I was able to get some time with Emil Novak of Buffalo Nickel Productions to talk to him about his movie, “Decayed” that is currently in production Thanks for taking some time out to talk to me about your movies.. What interests you in wanting to film a horror movie? . My interests in horror movies is simply to stir …
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Interview: Ben Rock – Director (Alien Raiders)
MJ: Here are a few questions from HorrorNews.net I’m going to start off with a personal question before I dive into questions about “Alien Raiders” . Do you believe in alien life? BR: I’m glad you asked that, and you’re the first ever to do so. I guess the answer is that I would LOVE to believe in alien life. …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 04.23.2009
Most Anticipated Projects to Come: Silent Night Zombie Night might be something worth while. I have been tired of all these zombie films blasting out of nowhere but this seems promising to me now. Earlier, not so much. The films synopsis is: A week before Christmas a viral outbreak turns the citizens of Los Angeles into the feral undead. On …
Read More »From the Nightshift: Matty Mask
Continuing on working on the local Buffalo scene of filmmaking I was able to talk to Matthew Patterson (otherwise know as Matty Mask). He is most famous for his deathmask of Johnny Gruesome and for his love of coffee. I asked him to tell us a little about him and his work: “My influences are varied but a main theme in them …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 04.13.2009
Before I get started I wanted to let you know that I will be going to Texas Frightmare Weekend and I hope to see you all there in Dallas, May 1st. There’s so much to cover. There are plenty of films coming out in 3D and Zombie movies are just coming from all over. I thought by this time the …
Read More »Interview: Steven C. Miner – Director
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 …
Read More »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 …
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