Archive for April, 2006
Posted by Tim on
April 28, 2006
This past week I was able to contact Jill owner of www.lixonline.com T-shirt shop about problems that not only Charlie but a few others asked me about whats going on with the website since I talk about her horror T-shirts being the coolest on the internet. Well, she explained to me her shop is closed but the internet site is still open and selling T-shirts just click on the T-shirts and buy. I was there last night and it was working. So please go show some love for JIll and her website! But not to knock two other T-shirt places I love but you guys and girls might want to check these out also www.frightrags.com & www.rottencotton.com
Posted by Tim on
April 28, 2006
Yes, Hollywood is now double dipping as they have already spoken with Wes Craven on doing a sequel to Hills Have Eyes. Apparently the $40 million it made in the US presents them to make another, don’t bother that their budget was $40 million before advertising but who is counting? Hollywood is even ignoring the fact that horror remakes are 0 for 3 this year having Craven put a rush on getting a script out soon so they can go into production late summer in order for another March release next year. Aja (Haute Tension) has already stepped down from directing the sequel leaving Craven and others to look for another director. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being Craven’s son but that remains to be seen. But sad news for us fans of the really bad sequel is they will not go the route of the dog having flashbacks, at this point like it could be worse than remaking a bad sequel to a movie that really didn’t make a profit? So Wes, Hollywood and to others involved with this project from Bastards; “GO FUCK YOURSELVES!”
Posted by Tim on
April 27, 2006
Apparently Tiffany’s latest film with Lance Henriksen about Bigfoot has drawn a lot of mainstream interest as Sci-fi Channel bought the rights to have it on their Saturday primetime slot next month. Tiffany Shepis mostly known as a B-movie scream queen to most fans has been making her mark recently in Hollywood by showing off her talent and I’m not talking about her body. She is proving to Hollywood she has the acting talent to make it big! So look for this killer Bigfoot tale on Sci-fi Channel next month starring along with Tiffany: Jeffery Combs, Lance Henriksen, Dee Wallace Stone, and Paul Gleason! So Tiffany from of us fans of yours we wish you luck with not only this movie, “ABOMINABLE” but your future projects and we will be seeing you at Genghis Con 2 in Pittsburgh!
Posted by Tim on
April 27, 2006
Sweet Insanity is more than just another teenage slasher film… it’s a mind-bending, nail-biting thriller
in the tradition of Hitchcock and Clive Barker, with richly developed characters and roller coaster plot!
MTI HOME VIDEO FINDS
SWEET INSANITY
With The New DVD Release June 27th!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MIAMI, FL, April 27, 2006 – MTI Home Video, the largest independent home entertainment studio, will release the thrilling horror film SWEET INSANITY on June 27, 2006 (prebook June 6, 2006). The fright feature stars Mackenzie Firgens (Rent, The Hamilton’s, Groove), Rebekah Isaacs (Air Marshall, The Hamilton’s), Rebekah Hoyle (Air Marshall, Haunted), and David Fine (Pursuit of Happiness, Rent, Patch Adams).
In the film, Stacey (Hoyle) is a typical high school senior. She sits through boring school classes during the week so she and her friends can party on the weekend. Except for a reoccurring nightmare, her life seems pleasantly routine… until she meets Christina (Firgens), the new girl in school. Their friendship quickly grows, until it borders on the obsessive and something from Christina’s past catches up with her - something dark and sinister. Suddenly, a popular classmate disappears and a chain of events is set in motion that no one can stop. Stacey’s parents go out of town for the weekend and an innocent party quickly turns lethal.
SWEET INSANITY was written and directed by Daniel Hess, with Adam Weis (The Hamiltons) also writing. The film was produced by George Dykstra.
The DVD will be shown in 16:9 Widescreen Format, 5.1 Surround Sound, Director’s Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Production Stills, Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Trailers, and Optional Spanish Subtitles.
DETAILS:
VHS: not available DVD: $24.95 SRP
RATED: R RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes
GENRE: Horror / Thriller PREMIERES: DVD
STREET: June 27, 2006 PREORDER: June 6, 2006
Now in their 22nd year, MTI Home Video is a full service independent motion picture studio that produces and distributes feature films to the domestic marketplace. Based in Miami, Florida, the independent releases in excess of forty films each year in conjunction with their six Studio Partners. For more information, please visit www.mtivideo.com.
