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As the second season of Wednesday wraps filming, Tim Burton is coy as to whether he’ll remake Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman remake next.

After a few years where doubts were sometimes cast as to whether Tim Burton’s work had lost its captivating edge, the filmmaker’s status as a commercially successful artist has been reconfirmed. This autumn’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was a cinema hit for Warner Bros in a year where the performance of franchise sequels has been somewhat unreliable. Plus, with Wednesday, Burton has created one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

With the second season of Wednesday now having wrapped, we imagine the filmmaker might be devoting part of his mind to the next big project. Don’t expect him to talk too much about that though. Burton has been linked with a remake of the 1958 sci-fi film, Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman...

Director Tim Burton may be tight-lipped on his next project, a remake of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” but during a red carpet interview at the Marrakech International Film Festival, he was forthcoming about why.

“One thing I learned very early on is until I’m actually on a set doing something, I don’t know if I’m doing it,” he told IndieWire. “I never like to talk about things too much. I’ve worked on so many projects, sometimes they happen, sometimes they don’t happen, so I don’t want to jinx anything. I mean, I was doing ‘Superman’ once. There was another project that I worked for a year on, and it didn’t happen. It’s quite traumatic, it’s quite emotional.”

Inspired by his childhood love of monster movies and horror films, Burton is set to direct “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman...

Fresh from the success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton has played down reports he is set to work with Warner Bros again on a reboot of its 1958 classic Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman which is in development at the studio.

“I have no real projects at the moment,” the director told a conversation at the Marrakech Film Festival.

“One thing I learned very early on is that until I’m on the set doing something I don’t know if I’m doing it. I’ve had projects, I was doing a Superman once, I did another project that I worked for a year upon, and it didn’t happen. When those things happen, it’s quite traumatic, it’s quite emotional. So, I’m very protective of myself,” he said.

“In Hollywood, when you’re doing something, you may think you’re doing something, until they tell you you’re not doing something.

A mutant stalks the Earth when the body of a dead astronaut is used as an alien incubator … Meanwhile, people are being attacked by giant leeches … It doesn’t get any more revolting (or entertaining) than that in this ‘50s creature double feature from producer Roger Corman and Emmy-nominated director Bernard Kowalski (Hot Car Girl).

Night of the Blood Beast (1958)—with an extensive restoration, a new 4K scan from original 35mm archival elements—and Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)—newly restored in HD—will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on 12th November 2024, in a special collector’s two-disc edition from Film Masters.

Night Of The Blood Beast (1958)

Astronaut John Corcoran (Michael Emmet) dies upon returning to Earth following a space mission, but mysteriously comes back to life! As the scientists at a remote space research station investigate Corcoran’s revival, they discover that a parasitic, alien lifeform is utilizing...

Exclusive: Fresh from the successful box office roll-out of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, its prolific producer Tommy Harper is joining forces with writer-producer Matt Charman to develop a series adaptation of Alice Feeney’s bestselling book, Sometimes I Lie.

The psychological thriller revolves around the character of Amber Reynolds as she wakes up in hospital to discover, she can’t move, speak or open her eyes, but can hear, unbeknownst to those around her.

She doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband, who no longer loves her, was somehow involved. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, the thriller slowly pieces together the truth.

The series will be executive produced by Harper, whose myriad credits also include Burton’s Netflix series Wednesday, Willow and Top Gun: Maverick,...

Genre fans, you’re in for a treat: Bristol’s largest repertory genre film festival returns to the city next month. More below:

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is back in Bristol for its third consecutive year, with a line up celebrating director Peter Hyams and cinema’s deadliest women.

Running from 16th-19th May in the Bristol Aquarium Cinema, Forbidden Worlds screens repertory fantasy, action, science-fiction and horror films from around the world while celebrating the people that made them.

Check out the festival trailer below:

Should you find yourself Bristol-bound in the near future, the full schedule is available on the festival’s website and includes (but is by no means limited to) screenings of Speed, Stargate and Timecop. If that doesn’t sound enticing, I’m afraid you might have stumbled onto the wrong website.

What’s more, there’s an extra female-focused theme to some of the selections this year,...

