Author: Kevin Carr
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39 Things We Learned from the Banned ‘Dr. No’ Commentary
Back in 1991, the Criterion Collection released the three earliest James Bond movies on laserdisc: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Like any…
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Would Our Microbes Save Us From a ‘War of the Worlds’?
Paramount Pictures With Ebola ravaging West Africa, and flu season quickly approaching, I can’t help but think about infectious diseases and how I will survive.…
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Forget Dying in a Dream, This Is What Freddy Krueger Really Symbolizes
I remember reading an article in the 1980s about writer/director Wes Craven’s inspiration for Freddy Krueger, who visits his victims dreams and kills them while…
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38 Things We Learned from the ‘Saw’ Commentary
“If it’s Halloween, it must be Saw.” That was Lionsgate’s tagline to the Saw franchise for years. It all began in 2004 when then-unknown horror…
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Want to Turn Into a Movie Werewolf? You’ll Need a Pupal Stage
Universal Pictures Driven by the full moon, I’ve been moving through the Universal classics at a steady pace, including 1941’s The Wolf Man starring Lon…
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Let’s All Summon the Real Candyman Together
Can you really summon the Candyman by saying his name five times in a mirror? We aim to find out.
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How Much Blood Would Fill the Elevator Hallway in The Overlook Hotel?
Each year in October, I find myself revisiting the Stanley Kubrick classic The Shining, which has surpassed broad criticism from Stephen King throughout the 1980s…
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41 Things We Learned from the ‘Dracula’ Commentary
“Bram Stoker himself would barely recognize the Draculas we know and love in the 20th century.”
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Would a Real-Life ‘Purge’ Work?
Universal Pictures Waking up in today’s world has become more and more depressing. Even before I roll out of bed, I will usually grab my…
