1974 American International Pictures Directed by Paul Maslansky Produced by Elliot Schick Written by Tim Kelly Here’s the brilliant thing about SUGAR HILL. It’s not just a Blaxplotation movie. It’s a very good one, in fact. And it’s a good horror movie that also merges the revenge movie genre as well. But here’s where SUGAR […]
Read More Sugar Hill1989 New Line Cinema/Heron Communications/Smart Egg Pictures Directed by Stephen Hopkins Produced by Robert Shaye and Rupert Harvey Screenplay by Leslie Bohem Story by John Skipp, Craig Spector and Leslie Bohem Based on characters created by Wes Craven Music by Jay Ferguson Cinematography by Peter Levy Edited by Brent A. Schoenfield/Chuck Weiss There are those […]
Read More A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child1988 New Line Cinema/Heron Communications/Smart Egg Pictures Directed by Renny Harlin Produced by Robert Shaye and Rachel Talalay Screenplay by Brian Helgeland and Scott Pierce Story by William Kotzwinkle and Brian Helgeland Based on characters created by Wes Craven Music by Craig Safan Cinematography by Steven Fierberg Edited by Michael N. Knue/Jack Tucker/Chuck Weiss Don’t […]
Read More A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master1987 New Line Cinema/Heron Communications/Smart Egg Pictures Directed by Chuck Russell Produced by Robert Shaye Screenplay by Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont and Chuck Russell Story by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner Music by Angelo Badalamenti Cinematography by Roy H. Wagner Edited by Terry Stokes/Chuck Weiss Ask any fan of the “A Nightmare on […]
Read More A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1985 New Line Cinema/Heron Communications/Smart Egg Pictures Directed by Jack Sholder Produced by Robert Shaye Written by David Chaskin Based on characters created by Wes Craven Music by Christopher Young Cinematography by Jacques Haitkin/Christopher Tufty Edited by Bob Brady/Arline Garson When discussing the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series with others, the question always comes up […]
Read More A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge1984 New Line Cinema/Heron Communications/Smart Egg Pictures Written and Directed by Wes Craven Produced by Robert Shaye Music by Charles Bernstein Cinematography by Jacques Haitkin Edited by Patrick McMahon/Rick Shaine I honestly do feel sorry for those of you who missed the 1980’s. Because you missed the craziest, most insane and yet most fun decade […]
Read More A Nightmare On Elm Street2011 Glass Eye Pix/Magnet Releasing Written, Directed and Edited by Ti West Produced by Larry Fessenden Cinematography by Eliot Rockett Music by Jeff Grace There’s a lot of folks who are horror fans who are not going to like THE INNKEEPERS. And that’s okay. I fully understand that there’s an entire generation that has been […]
Read More The Innkeepers1980 Warner Bros. Directed and Produced by Stanley Kubrick Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson Based on the novel “The Shining” by Stephen King Cinematography by John Alcott Edited by Ray Lovejoy Music by Wendy Carlos/Rachel Elkind Hard as it to believe nowadays when THE SHINING is considered to be a horror masterpiece and […]
Read More The Shining1983 Paramount Pictures Directed and Screenplay by Michael Mann based on “The Keep” by F. Paul Wilson Produced by Howard W. Koch Cinematography by Alex Thomson Edited by Dov Hoenig/Chris Kelley Music by Tangerine Dream Say the name Michael Mann to any reasonably informed movie fan and they’ll most likely rattle off the titles of […]
Read More The Keep1973 Kelly/Jordan Enterprises Directed and Written by Bill Gunn Produced by Chiz Schultz Music by Sam Waymon Cinematography by James E. Hinton Edited by Victor Kanefsky If you’ve been reading my reviews here at The Ferguson Theater then you know full well that one of my particular bugaboos is how African-Americans are so poorly represented in […]
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