The Best Of The Bad ‘08
Horror that’s so bad its great!
Just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse the DEADPIT boys bring you another ‘Best Of The Bad’ featuring some of the best crappy horror movies of all time. In our third chapter we get to the nitty gritty of the shitty goodness so be sure to tune in for our third annual ‘Best of The Bad’. Also this week features a deflated news portion, a locked ‘n loaded call-in section and of course some dvd reviews we can all use such as the brand new dvd release of Adam Wingard’s long awaited Bill Moseley/Tiffany Shepis vehicle in ‘Home Sick’ , and Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm Phinale in Phantasm OblIVion! The horror goodness rock and rolls, struts and strolls this week on the original horror talk radio show over at DEADPIT.COM !
TWO NEW DESIGNS!
The wait is over and new designs are here! First up is the one you’ve all been waiting for…ZOMBIE VS. SHARK! In case you missed it, I have revealed our design process for this shirt on our blog in a series called BIRTH OF A DESIGN. Click here to check it out or here to order the shirt! And yes, it’s also available in a girl’s tee!
Next up is another new design we decided to release today called BIG TROUBLE. I’ll let you guess where that one is from…
10% OFF BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS!
It’s that time of year again…so why not start the school year off right by sporting the coolest horror shirts this side of the schoolyard? And heck, even if you aren’t in school, now is a good time to take advantage of yet another exclusive discount! Just enter SCHOOL10 at checkout to activate your 10% off discount! But hurry because this offer is only good until 11:59pm (EST), Monday, September 1. So that are you waiting for…GO SHOPPING!
COMING SOON…
As always, we have lots of stuff in the works. All I can say is keep an eye out for this Halloween season as we are ready to kick things into high gear! What’s on the horizon, you ask?
- hoodies
- logo tees
- button packs
- and of course, many more regular and vintage shirts
There are a few other things we’ve chosen to keep quiet…but trust me, things are going to be changing very soon. Thanks again for your support and stay tuned!
-Ben
FRIGHT-RAGS
Hey Everyone-
I know it’s been a while since the last update but we at Happy Cloud Pictures have been working hard on Conventions and Productions.
Here are a few pictures from our latest production Coventry Lanes aka Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation. http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o5/happycloudpictures/Coventry%20Lanes/
The shoot was short, 8 days total, but tiring, our longest day was 17 hours! We had some wonderful people on set- Brinke Stevens, Debbie Rochon, Amy Lynn Best, Lilith Stabs, Robyn Griggs, Sofiya Smirnova, Nikki McCrea, Aaron Bernard, Rachelle Williams, Stephanie Bartoni, Jeff Waltrowski, Tara Cooper, Tabatha Carrick, Michael Barton, Gary Ashley, Henrique Couto, Bill Homan, Gwendolyn, Stacy Bartlebaugh-Gmys and Zilda Alvez comprised the cast. Yes it’s huge and none of them are extras!
The crew was Writer/Director Mike Watt, Simon Geroghty, Steve Villaneuve and Hugo Bissonet from DiggerFilms in Montreal handled the Cinematograpy, our effects crew was headed by Eric Molinaris and included Brandon Dishman, Curt Wheeler, Luke Miller, Stephen James, Nicholas Totos, david Richmond, John Avila, Kristen Meyers, John Leftwich, Jason Baker, Alex Yuravak and Jesse Phillips. Lorena Cintron was there to do glamour makeup, David Cooper and Mike Haushaulter were there to provide set photography, Mike Giannott and Kyle Laudermitt should up to lend a hand and the whole of us were there because of Sandy and Bob Hall, the bowling alley owners.
As you can tell it was an insane amount of people for one of our shoots but everyone was wonderful. Most of the cast were doing double and triple duty.
The footage is looking great so far- can not wait to see it all together.
Also, we decided to sell copies of the Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut pre-release due to all of the inquires we’ve had. So head over to www.happycloudpictures.net to get your copy!
Also make sure you stop by when we’re in your area and say hi. The website also has our appearances on it.
That’s about it as far as the business goes, there have been a lot of, mostly good, personal events this year also- weddings, pregnancies, big birthdays, job changes, etc so I’ll use that as an excuse of why this update took so long. I should be back to a regular schedule from now on.
Thanks for all of your support!