Director Tim Burton will next tackle a live-action ‘re-imagining’ of the 1958 feature “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”:

‘“…the original film, directed by Nathan Hertz, starred Allison Hayes as a wealthy heiress…

“…whose close encounter with an alien causes her to grow into a giantess…

“…complicating her marriage which is already troubled by a philandering husband…”

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Tim Burton is set to take on a remake of the 1958 classic Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman, which is set up at Warner Bros.

Filmmaker Tim Burton will be working with Warner Bros once again, following the completion of production on his upcoming Beetlejuice sequel which we know now is called Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. That film finally wrapped production late last year after strike-related delays and is set to debut in September of this year.

Burton also has another season of the hit Netflix show, Wednesday, geared up for production in April and that will likely run until late summer. Beyond that though, it looks like the filmmaker has his next project lined up – and it’s a very Burton project indeed: a reimagining of the 1958 kitsch classic, Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman.

According to Deadline, Warner Bros is backing the film, and interestingly, the script is being written by Gone Girl author,...

The classic B-movie title Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is getting a remake from Tim Burton and Gillian Flynn. Burton is attached to direct the movie from a script by the Gone Girl scribe.

Warner Bros. is behind the project, which will be a re-imagining of the 1950s genre film. The succinct logline for that earlier film reads: “Turned into a giantess by an alien, a woman (Allison Hayes) finds her husband (William Hudson) in a bar with a floozy (Yvette Vickers).” Nathan Juran directed the pic, which was released by Warners.

Burton is also set to produce the project with Andrew Mittman and Tommy Harper. Kai Dolbashian will executive produce.

Burton was last in theaters with Dumbo, which failed to preform at the box office, but he most recently found success with the Netflix series Wednesday and recently wrapped on a Beetlejuice sequel for Waenrs. He is repped by WME.

Fresh off directing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which is headed to theaters in September, Deadline reports that Tim Burton is attached to direct a new take on Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) will be writing the screenplay for the Warner Bros. project.

The original Attack of the 50 Foot Woman was directed by Nathan Hertz and released in 1958. The low-budget movie was remade by HBO in 1993, with Daryl Hannah in the title role.

Allison Hayes starred in the original as a socialite who grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt. She then goes after her cheating husband.

Deadline notes, “Burton has delivered reimagined ’50s sci-fi movies before for a mass audience, that being 1996’s Mars Attacks (which was based on the Topps trading cards).”

Tim Burton is producing Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman for Warner Bros. with Andrew Mittman and Tommy Harper.

When a magnificently gnarled Ed Harris, wearing stringy Argus Filch hair and chomping on a horned beetle in a moment of psychotic rage is far from the weirdest thing in a movie, you know you’re in for a wild experience. That’s what Brit director Rose Glass delivers in Love Lies Bleeding, a lesbian neo-noir drenched in brooding nightscapes, violent crime and more hardcore KStew cool than has ever been packaged in such a potent concentrate. Seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t want to watch Kristen Stewart flicking back a greasy shag, driving an old pickup and chain-smoking in grubby tank tops?

Glass instantly established herself as a singular talent with her 2021 debut, Saint Maud, an audacious shot of undiluted terror and spiraling insanity that announced an idiosyncratic new voice in horror. She follows with a swerve into romantic, sexual and physical obsession that fearlessly keeps upping the...

Samuel L. Jackson was so excited to do Snakes on a Plane that he did the feature without even reading the script. But after reading the script, he felt the film might have had too many restrictions for a horror flick.

Samuel L. Jackson didn’t want ‘Snakes on a Plane’ to have the same restrictions as his movie ‘S.W.A.T.’ Samuel L. Jackson | Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Jackson’s Snakes on a Plane and S.W.A.T. couldn’t have been any more different from each other. The latter was a 2003 movie based on the 1975 television film of the same name, which centered on a team of LA police officers. Meanwhile, Snakes saw Jackson playing an FBI agent hunting down snakes. But Jackson felt he helped Snakes avoid a mistake that might have crippled S.W.A.T..

Initially, Snakes on a Plane was rated PG-13, which Jackson couldn’t have been more against. He...

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We've been addicted to Joe Dante's "Trailers from Hell" website for many years. If you haven't experienced its retro-related treasures, it's time you did. What is "Trailers from Hell"? Well, who better to ask than the esteemed director himself. Here's Joe's description:

"Around 2007 I was in a quandry as to what to do with my 35mm trailer collection. Opportunities to screen this kind of material were pretty rare, even in Hollywood. So I thought, why not put them up on the internet? But that seemed underwhelming by itself, so I decided to add some voiceover commentaries on my own. I think the first ones I tackled were The Terror, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman  and The Unearthly. At first the idea was to mainly cover sci-fi and horror titles, but when a few of my friends got wind of the idea...

