A Story of Faith and Controversy — Martin Scorsese is no stranger to challenging material and several of his films have been the subject of debate and analysis from all sides of political and social spectrums. Of the twenty-six feature-length films he has directed, none is more divisive and full-out controversial than his 1988 film, The Last…

“We don’t want to give anybody sleepless nights.” — October 31st, 1992. The BBC is ready to air their Halloween offering, an investigation into an alleged haunting of a family home in Foxhill Drive, Northolt. It is to be a live presentation, complete with hosting duties by Michael Parkison and a phone-in line where viewers can share their own…

Mystery, horror, and monsters abound — It’s a perfect night for mystery and horror. The air itself is filled with monsters. When Universal Pictures released Dracula in February 1931, audiences responded amazingly to the supernatural story, and when Frankenstein was released in November of that same year, it was clear that the filmgoing public had developed…

The ‘Dark Shadows’ star was 84 — Lara Parker, best known for her performance as Angelique Bouchard in the original incarnation of cult soap opera Dark Shadows, has passed away at the age of 84. …

Celebrating 90 Years of a bizarre tale of murder and obsession — “Mr. Gates, never be afraid of a wild animal. Let it alone, and it’ll leave you alone. That’s more than we can say of most humans.” Deep in a jungle, somewhere in India. A pair of men are holding down someone to the ground, while another man is working with…

“Everything I ever loved has been taken away from me, but not you, my Marie Antoinette, for I will give you eternal life.” Although he is now considered a horror icon, Vincent Price’s career did not begin in sordid tales or darkened shadows, his baritone voice and six-and-a-half-foot stature marking…

Between the introduction of sound in 1929 and the establishment of the Motion Picture Production Code (commonly referred to as the Hays Code), filmmakers in America experimented with increasing adult themes of sexuality and violence which drew in both audiences and the ire of censorship boards. …

When the moving image first emerged in the late 19th century, it was used in a documentarian fashion, presenting real locations and events as actualities, although unlike documentaries they were not structured around a narrative or topic, presenting footage for its own sake. The transition from actualities to narrative cinema…

1917: Thousands of frames flicker through the projector in quick succession, while a beam of light shines and casts the images onto a screen, larger than life. An Egyptian fantasy unfolds, the most famous pharaoh experiences the ups and downs of love while attempting to hold her country together in…