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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Sept 26, 2009 20:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 26, 2009 22:24:30 GMT -5
Here we are – WrestleCrap horror thread #6. Just a few observations that I’ve been noticing about our threads, as of late. In following the threads from beginning to end, I’ve noticed a strange permutation. We actually spent the vast majority of the first thread in kind of “introductory” mode – saying what we’re all about, what we like and don’t like in horror films, and listing our favorite old classics. From that point on, however, we became a running commentary on old, new, and upcoming horror films. I can’t help but compare our series of threads to the WWE current section of this board, which also tries to have a running commentary on the old, new, and upcoming in the wrestling world. No doubt, there’s an extremely vast difference of opinion in this very thread among our loyal base of posters, and the newcomers who chime in with thoughts every once in a while. But while disagreements in that area of the forum routinely break down into name calling and negativity leading to tons of problems for our awesome team of mods, our disputes in this here series of threads are the envy of the rest of the forum – every argument is cordial, with both sides of the argument being seen as valid, and ALWAYS ended with the phrase “different strokes for different folks,” or some equivalent. To make a long story short, this is the best series of threads on this board. The last thread was my personal favorite thus far, and no matter what we do from this point on, WC horror thread #5 will always be “The thread that Rob Zombie dropped the ungodly turd bomb known as Halloween II on us, and the reaction that followed.” Now, on to the Hall of Fame… Previous inductees: Alfred Hitchcock Clive Barker Sam Neill Stephen King Tony Todd Thomas Harris Takako Fuji Dario Argento Goblin (the band Robert Englund Takashi Miike Lucio Fulci INDUCTION #13 “Ask me if I’m happy! This was a terrible thing that the TNT censors just did to this movie! You wanna know how Julian Sands got the stone from R.G. Armstrong? He lopped off both of his arms. This was not gratuitous arm hacking! This was necessary-to-the-plot arm hacking!’” JOE BOB BRIGGS I’m proud to kick off this round of inductions with a man that we’ve talked about many times in passing on this here series of threads. As DSR put it, he’s been a shared part of many of our childhoods and adolescences, acting as our de facto guide to all the things horror, and cult cinema in general. He’s a comedian, a social commentator, and the host of not one but two legendary cable movie shows. Most importantly, he’s absolutely frickin’ hilarious, and his name is Joe Bob “John Bloom” Briggs. Born in (where else?) Dallas, Texas, Bloom was a gifted writer at an early age, and attended Vanderbilt University on a sportswriting scholarship. His early days in writing were spent at Texas Monthly and The Dallas Times-Herald, where he perfected both his movie reviewing techniques and wicked sense of satire and humor. It was at the Times-Herald where Bloom created the persona that would make him famous – Joe Bob Briggs, redneck film critic and lover of all things exploitation. The character of Joe Bob as Bloom’s alter ego was a sheer stroke of genius - his movie reviews of what he dubbed “drive-in movies” had a trademark style that lasted not only through all of his reviews, but were repeated almost verbatim to countless laughing audiences on his television movie marathon shows! After wowing the audience with his knowledge of B-movies and horror classics, the Briggs character summed up every film with what he dubbed the “Drive-In Totals,” including the types of death (ending with Fu, thus, if someone in a film was killed with a waffle iron, it would be listed as “waffle iron fu”), number of dead bodies, number of female breasts bared, various kinds of “aardvarking” (his euphemism for sex), a vomit meter, and a star rating. So see Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, people, ‘cus it’s got 13 dead bodies, six breasts, spear fu, bone crushing hand fu, knife fu, axe-through-the-door fu, shower aardvarking, an eight on the vomit meter. Four stars, Joe Bob says check it out! The reviews were such a hit that Bloom was asked to perform his own one-man show as the Joe Bob character in 1985. This one-man show was also phenomenally successful, leading to the Movie Channel inviting Bloom to act as a guest host for the Drive-In Theater late night B-movie show. Needless to say, the pairing of Joe Bob Briggs and old, trashy drive-in movies was a match made in heaven, with the character going over so well that Bloom wound up being signed to a long-term contract. Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater quickly became the highest-rated program on the Movie Channel and ran uninterrupted for the next ten years. During this run, Joe Bob refined his techniques even further, working hilarious comedy skits into his movie introductions. Drive-In Theater was twice nominated for Cable ACE awards, but despite its success, the show was hastily cancelled in 1996 when the movie channel switched formats. Briggs would return to TV a mere four months later, as TNT snatched up the popular movie pitchman for MonsterVision, a movie marathon show that ran Saturday nights on Turner Network Television. MonsterVision still stands today as perhaps the finest movie marathon show of all time, with Bloom working his schtick to perfection on countless horror films and introducing an entirely new generation to a veritable library of classics that we otherwise would not see. And while one drawback of being on network television was the editing of the films being shown, it also served as a huge benefit – no longer confined to just one introductory segment, Joe Bob Briggs became a friend to many horror fans, watching the film with the viewer and providing sidesplitting running commentary during commercial breaks. But again, despite its popularity, MonsterVision vanished due to a change in philosophy. Perhaps in early efforts to “de-cowboy ize” the station (the mindset which would eventually lead to the cancellation of WCW), MonsterVision was first converted to Joe Bob’s Hollywood Saturday Night, and eventually cancelled. It speaks volumes about the popularity of this act that many horror fans STILL cry for the return of Joe Bob Briggs to television to this day. A gifted commentator, writer, author of six books, and entertainer without equal, John “Joe Bob Briggs” Bloom is one of the true friends of the horror genre, and one of its biggest cheerleaders. He maintains a website to this day and is currently the “Head Online Doorkeeper” of The Wittenburg Door, a religious satire magazine.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 26, 2009 22:25:58 GMT -5
INDUCTION #14 (not quite complete without ungodly, intense delivery): “There’s plenty of room in that cold, dark place for liars, Agent Scully…” BRAD DOURIF One of the best character actors of his generation, Brad Dourif is the man behind a veritable smorgasboard of memorable characters across many genres. The winner of a BAFTA award, and an Academy Award and Emmy-nominated actor, Dourif is one of the those instantly recognizable “hey, it’s that guy!” performers much more notable for his chameleonlike ability to slip into a role and vanish rather than pursue big roles that elevate his own name value. To horror fans, he is among the Mount Rushmore of horror actors, along with Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, and Doug Bradley. Ladies and gentlemen, Chucky himself… Dourif started at the bottom and worked his way up in the acting world, beginning in community theater and later moving on to regional theater companies in New York City. His ability to virtually become the embodiment of the character he was portraying shone through at an early age as he scored roles in a variety of stage plays. At one of these plays, Dourif was spotted by director Milos Forman who casted him as Billy Bibbit in his upcoming film adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In the instant classic film, Dourif is the character who acts as the lynchpin of the fascinating moral struggle between Randle Patrick McMurphy and Nurse Ratchet, eventually scoring an Academy Award nomination for the breakout performance. Since Cuckoo’s Nest, Dourif has had many other high-profile, instantly recognizable roles, most notably Dune, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Blue Velvet and Ragtime…but in 1988, he would score the role that would bring him lasting immortality with horror fans. While many fans (many of them on this here message board) debate the merits of the Child’s Play series, series creator Don Mancini’s decision to cast Dourif as the voice of Chucky, the malevolent doll possessed by the spirit of a serial killer, was an instant hit both creatively and commercially, as the film was a huge hit and spawned four sequels, each of them boasting the voice of Mr. Dourif as the red-haired psycho doll. His ability not only to become characters but truly see the darkness and evil that laid within killers would prove invaluable, as his performance as the “Gemini” killer in Exorcist III and as Luther Lee Boggs in the beloved Season 1 X-Files episode “Beyond the Sea” demonstrate. In both roles, Dourif’s ability not only to be scary, but truly, uniquely engaging and human resulted in immortal characters. In 2007, director Rob Zombie chose to immortalize Dourif’s contributions to the horror genre by casting him as Annie Brackett’s father in his Halloween remake, with his reprisal of the role in 2009’s Halloween II being viewed by many fans as perhaps the best part of the film. A busy actor over his more than three decades in the film business, Brad Dourif has remained a familiar face in the horror genre ever since his breakout role as Chucky, with Graveyard Shift, Trauma, Critters 4, Nightwatch, Alien: Resurrection, Urban Legend and 2007’s Wizard of Gore remake all featuring that one guy…you know the guy…the guy who was the voice of that little f***ing doll in that horror movie…you know, the guy who was in that Jack Nicholson movie... Oh yeah, we know his name in the horror community, and today, Brad Dourif joins the WC Horror Hall of Fame.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 26, 2009 22:26:36 GMT -5
