You voted for it! It’s time for the end of Stephen King Month. We review Maximum Overdrive, talk about the idea that the government is trying to recopyright public domain material, and chat about a few things we watched lately. Enjoy!
WOLFMANIA is coming for you brother! February 25th at the Bal Theatre in San Leandro, CA. at 7pm. A big double feature of the original classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein meets The Wolf Man starring Chaney and Bela Lugosi. Two Universal classics together on the big screen. Tickets are $12 at [...]
You seen the film at the Drunken Zombie Film Festival, you red the write-up in Fangoria… Finally! Dead Hooker in a Trunk is now released on DVD. It took sometime but thanks to IFC who’s distributing the film and The Soska Sisters, Dead Hooker in a Trunk can be yours right now by going to Amazon placing your order and waiting 3-5 [...]
Night Train Murders (1975) A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy. DVD and Blu-Ray, bonus extras include. Riding The Night Train: Interview with Co-Writer/Director Aldo Lado U.S. Trailer International Trailer Radio Spots The Thing (2011) At an Antarctica research [...]
You voted for it! It’s time for the end of Stephen King Month. We review Maximum Overdrive, talk about the idea that the government is trying to recopyright public domain material, and chat about a few things we watched lately. Enjoy!
WOLFMANIA is coming for you brother! February 25th at the Bal Theatre in San Leandro, CA. at 7pm. A big double feature of the original classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein meets The Wolf Man starring Chaney and Bela Lugosi. Two Universal classics together on the big screen. Tickets are $12 at the door. Plus trailers, Madness and more. So whatcha gonna do when Lord Blood-Rah and WOLFMANIA runs wild on you?!
You seen the film at the Drunken Zombie Film Festival, you red the write-up in Fangoria… Finally! Dead Hooker in a Trunk is now released on DVD. It took sometime but thanks to IFC who’s distributing the film and The Soska Sisters, Dead Hooker in a Trunk can be yours right now by going to Amazon placing your order and waiting 3-5 business days. Not only will you be getting a great film but you’re helping to promote indie horror as well.
Here’s the list of DVD extras that are featured on the DVD.
1) Rebels Without A Budget: A behind the scenes making of Dead Hooker in a Trunk (Featurette)
2) Director Commentary with director/writers Jen and Sylvia Soska
3) Technical Commentary with director/writers Jen and Sylvia Soska and editor CJ Wallis
4) An exclusive interview with El Mariachi’s Carlos Gallardo with the Twisted Twins on independent filmmaking
5) Deleted Scenes
Night Train Murders (1975)
A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.
DVD and Blu-Ray, bonus extras include.
Riding The Night Train: Interview with Co-Writer/Director Aldo Lado
U.S. Trailer
International Trailer
Radio Spots
The Thing (2011)
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
Standard DVD or Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD and Digital Copy. Blu-Ray extras include.
Deleted and Extended Scenes
The Thing Evolves
Fire and Ice
Audio Commentary with Director Matthijs van Heijningen and Producer Eric Newman
We talk about such comics as The Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern, IDW’s TMNT reboot, Wolverine and the X-Men, and a lot of the New 52 DC books.
There’s nothing really that special about this box set other than seeing old Monday Night RAW matches, in ring promos or vignettes. Each disc starts the same way having the 1993 RAW video intro playing then fade into a few seconds of wrestling trivia to set up what you are about to see.
For example: One piece of trivia was about Sean Waltman and all the ring names he went under then you’ll see a match or promo with Sean Waltman / 1-2-3 Kid. Both disc for season one has special features but it’s only vignettes about different wrestlers coming to RAW. Such as: The Smoking Gunns, Jeff Jarrett and King Kong Bundy to name a few.
Season two has no extras at all. You think with two whole seasons of wrestling you could add more… But the E didn’t. And there is no DVD easter eggs. A lot of the matches feature Doink the Clown, 1-2-3 Kid, HBK and Razor Ramon. The matches to look out for are Owen Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid, Rick Martel vs. Razor Ramon, The Quebecers vs. The Headshrinkers, and Alundra Blayze vs. Bull Nakano. You also get Shawn Michaels’ The Heartbreak Hotel debut and a hand full of The King’s Court with many different guest from Duke “The Dumpster” Droese, Owen Hart, Diesel and the fake Roddy Piper.
