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Killer Reviews Podcast
THE
WOMAN Special with Lucky McKee & Andrew van den
Houten
Recorded February 3, 2012
THE WOMAN is now avaibale
on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD.
Join Butcher for an in-depth look into the making of
THE WOMAN, a new film from MODERNCINÉ. Special
guests Lucky McKee (co-writer/director) along with Andrew
van den Houten (producer) take us through the development
process, discuss the casting choices, scoring the film,
and other aspects of making this awesome movie. Butcher,
Lucky and Andrew also discuss filmmaking in general
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'Insidious
2' Coming to Theaters in 2013
Posted By: GregMo
Like it or hate it, there is no denying that Insidious
was one of the biggest hits of 2010. Director James
Wan needed only a $1.5 million budget to weave box off
gold of over $100 million worldwide.
Even if it made half that, a sequel was all-but guaranteed,
and The Hollywood Reporter is confirming that Insidious
2 is officially in pre-production and is expected to
hit theatres in 2013.
Insidious starred Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson as
a couple who move homes to escape a haunting only to
find out that it is the family that is haunted and that
the ghosts can pack bags and travel along with them.
Rumors have abounded as to whether Insidious 2 would
be a prequel or if it would continue the original’s
storyline and writer Leigh Wannell had this to say,
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'Where
the Dead Go to Die' (Starring Ruby Larocca) Hits DVD
and Blu-ray this Month - Watch the MUST SEE Trailer
Now!
Posted By: Butcher
While listening to the recent Alternative Cinema podcast
I got wind of the upcoming release of "Where
the Dead Go to Die". The film is written
and directed by Jimmy ScreamerClauz of Unearthed films.
After co-host William Hellfire, read the plot summary
(on the show) I immediately ran to YouTube to watch
the trailer. And oh my God was I freaked out. Think
of the worst acid trip imaginable, but without the acid.
And that voice... Oh my God that creepy voice...
"Where the Dead Go to Die" hits DVD and Blu-ray
this month and stars Ruby Larocca, who has a featured
blog on Killer Reviews. The film is seriously
f*cked up and because of this I wanted to pass the trailer
along to you guys. Yes, some of you are saying "come
on Butcher, this is old news dude." But I know
some of you have not seen this yet and you need to. |
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Chainsaw
Sally Season 2 is Here! Get Your Free Episode Now!
Posted By: Super Joe
Internet horror sensation Chainsaw Sally is back for
a second season cleverly titled “Season of the
Bitch”. (Hopefully Sally takes a chainsaw to Nicolas
Cage's face.) Will Sally finally show those beautiful
chest twins? Probably not! But we’re guessing
“Season of the Bitch” is going to deliver
more gore, more zany antics and that terrible (but awesome)
campy acting that we all love. And by the way…
The Tagline for season two is “Twice the Blood,
Half the Clothes". Love it!
So here’s how it works… The first episode
of season two is available for free on www.chainsawsallyshow.com.
Each episode after that will cost $1.99 each. Enjoy
the awesomeness that is April Monique Burril and hubby
(writer/director) JimmyO Burril. And FYI – viewer
discretion is strongly advised, as stated on Sally’s
official website. |
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Review
Bloody
Blody Bible Camp (2012)
Written By: Gregmo Roberts
If the title of the film, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp
doesn’t catch your attention, the casting of porn
legend Ron Jeremy as Jesus surely will. Directed by
Vito Trabucco (Night Demons), Bloody Bloody Bible Camp
is a comedy/horror film that doesn’t take any
of its two categorized genres too seriously.
The film opens in 1977 at the Happy Day Bible Camp
where a group of eclectic youths are spending a week-end
that is interrupted by a murderous crazy nun known as
Sister Mary Chopper. With a killing tool of a cross
with a blade for a stem, Sister Mary Chopper stabs her
way through the Christian vacationers leaving a nice
trail of blood (and not the crappy CGI blood we should
add) in her wake. The body count is numerous and all
this occurs before the opening reel credits have completed
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Check
Out the Awesome Web Anthology Series 'Scared Stiff''
Posted By: Butcher
Douglas A. Plomitallo is a hard working filmmaker who
has been running a web horror anthology series entitled
"Scared Stiff" for several years now. He sent
me over a few sample episodes and because of the high
quality of the content I decided to pass these little
gems onto you guys. Below are some of the most popular
episodes in the "Scared Stiff" anthology series.
If you like what you see, make sure to check out the
official site for "Scared Stiff". All the
episodes are available for download as well. And they're
free! |
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Blog
Manny's
Video Review of 'The Innkeepers'
Written By: Manny
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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Top
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
editor 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
the show! |
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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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