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Archive for January, 2007
Day Planner of the Dead - January 24th, 2007
Tons of signings have been added for all you book learnin’ types. Enjoy Poindexter.
If you’re aware of an event I can place here, or are planning one yourself, please send me an email at steven@thehorrorblog.com.
Notable DVD Releases
Jan. 23rd - Monsters and Madmen
Jan. 23rd - Saw III
Jan. 30th - Maniac
Jan. 30th - Silence of the Lambs: Collector’s Edition
Jan. 30th - Hannibal Lecter Collection
Jan. 30th - Evil
Notable Theatrical Releases
Jan. 26th - Blood and Chocolate
Feb. 2nd - The Messengers
Feb. 9th - Hannibal Rising
Notable Comic Book Releases
Jan. 24th
Criminal Macabre Two Red Eyes #2
Deadman #6
Dwight T Albatross The Goon Noir #3
Elvira #165
Hellblazer #228
Lucifer Vol 11 Evensong TPB
Events
Jan. 22nd - 27th (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Tromadance Film Festival.
Jan. 26th (Orlando, Florida) - The 18th annual Florida Extravaganza aka FX. Guests include Lance Henriksen, Lloyd Kaufman, Steve Niles, Michael Biehn, Dan Brereton, Andrew Bryniarski and more.
Jan. 27th (Burbank, California) - Dark Delicacies invites the creators of the graphic novel The Night Driver over for a signing.
Jan. 27th (Toronto, Ontario) - Vagrancy Films showcases the giallo classic What Have They Done To Solange? at The Royal.
Feb. 3rd (Burbank California) - Dark Delicacies hosts a signing with Stoker award winner John Everson for his novel Convenant.
Feb. 6th (Toronto, Ontario) - WTF? Films screens a double bill of Pi and Tetsuo :The Iron Man.
Feb. 10th (Burbank, CA) - Dark Delicacies holds a signing for the animated film Hellboy - Sword of Storms, with guests artist Mike Mignola, director Tad Jones, composer Christ Drake and voice actor Doug Jones.
Feb. 15th (Toronto, Ontario) - Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre presents Phantasm.
Feb. 16th - 18th (Cherry Hill, NJ) - Monster Mania Con 7 with Tobin Bell, Brad Dourif, Crispin Glover, The Monster Squad 20th anniversary reunion and tons more.
Feb. 17th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed Films gives a belated valentine in the form of a My Bloody Valentine/Candyman double bill. Dibs on the back row.
Feb. 23rd -25th (Durham, North Carolina) - Nevermore Film Fest.
Feb. 23rd - 25th (Chicago, Illinois) - Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors including guests Doug Bradley, Jeffrey Combs, Ken Foree, Uwe Boll and many more.
Mar. 3rd (everywhere)- International Read A Comic Book Naked Day.
Mar. 3rd (Burbank, CA) - Dark Delicacies hosts an afternoon with 30 Days of Night scribe Steve Niles and master illustrator Bernie Wrightson.
March 24th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed hosts a very special night with Roy Frumkes and his classic grindhouse film Street Trash. In addition, Frumkes will be screening his documentary on George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, entitled Dream of the Dead, as well as other surprises.
Mar. 30th - April 1st (Strongsville, Ohio) - Cinema Wasteland movie and memorbilia expo has some truly bizarre and wonderful guests lined up, including the ladies of Faster Pussycat Kill… Kill!
Most of the Toronto dates courtesy of Toronto After Dark.
Clip of the Day - Monkey Farm Frankenstein Vs. The Evil Dead
MFF is a hip-hop horror duo that have cobbled together over 200 samples taken strictly from DVDs of the Evil Dead trilogy to create the world’s grooviest mash-up. My favourite part of the whole thing? The track originally appeared on their album, Twitch of the Def Nerve. Word!
Bloodrayne, Wicker Man and Lady In The Water Represent.
The nominations are in, and once again horror has a good showing for this year’s awards season. That’s right, the nominees for The Razzies have been announced. Up for Worst Movie honours are Lady In The Water, Bloodrayne and The Wicker Man remake, and all three films made the cut for the most nominated pictures of the year.
