Drunken Zombie’s Must Buy DVD Of The Week
By Bryan | August 20, 2008
Welcome to a new feature here on Drunken Zombie where I pick one new horror DVD release that we think is a must buy each week. This week my pick is the 50 Movie Pack of Legends Of Horror. Most of the time these DVDs aren’t anything write home about except for the fact that you get 50 movies for one purchase but this box set brings some punch with it. First off you get 50 movies from horror’s early days that are exactly what the box says “Legends”. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Alfred Hitchcock, and Christopher Lee. How could you go wrong with that line up? And it’s not chump movies either. Some of the line up includes The Lady Vanishes, Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride, Fury Of The Wolf-Man, The Phantom Creeps, The Man Who Knew To Much, and The Werewolf vs. Vampire Women. The only real bad thing about these DVD sets is the complete lack of any special features. Some of these films could use a great documentary, commentary (not from Drunken Zombie), and trailer collection. But for the price and fact that you get 50 movies that’s not to shabby of a trade off. Even if you’re just a Hitchcock fan alone this set would be a great buy as a lot of his underrated material is here on the DVD. The set comes with 12 DVDs and has a retail price of $29.98. If you’re a fan this is a must buy DVD.
Topics: DVD Of The Week, Horror Movies | 2 Comments »
Leslie Hall is a Zombie Killer
By Dave | August 19, 2008
this is what I have been hypnotized by today… yes, you should recognize two of the zombies!
Topics: Music | 3 Comments »
Vote For Cinema Suicide
By Bryan | August 19, 2008
Bryan from Cinema Suicide is in the running to have a panel at SXSW. So it’s up to us to make sure he gets there. His panel is described as such below:
My idea for a panel is actuallly about comics. Open source comics, to be exact. Myself and Nick Plante of Zerosum have been talking this out over the last week or so. A social network aimed at artists and writers to create a line of their own comics in a single mythology, similar to the Marvel Universe or the DC Universe. It is to be completely non-commercial with a very rigid and limited set of editorial constraints. Everyone is free to be a part of it. The foundation of the panel is to suggest one alternative direction for social networks so that the web doesn’t become a series of tribes of Myspace of Facebook folks but to actually give social networks some purpose. So please vote for me.
So head over and vote for him at the link below:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/2037
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Movie Box Massacre on Oct 25, 2008 in Chicago.
By Vaughn | August 18, 2008
There saying this is just a Temp Flyer. But i hope this is the full line up and its a great line up in my mind. i just wonder why these great film festivals can’t be happening around where i live. anyway, if you live in the Chicago area. i say you should check this one out. To find out more about this film festival: http://www.myspace.com/moviesidefilmfestival
Topics: Horror Movies | 1 Comment »
Silent Batman Films
By Bryan | August 18, 2008
I stumbled on this over at Dead Lantern. These people have taken some old Batman serials and reedited a bunch of old horror silient movies to create some fun silent Batman stories. So check them out below along with a list of the movies they have taken pieces from. All thanks to Dead Lantern.
SOURCES:
The Penalty (1920)
The Blackbird (1926)
Nosferatu (1920)
The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920)
The Golem (1920)
Batman and Robin (1949 serial)
Haxan (1922)
Destiny (1922)
Fantômas - À l’ombre de la guillotine (1913)
Juve contre Fantômas (1913)
Waxworks (1924)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Alice in Wonderland (1903)
L’Inferno (1911)
Hans Richter 20s films
Assorted 20’s Newsreels
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Drunken Zombie Commentaries: Death Bed
By Bryan | August 18, 2008
As promised here is our take on Death Bed: The Bed That Eats. Listen along as we try to come up with as many spin offs as we can during the movie like Death Car: The Car That Kills, or Death Ring: The Ring That Rings. It’s a fun game. So crack open a beer, sit back, and prepare for a drunken take on Death Bed!
Download This Episode (Right Click & Save As)
Topics: Drunken Zombie Commentaries, Podcast | 3 Comments »
Mirrors Review
By Bryan | August 16, 2008
The premise of Mirrors definately has it’s promise. Creepy mirrors that can control people and show them doing awful things. Unfortnately the premise doesn’t hold up over a feature length movie. The film directed by Alexander Aja (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, and soon Pirahna 3D) and starring Keifer Sutherland had my attention since the first trailer premeired. So excited I had my seat on opening night with my popcorn and soda all ready to go. Over the next hour and a half I was into it, confused, and then just sort of annoyed.
Sutherland plays Ben Carson, an ex-cop that takes a night job as a security guard for a burned out department store. We find out during the initial tour of the store that it used to be a hospital that was closed down and then converted into an upscale department store in the 50’s. A horrible fire broke out and the place has been in legal limbo ever since. The only clean part of the store are the huge mirrors that a former security guard used to clean. On the first night of the job Carson begins to have weird experiences with the mirrors in the store that would have sent a sane person running. We find out that the mirrors can control people causing them to kill themselves in gruesome ways and can even travel outside of the store to inflict damage on Carson’s family.
