"Meow meow meow meow meow meow." My black cat, "Sprite" wanted to get her 2 pounce in about this week's Masters of Horror episode, The Black Cat. I had to give her a six-word limit, or else she would have hijacked this post. She gives it 4 out of 4 claws, mostly because she thought that "Pluto" the cat was very handsome (even with just one eye). Ahem.How can I find the words to describe Stuart Gordon's adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, when all I can think is "wow?" I've always enjoyed Stuart Gordon's masterful cinematic interpretations of H.P. Lovecraft's work, and had hoped he would bring the same atmospheric, dramatic and gory details to his Edgar Allan Poe debut. Well, he did, and I would love to see Gordon take on even more Poe in the coming years. Come on, Stuart, we know you can't resist the pulse of The Tell-Tale Heart!As Gordon explained in the Fangoria interview I posted Friday, The Black Cat does get into some difficult terrain with realistic scenes of graph...
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Fangoria.com has posted a "Fearful Feature" on tonight's Masters of Horror episode, The Black Cat. It's a really good interview with "Master Director" Stuart Gordon and our beloved genre actor Jeffrey Combs, who I am certain will make a perfect Edgar Allan Poe in this episode. It's a good read; great to get primed for tonight! Enjoy.[Click Here to Read the Feature]
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Per Variety, Eddie Murphy and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura are at work on Beverly Hills Cop IV. "Axel Foley is one of the great action-comedy characters," says di Bonaventura. "I'm lucky enough to help bring it back".... George Clooney's next two projects: White Jazz, based on the last volume of James Ellroy's "L.A. quartet," and Belmont Boys, about seven racetrack regulars who attempt a major heist.... Meryl Streep has joined the cast, along with Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon, of Rendition, playing a government official.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Clive Barker is developing a thriller centered on teens who unlock a curse associated with the death of Edgar Allan Poe.
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