THE DELIVERY FROM HELL COMES TO DVD JUNE 6TH WITH
THE DROP
Starring John Savage, Sean Young, Michael Bondies and Kat Ogden!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MIAMI, FL, April 27, 2006 – MTI Home Video makes THE DROP ready for DVD on June 6, 2006 (prebook May 16, 2006). The supernatural road movie stars John Savage (The Thin Red Line, Hair, The Deer Hunter), Sean Young (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, No Way Out, Blade Runner), Michael Bondies (The Method, TV’s Beverly Hills, 90210), and Kat Ogden (TV’s The Real World: London, TV’s The Real World/Road Rules Challenge).
When Carter (Bondies), a college student, answers a help wanted ad he accepts a suspiciously large fee just to drive a luxury car to Los Angeles - the first step on a road trip to Hell. After he learns the true nature of his cargo, he must fight for his life and the planet in a cosmic power struggle against forces of pure evil.
THE DROP was written and directed by Kevin Lewis (Malibu Spring Break, The Method), with Troy Scott (The Method) also writing. The film was produced by Steven Nash (Dark Heart).
The DVD will be shown in 16:9 Wide Screen Format, with 5.1 Surround Sound, Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Cast Biographies, Trailers and Optional Spanish Subtitles.
DETAILS:
VHS: not available DVD: $24.95 SRP
RATED: R RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes
GENRE: Supernatural Thriller PREMIERES: DVD
STREET: June 6, 2006 PREORDER: May 16, 2006
Now in their 22nd year, MTI Home Video is a full service independent motion picture studio that produces and distributes feature films to the domestic marketplace. Based in Miami, Florida, the independent releases in excess of forty films each year in conjunction with their six Studio Partners. For more information, please visit www.mtivideo.com.
Posted by Charlie on
April 27, 2006
April 30th, 2006, 2pm at Town Hall Sydney. Lurch through the city to the Opera Houseto raise aweness for Zombie Rights!
The Sydney Zombie Lurch
For unlife, liberty and BRAIIIINS!
Posted by Charlie on
April 26, 2006
The producers of Survival just wanted to share with your readers that casting for the film is now complete. And with a little over one month left until principal photography begins we have been hard at work finalizing the budget and securing the last of the locations to be utilized in the movie.
Our cast consists of many indie picture veterans and some fresh new faces, including Don Prentiss (Doomed To Consume, The Ancient), Ian C. King (fresh off his work on Poultrygeist), Vanelle (The Cutting Room), Vic Aviles (Buy Sell Kill), and Matt McClure (televisions Everwood and
Veronica Mars, as well as the upcoming Paul Walker starring The Life And Death of Bobby Z).
The team behind the production includes writer/director Joe Francis, co-writer/producer Kevin Woods (Buy Sell Kill, Wiseguys Vs. Zombies), DP Joe Hamann (Ralph Singleton\’s The Mill), with special effects provided by Savini School graduate Ricky Lee (fresh off his work with TOETAG Pictures, Speedfreak Productions, Compound Pictures, and DSK Productions features).
The Survival website underwent a complete makeover this weekend, with a fresh layout and new stills and production journals. It can be found at www.survivalmovie.com. We also invite MySpace users to add us at
Posted by Charlie on
April 26, 2006
The producers of Survival are hosting a contest in which anyone can submit a poster idea - http://www.survivalmovie.com/contest.htm.
This contest is easy, simply take any concept you have for a poster designed for the movie SURVIVAL, and submit it! You can use anything you’d like, from your own photos, artwork, etc to any photos or pictures you find on the SURVIVAL site. Now, in order to use these pictures they will have to be YOUR OWN PROPERTY. In other words we cannot use a poster with someone else’s (not yours or ours) work on it, unless you have permission from them. If you do send us a picture with copywritten imagery on it, we’ll still put it on the site…we just won’t use it for the contest.
You’re more than welcome to send as many entries as you want, and you can send them to poster@survivalmovie.com !
