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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Please add "Nightmare Alley" to your Netflix queue
A Re-post from our friends at Nightmare Alley:
We need over 1000 people to add "Nightmare Alley" to their Netflix queue before Netflix will pick up the movie! Please add us, rate the movie so we know how many have added it, and invite your friends! Your help is hugely appreciated!
Even if you own or have seen the movie, please add us to your queue as well! You can remove it once they actually pick up the movie and it would be an enormous help in getting "Nightmare Alley" out... there!
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http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Nightmare-Alley/70144844?trkid=226872
We need over 1000 people to add "Nightmare Alley" to their Netflix queue before Netflix will pick up the movie! Please add us, rate the movie so we know how many have added it, and invite your friends! Your help is hugely appreciated!
Even if you own or have seen the movie, please add us to your queue as well! You can remove it once they actually pick up the movie and it would be an enormous help in getting "Nightmare Alley" out... there!
CLICK AND SAVE:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Nightmare-Alley/70144844?trkid=226872
Monday, January 17, 2011
Coming Soon - H-P Presents: They Came From The Grave
Coming soon from Horror-Punks.com: They Came from the Grave Vol.1 Featuring videos and trailers from the members of Horror-Punks.com with videos from: Mongrel-Others-Dragnun-Under a Nightmare-The Murdersquad t.o.-Dead United-Chef Brandon Perry-Spawn Atomic-Dr. Spookenstein-ZOMBIE!-The Spectremen-Ghost of Penely Chase-Werevilsdare-The Cloister Fuck-Fear Incorporated-Christophe-Pussing Eye Productions-Derek Young (Family Property)-The Quintessentials-Creep Creepersin (Creepersin, Creepersin Films)-The Monistats-Nightmare Alley-Six Gun Salvation-Lurking Corpses-Lugosi's Morphine-Batsupsidedown-Von Bones. Background Music "Bride of Frankenrock" by Batsupsidedown
Sunday, January 16, 2011
You're Gonna Miss Me (2005) DVD
Director: Keven McAlester
Starring: Byron Coley, 13th Floor Elevators and Evelyn Erickson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791268/
You're Gonna Miss Me is about one of the unsung heroes of Rock'n'Roll, Roky Erickson. The most amazing voice of our time. This man was a founding member of the first psychedelic rock band, The 13th Floor Elevators, and did a lot of early punk and horror-rock influencing... everyone. This film is about him and his struggles. Drug abuse, schizophrenia and poor health. It shows how he has risen above all this to keep bringing us this amazing music to this day.
This is on the Netflix "Watch Instantly", but I suggest buying or renting the DVD so you can check out all of the awesome bonus features. There is a ton of live footage there too!
Verdict: * * * * *
- Xtoph
Starring: Byron Coley, 13th Floor Elevators and Evelyn Erickson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791268/
You're Gonna Miss Me is about one of the unsung heroes of Rock'n'Roll, Roky Erickson. The most amazing voice of our time. This man was a founding member of the first psychedelic rock band, The 13th Floor Elevators, and did a lot of early punk and horror-rock influencing... everyone. This film is about him and his struggles. Drug abuse, schizophrenia and poor health. It shows how he has risen above all this to keep bringing us this amazing music to this day.
This is on the Netflix "Watch Instantly", but I suggest buying or renting the DVD so you can check out all of the awesome bonus features. There is a ton of live footage there too!
Verdict: * * * * *
- Xtoph
Wicked Little Things (2006) DVD
Director: J.S. Cardone
Starring: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton and Chloe Moretz
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470000/
Wicked Little Things is about a recently widowed woman and her two daughters. She was left kind of broke with only an old home inherited from her husbands family. The home is on land next to an old mine where a bunch of children died. Needless to say the ghosts of the dead children are not happy with the hand they've been delt. Not the most original of the bunch, but still well written and filmed. I enjoyed this one.
This was originally in the After Dark line... One of the cool things about it is that it gives us an early look at two awesome talents in the genre Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie's Halloweens) and Chloe Moretz (Let Me In & Kick-Ass). Currently it's in the Netflix "Watch Instantly" so stop by and check it out!
Verdict: * * *
- Xtoph
Starring: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton and Chloe Moretz
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470000/
Wicked Little Things is about a recently widowed woman and her two daughters. She was left kind of broke with only an old home inherited from her husbands family. The home is on land next to an old mine where a bunch of children died. Needless to say the ghosts of the dead children are not happy with the hand they've been delt. Not the most original of the bunch, but still well written and filmed. I enjoyed this one.
