Steven C. Miller emerged onto the Hollywood movie making scene a few years ago with Automaton Transfusion, a movie in which he wrote, edited and directed. AT premiered at the Screamfest L.A. horror festival and the ever so popular Weinstein brothers purchased the movie and distributed it. To me this is one of the best zombie movies made and with …
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Horror Gossip: 04.05.2009
t’s so hard for me not to rant about the sequels and remakes but seeing how there are so many of them, every column I do I am going to put aside a section to discuss how retarded and unoriginal America is. Are you guys really running out of that many ideas? Why do you feel the need to remake …
Read More »Film Review: Dr. Cyclops (1940)
SYNOPSIS: “After a former student discovers a rich deposit of radium in a South American rain forest, the brilliant but arrogant Dr. Alexander Thorkel sets up a laboratory there and begins experimenting on miniaturization of animals. When the pupil questions the scientists ethics, he callously murders him. Faced with failing eyesight, the mad doctor enlists three other scientists to help …
Read More »Film Review: Survival of the Dead (2009)
SYNOPSIS: Rebel military man Crocket (Alan Van Sprang) and his band of rogue soldiers seek refuge from the living dead, only to land squarely in a family feud between the undead-hating O’Flynns and the Muldoons, a cure-seeking clan determined to help their zombie kinfolk. Cult horror master George A. Romero rises again to deliver another delicious zombie fest where the …
Read More »From the Nightshift: ‘House of Horrors’ – The movie
I recently had a chance to talk to Dan Monroe , the busy director/writer of the movie “House of Horrors”, which is currently in production in Buffalo, NY. One of the settings for the movie is the real House of Horrors which is one of Western New York’s Largest Haunted Houses. They state they are:”Western New York’s Largest and Most Terrifying Haunted House …
Read More »From the Nightshift: ‘Pigman’ and ‘Born to Die’
I caught up to Jay Mager who is the writer/director of the upcoming movie “Born to Die” and filmed a short film about the local legend of the Pigman. I asked him to tell us more about the two very different projects: The Pigman What drew me to The Pigman? The answer to that question is probably a good 14 …
Read More »Interview: Anthony Masi (His Name is Jason)
Anthony Masi is your average Gen-X fright fan who was there in the theaters of the eighties when profit-turning horror franchises featuring Freddy Kruger, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Pinhead and of course, Jason Voorhees were raking in duckets by the month, much less the entire decade collectively. What is not average about Masi is the access he’s had to the players …
Read More »From the Nightshift: ‘Gore’ the film
Of the many Buffalo movies that are in production or going into production the first I want to talk about is a movie called “Gore”. I asked Adam Steigert (producer/director/writer) to give us a story synopsis of the movie: In 1978, after a string of gruesome cannibalistic killings, Detective William Sanders successfully brought the deformed killer known as Gore to …
Read More »Interview: Joel D. Wynkoop
MJ : What is your earliest childhood memory of horror and first being interested in horror? JDW: I think when my Dad let me stay up to watch HORROR INC. I watched Dracula and I think I was hooked after that. Then later, some truck driver gave me a copy of Famous Monsters and then I was really into monsters …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 03.29.2009
Introduction: This is my first article. I don’t want to put anything gay or inspirational. I am just here to gossip about the news we have covered over the past week and deliver my thoughts on the subject so here goes… Overview: Firstly, lets go over all the horrid remakes and sequels we have discussed. Stephen Norrington, the guy behind …
Read More »Interview: Charles Band (Full Moon Features)
Mastering the ability to create intriguing sci-fi, and horror films is a complex task. It’s an untamed adventure through the mind. Full Moon Features has traveled this chariot of darkness for over 30 years. Haunting the screen, Full Moon grabs ideas from the nether regions. Starting in 1976 as Empire Pictures, Charles and Richard Band have created over 200 …
Read More »Interview: Jason Beam – Horror Artist
Alright the doctor of gore is here to bring you an exclusive interview with graphic designer/photograher Jason Beam of Jason Beam Studios to talk about his beatifully rendered and amazing artwork and the horror and comic book genre as a whole! Words cannot put how kick ass his prints are so just visit his website www.jasonbeamstudios.com asap after youve read this …
Read More »Interview: Victor Miller (Friday the 13th)
Victor Miller is the screenwriter behind the original “Friday the 13th” a classic of the 80’s slasher genre. I was fortunate enough to sit down with Mr. Miller in his home here in Alameda, Ca and speak with him about how he got involved with “Friday” and what kind of effect it’s had on his life. How did you get …
Read More »Interview: Marcus Nispel – Director
Although he’s only 45, Marcus Nispel has been making TV commercials and music videos for 20 years, as he says, “to pay the bills.” But, obviously, Nispel’s heart has been to make feature films. He burst onto the scene with a revised Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Jessica Biel, in 2003. That version of the often-filmed tale in sequels and remakes stood out …
Read More »Interview: Stevan Mena (Brutal Massacre, Malevolence)
The art of mingling horror and comedy together is more subtle than one might think, despite the slapstick ease of say, Evil Dead II or even Lou Costello and Bud Abbott shambling against a Universal goon squad. Some horror films are inherently dark and serious, though yielding bursts of perfectly-timed humor, as An American Werewolf in London did with glorious pastiche. …
Read More »Horror Talk 15
Intro: Hello My Dear Freaks and Minx! Oh, how I’ve missed you all! The fact is peeps, I’m a busy little minx. But am I too busy for you now you may ask?! HELL NO! All the kick ass stuff I’ve been doing is for the greater good for all of our true horror fans out there and once my …
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