CREEPSHOW: SLICES OF MACABRE NOSTALGIA IN ROMERO AND KING’S EC COMIC HOMAGE
“I got my cake!” – An Ode to the Macabre in ‘Creepshow’ Directed by the horror auteur George A. Romero and penned by the macabre maestro Stephen King, Creepshow (1982) stands as an anthology that tips its moldy top hat to the pulpy horror comics of the ’50s. This cinematic ghoulish gallery consists of five…
POLTERGEIST: CROSSING THE STATIC REALM INTO A SPECTRAL DOMICILE OF DREAD
“They’re heeeere…” – The Echo from Another Dimension When the childlike, sing-song utterance from “Poltergeist,” directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg, first whispered through theaters in 1982, it struck a chord of dread that still resonates with audiences today. In the realm of paranormal horror, few films have managed to blend the…
The Thing: Chilling Mastery of an Antarctic Nightmare
Chilling to the Core: Unearthing “The Thing” “You gotta be f****ing kidding.” Perhaps no other line from John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” released in 1982, encapsulates the viewer’s reaction to the creeping terror that unfolds within the isolated Antarctic research station where the film is set. Based on John W. Campbell Jr.’s novella “Who Goes There?”,…