SYNOPSIS: After a hit and run that claims his brother’s life, Eli spirals into paranoia and depression until he begins to believe that his brother will return from the dead to take the lives of those responsible for his death. Eli confronts Brandon, the jock at his high school who is believed to be behind the wheel that tragic night. …
Read More »Film Review: The Wolverine (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Living in isolation since the death of his beloved Jean Grey, at his own claws, the mutant Logan is plagued by nightmares and self doubt. But Logan cannot hide from the world forever. A young woman named Yukio locates him in the Yukon convincing him to return with her to Japan to say goodbye to a dying friend from …
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B-Movie drive-ins, blacksploitation, grindhouse and Roger Corman, beyond Jaws, The Exorcist and Halloween lies a graveyard of forgotten gems, underrated classics and much loved worst films ever. It’s the Seventies and co-hosts Doc Rotten and Santos Ellin, Jr. are joining forces to take a look at their favorite Horror Films from the grooviest decade of terror, from 1970 to 1979. Get Ready! Monster Movie Podcast …
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The old dark house. The creepy dilapidated manor. The remote isolate hotel. Haunted Houses! The idea fascinates audiences, directors and screen writers creating one of the most chilling of horror sub-genres. James Wan’s latest film, The Conjuring, is a brilliant example of a haunted house film…and more. Co-hosts, Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani, join together to run through their lists of …
Read More »Film Review: Twixt (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) is a successful writer struggling with his own personal demons. His personal life and professional career are slipping through his fingers as he desperately searches for a path towards rescue. A recent tragedy has put his mental state and his marriage in jeopardy; his complacency with his own writing has left him uninspired. He is …
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it is finally here, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, an impassioned ode to Kaiju, Anime and giant robot films. Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani climb aboard Gipsy Danger to discuss and debate the films and career of Guillermo del Toro from Cronos to Blade II to Hellboy and beyond. Doc and Thomas discover themes abound and monsters in every corner: vampires, aliens, creatures from hell, ghosts and …
Read More »Film Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Returning to his home in Colby, Texas, lawyer John Reid comes face to face with outlaw Butch Cavendish who all but destroys everything he holds dear when the Cavendish Gang ambushes a posse of Texas Rangers. The attack results in the death of John’s brother Dan and the other Rangers while the recently deputized John Reid survives with the …
Read More »Film Review: Stoker (2013)
SYNOPSIS: After the death of her father, a privileged and disturbed teen meets her Uncle Charlie who changes the direction of her life forever as she slowly unravels her family’s dark, hidden mysteries. REVIEW: Stoker is a captivating and disturbing family portrait of horror and understated violence. Director Chan-wook Park (Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Thirst), along with cinematographer Chung-hoon …
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Zombies! For dead folks, they’re a fairly animated group of horror monsters. With the release of World War Z (2013), co-hosts Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani cover their favorite zombie films of all time – all types of zombies: voodoo zombies, flesh-eating ghouls and virus infected killing machines. Doc takes his top 10 across the globe with entries from Spain, …
Read More »Film Review: This is the End (2013)
SYNOPSIS: When Jay Baruchel visits Seth Rogan in Los Angeles, he ends up at James Franco’s house for a house warming party when the end of the world strikes. The three of them, along with Jonah Hill, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson, must find a way to survive the Apocalypse. REVIEW: Ghostbusters. Shawn of the Dead. Zombieland. All of these …
Read More »Interview: Naomi Grossman, Pepper from American Horror Story Asylum
This past May 10th, 2013, Doc Rotten sat down with Naomi Grossman, who plays Pepper in American Horror Story: Asylum, at the Blood at the Beach 3 convention in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The character, Pepper, was introduced in the first episode as Journalist Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) entered Briarcliff Mental Institution for the first time. Her introduction set the tone for the series and astonished …
Read More »Film Review: Now You See Me (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Four struggling magicians, Atlas, McKinney, Henley Reeves and Jack Wilder, unite to form a super group that takes Las Vegas, the entertainment industry and the nation by storm. They become an overnight sensation when they seemly rob a French bank right in front of a captivated crowd in Nevada and then give all the stolen money to the ecstatic …
Read More »Film Review: Fast and Furious 6 (2013)
SYNOPSIS: When Dominic Torreto and Brian O’Conner discover that their fallen partner, Letty Ortiz, may be alive and in the clutches of a thief named Owen Shaw, they reluctantly risk their freedom to join Lucas Hobbs in capturing the fast driving criminal. With family, friends and lives on the line, the Fast and Furious crew reunite, jump back behind the …
Read More »Podcast: Monster Movie Podcast – Eps 50
Featuring Marvel Studios – Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain American. The Avengers. Welcome to the Monster Movie Podcast. This is episode 50 as Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani celebrate the modern cinema juggernaut known as Marvel Studios. Iron Man. The Hulk. Thor. Captain America. The Avengers. Never before has a film company accomplished what Marvel Studios has in its universe building. Doc and …
Read More »Podcast: Monster Movie Podcast – Eps 49
Featuring The Following, Bates Motel and Hannibal Welcome to the Monster Movie Podcast. Kevin Bacon stars as Ryan Hardy on FOX’s hit show, The Following. Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore are Norma and Norman Bates in A&E’s Bates Motel. And Mads Mikkelsen is Hannibal Lecter in NBC’s Hannibal. It’s terror on TV as Doc Rotten welcomes Dave Dreher from HorrorNews.Net to take a …
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