The phrase, “a change of heart,” would forever alter the course of Freddy Macdonald’s life. Last month, the 23-year-old wunderkind’s feature directorial debut, Sew Torn, premiered at South by Southwest to glowing reviews, capping an extraordinary five-plus years for the young filmmaker. As a high school senior, Macdonald — whose American …
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“Choices, choices…,” says the narrator, a young seamstress, in this strange and striking debut from Freddy Macdonald. A neo-noir in the early Coens tradition, Sew Torn also features a bold tri-part structure in which the heroine, Barbara (Eve Connolly) — like Lola before her in Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run …
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Seeing “Terrifier 2” in theaters, I remember watching the bedroom kill and thinking, “by watching this in the theater, am I being put on some kind of list?” And it stuck with me ever since. What is your favorite “Terrifier” kill out of both movies so far? Well, I think …
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An original Freddy Krueger glove used on the first two Nightmare on Elm Street movies is up for auction for a high price November 9th will mark the thirty-ninth anniversary of the release of writer/director Wes Craven‘s classic A Nightmare on Elm Street – and on that same day, a …
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By the late ’80s, horror was dominated by three franchises: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Halloween. The latter two had arguably run their natural course, but they were still on course to be big players for a while yet. Creating an iconic horror villain at this …
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At the end of 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, horror fans were given the tease of a lifetime. The promise of a world where two iconic movie monsters could meet up and kill together — or kill each other. Freddy Krueger’s gloved hand dragging Jason Voorhees’ iconic …
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