Movies
Going Insane for THE MAD MAGICIAN
In 1953 Warner Brothers released their 3D film House of Wax starring the gift the movie gods gave to us all, Vincent Price. 3D was the first of many grabs by Hollywood to ward off the […]
Vincent Price
Opinion
Scream and Scream Again (1970) with Laughter
By Wade Sheeler American International Pictures (aka AIP) was the company most famous for churning out ultra-low budget double features geared to the drive-in set and teen scene, focusing on science fiction, horror, exploitation and […]
Reviews
What’s On: Your Streaming Picks for March!
Each month, The Retro Set Staff will select a small handful of films available to stream on a variety of services, including: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Warner Archive, and more. These are films we believe should […]
Books
My Kind of Movie: Baroque Noir and His Kind of Woman (1951)
In his book Hollywood Genres, film scholar Thomas Schatz mobilizes an evolutionary model to describe film genres. For simplicity sake, Schatz posits that a genre essentially moves from classical to baroque in its style and conventions […]
Movies
Informing the Present: House on Haunted Hill
This post is part of the our weekly horror film column, The Retro Set Horror Corner. The success of James Wan’s The Conjuring has signaled a shift in horror. Popular horror films are departing from the […]