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Risky business.
Wed, Oct 28 2009 6:00 AM

Since "Paranormal Activity" stomped all over "Saw VI" at the box office this weekend, it was only a matter of time before someone wrote about how creativity and risk-taking are rewarding, shaking up Hollywood and reminding executives not to write off the audience. So thank you, Patrick Goldstein, for making my job easier. "It's yet... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: The Blair Witch Project, Zeitgeist, Paranormal Activity, Saw, The Unborn, Oren Peli, Area 51

Where in hell could horror film be headed?
Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:23 AM

Horror is in a strange place right now. In a genre currently steeped in remakes, "Paranormal Activity" has become the first original nail-biter to break through to the masses since "Saw," whose sixth installment showed its (and torture porn in general's) age by coming in second to "Activity" (in its third week) at the box office... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: The Blair Witch Project, Eli Roth, Zeitgeist, Paranormal Activity, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, Ti West, Dead and Lonely, The Haunting in Georgia, Mark Borchardt, Screamfest, House of the Devil, Noah Segan, Larry Fessenden, Judah Friedlander, Lauren Moews

How to get horror fans to do your work for you.
Mon, Oct 12 2009 12:37 PM

"Paranormal Activity" -- the low-budget heir apparent to "The Blair Witch Project," allegedly terrifying audiences into fleeing midway in fear, as opposed to the usual disgust -- has won itself a nationwide release this weekend. Paramount's marketing campaign had fanboys clicking on a petition to "demand" the movie be shown in... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Biz, The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, Paramount

Fantastic Fest 2008: "Seventh Moon."
Sun, Sep 21 2008 2:03 PM

There was an episode of "The Maury Povich Show" in which people confessed to serious but laughable phobias -- birds, pickles, balloons -- after which, for scientific purposes, you understand, a PA would come out and confront them with their object of terror. As I watched a housewife be chased around a sound stage, shrieking, by an intern wielding a... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Fantastic Fest 2008, Reviews, Tim Chiou, The Blair Witch Project, Amy Smart, Seventh Moon, Eduardo Sánchez