Tag Archives: Red Dragon

You Can’t See Me! 10 Of The Best Examples Of Blindness In Movie Scenes

Blindness

One way or another, the affliction of blindness can occur to anyone. People can be born blind, lose their sight to a disease, or simply end up with visual impairment due to age. Plenty of horror films have exploited this reality for scares, and we’ve amassed 10 of some of …

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Manhunter (1986) Retro Movie Review

On August 15, 1986, director Michael Mann debuted his heavily stylized adaptation of Thomas Harris’s bestselling novel, Red Dragon, as a movie called Manhunter. The film also featured our first glimpse of one of the most infamous characters in movie history: Hannibal Lector. Manhunter stars William Petersen as FBI agent …

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You’ve Heard Him Somewhere: The Musical Wizardry of Danny Elfman

In addition to his rockin’ band, Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman has been a prominent composer and musician for film and television. While the 1980s had its fair share of decent music (especially the punk and new wave stuff), one of the best things to come out of that era was …

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Top 10 Creepy Film Scores by Danny Elfman

May 29th is Danny Elfman’s 63rd Birthday. Before he was known as a premier composer of film scores, he fronted the genre-mocking rock outfit Oingo Boingo; the band mixed punk, ska, and art-house sounds around a macabre aesthetic that borrowed imagery from Dia de los Muertos. They had a huge …

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