Anyone can make a bad movie. But, from The Room to Cats, it takes something special to make a turkey that stands the test of time

There is nothing quite like a good-bad movie. Sometimes the title alone is enough to let us know what we’re in for: think Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). Sometimes the good-badness might be about knowing we are guaranteed an over-ripe performance from a particular star: think Nicolas Cage from around 2010 onwards. Sometimes a lurid or ridiculous premise promises a good time all by itself. But whether or not the creative minds behind these kinds of cultural landmarks were in on the joke is sometimes less self-evident.

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I Want Your Blood

Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. It seems we are still safer at home.

As we do every so often with the Trailers From Hell gang, we take a look at vampires. It’s right that someone should, since they can’t do it themselves. Have you ever seen a vampire in a mirror? Well, there ya go. Besides, a fang dripping blood is a great way to introduce a red wine pairing.

One of the films with which we are pairing wine this week is the first Iranian vampire western – I’ll let that sink in for a moment. The 2014 classic A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was made by an Iranian-American woman and shot in the Kern County town of Taft, California. Taft has a history all its own,...

Although the Covid-19 pandemic is preventing Salem Horror Fest from hosting their anticipated Women with Guts conference, that's not stopping the festival from celebrating women in horror, as they've announced a Mother's Day Massacre virtual celebration that will include feature-length screenings, short films, and a panel with Jessica Locke, Rebekah McKendry PhD, Jennifer Trudrung, and Sady Doyle:

Press Release: Salem Ma - After being forced to cancel their Women with Guts weekend due to Covid-19, Salem Horror Fest has begun to offer digital content such as video on demand titles, virtual premieres and panels. This month, Salem Horror Fest will present Mother’S Day Massacre, a live program featuring Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Wasp Woman, a three hour block of horror shorts and Mothers of Horror panel discussion with Jessica Locke, Rebekah McKendry PhD, Jennifer Trudrung, and Sady Doyle, author of Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity,...

Tami Neilson gets into sizzling rockabilly mode on her new song “Hey, Bus Driver!”, which is the first offering from her upcoming full-length album. The Canada-born, New Zealand-based singer-songwriter’s Chickaboom! — the follow-up to 2018’s Sassafrass! — will be released February 14th, 2020.

“Fall asleep looking at your picture, wake up saying your name,” Neilson sings in the opening verse of “Hey, Bus Driver!”, evoking the mobile life of a musician and those loved ones who are often miles away at home. But instead of a somber lament, this is a lively...

A day before the release of her new LP Norman Fucking Rockwell, Lana Del Rey has dropped a video for her sultry cover of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time,” in which a super-sized version of the singer stomps around Venice Beach.

Directed by Rich Lee and homage of sorts to the b-movie classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, the grainy clip opens with Del Rey the Giant waking up in an aqueduct. She stretches, stands up and begins to stomp around Los Angeles, gently stepping over highways to avoid crushing cars like a peaceful Godzilla.

Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures

by Daniel Zimmer and David J. Hornung

2009, The Illustrated Press, Hardcover, 224pp. ,$39.95 – 2017, Expanded version

With the publication of an expanded edition of Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures, it’s official… Brown was responsible for illustrating every movie poster ever made. Ok, not really but it will seem like it to anyone poring through page after page of some of the most potent propaganda in Hollywood history. An update on the update appears at the end of this review of the 2009 edition.

The era of the illustrated movie poster, that ideal marriage of art and commerce, has long since faded along with the posters themselves. From the big-top colors of Al Hirschfeld’s caricatures for A Night at the Opera to the orange whirlpool of Saul Bass’ Vertigo one-sheet, these were advertisements that excited the senses as much as the films they were designed...

A few years back, the idea was that every new comic publisher would establish a cohesive interconnected universe. Every one of their comic series would be just one part of a larger grand tapestry.

Times have changed.

Since it burst onto the scene, Ahoy Comics has boldly said they want to make every comic different and surprising. They certainly deliver on that promise with Edgar Allen Poe’s Snifter of Terror #1, available today in stores right on time for Halloween.

