The Human Centipede trailer

Ok, how in the world is this movie not directed by David Cronenberg? This has his "body horror" stamp all over it. I can't wait to see this and support it as a theatrical release since it is not a sequal or a remake and looks very very horrifying, especially since the trailer implies that the disgusting premise actually happens to the characters. It's coming from IFC films though, so a full nationwide release is probably not in the cards. If you see it playing in your area, please go see it!

Easter Bunny horror film short

I guess this is a couple years old but it's new to me and pretty damn creepy! It's of course making it's rounds on the interwebs today so I thought I would post it too.

Resident Evil: Afterlife trailer

Thanks to zombiecommand.com for the heads up on this. Below is the HD trailer for the next Resident Evil film, this time in 3D (just like all films coming in the next year).

Remember when Resident Evil used to be about shooting Romero type zombies in an old spooky house? True, the films have never really embraced that aspect of the games, and have always been more stylized and glitzy, but my god this one looks like it wants to be The Matrix. Feh...I still can't wait to see Alice kicking ass again ^_^


Resident Evil: Afterlife in HD

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HAPPY EASTER!

Just want to wish everyone a happy holiday and apologize for the lack of posts lately! I promise I will try to do better!

Also, thanks to all the new readers that have signed on as followers to this blog!

Blogger's Block and Beware Blu-Ray

I am currently working on a lengthy movie review post, but it seems to be taking me a little longer than it should, so I thought I would just do a couple quickie posts in the meantime.

My topic today is my love / hate of the Blu-Ray video format. I absolutely love the picture quality for these discs, but I wanted to warn people that if you are fans of special features, especially commentary tracks, you may want to learn a bit more about each and every Blu-Ray you pick up before selling your old DVD copies to FYE.

A great example is the newly released Cabin Fever. Keep in mind that the original release DVD was entirely on one single disc. And on that lone disc was a making of, a trailer, the Rotten Fruit series of animated shorts and 5 (count em) COMMENTARY TRACKS!!!

So imagine my surprise that I went in to Target the other day and saw the Blu-Ray disc in their new release section for the low low price of $14.99. Wow, I thought to myself what a bargain! I picked it up and out of habit immediately flipped it over to see what goodies it has. Ready??...It has all the aforementioned extras except for the 5 commentary tracks. WHAT!?!?! It does however have a brand new one on there from Eli Roth and the cast but would it have killed them to port over the ones from the DVD? What about all the extra space that the Blu-Ray fromat provides? They just decided to say "awww screw it nobody will even notice they're gone"? And consider this: since Cabin Fever is supposed to be a throwback to the '80s style of horror movies, then the pristine picture quality that Blu-Ray provides is kind of secondary when it comes to the extra features. Think about it. You almost want a blurrier grainier picture quality with this sort of flick.

This is a disturbing trend I have noticed lately. Although it doesn't seem to be that case with every movie that comes out (Shaun Of The Dead ported over every special feature and even had a couple small new ones), you do have to be careful of what you are buying if you are into this sort of stuff.

I also find it strange that this has not been considered by the studios: One of the primary reasons the DVD market bottomed out so quickly is that it became quite evident that people were collecting movies voraciously, now that a compact affordable format had proven successful. But like with any other collectible, shelf space becomes limited and runs out completely over time. DVD collections became too large to handle and so people started saying to themselves "Hmmmm, maybe I don't really need to own every season of Punky Brewster on DVD" which resulted in a huge plunge in sales over the last 2 years.

Having said that, what does that say for the people who decide they want to own an upgraded Blu-Ray of Oh, let's say George Romero's Dawn Of The Dead just for the spiffy visuals, but can't get rid of their 4 disc box set on DVD because of the plethora of stuff on it? It means that they keep both. And that means shelf space fills up that much faster. And that means that for the reason mentioned above, the Blu Ray format may not have the longevity that DVD had, or at the very least, won't get as many titles released on it.

For example, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever isn't being released on Blu-Ray. Yet. I guess they will wait til people have shelled out their cash for the DVD first and then put it out on Blu-Ray next year.

Wolfman (2010)

Didn't really have time to post anything tonight, but after coming home from seeing The Wolfman I thought I would look on here to see what others think and to my surprise only Horror Movie A Day had anything to say so far on the movie.

Hopefully that means that everyone is busy seeing it right now. I know my theater was a packed house! This was the best werewolf movie I have ever seen. Seriously. Most of the changes that were made from the original make perfect sense and in my opinion are better, especially the time period and location of the film. There is one HUGE element of the movie that was added for this that wasn't really needed but was handled effectively. I won't say anything about it here just now as I don't want to spoil anything for those planning to go see it.