Posted by Tim on
April 25, 2006
Roadshow 2006 Dates
CHARLES BAND’S FULL MOON HORROR ROAD SHOW 2006:
September 14
San Francisco
Venue TBA
September 15
San Diego
Venue TBA
September 16
Phoenix
Venue TBA
September 17
Las Vegas
Venue TBA
September 21
Austin
Venue TBA
September 22
Dallas
Lakewood
September 23
Oklahoma City
Venue TBA
September 24
Little Rock
Venue TBA
September 28
Miami
Venue TBA
September 29
Tampa
Venue TBA
September 30
Atlanta
Venue TBA
October 01
Charlotte
Venue TBA
October 05
Baltimore
Venue TBA
October 06
East Rutherford
Venue TBA
October 07
Poughkeepsie
The Chance
October 08
Boston
Venue TBA
October 11
Buffalo
The Icon
October 12
Cleveland
The Agora Theater
October 13
Chicago
Venue TBA
October 14
Madison
Venue TBA
October 15
Minneapolis
The Varsity Theater
Posted by Tim on
April 25, 2006
If it was any other video store I wouldn’t care but since Bastards pretty much has sunk much money into rentals but lives into the store we thought you should know about these cool events! Now I better fucking see you there…
This summer there will be 2 special ISV events that you are not going to want to miss!
First up is on June 25th with a in store meet and greet with head troma honcho Lloyd Kaufman. This is a Sunday and ISV will be keeping some special hours that day (we are usually closed) from 1:00 to 6:00. Lloyd will be in the store from 3 to 6 to sign autographs, chat and promote his latest book, the Toxic Avenger Novel! Later that evening at 10:00 there will be a special screening of the original TOXIC AVENGER (un cut!) at the Oaks Theater with yet another appearance by Mr. Kaufman.
Then on July 22 and 23 the Oaks Theater and ISV will present a special screening of the Russ Meyer classic FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL KILL! There will will be live gogo girls, prizes and much much more! Show times are midnight for Sat. and 10pm for Sunday.
Stay tuned for more details!
Posted by Tim on
April 25, 2006
Here is the schdule for the Oaks Theater midnight series:
Please note that the FASTER PUSSY CAT show on the 22nd and 23rd is an Incredibly Strange Video sponsered event.
Posted by Tim on
April 25, 2006
Whether you want or not here you go…
*Halloween 9 is still on the drawing board for possibly this year but time is running out. The sad part is don’t let that stop them, it could possibly be direct-to-video in time for Halloween this year which falls on a Tuesday!
*The Friday the 13th movie is in limbo again with fights happening over what direction New Line wants go: Prequel or remake/sequel like Evil Dead 2?
*Aliens vs, Predator II is being reported by some that it is going into production.
*Underworld 3 has been declined as the movie’s stars Kate Beckensale and Scott Speedman would like to move on to other projects!
Posted by Charlie on
April 25, 2006
EVIL BONG starts shooting next week.
PETRIFIED is now set for national release in September.
Charles Band will be appearing at Monster Mania in New Jersey. He’ll be doing a version of the Full Moon Roadshow there and auctioning off two or three puppets/dolls from Full Moon movies. You might see some boobies too.
Our interview with Charles Band(which turned out really cool by the way) will be up as soon as I can find someplace decent to host the audio file. If anyone can help us out on that one, we’d really appreciate it.
Posted by Charlie on
April 25, 2006
Charles Band has announced that the import, all-region Tancers DVD box set will be available May 1st at Noon(Pacific Standard time so about 3 P.M. on the East) on Full Moon Direct. If you haven’t heard by now, the set contains TRANCERS, TRANCERS 2, TRANCERS 3, TRANCERS 4, and TRANCERS 5, including all of the original videozones and a rare blooper reel as well.
Posted by Tim on
April 24, 2006
Hey! New projects coming up for the summer. I have a film, “Killer at Large,” with Kiss of Death Productions coming up. “Close to Closure” is to be released and premiered this July:) I’m always excited about beginning new projects. May 26 is also the sports and fitness expo, where I will be with Pittsburgh Pro Wrestling. I also have a Horror SHock Show coming up on July 10. More details as they come:)
Posted by Tim on
April 24, 2006
The horror movie ‘Silent Hill’ is being reported of making over $20 million this past weekend beating out Ice Age 2 and Scary Movie 4 for the #1 spot! Apparently I predicted right that it would make more than $15 million!
Posted by Tim on
April 24, 2006
Gross Movie Reviews #57
By Tim Gross
Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns (DVD) – John Carpenter directs an episode of the Masters of Horror series that possibly was the best episode of the 13 episodes. Carpenter with no restraints except make it 60 minutes long goes for the “jugular� in this episode. It’s about a famous man (Udo Kier) who is a filmmaker and a rare movie collector. He hires a man who has the knack to find hard to find independent films. But this isn’t just any ordinary film, it’s a film that only played once at a small film festival and it caused chaos among the people who viewed it that night in the theater. The film was banned because the film made people go insane killing and injuring others. The episode is gory, plot driven and well filmed as much of Carpenter’s masterpieces are. I give it 4 stars as the extras were just fantastic.