This comic is witty, creepy, gross …and so much fun. It’s packed full of content that, like a rotting corpse, it seems a little bloated. But in a good way.

The first story- and adaptation of Poe’s “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” – is grim stuff. Tom Peyer opens the story with Poe serving as our horror host. But there’s so much fear and self-loathing.

Curtis Harrington’s Ruby (1977) is a perfect example of what I like to call a or something film, to wit: Piper Laurie follows up her Academy Award nominated turn in Carrie (’76) to headline as a former gun moll haunted by her dead ex while she runs a drive-in and her 16 year old becomes possessed by said dead ex. Or something. Fractured and scattered but a whole lot of fun, Ruby is positively littered with or something’s and I kind of love it for that.

Released by Dimension Pictures in late June, Ruby was a big hit with audiences, returning $16 million off of a sub million dollar budget. This was clearly the Carrie effect; I remember the trailer playing on TV at the time, and my wee mind was blown by the final image – a woman in a red dress being dragged underwater. For a kid with an early thirst for horror,...

Is there a better way to spend an afternoon than watching larger than life movie monsters destroy our largest cities and greatest landmarks? We have put together a list of some of cinema’s greatest monsters, aliens, and forces of nature who climbed their way into our hearts by smashing everything in sight. Attack of the 50ft Woman What is scarier than an angry woman who happens to be 50 feet tall? The husband who cheated on her would answer absolutely nothing! Made in the 1950s (and then again in the 1990s), Attack of the 50 Foot Woman follows the events...read more...

Even lesser Abbott & Costello movies are still comedy gravy to the avid fans of the fast-talking duo. Their first film deal away from Universal yields a so-so production graced with a string of their patented old-time comedy routines. And the transfer beats anything we’ve yet seen.

The Noose Hangs High

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ClassicFlix

1948 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 77 min. / Street Date August 15, 2017 / available through ClassicFlix / 24.99

Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol, Cathy Downs, Mike Mazurki, Fritz Feld, Murray Leonard, Ellen Corby, Russell Hicks, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Fred Kelsey.

Cinematography: Charles Van Enger

Film Editor: Harry Reynolds

Assistant Director: Howard W. Koch

Original Music: Walter Schumann

Written by John Grant, Howard Harris from an earlier screenplay by Charles Grayson, Arthur T. Horman story by Julian Blaustein, Daniel Taradash, Bernard Feins

Produced and Directed by Charles Barton

A few famous movie comedy teams prospered with good will and parted with hugs,...

One of Daily Dead’s favorite horror events, Drive-In Super Monster-Rama returns to the Riverside Drive-In this September to celebrate its 11th anniversary with screenings of nine horror movies over two nights, including one film featuring everyone's favorite frightening (and fun) family from 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2017 takes place Friday, September 8th and Saturday, September 9th at the Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, Pa. The celluloid celebration kicks off on Friday with screenings of The Tingler (1959), Munster, Go Home (1966), a surprise 1960s monster movie, and Atom Age Vampire (1960).

The fright-filled fun continues on Saturday with screenings of five horror films: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1958), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), She Demons (1958), and Half Human (1958).

The reels begin rolling at dusk each evening and continue deep into the night. Admission is $10.00 per person and free for children 12 and under (with a parental...

Cassandra Peterson has spent over half her life playing Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark.

“I can’t believe I’m celebrating 35 years with this character,” Peterson, 65, tells People of creating the iconic horror character as part of a local Los Angeles TV show. “But I think she’s got just the right mix of sexy, scary and funny for everyone to find something to love about her.”

Peterson — who co-wrote and starred in two Elvira movies — has watched with pride and awe as Elvira grew into a cult-favorite character with costumes, comic books, action figures, trading cards, pinball machines,...

As someone who has always considered the werewolf to be his favorite movie monster, it has long been disheartening to see just how few truly good werewolf movies exist. Opinions may vary, of course, but I’d put the number somewhere between 10 and 20. While it’s not without its own charm, 1973’s The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, new to home video from Scream Factory after years of being unavailable, probably won’t be making that list.

A unique hybrid of monster movie, children’s fantasy, and 1970s domestic drama, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf finds young Richie Bridgestone watching the marriage of his parents dissolve. While on a trip to the family cabin with his dad (Kerwin Mathews), the pair is attacked by a wolf that bites his father. Before he can say, “I’m pretty sure my dad is a werewolf,” Richie’s dad becomes a werewolf and starts killing people.