Fantastic production design, well timed jump scares scattered throughout, and rip roaring gore each and everytime the Wolfman is on screen.

And speaking of the gore, both it's level of violence and also Rick Baker's makeup design totally had me thinking that the spirit of Paul Naschy is alive and well. He would have loved this.

Please go see this and take someone you love with you for a Valentine's night out.

post birthday Amazon shopping spree

Just got done spending all my Amazon giftcards I have been saving up and ordered the following: Final Fantasy XIII for PS3, Hardbodies DVD Collection, Horror Rises From The Tomb on DVD, Zombieland on Bluray, Jennifer's Body on Bluray, and Saw VI on Bluray.
Didnt get as much for my money this year, but a PS3 game and 3 blurays blow through the cash pretty quickly LOL
Sorry I have been absent from here for a while but January was a very stressful month for me. Earthquakes, a baby being born, visits from family, wife's coworker died, and I just spent 4 days in the hospital for the first time ever. I am hoping that I can now devote a little more time to the blog now that things have calmed down.
Thanks for your patience!!

Hey I am an award winner!!

What a nice surprise! I come back from spending 30 hours in a hospital to witness my best friend giving birth to her baby boy, and I find this amazingly gracious accomadation waiting for me.
Courtesy of Hayes Hudson's House Of Horror. A few other noteworthy horror blogs received this. I highly reccomend checking the page out for links to other great blogs you may be missing out on. Also, he just started his 2nd offical contest there with the prize of a 3D version of the original Nosferatu on DVD!

New favorite blog!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the blog I just found and fell in love with. Do yourself a favor and head over to http://sexywitch.wordpress.com/ and enjoy!

RIP Dan O'Bannon

Seems I'm late with this bit of news, and frankly I am getting tired of constantly learning of the deaths of genre greats this past year, but I was not about to ignore the passing of the writer of 2 of my favorite fright flicks. Dan O'Bannon has lost his 30 year battle with Crohn's disease. He is responsible for Lifeforce, one of my favorite guilty pleasures and Return Of The Living Dead, which stands today as one of the greatest zombie movies, wether you are looking at it as comedy or horror.
Thank you Dan, your rest is well deserved.

MMMMM...Reindeer meat....

Considering I just lost one of my followers, I thought it was about time I posted again. Sorry I have been away. Holidays can get in the way sometimes.

Maybe what we need is a good old fashioned zombie outbreak during this time of year to kind of whittle down the pesky invasiveness of these holidays.

Luckily there is a movie on it's way that gives us just that. Entitled "12/24" It looks like a joyous time is to be had by all. Well, maybe not the characters in this film who will wind up in the bellies of the undead. Hee hee


Looks fun to me! Here is a link to their facebook page with more articles and videos to peruse: http://www.facebook.com/pages/1224-The-Movie/85707753364

Oh and before I forget, one of the stars is my fave scream queen Tiffany Shepis who seems determined to be in more movies than Brinke, Linnea, and Michelle combined.



Some of you would say that I'm just using this as an excuse to post pics of Tiffany and you may be right, but I honestly did try to find some more pics from the movie and came up empty except the one at the top. So, here's some more of the lovely Ms. Shepis...

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Here is a selection of spooky cartoons to enjoy. Please go out and trick or treat, go to a party, have a horror movie marathon with a loved one or do SOMETHING to celebrate the holiday!!!!






I will have another batch later tonight so hope everyone has fun!

Michael Dougherty involved in new Godzilla???

A little while ago I posted a news item stating that Legendary Pictures was possibly going to restart the Godzilla franchise with a new American made and released film. While there was no more information than that, we may have another tidbit of info now.

I picked up the new issue of Rue Morgue Magazine this week (which is an amazing issue you should pick it up) and in an article on Michael Dougherty's long awaited film Trick 'R' Treat, was this final paragraph at the end:

"Every project I do goes back to what I was exposed to as a kid: X-Men, Superman, Halloween. I can't elaborate too much on my next film, but I'll just say my other passion growing up was Godzilla. I'm crossing off a checklist that I first wrote when I was about nine."

If both of these things mesh into what I'm thinking, then this will be a dream come true for myself and other Godzilla fans. I can't think of anyone more suited for the project other than Peter Jackson, and let's face it, that would never happen.

Demand to see Paranormal Activity in your area!

RIP: Dick Durock

I found out this evening that actor and stuntman Dick Durock passed away last week from pancreatic cancer at the age of 72. He was mostly known for his role as Alec Holland, the Swamp Thing, in the Wes Craven film based on the DC comics character, as well as it's sequal Return Of Swamp Thing.

He was also heavily utilized as a stuntman and bit actor in the 80's on many TV shows as The Incredible Hulk, Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team.



