Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection will collect six of the Master of Suspense’s classics on 4K Ultra HD + Digital: Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. Releasing on November 26 via Universal, the six-disc set is limited to 5,150. It’s housed in premium book-style packaging featuring […]
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The real life serial killer who inspired classic cinema villains including Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Bill, Ed Gein will be the subject of the third season of Ryan Murphy’s Netflix anthology series “Monster,” and Variety brings us casting news this week. Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne,” Scream 2) will play Ed Gein’s mother Augusta, while Tom Hollander […]
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Carousel After spending time with Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen) and Olivier Assayas’ Kristen Stewart starring 2016 thriller Personal Shopper (listen), it’s time to revisit Alfred Hitchcock with a look at his 1951 film, Strangers on a Train. In the film, eccentric and unbalanced Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) approaches successful tennis player Guy Haines (Rope‘s […]
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Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 3 4K UHD Box Set from Universal Five more Alfred Hitchcock movies are coming to […]
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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds has become such an acknowledged classic and even cultural touchstone that it is easy to forget how revolutionary it was upon its 1963 release. For the Master of Suspense himself, it was a departure in many ways from his previous work while still a testament to his craft and devotion to […]
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Filmmaker William Friedkin forever changed horror with 1974’s The Exorcist, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He returned to the genre again in 1980 with the Giallo-like thriller Cruising and fearlessly got weird with gory folk horror The Guardian in 1990. Fearless perfectly encapsulates Friedkin’s style and his approach to life; he was never afraid to speak his […]
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On its way to $1 billion at the worldwide box office, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a smash hit success by any possible metric, becoming a true pop culture moment in just one week of release. Gerwig’s bold take on the iconic Mattel toy line is winning over audiences and critics alike, and it’s no surprise […]
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Baters It’s nearly time to close out the month of July, which has been another scorching hot one for Trace and me. We kicked things off with Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) to coincide with our coverage of The Red Door, then we talked about another sequel to celebrate the two-year anniversary of Adam Robitel’s Escape Room: […]
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Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 thriller Vertigo is next up on the remake chopping block, Deadline reports today, with Robert Downey Jr. in talks to star in the upcoming update. Deadline reports, “Robert Downey Jr. is eyeing the James Stewart lead role of the former police detective forced to retire after a line of duty trauma […]
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Alfred Hitchcock gets the documentary treatment with the upcoming My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock, and Deadline reports that Cohen Media Group has acquired North American rights. Deadline details, “The film premiered at Telluride and examines the Psycho and Vertigo director’s vast body of work, exploring his techniques, themes and obsessions.” Directed by Mark Cousins, the doc will release in […]
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Over thirty years after leaving his native England to live and work in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock returned home. The result is arguably the best film of his late career and easily the most brutal in his entire canon, Frenzy. The film was a return to form, exploring many of the enduring themes of his work […]
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Rope-a-dope. After queering up the castle in James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein, we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real before getting hot in the 1981 parody Student Bodies. Now we’re going back in time again to check in with the sociopathic (and possibly definitely queer) duo in Alfred Hitchcock‘s […]