Tag: Wes Craven

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Meta Horror

    Meta Horror: Umm… What?  There is often of “meta” this and “meta” that, but what in Hell are people referring to? Meta means something that is either self-referential or refers to its genre or category. One can think of meta horror as a film dining off of its own tale like an audio-visual ouroboros. For…

  • I Spit On Your Grave Deja Vu by Jonny Numb

    Déjà Vu: The Vengeance Cinematic Universe Long before I Spit on Your Grave Deja Vu, chronicling the brutal rape of Jennifer Hills (a fearless Camille Keaton) over the course of a fateful day, 1978’s I Spit on Your Grave didn’t flinch from depictions of full nudity and violent retribution. The men of the piece barreled forward…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Erik Kristopher Myers Interview

    Filmmaker Erik Kristopher Myers It’s not very often that a solid film comes through in the “we can make a movie because it’s cheap” found footage vein, but writer/director Erik Kristopher Myers delivered with Butterfly Kisses. In fact, his film sits at the top with The Last Broadcast, Lake Mungo, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, and Mortal…

  • Tobe Hooper and the Aesthetics of Madness (Part I) by Jonny Numb

    Madness and Cinema Tobe Hooper’s career echoed that of many a seminal genre director from a particular, boundary-busting era. His struggles, his achievements, and his character iconography contributed to the horror canon. As with other directors who have passed on, his impact on cinema as a whole will continue to be felt. George A. Romero…

  • Top Ten Horror Locations (Part I) from Billy Crash

    Any corporate person will tell you the most important thing about a business is location, location, location. But in the horror genre, location can bring stories to life in remarkable ways and resonate as a character in the film. When it comes to Horror Locations, some movies rise above in big bad ways. Top Ten…