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Manny's
Video Review of 'The Innkeepers'
Written By: Gregory Lamberson
Also check out Manny's review of "Martha
Marcy May Marlene"
In this eerie ghost story, a venerable inn closes after
a century in business and the two remaining employees
are determined to uncover the truth about longtime rumors
that the majestic mansion is haunted -- but will they
survive their explorations? The film stars Sara Paxton,
Pat Healy and Kelly McGillis.
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10: Amityville Horror Moments
Written By: Dusty B
Somehow, there's roughly 58 new Amityville movies
rumored or scheduled to be released over the next few
years, all at varying degrees of legitimacy. I have
no idea what sparked new interest in horror's most recognizable
house, probably an executive throwing a dart at a billboard
covered in franchise names to exploit, but they're coming.
Now, in my long horror life, I wasn't too familiar
with the series growing up. It's one of the few established
genre series that didn't cross my path too often. I
watched most of the original when I was really young
and my parents caught it on tv. I most vividly remembered
the window slamming down on the kid's hand and the lady
screaming about a "passageway to hell" or
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Killer Reviews Podcast
2011
Year in Review
Recorded January 20, 2012
Killer Reviews Head writer Gregmo Roberts and content
edit Butcher give their picks for the best and worst
movies of 2011, along with their personal favorites.
All genres are included in this show. Hosts cover such
films as: A Serbian Film, Troll Hunter, Suckerpunch,
Drive, The Artist, The Descendants, Moneyball, Red State,
The Innkeepers and even mico budget films like Psycho
Holocaust. Hosts also rip hard on Hollywood’s
biggest stinkers, which is always a good time. Enjoy
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From
the Trenches: Filmmaking and Marketing for Dummies
Written By: Gregory Lamberson
Once upon a time, being an independent filmmaker meant
that a writer, producer or director made films outside
the Hollywood studio system. From Ed Wood to George
Romero to Kevin Smith, independent filmmakers have provided
fresh films which eschewed tried and true formulas.
Yes, I said Ed Wood; his films aren't nearly as bad
as some I've seen, and that Angora loving auteur kept
trying.
Today, being an “independent filmmaker”
often means that someone dropped a few grand on a pro-sumer
camera and posted the trailer for his micro-budget film
online long before the film was finished…if it
ever was finished. Digital filmmaking may have “democratized”
films, but social networking has enabled aspiring filmmakers
to make fools of themselves and crash and burn in a
spectacular fashion that taints everyone else involved
with their projects.
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Actors
Who Served and Flew During WWII
Written By: Gregmo Roberts
Last Friday marked the release of Lucasfilm’s
Red Tails which tells the story of the African American
pilots in the Tuskegee training program during World
War II. Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Method Man
and Gerald McRaney all lend their acting talents to
the harrowing tale of the pilots, navigators, bombardiers
and instructors that put their lives on the line to
protect the freedoms and rights of all men and women
during the Last Great War.
Although the film is fraught with talented actors portraying
these brave souls that took to the skies in more than
15,000 sorties throughout Africa, Sicily and Europe,
there were many Hollywood actors who actually did serve
their country in various military aircraft during the
war. Killer Reviews nosedived into the history books
in an effort to spotlight those actors who served and
flew in their respective theatres of war. Ranking them
would be disservice to their contribution, but listing
them helps highlight the incredible back stories of
some of the greatest actors of all-time.
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Horror
Movie Review - WEIRDO: THE BEGINNING (1989)
Written By: SecretAgent/SuperHero
Shot and released in 1989, the making of this 'movie'
was possibly contemporaneous with a brief flirtation
I had with the Boy Scouts, and that was present in my
mind as I watched. Not too much later, my mother would
start dating an 'outdoorsy' guy who would abuse me and
destroy the childhood purity that had, up to that point,
been tenderly guarded by those who loved me. The man
did not hit me or molest me. No, camping was his chosen
form of abuse.
Also known as 'wooding', camping can often feel, depending
on the participant's tolerance for frigid temperatures,
bowel discomfort and perpetual emasculation, like a
Pre-Renaissance form of punishment. Hard to imagine
that this practice still exists in our time, when teens
are said to describe, while trembling, the temporary
loss of their iPhone's texting function as 'torture'.
That's NOT how I define torture, personally. Not as
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My
Favorite Video Games of All Time Vol. #2
Written By: The Butcher
2012 is the year I vowed to get back into gaming.
It’s been a large part of my life since the early
1980’s but due to children, work and Killer Reviews
it had taken a back seat. To put it more directly, it
had taken a back seat in someone else’s car. Now,
two weeks into the New Year and I’ve already logged
40 plus hours of gaming goodness. What am I playing
you ask? Everything from Skyrim to Dungeon Master, and
I’m loving every minute.
And now I give you the second installment of “My
Favorite Video Games of All Time.” If
you missed the first installment you can read that HERE.
Are any of the games listed below on your favorites
list? Have you ever heard of Dungeon Master? If no,
would you ever seek it out?
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Book
Review: The Hammer Vault - Treasures from the Archive
of Hammer
Written By: Gregmo Roberts
The Hammer Vault: Treasures From The Archive of Hammer
Films by Marcus Hearn isn’t so much a coffee table
book as it is a historical treasure trove of the detailed
history of Hammer Film Productions. Our best attempt
at describing the contents of The Hammer Vault is to
copy directly from the book’s introduction.
