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ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 9
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 9 There is nothing more American than a filmmaker who haphazardly just slaps together a "movie" to provide...

Rob Freese
Dec 9, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 8
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 8 Sequels are just a fact of life. If you happen to be one of the lucky few and you score a major...

Rob Freese
Dec 8, 2022


Martha Mansfield (Martha Ehrlich) July 14, 1899 – November 30, 1923
Martha Mansfield (Martha Ehrlich) July 14, 1899 – November 30, 1923 Generally speaking, we all like tragic tales. There's rock and...

George Seminara
Dec 7, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 7
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 7 A big part of Christmastime growing up was watching all the animated holiday specials that came on. It...

Rob Freese
Dec 7, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 6
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 6 For me, I always love watching as many Christmas horror films I can lay my hands on in the month of...

Rob Freese
Dec 6, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 5
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 5 No matter what decade we visit, Christmas is an enchanted time when anything is possible. Well, maybe...

Rob Freese
Dec 5, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 4
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 4 Nostalgia can be a tricky thing. When we look back at a happier time in our lives, we tend to gloss over...

Rob Freese
Dec 4, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 3
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 3 Today we're going to revisit the cathode ray days when Christmas specials beamed into homes and people...

Rob Freese
Dec 3, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 2
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 2 *Today we're reprinting a piece that first appeared on our friend Sam Panico's bandsaboutmovies.com...

Jim Rex
Dec 2, 2022


ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 1
ICFH 2022 Advent Calendar- Day 1 Don't you like getting presents? Gifts, surprises, they're awesome! It's all good stuff until some joker...

Rob Freese
Dec 1, 2022


Irene Cara, March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022
Irene Cara, March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022 George Seminara Love, the older woman, and the big kiss-off. In the summer of 1974, I was...

George Seminara
Dec 1, 2022


Not of this World: Stepin Fetchit
Not of this World: Stepin' Fetchit George Seminara Let's begin by acknowledging that Stepin' Fetchit is an incredibly controversial and...

George Seminara
Nov 30, 2022


BLACK FRIDAY SALE NOW!!!
ALL REGULAR ICFH BOOKS FROM 2022 NOW 50% OFF THROUGH NOVEMBER 28TH! That's right, every regular edition book we have published this year...

Rob Freese
Nov 25, 2022


Collecting VHS in the Good Old Daze!
Collecting VHS in the Good Old Daze! Jim Rex I'm gonna take you back what seems a couple hundred years to the glorious decade that was...

Jim Rex
Nov 17, 2022


George Shoots a Legend!
Another interesting person I got to point a camera at. John Gielgud, April 14, 1904 – May 21, 2000 It was a beautiful day in London,...

George Seminara
Nov 16, 2022


Moving Pictures Change the World!
Charles Francis Jenkins and one of his projectors Charles Francis Jenkins Minutia from George's Brain George Seminara After Moving to...

George Seminara
Nov 9, 2022


Relearning How to Watch Movies
I recently binge-watched Blockbuster on Netflix. It's a bittersweet look at how changing times dictate how media is viewed. I'm not here...

Rob Freese
Nov 8, 2022


The Origins of Action!
In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase By William Witney And a bunch of other stuff George Seminara Jackie Chan wouldn't...

George Seminara
Nov 2, 2022


Terrifier 2: New Chapter in the History of Slasher Cinema
Does everyone understand how important this moment is? To have Terrifier 2 in theaters at all is an astonishing feat in today’s world,...

Rob Freese
Oct 18, 2022


That Time Halloween III was remade and nobody noticed!
Jim Rex joined the ICFH team in 2021 with his Slasher City Jukebox piece in what was then Part 2. (It was included in the relaunch of...

Jim Rex
Oct 14, 2022