Scary Movie 5 is Rotten Tomatoes' third most divisive film
Interesting tidbit: Among films that have divided audiences and critics on the Rotten Tomatoes tomato-meter, SCARY MOVIE 5 ranks third. The film earned a 4% approval rating from critics and a 79.1%...
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Cybersurfing: Was Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion more real than CGI?
Ray Harryhausen animates the Kraken model for CLASH OF THE TITANS (1980). In an article at Boingboing.net. author Ethan Gilsdorf muses on the recent passing of special effects artist Ray Harryhausen,...
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Review of Deep Purple Music Video: "Vincent Price"
The final track on Deep Purple’s latest album, Now What?!, features a title that immediately endeared it to Cinefantastique: “Vincent Price.” That’s right: the late, great “Merchant of Menace” – the...
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Daily Grindhouse picks Top 10 CFQ covers
What are the ten best cover images ever published by Cinefantastique magazine? Daily Grindhouse weighs in on that question here, offering a Top Ten plus a few runners-up. Take a look at the whole list;...
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BATMAN in the Media, Pt.2
As most readers will know, The Batman did come to television in the 1960’s and became a smash success, a pop-art phenomenon that would long outlast it’s short-lived network life in syndication. But...
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Bringing back the dead in THE LAZARUS EFFECT
THE LAZARUS EFFECT is quite an effective little horror chiller, that benefits greatly by treating it’s subject–a group of scientists exploring the possibility of bringing the dead back to life–with...
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The Brave New World of INSURGENT
Insurgent, the second chapter in Summit Entertainment’s Divergent series, arrives over a year after the first film, but takes place only three days after the climatic battle that ended Divergent,...
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PETER CUSHING: A Tribute to Christopher Lee
The ninth issue of Cinefantastique featured a career article devoted to Christopher Lee, way back in the fall of 1973. Peter Cushing wrote this heartfelt introduction for his good friend, although they...
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Laserblast: The Paramount Vault – Science Fiction & Horror on YouTube
Parmount Pictures recently created a new YouTube channel, The Paramount Vault, which streams free films from the studio’s library. Along with clips from classic titles, there are approximately 150...
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RIP: Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson (right) with Dario Argento Keith Emerson – the keyboard genius and composer – has died. According to Rolling Stone, the 71-year-old musician was found at his home in Santa Monica, with a...
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