Month: March 2017

  • Event Report: Monster Mania 36 by Jonny Numb

      The long-running Monster-Mania Convention knows how to show horror fans a good time. For 3 days every March and August, genre stars and a wide variety of vendors descend upon Cherry Hill, New Jersey (just over the Ben Franklin Bridge) for a celebration of macabre delight. Over the past decade, I’ve attended at least…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Thespians of Terror: Bill Paxton

    A few weeks ago, we lost the wonderful Bill Paxton to complications from a stroke. The actor, director, musician, and family man, left behind a legacy of great films and cool performances from Near Dark to the incredible film, Frailty. Join us on a cinematic journey celebrating the work of the man who made “Game over!” one helluva…

  • QUARRIES (2017) by Billy Crash

    You know those pathetic horror films, usually slashers, where the unsuspecting victims get the best of their antagonists only to beat up on them before freaking out and running away so the guy can get up again and hunt them down? This isn’t one of those. Directed and co-written by Nils Taylor, Quarries brings together…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: GET OUT (2017)

    Get Out has captured the minds of many, and even non-horror fans are discussing the themes and message of Jordan Peele’s debut as writer/director. We’ll take a look at the entire film, which means one big time spoiler alert looms on the horizon. Has Get Out lived up to the hype? Maybe it has, maybe it’s one of the most…

  • From SamSam to Dick Pig by Cat LaCohie

    SamSam Whirlwind It’s been such a rush to hit the new year running, shooting the dark comedy/horror feature film, SamSam, in January 2017. LITERALLY starting the New Year the moment I got back to LA – landing in LAX January 10, 11:30am, having just finished a ten-hour flight from London. I left the airport at…