Animation/VFX History, News 30 Apr 2023 Trailers from Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD A generation of baby boomers were forever enchanted by a passel of fabulous monsters in this now-classic fantasy hit. After years of working on Sam Katzman B pictures, FX genius Ray Harryhausen and his producer Charles Schneer moved up the… Johannes Wolters No Comments
Advice!, Animation/VFX History, News 23 Apr 2023 Bernard Rose talks THE DARK CRYSTAL Considerable production power (courtesy of STAR WARS producer Gary Kurtz) was brought to bear on this 1982 fantasy epic from Jim Henson in what is essentially a 93 minute Muppet Show episode made on a grand scale and with a… Johannes Wolters No Comments
Advice!, Animation/VFX History, News 16 Apr 2023 Joe Dante on PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES Gothic grandmaster Mario Bava leaves his corpse-strewn crypts behind and takes off into deep (and scary) outer space. In doing so he simply transforms the spaceships into intergalactic haunted houses (though sans cobwebs). Britain's Monthly Film Bulletin accurately pegged this… Johannes Wolters No Comments
Animation/VFX History, News 15 Apr 2023 Trailers from Hell: Joe Dante on THE GIANT CLAW "Winged Monster from 12,000,000 B.C.!" Sounds good, huh? Well, it might have been at least ok except for one small miscalculation, and you're looking at it. Not Sam Katzman's finest hour. Johannes Wolters No Comments
Sonstiges 17 Mrz 2023 Trailers from Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on RRR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRR_(film) Johannes Wolters No Comments
Sonstiges 22 Feb 2023 Trailers from Hell: Mick Garris on FRITZ THE CAT The great cartoonist/provocateur Robert Crumb disowned this 1972 film based on his comic strip about the low-down adventures of a randy tom-cat. Clearly a labor of love for director Ralph Bakshi, he spent years finding backing and several more years… Johannes Wolters No Comments
Advice!, Animation/VFX History, News 30 Jan 2023 Michael Schlesinger on LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION Johannes Wolters No Comments