Masters of Horrors: Dreams of the Witchhouse (DVD) – Stuart Gordon episode is of course a “H.P. Lovecraft� story, did you expect anything else? Only problem with his work is it either is great or your very disappointed, no inbetween. But anyhow, a man moves into a large house that has a room for rent to do his thesis for school and almost immediately begins to strange things such as a rat with a human face and his room turning into a gateway to another dimension! Sounds good on paper, but on the big screen it sucked donkey shit! I give it 1 star. The extras are the only thing worth watching on this disc.
Mercury Rising (DVD) – A thriller starring Bruce Willis who finds himself, protecting a kid with autism because the government is out to kill the boy because he solved a puzzle. Alec Baldwin plays the villain and the story based around the boy with autism is great. I have a son with autism and it was awesome to see Hollywood get at least one thing right when made an autistic child the main plotline! Another great thriller/action movie starring Bruce Willis, I give it 3 stars.
How to Make a Monster (DVD) – By just reading the title it would sound like a cool movie to check out but instead it is just one big pile of steamy donkey shit as computer programmers make a monster in a computer and guess what it gets out and kills everyone! I give it 0 stars.
The Forsaken (DVD) – To keep it short the movie is WB network’s answer to any good vampire movie that a 14 year old couldn’t comprehend! I give it 0 stars.
Ultimate Avengers The Movie (DVD) – Marvel got smart and put together a cartoon movie with some of the most famous superheroes known as the “Avengers�! Awesome action, people die, and the “HULK� kicks ass! This has to be the first cartoon with the “HULK� where it actually shows what the “HULK� is all about! Captain America is the All-American solider, Iron Man is a drunk, Thor gets his ass kick, and HULK is baddest superhero on earth, what more does a comic book geek need to watch this movie. I give it 4 stars.
High Stakes (rough cut DVD) – Mike Watt’s latest project that is a 13 minute short film for a DVD that the lovely and talented ‘Scream Queen’ Brinke Stevens is putting together which will filled to the gills of short films. The short is about a poker game becomes more than just a poker game when a strange woman appears at the table to play and gets everyone at the table to tell their darkest secret. Not the best Mike Watt project with the sound problems that are in the process of being corrected which Mike has expressed his concern about. But Mike Watt knows there are always better projects in the future to film! I give it 1 ½ stars.
Mammoth (Sci-fi channel/DVD) – Starring Tom Skerritt (ALIEN), the Vince guy who was the ‘Invisible Man’ on the TV show on Sci-fi channel a few years ago, and the cute blonde chic from the TV series ‘LOST’! Sci-fi channel finally has gotten it right? They knew the CG Mammoth was going to look bad so they decided not to take the movie to seriously and make it like a sci-fi/comedy and have come up with an awesome movie about a killer prehistoric elephant! I give it 3 stars.
2001 Maniacs (DVD) – The hype behind this direct-to-video release doesn’t make up for the lackluster effort that Scott Spiegel and Eli Roth as producers gave us! With appearances by Kane Hodder, Johnny Legend, and even Eli Roth himself, the movie lacks where the original was original and fresh. It had Robert Englund; it had lots of tits, and some blood but not enough fresh storyline to make it a worthwhile rent. I give it 2 stars.
The Hazing (DVD) – The movie is Hell Night meets Witchhouse with a fresh take on the same old story of pledges locked in a haunted house. What helps the movie along is the cool actor Brad (voice of Chucky) Dourif playing the evil killer and the beautiful, talented, and possibly the hottest actress in horror films besides Debbie Rochon: Tiffany Shepis! Debbie is #1 and Tiffany in my opinion these days is #1A. I give it 3 stars.
Santa’s Slay (DVD) – What a brilliant killer Santa Claus movie?! I haven’t seen a great Christmas horror movie like this since Silent Night, Deadly Night! Bill Goldberg (ex-WCW/WWE wrestler) plays the killer Santa who kills in the opening ten minutes James Cann, Fran Dresher, and Chris Kattan. The movie revolves around Santa Claus actually being the spawn of Satan and kills little boys and girls instead of giving them presents! And its up to a 18 year old kid and his cute little blonde girlfriend from the TV series ‘LOST’ to get rid of Santa Claus! Lots of blood and politically incorrect humor highlight this great film. I give it 3 ½ stars!