INDUCTION #15 “I have always had different aspects to my personality. I think I'm a long-term pessimist and a short-term optimist. I do feel a great darkness about humanity. But -- simultaneously and contradictorily -- I also feel that life can be pretty fabulous. I should also express some of that in my work; I don't want to limit myself as a filmmaker. I want to be true to the parameters of all films. They should create a mood and tingle you emotionally. That is what I'm after. I want the audience to experience some feeling. I want them to know they're alive.” JOHN CARPENTER As strange as this may sound…I didn’t want to write this induction. One of the things that I had been consciously AVOIDING with the WC Horror Hall of Fame was having all of the usual suspects of the obvious big names, the Cravens and Carpenters and Cunninghams of the world. But this one simply had to be done. There has been so much discussion on not only this series of threads, but all around the message board, about John Carpenter. Best Carpenter film polls, along with the citing of his The Thing as the single greatest remake of all time only prove his worthiness, as if it needed more proving to begin with. Put more simply, John Carpenter is one of the most beloved horror and cult cinema directors of all time. And hey, I couldn’t NOT induct the guy after we spent so much time picking apart a remake of his most famous work of all time in the last thread. Carpenter was a movie phile from a very early age, and today lists the movies of Howard Hawks and John Ford as his primary influences. Realizing what his dream job was, Carpenter attended USC’s school of cinematic arts, graduating in 1971. A phenomenally talented artist with great taste and a great eye behind the camera, Carpenter had little trouble finding immediate work after graduation. In addition, his films have been almost universally fun to watch; with the exception of just one of his more recent works, good ol’ TR has enjoyed virtually everything that this artist has ever put out for the world to see. His creative breakthrough was 1976’s film Assault on Precinct 13, a movie which reinforced several of the trademarks that would become Carpenter calling cards – dark cinematography, an eerie, simple score (composed by Carpenter himself, a gifted musician), and a cast of colorful and engaging characters acting as counterparts to a good-against-evil story. Showing his early staying power, this film was remade recently as a much more action-heavy film with Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne in the starring roles. Carpenter would launch himself into horror immortality with 1978’s Halloween, the movie that shot slasher cinema into the stratosphere and made Carpenter a household name. After all, it was his name above the title, a trademark which would continue for all of his remaining films. In this film, Carpenter created a villain in Michael Myers that has more than stood the test of time as a pure representation of ultimate evil. We’ve hashed and rehashed it before, but the battle between babysitter Laurie Strode and evil killer Myers in this film is the stuff of legend. In this reporter’s opinion, Carpenter made the greatest horror film of all time in 1978…and it still is today. Surprisingly, Carpenter did not rest on his horror laurels after the massive critical and commercial success of Halloween, and in 1980 completed work on The Fog, starring the breakthrough star of Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis. Made on a budget of $1 million, the film would gross $21 million domestically, and the ghostly revenge tale is now seen as a horror classic. 1981 would bring the science fiction film Escape from New York, which immediately picked up a sizable cult following and critical acclaim. Once again showing his staying power, this film is also in talks of a remake, with the Carpenter-created character of Snake Plissken being a favorite to this day. In 1982, Carpenter fulfilled a dream project (and boy, does this movie ever serve as the ultimate comparison between himself and Rob Zombie, who got his own fantasy project with 2007’s Halloween remake) by helming a remake of Howard Hawks’ 1951 film The Thing from Another World. More faithful to the source novel, boasting high production values, unbelievable special effects from Rob Bottin, and excellent performances from newfound Carpenter mainstay Kurt Russell (who portrayed Snake Plissken in Escape from New York), The Thing is one of the best horror films of the ‘80s, if not all time, and is frequently named as the greatest horror remake of all time by many fans. Beginning with Christine, his films would see commercial decline, although many of his works since then have become cult favorites for their quirkiness and true originality. 