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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story – review

June 1, 2023 / Kevin Bechaz

Most horror fans will agree, especially those of the ‘Elm Street’ variety, that listening to Robert Englund talk is strange cinematic comfort food. Now, after a fifty-year career on the big screen, the man they call ‘Freddy’ looks back on his accomplishments in the Screambox original documentary, Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story. […]

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Review: In Search of Darkness Part II (2020)

August 2, 2021 / Kevin Bechaz

I often suffer from ‘fear of missing out’, yet also like to wait until certain titles leave the public conversation as to avoid boarding the hype train, which is why I’m only now penning my thoughts on the follow-up documentary In Search of Darkness: Part II. CreatorVC was generous enough to send me a screener

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lights, camera, coca-cola: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

June 20, 2021 / Kevin Bechaz

Freddy’s Revenge stars Mark Patton as the tormented teenager, Jesse Walsh, is doubling down on his effort to stay awake with some loaded “Stay-Up” pills and a can of the controversial “New Coke”, which thankfully didn’t last. However, the concoction can be seen throughout the film in the form of empty cans, mostly in Jesse’s

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lights, camera, coca-cola: Dream Warriors (1987)

May 8, 2021 / Kevin Bechaz

You really have to give the de facto leader of the Dream Warriors, Kristen Parker (Patricia Arquette), much credit. She’s extremely production for someone who’s a few nods away from making a potential one-way trip to ‘Kruegertown’. While blasting Dokken’s Into the Fire she builds an impressive paper mache model of Nancy’s house; and in

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Blu-ray Review: 976-EVIL (1988)

November 18, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

At the height of “Freddy Mania”, actor Robert England capitalised on his widespread fame among the mainstream horror scene by trying his hand at directing. Offer a unique premise, 976-EVIL, is a late-night fantasy-horror centred around satanic “horror-scope” hotline, which when dialled, has a very transformative effect on the curious callers. Now the land-line classic

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Review: Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)

April 13, 2020 / Kevin Bechaz

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge came out in Australia on April 10th, 1986 when I was only 19-months-old. Now, while being obviously far too young to retain any sort of memory from the first ‘Elm Street’ sequel, I was able to experience the journey the film had taken from being an object

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