Posted by Justin Edwards on September 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I flaked out of finishing Season 1 of BATES MOTEL (I’ll be fixing that soon thanks to the just released Blu-ray!), but what little I saw I extremely liked. Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore are perfectly cast as the iconic mother and son. Farmiga’s Norma finely straddles the line of seductive & deranged, and seeing […]
Category Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, People · Tags A&E, Bates Motel, Freddie Highmore, horror, Norma Bates, Norman Bates, Psycho, Season 2, TV, Universal, Vera Farmiga
Posted by Justin Edwards on August 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Norma & Norman Bates’ murderous exploits are coming home September 17th when BATES MOTEL hits DVD & Blu-ray! Icons editor-in-chief Jerry & I had started doing our TAG TEAM TV REVIEW for this first two episodes of the season (read those here & here), but we stopped and now we’re kicking ourselves because we’ve heard […]
Category Direct to DVD Releases, DVD News, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, People, Uncategorized · Tags A&E, Alfred Hitchcock, Bates Motel, Blu-Ray, DVD, Mother, Norman Bates, Psycho, Season 1, TV, Universal, Vera Farminga
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on December 29, 2012 · 12 Comments
You just read our TOP PICKS OF 2012 right HERE and HERE. But that doesn’t mean we can’t start getting excited for the new stuff arriving in 2013! And there’s quite a bevy of intriguing and diverse genre material on its way. Some of it original, some are sequels, and a good chunk are remakes, […]
Category Fandom, ICONS REVIEWS, Indie Horror News, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, People, Theatrical Releases · Tags A Horrible Way To Die, AJ Bowen, American Mary, Barbara Crampton, Bates Motel, Bill Lustig, Blumhouse Productions, Bruce Campbell, Bubba Ho-Tep, Cabin In The Woods, Carrie, Carrie remake, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dark Skies, Don Coscarelli, Eli Roth, Elijah Wood, Emma Watson, Fede Alvarez, Guillermo Del Toro, Horror 2013, Icons Of Fright, Insidious, James Wan, John Dies At The End, Julianne Moore, Katherine Isabelle, Keri Russell, Kimberly Pierce, Lords of Salem, Maniac, Maniac remake, Norman Bates, Nurse 3d, Pacific Rim, Phantasm, Psycho, Rob Zombie, Sam Raimi, Soska Sisters, Stephen King, Texas Chainsaw 3d, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The ABC's of Death, The Conjuring, The Evil Dead, The Sacrament, This Is The End, Ti West, Warm Bodies, World War Z, You're Next
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on November 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A&E’s new series THE BATES MOTEL, a modern retelling of the prequel story that lead up to the events in PSYCHO is currently well underway in production for the 10 episode first season. And now, we finally have our first look at the new young Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his infamous “mother” Norma Bates […]
Category Fandom, Major Studio News, NEWS, People · Tags Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Anthony Perkins, Freddie Highmore, Henry Thomas, Icons Of Fright, Mother, Norma Bates, Norman Bates, Olivia Hussey, Psycho, The Psycho Legacy, Vera Farmiga
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on November 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
With the release of HITCHCOCK quickly creeping up (like Mother to a running shower?), Fox Searchlight is unloading all the goodies to get you excited for this release! Below you’ll find an international trailer, which is our best look yet at the movie. (Perkins finally gets a little love in this one!) There’s also a […]
Category Fandom, Indie Horror News, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, People · Tags Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Perkins, Danny Huston, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Icons Of Fright, James D'Arcy, Jessica Biel, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Wincott, Mother, Norman Bates, Psycho, Richard Portnow, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Rebello, Toni Collette
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on October 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Happy (almost) Halloween, faithful fright fiends! My friend Christel had contacted me several weeks ago asking for suggestions of horror movie music that could possibly be used for a skit that one of the performers of her An October Evening event was planning to do. The request was for something a little unconventional rather than […]
Category Fandom, NEWS, Retrospectives · Tags A Nightmare On Elm Street, An October Evening, Anthony Perkins, Bernard Herrmann, Blood SImple, Books Of Blood, Candyman, Carter Burwell, Christel Edwards, Christopher Young, Creepshow, Danny Elfman, Day Of The Dead, Douglas Pipes, Drag Me To Hell, Evil Dead, Evil Dead trilogy, Freddy's Nightmares, George Romero, Horror Movie Themes, Horror Music Themes, Icons Of Fright, Jay Chattaway, Jerry Goldsmith, John Carpenter's Halloween, John Harrison, Maniac, Norman Bates, Phillip Glass, Poltergeist, Psycho, PSYCHO III, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 2, Tales From The Crypt, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie, The Fog, Trick 'R Treat, William Lustig
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on October 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
It’s been a long time in the making, but November 23rd sees the release of the Alfred Hitchcock bio-pic simply titled HITCHCOCK based upon Stephen Rebello’s terrific book Alfred Hitchcock & The Making Of PSYCHO. Boasting an all star cast topped by Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, along with Helen Mirran, Scarlett Johansson, Jessical Biel, James […]
Category Fandom, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, People, Theatrical Releases · Tags Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho, Alma Reville, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Perkins, Danny Huston, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Icons Of Fright, James D'Arcy, Jessica Biel, Michael Wincott, Norman Bates, Psycho, Sacha Gervasi, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Rebello, The Psycho Legacy, Toni Collette
Posted by Rob Galluzzo on September 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
We were eagerly expecting a release date for HITCHCOCK to be early next year, but in a surprise move, Fox Searchlight has bumped up the theatrical release to November 23rd and unveiled the first theatrical teaser poster! The bio-pic chronicles the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville in the time period where […]
Category BEYOND FRIGHT, Fandom, Indie Horror News, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, People, Theatrical Releases · Tags Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Perkins, Anvil: The Store Of Anvil, Danny Huston, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Hitchcock 2012, Icons Of Fright, James D'Arcy, Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel, Joseph Stefano, Mother, Norman Bates, Peggy Robertson, Psycho, Ralph Machio, Sacha Gervasi, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Rebello, Toni Collette, Vera Miles, Whitfield Cook
