TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

( Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.) In the forever-evolving landscape of film and television, one thing is constant: sequels. Hollywood's impulse to extend popular narratives has become a regular feature of contemporary entertainment. However, most fan bases and film buffs are often weary of sequels. While sequels can sometimes breathe new life into a franchise, they usually dilute the original's success and charm. Let's explore the phenomenon of sequel culture through the lens of Beetlejuice and a few lesser-known yet intriguing titles like The Worst Witch , Weird Sister College , The Legend of Boggy Creek , and Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues .  A typical critique of sequel culture is that you take a film that was a labor of love and then try to make a sequel without the originality or the heart to make a profit. Travis Knox , a film producer and professor at Chapman University, said, “It’s purely financial. The cost of marketing feature releases is enormous, and ...

From vampires and werewolves to witches and demons, here's a rundown of movie ideas to keep you watching all Halloween 100 Years of Horror  chronicles the history of movie horror from the earliest experimental chillers through to the unforgettable "golden age of movie monsters," and on to the graphic horror films of today. To get some good ideas on what to watch this month ( or just learn more about how this genre emerged ), start here with these 13 docs: Dracula and his Disciples : Cinematic portrayals of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, including those of Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, and Christopher Lee. Blood Drinking Beginnings : Blood-drinking beings, most notably inspired by Bram Stoker's novel and how different filmmakers found new ways of reinventing the concept of the vampire. Frankenstein's Friends : Classic films based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein focuses on portrayals of the monster by Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi, and Glenn St...

Fall asleep??? Not possible with Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, and Betty herself Ms. Bacall coming at you. And that would be some serious horror if Lauren Bacall could get to you. In her current state and all. So yeah you heard us - we have some A List stars up in TheArchive . Keitel, Law, and Bacall are in Presence of Mind . And so is Nilo Zimmermann. You know, Lydia Zimmermann's son. Their name has two Ns. So much name dropping here. They should have dropped the extra N though. And if you haven't unfollowed us after watching that gem we buried the leads: Mutant - which is a legit good little freaky creature feature. One Dark Night - Adam West. That's enough. Uninvited - this one features the OG "Flerken" that Captain Marvel clearly ripped off! And th ere's all kinds of Amityville horror t o watch. Not the original classic good one. You can get that on Amazon Prime.  While you're there download our app . Not that Ryan Reynolds one either. But we DO have th...

Feel like you're living a nightmare? Want your hope restored?  This is the wrong place because here you'll get three weeks of HORROR...restored. As a lead up to Halloween,  TheArchive  has curated our best 4K insanity! Tune in to  TheArchive  each day for creatures, cryptids, and monsters galore. Surprises will be streaming at midnight all month. What better way to kick off #spookyseason2020 than with daily and weekly blocks of killer titles to make this unusual time even stranger. Go to TheArchive now and get scared. TheArchive  channel is dedicated to aficionados and lovers of story, craft, and silver screen fun – streaming rare, retro, and restored films and classic TV. From indies and series, to Oscar winning documentaries, unearthed MOWs, and a killer horror library,  TheArchive  delivers forgotten, never-before-seen gems for free  and many in 4K .  Marilyn ,  Karloff , and  Orson Welles  stream alongside ...