Galaxy Quest is that rare motion picture that was both financially successful in its original release and a cult classic that continues to find new fans each year. And it’s easy to see why. The film is a hilarious satire…
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Create-A-Caption: Carnival of Souls
This latest Create-A-Caption is inspired by Carnival of Souls, director and co-star Herk Harvey‘s mind-blowingly creepy 1962 thriller about a young woman (Candace Hilligoss) who apparently survives a car wreck and emerges unscathed. Determined to put her past behind her,…
Read more →What is Your Favorite Scene from “Grease?”
Over 40 years since its original theatrical release, and Grease still is the word! Get ready to rock ‘n’ roll with the hit screen rendition of the Broadway musical look at ’50s teen life. Can greaser gang leader Danny Zuko…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite 1980s Cannon Group Action Movie?
Known for their outrageous movie making methods, The Cannon Group. Inc (led to worldwide fame by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus) gave us some of the most exciting, outrageous films of the 1980s. From Death Wish III to Masters of…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Grease 2
All summer long at MovieFanFare we will be celebrating the films of 1982, and we are kicking things off with a movie that turns 40 this weekend: Grease 2. Available in a new 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook from Paramount,…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Horror Film Franchise?
Psycho. Halloween. Friday the 13th. A Nightmare on Elm Street. Scream. Saw. These are just a small example of horror films that were so incredibly successful that they gave birth to their own franchises. Since the spooky season is now…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite 1980s Sword and Sorcery Epic?
We mentioned earlier this week how Clash of the Titans recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, but it is just one of many epic sword and sorcery films to come out of the 1980s. From the original Conan the Barbarian to…
Read more →Bad Moon Rising: An American Werewolf in London
In this post, Jim Brymer reviews the 1980s horror masterpiece An American Werewolf in London: In England, two young boys, David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are out alternately hitchhiking and hiking across the countryside. They come across a…
Read more →The 40th Anniversary of “Friday the 13th” Celebrates Four Decades of Terror
When Michael Myers began murdering teens in 1978’s Halloween, the slasher film became a phenomenon. Two years later, the original Friday the 13th was released, beginning an enduring franchise that continues to scare and delight fans to this day. If…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Return to Oz
We wrap up our summer-long celebration of the films of 1985 with this week’s Create-A-Caption, inspired by Disney’s hugely inventive — and controversial — sequel Return to Oz. Upon its initial release, the film was criticized for its very existence…
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