A pumped-up remake of the same-named 1984 vampire horror-comedy, “Fright Night” represents a well oiled machine of goosed senses that unfortunately has no clearly defined motivating purposes, even within genre confines of its own story. Fun and engaging performances carry the movie a great distance, but it eventually bogs down courtesy of loosely defined stakes (no pun intended) and poorly incentivized action. The story centers on Las Vegas high school senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), who lives with his single mom real estate agent, Jane (Toni Collette), and has successfully pivoted away from his geeky past enough to bag a popular girlfriend, Amy (Imogen Poots). Things get turned upside down…

In an admission that will come as a considerable disappointment to a former coworker (who, for the record, is decidedly not Goth), my initial memories of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” were somewhat fuzzy. My first viewing of producer Tim Burton and director Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated film, not too long after its original home video release, was marred with, umm, distractions. So I hadn’t the concrete impressions one might have with a more focused viewing — just an impression of the hand-crafted feel, and a lingering sense of disappointment in relation to the movie’s songs, from Danny Elfman. A re-visiting of the somewhat seminal work — which scored a visual effects…

Check out the latest trailer from the television series “Swamp Thing” starring Dick Durock. Seasons 1 and 2 will be available from Shout! Factory on January 22nd. Visit www.shoutfactory.com for more details. Synopsis: When an attempt on Dr. Alec Holland’s life leaves him consumed by deadly chemicals and fire, the swamps of Louisiana transform him into a superhuman creature hell-bent on ridding the swamp – and the world – of the evil that men do, beginning with his arch nemesis, Dr. Anton Arcane, the mad scientist responsible for Holland’s monstrous new incarnation as Swamp Thing.

According to many news sources, Maila Nurmi best known as the horror host Vampira passed away in her sleep at age 86 on January 10, 2008. She was born on December 21, 1921 in Petsamo, Finland. Maila had a successful career as a 1950′s horror-TV host, and also appeared in Ed Woods’ cult 1959 classic Plan 9 from Outer Space. Maila Nurmi will be missed by her friends and many fans worldwide. R.I.P Maila Nurmi

The Swamp Thing television series will be available on DVD January 22nd, 2008 from Shout! Factory. With all 22 campy cult classic television episodes from the shows first two seasons. Special features will include interviews with co-creator Len Wein, actor Dick Durock (the Swamp Thing himself!) and more. Sleep tight naughty evildoers! Don’t let the Swamp Thing bite! Enter into a mind-bending world where a humanoid mass of plant life matter fights to protect his swamp home, the environment and humanity from various supernatural and evil threats as the comic book superhero Swamp Thing comes to life! On January 22, 2008, Shout! Factory will unleash Swamp Thing: The Series DVD…

Trailer for the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” by director Jim Sharman and starring Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon. Synopsis: After Janet accepts Brad’s marriage proposal, the happy couple drive away from Denton, Ohio, only to get lost in the rain. They stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite who is holding the annual convention of visitors from the planet Transsexual. Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears the doctor and rejects his sexual advances. When Frank-N-Furter announces that he is returning to the galaxy Transylvania, Riff Raff the butler and Magenta the maid declare that they have plans of their…