Bloodbath at the House of Death

By akgoemans on 11/12/09 8:14am
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This week I'll talk about a classic British comedy-horror called Bloodbath at the House of Death. Incidentally, a friend had been recommending this flick for a long time and when we did get around to watching it on Halloween, I could see what the fuss is all about. Get ready for some funny-cheesy horror!

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The Giant Gila Monster

By akgoemans on 11/5/09 3:20am
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This gem of a movie was what we watched during Halloween. To say that it was silly would be an understatement. On the plus side, at least it was entertaining in a “It's so bad, it's so bad, ahahahahaha!” sort of way. So brace yourself for a review of The Giant Gila Monster.

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Herschell Gordon Lewis Comes to Dinner

By cobwebsandstrange on 11/1/09 7:48pm
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Academically dissecting work from the lower sub-strata of film doesn’t make a whole buncha sense. But some folks are innately drawn to discursive explanations of films that might not warrant such examinations. Blood Feast may or may not be a land mark in low budget, kitschy horror films, but it’s (almost) able to entertain viewers over its scant hour running time.

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Fulci's Gore: House By The Cemetery

By cobwebsandstrange on 10/31/09 2:09pm
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Let’s disregard the fact that here are a pair of boobs revealed for viewers within the first minute of The House by the Cemetery. Lucio Fulci, the director of this and countless other seemingly low rent Italian horror movies, isn’t necessarily known for his tact. This offering isn’t any different. But what the director does deserve deference for is the fact that he not only revels in the photographic nature of some of the shots here and in other films, but Fulci also works tremendously hard to build tension during various scenes. The fact that it seems repetitious at points is a bit disconcerting, but it’s a low rent horror flick, so deal with it.

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Wasp Woman

By akgoemans on 10/30/09 10:09am
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When I went off to nab an old horror flick recently, I was in the mood for something silly but weird. Thus, I ended up with The Wasp Woman (the movie and not something I came home with from a bizarro pub). So there I was, all geared up for mind-bogglingly bad/goofy horror when I found that it was a Roger Corman flick. Oh oh! You know what that means! You have to brace yourself for three typically Corman traits. Firstly the storyline would be as far-fetched as you can imagine. Secondly there would be incredibly cheesy interactions between the characters. And thirdly, any monster conjured up in this flick would look like a wet-suit walking out of the hen house. Needless to say I was not wrong on any of those counts.

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Evanimal - "Bone Pile, NJ, 10/31/73" Screenprint

By Anonymous on 10/29/09 10:07pm
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Just in time for Halloween, Los Angeles based artist Evanimal gives us "Bone Pile, NJ, 10/31/73," a vintage depiction of a jam session between Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon!  This handprinted two color screen print on French paper is an edition of 75, and can be seen in all it's glory in our print store:   http://www.phoneboothgallery.com/prints.htm

 

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The Final Solution and the New Wave of Nazi Horror

By roskopp on 10/26/09 11:55am
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Final Solution teaser poster 1Final Solution teaser poster 1Is calling your new movie The Final Solution a bit of an inflammatory move? That’s just what Danish director Martin Bech has done. You can see the trailer in the post below although it only offers a brief teaser. World War II has provided the backdrop for countless films over the years, not to mention videogames and TV series. The Nazis are perhaps the most popular villains ever but when it comes to horror films they have seldom featured. Perhaps because the real events are more chilling than a script writer could conjure.

The film is slated for a 2010 release and it seems to be inspired by actual events in Nazi occupied Denmark. Apparently during the Second World War many Jews fled through Denmark to the relative safety of Sweden but the trip was not a cheap one.

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1408 Review

By akgoemans on 10/22/09 6:36am
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 1408: Room with a license to kill?1408: Room with a license to kill?

Since I have been watching a lot of old movies recently, I figured it was time to check out something new. By the way, that horrid movie from last week does not count as a modern horror; it was more of a 'laugh-a-minute' festival. Well, in the hopes that someone has dazzled everyone with a brand new horror theme, I checked out 1408.



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Final Solution

By Anonymous on 10/20/09 5:03pm
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Check out the site from the new horror movie Final Solution at www.Finalsolutionthemovie.com  

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Bloodsuckers: Sucking the joy out of the horror genre!

By akgoemans on 10/16/09 7:25am
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Oh no, we're ravers. Seriously!Oh no, we're ravers. Seriously!

I caught a vampire in space movie recently called Bloodsuckers. It is a Canadian flick directed by Matthew Hastings and was made in 2005. I'll give you this, the story of this sci-fi thriller was not bad. Cross space travel with discovery of varied vampiric aliens and you have a winner. Mention space battles and futuristic melee-fights on land and you're probably already halfway to video store to rent this movie.

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