Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #11

October 15, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) IT SLICES, IT DICES! TOP 5 MOST SADISTIC SLASHERS A large collection of violent deaths certainly isn’t strictly the domain of horror films — go watch Commando or Rambo II to see Arnie and Sly mow down bad guys by the dozens, if not hundreds. But the deaths found in “slasher films” tend to be so […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #10

October 14, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) SCARED SPEECHLESS: TOP 5 SILENT HORROR FILMS Don’t be scared off by the fact that these films are old, in black and white, and without sound. Instead, be very scared of their brilliantly horrific content: 5. The Golem (1920) An inspiration for the look and feel of Frankenstein about a decade later, this film tells […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #9

October 10, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) DRAWING ON OUR FEARS: TOP 5 MOST UNNERVING ANIMATED SEQUENCES From their outset, cartoons haven’t always been for the kiddies. And even the ones that are often have their scary moments (see Bambi, Dumbo, Pinocchio, The Lion King, et al). We could fill up a page with such famous traumatic Disney moments alone, but believe […]

“24” Prequel Offers Redemption To Long-Waiting Fans

October 10, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Posted By Jeff Pfeiffer Pity Jack Bauer. He’s a man who should be standing on a stage getting the accolades of the nation but usually ends each day in situations far from ideal. He’s lost his wife, his lover, his freedom and his identity, going into hiding so his own government could not find and arrest him. Since 24’s Day 6 finale in May 2007, fans have been waiting for their hero to return. Alas, a writers strike canceled an entire season. With such a long interval between Days 6 and 7, the show’s writers are making sure fans can […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #8

October 9, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) E.T. GO HOME! TOP 5 NASTIEST ALIEN INVADERS These things from another world definitely do not come in peace, but rather, to leave us in pieces. 5. Space Pods in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) What have doctors been talking about? It turns out that vegetables and sleep really aren’t good for you: 4. Martians […]

Wild, Wild World of Animals: October 2008

October 8, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Posted By RabbitEars Some programs of note this month for you animal lovers: Dogs 101/Cats 101 — Animal Planet, Saturdays beginning Oct. 11. This 10-week series claims to be the most comprehensive look at dogs and cats on television. The first eight episodes explore the most popular dog breeds (the premiere looks at French bulldogs, Airedales, Labs, Chihuahuas and poodles), with the last two episodes focusing on cats. Rounding out the month: Rottweilers, Boston terriers, basset hounds shar-peis and St. Bernards on Oct. 18; and German shepherds, Jack Russell terriers, golden retrievers, vizslas and pembroke corgis on Oct. 25. (IN […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #7

October 8, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain disturbing images and language.) HIDDEN HORRORS: TOP 5 SCARY FILMS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF Like unexpected terrors lurking in the dark just waiting to jump out and grab you, these little-seen horror films offer startling surprises: 5. It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958) In the way-off year 1973, an interstellar spacecraft unknowingly picks up a deadly alien stowaway […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #6

October 7, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. RHAPSODY IN “BOO!”: TOP 5 CREEPIEST FILM SCORES In the liner notes for the 25th anniversary release of the Jaws soundtrack, director Steven Spielberg writes that, “To this day, I think that [John Williams’] score was clearly responsible for half the success of the film.” So it could be with many scary films, particularly the five listed here, which feature composers getting the macabre musical […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #5

October 6, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. BACK OFF, MAN — I’M A SCIENTIST: TOP 5 MADDEST MOVIE DOCTORS The doctor is out — way out. They all laughed at them back at the university, and with good reason! These demented docs may have started their research with good intentions (though not always), but in the end they learned the hard way that being God ain’t all it’s cracked up to be: […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #4

October 3, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. SURREAL ESTATE: TOP 5 HORROR MOVIE DWELLINGS The real estate industry is down, and these nasty places certainly aren’t helping drive up values. Not nice places to visit, and you wouldn’t want to live there: 5. The Bates House, California (Psycho, 1960) An ultra-creepy version of your great-grandma’s house, this place makes its adjoining motel look the Ritz. We all know what waits in the […]