Recently, NightmaRevue’s Michael Mitchell had the opportunity to turn the tables on one of the UK’s premiere genre interviewers and reviewers, Peter Tennant. Familiar to many from his stellar work with Black Static magazine (http://www.ttapress.com/blackstatic), Peter opened up to NightmaRevue about everything from declining literacy levels to the erosion of the concept of privacy creating [...]
by Michael Mitchell Ever hear the one about the couple stranded in the Australian outback? You know, the car breaks down, the cell is out of range, and a stranger with a smile laced with menace shows up out of nowhere to—naturally—help. Course you have. Told the tale around the campfire, saw the movie, read [...]
Editor’s Note: For those with shorter memories or who might be newcomers to our site, Midnight Syndicate are old friends of NightmaRevue, having allowed us to use their music in our past audio programming and kindly allowing yours truly an interview on their experience concocting the fantastic soundtrack to the film The Rage. Now, Midnight [...]
By Michael Mitchell Compared to filming a movie, one benefit of mounting a stageplay is that you can debut it in front of an audience, and then it can still be reworked and reworked time and again—in front of audience after audience—until the weaker elements are stripped out and you’ve got a more polished creation. [...]
by Jo Satana Playing catch up here, and the line between sleep and slumber is getting thin indeed. Week three just kicked off and I’ll take this brief opportunity to catch up, recount, and mend my wounds. This is the week that was…
By Michael Mitchell To get it out of the way, EVE’S NECKLACE, by Daniel Erickson, features the use of department store mannequins in place of actual actors…
By Michael Mitchell Like reading Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” or watching early silent films, the best part of experiencing some works is simply being able to say you saw/read them afterwards, because they don’t often offer much else that makes the endeavour an entirely worthwhile use of your time. They carry more social currency [...]
by Michael Mitchell Attempting to sell a zombie movie to the paying public today is setting yourself up for a tall task indeed. May as well just make a vampire movie set in middle-America teenland. Oh, or make a movie about a young magician at a wizard-school. Let’s face it, not only are you dealing [...]
by Jo Satana [Insert Loud and obnoxious greeting here], Nightmarevue is proud and privileged to present its first entry in a series of accounts direct from Montreal’s 2010 FanTasia film festival… Greetings from Montreal`s underground, this is Joey Jo Jo Satana. On Thursday, July 8th 2010, the 14th edition of Montreal’s premiere international genre film [...]
As supporters of the Fantasia film festival, NightmaRevue would like to take a pause to look at what this year’s iteration of the venerable Montreal film festival has to offer, thanks to the Fantasia staff’s various press… Greetings, cinephiles! Welcome to July 2010, Fantasia style. Get your neurons sparked for the biggest, most spectacular fest [...]