One small problem I had was the DVD cases. It doesn’t tell you what season is which until you open up the DVD cases and on the disc it says, season one disc one or season one disc two and so on with season two. If your a wrestling fan, you should pick it up just to relive the history of Monday Night RAW. To the non wrestling fan, skip his box set if you’re looking for more than just matches and promos. The one thing that made this box set Massive was The Undertaker vs. The Brooklyn Brawler match from December 24, 1994 because The Brooklyn Brawler is Massive. Hope for a Brooklyn Brawler box set in the future. Massive.
Audio Commentary with Director John Gulager, Writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, Producer Michael Leahy, and Actors Diane Ayala Goldner, Tom Gulager, and Clu Gulager.
Scared Half To Death Twice: The Making Of Feast II – The standard making of with interviews by the cast and crew, also there’s a lot behind the scenes footage which is good and there’s much talk about monster junk… Indeed it is.
Meet The Gulagers: Putting family members in your films, is that a good thing? It is if your name is John Gulagers and you’re the director. In this feature you will meet John Gulagers’ family and get to know them behind the scenes and what role they had in the film.
A few thoughts, if you will: It’s a rent. No more, no less. It has pretty much everything you need to know about the film being made thanks to the commentary and a couple scenes in the featurettes.
The Drunken Zombie Deadly Double Feature is back February 4th at the Landmark Theatre in Peoria, IL. between the hours of 9:00pm until 12:00am. With two films about the Final Frontier and the Final Resting Place! It’s the 2011 50′s flavored flick Attack of the Moon Zombies and the great Ed Wood classic Plan 9 From Outer Space. Hosted from the big screen by Lord Blood-Rah. So come on down and have a drink with the Drunken Zombie crew.
I was disappointed after picking up this DVD I thought it was going to have a documentary on Triple H but it’s just a collection of matches. A best of, if you will. With interviews by The Game in between each match talking about his career, favorite matches, injuries, DX etc. The only extras for this two disc set are two bonus matches.
Triple H-First Professional Match (11-1-1992)
Terra Ryzing Vs. Flying Tony Roy with commentary by Jim Ross and Triple H
In Your House (12-17-1995) Hog Pen Match.
Henry O. Godwinn Vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
A few thoughts, if you will: Some of the matches that are listed have been on different DVDs over the years and at the time this DVD came out some matches were still current, going back only a few years. I gotta say skip this DVD and wait for the three disc set that has a documentary with matches and promos. And lets hope when that does come out its not a rehash of the same matches from Triple H: King of Kings.
As of late I been seeing a resurgence in horror anthology films with the success of Trick ‘r Treat, Chillerama, the upcoming Stephen King anthology headed by Mark Pavia, and the most recent Shivers Down Your Spine.
But there is one more recent anthology film that’s been somewhat under the radar for some called The Theatre Bizarre. Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees the front door slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the vast, eerie auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an odd marionette-like man who will introduce her to six tales of the bizarre.
Directors include Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley bringing their own vision and style to each of their own segments. The film will be hitting select theaters January 27th.
Here is a list of theaters where you can see The Theatre Bizarre:
Los Angeles, The Nuart: January 27, February 3
New York, The Sunshine Cinema: Jan. 27, Feb. 3-4
Denver, Esquire Cinema: Jan. 27, Feb. 3-4
Seattle, Egyptian: Jan. 27-28
Dallas, Inwood: Jan. 27-28
Minneapolis, Lagoon: Feb. 3-4
Houston, River Oaks: Feb. 3-4
Washington, DC, E Street Cinema: Feb. 3-4, Feb. 10-11
Fore more info check out The Theatre Bizarre on Facebook and Twitter
Directed by Jesse T. Cook, the film depicts a fighting tournament set in an abandoned graveyard transformed into a brawling venue. The roster of fighters includes classic monsters, battling to the death in an explosive Pay-Per-View television broadcast format.
Image Entertainment picked the film up for distribution and has a June 12 release planned.
Hello gentle reader this time I will be writing about the much touted “Yellowbrickroad” written and directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton. This independant feature stars a bunch of unknowns and IMDB has nothing about the director/writers. The film is brilliant and everything a low budget independent can be, and it isn’t a FOUND FOOTAGE MOVIE! Not that I hate shaky cam found footage movies (I will admit to being freaked out in the parking lot after Blair Witch). This is not the “Blair Witch Project”. This feature is more polished in the technical aspects.
