By 1988, George Romero had nothing to prove. Night of the Living Dead had rewritten the rules of modern horror, Dawn of the Dead became a landmark film that turned the ubiquitous shopping mall into a mausoleum for American consumerism and Day of the Dead was his scathing and nihilistic death knell for the military … Read more
In 1954, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham told Congress that EC Comics were creating juvenile delinquents. That horror comics like Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horror were warping young minds with their gleeful violence and moral ambiguity. The Comics Code Authority formed, EC folded, and an entire generation grew up being told those comics had … Read more
By 1982, the heyday of the ’60s and ’70s Amicus horror anthologies was long past, and even mainstream horror comic books (thriving at Marvel and DC since the early ’70s) were winding down. Ghost Rider was flaming out, and The House of Mystery was up for sale. Many of these concepts would later get revamped, … Read more
When is a Creepshow movie not a Creepshow movie? When it’s based on the Tales From The Darkside TV show (1983-1988), which itself is an adaptation of the Creepshow idea into a syndicated television series. But Laurel (George A. Romero and Richard P. Rubinstein’s production company which produced the film) couldn’t secure the rights to … Read more
“Watch your tongue if you like this job!” It’s hard to imagine if you weren’t there, but there was a time in the early ’80s when zombie movies were few and far between. Sure, Romero’s Dawn of the Dead awoke some quality shambling putrefaction from the Italian horror auteurs, but suburban video store shelves were … Read more