Sorry folks it has taken so long to get a new batch of reviews out but between work, Fright Night Film Fest, and not sleeping I haven’t had a whole lot of time to dedicate to watching horror films lately… But with Labor Day weekend coming I’m hoping to watch the rest of the movies I got from FNFF and find other shit to watch and dedicate more time to watching some of the shittiest horror films out there? Remember someone has to do it!
Monster Ark (DVD/Sci-fi Channel) – Renee O’Connor stars as an archeologist whose ex-husband possibly found the lost ark “Noah’s Ark”? And it just happens to hold the last of the mysterious CGI demons from the past that will start the apocalypse! The movie is shit, shit, and more shit, but it does also star Tommy Lister Jr. mostly known for his role in the wrestling film “No Holds Barred” as Zeus! I give it a ½ star just for Xena’s sidekick but be warned as this movie could possibly cause brain damage watching it?
Haddonfield: A Halloween Fan Film (DVD) – David ‘The Goose’ Gooslin made a fan film that lasts close to forty minutes and that is about Michael Myers and the events that perhaps happened between the end of the first film and when Michael decides to make his way to Haddonfield Hospital to kill Laurie Strode, his sister, in the second film. David shows off his “Halloween” knowledge by intertwining characters from the 1978 and 1981 films fills in the blanks with some his own characters and storyline as Michael continues his killing spree in this fan film. It’s a very fun film to watch if you are any kind of Myers film fan and has an ending that takes place three days later in ’78 after the infamous killings that stars DeadPit.com’s Uncle Bill and Creepy Kentuckian in a scene that had me almost pissing my pants laughing at what happens. It is a scene that many original “Halloween” film fans would love and understand totally… My only real problem with the fan film is the sound, being mostly at the beginning as it sounds like it was filmed in a fish tank. And David’s use of the character ‘Ben Trammer’ from the original “Halloween” confused me a bit as I thought it was revealed in the second film he is the unknown young man who was killed in the fiery crash at the beginning of the second film while walking home from a party looking like Michael Myers and not making out with a girl on his couch who was added to the story by Gooslin and was killed off? Hey, I could be wrong, but it made me want to watch the first two films again without it being the Halloween holiday and watch this film in-between the first two films… But “Halloween” fans you need this DVD as I give it 3 stars and more about it can be found at www.myspace.com/haddonfieldfanfilm or www.deadpit.com . Now, if I only can talk ‘The Goose’ into making a fan film for “Halloween III: The Season of the Witch”?
Bob (DVD) – A short two minute film from a filmmaker named Waylon Bacon about a man named Bob who is loved by the community until he is met with an untimely and gruesome death by speeding motorist. I give it 3 stars and more about the filmmaker can be found out at www.wayonbacon.com .
The Brainiac (DVD) – An oldie but goodie from 1961 and filmed in black and white where a man is tortured and killed for his devious crimes in 1661 and he declares he will seek his revenge 300 years later on the people’s decedents who have done this to him. I give this B-movie 1 ½ stars.
Flu Bird Horror (DVD/Sci-fi Channel) – Pretty much a film that has giant fucked up birds that carry a mutant strain of the ‘bird flu’ and they are attacking rehabbing youths in the woods and their only hope is that dude who starred in “Jaws the Revenge”! Or to put it simple, it sucks donkey balls! I give it 0 stars.
Nympha (DVD) – Tiffany Shepis stars as a woman named Sarah who goes to Italy to give herself fully to god. Well, the nuns have other plans like torture because you should only need your soul to talk to god… A odd and very weird feeling kind of film that has a nun getting banged from behind by a drunk doctor, a very long but awesome lesbian scene from Tiffany and another woman for more than likely no apparent reason to establish her dreaming, Tiffany getting tortured several times, weird flashbacks and visions that explain the reason why she is there, incest, and pretty much you get a cool independent Eye-talian flick! I give it 2 ½ stars and can be found at www.mtivideo.com .
Doctor Blood’s Coffin (DVD) – A man named Peter Blood wants to experiment with living humans in order to bring back the dead at medical school but gets kick out and decides to continue his experiments back at his little village while falling in love with the lovely and legendary actress Hazel Court. Sounds like a classic B-flick to most but to me sounds more like the prelude for the film we now know as “Re-Animator” as I give it 2 ½ stars.
