September, 2007
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Brain Hammer?s DVD PICKS for 09/18/07!
Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Welcome to the frightful first installment of Brain Hammer’s DVD PICKS, another exclusive column only found on horroryearbook.com. Each week I’ll do my damnedest to help you sort through the store shelves full of slop, and offer my thoughts on that week’s BRAIN HAMMER APPROVED dvd releases! LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!
Friday the 13th Remake - Prequel?
Well we all knew it was coming! With the constant success of remakes, like Rob Zombie’s Halloween, the sharks are circling to see what they can rip apart next, and it looks like the studios are rushing to beat the Hollywood strike as two writers were just locked to rape poor old Jason Voorhees. Jason has had a lot of stuff happen to him over the years and survived, but will he be able to survive this?
Opera
Obsession, murder, madness.
Betty, a young and beautiful opera understudy, finally gets her big break in Verdi’s Macbeth after the lead is hit by a car. But Betty’s happiness is short-lived, as a killer stalks and captures her several times, each time killing someone in front of her after he has tied her up and taped needles under her eyes so she must watch his butchering.
Like most Argento films this one is beautifully shot although some of the steadicam work is hit or miss. A scene involving a camera swinging around the opera house meant to convey a raven in flight is awesome; in fact all the raven shots are excellent. Other times, such as going up a spiral staircase backwards or showing someone’s POV behind them left me both dizzy and wondering why a person would be walking backwards.
Another Big Day for Horror on DVD
‘Death Proof,’ ‘Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things’ and more
The Unholy (2007) - Movie Review
I feel bad for Xander. It is a well known fact (that I just made up) that at the end of every successful TV show run at least one cast member will get the shitty end of the stick. For “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” it happened to be handed to poor Nicholas Brendon. Sentenced to a life of cheap direct-to-DVD horror films, THE UNHOLY is just another film to add to the pile of crap that Brendon is forced to call his career.
Out on DVD This Tuesday: Alligator
‘Sounds Like’ and ‘The Washingtonians’
More ‘Friday the 13th’ Rumblings
A couple more reports indicate the film is due for a 2009 release
Out on DVD This Tuesday: More Masters of Horror
‘Sounds Like’ and ‘The Washingtonians’
Horror Comics Weekly (9/9-9/15)
New Releases This Week
B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground #2
Liz’s apocalyptic visions escalate and Daimio continues to withdraw from his teammates. If you aren’t reading this series then you need to start!
Nightmare On Elm Street TPB
Freddy Krueger is still raising hell in the most hellishly hilarious ways he knows how
Comic Books
Friday The 13th Summer Vacation #1
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Banned SAW IV Clip
Looks like the Saw machine cannot be stopped. Here is a clip that was banned from this year’s Comic Con, very graphic. Watch Below…
Brain Hammer’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT Vol.19: Four On A Meathook!
This week’s column is dedicated to director William Girdler. William began a tragically short, yet incredibly prolific film career in 1972 with the release of his first picture - “Asylum Of Satan.” He then went on to make eight more films over the next six years before dying in a helicopter crash in 1978. William will always be best known for his unique contributions to the 70’s horror genre. This weeks’ PICKS FROM THE CRYPT are a fearsome foursome of Girdler’s fabulous fright flicks! In honor of the late, great William Girdler – LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!
INTERVIEW WITH AMEL FIGUEROA, DIRECTOR OF ‘HUSH’
INTERVIEW WITH AMEL FIGUEROA, DIRECTOR OF “HUSH” by Patrick Green
Dimension to Release MOTHER OF TEARS, DIARY OF THE DEAD, and more!
The Weinsteins are up to their elbows in genre fare now that they paid an expensive visit to the Toronto Film Festival and purchased some films.
Amongst their selection- Dario Argento’s MOTHER OF TEARS, George Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD, some French movie called INSIDE about a pregnant woman, and something else called SOLSTICE involving twins and suicide.
THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT Casting Updates
Elias Koteas (ZODIAC), Martin Donovan (INSOMNIA), and Kyle Gallner have joined the cast of THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT.
THE HAUNTING stars Virginia Madsen as a mother who must confront the supernatural while caring for her son dying of cancer. And while this sounds like a Lifetime movie, distributor Lionsgate compared it to THE EXORCIST.
Raw Feed Announces OTIS, REST STOP 2, SUPERMARKET
Warner Brother’s direct-to-video Horror label, Raw Feed, has announced their 3 new titles: OTIS, SUPERMARKET, and REST STOP 2. Not too much info is available yet, but here is what we have so far:
George Romero to Make Sequel to DIARY OF THE DEAD?
And you guys thought it wouldn’t do well….George Romero’s TIFF premiere of DIARY OF THE DEAD apparently drove the audience nuts, caused a bidding war, and could spawn a sequel.
Video Game Round up: Resident Evil 5, Silent Hill 5, F.E.A.R. Files and more!
This has been highly anticipated since Capcom reinvented the Resident Evil series, and pretty much the entire survival horror franchise, with their chart topping Resident Evil 4. With Part 4 topping out many of the Top Ten Best Video Games Ever lists, Capcom had a lot on their plate to think about. So they decided to change the series again… and it sounds good.
THURSDAY THIRST – HORROR COMIC BOOK ROUNDUP
HACK/SLASH – Issue #4, BUMP – Issue #4, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – Issue #6, STEVE NILES STRANGE CASES #1, NEW LINE CINEMA’S TALES OF TERROR…
Hatchet
Old school American horror.
Ben has just broken up with his girlfriend of 8 years and his buddies can’t think of any better way to cheer him up and take his mind off of his troubles by taking him down to New Orleans to celebrate the annual tit festival known as Mardi Gras. Any normal heterosexual male would have no problem clearing his mind with nothing but boobs, beer, and all the other crazy activities that take place at Mardi Gras, but not Ben. He is not amused and wishes to leave the fun to partake in a “haunted swamp tour” of the big easy bayou. He takes off on his own but his good pal Marcus decides to come along being the good friend that he is.
The two friends head to where they believe the tour guide can be found and we’re treated to a nice little cameo by Tony Todd. He tells the lads he no longer runs the boat tours and leads them in the right direction. This is where we meet all the characters who are also joining in on the swamp tour. We get all the stereotypical slasher characters. You know, the dumb ass girl (we’re treating to a couple of these actually, who happen to be pretty damn hot), the older couple, the mysterious quiet girl who has infinite knowledge of the legend of Victor Crowley, an Asian, and a middle-aged guy. AKA all one dimensional bodies that can easily be disposed of. The entire crew is left stranded out in the woods of the swamp after their boat crashes and we’re off…
Top Five Romanian Nightmares
4. Trees. Oddly enough, in Romania trees may be a nightmare. Ita��s for the houses are so misbuilt that whenever a medium-size tree grows by a house its roots get to break the housea��s foundation and the roof falls on the inhabitanta��s head. I once had a medium-size tree growing by my house; few months later Ia��ve started blogging. » original news
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