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Zombie movies in the 1990s showcased a mix of comedy horrors and gory releases, diversifying the genre scene. Acclaimed directors like Wilson Yip, Clive Barker, and Peter Jackson created standout zombie movies of the decade. Despite being a decline for the genre, some 1990s zombie movies like Cemetery Man still hold up well.

The 1990s were a strange time for zombie movies, which didnt have as many classics as other decades, although there were still great releases during this time. While George A. Romeros Night of the Living Dead signaled the birth of the modern zombie movie in the 1960s, and the 1970s and 1980s have countless iconic releases, the last decade before the millennium amounted to somewhat of a slump for the genre and may have been impacted by viewer fatigue from years gone by. However, despite this decline, some movies stood out amongst the rest and still hold up today.

English actress Miriam Margolyes is a veteran of many projects and has always been hilariously eccentric and inappropriate for someone who looks like a sweet grandmother. She also minces no words when it comes to working with actors who were acting rude, even to the faces of those who had close relationships with the said subjects. She’s openly criticized her encounter with the creator of the hit sitcom Friends to Matthew Perry’s face, as well as not enjoying Winona Ryder’s attitude when working with her on The Age of Innocence, although she maintains that Martin Scorsese was as sweet as can be.

The Harry Potter actress had released her memoir in which she bestows her inside experiences on the many TV and film productions she’s worked on. One of the stories she reveals was Steve Martin being a little too into his dentist role in 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors.

Miriam Margolyes writes in her new memoir, “Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life,” that Steve Martin was “horrid” to her on the set of Frank Oz’s 1986 “Little Shop of Horrors” movie musical (via HuffPo UK). Martin played the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello, while Margolyes, best known these days for playing Professor Sprout in the “Harry Potter” film series, starred as his character’s assistant. They shared a musical number, “Dentist!,” in which his character slams a door in her face. Apparently he did so for real.

“During my only musical number (‘Dentist!’) I was hit all day by doors opening in my face; repeatedly punched, slapped, and knocked down by an unlovely and unapologetic Steve Martin,” Margolyes writes. “Perhaps he was method acting – and came home grumpy with a splitting headache.”

While Margolyes calls Martin “undeniably brilliant,” she adds, “but horrid to me….Let it not be said...

"Who am I here?" Before he was John Locke, Terry O'Quinn was Jerry Blake in The Stepfather, one of several horror movies that will be featured in Shout! Factory TV's "Summer of Fear" streaming lineup:

Press Release: Los Angeles – Shout! Factory TV serves up serious chills this summer with all kinds of horror gems in the Summer of Fear collection. Cult hit titles Chopping Mall, Doppelganger, Ed and His Dead Mother, The Monster Club, The Stepfather and The Terror Within will premiere on the service July 1.

The Summer of Fear presents a terrifyingly talented cast of actors, including Vincent Price in The Monster Club, Drew Barrymore in Doppelganger, Steve Buscemi in Ed And His Dead Mother, Terry O’Quinn in The Stepfather, and, well, what Chopping Mall might lack in star-power it makes up for in adorable killer robots.

Chopping Mall Synopsis

Eight teenagers are trapped after hours in a...

With the release of Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies, I decided to compile a list of my favourite films that take a non-traditional approach to the living-dead canon. More specifically, they all blend romance and the undead. I can’t guarantee any of these films will make you believe in the power of love, nor that they will sidestep the idea of necrophilia, but each is charming in their own unique and twisted ways.

Note: It took me longer to decide what I should or shouldn’t include on the list, than to actually write the bloody thing. So in the end, I figured I should narrow down my choices to zombie movies about falling in love. Thus I am not including Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive, nor Ed and His Dead Mother, since those films both deal with a boy’s love for his undead parent. I am also...

Captain America (1990)

Directed by Albert Pyun

Written by Stephen Tolkin, based on a story by Stephen Tolkin and Lawrence Block, based on characters created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

USA, 1990

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Dismissed by comic-book fans (those who know of it at all) as the Captain America with the Italian Red Skull, this was a film that I had publicly mused about going to see when I took a look at the Fantasia line-up.

To my surprise, I got the following comment on July 13th from Albert Pyun, director of Captain America, not to mention The Sword and the Sorcerer and Cyborg, “Hey Michael – hope to see you at my screening of Captain America and Tales of an Ancient Empire. Think you will enjoy both. They are sort of throwbacks to the 1980′s cinema and I think a lot of fun and laughs… And I really want to read...

First off, the best news, as I predicted (in private) Duncan Jones' Moon will be premiering, yay! The comedy Adventureland starring the talented Bill Hader is playing. The sweet kid soldier film Johnny Mad Dog is playing in the spectrum section, and the Jesco White story White Lightnin' which we reported on earlier is in the Park City at Midnight section.

But where the hell is Stingray Sam?

Full list after the break.

Premieres

* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.

* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.

* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...