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While creepy monsters can send chills straight to the spine, there's nothing quite as thrilling as the perfectly simple fright. Thanks to the master Alfred Hitchcock, as well as a number of other filmmakers over the years, we've been showered in an array of scenarios so believable that every shadow becomes eerie, and every noise, threatening. They're the scares that could happen to any one of us on an unlucky day; they are the dangers that await us when we're alone and in the dark.

For tonight's double feature, I wanted to go old school with chills that go back to the '50s and '60s, centered on New York's Greenwich Village. These films might be decades old, but they hold premises that make them worthy, unforgettable classics. Without further ado, I give you: Rear Window and Wait Until Dark.

This rant will likely be of interest only to those of you who frequent festivals or are fortunate enough to be able to attend repertory film showings with any regularity. If you do fall into either of those categories, on the other hand, you'll almost certainly be able to sympathize.

I've been spending a lot of time at the Philadelphia Film Festival this week. Earlier today I went, with some excitement, to see a well-reviewed French action film called In the Arms of My Enemy. Imagine my disappointment when, upon arrival, I discovered that they did not in fact have a print of the film. Instead, they would be showing it to us from a DVD, which would be projected onto the screen.

In an interview with Suicide Girls, Wes Craven spilled his guts on the past, present and future of, well, Wes Craven. Following the DVD release of his film Red Eye, Craven discussed the difficult choice of making a PG-13 picture. He says, "at the time the swing was towards PG-13; caused by The Ring, The Grudge and all the little Japanese ghost story movies. Suddenly every studio didn’t want to do horror; they want to do PG-13."

So, could Red Eye have taken it up a few notches? According to Craven, "everything that was great about the Red Eye script could be done PG-13 anyway, so I didn’t mind having a broader audience rather than a narrower one. When asked whether or not there was an R-rated or "uncut" version of Red Eye out there somewhere, Craven insisted there wasn't and that everything shot was used. However, he did discuss a possible Red Eye sequel which is, potentially, in the works, but could disappear if Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy chose to pass. When it comes to the sequel's plot, Craven thought it would be "fascinating to have something like Rippner (Murphy's character) being held hostage by the government and needing her (McAdams' character) help for some reason."

He also expressed some concern over the little Project Greenlight film gone MIA, Feast. "I just heard yesterday from my producer, Marianne [Maddalena,] that they had pulled it from release, which is very disappointing." He goes on to explain that The Weinstein Company kind of has its head up its own ass at the moment (using my own words here) and he's hoping some release funds show up soon because it's a fun film. Click on the read link below for the entire interview in which Craven also talks about The Hills Have Eyes remake, an HBO film, a Wait Until Dark remake and the obscure possibility of a Scream 4.

[via AICN]