28 Days Later (DVD)
The "28 Days Later" DVD is really cool. we get some really good special feature including 3 different alternate endings, Commentary with Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, Deleted Scenes, Animated Storyboards, Trailers, Photo Galleries, and A great...
The 13th – Book Review
When I sit down to read a book, I always try to find the influence behind the writer’s words and their story. Ideas are born from others' stories, yet, unlike the film business where films are remade or rehashed, original ideas come from the new minds that were...
28 Days Later
“Finally, a work that is consistent with zombie mythology,” you sigh as contaminated bodily fluids enter the mouths of the characters before you onscreen, inevitably leading to infection after decades of screaming vigilantes, covered in--and undoubtedly having...
2LDK
As a perverse “thank you” to two of his directors who met their deadlines for their respective shooting schedules, producer Shinya Kawai issued Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Ryuhei Kitamura a Hitchcockian challenge referred to as the “Duel Project”: create a feature-length...
2012
The end of the world is something that most really do not think about. Many of us go on day by day with no thought that any second it can all end. Since the beginning of the 1900’s when a small asteroid struck Siberia and wiped out acres of forest land, did people...
Siren – Book Review
In Greek mythology, Sirens were known as dangerous bird women. They seduced sailors on ships by singing to them and luring them in. They would make love to them, sink their ships and feed on them, much like a black widow. In later folklore, they were envisioned as...
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Like Tim Sullivan’s terrific 2005 original, this shot-in-12-days sequel (with a new punning title replacing the long announced BEVERLY HELLBILLIES) is an extended cinematic love-letter to Grindhouse exploitation movies, specifically the work of Herschell Gordon Lewis....
Dweller – Book Review
Strange relationships between species of animals have become common these days. Recently I saw a hamster and a snake become buddies in a zoo in Asia. A tortoise and a hippo, and even a tiger and a rabbit have developed friendships. So who’s to say that if you come...
2001 Maniacs (DVD
I haven't had so much fun watching a horror film in a long time, I've been waiting patently for years to see "2001 Maniacs" I first got wind of it a few years back and after reading the synopsis, I was very eager to see it. We I did wait a few years and finally I got...
Pressure – Book Review
I hate, hate, hate Darren Rust. No! He is not the author of this book. In fact, Jeff Strand, the author of PRESSURE is simply one of the best writers of the macabre. But, who is this Darren Rust guy? Why do I hate him so much? Think of that asshole when you were in...
2001 Maniacs
Caution: Reviewer on a soapbox. You stand warned. I suppose if you are going to exploit film industry via a remake, the only way to do so and make it out by the final frame would be to rehash an exploitation flick of yesteryear since, obviously, the original creators...
The Mad and the Macabre – Book Review
Jeff Strand is a brilliant writer who has a penchant for writing about serial killers. He has written a great book about a monster living in the woods. This is my first time reading Michael McBride’s work, but rumor has it that he likes to write stories pertaining to...
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Indubitably, Darryl Knickrehm’s gift is something that cannot be taught. One is merely born with it or not, and one chooses to either hone it or let it lie dormant. Fortunately for his viewers, the director’s creativity is the true joy behind his work despite the fact...
23 Hours – Book Review
It is no secret that I tend to have a negative reaction when presented with works of vampire fiction. All the ideas surrounding vampires seem to have been done to death. (Random House has sent me a lot of vampires books in the past, most of which I simply passed on,...
1408
1408 begins with our titular hero and novelist, Mike Enslin (Cusack), driving through the rain in search of a haunted bed & breakfast. After checking in, we see Enslin with his paranormal tools trying to debunk the rumored haunting of this place. Shifting to a...
