Cult Cinema

Eight chilling Universal Classic monster movies coming to Blu-ray for first time

Eight chilling classics from Universal, the Studio that pioneered the horror genre, have been digitally restored and will be released on Blu-Ray for the first time ever 
in celebration of Universal’s 100th anniversary. This ultimate box set is called Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection, and features 8 movies, plus more than 12 hours of ….

Horror icon Clive Barker tapped by Amazon’s film studio to rewrite Zombies vs. Gladiators

It looks like Amazon.com is serious about getting into production of movies. Today the DVD (and everything else under the sun) retailer announced that Hellraiser creator and prolific horror and fantasy writer Clive Barker will rewrite the action horror project, Zombies vs. Gladiators, for its own Amazon Studios. Based in ancient Rome, Zombies vs. Gladiators ….

James Bond film retrospective coming to American Cinematheque

American Cinematheque at the Egyptian and Aero Theatres, will celebrate James Bond’s 50th birthday in style, as they present The Complete James Bond Retrospective: Bond at 50, co-Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (in celebration of their 25th Anniversary). The series runs from June 8th through June 24th, 2012, ….

Mothra, Willy Wonka and Harry Potter landing at Loew’s in June

June will be a rare month for Friends of the Loew’s, the group behind the monthly revival film screening series going on over at the Loew’s Jersey. It’s rare because this June the group will host two weekends of classic movies, instead of the usual one. Things start off this weekend, with screenings of classic ….

Watch cult classic Battle Royale on the big screen and stay for a midnight screening of The Warriors

Hot on the heels of Anchor Bay Entertainment’s recently released gorgeous collector’s edition of the cult classic Battle Royale, IFC Center tonight starts an exclusive New York City theatrical run of Kinji Fukasaku’s teen survival epic, featuring a high-definition digital projection. A long-unavailable underground hit, veteran director Fukasaku’s incredibly violent, still-shocking and deeply influential genre ….

Ridley Scott retrospective starts tomorrow at Walter Reade Theater

Check out the films of filmmaker Ridley Scott before he made the highly anticipated Prometheus. A look back at Scott’s complete library of classics, favorites and Oscar nominated work includes Alien, a young Tom Cruise in Legend, Blade Runner: the Final Cut, the Nicholas Cage and Sam Rockwell grifter film Matchstick Men, and a brand ….

Zoe Saldana joining Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez in Danny Trejo’s Machete sequel Machete Kills

Danny Trejo spoke to MovieHole about his next project, Robert Rodriguez’s highly-anticipated follow-up to the modern day Mexploitation film Machete, titled Machete Kills. Trejo says that the film kicks off in about three weeks, and says “The sequel to Machete, Machete Kills is going to be a lot more over-the-top than Machete. We’ve got Sofia ….