“In the 1950’s Hammer horror was the most
terrifying experience the cinema had to offer. This
terror would be embodied by a mutating astronaut, an
amoral scientist and a bloodthirsty vampire. Little
of the sex and death would be left to the imagination,
and Hammer gilded this promise with a vast array of
promotional material. This book assembles much of that
material for the first time.”... |
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Top
10: Friday the 13th Moments
Written By: Dusty B
Another year gone which means it's time once again
for countless top lists. Of course, the rest of the
world did all this shit like a week ago but everyday
life here has been sapping up my time lately. Still,
I can't hold off from doing one of these. I love doing
year-end wrap up stuff. It's fun to reflect back on
what I watched lately, as well as creating an archival
post I can look back upon in the future to see what
I was watching at the time. For shits and giggles, here's
my post from last year.
This was the first year my OCD was successful enough
to keep a full list of everything I watched this year.
Or, at least most of them, I'm hoping. I'm betting there's
a straggler or two that slipped by me by the time I
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BC's
Soundtrack Reviews #6: JAWS and Lord of Illusions
Written By: Brain Chomper
PSYCHO! It's perhaps the only piece of film music
ingrained into the minds of pop culture the likes of
JAWS. Whether or not you've ever snuck up on your girlfriend
in the shower with a knife and imitated the high pitch
shrieks is debatable. What's not debatable is at some
point or another, you've definitely been in the ocean,
a pool or a bath tub, used your hand to emulate a dorsal
fin and sang the "da-duh, da-duh" theme from
JAWS. Everybody has. It's branded into our minds. It's
in the opening of 'Airplane!.' It was in 'One Crazy
Summer.'
The sports radio show I listen to uses it to kick off
their "winer line." The impact JAWS has had
on pop culture (not to mention what it did to people's
love of the water) can't be measured and yet seems as
though it's just another walk in the park for Spielberg
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Brooke Hogan Sexy Photo Round-Up!
Posted by: The Butcher
I've always had a thing for Brooke Hogan. Yes, she
doesn't have supermodel looks, but she definitely is
cute and definitely has some awesome curves. (Not to
mention her phenomenal boobs.) When I got wind that
The Asylum was releasing a movie called Two-Headed
Shark Attack (on DVD January 31st) starring
not only Brooke Hogan, but also the beautiful Carmen
Electra, my excitement peaked. Who doesn't love terrible
movies with beautiful half naked ladies? And here's
the kicker... Charlie O’Connell also starts. Sweet!
Enjoy these sexy photos of Brooke Hogan we found from
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Dusty
B's Best and Worst Movies of 2011
Written By Dusty B
Another year gone which means it's time once again
for countless top lists. Of course, the rest of the
world did all this shit like a week ago but everyday
life here has been sapping up my time lately. Still,
I can't hold off from doing one of these. I love doing
year-end wrap up stuff. It's fun to reflect back on
what I watched lately, as well as creating an archival
post I can look back upon in the future to see what
I was watching at the time. For shits and giggles, here's
my post from last year.
This was the first year my OCD was successful enough
to keep a full list of everything I watched this year.
Or, at least most of them, I'm hoping. I'm betting there's
a straggler or two that slipped by me by the time I
was able to type it down. |
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Our
Favorite Exorcists of All Time
Written By Gregmo Roberts
Nothing says Happy New Year better than a good ole
fashioned exorcism movie. Today sees the theatrical
release of The Devil Inside, a film about a woman who
finds out the truth about her mother that allegedly
murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Exorcism movies seem to have been around as long as
the Devil himself, but it was William Friedkin’s
The Exorcist that really put the profession in the spotlight.
Killer Reviews sat down and made a list of our favorite
exorcists of all-time and were able to dwindle the list
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Killer
Game Of The Year: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Written By Xander Kane
So many games so little time. In the onslaught of
First Person Shooter games this year you’d think
one of them would have a lock as my “game of the
year.” Well you couldn't be more wrong. There’s
a strong argument to be had that the majority of FPS
games released this year fell way short of the mark
for greatness when it came to the campaign. The only
2 exceptions that I can think of are Resistance 3 and
Gears of War 3. Both of these have a decent story and
exceptional game play... and a campaign that doesn't
leave you pissed off about wasting $60. For me, there
is a very clear cut choice for game of the year: Unchartered
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25
And Counting - Ranking All 25 Spielberg Directed Films
Written By Gregmo Roberts
Congratulations Mr. Spielberg. With the releases of
both The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse in 2011,
your resume now consists of 25 individual directing
efforts meant for the big screen (he has many television
credits as well).
25 seemed like a good number for us to spend some time
evaluating your career and we have come up with a ranking
for all 25 of his directorial efforts. The list will
likely ruffle feathers, raise eyebrows and have heads
scratching. Still, we stand by our choices and present
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Top
10 Most Collectible DVD/Blu-ray Labels Part 1
Written By Dusty B
As someone who's been fanatical about spending any
free dime he can (something hard to come by lately)
on a disc encased with cinematic goodness, I've found
certain labels call to me, much like music fiends who
follow specific labels' releases. Whether it's the packaging,
the type of movie, or any combination of mitigating
factors; these lines are just plain damned fun to collect.
You remember as a kid wanting to collect baseball cards?
Imagine that thrill but with something you can get at
least a few hours of entertainment out of before it
takes up shelf space.
The rankings of this list has been decided through
taking into account various factors, such as how much
enjoyment I get out of the films themselves along with
how much fun I get out of hunting them down and the
sense of accomplishment I receive.
And here's two words for any label heads that might
be looking for ways to grab collectors' attention: Spine
Numbers. You throw those on there and you've got me
like a fish on a hook.
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ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE |
Gregmo and Butcher
give their picks for best, worst and their personal
favorite films of 2011. Enjoy the show!
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BC for a non family friendly discussion about Christmas,
hot cousins, crazy ass gypsies and more!
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