Tag: horror
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Nightmare Cinema at Irish Film Institute
Nightmare Cinema screened last night before a packed house at the Irish Film Institute. The event included a Q&A session with producer Mick Garris, who will also be screening his earlier hits Critters 2 and Sleepwalkers at the festival. Next month, Nightmare Cinema returns to England for a screening in Leeds on November 9, then travels…
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UK Premiere:
Nightmare Cinema & “This Way to Egress”I first read Traumatic Descent – Larry Connolly’s short story that would be adapted into “This Way to Egress” 17 or 18 years ago. Soon after I worked with my dear friend Charly Cantor on ideas to adapt the story into a feature-length film which Charly would write. I loved Charly like a brother and…
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This Way to Egress:
The Manchester-Sheffield ConnectionEighteen years ago. It’s spring. Filmmaker Charly Cantor and I are driving around Pittsburgh. It’s his first time in the States, having arrived the day before from London. He’s come to collaborate on a new film adaptation of my story “Traumatic Descent,” and today we’re out looking at locations, places that might provide backdrops for…
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Fall Premieres:
Mexico, England, Canada, Spain, Austria …… a world of nightmares. Since premiering at The Fantasia International Film Festival in July, Nightmare Cinema has gone on to screen at some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals devoted to fantasy, science fiction, and horror. So far this month, NC has played on both sides of the Atlantic, first in a French…
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Tales from the Hood 2
Horror, History, Humor & Politics“All of that art-for-art’s-sake stuff is BS. What are these people talking about? Are you really telling me that Shakespeare and Aeschylus weren’t writing about kings? All good art is political!” – Toni Morrison Morrison’s words are particularly relevant to the horror genre. After all, horror literature is all about powers beyond comprehension. It’s true…