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Festival for Horror Showcases the best of Horror Films and Screenplays from all over the world.

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) – Film Review — KYLE ATWOOD

Plot Summary Horror hostess Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, quits her job after the station’s new owner sexually harasses her. She plans to open an act in Las Vegas, but needs $50,000 for the project. Upon learning she is a beneficiary of her deceased great-aunt Morgana, she travels to Fallwell, Massachusetts, to claim the inheritance. […]… Continue reading Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) – Film Review — KYLE ATWOOD

‘Hollywood’ review: Ryan Murphy’s showbiz dramedy splits EW’s critics — Networthy Newz

The 7-episode limited series Hollywood, Ryan Murphy’s second project at Netflix, premieres May 1. Co-created by Ian Brennan (Glee), the dramedy imagines a reality where society’s underdogs (African-Americans, Asians, homosexuals, women) are able to make it big in post-War Tinseltown. EW TV critics Kristen Baldwin and Darren Franich debate the merits of Murphy and Brennan’s… via… Continue reading ‘Hollywood’ review: Ryan Murphy’s showbiz dramedy splits EW’s critics — Networthy Newz

Rolling in the Deep: Katherine Hepburn in “Undercurrent” (1946) — Pale Writer

Undercurrent (1947) is definitely not a film that many mention in connection with any of its three stars, which really is a shame, because it’s a film that deserves more attention. I’ve read some reviews that have called it a Gaslight knock off, and while Undercurrent shares some elements with that film, it is decidedly… Continue reading Rolling in the Deep: Katherine Hepburn in “Undercurrent” (1946) — Pale Writer

The Art of Vengeance: A Love Letter to “Licence To Kill” (1989) — Pale Writer

Licence To Kill (1989) has suffered from a bad reputation for years. Many have wrongly asserted that it bombed at the box office and that the film was critically panned. While the film did not perform as strongly in the US as past entries, the film still earned $156 million dollars at the box office, […]… Continue reading The Art of Vengeance: A Love Letter to “Licence To Kill” (1989) — Pale Writer

To Thine Own Self Be True: “All That Heaven Allows” (1955) — Pale Writer

The year before All That Heaven Allows was released, Joseph Breen left the position of head of the Hollywood motion picture censorship office. All That Heaven allows is not one of the films that truly marked the end of the code, films such as The Moon Is Blue, The Man With the Golden Arm and […]… Continue reading To Thine Own Self Be True: “All That Heaven Allows” (1955) — Pale Writer

Rain and Revenge: The Crow (1994) — Pale Writer

Wikipedia calls The Crow an American superhero film, but for me, it’s more a gothic horror/romance film. The Crow isn’t really a superhero, he’s an antihero who becomes like that because of circumstances. He reminds me more Darkman than Clark Kent. via Rain and Revenge: The Crow (1994) — Pale Writer

A Match Made in Hollywood: The films of Grace Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock — Pale Writer

The Hitchcock blonde has become a part of popular culture, a creature with varying shades of blonde hair, from honey to ice to strawberry, who embodies beauty, mystery, seduction and at times, danger. The actress, however, who seemed to entirely realise Hitchcock’s vision of the perfect leading lady for his films, was Grace Kelly. The […]… Continue reading A Match Made in Hollywood: The films of Grace Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock — Pale Writer