Brimstone (DVD) – Michael Wade Johnson’s first feature (or no budget Indy flick) is about four Goths who become great friends and lovers at film school. Well, three of the friends go home and go to a place called ‘Brimstone’ and a incident happens that summer and when they come back to school they are different and not themselves and eventually kill themselves while haunting the last of them until she is driven to the place that effected them all! Some of the usual problems for your usual first Indy feature that put a little damper on the flick but I have to give Michael props for actually having a character committing suicide the right way (you need to see to understand) and having naked dead people having sex to haunt their friend can never hurt a film! Again if you get through the very long at times 84 minute movie, you see the potential of another cool indy horror filmmaker in the making as I give the film 2 ½ stars as it got an extra half star for having the correct way of suicide in a cool scene. If interested in purchasing or finding more out about the film go to www.myspace.com/brimstonemovie or www.myspace.com/fauxpas23 .
Any comments or questions please send to: GrossMovieReview@aol.com or www.myspace.com/slasherfilmfan . Also you can purchase any of my three horror movie review books, “Gross Movie Reviews Volume One, Two, or Three” at www.lulu.com or www.amazon.com . 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 in Strongsville, Ohio for Cinema Wasteland October 3rd thru the 5th , 2008 and go to www.cinemawasteland.com for details…
My book links if interested in purchasing a copy of my books:
Volume Three
http://www.lulu.com/content/2497428
Volume Two Red Cover
http://www.lulu.com/content/738100
Volume Two Alternate (black) Cover
http://www.lulu.com/content/751465
We’ll be asking the fans a trivia question somehow related to ‘The Scarefest’ or it’s shows guest. Email us your answer: DEADPIT@DEADPIT.COM and Two lucky winners will be chosen at random and win 2 sets of weekend passes EACH! The first giveaway is this coming Friday on the DEADPIT show over at DEADPIT.com ! Tune in and remember folks theres no such thing as good losers!
Be sure to visit Scare Fest’s official site at www.TheScareFest.com , you can get all the gorey and whorey details on the location, guests, activities and other creamy horror/paranormal info…did I mention that DEADPIT will be there live and in living color just like Homey The Clown?!?
YAY!
The DEADPIT coalition!
“K.S.W.A. Krazy Tour 2008″
Millvale Community Days Celebration
6:00pm Friday, September 12, 2008
Grant Ave.
Millvale, PA. 15209
For Information Call
412-726-1762
This is a Free Live Event
“K.S.W.A. Krazy Tour 2008″
Millvale Community Days Celebration
3:00pm Saturday, September 13, 2008
Grant Ave.
Millvale, PA. 15209
For Information Call
412-726-1762
This is a Free Live Event
“K.S.W.A. A Night for Kody”
7:30 Saturday, September 13, 2008
Lawrenceville Moose
120 51st Street
Pittsburgh, PA. 15201
For Tickets & Show Information Call
412-726-1762
Tickets $10 Adults & $8 Kids
All Bottle Beer $2.00
Main Event - K.S.W.A. Heavyweight Title Match
Champion - Anthony Alexander
vs.
“The Enforcer” Shawn Blanchard w/Frank Durso
Kris Kash vs “Dr. Devastation” Lou Martin w/Frank Durso
Thanks to Klingensmith Health Care & Rubinoff Company
for use of their parking lots during all K.S.W.A. Events
All fans can park in the parking lots across the street from the Lawrenceville Moose!!!!
(Thanks to Fangoria.com and Deadpit.com for the story)
FANGORIA will host a free screening of the anthology horror flick TRICK ’R TREAT at New York City’s Two Boots Pioneer Theater on Monday, October 13 at 7 p.m., marking the film’s East Coast premiere and a rare opportunity to see this eagerly awaited movie on the big screen. The film’s writer/director, Michael (X-MEN 2) Doughtery, will introduce the film and take part in a Q&A. The film stars Anna (TRUE BLOOD) Paquin, Brian (MANHUNTER) Cox, Dylan (FIDO) Baker and Leslie (MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN) Bibb.
The Fango/Pioneer TRICK ’R TREAT screening will be a free show; to obtain tickets, send an e-mail to fangoscreening@starloggroup.com. You must list “TRICK ’R TREAT” as your subject line. Offer is good for you and one guest; plus, tell us your full name and whether you want to be added to the FANGORIA newsletter list so we can tell you about future Fango screenings and events. Names will be checked at the door. Offer is first come, first served, and we will confirm your RSVP. This advance preview is sponsored by Legendary Pictures.
