by wcadmin | Dec 9, 2011 | Doug Jones, Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth, Studies in Scary
Scooty B and I took in 2006’s Pan’s Labyrinth, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, a little while back. As usual, Scott had already seen it and I was a viewing virgin. I remember seeing the previews for Pan’s thinking, “Wow, that looks...
by wcadmin | Nov 2, 2011 | Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Studies in Scary, Wait Until Dark
Scott and I recently ventured to the Gene Siskel Film Center to catch a screening of Terence Young’s 1967 thriller Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna. The film, based on Frederick Knott’s play of the same name, tells the story of...
by wcadmin | Sep 20, 2011 | Poltergeist, Studies in Scary
Continuing my quest to learn more about the horror genre of film, Scotty B and I took in a small, family film called Poltergeist. Released in 1982, Tobe Hooper’s horror classic tells the story of a terrorized family dealing with an unknown evil presence in their...