Ethan Hawke has signed on with Blumhouse TV to develop and star in a limited series based on James McBride’s 2013 National Book Award-winning gothic Civil War novel The Good [ … ]
Category: Film & TV
Dirty Little Billy (1972) – Grimy Western
Dirty Little Billy is a 1972 American western film co-written and directed by Stan Dragoti in his feature film debut, and stars Michael J. Pollard as Billy the Kid. Clearly [ … ]
The Burrowers (2008) – Horror Western Film
The Burrowers is a 2008 Horror Western film written and directed by J. T. Petty. The film is based on an original short film, Blood Red Earth directed by Petty. The year is 1879, and beyond [ … ]
Never Grow Old (2019) – Dark Western Film
Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. The once-peaceful frontier town is now a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived and began gunning [ … ]
Fistful of Dollars – Original Gothic Cowboy Pt. 2
We continue with part two of the series of articles about the background of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy”, which is one of the original instances of gothic cowboy in film. [ … ]
Fistful of Dollars – Original Cowboy Gothic Pt. 1
In this series of posts we will be looking at some of the little known quirks of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy”, this incredible group of films had some really interesting [ … ]
Wild Wild West – Precursor to Steampunk
The Wild Wild West is an American science fiction western television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969. The show incorporated classic Western elements with an espionage thriller, science [ … ]
The Dark Valley (2014) – Gothic Western Drama
The Dark Valley is a 2014 Austrian-German gothic western drama film directed by Andreas Prochaska. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. [ … ]
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) – A Southern Gothic Feud
Hatfields & McCoys is a 2012 American three-part television miniseries based on the Hatfield–McCoy feud produced by History channel. Each episode aired for two hours on May 28, 29, and 30, 2012. The series portrays the grimness [ … ]
The Kid (2019) – A New Billy the Kid Movie
The Kid is a 2019 Billy the Kid movie directed by Vincent D’Onofrio, from a screenplay by Andrew Lanham, and is executive produced by Carl Stubner, through Suretone Pictures. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Jake Schur, [ … ]