It absolutely shocks me that I discovered this news from a toy blog that I peruse (thanks Toyriffic), but not anywhere else in all the dozens and dozens of horror blogs that I follow.
The Wes Craven movie wasn't fantastic, and the sequal was done for laughs, but no one can deny that it was Mr. Durock's acting that gave a sense of integrity to either of those films, especially in the first one. It was one of my favorite films as a child and I really thought the thankless job of having to act under all that latex and foam rubber was handled very well, and very professionally.

R.I.P. Dick Durock and thank you for my fond memories of bringing to life one of my favorite comic characters.

Contest at AtomicFox!

Just wanted to let you all know about another contest with the same rules as the Grimvision one below. The prize is this cute skeleton bride and groom couple, and it's being brought to us from a new blogger I wasn't aware of(!)and you can find her here:

http://atomicfox.blogspot.com/

18 years old, female AND a horror fan??? LOL awesome! She has a nice little blog going and she even alerted to me to a piece of news I hadn't heard of, Rob Zombie's pending remake of The Blob!! That got me all kinds of excited!
Thanks sweetie!

skull, book and candle prop contest

Take a look at the site grimvisions to enter the contest for this beautiful Halloween decoration. They specialize in fantastic one of a kind spooky pieces of artwork. This looks like it came straight out of a Corman / Poe movie ^_^ It won't be easy to win one though, looks like a lot of people are entering for this!
http://www.grimvisions.com/giveaway/skull-book-giveaway

Wolfman Trailer

This should go a very long way in relieving some of the fears brought on by a post I made a little while ago about Universal's intent to change the iconic look of this character.
Now that there is an actual full length trailer out that clearly shows what the Wolfman looks like, I feel any changes they make will be superficial at best.
Feast your eyes on this beautiful trailer!!!! In fact since imbedding the youtube player cuts off almost half of the frame of their HD videos, you owe it to yourself to use the link below to go directly to youtube and watch it in all its glory

(EDIT) Well, trust me it was great. Looks like the trailer has been pulled off of youtube. Sorry folks

Artist spotlight: Bryan Baugh

Thought I would do something a little different tonight and direct all of your attention to an artist that I have been a big fan of for about a year now, Bryan Baugh. His works are in the vein of EC Comics mixed with the blood and babes of classic and current horror movies. He cites Bernie Wrightson and Jack Davis as inspirations, and you can absolutely see a lot of Jack Davis influence in his linework. Most of Wrightson's influence is noticeable in his composition and the design of his creatures, especially rotting shambling corpses. His pieces are fantastic in black and white, but what I'm also a huge fan of is his colored work. Bright and vibrant when they need to be, and murky and dark when it's called for. There are so many to choose from this will be kind of a long post because I could't narrow down what I wanted to include here.
Clicking on any of the images will blow them up to their full resolution. I highly reccomend it to see all the detail in these.




I love the computer coloring in this adding the shadow of the floor grates on to everyone. It really punches it up and makes the light source coming from underneath very obvious.



Let's hope the new Wolf Man movie has a creature that looks this good. One of my favorite classic monsters and one of my favorite pieces from Bryan.


Absolutely perfect colors on this lots of darkness reminding you of where the crate was located in the film, in a deep dark corner underneath the stairs, and then a BLAST of bright red and blue colors right before she gets bitten. Incredible!



This one has everything that made the movie so fantastic, and quite fitting that Mathilda May is the center of the piece.









I would LOVE to have both of Bryan's Creature pieces on aqua colored t-shirts that match the backround of each piece and on the back in huge lettering, have the Creature From The Black Lagoon title logo. Both of these are so beautiful.









I love all the gonzo elements in this that remind me of how friggin wild this movie was, right down to Meg's blood slobbered nips!



Like I said there were so many to choose from and there is at least twice this, if you want to check out his Deviantart page at http://bryanbaugh.deviantart.com/ He is also being spotlighted in the 25th issue of the comic book Hack And Slash, which is a title that everyone should already be picking up anyway. If you're not, what are you waiting for!?!?!

Possible relaunch of Godzilla for US?!?!?!

According to Monster Island News it's been revealed that Legendary Pictures is in the process of producing a relaunch of the Godzilla franchise for US theatrical release.

Absolutely nothing else is known at this time, not even whether or not they would be starting from scratch with an eentirely new concept or giving us a sequal to the abysmal film by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin a few years back

I find this to be very exciting news as anything the studio would do would be a vast improvement on the last American movie and I'm sure that Legendary Pictures is aware of the level of hatred Godzilla fans have for that film, so here's hoping they do it right. And by right I mean have it look like Godzilla for starters (see above) and have it be a serious movie. Tragic and a little scary.

Can't wait to get more and more news on this as it develops