It pays heed to Wells’s book; the story and concerns remain common. But the film eschews subtlety or development in favour of a powerfully nightmarish and charged atmosphere. Wells hated the film.

Bob May has 50 years experience in the performing arts and business in Southern California. He has been a stage and film actor and director. He has also been a producer, business consultant, ...

Rob Zombie is an outspoken fan of vintage horror cinema. In fact, when he sat down to list his five favorite films for Rotten Tomatoes, all of his picks were pre-code classics. Among the macabre ...

Body horror made a quantum leap in ’32, with the twin releases of these two markedly different exploitation classics. In Island of Lost Souls, Charles Laughton plays the sinister Dr. Moreau, whose ...

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Many of the things that make William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” compelling on the page make it a potential nightmare when adapted to the stage. “You’ve got murders, a dead parachutist, people ...