Horror fans go help and support this convention!!!

Posted by Tim on April 17, 2008

Milwaukee WI convention To whom it may concern,My name is James Bett Jr and I am working with D entertainment to put on Milwaukee WI’s only real Horror convention. The name of the convention is “The Milwaukee County Massacre” and it will take place in Milwaukee WI at The Wisconsin State Fair Park Grounds on the dates of June 7th and 8th. We were hoping you might be interested in becoming a vendor at this convention as we believe in your films and product and believe at a horror convention/music festival your product will sell well and it’s a great chance to widen your audience and hit a whole new customer base!This event will be quite different than most as it will be a full fledged Heavy Metal Music festival(20+ bands on 2 stages) intertwined with a Horror Convention(vendors,filmmakers,and horror celebs). From initial online response we expect no less than 2000+ visitors in the 2 day run. The good thing for all the vendors will be the fact that any attendees will be forced to walk through the vendors areas to get to any other areas of the convention so everyone is a potential customer!Booths run $150 for the weekend and we will have electricity available to anyone who may need it for an extra $50 for the whole weekend.. The booth comes with 4 vendor passes and we have more available to you if needed for the low cost of $10 a piece. So far the guest list contains Kane Hodder, Tiffany Shepis, and Ari Lehman. The bands are Green Jelly, Mobile Death Camp, FirstJason, and Mensrea…. of course many more will be announced as the date grows closer. Tiffany Shepis will be our official horror hostess which will bring a ton of excitement to the show floor. You can check out our official myspace page here: http://www myspace. com/sixthstreet. The website is www. milwaukeemassacre. com….. We thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you whatever you decide! We also have plenty of options for sponsorship of either the event, stages, rooms, and celebs. Contact me for more info on this….. The lowest form of sponsorship is the donation of product to be used as prizes/gifts for the costume contest and exclusive VIP party!I can be reached via this myspace, email: savinifan@hotmail. com or by telephone at 414-329-0355. At the very least we would be interested in offering you the opportunity to send us any of your promo material so we can put it on the freebie table and get you guys some kind of exposure that way!  Thanks again for your time,

James Bett Jr

Gross Movie Reviews #122

Posted by Tim on April 17, 2008

Gross Movie Reviews #122

By Tim Gross   “Prescription is drugs, if you think you are getting up here?!” – The Monster Squad    (Don’t forget to check two other reviews from me this week, “Fire and Ice” and the remake of “Day of the Dead” if it doesn’t get banned at www.bloodtypeonline.com )   

Multiple Maniacs (DVD) – A film from the great John Waters from 1969 or 1970 which were one of his first feature length films and of course it starred Divine. The movie pretty much centers around Divine and characters that are connected to her that are in the mindset of doing everything against political correct life. Waters and Divine don’t disappoint with how much trash they can fit in one film but the only problem I had with the film is the editing, it wasn’t great but again we are talking about Waters when he was more of a raw talented filmmaker still learning his craft. The movie is for the most part ok but the ending of the film is what makes you rethink the whole movie and what Waters was actually going for with this interesting ending. I give the movie 2 stars.

 

The Green Butchers (DVD) – A very interesting Danish film about two butchers who have dreams of owning and running their own butcher shop in their small Danish film. The butchers are of course are complete opposites but seemed to be the best of friends on many levels. When they open their shop, nobody is interested until one night an electrician gets locked in their meat locker and dies. The one character who owns the shop ‘Sweaty Swen’ panics and cuts up the dead guy and puts it in his experimental marinade and sells it! The human meat goes over big and he is forced to kill somebody new nightly until his convince him enough is enough. There is a couple other smaller storylines within the film that is perfectly tied into the main storyline of the film about the two friends. An excellent film for any fan of foreign films! I give the DVD 3 stars.

 

Stripes (DVD) – Bill Murray one of the funniest men alive plays the role of Frank: an unemployed taxi driver who is pushing thirty, out of shape, and on the verge of just ending it. Until, he convinces his best friend Harold Ramis to join the army with him. They join and it is non stop laughs from there on in. Bill’s girlfriend, the MP, is played by no other, the very sexy P.J. Soles. Also look for John Candy as ‘OX’, Judge Reinhold, Dave Thomas, and quite a few other great actors! One of the funniest dam movies ever made as I give the unrated DVD which is loaded with extras 4 stars.

 

Tales From Beyond the Trees (DVD) – The DVD contains four short films that was a combined effort of Dark Wind Woods and Black Widow productions and from the great Indy film director Greg Laudermilt. The four films are: “Really Grim Fairie Tales”, “D-Compostion”, “Dark Wind Woods”, and “My Dying Bride”. I proudly reviewed “Dark Wind Woods and My Dying Bride” in the past but this was the first time I got to watch the other two short films which were again pretty cool, different, artsy, no budget short films that are for horror fans that are looking for something that is different from your usual Indy film fare! The films are made out of love for the film genre to begin with and have an extra on the DVD where the director Greg talks about his short films and why he enjoys making them. This is a must have for horror fans if you are looking for something different as I give the DVD 3 ½ stars and usually you can find Greg and crew at Cinema Wasteland selling their DVDs.