TRICK ’R TREAT has been on horror fans’ must-see list ever since it was originally announced as a 2007 Halloween debut (its current release status is undetermined). Advance reviews have been ecstatic. Fangoria.com’s Matt Kiernan caught an advance preview late last year in Austin, TX and praised: “TRICK ‘R TREAT is, first and foremost, an entertainment and nothing more—an unpretentious, light-hearted (but never cutesy) and blackly comic movie.” See his full review here, and read our interview with actress Paquin in FANGORIA #277, on sale next month.
So mark your calendar for Fango’s free 35mm showing of TRICK ‘R TREAT on October 13. Meanwhile, check out the TRICK ‘R TREAT trailer here. —Tony Timpone
with John Amplas
Of George A. Romero’s Martin
There’s no real magic…but there sure is a good time to be had by all on Deadpit this week. CK and UB are joined on the show by ‘Martin’ himself, John Amplas, and we discuss his vast body of work with legendary maestro George Romero. We can “stake” our reputation on this interview, and we follow that up with two new DVD reviews including the insanely irrelevant Uwe Boll comedy (???) “Postal”, and the needless remake of the week “Prom Night”. All of this plus some new Diary of the Deadpit videos, recap from our amazing trip to the Fright Night Film Festival, and some exclusive news about an upcoming interview sure to make you drop a brick…only on Deadpit.com
The Oaks Theater in Oakmont, PA is one of the last true independently run movie theaters left in Pittsburgh. They are very good to the horror community(recently having shown Poultrygeist and Argento’s Mother of Tears) and us Bastards support that. If your in Pittsburgh, check out these events at The Oaks:
FRI August 29 @ Midnight (and on the last Friday of every month!)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 / R / 100 minutes)
With Pittsburgh’s own Junior Chamber of Commerce Players.
FRI September 5 @ 10 PM
SAT September 6 @ 10 PM
SUN September 7 @ 10 PM
(back by popular demand!)
Mike Judge Presents: The Animation Show, vol. 4
View the official website here. And the trailer here
For more info and a schedule of all upcoming films go to The Oak’s website.
Steven Davies from The Horror Asylum has a message for you Bastards:
“Hi All.
Tonight sees the Frightfest premiere of the terrifying British thriller ‘Eden Lake’, which stars Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice), Michael Fassbender (Hunger, 300 and Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Somers Town) and directed by James Watkins. Now you check out the extreme red band trailer from the flick.
STARTING AT MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY AUG. 23rd THRU MIDNIGHT AUG.30TH
BY PURCHASING $120 BUCKS WORTH OF ANY MERCHANDISE AT FULLMOONDIRECT.COM YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT ON OUR UPCOMING PRODUCTION: GINGERDEADMAN 3: ROLLER BOOGIEMAN!!!
- This is a real film credit and will eventually be listed on IMDB.COM!!!
- You will get a signed certificate guaranteeing this film credit sent to you along with your purchases.
We presented this offer as part of our last 2 road show events and now 300+ dudes have an executive producer credit on GINGERDEADMAN 2: PASSION OF THE CRUST!!! WHERE ELSE ON THE PLANET CAN YOU BECOME AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON A FEATURE FILM BY PURCHASING ONLY $120 BUCKS OF COOL STUFF???
There have been some great sales and offers this month, but this is the craziest one yet!
“K.S.W.A. When Worlds Collide”
7:30 Saturday, August 23, 2008
Lawrenceville Moose
120 51st Street
Pittsburgh, PA. 15201
For Tickets & Show Information Call
412-726-1762
Tickets $10 Adults & $8 Kids
All Bottle Beer $2.00
_____________________________________________________________________
*Main Event - Flag Match*
Anthony Alexander vs. Ali Kaida
*Tag Team Grudge Match*
The V.I.P.’s The Enforcer Shawn Blanchard & Dr. Devastation Lou Martin w/Frank Durso
vs.
Kris Kash & Justin Sane
*Golden Triangle Title Match*
Champion - Mike Malachi w/Gentleman Joe Perri vs. The Blood Beast
All this and much more!!!!!!!
*Card Subject to change*
______________________________________________________________________
Thanks to Klingensmith Health Care & Rubinoff Company
for use of their parking lots during all K.S.W.A. Events
All fans can park in the parking lots across the street from the Lawrenceville Moose!!!!