Bloodrayne, 6 Nominations - Worst Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director and Screenplay
Wicker Man, 5 Nominations - Worst Picture, Actor, Screenplay, Remake and Screen Couple
Lady In The Water, 4 Nominations - Worst Picture, Supporting Actor, Director and Screenplay
Rounding out the horror nominees, David Thewlis also picked up a Worst Supporting Actor nod for his role in The Omen, Carmen Electra nabbed a nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for Scary Movie 4, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning hit it and quit it for Worst Prequel or Sequel. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that only one horror movie was nominated for Worst Remake. Could things be looking up for horror?
Pearly Whites
Horror films with feminist undertones never fail to let me down. They usually have a few decent moments then drop the ball in the end in favour of genre conventions (ie. Ginger Snaps). Hopefully Teeth, the aforementioned vagina dentata film that premiered at Sundance and has been picking up quite a bit of critical attention, will succeed. Thanks to Lion’s Gate and the Weinsteins, who just picked up the distribution rights, maybe I’ll actually get a chance to see it and find out for myself. I’ll be especially impressed if they follow through on their promise not to trim it for an R rating.
House of Brazilian Wax
Movies
DVD
Comics
Misc.
Real World
Day Planner of the Dead - January 23rd, 2007
Break out the plastic, horror nerds. It’s new DVD day! Also, check out the Jack Hill double bill going down in Los Angeles.
If you’re aware of an event I can place here, or are planning one yourself, please send me an email at steven@thehorrorblog.com.
Notable DVD Releases
Jan. 23rd - Monsters and Madmen
Jan. 23rd - Saw III
Jan. 30th - Maniac
Jan. 30th - Silence of the Lambs: Collector’s Edition
Jan. 30th - Hannibal Lecter Collection
Jan. 30th - Evil
Notable Theatrical Releases
Jan. 26th - Blood and Chocolate
Feb. 2nd - The Messengers
Feb. 9th - Hannibal Rising
Notable Comic Book Releases
Jan. 24th
Criminal Macabre Two Red Eyes #2
Deadman #6
Dwight T Albatross The Goon Noir #3
Elvira #165
Hellblazer #228
Lucifer Vol 11 Evensong TPB
Events
Jan. 22nd - 27th (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Tromadance Film Festival.
Jan. 23rd (Los Angeles, California) - The Grindhouse Film Festival presents a double bill of Switchblade Sisters and The Swinging Cheerleader with director Jack Hill in attendence. Thanks to Warren for the head’s up.
Jan. 23rd (Toronto, Ontario) - WTF? Films basks in the glory of Troll 2.
Jan. 26th (Orlando, Florida) - The 18th annual Florida Extravaganza aka FX. Guests include Lance Henriksen, Lloyd Kaufman, Steve Niles, Michael Biehn, Dan Brereton, Andrew Bryniarski and more.
Jan. 27th (Toronto, Ontario) - Vagrancy Films showcases the giallo classic What Have They Done To Solange? at The Royal.
Feb. 6th (Toronto, Ontario) - WTF? Films screens a double bill of Pi and Tetsuo :The Iron Man.
Feb. 15th (Toronto, Ontario) - Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre presents Phantasm.
Feb. 17th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed Films gives a belated valentine in the form of a My Bloody Valentine/Candyman double bill. Dibs on the back row.
Feb. 23rd -25th (Durham, North Carolina) - Nevermore Film Fest.
March 24th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed hosts a very special night with Roy Frumkes and his classic grindhouse film Street Trash. In addition, Frumkes will be screening his documentary on George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, entitled Dream of the Dead, as well as other surprises.
Most of the Toronto dates courtesy of Toronto After Dark.
One For The Swipe Files
Ain’t It Cool News shows off a kick ass fan poster for Grind House which you can see on the right. The poster on the left is from Hell’s Belles, and was obviously used for reference. Hey, this is the grindhouse. If you’re looking for originality, you’ve come to the wrong place.
Movie Mom Reviews The Hitcher
As some of you may already know, Mom of Movie Mom’s Reviews is my all-time favourite online film critic. Unfortunately, she rarely looks at horror movies, but when she does it’s always worth a read. She’s surprisingly knowledgable about the genre, and though she tends to rate horror movies lower than most, her critiques tend to be pretty fair-minded. The one aspect that Mom excels at is in trying to impart a lesson that parents can teach their children based upon what they’ve seen. Obviously this can be a little forced for a horror movie, particularly one in which few parents will be taking their kids. This time out Mom reviews The Hitcher, and once again we get one to grow on.
