Mondo Gallery Turns the Channel to Nickelodeon

Plus exclusive first look at Avatar print

"...& Josh, or Sanjay and Craig, the kids' TV channel with an edge has been warping minds for 39..."

Dec. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...The Man Who Fell to Earth. All the biggest channels want their moment of SXSW programming, like HBO (which..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...novella The Last Illusion, this is Barker creating a horror hero. Scott Bakula plays Harry D'Amour, a New York..."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Documentary The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story Tunes in to the Channel That Changed TV

Shorts, Dudes, and Good Burgers

"...Barber and Adam Sweeney, it's that the pioneering cable channel for kids kept their friendship together at a low..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: American Horror Story

What can you say when you can't say "It's Only a Movie"?

"...members found ourselves cringing in disgust and changing the channel, then guiltily returning to find out what we'd missed...."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Little Regard for Horror Genre

"...all, Davis seems to think it is appropriate to channel his inner hateful Rex Reed and insult lead actress..."

June 3, 2013 Postmarks

'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' of Wrestling?

or dammit Janet – I love lucha libre!

"...“We like to say it’s like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, where you’re a part of the show,”..."

May 12, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

Fantastic Fest Review: One Cut of the Dead

Japanese no-budget horror becomes an unexpected must-see

"...For every Ring or Grudge that made mainstream international horror audiences shriek, there was a low-budget straight-to-DVD or –..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Adam and Joe go to 'Holliston'

FEARnet launches first original sitcom tonight

"...When you think of sitcoms, cable horror channel FEARnet may leap to mind. But rising cult..."

April 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of the Shadow

Which new scary-programming cable channel will longtime Austin access host Joseph Fotinos choose?

"...Mancini et al.) got me hooked on cathode ray horror shows and beyond, an ill-received – through a bent..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

American Nightmare

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

"...Film Festival, American Nightmare premiered on the Independent Film Channel, the network that produced this focused documentary study of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Cut of the Dead

Horror becomes filmmaking comedy becomes a touching family triumph

"...For every Ring or Grudge that made mainstream international horror audiences shriek, there was a low-budget straight-to-DVD or –..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Satanic Hispanics

Latino horror anthology hangs wild and loose in its pan-American chills

"...are a mainstay of one genre in particular – horror – they also represent its variations. They can be..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Two

"...the best comedy of the year? Or the worst horror film of the decade? Either way you look at..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...years and Mike Flanagan – arguably the most important horror director working today – adapting King's sequel, Doctor Sleep,..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Field Trip

Ben Wheatley's historical horror tackles the English Civil War

"...Ben Wheatley, the alchemist behind British 17th century historical horror and Drafthouse Films' latest release A Field in England...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

"...First Omen that will restore your faith in studio horror. In fact, said director/screenwriter Arkasha Stevenson said, “I’m shocked..."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...guns, with the announcement of the world premiere of action-horror Overlord...."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jenna Davis, The Voice of M3GAN

Texas actor talks about changing from straight horror to comedy

"...Plane). But over the weekend the TikTok fascination with comedy-horror M3GAN translated into a $30 million three-day-opening. Not that..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Conjures Up 'Lords of Salem' and 'S-VHS'

Midnighters lineup loaded with premieres and a surprise return

"...Horror fans, get ready to lose sleep. SXSW Film has..."

Feb. 6, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Castlemania

One boy's induction into horror

"...now legendary Monster Movie Matinee on Syracuse, N.Y.'s WSYR Channel 3, hosted by the always unseen Dr. E. Nick..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Danny and Michael Philippou Say Talk to Me

Creators of the new A24 horror on the foolishness of youth

"...In new A24 horror, Talk to Me, the greatest peril is not the..."

July 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beaumonster: A Memoir by Jesse Dayton

The rockabilly rebel, outlaw country artist, session guitarist to the legends, and low-budget horror auteur looks back

"...icons X when Billy Zoom fell ill, and low-budget horror auteur (2011's Zombex, starring Malcolm McDowell, Sid Haig, and..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'

Local distro house acquires newest shocker from Ben Wheatley

"...be releasing A Field in England, the new historical horror from subversive British film maker Ben Wheatley...."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Review: Film Fest

Film making comedy is painfully on point

"...least once, and it sums up the unspoken metaphysical horror of being stuck in a room with a bunch..."

Oct. 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

The Panel Channel

"...The film looks at the U.S. tradition of TV horror-show hosting, of which Fotinos has a great deal of..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Scary Movie

Sid Moody interviews director Larry Clark about his new film, Bully.

"...trying to steal a yacht. Were you able to channel this juvenile-delinquent edge of his personality into his characterization..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...figures and toys, and displayed in a collection of horror-movie memorabilia in the "Monster Room" of his South Austin..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The First Omen

Gruesome gynohorror prequel to 1976’s satanic masterpiece The Omen

"...from Arkasha Stevenson. Even though she proved her hardcore horror credentials with “Butcher's Block,” the macabre third season of..."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scare Fare

"...a couple of days working on video reviews of horror movies, which should have burned me out on the..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

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