The basic story with out too many spoilers (‘cos dats watta I do) is that in 1940 the population of Friar New Hampshire get up and walk into the woods, never to return. Now a group including two cartographers (that’s map makers… pretty impressive word though huh?) an author, his wife, an intern, a psychiatrist, an individual from the forestry service, and a random local picked up as a guide in a movie theater, are trying to walk the Yellow Brick Road which is marked as such, with a stone carved with the saying Yellow Brick Road. Why Yellow Brick Road? The town of Friar was fascinated with the Wizard of Oz (duh). The group heads into the Great North Woods and everything is fine and everyone is having a good time smokin’ and jokin’ even though their GPS doesn’t work, and even when using a sextant (ya know usin’ the stars) isn’t working right. The numbers only make sense going forward.
The group “loses themselves on the road” and they all just snap. Think “In the Mouth of Madness” and “It” (the miniseries) had a baby.
The effects are decent enough and the filmography is good as well. At no time did I get that cheapy feel you can get sometimes watching indies.
The run down: a ratty fedora, a lying GPS, creepy music, a bad muddy Maine/New Hampshire accent, a woodland divorce, and an usher.
I liked this movie. I recommend it. If you are looking for a story that’s all tied up at the end (and who doesn’t like their ends tied?) this isn’t fer you. If you like watching a decent to madness/ghost story do yerself a favor and watch this. It is currently on Netflix streaming.
”He said he erased this… whatta dick.”
It’s a macabre tale of madness here on Lord Blood-Rah’s Nerve Wrackin’ Auditorium this week! A chilling tale of a woman on the fraying edge of sanity from the series “Suspense!” entitled The Yellow Wallpaper!
Back in 2005 while walking around Wal*Mart about seven in the morning I came across In Your Face: The Lost Episodes Of The XWF. I was shocked that Wal*Mart even would carry such a DVD, I guess the marketing of Hogan got them to sale it. At the time I never heard of XWF so I bought this three disc set on a whim. Hey, it’s wrestling. After watching it I seen some familiar faces. Hogan, Piper, Kid Kash, The Road Warriors, Hennig and a few new faces A.J. Styles, Shane Twins and Jimmy Snuka Jr.
The product itself had that WCW Nitro feel to it because the majority of stars came from the dying day of WCW. Even Buff Bagwell was in XWF. But don’t let that turn you away from this three disc set. Each disc has matches, promos and moments from XWF. Some of the notable matches are. Curt Hennig vs. Vampiro, A.J. Styles vs. Kid Kash. And a battle royal for the XWF Cruiserweight Championship. Featuring Billy Fives, Psichosis, Juventud Guerrera, A.J. Styles, The Tongan Prince, Quick Kick, Christopher Daniels and Kid Kash. The bonus material includes.
Disc 1
The Behind the Scene is a “making of” montage. The ring crew setting up the squared circle, wrestlers walking around breaking kayfabe, fan interaction and about half way through the montage you get a promo by Jim Duggan about coming to XWF and the “making of” is hosted by Gene Okerlund.
Hacksaw and Willie… Well tough guy! Duggan intros this soon to be interview with Willie Nelson on what Willie thinks of the XWF. Duggan is standing outside of Nelson’s tour bus talking to the camera throwing out questions to himself on what will Willie think of XWF, once he says the question a quick cut goes to Willie Nelson sitting in the bus answering that question. This happens about four times. Finally Duggan makes his way in the bus and talks with Willie for a few minutes then rants on about a story of carrying old glory until he dies.
Disc 2
More Behind the Scenes… Yea not really. It’s the same “making of” montage with one or two added scenes.
Disc 3
An interview with Hulk Hogan where he answers general wrestling fan questions and XWF questions.
Bonus Match: Curt Hennig with Bobby Heenan vs. Hulk Hogan.
A few thoughts, if you will: Just from the wrestling history aspect it’s a buy. Sure WWE puts out their own collection of wrestler spotlight DVDs with matches. But here’s your chance to see those superstars outside of WWE, ECW or WCW. It’s a gem of a DVD, I’ll tell yea. I know the lack of extras are there but some of the matches and talent makes up for it. Also to find the DVD extras you have to go to the Scene Selection option to find them. Massive.
Xcitement Wrestling Federation (XWF)
XWF’s slogan was “No more prima donnas, no more politics… In your face!”.