1987’s They Live is now viewed as a masterpiece of science fiction and satire, while Prince of Darkness is at the top of many minds when the all time unsung movies are mentioned. Carpenter would continue to ply his trade throughout the ‘90s, with In the Mouth of Madness boasting a truly riveting performance from fellow WC Horror Hall of Fame inductee Sam Neill, and 1996’s Village of the Damned another reminder that not only could Carpenter helm re-do classic horror films, he could do them better. Perhaps the single greatest testament to the ability of John Carpenter as a storyteller is the fact that while not all of his films are immediate box office successes, even his failures have attained lasting notoriety and fan following. In addition to They Live, The Thing was a box office flop upon release but found its audience on video. 1986’s action-comedy Big Trouble in Little China was crapped on by critics and audiences alike upon release, but is now one of TNT’s New Classics. However, what we need to remember about inductee #15 is that the name of John Carpenter will always be remembered because of his independent, trailblazing spirit – and, of course, it doesn’t hurt to have your name above the title. Now that this thread's Ceremony is in the books, just to respond to some posts at the end of the previous thread... Asics Johnson: That's unbelievable that you've got a role in Zombieland. Not only do you have a role in a big-time Hollywood movie, but the film itself looks awesome. Congratulations, dude. Mysterydriver: Different strokes for different folks, but I didn't care for the Prom Night remake. At all. Must be glandular. Fulci: Yeah, I too hated the American One Missed Call. I don't know if it's quite the #2 worst movie of the friggin' DECADE, but yeah, it's pretty awful. THAT is a movie that does nothing short of rape the source material. Deadpool: I still plan on seeing El Superbeasto, but I have the sinking feeling that you and I will end up seeing eye to eye on it. FINALLY...if it isn't apparent by my new avatar and sig, this is my favorite time of the year. Everybody likes Halloween, but I take it to damn near psychotic levels. I've always loved the holiday, I have a dynasty going in costume contests (I've won the last six that I've entered, and this year I've got myself a kickass Toshio ensemble figured out), and I generally carve out 5-6 Jack-o-Lanterns for no other reason than just to hear the compliments from the neighborhood trick or treaters. Of course, it also doesn't hurt that I live on an unbelievable street for Halloween. It's a nice, long, straight street, and almost everyone on it participates, so my neighborhood is literally like the Halloweens that you see on TV. We got close to 600 kids last year. It was awesome. So, in summation, October 31st rocks and I wouldn't mind seeing some Halloween (the actual day) discussion in here. All hail the one day that us horror freaks get to celebrate horror movies, genuine creativity, and our childhood memories of watching scary flicks.
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Post by mysterydriver on Sept 26, 2009 22:34:29 GMT -5
Joe Bob Briggs introduced me to B-Level horror and I'll always appreciate it. A hilarious guy and Monstervision was just plain awesome. I still use "Shotgun-Fu" to this day whenever I see one used in a movie.
Brad Dourif. West Virginia representation. Hooray! The voice of Chucky who, according to reviews, has the ability to be the very best of a movie he's in (Even if that movie is Halloween 2). He's also part of the only scene that makes me jump everytime I see it. Those who watched Exorcist III most likely know what I'm talking about.
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John Carpenter is...without a doubt...my favorite director. I could go on and on and on about his work and how I've enjoyed the mass majority of it (although, Ghost of Mars was a bit of a stretch...) He's the only director to make a movie that caused me to leave the room and listen for something bad to happen before re-entering. And it was "Masters of Horror" work Cigarette Burns that did it. I know there are some who don't like it, but something about it was just creepy.
So, All three additions are just plain great in my eyes. A guy who introduced me to the humorous side of horror. A guy from my home state who has excelled in the genre. And one of the greatest directors of all time.
Great write-ups for them, too, TR.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Sept 26, 2009 22:39:19 GMT -5
I think Joe Bob was really my first introduction to horror as well. I'll never forget tuning to TNT and seeing Motel Hell. To this day it still remains one of my guilty pleasures.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Sept 26, 2009 22:44:26 GMT -5
We missed out on Joe Bob Briggs down under (Ditto for MSTK 3000) But I discovered Joe Bob on Youtube.
I am so jealous you had such a charismatic dude.
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Post by Bullhead on Sept 26, 2009 22:59:26 GMT -5
Jason Lives. Good title. Good movie, too.
In the Forever Single Club thread I mentioned a possible dinner/movie date next friday. The movie we'll be seeing is Zombieland. As a fan of zombie movies (yes, they're overused, but dammit I love 'em.) I'm really looking forward to it.
Nice inductions, TR. I'd seen Brad Dourif in a ton of movies before finding out who he was. And after discovering that he's the voice of Chucky, I never looked at him the same way again. He's creepy as hell in that X-Files episode.
