Did someone order a Royale with Cheese? Quentin Tarantino’s classic crime film Pulp Fiction is approaching its 30th anniversary fast, and Paramount aims to celebrate in style! Pulp Fiction is returning to the silver screen in October for special presentations featuring pristine new 35mm prints in select theatres across the U.S. In addition, the film will be released on 4K Ultra HD in a 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition on December 3, 2024, from Paramount Home Entertainment.
“30 years later, the acclaimed and award-winning film continues to thrill new generations of fans with its infinitely quotable dialogue, superb cast, ingenious plot, and chart-topping soundtrack,” reads Paramount’s official press release for the upcoming Pulp Fiction event.
The star-studded cast of Pulp Fiction includes John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, and Bruce Willis. Each actor brings something unique to Pulp Fiction, a film known for its whip-smart dialogue, endless quotability, cutting sense of humor, selective gore, social commentary, overwhelming intensity, satisfying needle drops, and an iconic dance sequence that fans love to recreate.
You’ll find a list of participating theaters for Pulp Fiction‘s 30th Anniversary screenings:
Vista (Los Angeles) 10/4 – 10/10
Music Box (IL) 10/6, 10/8, 10/10
Artcraft (IN) 10/6, 10/9
Coolidge (MA) 10/6, 10/9
Alamo South Lamar (TX) 10/1, 10/2
Trylon (MN) 10/3, 10/5, 10/6
Metrograph (NY) 10/4, 10/5, 10/6
Hollywood (OR) 10/10
Plaza (GA) 10/6, 10/7, 10/10
In addition to theatrical screenings, Pulp Fiction will be presented on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray in a new Limited-Edition set that also includes extensive legacy bonus content and access to a Digital copy of the film in a collectible premium slipcase, a new slipcover with pop-up artwork, lobby card reproductions, photography select sheet, and decals. Bonus content is detailed below:
4K Ultra HD
Not the Usual Mindless Boring Getting to Know You Chit Chat
Here are Some Facts on the Fiction
Enhanced Trivia Track
Blu-ray
Not the Usual Mindless Boring Getting to Know You Chit Chat
Here Are Some Facts on the Fiction
Pulp Fiction: The Facts – Documentary
Deleted Scenes
Behind the Scenes Montages
Production Design Featurette
Siskel & Ebert “At the Movies”- The Tarantino Generation
Independent Spirit Awards
Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Acceptance Speech
Charlie Rose Show
Marketing Gallery
o Theatrical Trailers
o TV Spots
o Pulp Fiction Posters
o Academy Award Campaign and Trade Ads
Still Galleries
Enhanced Trivia Track
Soundtrack Chapters
Can you believe it’s been 30 years since Tarantino unleashed Pulp Fiction upon the world? Will you attempt to check out one of the film’s anniversary screenings? Let us know in the comments section below.
Dead Rising is back! The remaster of the original game is out across Xbox, PS5 and PC, letting us once more attempt to live out three days in the company of an awful lot of zombies. But surviving 72 hours in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s Willamette Parkview Mall is not an easy task—it’ll force you to properly manage…
Dead Rising is back! The remaster of the original game is out across Xbox, PS5 and PC, letting us once more attempt to live out three days in the company of an awful lot of zombies. But surviving 72 hours in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s Willamette Parkview Mall is not an easy task—it’ll force you to properly manage…
Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, the Invisible Man – Universal has brought them all back to the screen in the decades since their glory days in the 1930s and ’40s. But one classic Universal monster who hasn’t had a new movie since the 1950s is the Creature from the Black Lagoon, a.k.a. the Gill Man. The closest we’ve gotten is the unofficial version of the creature that was seen in the 1987 classic The Monster Squad… but last month, it was reported that genre regular James Wan (Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, etc.) and his production company Atomic Monster are developing “a grounded modernized retelling” of Creature from the Black Lagoon that will lean into “visceral horror while paying respect to the original classic.” Now, Deadline has learned that this Creature from the Black Lagoon reboot will be written by Sean Tretta.
