The Real-Life Murderess Behind the American Horror Story: Coven Character

If you have seen the premiere episode of American Horror Story: Coven you know that Kathy Bates plays a particularly evil slave owner. Her character, Delphine LaLaurie is based on a real person...who was far worse than the fictionalized version of her.

Read about her here.

The 39 stats: Alfred Hitchcock's obsessions in numbers

Go here for the article at Guardian.co.uk.

'Spinal Tap are talking about something for next year'

There is an interview in the Guardian with Christopher Guest aka Nigel Tufnel.

50 Scariest Movie Animals

Total film has an article about the animals in horror films that scare the hell out of us. Read it here.

Ha! Forgot about Night of the Lepus. Awesomely trashy, that.

5 best, worst Stephen King film adaptations

The Toronto Sun has an article about films based on Stephen King books and/or short stories.

5 best, worst Stephen King adaptations

About 'Room 237'

Interesting (very short) article on the Vulture:
Stanley Kubrick's Shining Assistant Thinks Room 237 Is 'Pure Gibberish'

...and it's not actually Room 237 in the book.

All Movies Are Just One Nicolas Cage Movie

Found this on the website of the AV Club (always a fun site to read).

....which brings me to my constantly returning question: Is Nicolas Cage the worst actor ever?

(Answer: Yes, of course he is.)

A Masterpiece You Might Not Want to See

I have not yet seen Michael Haneke's widely praised latest film Amour but I absolutely plan to. Whereas I don't claim to have liked all his films, I think that Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Caché (Hidden) and Funny Games (the original, despite my favorite actor Tim Roth being in the remake) are excellent.

Here (on The New York Review of Books for some reason) is the best review I've read on Amour so far and increased my interest in watching it (and sooner rather than later).