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Post by mysterydriver on Sept 26, 2009 23:17:51 GMT -5
I think Joe Bob was really my first introduction to horror as well. I'll never forget tuning to TNT and seeing Motel Hell. To this day it still remains one of my guilty pleasures. Leviathan is the one that stuck with me. It's too bad they eventually started moving the "Monster" away from Monstervision. Fun while it was there, though.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Sept 26, 2009 23:39:47 GMT -5
When I was younger I wrote Joe Bob Briggs an email. He actually responded to me (in detail) and said that he'd try to get the movie played on Monster Vision at some point.
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Post by DSR on Sept 27, 2009 0:54:37 GMT -5
Awesome inductions, TR. I understand the mentality of avoiding the obvious contenders, but with Carpenter there's a very good, solid reason why he's so obvious. Dourif's a solid dude, and certainly deserves the honor, and like I've said repeatedly, Joe Bob is just incredibly awesome. Sometimes I would sit through truly s****y movies on Monstervision just to hear what he had to say during the commercial breaks. He made awful cinema worth it.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Sept 27, 2009 1:01:26 GMT -5
Oh by the way, I never mentioned it but I went to see Pandorum yesterday and I really liked that movie. It made me happy and erased my previous awful theater experience.
Anyways, I'll give my normal quick points about it later on. I'll leave all the long reviews to TR.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 27, 2009 9:42:36 GMT -5
Just to respond to a couple things, Deadpool - I too wrote Joe Bob an email a year or so ago that essentially thanked him for saving my life in junior high, but I wasn't lucky enough to get anything back. Then again, I sent the email through the joebobbriggs.com website, which never/almost never gets updated, so maybe I should look him up on his Wittenburg Door address.
As for Pandorum, I really wanted to see this movie, but my hick movie theater only got one new movie this week. Yup, you guessed it - Fame. Thus, no "2009 Halloween Horror Release Season" report this week, although I'm still more than stoked for next week's Zombieland.
Lastly, I'd just like to say thank you to everyone for their kind words about the inductions. They're my favorite thing to do with these threads.
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Post by erisi236 on Sept 27, 2009 10:05:16 GMT -5
That new Children of the Corn was on SyFy last night, and it was soooooo much better then the first try that somehow spawned 83 sequels. The first one was loosely based on the story while this one was actually adapted from the story so there was a load of difference, no wacky and unneeded happy ending here, just pure depressing King style story telling. Also one of the first movies in awhile to make me say "oh snap" out loud at the brutal violence towards children which almost never happens in films, horror or otherwise, they weren't playing around in this one. It does have that "why should I care about these people" aspect though, as both the "outlanders" are kind of crummy people to start, but that's the way they were written originally so I can live with it. It was still pretty good, give it a watch if you're so inclined.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Sept 27, 2009 10:42:02 GMT -5
That new Children of the Corn was on SyFy last night, and it was soooooo much better then the first try that somehow spawned 83 sequels. The first one was loosely based on the story while this one was actually adapted from the story so there was a load of difference, no wacky and unneeded happy ending here, just pure depressing King style story telling. Also one of the first movies in awhile to make me say "oh snap" out loud at the brutal violence towards children which almost never happens in films, horror or otherwise, they weren't playing around in this one. It does have that "why should I care about these people" aspect though, as both the "outlanders" are kind of crummy people to start, but that's the way they were written originally so I can live with it. It was still pretty good, give it a watch if you're so inclined. Daaaammmnnnn....I forgot that was on last night. I'll be sure to pick it up on DVD. As for the "why should I care?" aspect (which is a good way of putting it), King is indeed pretty noteworthy when it comes to writing stories that are just black as midnight, and often pretty damn depressing to boot, often spilling over into the likeability of his characters. The BIG difference between King and somebody like, say, Rob Zombie, is that King's stories are meant to be more cautionary tales in that bad things happen to bad people. He's also such a good writer that his amoral asshole characters aren't wholly grating, standing in stark contrast to Zombie, who is just psychologically incapable of writing a character to be anything other than Rob Zombie even when it doesn't fit the material at all (see, the Halloween remakes), and puts all of the f-bomb dropping douchebags into his films just because he thinks it's "cool." Thus, I don't think it will bother me that much with this new Children of the Corn film. I'll also take some heat for this, but I actually enjoyed the '83 Children of the Corn. It's actually the FIRST movie that I have a conscious memory of watching, and aside from that, I actually enjoy seeing a sunny ending in horror movies every once in a while. Hell, having a non-twist ending in a horror film nowadays is practically a twist in and of itself. ;D
