Surviving Cinema
Eric Stanze is an award-winning director, writer, editor, producer, and 2nd unit director who primarily works on independent feature films. Stanze began interning on local commercials and music videos at the age of 16, and he entered the industry professionally when he was 18. More info, trailers, and news at ericstanze.com.
06/06/2013 - 2:00pm
An 1896 French film titled L'Eve Futur (aka The Eve Of The Future) was the first movie to feature a robot. It took more than a decade for America to follow up with its first film to contain MORE
06/04/2013 - 12:00pm
I’m nearing the finish line on the first draft of a top-secret horror screenplay. I’ve been making motion pictures for twenty years… twenty five years, if you count the early/ MORE
05/27/2013 - 7:00pm
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (1985) will screen via 35mm print Friday, June 7th, and Saturday, June 8th at the Hi-Pointe Theatre in Saint Louis, Missouri. The screening is presented by Destroy The MORE
05/22/2013 - 4:00pm
Since the release of my last film, Ratline, a nearly constant flurry of activity has taken place as I work to launch a follow-up. Most of this bustle has resulted in dead ends. This is the way MORE
05/08/2013 - 7:00pm
All the hub-bub about next month’s release of Man Of Steel turns my mind to reflect upon the history of Superman (and his mostly-disappointing big screen undertakings). While the character is MORE
04/24/2013 - 2:00pm
Join me for another plunge into the menacing darkness of underground fringe cinema. You’ll find zero Hollywood stars down here, and the budgets for these indie flicks would only pay for one or two MORE
04/19/2013 - 6:00pm
The new Evil Dead remake, directed by Fede Alvarez, has much of the horror fan base buzzing like a chainsaw. It is interesting to note the trajectory that brought Sam Raimi (producer on the remake, director MORE
04/08/2013 - 1:00pm
Very few figures in the landscape of cult cinema had the polarizing effect that Jesus “Jess” Franco had. The director helmed The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), Vampyros Lesbos (1971), A Virgin Among MORE