 

Resident Emo: Attack of the Emo Dead (DVD) – A no budget horror film that is exactly what you are thinking… The film was made by a young Doug Waugh who literally put together a film that had no money and went with it as proof by a gag where zombies eat a teenager on a swing and spaghetti falls out of his stomach (but funny as hell) for his intestines! The film starts off great with the main characters making fun of EMO-kids, but it steadily goes down hill mainly because of length of the film (50 some minutes), no budget, and it being more than likely his first movie. But don’t get me wrong people this no budget film has its moments! When the main EMO character goes home to cut himself, with something he got off of myspace that is supposedly a ancient cursed blade but happens to be a buzzsaw blade that had me almost pissing myself laughing! And Doug tries to do what all no budget filmmakers do and that is no budget, we need more blood… If the film would be edited down further I think it could run a little better, but I look forward to see what Doug is going to do next as this film is worth seeking out if you like no budget horror films or just making fun of EMO-Kids. I give the film 2 stars and could be teamed with another no budget film Wolfster (EMO-Wolf) to have an EMO double feature.

 

Class of 1999 (VHS) – A sci-fi B-movie from 1989 that has a legendary B-movie cast that consists of Stacey Keach, Malcolm McDowell, Pam Grier, Bradley Gregg, and Joshua Miller. It is the future and gangs have taken over certain cities where school does not exist. Well, Stacey Keach a scientist for the government brings in three androids to be teachers at a school that is about to reopen in Seattle where gangs pretty much rule the land. The droids begin to dish out punishment to the students and has gotten their attention, but the droids continue to try to kill off all the gang members and it becomes a war between the droids and gang members in a very entertaining battle! It’s a GREAT cheese and worth seeking out as I give it 3 stars.

 

Sonny Boy (VHS) – A film that claims to be made in 1988 but takes place in 1970 New Mexico that stars Brad Dourif as a lifetime criminal who steals a car for his boss ( the dude that played Pluto in ‘Popeye’) and the car just happens to have a baby in it. And Paula (David Carradine in drag) takes a liking to the baby and names him ‘Sonny’. From there on ‘Sonny’ has his tongue cut out and is raised as cannibal killing machine to do hits for his now father and mother. The movie screams B-movie and is one fucked up film! But if that doesn’t interest you then the scene of a police officer being shot with a freakin cannon will as he pretty much explodes everywhere! I give the crazy fucked up movie 3 ½ stars and a must have for all David Carradine fans!

 

Madhouse (VHS) – There’s at least two or three horror films under the same name but this is a psychological slasher film from 1981 that plays out like two other slasher titles that came out around the same time “Bloody Birthday” and “Happy Birthday to Me”. The movie was made with no name actors but has enough blood and guts to make it worth watching as I give it 2 stars.

 Any comments or questions please send to: GrossMovieReview@aol.com or www.myspace.com/slasherfilmfan . Also you can purchase my two horror movie review books, “Gross Movie Reviews Volume One and Two” at www.lulu.com or www.amazon.com , with the third book delayed but on its way. You can also find other reviews from me at www.bastardsofhorror.com , www.bloodtypeonline.com , and in the movie review section of the latest Ultra Violent magazine (www.uvmagazine.com). Remember folks if you are renting from Blockbuster you are not renting from the best! Support your local independent video store! It will keep horror alive……… Don’t forget to catch me at Pittsburgh’s Horrorhound Weekend June 20^th-22^nd, 2008… and for more details go to www.horrorhoundweekend.com

Horror loses another…

Posted by Tim on April 17, 2008

Scream Queen Hazel Court Dies at

82

AP posted this a few hours ago… LOS ANGELES (April 17) - Hazel Court, an English actress who co-starred with the likes of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in popular horror movies of the 1950s and ’60s, has died. She was 82.

Court died early Tuesday of a heart attack at her home near Lake Tahoe, daughter Sally Walsh said Wednesday.Hazel Court, April 15: The ’50s and ’60s scream queen who became famous for her roles in classic horror films like ‘The Raven’ and ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ passed away from a heart attack at the age of 82.While she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American TV, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963’s “The Raven.” She co-starred with Price, Karloff and Peter Lorre in director Roger Corman’s take on the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem.

Corman directed her in five movies. Like other “scream queens” of the era, Court often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths for her roles.

“The Premature Burial,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Curse of Frankenstein” and “Devil Girl from Mars” helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail even in her later years.

“She’d probably get over 100 pieces of fan mail a month and she would apply to every single one,” her daughter said.

Court had finished an autobiography, “Hazel Court - Horror Queen,” which will be published in Britain, Walsh said.

The daughter of a professional cricket player, Court was born Feb. 10, 1926, in the English town of Sutton Coldfield. As a teenager, she was appearing in stage productions when she was spotted and signed by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, which owned movie studios and theaters.

She got her first movie bit part by the time she was 18 and went on to become a popular actress and pinup girl, her daughter said.

“She was one of the great beauties of all time,” Walsh said. “She was a redhead with really green eyes and almost … the perfect face. She was on the cover of almost every magazine.”

Court co-starred with Patrick O’Neal in the 1957 British TV comedy series “Dick and the Duchess.” In the late 1950s, she came to the United States to work on the TV show “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

Besides acting, Court was a commissioned sculptor and painter whose works appeared in public galleries.

Court is survived by daughters Walsh and Courtney Taylor, son Jonathan Taylor and stepdaughters Anne Taylor Fleming and Avery Taylor.