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Post by erisi236 on Sept 27, 2009 11:01:04 GMT -5
Daaaammmnnnn....I forgot that was on last night. I'll be sure to pick it up on DVD. As for the "why should I care?" aspect (which is a good way of putting it), King is indeed pretty noteworthy when it comes to writing stories that are just black as midnight, and often pretty damn depressing to boot, often spilling over into the likeability of his characters. The BIG difference between King and somebody like, say, Rob Zombie, is that King's stories are meant to be more cautionary tales in that bad things happen to bad people. He's also such a good writer that his amoral asshole characters aren't wholly grating, standing in stark contrast to Zombie, who is just psychologically incapable of writing a character to be anything other than Rob Zombie even when it doesn't fit the material at all (see, the Halloween remakes), and puts all of the f-bomb dropping douchebags into his films just because he thinks it's "cool." Thus, I don't think it will bother me that much with this new Children of the Corn film. I'll also take some heat for this, but I actually enjoyed the '83 Children of the Corn. It's actually the FIRST movie that I have a conscious memory of watching, and aside from that, I actually enjoy seeing a sunny ending in horror movies every once in a while. Hell, having a non-twist ending in a horror film nowadays is practically a twist in and of itself. ;D To further that, King also has a way of giving real reasons why his people are jerks, most of them were damaged as young people which is another theme that's very constant in his writings. Another thing that was kind of neat about the new version is that they use some music cues from the first one as kind of an homage which was a nice little nod.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Sept 27, 2009 15:24:09 GMT -5
The Last Horror Film (aka Fanatic) (1982) Directed By David Winters. A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. - H.L. Mencken Vinny Durand (Joe Spinell) is just your average new york slub driving a cab to make ends meet. An avid fan of horror actress Jenna Bates (Caroline Munro), Joe has dreams of one day making it big. His obsession takes him to the Cannes Film Festival where Jenna is promoting her latest film. As Vinnie's obsession turns to madness deaths start occuring around Jenna. How will it end and will this be Jenna's last horror film? The reteaming of Maniac stars Joe Spinelli and Caroline Munro moves the majority of the action from the grim and grime of early 1980's New York City for the sunbaked sands and bright lights of Cannes, France. Filmed during the Cannes film festival I found the setting very appropriate given the subject matter. The glitz and glamour of the hollywood system oppose to the descent of Spinelli's character very well. David Winters gives the film a steady hand, but more then anything the film is anchored by Spinelli. A performance which may give his performance in Maniac a run for it's money. If I have any disappointment with the film it's that I felt the ending was a bit weak. Maniac grabs a hold of you and builds until a very odd and distrubing finale. The Last Horror Film sets you up for something similar, but in the cliched horror style gives a twist the in my opinion was a bit of a letdown. That being said the final scene is terrific and vwery funny considering that really is Joe Spinelli's real life mother Mary playing his mom in the film. For gorehounds you'll be happy to know the new troma dvd is in fact uncut and restores several scenes of gore and nudity (Yay boobies!). However, as the dvd warns before the film starts some of the footage was culled from inferior prints. I never found it too distracting (until the end) but if you are expecting Wall-E, get real. The dvd also includes an introduction by Lloyd Kaufman, several interviews including Spinelli's friend and Maniac director William Lustig, a trailer, and the short Mr. Robbie, which was being shopped around as Maniac 2 until the untimely passing of Joe Spinelli. Just remember when starting the Troma dvd to skip the early troma crap. Seriously why do companies have to put this crap at the beginning of dvds? At least give us the option to skip it. Recommend.
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Post by andrew8798 on Sept 27, 2009 16:29:53 GMT -5
According to Fullers twitter:
"At approximately midnight tonight MySpace will add the Elm Street teaser trailer on the MySpace homepage."
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Sept 27, 2009 16:48:30 GMT -5
According to Fullers twitter: "At approximately midnight tonight MySpace will add the Elm Street teaser trailer on the MySpace homepage." Cool.
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Post by Asics Johnson on Sept 27, 2009 17:08:24 GMT -5
Thank you, sir. I got to work on set with Woody, Abigail, Emma, and Jesse for eight days... and I will never forget it as long as I live. Watch out for me in all the scenes at the amusement park. I was in quite a few of them, so hopefully I will make the final cut. Even got paid $1000 for it. Woot!!!
I also got to attend a VIP party at Charley O'Corleys (local bar) with Woody and his management team. None of the other people at the bar were invited, so needless to say, I felt like a real star. Anybody want an autograph?
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