I think everyone in this country should be aware by now that our race relations are at an all time low. It seems every time we hear the news another black citizen has been shot by the police or police have been shot by someone angry about these shootings. It cannot continue. We as a nation cannot keep going down this road.

I have always sympathized with Black Americans. In fact as a Scot and Irish American I have always sympathized with anyone who ever got pushed around, starting with Native Americans, Asians, Jewish immigrants, women of any ethnic group, Hispanics from any country.

I also sympathize with the people who are tasked with law enforcement. It’s a tough job. I had some training in that area. A couple of years ago I was hired by a Security company and was trained in unarmed, and armed, uniformed security. I...

July 26th has an eclectic assortment of horror and sci-fi offerings for fans, including a pair of cult classics—The Boy Who Cried Werewolf and Hellhole—from the fine folks at Scream Factory. Severin Films resurrects Doctor Butcher M.D. and Zombie Holocaust in HD this week, and Karyn Kusama’s superb psychological thriller The Invitation comes home on Tuesday courtesy of Drafthouse Films.

Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases coming our way on July 26th include Five Miles to Midnight, the Killer Thrillers Collection, Consumption, and Exorcist House of Evil.

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)

Richie Bridgestone’s parents are getting a divorce, but that’s the least of his problems at the moment. Richie is hoping his parents will reconsider and on a visit to his father’s secluded cabin, he witnesses his dad being attacked by a werewolf. Much like the tale of the boy who cried wolf,...

Scream Factory unleashes full moon frights on July 26th with their Blu-ray release of The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973), and we’ve been provided with three copies to give away to Daily Dead readers.

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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on July 31st. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Blu-ray: “Richie Bridgestone’s parents are getting a divorce, but that’s the least of his problems at the moment. Richie is hoping his parents will...

Richie witnesses his father being attacked by a werewolf while spending a weekend with him at a secluded cabin. Will the townspeople believe that his father will turn into the beast beholden to the moon? Check out these clips and the official trailer for Nathan H. Juran’s (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman) The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) before its Blu-ray release on July 26th from Scream Factory.

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Blu-ray: “Richie Bridgestone’s parents are getting a divorce, but that’s the least of his problems at the moment. Richie is hoping his parents will reconsider and on a visit to his father ’s secluded cabin, he witnesses his dad being attacked by a werewolf. Much like the tale of the boy who cried wolf, no one in the town will believe Richie’s claims that his father will change into a werewolf at the next full moon.

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Special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, whose dazzling and innovative visual effects work on fantasy adventure films such as Jason And The Argonauts and The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad passed away in 2013 at age 92. In 1933, the then-13-year-old Ray Harryhausen saw King Kong at a Hollywood theater and was inspired – not only by Kong, who was clearly not just a man in a gorilla suit, but also by the dinosaurs. He came out of the theatre “stunned and haunted. They looked absolutely lifelike … I wanted to know how it was done.” It was done by using stop-motion animation: jointed models filmed one frame at a time to simulate movement. Harryhausen was to become the prime exponent of the technique and its combination with live action. The influence of Harryhausen on film luminaries like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, and...

A sanitarium with a sinister staff and a family with a hairy (and scary) dilemma will get the high-def treatment on July 26th with the respective Blu-ray releases of 1985’s Hellhole (being distributed on a Blu-ray / DVD combo pack) and 1973’s The Boy Who Cried Werewolf. With summer heating up, Scream Factory has revealed the final list of special features for each film, as well as another look at the previously revealed cover art:

Press Release: This July, Scream Factory presents two long-lost cult favorites on Blu-ray for the first time. Hellhole and The Boy Who Cried Werewolf debut in a Blu-ray + DVD combo pack, and on Blu-ray, respectively.

Hellhole

Having witnessed her mother’s brutal death, Susan (Judy Landers, Dr. Alien) gets amnesia from a fall while being pursued by the killer, Silk (Ray Sharkey, The Idolmaker). Awakening in Ashland Sanitarium, she is once again terrorized by Silk, disguised as an orderly.

May your 19th be beautiful.

On this day in history as it relates to the movies...

1536 Anne Boleyn is beheaded. Her tragedy is later reenacted by hundreds of actresses on tv, stage and film including Natalie Portman, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, and Genevieve Bujold (Oscar nomination).

