Author: Byron Lafayette
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“What’s your favorite scary movie?” It’s maybe the most famous opening line in horror history, and I’d somehow never actually watched the movie it came from. I know, I know, how does someone who loves movies avoid SCREAM for this long? The Ghostface mask is everywhere, from Spirit Halloween stores to Reddit memes, and I’ve…
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When we think of old Hollywood the silent film era of Charlie Chaplin and the birth of American cinema, we picture a glamorous world preserved in black and white celluloid. But beneath the surface of that glittering industry lay a seedy underbelly of greed, addiction, and violence. The 1922 murder of William Desmond Taylor stands…
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Shadow & Substance is a bi-weekly column that explores the world of film and TV, especially in the genres of sci-fi and horror. Asking the questions and exploring the answers that lie in the middle ground between light and shadow. Why is Doctor Who rejecting horror in favor of whimsy? Doctor Who is an iconic…
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THEM! 1954 is a horror picture released by Warner Bros, it starred James Arness (Of Gunsmoke fame) and Edmund Gwenn, best known for playing Santa in Miracle on 34th Street. It was directed by Gordon Douglas, who is perhaps best known for directing The Black Arrow and the Little Rascals film General Spanky. In order…
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Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever, and ever So goes the lyrics for the popular ’80s balled “Forever Young” by the band Alphaville. It sums up the idea of many who wish they could remain youthful forever; to experience the world and all it has…