Remember folks if you’re renting from Blockbuster you’re not renting from the best! Support your local independent video store! It will keep horror alive………
Any Comments: e-mail me at – LAN_EMAIL_SUBS or go to www.myspace.com/slaherfilmfan, and check out the new horror related website that Charlie Fleming and I have put together, www.bastardsofhorror.com.
Posted by Tim on
April 24, 2006
Sunday morning my tired ass got out of bed to drive to McKeesport, Pa to go visit on the set with Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best and check out their progress on their new project, “Abattoir�. They filmed scenes of the couple and a friend arriving at the vampire bordello, the business man being killed in bed by two lovely naked women, and fight scenes between some vampires and the community vampire watch group we can call them. I became the boom guy for a couple hours and then moved on to helping Mike of Secret Scroll Digest out on an introduction to his interviews of the actors and actresses. As the filming progressed rather swiftly I was able to speak with a very cute actress named Zoë Hunter from the New York area who is playing one of the roles of a vampire hooker and actor/producer Nic Pesante about the film plus films they both were involved with in the upcoming months. The filming looks to be going smoothly as possible for a low budget vampire movie and Mike Watt expressed his not only hopes but happiness that filming has gone much better during the shoot for the past month than in the past where Mike has had your usual and not so usual issues with low budget production. But with Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best of Happy Cloud Pictures finding investors into not only this project but future projects they have been able to get better equipment and be able to buy time to become better prepared for what they are filming. It seems with the production of “Abattoir� soon coming to an end, this could be the break Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best have been looking for, for Happy Cloud Pictures.
Posted by Tim on
April 24, 2006
For the past several years not only myself but several people have said the Pittsburgh Comicon at the Monroeville Expomart seemed lame and getting worse by the minute. But this year unlike the past several seemed to be different as place was packed. In other years I would have my run at whatever table or vendor I would like to go to and bullshit for days on end with the people about anything. This year was different as I had to push my way through crowds of people just to get where I was going. Whether it was to pick up horror comic books off of guys who are trying to get their talents out to people like me or my wife trying to buy “heroclix�, there were always a couple people or a crowd to make your way through. Personally, I see this as a good thing as the comic book convention in Monroeville was getting the reputation of charging a lot and not giving you a lot in return. Now, I still feel $17 is still a lot to get into a comic book convention, but at least this year I didn’t feel like I was getting ass raped before I laid foot in the place. Also look forward to my reviews of these new horror comic books I picked up as I also let these guys writing and drawing the comics in on what they are missing: www.bastardsofhorror.com !
Posted by Tim on
April 20, 2006
So, I have been to hell and back the past two weeks not only working overtime but working on promoting but getting the final say on my published book. I have not slept much in the past two weeks working on fixing the slight problems Global Distrabution had with my book! Hell, my editor Roger Beckett, was going nuts because I was driving him nuts about the book and trying to fix the changes… But it is over folks. The book is out into global distrubtion and will be popping up everywhere on all the popular book websites! So prepare, because the dead will rise, the tides will rise to take whole cities, and the earth will open up to swallow people and things whole… Oh yeah go buy my book at
Second, I would like to thank everyone from Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best to all the people I met and talked to at Cinema Wasteland to Bruce Lentz at Incredibly Strange Video, because Bastards of Horror has hit 2000 hits and going strong in two months!!!! THis is unheard of you would think we made a deal with the devil… What, what… hold on a minute (noise in the background) “Satan we are not watching Sorrority Babes Slime Bowl-O-Rama again just so you can see if Brinke has a nipple slip?” LIke I said, you would think with this many hits we made a deal with….
Third and not least… WE have a new and final member of the Bastards family…. He drinks lots of beer like Charlie and I, he smells funny like Charlie, he is scary in his knowledge of bad horror flicks like Charlie and I and he has been a part of some questionable (lol) independent filming like Charlie and I! His name is Roger Beckett or best known as the angry viking in the movie “Goregoyles”. Go find the movie I dare you? So look for some things from this new member of Bastards family.
Personally I’m hoping to have T-shirts for sale soon also just so it can say on the back, “Come on, be a bastard!”
Posted by Tim on
April 18, 2006
April 18th, 2006
www.Fullmoondirect.com is back!!!
We’re finally back up at www.fullmoondirect.com !!!!!!! It took x3 weeks but we’re now set up with a far superior shopping cart system and we’ll be able to process and ship your orders within just a few days! I will also have an arrival date later this week for the much anticipated Trancers x5 DVD Box Set!!! Again - thank you all so much for your patience!!!
Best,
CB
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