Marty Lyons - K.S.W.A. Public Relations
Keystone State Wrestling Alliance
www.kswa.net
myspace.com/kswawrestling
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Fright Night Film Fest 2008
By Tim Gross
The Good
In my opinion and from where I was set up at, it seemed the turn out for the convention was even bigger than last year… Much bigger and unexpected as it has been rumored that many conventions this summer have reported low attendance? There was a line of people that filled the hotel lobby an hour before the show opened Friday evening and Saturday morning. The celebrity guests were pretty cool and plentiful as you had a Phantasm reunion that included Angus Scrimm, Friday the 13th Jasons and other various cast members from Part Three, cast members from the original Halloween, the awesome and very cool wrestlers Al Snow and Mick Foley, Jason Lively from “Night of the Creeps”, Tiffany Shepis who was the life of the party as usual, Danielle Harris, and many others that had the convention guest room jam packed all weekend. A lot of Dead Pit members showed up in force to not only support www.deadpit.com but got a sneak peek at the film documentary about the fantastic duo that went over like gang busters in the screening room that included lots of board members with a special guest “Slipcase” (Dead Pit fans know who I’m talking about). A special “Savage Streets” screening after the “Into the Pit” sneak peek that is sure to be talked about for many years to come in Louisville as the room was packed and a few or so people leave as the room became very rowdy and party like that it had a life of its own that was talked about by many who did not attend or hotel staff that I also chatted with! Also I cannot forget as many vendors won’t, Robert Elkins dressed head to toe in a much disfigured zombie costume to promote his latest project that was playing at the film fest and I turned it into “NWA Saturday Night” with me as Dusty Rhodes and Robert as Dirty ‘Dead’ Dick Murdock doing promos for our upcoming matches!
The Bad
There wasn’t a whole lot bad about the convention except two sticking points with the convention goers and vendors alike: A) $25 autographs or pictures for almost all the guests… There was a couple who charged only $10 or $15 but this was the hot topic among convention goers and vendors. Is this economy related, gas related, being a complete money gouging asshole related? This has not been answered and I’m sure this will not be answered anytime soon but it has already affected the way people go to horror conventions and not only spend their money but decide whether to seek out all the celebrities they want to meet or try and take a chance on the latest DVD from a independent filmmaker who is trying to make a name for himself. There is a line being crossed in the sand already by some horror fans including myself about paying these higher autograph prices. I think part of the problem is due too, some minor celebrities who think they are actually bigger than what they are instead of understanding “you do not want to cut off the hand that feeds you?” B) The celebrity room was very cramped and uncomfortable especially since it seemed the hotel did not believe in having the AC on during the day. I was sweating pounds off like a fucking pig and all I was doing at times was talking to horror fans and sitting. But for the most part there wasn’t a whole to complain about as most of it had to do with the amount charged for autographs and pictures…
The Ugly
Where do I start with this subject? There was plenty of ugly going on in Louisville, Kentucky. A) Lady horror fans who feel they can fit in size 8 clothes but in reality you are a size 20 or 22 please refrain from wearing corsets, cut off shirts, or skirts that reveal more that needs to be revealed like having no ass just fat hanging there for example as one girl took the prize early Saturday morning when I seen a girl who had a tramp stamp bulging out from under her corset like it was somebody trying to pop a zit! I swear it was changing color because of the blood flow being cut off (but cool effect). B) Horror guys, stop wearing sun glasses inside the convention the whole day, you look like a fucking asshole that we all make fun of to entertain ourselves during slow points of conventions! Plus, “TAKE A FUCKING BATH, YOU SMELLY, DIRTY, SIMPSON COMIC BOOK GUY LOOKING MOTHER FUCKERS”!!!! My god I was about to bust the fire hose two or three times before I puked all over my table! C) Half naked people playing in the hallways of the hotel at 3 in the morning, I don’t mind, you are entertaining but it’s usually annoying to most. D) The “Savage Streets” screening was good and ugly for various reasons as Rick of DSK-Productions and I not only chased off several people from a packed room but entertained the ones that stayed for a drunk-induced commentary that was like no other and will talked about for years among all who come to Fright Night Film Fest every year. As I ended the screening with me running to my hotel room puking in the bathroom for an hour, sleep, get up ready to go hang out again and then realize I have to shit the rest of guts out and then sleep again in the bathroom, eventually deciding I need to actually find my bed but found out Holiday Inn has one very comfortable bathroom. E) Jason Payne (Pain, however you spell it) and Robert Elkins stayed back before the screening to drink vodka and orange juice together for two hours and neither wants to talk about it?! F) It was ugly but fun but Rick and me meeting other Dead Pit members as “Creepy Bill” and Uncle Kentuckian”. G) What top the weekend, I only sold four books but was able to sell a 22 year old street hockey mask for more than I paid for it in 1986! Fuck, next time I’m looking in the back of my truck to sell shit than the books.
