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The Film: Back in 1960, beloved campy director Roger Corman released a little horror comedy called "The Little Shop of Horrors" that didn't make too much of a splash at the time, though it did eventually turn a little profit, and even became a rather well-liked cult classic. One thing's for sure though, it certainly didn't seem like the kind of material that anyone could base a musical off of... except that's exactly what writer Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken did in 1

The Film: Just three years ago, the "Evil Dead" film franchise finally felt like it was getting back on track with Lee Cronin's "Evil Dead Rise." It wasn't without issues, but it was a major improvement over the dreadful 2013 remake that had completely missed the point, merely attempting to see how much blood they could get on the screen instead of trying to tell a compelling story. With Cronin making the unfortunate decision to go off and direct his disappointing "Mummy" fil

The Film: When Anne Rice published her debut novel "Interview with the Vampire" in 1976, it seems doubtful that anyone could have predicted it eventually becoming such a massive commercial success, let alone that it would be just the start of a series of novels that would go on to include a multitude of sequels such as "The Vampire Lestat" and "The Queen of the Damned." Despite a mixed reception from critics, the paperback edition would eventually garner about $1 million in s

The Film: When Edward Everett Tanner III's 1955 novel "Auntie Mame" was adapted for the stage by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee in 1956 it became a major critical and commercial success, so much so that it was hardly a surprise that a film adaptation followed quite swiftly, arriving in theaters just two years later. Not only was it also a massive success both critically and commercially, but it was also the highest-grossing film of 1958, going on to receive six Oscar no

The Film: Just last year, James Gunn & Peter Safran kicked off their new DC Comics Universe with a new take on "Superman" (written & directed by Gunn himself), which definitely had a little room for improvement, but was received well overall, on top of being a modest box office success. For the DCU's second outing, they opted to go with a "Supergirl" solo film, an endeavor that hadn't been done since the 1984 iteration starring Helen Slater. Sadly, the reaction was quite the

The Show: "Buddy sitcoms" have been a staple of television for quite some time. With classics examples like "The Odd Couple," "Mork & Mindy," "Bosom Buddies," and "Laverne & Shirley," their oddball pairings were often fantastic conduits that led to a number of amusing misadventures. Of course, no such list would be complete without one of the most beloved & long-lasting entries, "Perfect Strangers," which ran for a total of eight seasons from 1986-1993 on ABC. It too took an

The Film: When Jacques Tourneur's "Out of the Past" was first released in 1947, it received respectable reviews and even turned a fine profit for RKO Pictures, though it was also dismissed by many as being just another standard detective melodrama, one that was overly-violent and had a confusing, convoluted plot. However, decades later, the film was reappraised as the film noir genre became more established, leading to it being declared one of the very best examples of its ty

The Film: The great Sir Christopher Lee became quite well-known for a number of roles he played throughout his prolific career, including Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings," Fu Manchu in five different films, and Lord Summerisle in the horror classic "The Wicker Man," though, of course, there are those who will forever remember him as one of the very best to take on the role of Count Dracula, a part he played a grand total of ten times over the course of 18 years, seven of wh

The Film: Back in 1998, an odd little romantic fantasy called "Practical Magic" was released. Based on the popular 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman, it boasted a star-studded cast, but for one reason or another, it failed to connect with critics, who heavily panned it, and audiences, who didn't exactly turn up in droves to see it, which lead to box office disappointment. However, like many films that aren't appreciated upon first release, it found new life on home video, growing i

The Film: Director Tim Burton, a filmmaker who has become quite synonymous with dark & macabre tales, has delivered a number of classics over the decades, including "Batman," "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," "Sleepy Hollow," and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." However, despite his reputation for making somewhat dark movies, he has also given us a few lighter projects along the way like "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," "Ed Wood," and "Big Eyes." An entry in th