“Families who see this film should talk about what might have gone differently had Jim and Grace cooperated with the police officers; although they were suspects, the two young students could have appreciated that the officers were following protocol, and instead of resisting could have talked calmly with the police to clarify the situation. Parents should also discuss road safety with teenagers and decide on procedures to follow in specific situations (what to do, for example, if they see someone standing on the road with a broken-down car).”
Thanks, Mom! You’re the best!
Thumbin’ It.
History repeats itself, as The Hitcher remake doesn’t fare as well at the box office as originally predicted by most pundits. The reason the Hitcher seemed to be a cinch to win was due to the lack of fresh competition, as it was the only movie that opened wide this weekend. The Hitcher placed fourth in the rankings. Serves it right for denying the existence of modern-day hitchikers. Bastards.
Pan’s Labryinth, which has been receiving gradually wider releases over the past few weeks, placed seventh. Now that part pisses me off. I’ve been dying to see Pan’s Labryinth since I first heard of it, but it only opened in my city this past weekend. This would be fine, except it opened in the tiniest, throwaway theatre in town. I’d probably have a better experience getting a bootleg and watching it at home. All this because the powers-that-be don’t seem to have any faith in the damn thing. Now I’m not sure if I should bother going, or hope that with it’s newfound popularity it will open in a decent-sized theatre.
Bajoongas
Movies
“The original Roxanne was blonde and blue-eyed, but also had huge bajoongas. If I gain weight it goes to my boobs and my butt. I figured since I can’t be blonde and blue-eyed, I’ll at least have her bra size. So the bajoongas got big. They were out of control!”
I hope Journalista is proud that they provided me with that link.
Interviews
“When we played in Canada the audience was always 99% Dead-ites. Do you know what I mean by Dead-ites? They’re the cult fan base, so anything we would do would have them jumping out of their seats and screaming back to us. We were playing in a place that had a liquor bar in it and people could get drinks sent to their tables while they were watching the show so you can imagine how inebriated they were. If you think that people who come to see the show now are drunk, it was much worse in Canada.”
Literature
Comics
Contests
Real World
Day Planner of the Dead - January 22nd, 2007
Here’s something I’ve been meaning to try for awhile. I’ll be compiling as many cool horror events I come across to give you the head’s up on what’s happening out there. This won’t be confined to just movie premieres or conventions, but will hopefully include some of the smaller, more obscure events.
If you’re aware of an event I can place here, or are planning one yourself, please send me an email at steven@thehorrorblog.com.
Notable DVD Releases
Jan. 23rd - Monsters and Madmen
Jan. 23rd - Saw III
Notable Theatrical Releases
Jan. 26th - Blood and Chocolate
Feb. 2nd - The Messengers
Notable Comic Book Releases
Jan. 24th
Criminal Macabre Two Red Eyes #2
Deadman #6
Dwight T Albatross The Goon Noir #3
Elvira #165
Hellblazer #228
Lucifer Vol 11 Evensong TPB
Events
Jan. 22nd - 27th (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Tromadance Film Festival.
Jan. 23rd (Toronto, Ontario) - WTF? Films basks in the glory of Troll 2.
Jan. 26th (Orlando, Florida) - The 18th annual Florida Extravaganza aka FX. Guests include Lance Henriksen, Lloyd Kaufman, Steve Niles, Michael Biehn, Dan Brereton, Andrew Bryniarski and more.
Jan. 27th (Toronto, Ontario) - Vagrancy Films showcases the giallo classic What Have They Done To Solange? at The Royal.
Feb. 6th (Toronto, Ontario) - WTF? Films screens a double bill of Pi and Tetsuo :The Iron Man.
Feb. 15th (Toronto, Ontario) - Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre presents Phantasm.
Feb. 17th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed Films gives a belated valentine in the form of a My Bloody Valentine/Candyman double bill. Dibs on the back row.
Feb. 23rd -25th (Durham, North Carolina) - Nevermore Film Fest.
March 24th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed hosts a very special night with Roy Frumkes and his classic grindhouse film Street Trash. In addition, Frumkes will be screening his documentary on George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, entitled Dream of the Dead, as well as other surprises.
Clip of the Day - Jaws Remake
There are few things in this world I enjoy more than homemade monster movies as made by kids. In fact, my favourite films by M. Night Shyamalan are the snippets of his home movies he includes on every DVD. Popcorn and Sticky Floors introduces another entry in this fascinating sub-genre, a Super8 version of Jaws. The transition between the stock footage of the shark and their paper mache model is seamless. And the chief of police is one of the craziest mofos I have ever seen.
