Joe George

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Joe George

Horror movies use terrifying imagery and disturbing situations to scare the audience. Nothing could be further from comedy, right? In fact, movie makers have been spoofing horror since the invention of the medium, and with good reason. Screams and laughs go together like popcorn and soda pop. A good horror spoof knows how to generate great jokes from the scariest material, sneaking in a few shocks along the way. 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)Image Credit: AMPAS/Universal Pictures.

2 months ago | denofgeek.com | Joe George

Doctor Stephen Strange may have the ability to see 14,000,605 futures, but his actor Benedict Cumberbatch cannot. So let’s cut him a bit of slack for being wrong when he initially said that he would not be reprising his role as Doctor Strange for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

2 months ago | wealthofgeeks.com | Joe George

Cinephiles love to debate their favorite cinematic decades and will find plenty of evidence to back up their claims. But when it comes to the weirdest ten-year run in movies, the 1980s are the uncontested champs. Between the leaps in special effects technology that followed the release of Star Wars and the home video boom that demanded genre films to play on VCRs that everyone now owned, studios rushed a bevy of oddball features into production.

2 months ago | wealthofgeeks.com | Joe George

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange version of a familiar genre. Silent films feature actors bringing characters to life through gestures and actions. They come from directors who compose striking scenes through blocking and set design.

2 months ago | wealthofgeeks.com | Joe George

In 1999, The Blair Witch Project became one of the most surprising and successful horror movies of all time. The film grossed over 240 million dollars off a budget of $750,000 and terrified viewers with its documentary style. Although it took about another decade to take off, found footage movies soon became a dominant horror subgenre, as movie studios wanted a significant return on a small cost and moviegoers wanted the immediacy that the format provides.