Closed for the Season (Review)

Closed for the SeasonClosed for the SeasonDirected by Jay WoelfelSometimes the poster is totally misleading. This is one of those times.Eerie skull and the tagline "Welcome to the Carnival of Fear" make it seem like this amusement park is going to be your typical slasher ala Dark Ride. But it's not. What you get with Closed for the Season is an attempt to scare you with nostalgia.It's not a full fledged horror film but more of a sprinkled thriller...

Categories: 2011 horror movies, indepentent horror, indie horror, mti video

Press Release: Soska Sisters Dead Hooker in a Trunk released by IFC Midnight

Good news today for the Soska Sisters. After getting a UK release, Dead Hooker in a Trunk has finally hit the good ole US of A via IFC Midnight. It's long overdue for these awesome filmmakers. Check out the pres release below which has my quote in it as well (yay)Also check out my review of the film. It's funny that I remember putting up this trailer 3 years ago (as the Soska Sisters will point out, this was one of the first amounts of hype for the...

Categories: dead hooker in a trunk, dead hooker in a trunk trailer, exploitation film, grindhouse, independent cinema, indepentent horror, indie film, indie horror, soska sisters

Comic Con 2011: What I'm getting the awesome and wiggins for

Well if your like me, your surfing your favorite sites to get your Comic Con 2011 news of the day. Lots of stuff has been unveiled and announced and some have got me a wee bit excited. Here's my perspective on the good as of yesterday.Robert Rodriguez announces Machete II and III (via Bloody Disgusting)Guillermo del Toro announces his version of Frankenstein (via Dread Central)Would You Rather is a horror film starring Brittany Snow, Sasha Grey...

Categories: comic books. graphic novels, comic con, festival

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich (Review)

Bloodrayne: The Third ReichBloodrayne: The Third Reich (2010)Directed by Uwe BollI don't think I've seen a Uwe Boll movie since Postal.Avoiding Uwe Boll movies isn't to hard. But Brendan Fletcher (a Boll regular) reminds us that the reason Uwe Boll's names keep popping up on the Interwebs is because websites give him the free coverage he knows he'll get if he keeps making fucked up movies. For every Auschwitz he makes, he does make a Bloodrayne 3.So...

Categories: 2011 horror movies, action cinema, bloodrayne, german horror, german splatter, gratuitous nudity, nazis, nudity, stop uwe boll, uwe boll, vampires, world war 2

Ip Man 2 (Review)

Ip Man 2 Ip Man 2 (2010)Directed by Wilson Yip[this review brought to you by guest writer Camiele White who was a former apprentice of Beatrix Kiddo]After 20 years of consciously watching film (the first five don’t count, for obvious reasons), my favourite films seem to always be Martial Arts related. When my brother came to me with a film he dubbed “the greatest action film of all time”, I had my doubts, particularly because I hadn’t seen a large...

Categories: action cinema, china, hong kong, kung fu, martial arts

The WTF List: Sucker Punch

I'm a sucker for movies where the critics just tear up the film. So realizing that Sucker Punch which got a 22% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes and also the fact I decided to have some fun with the production stills I HAD to watch this for myself.And I'll admit after watching the whole damn thing, I don't really know exactly what the purpose of Baby Doll (Emily Browning) mission was to "escape" is exactly. But whatever. I'll admit, seeing hot actresses...

Categories: jaime chung, jena malone, steampunk, sucker punch, zach snyder

Giveaway Contest #3: YOU decide what the giveaway should be

Well I haven't done a giveaway contest in a while. I think the last one I did was the Buffy contest or it could have been that Deadneks DVD one. I forget. In any case, I became an American horror movie picker as my old company was basically throwing away DVDs. Sure these weren't the best DVDs but one man's junk is another man's treasure.So I'm going to create a poll and let you decide which horror related DVD/novelty item you want me to giveaway...

Categories: contest, giveaway, horror giveaway, scifi channel, sweeps, sweepstakes, the house of the devil

Bedevilled (Review)

BedevilledBedevilled aka Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)Directed by Chul-soo Jang[part of the NYAFF 2011]According to the dictionary, the word bedevil means:bedevil vb -ils, -illing, -illed US, -ils -iling, -iled (tr)1. to harass or torment2. to throw into confusion3. to possess, as with a devilIf a word ever fit a movie perfectly, it'd be this one.The masters of revenge are at it again. Korea is clearly the king of revenge cinema and after...

Categories: 2011 horror movies, bedevilled, chan wook park, korean horror, oldboy, rape, rape and revenge films, top 5 rape and revenge movies

Karate Robo Zaborgar (Review)

Karate Robo Zaborgar Karate Robo Zaborgar (2011)Directed by Noboru Iguchi[part of the NYAFF 2011, NEW YORK PREMIERE]See? The Japanese are just like Hollywood. Sometimes you run out of ideas and have to remake old TV shows. You didn't think America was the only country to take a cheesy 70s television show and remake it for the big screen did you?Karate Robo Zaborgar from the outtakes at then end of the film seemed like a 60s Batman meets robot anime...

Categories: cyborgs, japanese, japanese anime, japanese exploitation, machine girl, Noburu Iguchi, robots, sukeban boy, wtf films

Ninja Kids!!! (Review)

Ninja Kids!!!Ninja Kids!!! (Nintama Rantarô) (2011)Directed by Takashi Miike[part of the NYAFF 2011, WORLD PREMIERE]Keeping up with all the films Takashi Miike makes is like a full time job. I just haven't had time to watch his recent flicks. I've got The Great Yokai War sitting on my computer, I passed up multiple chances to see Miike's latest film 13 Assassins and for some unknown reason I keep figuring I'll checkout Yatterman eventually.So I decided...

Categories: japanese, japanese anime, kung fu, ninja kids, ninjas, takashi miike

As American as a Zombie Horde

Well when it comes to horror, one can always feel proud to be an American when it comes to zombies. Sure we didn't come up with the idea of zombies (it's from African and Haitan folklore) but American born George Romero made zombies as popular as apple pie.Vampires were brought to the masses via Stoker and werewolves from Greece. But zombies have felt always American and we can't get enough of the undead. And we all think that because we're a gun...

Categories: american horror, american zombie, happy independence day, zombies

BKO: Bangkok Knockout (Review)

BKO: Bangkok Knockout BKO: Bangkok Knockout (2010)Directed by Panna Rittikrai[part of the NYAFF 2011] What's the definition of action porn?It's BKO: Bangkok Knockout which is without a doubt, the best action movie of 2011 (premiering in NYC at the NYAFF 2011). This is to be expected from Panna Rittikrai, legendary director of Born to Fight and fight coordinator for Ong Bak and Chocolate. He's made Tony Jaa ad Jeeja Yanin household names when it comes...

Categories: action cinema, chocolate thai action, comedy action, JeeJa Yanin, karate, kung fu, muay thai, nyaff 2011, ong bak, thai movies