Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath, "Straw Dogs," starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George as a citified couple terrorized by rural thugs, remains a singularly troubling masterpiece. Condemned for its ...

“Straw Dogs” is a meditation on masculinity and societal mores in the guise of an explosive thriller. While remaking Sam Peckinpah’s controversial 1971 classic, writer-director Rod Lurie has kept the ...

The setting has been moved from the British countryside to the swamps of Mississippi, and the lead actors got better looking, but Rod Lurie's "Straw Dogs" is essentially identical to the 1971 Sam ...

With the arrival of the 1970s came a nationwide re-evaluation of the ideal “viewing audience” in American cinema. Filmmakers undertook a collective effort to appeal to the interests of a variety of ...

Straw Dogs star Susan George is to play a ruthless medieval matriarch in a new British movie chronicling the Battle of Hastings. The actress has joined Oliver! star Mark Lester in 1066. She'll play ...

Three new clips from the Blu-ray of the original Sam Peckinpah classic Straw Dogs have arrived, and we’ve got all of ’em right here waiting for you to feast upon! Dig it! How far will one man go to ...