Phoebe Kingsak
- NextMovie
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster). When a mother and dau…...
- 4/18/2012
- Horrorbid
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster). When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on...
- 3/19/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Los Angeles' Steve Allen Theater is undergoing a name change to Trepany House, but one thing that hasn't changed is how great Nevermore, one of the playhouse's most popular shows, is; and if you've yet to see it (or want to again), you have the chance starting March 15th.
Nevermore - An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe is returning after its popular, extended run in 2009. It's directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Dennis Paoli (the same team who brought us Re-Animator and From Beyond). Jeffrey Combs plays the brilliant but tormented American author in this chilling play. Set in 1848, Nevermore is loosely based on real events and follows Poe on a cross-country speaking tour fraught with strange occurrences that signal his descent into madness.
The premiere takes place Thursday, March 15th, at 8:00 pm, but thereafter Nevermore (2009 event report here) will be performed on the first Thursday of every month this year.
Nevermore - An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe is returning after its popular, extended run in 2009. It's directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Dennis Paoli (the same team who brought us Re-Animator and From Beyond). Jeffrey Combs plays the brilliant but tormented American author in this chilling play. Set in 1848, Nevermore is loosely based on real events and follows Poe on a cross-country speaking tour fraught with strange occurrences that signal his descent into madness.
The premiere takes place Thursday, March 15th, at 8:00 pm, but thereafter Nevermore (2009 event report here) will be performed on the first Thursday of every month this year.
- 3/11/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue, the film also stars Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks.
- 2/25/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
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