We made it! Now we have the final 7 of my top 31 favorite horror comedies. Six of these movies were a big part of developing my love of horror, planting the seed of interest in the supernatural and fostering it with humor. The seventh movie is a newer, but equally important, addition. Continue reading
Posted in Lists, Scared Silly
Tagged 31 days of horror, Beetlejuice, best of, Braindead, Dead Alive, edgar wright, Elmer Bernstein, Evil Dead II, Gene Wilder, Ghostbusters, horror, Kevin Bacon, Marty Feldman, Movies, shaun of the dead, Simon Pegg, top 31 horror comedies, top horror, Tremors, Winona Ryder, Young Frankenstein
October is here. It’s the most wonderful time of year for horrorphiles. Freaks and fanatics though we may be, our love of horror movies is all in good fun. We just want to spread a little holiday cheer. So, to start my Halloween celebration with a dose of the lighter side of fear, I’ve made a list of 31 of my favorite horror comedies and I’ll be counting down all week. Continue reading
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are more than just funny best friends with a penchant for pop culture references, they’re also the dynamic duo from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and (the possibly less well-known BBC series) Spaced. The funny fellows have re-teamed to bring us Paul, a geek-tastic sci-fi pastiche, part homage, part fan fiction, part road trip movie. Continue reading
Posted in The Trouble with Quibbles
Tagged Simon Pegg, shaun of the dead, hot fuzz, edgar wright, Movie, Spaced, Nick Frost, movie review, review, Paul, Greg Mottola, Paul review
Ed: I’m not gonna say, you know, “there’s plenty more fish in the sea.” I’m not going to say, “if you love her, let her go.” And I’m not going to bombard you with clichés. But what I will say is this: it’s not the end of the world.
Posted in Top 20 of the Decade
Tagged edgar wright, hot fuzz, Jessica Hynes, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, shaun of the dead, Simon Pegg, Spaced
Finally. A good video game movie.
Since the dawn of the days of button-mashing, there has yet to be a great film based around video games. Sure, there have been adaptations of various games, and films that have incorporated video games into the story (like Tron or The Last Starfigher), but today marks the day that a film has come around to deliver the video game experience within the context of a movie. Continue reading