This was originally in the After Dark line... One of the cool things about it is that it gives us an early look at two awesome talents in the genre Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie's Halloweens) and Chloe Moretz (Let Me In & Kick-Ass). Currently it's in the Netflix "Watch Instantly" so stop by and check it out!
Verdict: * * *
- Xtoph
The Hamiltons - DVD - Angled Doors Reviews
One of After Dark Horror Fest's 8 films to die for. Ok. There is so much I want to say about The Hamiltons, but there is so much I can't say because I DON'T want to give it away. So I'll just leave you with this. It's about a bunch of kids whose parents died, the oldest takes charge of the clan and tries to keep them together the best he can. That's all I'm going to tell you. This is the best horror film I have seen in a very long time. So far it is my favorite from the "After Dark" series. You need to see this film!
- Xtoph
- Xtoph
Kenny & Co. - DVD - Angled Doors Review
Classic film about childhood. It's a good fun family film by director Don Coscarelli. (Phantasm) This is a fun movie dealing with a lot of things. If you grew up in the 70's or 80's this will have you heading on a trip of nostalgia. Most of the cast from Phantasm was also in this film. It was the Halloween night segment of the movie that made Coscarelli decide he wanted to do a horror film.
- Xtoph
- Xtoph
Devil's Trade - Short Film - Angled Doors Reviews
http://www.fearnet.com/shows/devils_trade/index.html
Devil's Trade is a well made short film you can watch for free on Fear Net. This kid buys a cursed cross made from a hanging tree. Weird things start to happen to him and his sister, so they try to find the source. Only about a half hour long, but better than most "horror" tv shows.
- Xtoph
Devil's Trade is a well made short film you can watch for free on Fear Net. This kid buys a cursed cross made from a hanging tree. Weird things start to happen to him and his sister, so they try to find the source. Only about a half hour long, but better than most "horror" tv shows.
- Xtoph
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Gentlemen Broncos ( 2009 )
Starring: Michael Angarano, John Baker, Robin Ballard, Steve Berg, & Jemaine Clement
Directed By Jared Hess
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1161418/
Jared Hess is a vexing talent. It's clear that the director-cowriter of "Napoleon Dynamite," "Nacho Libre" and the new "Gentlemen Broncos" is a born filmmaker in the sense that he can compose scenes and sequences, command the frame and flow, see things in his own way and then render them to an audience. It's also clear that his taste for the jejune and outre limits him and that his desire to seek edges and break rules force him into corners and self-satisfied oddity.
It's tempting to read Hess into the protagonist of "Broncos," young, shy Benjamin (Michael Angarano), a home-schooled Utah boy whose widowed mother (Jennifer Coolidge) designs ghastly clothes and has no idea how difficult her idiosyncrisies have made life for her son. Benjamin writes sci-fi novels and aspires to the stature of Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement), a legendary (and egoistical) author and illustrator of epic fantasy series. Benjamin attends a writing seminar at which Chevalier will be a judge and meets an unlikely pair of local entrepreneurs who make films out of unpublished manuscripts. He winds up with his newest work, "Yeast Lords," shamelessly coopted by his hero and his new friends and his only allies being his daffy mom and her new beau (Mike White).
Inside this load-o-quirk, Hess stuffs three re-enactments of "Yeast Lords": the one in Benjamin's head, the one in Chevalier's head, and the film-within-the-film made by Benjamin's new friends. They're all needlessly daffy (Sam Rockwell plays over the top in two of them, to give you the gist) and Hess amps up the oddity of the so-called 'real world' of the film as if trying to balance out these warped fantasies. It's a desperate game of one-upmanship with himself, and it wears you out -- and not with laughter.
There are pleasures in the film. Clement ("Flight of the Concords") makes a wonderfully pompous presence, crossing James Mason, the young Orson Welles and Dr. Evil, and Hess's compositional and editing skills haven't deserted him (the opening credits sequence -- a series of mock paperback covers -- is brilliant). But as the struggle toward something new and different overwhelms the film, it becomes less and less human, less and less funny and less and less worth the effort to meet it on its own terms. Hess is an auteur, yes, but even auteurs need little angels on their shoulders telling them when enough is enough.
Overall Review ( * * )
Mr. What?
Directed By Jared Hess
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1161418/
Jared Hess is a vexing talent. It's clear that the director-cowriter of "Napoleon Dynamite," "Nacho Libre" and the new "Gentlemen Broncos" is a born filmmaker in the sense that he can compose scenes and sequences, command the frame and flow, see things in his own way and then render them to an audience. It's also clear that his taste for the jejune and outre limits him and that his desire to seek edges and break rules force him into corners and self-satisfied oddity.