1836 Cynthia Ann Parker is kidnapped in Texas during an Indian raid after her family is slaughtered. That's a tough break but not many people get to live on in history through multiple classics albeit under pseudonyms like "Debbie Edwards" (Natalie Wood in The Searchers) and "Stands With Fist" (Mary McDonnell in Dances With Wolves). 

1925 Malcolm X is born. 67 years later Denzel Washington wins his second Oscar playing him (Shut up! This is our preferred version of history because Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. Ugh, really?)

1941 Nora Ephron is born spewing witticisms.

1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is released in movie theaters.

Richie (Kerwin Matthews) witnesses a werewolf attack his father, but who will believe him?! Nathan Juran’s The Boy Who Cried Werewolf will be released on Blu-ray on July 26th courtesy of Scream Factory.

From Scream Factory: “Last week we announced the werewolf film Bad Moon and now we have even more to howl in joy about: 1973’s long-lost The Boy Who Cried Werewolf will be making its home video debut on the Blu-ray format on July 26th and will sport a brand-new HD transfer! Pre-order begins on our site first @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/film-horror/the-boy-who-cried-werewolf

Synopsis: Richie Bridgestone’s parents are getting a divorce, but that’s the least of his problems at the moment. Richie is hoping his parents will reconsider and on a visit to his father’s secluded cabin, he witnesses his dad being attacked by a werewolf. Much like the tale of the boy who cried wolf,...

Arrow Video resurrects Jack Hill’s first solo directorial effort, Spider Baby (1967) for lovers of cult oddities. Prior to becoming a lynchpin in the Blaxploitation film movement with his signature Pam Grier titles such as Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), Hill knocked around as co-director on B-grade horror films, including Roger Corman and Stephanie Rothman projects. Unfortunately, this strange little number didn’t see release for several years due to its producers getting tied up in bankruptcy. Originally titled “Cannibal Orgy,” the theatrical release kept the extended title of Or the Maddest Story Ever Told (several other venues played it under the title The Liver Eaters). Not nearly gritty or violent enough to warrant such provocative monikers, its eventual name remains the most befitting. Featuring horror alum Lon Chaney Jr. and an eerie early role for (an almost unrecognizable) Sid Haig, Hill was obviously inspired at arming popular genre motifs with teeth.

Most movie trailers boil down a film to its essence, resulting in 2½ minutes of unbridled sensationalism. That’s pretty much a trailer’s raison d’être and we love ‘em for it. But what if the entire movie was like that? Such is the case for another of the films in our Great Global Trailer Search, 1960′s The Hypnotic Eye.

The film opens in the deceptively bland manner of a shampoo commercial; a lovely young blonde enters and goes through the routine of washing her hair. Instead of using the sink however, she turns on the stove and drops her head into the flames. The film’s titles run over the appalling sight of her agonized expression being consumed in the fire.

Directed by the usually good-natured George Blair (TV’s Adventures of Superman), The Hypnotic Eye continues in that sadistic vein with a gruesome plotline seemingly inspired by the...

Or at least that’s Time Out New York‘s idea. But let’s be honest, we’d all watch Neil in a remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. Or Man Especially if he wore that skirt. Can you imagine what it’s like to stand under him? Is everything in proportion?

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Special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, whose dazzling and innovative visual effects work on fantasy adventure films such as Jason And The Argonauts and The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad passed away last month at age 92. In 1933, the then-13-year-old Ray Harryhausen saw King Kong at a Hollywood theater and was inspired – not only by Kong, who was clearly not just a man in a gorilla suit, but also by the dinosaurs. He came out of the theatre “stunned and haunted. They looked absolutely lifelike … I wanted to know how it was done.” It was done by using stop-motion animation: jointed models filmed one frame at a time to simulate movement. Harryhausen was to become the prime exponent of the technique and its combination with live action. The influence of Harryhausen on film luminaries like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jackson,...

Feature James Clayton 24 May 2013 - 06:11

As DreamWorks' Epic arrives in the UK, James thinks back to other movies where their characters are shrunk to miniscule size...

You can do a lot with little. A little can go a long, long way. Anyone who's ever tasted wasabi knows this to be true, but I'm not here to serve you sushi - I'm here to discuss cinema and size up the issue of size and the beauty of little things on the big screen.

