Tag: John Landis

A star-studded, topical overview of the horror genre from Eli Roth, History of Horror is an occasionally rewarding but uneven first season.

On a mission from God, the Blues Brothers see America through music, and exposing the many systemic faults in the process.

Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop III, but this is an entirely different Foley - and hardly entertaining as a result.

Ever Talk to a Corpse? David isn’t really a werewolf. It seems like it – after all, he spends a night in agonizing pain, growing out limbs, fangs, and …

Brad Dourif Firestarter From the horror filmmaker behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist comes a fun little genre exercise in pyrokinetic terror. Director Tobe Hooper’s 1990 movie Spontaneous …

Have a Happy Pouring from Schlock is the type of crud expected of a first time filmmaker, in this case then 21 year-old John Landis. Landis’ Schlock is random, …

An American Classic Set in London John Landis’ signature is all over American Werewolf. His biting humor, that impeccable sense of chaos, irreverent settings, and brilliant irony blend into …

"They took everything, even the stuff we didn't steal."

Spies Like Us gets away with quite a bit, mostly because Landis sets his usual “anything goes” tone...

Director John Landis may have taken a slow dive in terms of his movie quality recently, but almost everything he helmed in the 1980s was golden. Starting with The …

There’s not much like a John Landis late ’70s or ’80s comedy. Animal House, Blues Brothers, Coming to America, and of course Trading Places all fall into that category. …

The Movie: What needs to be said about the quintessential drunken frat party comedy other than “Toga?” Coming in at #36 on the AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Laughs comedy …