Ginger Snaps

I saw a werewolf drinkin’ a piña colada at Trader Vic’s and his hair was perfect. – Warren Zevon Two death obsessed teenaged sisters, Ginger & Brigette encounter a werewolf. The former gets bitten. She miraculously heals as if nothing happened. Th older sister experiences aggressive symptoms both physically and mentally. Brigette puts two and […]

Videodrome (Universal’s Flops Vol. 1 #15)

Happy Halloween movie goers from around the globe. Today’s review is an ‘80s horror cult classic. Inspired by picking up radio signals in Buffalo, New York, during his childhood, David Cronenberg wrote a treatment titled, “Network of Blood.” It’s about a guy named, Max Renn who runs a television station which broadcasts pornographic movies. Max […]

Donnie Darko: Director’s Cut

After graduating film school in 1997, Richard Kelly conceived an idea of a jet engine falling from the sky crashing onto a house with no clue where it came from. Mixes a coming-of-age teen movie and science fiction in an attempt to push creative boundaries. Richard selected the 1980s as the main setting and exploring […]

An American Werewolf in London

I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walking with The Queen, doin’ the Werewolves of London. – Warren Zevon In 1970, John Landis worked as a production assistant on the Clint Eastwood film, “Kelly’s Heroes.” He up with an idea after coming across a group of Romani people performing a ritual on a guy being buried so […]

Face/Off

After completing separate projects, “Broken Arrow” & “The Rock,” John Travolta & Nicolas “Nic” Cage signed on to play hero and villain in a John Woo action-adventure movie originally considered as a dream movie with Sylvester Stallone & Arnold Schwarzenegger duking it out. Due to scheduling conflicts of the pair’s solo projects, “Cop Land” and […]

Valley Girl (1983)

After making his film debut in the teen comedy classic, “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” Nicolas Coppola changed his last name to Cage as a tribute to Marvel superhero, Luke Cage to avoid nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. Meaning, he wants to make it without his uncle’s connections. Nic starred in his […]