I'm moved to do so as cinemas show Epic - the fresh animated family-friendly adventure film from Blue Sky Studios. There's irony in the title as the movie - an adaptation of William Joyce's book The Leaf Men And The Brave Good Bugs - is actually about miniscule warriors who live in a forest. A teenage girl gets shrunken by a glowing leaf and, thus, finds...

Everyone loves a good wedding: free booze, awkward speeches and creepy DJs — what more could you want? All too often, however, the invites don't live up to the day. (Seriously, if I open one more shimmering envelope and a sliver of cream-colored tissue paper falls out I'm gonna scream.) So when film buffs throw calligraphy and caution to the wind and opt instead for movie-themed wedding invitations, it's time to celebrate.

That said, not all movie-themed invites are created equal. In fact, they're as varied as the couples who create them. Here's our breakdown of the best and worst announcements honoring the most important day of one's life — well, besides the day the new Monty Python film comes out, that is.

The Best 'Top Gun'

Something tells us this couple feels the need … the need ... for speed. "Starring" the lovely Rae and Adam, the image reminds us that...

I Was a Teenage Thanksgiving Turkey! week continues at Trailers from Hell, today with director and Tfh creator Joe Dante introducing monster movie-meets-sagebrush saga "Teenage Monster," the sole directorial effort of cinematographer Jacques Marquette. The sole directorial effort of cinematographer Jacques Marquette (A Bucket of Blood, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Burnt Offerings) came about when the intended director backed out, reducing the 8 day schedule by one, and Dp Marquette took over. It's an odd but entirely conventional amalgam of monster movie and sagebrush saga. Shot for $57,000 under its eventual tv release title Meteor Monster, it's one of the more desperate entries in the 50s teenage monster cycle. 50 year-old Gil Perkins plays the title role.

Interview conducted by Tom Stockman November 1st, 2012

This Saturday and Sunday (November 10th and 11th) will be Joe Dante Weekend at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater. It’s all part of Cinema St. Louis’ upcoming St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff) where Dante will receive a lifetime achievement award from Cinema St. Louis. Directors who have previously been honored with a Sliff Lifetime Achievement Award include Paul Schrader, John Sayles, and Rob Nilsson. Joe Dante is the director of Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Innerspace, Matinee, and many more great films.

At 6:30pm on Saturday the 10th there will be a screening of Dante’s 2009 family friendly 3D horror film The Hole. This will be followed by an on-stage interview with Dante moderated by Video Watchdog editor Tim Lucas. Tim did a similar interview with director Roger Corman last year at the Hi-Pointe as part of Vincentennial, the Vincent Price...

Movies from the “golden age” of black and white films (approximately the 1930’s through the 1950’s) almost invariably contain well-written dialogue and strikingly subtle humor, making them a favorite among many fans of cinema. The horror movies of this more subtle period in film history are therefore of a cerebral nature, primarily relying on the viewer’s imagination to generate the true sense of horror that modern movies generate through more visual means. It is these oft-ignored horror movies that will be the focus of a series of articles detailing the reasons why true fans of horror movies should rediscover these films.

Here we are with the 10th component in the Forgotten B&W Horror series. With this installment, we continue to look at movies that blur the line between horror and science fiction – a blurring that occurred with many sci-fi movies of the 1950′s.

The Deadly Mantis (1957) regales us...

Mark Pellington, Roger Corman, Mick Garris, Bernard Rose, and more!

Some quick blurbs from a our vast and roaming congregation of gurus:

Mark Pellington is going to direct the pilot for Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, a NBC drama. Here’s the Variety blurb:

The pilot, ordered in June from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV, revolves around three couples living in a seemingly idyllic California community that becomes a hotbed of secrets and intrigue.

Written by Sascha Penn, “Husbands” is inspired by the book of the same name by Josie Brown. Penn, Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producers while KristieAnne Reed and Pellington are co-executive producers.

While best known as a feature helmer, Pellington recently directed midseason ABC drama “Red Widow.” He’s also directed and served as consulting propducer on CBS’ “Cold

Bernard Rose‘s new film Boxing Day will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.

"Strange Sex" (Sun., 10 p.m. Et on TLC) has certainly featured some unusual sexual fetishes and fantasies in its time on the air. But Matt may have on of the most unique seen yet. His fantasy involves gigantic women. Specifically, those of the "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" variety.