Overall, Ken the convention promoter put together another great convention that was not only bigger and better than last year’s but promises it will be again next year as he strives to put a show on that not only people in the Midwest area enjoy but other horror fans around the country will want to come to also. Fright Night Film Fest 2008 definitely gets the Tim Gross stamp of approval and a must see show for all horror fans!
Thank you Aaron and Wes again for helping me out and to Ken for having me as apart of a great convention as I had another great time in Louisville and thank you to all who stopped by the table and hung out and that includes the crowd of Dead Pit members!
Stuff you might want to check out:
Robert Elkins (Backwoods and Backwoods 2) www.eyesoreproductions@rocketmail.com
Forgive My Sins Production Company
revjesse@hotmail.com (Jesse is a make-up artist looking for work and wants to talk to you filmmakers) He will have a website up soon called www.forgivemysins.com
David Rupp
www.infernaldreams.2fear.com (Custom Horror Graphics and Reviews) Filmmakers he is looking for your screeners…
Aldo Romero
Multi Media Production out of New York
www.symbioticfilm.com
Art Held Hostage
Elias Dancey is looking to distribute your film Indy guys! (He’s helping Robert Elkins with his latest project that stars Tiffany Shepis!) www.artheldhostage.com
The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates (Music CD)
Music written and produced by Midnight Syndicate
Bonus tracks performed by Gavin Goszka
www.midnightsyndicate.com
www.thedeadmatter.com
Review by Tim Gross
Midnight Syndicate has their latest music CD available called “The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates”. Fresh off of their effort for the film “The Rage” in 2007 they bring another scary, eerie, and refreshing sound that makes you want to bust your Halloween shit out early and start setting up the house! This latest CD is not your basic background music for a horror film or cheap scary music you would find in the $3 bin at a ‘Party City’. It’s a refreshing effort that can chill the hardest of hardcore horror movie fans’ bones and make you feel you are trapped in a Fulci zombie film or a ‘Hammer’ classic. Track number one, “Cathedral Ruins” draws you in instantly as it brings images of Fulci’s great work in the early 80s when you first witness his films and sucks you with the creepy feeling you use to feel when you first started watching horror films in your childhood and does not let go of you until the last track “Lullaby” ends. “The Dead Matter” is a brilliant collection of music that could be used for your scary haunted house for Halloween or I can see it being used for a cool, inventive, creepy independent horror film. Midnight Syndicate’s latest effort is not the official soundtrack for the film “The Dead Matter” which is scheduled for an early 2009 release but has some tracks from the CD that are used in the upcoming film. This news makes me very excited about the upcoming film to see where and how the tracks are used. Any horror fan that would hear this music would be stupid to not buy Midnight Syndicate’s latest collection of music as they prove again not since Carpenter’s efforts during the 80s has such a collection fit the horror genre and make you or as a horror fan to want filmmakers making their latest project to include such a soon to be classic collection! I give this perfect fitting horror genre CD four stars out of four stars.
Louisville Director Mark E. Poole to Speak at Fright Night Film Fest
Director Mark E. Poole, the creative force behind the award-winning zombie/comedy DEAD MOON RISING (DMR1) will be speaking at the 2008 Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, KY on Sunday August 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM. He will share his experience with writing, shooting and editing DMR1, as well as securing nationwide distribution with his very first film. Within a month of its release, DMR1 was named Fangoria Magazine’s Video of the Month. In the article, Fangoria stated that, “All this is much cleverer than you expect, with Poole maintaining a perfect balance of humor & horror…witty, wild and wonderfully ingenious, DEAD MOON RISING takes home-grown filmmaking to outlandish heights.”
He will also speak about his latest project, DEAD MOON RISING 2 (DMR2), the episodic series. He is shooting this on HD cameras with another large & talented ensemble cast. Poole says, “There’s never been a more handsome group of zombie slayers, ever.” DMR2 will be shot in and around Louisville, Kentucky, but will be bigger, bolder, and dig deeper into each of the main character’s back stories.
