Jack Hill’s Spider Baby (1967)
Lengthy review of Jack Hill’s cult classic Spider Baby (1967), new on Blu from Arrow Video / MVD Visual, and a short overview of Hill’s career.
Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan
BR: Spider Baby (1967)
Filmed in 1964 but unreleased until 1967, Jack Hill’s first solo gig as writer-director remains a highly influential horror comedy, even though the director describes it as a story of unconditional love.
In terms of its comedic tone, Hill seemed to take some inspiration from the Roger Corman’s Bucket of Blood (1959) and The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)…
Suburban Tales V: A Marble Hornets Movie
Review of Always Watching (2015) from Anchor Bay, the first of a proposed film franchise based on the hit Marble Hornets web series.
DVD: Always Watching – A Marble Hornets Story (2015)
Back in 2009, a contest challenged members of an internet forum to create “paranormal characters” from photos of “ordinary” people. The character with an enduring legacy was The Slender Man, created by Eric Knudsen (under nom de plume Victor Surge), whose design – a tall, slender figure dressed in a suite with an obfuscated or virtually faceless head…
Soundtrack Reviews
Reviews of three striking soundtracks: Timo Chen’s beautiful Advantageous (Good Neighbors Media), and John Paesano’s The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials and Marco Beltrami / Philip Glass’s Fantastic Four (both from Sony).
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