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WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HORROR FILMS?

By | December 2003

Being a hardcore horror fan these days is similar to being Howard Beale from “Network”: you are constantly mad as hell at the current state of affairs, but ultimately feel powerless about what to do about it…

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WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HORROR FILMS?

Being a hardcore horror fan these days is similar to being Howard Beale from "Network": you are constantly mad as hell at the current state of affairs, but...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL”

Bootleg Files 011: "The Star Wars Holiday Special" (the legendary catastrophe that put the Lucas characters into the worst TV variety program...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE ASSHOLE TWO ROWS BACK

Since you are reading articles on this site, it's safe to say you like movies. It's a good bet, too, that you've been in your local theatre several dozen...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL”

The recent death of Art Carney found obituaries citing the beloved actor's triumphant work in films (his Oscar-winning "Harry and Tonto"), theater (as...

THE OTHER CINEMA

When I was a film student in Boston a few years ago, my first short movie--an absurd, 16-millimeter scatology starring my best friend, lasting three...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: “DIE HARD” IN TEXAS

Houston, Texas. Late '80s. I was visiting the state with my friend Rodney, who dragged me along to meet his new girlfriend, Sharon. He had met her the...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE JAZZ SINGER”

Bootleg Files 010: "The Jazz Singer" (Inane 1959 telecast with Jerry Lewis playing the role made famous by Al Jolson -- and playing it as a straight...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE JAZZ SINGER”

For years, bootleg video fanatics have been searching for a phantom videotape of the never-released 1972 Jerry Lewis atrocity "The Day the Clown Cried." ...

TALKING PICTURES: BOAT SHOW

“I love the way the movie opens,” says author and Ship Lit authority Dean King, talking about the new epic film Master & Commander: The Far Side of the...

FOOTAGE FETISHES: “THE WARRIORS”

“You look like you might even like it.” The first obstacle the Warriors encounter on the long trek home are the Turnbull A.C.s: skinheaded toughs who...

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