All in all the premise is great but some of the plot points start making it a little absurd. Some of the cool parts are Carson seeing people that died in the fire in the mirrors. The scene with a burned woman in an old dressing room creeped me out completely. The fact that they can only be seen in the mirrors is a good plot device and could have made for a cool story but is only used sparingly. As we get into the movie it starts to have the same problem a lot of modern horror movies do and that is to explain why things are the way they are. For me a movie about a creepy, haunted, burned out store would have sufficed. But we’re given the whys and hows by the time the credits roll which just sort of let me wanting. Some of the silly parts of the movie include the fact that the evil from the mirrors can travel in mirrors outside of the store to get at people close to Carson. When he starts to unravel the mystery of the mirrors it seems like he hardly even shows up for his job as the security guard anymore which left me wandering how he kept just showing up at the store when he felt like it and no one questioning him. It has it’s plot holes but in the very least a lot of the visuals are creepy and I jumped multiple times at the abundant jump scares.
If you’re a fan of creepy ghost stories then I would say at least give it a watch. For my two cents I think the story could have been better served as taking place in the security guards first night on the job and him dealing with the haunted mirrors rather than it taking place over a longer period of time. If the mirrors are haunted then stop showing up to work. Problem solved. Oh but wait they can get you anywhere. Right. And while it is refreshing to see Sutherland in something other than 24 he almost plays Carson as Jack Bauer forced to get a night watchman job. He really needs to get a good role under his belt if he plans on having a career post 24. Not the worst movie I have seen but suffers what most big budget horror films do now a days: a great premise, great first half, fizzles in the second half.
Score: 2/5
Quick Thoughts:
- Great Premise.
- Creepy Visuals.
- Story Falls Flat Halfway Through
Fun Facts:
- This movie is a remake (surprise) of a Korean film titled Geoul sokeuro.
- Ezra Buzzington has a picture only cameo in the film. Ezra was in THE HILLS HAVE EYES also directed by Aja.
- Mirrors do creep me out which is why I had high hopes.
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Director’s Cut Of Psycho Found
By Bryan | August 14, 2008
So first the news came that a full cut of Metropolis was found. Now word is coming out that a German TV station aired something that no one knew was even still in existance: a pre US Censor cut of PSYCHO. It apparently includes a few extra scenes that were not in the final cut of the film. Follow the link at the bottom to see some comparions of some extra scenes and some different version of scenes that were in the final cut as to what is in this director’s cut. There are a few that would have been pretty scandelous at the time of Marion undressing.
Source: Schnittberichte
Topics: Horror Movies | 1 Comment »
Billy Bob is in your Nightmares
By Dave | August 13, 2008
revealed to WENN that the Rumor of Billy Bob Thornton playing Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare On Elm Street remake is apparently True.
Englund went on to tell WENN that he thought Thorton was an “excellent choice” and went on to say:
“A big budget should mean the film will look a lot better than some of the old movies.”
Though Wes Craven Will not be Involved, England has stated he would not be opposed to a cameo in the film.
Source: Bloody Disgusting and WENN via IMDB.com
Topics: Horror Movies | 2 Comments »
Go back to the Drive in with Ceature Feature
By Dave | August 12, 2008
Creature Feature #1 out in September features the story "Hooters" a tale of owls...no really
the Drive in is a staple of American Culture, and this goes hand in hand with the Cheesy b-rate horror movie. In celebration of this, Th3rd World Studios is releasing Creature Feature, a Anthology style comic that will hopefully capture the Grindhouse experience.
the first Issue, out in September, will feature: “Night of the Abductors” by Chris Yost(X-FORCE); a tale of teenagers aliens and horrific beatings, as the title implies “Hooters” by C.B. Cebulski(X-MEN), involves ravenous snow owls… what did you think it was about, “Why Did It Have to be Spiders?” by Andy Schmidt(MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS) is a tale to terrify all you arachnophobics (Bryan I’m looking in your direction),and rounding out the issue is “Rockenstein”by Brian Smith(PICKLES FROM PLUTO) which sounds like a heavy metal version of re-animator.
the second and final issue promises three and a half more tales of terror including: a reimagining of the Blob by Leah Moore (ALBION) and PJ Holden (JUDGE DREAD) titled “Imago”, a warning to us all about the darker side of sledding called “Don’t Eat the Snow” courtesy of Jacob Chabot (SKULLBOY) and buddy-cop story about killer cockroaches straight out of the 1970’s by Stuart Moore (FIRESTORM) and Alberto Ponticelli (BLADE). Grab a bucket of popcorn, large soda and an overpriced Corndog and pick up Creature Feature from Th3rd World Studios this September.
Topics: Horror Comics | 3 Comments »
