With the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [read our review here], it’s time to look at the inimitable Danny Elfman’s essential work… Some composers are truly unique, leaving a body of work that listeners can immediately identify as theirs within a few bars. Whether you can spot a Williams, a Zimmer or a Goldsmith, these conjurers […]
Darkman: Revisiting Sam Raimi’s cult 1990 superhero movie
Tom Jolliffe revisits Sam Raimi’s Darkman, released on this day back in 1990… Hot on the heels of Batman, Sam Raimi delivered Darkman unto the world. Raimi wouldn’t become synonymous with iconic comic book hero films until doing the game changing Spider-Man trilogy, but Darkman , whilst an original creation from Raimi’s mind, is a […]
The Essential 1990s Superhero Movies
Hasitha Fernando on the essential superhero and comic book movies of the 1990s… The popularity of the superhero sub-genre has waxed and waned over the years. Despite having a fairly early start in cinemas it wasn’t until blockbusters like 1978’s Superman: the Movie and 1989’s Batman that cape and cowl affairs began to be taken […]
Sam Raimi reveals Universal is talking about a Darkman sequel
With Sam Raimi applying his own unique style to the MCU in this week’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (watch our video review here), not only has the Evil Dead director been asked about his last foray into the world of superhero movies with Spider-Man, but also his first big-budget studio movie, 1990’s […]
Underrated Superhero Movies From the 1990s Still Worth Checking Out
Marvelous Videos on the underappreciated superhero movies of the 90s… Superhero movies are a staple of today’s cinema, but like every popular form of media, there has been a dark side to comic book-based movies. The 1990s, in particular, were notorious for almost destroying the genre. Batman & Robin is the most infamous, but others like […]
The Best Superhero Horror Movies
Marvelous Videos presents the best superhero horror movies… One of the reasons the superhero genre will never go the way of the western is because of how malleable it is. Thanks to wonderful productions from DC and Marvel, we have already seen it occupy a variety of categories, from thriller to western to crime drama […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Randy Ser on his latest horror film Cruiser, Darkman 30th anniversary and more
September and October officially mark this season of horror, but things are a little different this year thanks to the Coronavirus. The horror season is starting early with Gravitas Ventures’ Cruiser, hitting VOD markets August 25th. The synopsis reads, “After murdering a police officer and stealing his patrol car, a mysterious, hulking figure begins a […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Sam Raimi
Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to directors with a look at Sam Raimi… After a recent re-watching of the two films which brought Sam Raimi to fame (the first two Evil Dead films) I felt compelled to provide a beginner’s guide on the man. Raimi remains a director who has become a […]