"The best part of the crush for me is the antciipation of slowly looking down and coming down on you," Matt explained. "Not necessarily the final splat."

Fantasizing about the splat would probably be a whole different fetish. But Matt's fascination with giantesses certainly got the attention of viewers, who went online to talk about it. Most agreed that while they'd never heard of this particular fetish, they may well be ready to call it the weirdest fetish ever.

See more unique sexual stories on "Strange Sex" every Sunday at 10 p.m. Et on TLC.

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Who better to give advice to "The Amazing Spider-Man" star Andrew Garfield than Tobey Maguire, his wall-crawling predecessor who made his bow as Spidey a mere ten years ago in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man?" Check out two superheroes discussing the nature of success, storytelling and celebrity at VMan.

27 years ago, Tim Burton directed his first full-length feature film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" — since then, he's navigated the streets of Gotham City, climbed down the rabbit hole with Alice and traveled to the depths of Sleepy Hollow. Check out Moviefone's photo retrospective of the strange and wondrous works of the "Dark Shadows" director.

Saving the world is a messy business — and one that often comes with a hefty bill. The Hollywood Reporter has estimated that all the Biff! Bam! Pow! inflicted upon New York City in...

Magazines doing photo spreads recreating scenes from iconic movies is nothing new. Vanity Fair seems to do it a couple times a year, and it was at the tail end of 2011 when the New York Times Magazine got in on the act enlisting a wealth of stars for a big awards season shoot that included, among others, Rooney Mara dressing up as Alex from "A Clockwork Orange." Now, "Glee" and "American Horror Story" creator Ryan Murphy is joining in, recruiting the leading ladies from his TV projects to participate in a horror-themed shoot for Elle.

And the results? Well, it's not bad. Kate Mara easily makes the grade, standing in for Sissy Spacek in "Carrie" and making the case that she might be a good choice for the remake if Chloe Moretz were to suddenly drop out. Jayma Mays isn't too shabby as Tippi Hedren in the nicely replicated scene from "The Birds,...

9 Great Posters for 9 Not-So-Great Movies (that I Haven't Seen) If you missed it, yesterday I explored 11 great posters from 11 not-so-great movies, and I promised today I would take a slightly different angle at the same idea. Yesterday's 11 posters were for films I had seen, today's collection come from nine films I have never seen and I can't take full credit for this list. After I had compiled a list of my own I reached out to a few friends and one of them provided me a Ton of suggestions, several of which I had never seen. David Frank, who used to provide content on a regular basis for me, is a big poster buff and of the nine posters here, he suggested seven of them. As for the other two, well, I'll explain below and perhaps in too much detail on one of them. This list also differs from my...

"TCM Remembers 2011" is out. Remembered by Turner Classic Movies are many of those in the film world who left us this past year. As always, this latest "TCM Remembers" entry is a classy, immensely moving compilation. The haunting background song is "Before You Go," by Ok Sweetheart.

Among those featured in "TCM Remembers 2011" are Farley Granger, the star of Luchino Visconti's Senso and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Strangers on a Train; Oscar-nominated Australian actress Diane Cilento (Tom Jones, Hombre), formerly married to Sean Connery; and two-time Oscar nominee Peter Falk (Murder, Inc., Pocketful of Miracles, The Great Race), best remembered as television's Columbo. Or, for those into arthouse fare, for playing an angel in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire.

Also, Jane Russell, whose cleavage and sensuous lips in Howard Hughes' The Outlaw left the puritans of the Production Code Association apoplectic; another Australian performer, Googie Withers, among...

 

 In this week's episode, Ben and Tyler are joined by Matt Patches (from Hollywood.com) to discuss Michael Mann's 1992 film, The Last of the Mohicans.

 

Introduction

Character Name Game Intro - 4:22

Media Consumed

Tyler

Poltergeist II and III - 5:30

Matt Patches

Season 3 of "Parks and Recreation" - 11:45

Thor Blu-ray - 15:25

Ben

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman -18:30

Public Enemies - 24:56

Review

The Last of the Mohicans - 30:10

Wrap-Up

Next Week: Hobo With a Shotgun - 1:00:45

Listener Voicemail/E-mail/Twitter - 1:02:35

Character Name Game - 1:07:54

Know Your Specs - 1:10:40

Where You Can Find Us - 1:17:55...