The name Sam Raimi can mean different things to different people. Probably best known by mainstream audiences as the director of the three Spider-Man films released during the last decade, Raimi has dipped his toe into several different movies in various ways over the last thirty years including 2009′s (some would say return to form) Drag Me to Hell, the female-lead western The Quick & The Dead, the Kevin Costner… Read More »
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Evil Never Dies
Evil Never Dies: Jaws Parts 1-4
It’s been a long time coming but this month sees the release of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws on Blu-ray, so we here at Eat Sleep Live Film thought it would be a good time to take to the high seas and have a trawl through all four films in the series – for better or for worse… Jaws (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1975) Adapted from Peter Benchley’s 1973 novel of… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Critters Parts 1-4
It seems that after the success of the Steven Spielberg/Joe Dante project Gremlins in 1984, mischievous little creatures were the order of the day. Several copycat films were released over the preceding years, such as Ghoulies and Hobgoblins, but probably the most obvious and popular was Critters, a loving homage to 50s sci-fi and monster B-movies that spawned three sequels and became a sizeable hit on VHS. So join us… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: [REC] Parts 1-3
Just when you thought that the found footage gimmick had run out of steam, along comes another film that suddenly makes it flavour-of-the-month again. But luckily somebody actually though about what they were doing and made a handheld camera film that felt like you were immersed in the action and wasn’t complete dreck. So let us here at Eat Sleep Live Film take you on a trip to Spain to… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Hellraiser Parts 7-9
Hellraiser: Deader (Rick Bota, USA/Romania, 2005) The second Hellraiser film directed by Rick Bota, Deader actually has a promising story when you look at it on paper. All the more surprising as it is the third film in a row adapted from a non-Hellraiser script – they’ll do anything to save a few pennies, those damn movie execs. After being shown a video tape (in 2005 – really?) in which… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Hellraiser Parts 4-6
Hellraiser: Bloodline (Alan Smithee, USA, 1996) One look at the director’s credit will tell you everything you need to know – Alan Smithee is the pseudonym that the Director’s Guild uses when the real director has disowned the project. In reality the film was initially directed by special effects wizard Kevin Yagher – responsible for providing the Freddy Krueger make-up for Elm Street parts 2-4 – and then finished by… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Hellraiser Parts 1-3
Doing for horror what punk did for rock music in the late 70′s, Hellraiser swept through a genre that had gone stale with countless slasher sequels and was pandering towards a more fashion-conscious teenage market. A darker and more extreme vision of genre, Hellraiser was certainly a game-changer at the time and despite the typical dip in quality as the series went on – nine films so far and counting… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: From Dusk Till Dawn Trilogy
Fresh from their respective successes of Desperado and Pulp Fiction, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino teamed up in 1996 for what seemed at first to be a road heist movie in a similar vein to what they had both been involved with before. But From Dusk Till Dawn had a sting in it’s tail and audiences were unprepared for what the two era-defining film makers had cooked up. So join… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Hatchet 1 & 2
There’s something quite charming about an enthusiastic genre filmmaker who makes a film – or in this case a couple of films – that are so obviously a labour of love, unencumbered by commercial appeal or studio interference, that, as a fan, you can’t fail to admire. Adam Green is one of a new generation of horror film directors who has already left an imprint on the horror landscape in… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: The Fly 1958-1989
You’re no doubt familiar with David Cronenberg’s 1986 shocker The Fly but are you as familiar with it’s source movie and the sequels that followed it? Did you ever see the 1989 sequel to Cronenberg’s masterpiece? If the answer to those questions is ‘no’ then read on, as we take a look at the films that make up this sometimes fun, sometimes disturbing but always creepy franchise. The Fly (Kurt… Read More »