Wan is expected to direct the film and will be producing, with Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott serving as executive producers. EVP of Production Development Jay Polidoro will be overseeing the project for Universal.
Tretta will be writing the screenplay, working from a treatment that Wan crafted with Rafael Jordan and Bryan Coyne. Tretta was a co-executive producer on the TV series Mayans M.C. and his previous writing credits include The Great American Snuff Film, Death of a Ghost Hunter, The Death Factory: Bloodletting, The Prometheus Project, and The Greatest American Snuff Film, as well as episodes of Hunters, 12 Monkeys, Star Trek: Picard, and, of course, Mayans M.C. On a sidenote, Tretta also happens to be married to genre icon Tiffany Shepis.
Directed by Jack Arnold from a screenplay crafted by Harry Essex, Arthur Ross, and Maurice Zimm, Creature from the Black Lagoon has the following synopsis: Remnants of a mysterious animal have come to light in a remote jungle, and a group of scientists intends to determine if the find is an anomaly or evidence of an undiscovered beast. To accomplish their goal, the scientists must brave the most perilous pieces of land South America has to offer. But the terrain is nothing compared to the danger posed by an otherworldly being that endangers their work and their lives.
The original film was released in 1954 and was followed by Revenge of the Creature in 1955 and The Creature Walks Among Us in 1956. The fact that the Gill Man hasn’t starred in a new film in nearly 70 years isn’t due to a lack of interest in the character. Remakes of Creature from the Black Lagoon have been in and out of development hell for over 40 years at this point, passing through the hands of writers and directors like Jack Arnold, Nigel Kneale, John Carpenter, Bill Phillips, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Ivan Reitman, Gary Ross (son of Arthur Ross), Guillermo del Toro, Tedi Sarafian, Breck Eisner, Carl Erik Rinsch, Dave Kajganich, Jeff Pinkner, and Will Beall. In one version, the creature was going to be the result of a pharmaceutical corporation polluting the Amazon. Another version was going to end with a rocket launcher battle and the creature catching a ride on a helicopter with Dr. Henry Jekyll. There’s no word on what Wan’s approach to the creature will be.
Are you glad to hear that James Wan’s Creature from the Black Lagoon reboot has found its writer? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.
Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s modern epic starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel and more, released just a few days ago and it’s already being dubbed a “box office bomb” and sparking a ton of internet conversations about Hollywood, risky movies, and more.
Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s modern epic starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel and more, released just a few days ago and it’s already being dubbed a “box office bomb” and sparking a ton of internet conversations about Hollywood, risky movies, and more.
The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has been dormant for over a decade now, and despite the fact that people like Mike Flanagan and Elijah Wood are interested in making Elm Street movies, there are no new films on the horizon. Freddy Krueger’s extended vacation is going to continue a while longer. At least we have several films to revisit – and as part our of Halloween celebrations here at JoBlo and Arrow in the Head, we decided to put together a list ranking those films from worst to best. So keep scrolling down to see our take on Nightmare on Elm Street Movies Ranked.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010)
The production company Platinum Dunes went on a reboot and remake spree for a while, and some worthwhile movies came out of that. Their version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre holds up. I like that movie’s prequel. I love the Friday the 13th movie they made in 2009. But they really dropped the ball with their A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Jackie Earle Haley was a promising replacement for Robert Englund, but the Freddy Krueger scenes don’t come off well, and somehow no one realized that tossing Freddy’s traditional look aside for a more realistic burn victim makeup was the worst idea ever. The original story has been reworked into a dull mess that puts too much focus on this Freddy’s perverted past. There are some interesting elements (like the microsleeps) that could have worked in a good Elm Street movie… but director Samuel Bayer and collaborators did not deliver a good Elm Street movie. This is a CGI-enhanced dumpster fire.
FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991)
New Line Cinema had an interesting-sounding script for a sixth Nightmare that was written by Peter Jackson. Imagine how much cachet that sequel would have gained over the years if they had made it… Instead, they went with a script by in-house producers Michael De Luca and Rachel Talalay, and Talalay brought their idea – which was supposed to be the destruction of Freddy Krueger and the end of the franchise (as you can tell by the title) – to the screen as a goofball live-action cartoon. Freddy is in full-on clown mode in this movie, which takes the viewer on a 3-D journey of his history and reveals that he was once a family man with a daughter: Lisa Zane as new heroine Maggie. Having decimated Springwood, Freddy for some reason needs to infiltrate his daughter’s mind so he can get out of town and start terrorizing the rest of the world. Maggie doesn’t go along with his plan. The story is odd, the execution is odder, and the humor is way over-the-top.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM CHILD (1989)
Lisa Wilcox is back as The Dream Master final girl Alice Johnson and director Stephen Hopkins brings some impressive visuals to the screen, but that doesn’t stop A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child from being a bummer to sit through. Coming down from the fun of the previous two movies, we get a filthy, dreary movie about a teen’s unexpected pregnancy and Freddy merging with the fetus. It’s no wonder this one made less than half what its predecessor made at the box office. Alice remains a great heroine and there are some memorable dream sequences, but the story and structure just don’t work very well. Some things make no sense. How can the world believe someone committed suicide by hanging when no body was found? How can a teen in Springwood still think all this talk of a dream stalker is ridiculous? Like most of these sequels, The Dream Child was made in a mad rush – and this time it really shows.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (1985)
Sometimes a franchise experiences growing pains, and that’s how we got A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge. A film that went into production without Robert Englund, because the producers didn’t realize how important he was for the effectiveness of Freddy Krueger (thankfully, they realized before filming was over). A film that steps away from the brilliant “death in dreams” idea to tell a more familiar story of haunted house and possession – though it’s still packed with nightmares. Mark Patton does a fine job playing Jesse Walsh (now a shoe), a teen who finds himself being taken over by the spirit of Freddy after moving into the house where he was “defeated”. Director Jack Sholder brought the questionable story to the screen in the best way possible and there are some great sequences, with Clu Gulager providing some amusing moments as Jesse’s dad. It’s not quite right for Elm Street, they just didn’t know that at the time.
FREDDY VS. JASON (2003)
Freddy has been in Hell since the events of Freddy’s Dead. The town of Springwood has banned any mention of his name and a supply of the dream-eliminating drug Hypnocil from Dream Warriors is kept on hand at all times. The dream stalker really has been defeated… but he has found a loophole, thanks to the events of Jason Goes to Hell. Freddy sends his fellow Hellion, hockey masked slasher Jason Voorhees, to Springwood to stir up some fear – then when Jason starts killing too many of the local teens, it’s time for the battle of the title. After a decade of development hell, Freddy vs. Jason went into production with the best script that had ever been written for the concept. That script got weakened by over-expository revisions and director Ronny Yu brought many moments to the screen in a really cheesy way, but the film does have great-looking cinematography and the fights between Freddy and Friday the 13th icon Jason were worth the long wait.
WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE (1994)
New Line Cinema killed Freddy off, then quickly decided they wanted to bring him back. So they turned to franchise creator Wes Craven for an idea – and rather than resurrect Freddy after Freddy’s Dead, Craven went meta. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare is set in a reality like ours where the Elm Street movies were just movies… but according to this story, those films had captured an ancient evil entity. Now that the movies are over, this entity starts tormenting the people who were involved with the films. FX guys, Craven himself, Robert Englund, and of course original heroine Heather Langenkamp. It also starts messing with Heather’s young son Dylan (who doesn’t exist in our reality). Having battled Freddy on screen twice, Heather now has to take on a demon that has taken the form of Freddy. More or less. It’s another clever idea from Craven and he turned it into a great film that feels epic and prestigious. There are just a few “regular Freddy” movies I enjoy more.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (1988)
Dreams Warriors may be a better film, but Renny Harlin’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is actually my favorite of the sequels to watch because I find it to be the most purely entertaining of the bunch. Sure, the script was tossed together by multiple writers and the movie was made in such a rush that it was filming with FX units before a main unit director had even been hired… but the resulting film is a blast to watch. The ‘80s MTV style is at its peak, it’s packed with cool dream sequences, and we get to see a lot of Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger at his most powerful and maniacal. (The ending of Dream Warriors really didn’t do much to slow him down.) While Freddy wipes out the previous film’s survivors and a new batch of victims, we’re introduced to a great new heroine in Lisa Wilcox’s Alice Johnson, who absorbs elements of her dead friends while Freddy absorbs their souls. As the story plays out, she goes from mousy to badass.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987)
Part 2 shied away from the “death in dreams” concept, but writer/director Chuck Russell and co-writer Frank Darabont (working from a story by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner) leaned into it for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, and did their best to use the higher budget ($4 million vs. the first movie’s $1 million) to pull the idea up to its highest potential. Heather Langenkamp’s Nancy Thompson returns, now a therapist working with a group of teens who are being tormented by Freddy and have been institutionalized by disbelieving parents. Freddy is stronger than before, thanks to a newly revealed ability to absorb the souls of his victims, and uses people’s worst fears against them in spectacular dream sequences. The victims find their own dream abilities, not all of which are useful. There’s also new back story about Freddy’s conception, which may not have been necessary, but is twisted. This is the best sequel Craven’s film ever could have asked for.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street truly has one of the most brilliant concepts a horror film has ever had: a supernatural slasher goes after teens in their dreams, and if he kills them in their dreams, they die in the real world as well. It’s the execution of that idea that makes the original Elm Street one of the all-time best horror films. Craven brought it to the screen with great visual style and was able to build an intensely creepy atmosphere. Heather Langenkamp is awesome as heroine Nancy Thompson, who has to figure out exactly who this dream stalker is and why he’s after her and her friends while she’s also being put through the wringer emotionally. Character actor Robert Englund instantly became a genre icon with his performance as the scarred and clawed Freddy Krueger. Craven drew on multiple sources of inspiration – his childhood, news reports, mythology, history – and was able to craft a masterpiece of fear.
Anyone shopping for a home knows how brutal the real estate market can be. You want the right neighborhood, school district, tax situation, and other factors to avoid purchasing a lemon of a home. So, when you find what you feel is the perfect house, you’ll fight tooth and nail to get it. However, what happens when competing couples want the same thing? Things could get ugly quickly and often do. In Netflix‘s No Good Deed teaser trailer, everyone falls in love with the same house and will do whatever they can to get it.
Here’s the official synopsis for No Good Deed courtesy of Netflix:
“When Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano) decide to move on from their empty nest to forge a new life, they list their gorgeous 1920s Spanish-style villa located in one the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles — and the real estate frenzy begins. Multiple families all race to buy what they believe to be their dream house, convinced it will fix all of their very different problems. But as Lydia and Paul know all too well, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a true nightmare. As they struggle to hide the dark and dangerous secrets that linger inside their longtime home, Paul and Lydia begin to realize that the only way they’ll escape the past is to finally face it.”
Netflix’s No Good Deed teaser previews the comedic madness stretched across eight thirty-minute episodes. Silver Tree directed and executive produced No Good Deed, featuring an all-star cast, including Linda Cardellini, O-T Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Lisa Kudrow, Denis Leary, Poppy Liu, Teyonah Parris, Ray Romano, and Luke Wilson. Guest stars include Matt Rogers, Kate Moennig, Chloe East, Rory Scovel, Wyatt Aubrey, Kevin Alves, and Linda Lavin, with Anna Maria Horsford. Silver Tree directs episodes 101-103 and 106-108, while Liz Feldman (Dead to Me) directs 104-105.
Netflix’s No Good Deed teaser depicts couples in the heat of battle as they strive to purchase Lydia and Paul’s house. Unbeknownst to them, the house holds dark secrets, and the bad vibes could infect the competing couples as they lie, cheat, and get physical to obtain what they believe is their dream home.
What do you think about Netflix’s No Good Deed teaser? Do you have any real estate nightmare stories? Feel free to share your opinion about the show and happy home-purchasing horror stories in the comments below.
Open house for No Good Deed begins on Netflix on December 12, 2024.