Poole will show the never-before seen trailer and the first real episodes for DMR2 at Fright Night.
He will also detail everything it takes to be an independent filmmaker, and the 3 things he’ll NEVER do again.
One thing he will do is recreate another massive ZOMBIE crowd scene, which will be coupled with a Halloween Ball at City Block, Louisville. Poole plans to stage a life-sized helicopter crash at that event. “We’ll have people trying to escape, only to find they are surrounded by thousands of zombies. It’s every man for himself, and the zombies grab those trying to hold onto the skids. Mayhem ensues.” The event is limited to the first 3000 zombies to sign up.
More about the Zombie gathering here: http://www.anubisdigital.com/party.html
Poole will also announce the details of Anubis Digital Studios own Short Cuts Films contest.
Later that evening, Poole is honored to present the award for Best Zombie film for the 2008 Fright Night Film Fest awards show at the Kentucky Arts Center. This charity event will benefit the Make a Wish Foundation.
See the Fright Night Film Fest website for more details.
http://www.frightnightfilmfest.com/
MIAMI, FL,- MTI Home Video, the leading independent home entertainment studio that specializes in horror films, will next release Ivan Zuccon’s (Bad Brains, The Shunned House) NYMPHA on DVD on September 9, 2008. NYMPHA is a stylish and disturbing chiller that explores the realm where madness and faith intersect!
Tiffany Shepis (Nightmare Man, The Hazing) stars in the film along with Allan McKenna (Blind Bet), Michael Segal (The Shunned House), Alessandra Guerzoni, Caterina Zanca, Giuseppe Gobbato, and Francesco Primavera. The film was written by Ivo Gazzarrini (Bad Brains), and directed and produced by Ivan Zuccon.
NYMPHA is the story of Sarah (Shepis), an American who goes to Italy to take vows needed to become a cloister nun of the “New Order” Convent. The rules of the convent are very strict - so strict that they are often considered a form of torture. Sarah’s path is divided into four steps, “hear” the Lord, “see” the Lord, “touch” the Lord and “talk” with the Lord. Each step will be painful for Sarah’s physical and mental self. During Sarah’s journey, she has visions of the Convents past - visions of a young woman whose life was ruined by the religious fanaticism of her violent grandfather. Her grandfather believed he could talk directly with God, but in reality, he was utterly mad. This madness is now present today - within the walls of the convent where Sarah lives.
DVD features include: 16:9 widescreen format, 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound, behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, photo gallery, interactive menus, scene selection, trailers, biographies and optional Spanish subtitles.
UPC: 039414521047
DVD: $24.95 SRP
RATED: R
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERES: DVD
STREET: September 9, 2008
PREORDER: August 12, 2008
Year: 2007
Poultrygiest: Night of the Chicken Dead (Theater) – Ok folks, lets be serious I think most of us including me thought this film was going to be an absolute mess? A huge shitfest, I’m talking Craven’s “Cursed”, right? Well, with all the doubts, all those reports of money and distribution problems I read about, Lloyd has outdone himself… and I’m glad to see it. The movie was great and more! The plot of the film centers around a young couple who are about to embark on their journey into adulthood promising nothing will change them or their relationship. Six months later… The girl is a lesbian of course and the boy is just a confused man by his girlfriend sucking holes with her new friend at a protest outside of a new fast food place! The boy decides to work at the fast food place against his supposedly girlfriend’s wishes and strange things begin to happen as the store is about to open. Strange green eggs appear and blamo! Full force, in your face, Troma style kind of a movie as the customers unknowing begin to eat infected chicken dead legs, thighs, breasts, etc. Blood, lesbians, topless women, chicken zombies, a dead guy with a mop as a cock, exploding shitfest in a bathroom from a fat guy, all the usuals from Troma past, human zombies after ingesting possessed chicken eggs by dead Indians that can be killed by alcohol, lots of politically incorrect jokes, and the film is part musical! I’m so glad Lloyd was able to make a Troma film in this day and age that Troma fans want. The film is not only an excellent addition to the classics “The Toxic Avenger” and “Class of Nuke’EM High” of Tromaville but the flick has that late 80s Troma movie kinda feel. I thank Lloyd for renewing my faith in the best independent film company out there and give this fine film 3 ½ stars!
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