Latest YouTube review - Mortuary (1983)

My latest review video, 1983s "Mortuary" starring Christopher George and a young Bill Paxton.

The film is currently out on US DVD and is available from Amazon.com

Playback trailer

Checkout the trailer for "Playback" starring Chrisitan Slater which hits UK DVD July 16...



Pre-order the DVD at Amazon.co.uk

Re-Animator the Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe!!!

Last year Sturat Gordon and his cowriters Dennis Paoli, William J. Norris and composer/lyricist Mark Nutter turned their cult horror film Re-Animator into a musical for the stage, playing to rave reviews and standing ovations for a sold-out six month run.

Now, they've brought the show over to the UK for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which re-unites the cast of the US stage show.

George Wendt, best known as the affable Norm from Cheers plays the Dean of the Medical School who West transforms into a mindless zombie. Chris L. McKenna, the star of Gordon’s neo-noir thriller King of the Ants is Dan Cain, Herbert’s hapless roommate who finds himself drawn into the mayhem. And operatic Jesse Merlin is Dr. Carl Hill who loses his head for Meg, the dean’s beautiful daughter (Rachel Avery) only to actually lose it at the hands of Herbert West.

But thanks to the glowing re-agent, Dr. Hill is still able to take his curtain call with his head tucked underneath his arm. Rounding out the cast are Mark Beltzman,Cynthia Carle, Brian Gillespie, Marlon Grace and Liesel Hanson, and featuring Graham Skipper as Herbert West.

Winning the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for their work on the show, the special effects team is the same as the1985 movie: Tony Doublin, John Naulin and John Buechler, joined by Greg McDougal and Tom Devlin. And the blood will flow so freely that the first few rows will be designated as a “splash zone.”

Re-Animator - The Musical will play the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 1-27 at the Assembly George Square theatre yard.

For more info, visit http://www.reanimatorthemusical.com/

FrightFest 2012 programme

The Film Four FrightFest returns to the Empire Cinema Leicester Square in London this August Bank Holiday and have just unveiled what is arguably their most ambitious line-up in history.

From the sensational SINISTER starring Ethan Hawke, the Sam Raimi produced THE POSSESSION and Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s jaw-dropping CHAINED, to the MANIAC remake, the surgical underground of AMERICAN MARY and the V/H/S anthology everyone is talking about.

The opening film will be Paul Hyett’s stunning shocker THE SEASONING HOUSE. However, there are many, many more films being shown over this unique 5-day event.

The Festival runs from 23rd - 27th August

For more info, and the full line up, visit the FrightFest website at http://www.frightfest.co.uk

*EDIT* Clive Barker's approved directors cut of "Nightbreed" is apparently going to be shown here on the 24th.

Dracula VS. Robin Hood VS. Jekyll & Hyde meet Frankenstein

Publisher Mohawk Media has announced that classic literature and horror monster, Frankenstein, is to star in its comic book series, Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde. The series has already seen surprise guest stars, including the comeback of Robin Hood's original love interest, Clorinda, and the historical archetype of all vampires, Dracula the Impaler.

British writer Chris Bunting says: "Frankenstein's Monster will play a pivotal role, not just in this series, but in a subplot bubbling away that will encompass many other titles from Eco Comics."

Frankenstein will first appear in Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde #3 (pictured left).

Bunting adds: "You will see Frankenstein in a way never portrayed. And this monster is not this issue's only legendary guest star, as a colossal character from the Robin Hood myth is also introduced."

Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde is produced via the publisher's range of Eco Comics, entirely paperless titles, designed to have minimal negative impact on the environment and wildlife.

Each issue of Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde is twenty-pages, and available to download in various digital formats via the Eco Comics store (see URL below) at a cover price of $1.95 (approximately £1.25).

Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde will initially be a three-issue monthly series available exclusively via Eco Comics. Further instalments of the series, and other "versus" titles, are to be announced.

To order and download online, visit http://www.mohawkmedia.co.uk/ecocomics

Meeting Evil in July!

Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson star in MEETING EVIL, an intense psychological thriller that will bring you face to face with pure terror. Jackson is Richie, a mysterious stranger who shows up at John’s (Wilson) door asking for help with his car. 

All too soon, the mild-mannered John discovers he has become an unwilling passenger, trapped in a murderous ride through town and deep into the countryside.  When Richie decides to pay a visit to John’s wife (Leslie Bibb) and kids, John has no choice but to confront this sadistic and unpredictable killer - but saving his family will ultimately come at a terrible price.

Screenplay and directed by Chris Fisher from the novel by Thomas Berger, MEETING EVIL was produced by Brad Krevoy, Justin Bursch and Mike Callaghan.

The film hits UK DVD shelves July 23rd courtesy of Sony Home Pictures Entertainment.

Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

 

The Meat Puppet - in production!

Producer Keith Collins recently got in touch to tell us about his new film "Meat Puppet", which is currently filming in New Jersey

From the press release...

A vain, successful playboy tortures and kills beautiful girls and uses them to make the perfect meal for his lavish dinner parties. Body parts, blood, torture, cannibalism and NO escape are a few ways to describe this clever new terrifying and psychologically damaging creep show.

The Meat Puppet tells the story of Andrew "Drew" Shelton who has it all, looks, money, women and an insatiable taste for human flesh.

His vanity is only surpassed by his obsession with finding the perfect tasting meal and it has fueled his appetite for killing, preparing and cooking beautiful women. He throws lavish dinner parties and serves his guests his latest victim and one unlucky guest becomes the main course of his next get together.

But when a no-nonsense detective starts putting the pieces together, it leads to a game of cat and mouse that only increases the stakes. But is Drew the soul-less, cold-blooded killer that he appears to be? Or is he just the Meat Puppet for a more sadistic mind?

For more info, visit the links below...

Website : http://www.themeatpuppet.com
FaceBook : www.Facebook.com/TheMeatPuppetMovie