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HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982) – An Appreciation by Jonny Numb
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982) [98 minutes. R. Director: Tommy Lee Wallace] In the featurette on Scream Factory’s Blu-ray of Halloween III: Season of the Witch, producer Irwin Yablans, going to bat for the late Moustapha Akkad, takes swing after swing at the creative team, insisting that the removal of burgeoning slasher icon…
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31 by Jonny Numb
[102 minutes. R. Director: Rob Zombie] Watching 31 as a Rob Zombie fan is a precarious proposition. I found myself wanting to forgive so much of it; wanted to give it a pass and champion its worth because “the devil’s in the details”; and insist that the premise, while heavily flawed (and frankly lazy), lent…
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GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) and the Dread of Difference – Part III by Jonny Numb
In the horror world, nobody knows better what it’s like to be ostracized for having a contrary vision than Rob Zombie. Revered as the dreadlocked ringleader of White Zombie for years before he ever helmed his first feature, he seemed a natural fit for horror cinema. His first two films – House of 1000 Corpses…
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GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) and the Dread of Difference – Part II by Jonny Numb
So here’s the thing: along with Green Room and Suicide Squad, Ghostbusters was one of my most anticipated movies of 2016. That’s right – an uberfan who had faith in the comedic track record of the actors and the quality of Feig’s previous efforts (Bridesmaids, Spy, and the short-lived TV series “Freaks and Geeks”) had…
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GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) and the Dread of Difference* – Part I by Jonny Numb
Rowan (Neil Casey), the central villain of the new Ghostbusters, is a nerd. He’s so lame, in fact, that he erroneously flashes the hand-sign for “love” – not devil-horns – as he walks into an Ozzy Osbourne concert. His modus operandi is to provoke enough spectral disturbances around New York City that he unleashes a…