It's tempting to read Hess into the protagonist of "Broncos," young, shy Benjamin (Michael Angarano), a home-schooled Utah boy whose widowed mother (Jennifer Coolidge) designs ghastly clothes and has no idea how difficult her idiosyncrisies have made life for her son. Benjamin writes sci-fi novels and aspires to the stature of Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement), a legendary (and egoistical) author and illustrator of epic fantasy series. Benjamin attends a writing seminar at which Chevalier will be a judge and meets an unlikely pair of local entrepreneurs who make films out of unpublished manuscripts. He winds up with his newest work, "Yeast Lords," shamelessly coopted by his hero and his new friends and his only allies being his daffy mom and her new beau (Mike White).
Inside this load-o-quirk, Hess stuffs three re-enactments of "Yeast Lords": the one in Benjamin's head, the one in Chevalier's head, and the film-within-the-film made by Benjamin's new friends. They're all needlessly daffy (Sam Rockwell plays over the top in two of them, to give you the gist) and Hess amps up the oddity of the so-called 'real world' of the film as if trying to balance out these warped fantasies. It's a desperate game of one-upmanship with himself, and it wears you out -- and not with laughter.
There are pleasures in the film. Clement ("Flight of the Concords") makes a wonderfully pompous presence, crossing James Mason, the young Orson Welles and Dr. Evil, and Hess's compositional and editing skills haven't deserted him (the opening credits sequence -- a series of mock paperback covers -- is brilliant). But as the struggle toward something new and different overwhelms the film, it becomes less and less human, less and less funny and less and less worth the effort to meet it on its own terms. Hess is an auteur, yes, but even auteurs need little angels on their shoulders telling them when enough is enough.
Overall Review ( * * )
Mr. What?
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Stitcher: Unrated - DVD (2007)
Director: Darla Enlow
Starring: Scott Gaffen, Carmen Garrison, Justin Boyd, Heather Surdukan, Christopher Rowe, Laurel Williamson, Celeste Cash & Mike Kelley
"Fear is not created, it's sewn in", that's the tagline for this little okie terror. Basic plot... a bunch of friends meet up at a house in the woods and get picked off one by one in B-Movie slasher style. The killer in this flick is a sick little hillbilly that takes to sewing buttons into his skin every time he does the dead.
More comedy than horror this flicks got a bevy of dumb bitches waiting to die, dumbass stoners and over-the-top hillbillies that don't believe in bathing. The only thing it's lacking in is the blood and the boobs. They definitly could have upped the gore factor, but it still doesn't detract from an entertaining film. Don't quite understand how this is an "unrated" version though.
DVD Extra's include music videos by Radioradio & Darkset Theory, bloopers, photo gallery, making of featurette & a digital comic book of Carthage, the short film that became Stitcher. Commentary can be found in the set-up menu.
Verdict: * * * 1/2
- Xtoph
Friday, October 2, 2009
Whip It ( 2009 )
Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Ali Shawkat, Sarah Habel, & Shannon Eagen
Written by Shauna Cross
Directed by Drew Barrymore
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172233/
SOOOOOOOOO What happens when an actress losing her shine decides to direct a movie? The result is Whip It. I for one thought it sucked. Not because of the story, or acting, but the direction and some shots just fell flat. It reminded me of a pg-13 version of Rollerball. Yeah, A lot of us know about the Womens Rollerball league and the history on that, but this version just seems to be way too much bubble gum and Revlon color stay. If Miss Drew really wanted to make this an epic smash, she would’ve made this a very hard PG-13. I felt that with a touch more of adult content this film would’ve gotten a solid 4 stars.
So our story goes as this……In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit ( Page ) finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin. AWWWWWWWW so little miss EX- Pagent Contestant in a small town now wants to throw elbows, sweat, Roller skate, and feel all adult. Good God Thankfully I’m not Diabetic, or I would’ve gone into shock in my seat. Really? This movie is nothing more than a chance for Ellen Page to shed the Juno tag, and nothing else. I felt that as a film reviewer my mind had turned to baby shit and was leaking outta my ears.
If you’re a Parent and want to treat your kid to a semi chucked up movie, then this would be for you. My other complaint is Miss Drew’s constant attention to the 1970’s. Charlies Angels was OK for a Late 90’s summer blockbuster. But it’s 10 years later, and a lot of the world really doesn’t care to see yet another disgruntled Indie kid trying to make it in the world full of catch phrases and snarky attitude. In all I would sum it up by saying this movie was an Epic FAIL, but was funny to see Juno get put on her ass…..Where’s Bleaker now when you need him Juno?
