People forget that before he was an ageing action hero, Liam Neeson was a young-ish superhero. I’d have been well up for this with Sam Raimi at the helm, but it clearly didn’t leave much of an impression despite my appetite for this sort of thing at the time.
Here's the Top 5 Sam Raimi Movies that are wildly entertaining with a dash of horror.
https://www.themoviejunkie.com/post/top-5-sam-raimi-movies-light-on-horror-and-big-on-entertainment
#SamRaimi #DragMeToHell #ArmyofDarkness #Darkman #MultiverseofMadness #SpiderMan
Sam Raimi, the horror maestro dropping 2026's gore-comedy gem Send Help, masters blending gut-busting laughs with inventive, over-the-top practical effects that make chills feel fun. His style thrives on wild camera swings, rhythmic scares synced to killer scores, and sympathetic heroes facing absurd cosmic horrors—never just terrifying, always wildly entertaining. From granny curses exploding into dark magic hilarity to symbiote-fueled swagger dances, Raimi turns dread into pure popcorn joy.
A New 'Darkman' Movie is Officially in the Works!! #Darkman, #SamRaimi
https://movizark.com/2026/01/27/a-new-darkman-movie-is-officially-in-the-works/
36 year later after the original, Sam Raimi is officially returning to Darkman, and this time, he’s handing the mask to a new generation.
@dreadcentral reports that Don’t Move directors Brian Netto and Adam Schindler are developing the next Darkman film for Raimi and Ghost House Pictures. Raimi has confirmed a script is in place, with financing as the final hurdle.
Darkman (1990) wasn’t just a cult favorite; it was Raimi’s raw, operatic bridge between horror and superhero cinema. A tragic figure built from pain, identity, and vengeance, Darkman feels eerily suited for our current moment.
I can only guess, by the way, at why Jenny Agutter did not have credit for playing a sociopathic doctor who jokes and smiles about having performed some egregiously unethical and horrendous surgery on a burns patient.
I suppose that #Darkman (1990) is what The Phantom Of The Opera and Mission: Impossible would be as a Marvel comic origin story.
It is interesting to observe that #LiamNeeson plays the doctor character falsetto, using his real voice for the monster.
Also interesting is that Sam Raimi's brother Ted is the first baddie to be killed.
The youth of today will be astounded at the suitcase-sized car 'phone in the opening scene.
Both 3-D printing and synthetic skin actually existed at the time; but a photocopier as the input scanner was not quite the technology of the time, and 2 Pin Art toys pressing together is not what the output stage looks like. (-:
The synthetic skin visuals were not computer-generated, as they would be today. It's actual microscope imagery from Oxford Scientific Films.
Those and the practical effects and stunts oddly make this seem more realistic than today's comic book movies, despite its gangster plot from the 1930s.
And since The Frighteners was immediately followed by Darkman, a movie that the TiVo has been recording for me, and which I have been deleting unwatched in order to make space, for about 2 years now; I decided that this was a sign that I should actually re-watch #Darkman.
It's a 1990 #LiamNeeson movie. Will it have dated as badly as 2008 Taken and 2022 Blacklight had?
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