Return to Nuke ‘Em High cinematographer Justin Duval
Troma, that New York-based bastion of unabashed bad taste, has been around for nearly 40 years, but the studio remains best known for a pair of mid-1980s movies that mixed […]
Haunter cinematographer Jon Joffin
A movie set entirely inside a single suburban house might not seem as if it would present much of a challenge for a cinematographer. But Haunter is no ordinary single-location […]
Patrick cinematographer Garry Richards
During their decade-plus of making music videos together, Australian director Mark Hartley and cinematographer Garry Richards always hoped for the chance to make a feature. One that paid homage to the Gothic […]
40 classic Japanese VHS covers
One of the amusing aspects of Wayne Kinsey’s book Hammer Films: The Bray Studio Years is reading how the studio struggled with cuts forced by snooty British censors who saw Hammer’s […]
Birth of the Living Dead director Rob Kuhns
The making of George Romero’s paradigm-shifting horror film Night of the Living Dead was an exercise in perseverance. The movie’s 30-day shooting schedule was spread out over seven months, with the majority taking […]
A visit to RoboCop’s OCP headquarters
Snapped this picture of Dallas’ City Hall – used as OCP headquarters in RoboCop with the help of a matte painting – during a recent trip to Texas. Though set […]
Short Term 12 cinematographer Brett Pawlak
The title of director Destin Cretton’s Short Term 12 refers to a temporary care facility for adolescents with nowhere else to go. For those kids – and for the staff, […]
Cinematographer Benji Bakshi talks the creature feature Big Ass Spider!
Between all the sharnados and sharktopuses (or is it sharktopi?), the schlocky CGI creature feature has become a subgenre embraced almost solely for its charming ineptitude. But Big Ass Spider! […]
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