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Italian Film Director Antonio Margheriti aka Anthony Dawson Is Dead at 72

Sadly Father Geek is here to report the death of yet another giant of the the Drive-In Theater Screen... Director Anthony Dawson Died Monday in Rome. Dawson co-directed both "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" and "Andy Warhol's Dracula". Both were long run | »

Horror rules on the picket lines in Hollywood!

Father Geek here with a report of political unrest and social upheaval in the streets of our beloved Hollywood. What could cause this demon-stration' Was it some new outlandish MPA ruling' Had the NRG run amuck' Was it true that BATTLEFIELD EARTH 2 w | »

Sir John Gielgud dies, the last of the British Immortals proves to be mortal after all.

"...for the rain, it raineth every day..." Father Geek here to inform you that Sir John Gielgud, the velvet-throated patrician acting giant whose Hamlet is regarded as the finest live performance of the 20th century, has died at the ripe old age | »

Inspector Kemp fills us in with more on ILM's defunct FRANKENSTEIN feature

Hey folks, Harry here... Since running that clip I've had dozens of ILMers emailing me about the production and what an epic film they would have made it if given the chance. Also there were a lot of myths about the film that were... taken away. Fi | »

Something You Are Going To Want To Take A Look At!!! It's Pretty Damn Cool!! And It's All Of It You'll Ever See!!!

On September 22, 1998 I first ran a report about the footage you are going to see. It was shown at Siggraph that year and... for me... was one of the most exciting film projects that was ushering it's way into existence. At the time, Casey Silver w | »

Well this is a damn shame.... RE: Universal's ILM FRANKENSTEIN film

I've had about a dozen folks from various places (ILM, UNIVERSAL, other effects studios) email me today saying that finally... Universal drove the final nail in FRANKENSTEIN's coffin. Ever since the departure of Casey Silver, this once mighty proj | »

Rothwang on ILM's FRANKENSTEIN, STUART LITTLE and more...

Hey folks... Word has it that the word on FRANKENSTEIN being dead was premature and out right wrong. I apoligize. Apparently a couple of employees at ILM that were let go of in the post-PHANTOM MENACE fray mis-interpretated their reason for leaving | »

UNIVERSAL cancels the ILM FRANKENSTEIN Flick'!'!

Ya know.... Sometimes I just don't get it. You make THE MUMMY... It's well on it's way to being the most successful UNIVERSAL movie in quite some time. It's a Horror/Adventure film, and you guys and gals cancel FRANKENSTEIN at ILM' As a result | »

The Cutsie-Pooing of ILM's FRANKENSTEIN...

Recently some rather dire news has been reported to me from a source involved in the entire calamity that is the fickle hand of UNIVERSAL | »

Universal and ILM's FRANKENSTEIN

Folks, here's the latest on ILM and Universal's FRANKENSTEIN animated flick, which I'm dying to hear as much as can be heard from behind the scenes... Keep listening and watching folks... it could be cool... Hiya Harry. I noted on your list o' up | »

ILM's FRANKENSTIEN project

In Friday's DAILY VARIETY and HOLLYWOOD REPORTER than ran some great articles about this project, and while the title is still up in the air, the wolfman does appear still. SO most of what I ran was dead on. But here's a report from someone that's | »