Overall Rating ( * ½ )
Mr. What?
Written by Shauna Cross
Directed by Drew Barrymore
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172233/
SOOOOOOOOO What happens when an actress losing her shine decides to direct a movie? The result is Whip It. I for one thought it sucked. Not because of the story, or acting, but the direction and some shots just fell flat. It reminded me of a pg-13 version of Rollerball. Yeah, A lot of us know about the Womens Rollerball league and the history on that, but this version just seems to be way too much bubble gum and Revlon color stay. If Miss Drew really wanted to make this an epic smash, she would’ve made this a very hard PG-13. I felt that with a touch more of adult content this film would’ve gotten a solid 4 stars.
So our story goes as this……In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit ( Page ) finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin. AWWWWWWWW so little miss EX- Pagent Contestant in a small town now wants to throw elbows, sweat, Roller skate, and feel all adult. Good God Thankfully I’m not Diabetic, or I would’ve gone into shock in my seat. Really? This movie is nothing more than a chance for Ellen Page to shed the Juno tag, and nothing else. I felt that as a film reviewer my mind had turned to baby shit and was leaking outta my ears.
If you’re a Parent and want to treat your kid to a semi chucked up movie, then this would be for you. My other complaint is Miss Drew’s constant attention to the 1970’s. Charlies Angels was OK for a Late 90’s summer blockbuster. But it’s 10 years later, and a lot of the world really doesn’t care to see yet another disgruntled Indie kid trying to make it in the world full of catch phrases and snarky attitude. In all I would sum it up by saying this movie was an Epic FAIL, but was funny to see Juno get put on her ass…..Where’s Bleaker now when you need him Juno?
Overall Rating ( * ½ )
Mr. What?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Out Of The Night (2009)
Director: Nick Sanford
Starring: Chris Bloomstadt, Cortney Hunter, Nicholas Toscani and Alora Walters.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395221/
The story involves a group of teens going up to a cabin in Sulphur for the weekend. The way it starts you feel you're in for the basic un-imaginative teen slasher plot, then... unexpectedly in the night, it takes a twist for something a little different. Russia starts dropping newly developed chem-bombs on all the major U.S. cities. Should they stay out in the boonies? Go out for help and find a community center with other survivors? A militant survival nut breaks in and attacks the group helping them make their decision. They hit the road looking for shelter while witnessing the devastation from the fallout along the way.
Now, everyone knows I have a huge hard-on for low/no-budget horror/sci-fi films, especially ones filmed and based in Oklahoma. So it's already hard not to give this a good rating, but it really is deserving compared to some of the crap I've seen recently. Well filmed in digital, it actually looks like a real movie, unlike a lot of the films I've watched as of late. The quality of this is scores above the rest I've seen from the area. It has a descent script and more-or-less some decent acting. Enough back-story to make you give a shit for the characters, but not so much to bore me to sleep. I'll be honest... I'm really digging the story line. From time to time I wanted to smash a beer bottle over the face of actor Bloomstadt, but after a while it grows on you. A little bit of quicker editing in the beginning conversations would have been nice, but in spite of it's limitations this has become one of my favorite Okla. films to date!
Verdict: * * * *
- Al B. Damned
Starring: Chris Bloomstadt, Cortney Hunter, Nicholas Toscani and Alora Walters.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395221/
The story involves a group of teens going up to a cabin in Sulphur for the weekend. The way it starts you feel you're in for the basic un-imaginative teen slasher plot, then... unexpectedly in the night, it takes a twist for something a little different. Russia starts dropping newly developed chem-bombs on all the major U.S. cities. Should they stay out in the boonies? Go out for help and find a community center with other survivors? A militant survival nut breaks in and attacks the group helping them make their decision. They hit the road looking for shelter while witnessing the devastation from the fallout along the way.
Now, everyone knows I have a huge hard-on for low/no-budget horror/sci-fi films, especially ones filmed and based in Oklahoma. So it's already hard not to give this a good rating, but it really is deserving compared to some of the crap I've seen recently. Well filmed in digital, it actually looks like a real movie, unlike a lot of the films I've watched as of late. The quality of this is scores above the rest I've seen from the area. It has a descent script and more-or-less some decent acting. Enough back-story to make you give a shit for the characters, but not so much to bore me to sleep. I'll be honest... I'm really digging the story line. From time to time I wanted to smash a beer bottle over the face of actor Bloomstadt, but after a while it grows on you. A little bit of quicker editing in the beginning conversations would have been nice, but in spite of it's limitations this has become one of my favorite Okla. films to date!
Verdict: * * * *
- Al B. Damned
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