Don Kaye

Don Kaye's earliest memories are of watching Star Trek, James Bond, and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Beginning his career as a music journalist and syndicated radio producer, he broke into film journalism with the legendary horror magazine Fangoria and has since been a contributor to Den Of Geek, Looper, Syfy, MSN, Moviefone, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and many more.

Retrospective

Mike Flanagan’s Most Underrated Movie Pulled off a Miracle

The real multiverse lives in the Overlook.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

'The Lighthouse' Might Be The Best Story H.P. Lovecraft Never Wrote

Mind the deep end.

By Don Kaye
Inverse Recommends

Why The Mummy Remains The Scariest Universal Monster

There’s never been a better time to pick up the 1932 movie that started it all.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

Werner Herzog's Update to a Silent Classic Remains Deeply Chilling

You won’t fall for this vampire.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

With 'The Twilight Zone,' Rod Serling Changed Television For All Time

You are about to enter the past.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

A Forgotten Time Travel Movie Helped its Director Prepare for Two Iconic Star Trek Films

Back to all the futures.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

Believe It Or Not, There Was A Planet of the Apes TV Show

Before the franchise was rebooted in the 21st century, its last gasp was a forgotten TV relic.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

With One Special Edition Release, James Cameron Changed Movies Forever

Here’s how The Abyss special edition version inadvertently created the director’s cut.

By Don Kaye
Entertainment

Marvel and DC Keep Trying to Remake 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

A ragtag group of misfits, you say?

By Don Kaye
The Inverse Interview

How The Wachowskis Broke the Rules of Hollywood with 'Bound'

Bound star Gina Gershon looks back on the ‘90s queer classic, and her surprising role in the Wachowski’s plans for The Matrix.

By Don Kaye
Retrospective

How 'The Stand' Became TV's First Genre Epic

I do think it woke people up to the fact that you can take genre material seriously and reach a really wide audience,” director Mick Garris says.

By Don Kaye