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Werewolf shows are a part of the ever-popular fantasy genre of TV shows, and over the years, there have been plenty of series focused on the violence, humor, action, and romance that comes with a lupine transformation once a month on the full moon. Fantasy TV shows have always been wildly popular and while vampire TV shows have generally been the clubhouse leader in terms of fandom and success, werewolves deserve a shoutout too. They may not be as sexy as vampires, smart as witches, or titillating as ghosts, but werewolves have plenty to offer.

Werewolf shows are not simple endeavors. Typically, in lore, people turn into werewolves once a month, and typically they lose all control of their faculties, not exactly caveats that make for easy, character-driven storytelling. The werewolf in the Universal Monsters movies is not a hero after all. So a good TV show based around werewolves...

Paranoia strikes deep! Alan J. Pakula made The Watergate-era conspiracy creepshow in this sinister extrapolation of political trends. Warren Beatty’s investigative reporter thinks he has an inside track to expose and destroy what looks like a shadow assassination bureau. If the technology of 1974 could be made this efficient, our own Brave New World of ‘truth control’ seems even scarier. Pakula and cameraman Gordon Willis found a Panavision style that fully expresses the faceless corporate menace; the ‘Parallax Recruitment Montage’ is still the most terrifying piece of psych-out Agit-prop ever assembled.

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1974 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 102 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 9, 2021 / 39.95

Starring: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Jo Ann Harris, Walter McGinn, Jim Davis, Stacy Keach Sr., Ford Rainey, Richard Bull, Kenneth Mars, Bill McKinney, Craig R. Baxley, Anthony Zerbe.

Cinematography: Gordon Willis

Film Editor: John W. Wheeler...

Shelf sitters aren’t always bad news in my eyes; take for instance Superstition (1982). This Canadian curiosity was filmed in ’81, released abroad in ’82, and finally washed ashore in North America in early ’85; it is by turns goofy, gory, dumb, and creative in its kills, and is a great addition to a sub-genre I’m just going to call Italiadjacent, where films from this side of the pond look to that side for aesthetical inspiration and end up with nonsensical storylines. And while Superstition tries to keep it together, it can’t help but let loose and summon up its inner Argento from time to time.

Also known as The Witch, Superstition was part of the U.K.’s notorious early ‘80s Video Nasties scene, but landed on the non-prosecutable Section 3 list, which I guess were films still really bad for you, but not “go to jail” bad for renting or selling them.

"Never throw down with Mema when peaches are involved." — Mema

Our hit reality series Hollywood Hillbillies follows internet sensation Michael "The Angry Ginger" Kittrell, his Mema and other kin as they attempt to navigate the shark-infested waters of Los Angeles, their down-home Georgia sensibilities constantly at odds with Hollyweird culture. Kittrell may be the most rural Georgian to make the long trek to Tinsel Town in pursuit of fame, but he's certainly not the first; many of the hottest actors and actresses of yesterday and today hail from the Peach State, from the Pretty Woman to the Terminator (1000, that is). We've put together a list of the most famous actors and actresses from Georgia and now it's up to you to rate your favorites.

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The Skylight Theatre Company is honoring multi-award winning playwright Terrence McNally in a four day star-studded event. Celebrity guests will include Lisa Kudrow Web Therapy, Friends, Leslie Odom Jr. Smash, Broadway Leap of Faith, Mary McDonnell Major Crimes, Jason Alexander Seinfeld, Sharon Lawrence Rizzoli amp Isles, Richard Kind Broadway Big Knife, Ed Asner Lou Grant, Jeff Perry Scandel, Shoshana Bean Broadway Wicked, Tim Cummings Rogue Machine, New Electric Ballroom Ladcc and La Weekly Awards, Tyne Daly Broadway Master Class, Mary McCormack In Plain Sight Welcome To The Family, Barrett Foa NCIS Los Angeles, Jorge GarciaLost, John Benjamin Hickey The Big C, Michael Arden Broadway Big River Off Bway Swimming In The Shallows, Christopher Hanke Broadway Rent In My Life, Stacy Keach FrostNixon, Doris Roberts Everybody Loves Raymond, Steven Weber Studio 60, Cheyenne Jackson 30 Rock, Josh Radnor How I Met Your Mother, Peter Jason Arrested Development, James Wolk Mad Men, and many more.

1981 - 75 mins. - Rated PG D: Howard R. CohenC: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Darden, Rosemary DeCamp, Stacy Keach Sr.

After inheriting a mansion from their late uncle, a family comes upon a book that unleashes all kinds of monsters that seek out the book in order to bring a curse full circle on Saturday the 14th. 

Misleadingly titled horror spoof doesn't lampoon slashers like the title would leave one to believe. Instead, it's a comedy poking fun of the horror films of yesteryear as it affectionately makes fun of all those creaky haunted house and monster movies of the 40's - 60's. The humor is pretty obvious. The acting is as cheesy as it gets. And the film's low budget origins are all too evident. Still, this little film has something to it that makes it enduring all these years later. It isn't the best film ever...