Today to my surprise, I received a wonderful and wonderful post from my friend and fellow horror lover, "SCREAMQUEENARMY aka Chris Dunlop. "
I enjoy writing and talking to him about anything and everything. He is a very sweet friend to me and I've haven't back ever 2015.
I enjoy his visions guest reviews on horror flicks and writing. This one is called, "THE EVIL EYE." It's about the God Father of Gore and can also be seen at
http://theevileyeuk.blogspot.com
Review:
Horror Documentary - Starring Herschell Gordon Lewis. Produced by Mike Vraney and Jimmy Maslon. Directed by Frank Henenlotter and Jimmy Maslon.
Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this often hilarious documentary, featuring interviews with cast, crew, and critics such as Director John Waters, drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs and of course...Herschell Gordon Lewis himself.
The documentary traces Lewis' start in the innocent bare-naked world of "Nudie-Cuties" before he shocked the world with "Blood Feast"
Lewis then continues to assault audiences with such audacious shockers as She-Devils On Wheels, Blast-Off Girls, Just for the Hell of it, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Gruesome Twosome, The Gore Gore Girls, and the incredible Wizard of Gore!
Get ready to experience a decade of motion-picture madness - with tons of clips, rare out-takes, and testimony from the people who were there - as Herschell Gordon Lewis, The Godfather of Gore leaves you laughing and screaming at some of the most amazing movies to ever play American movie theatres!
The DVD release includes over an hour of deleted scenes, H.G.Lewis trailer reel!, rare Lewis Short: Hot Night at the Go-Go Lounge! and a gallery of H.G.Lewis exploitation art.
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary and I know you will too.
If you're a fan of Herschell Gordon Lewis, horror, exploitation, gore, horror documentaries or you just want to learn more, then I suggest you see this wonderful documentary as soon as possible.
BIG THANK YOU'S TO CHRIS DUNLOP AND THE VERY COOL STIE, "THE EVIL EYE."
Talk about obsessive love. "Boxing Helena," was made in 1993 by Dave Lynch's daughter, Jennifer. It stars Julian Sands and is definitely not made for the faint of heart.
This film is about a surgeon (Julian Sands)who becomes insanely obsessed with a seductive and mesmerizing woman (Sherilyn Fenn) he once had an affair with.
Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.
Even though this is an old film, it still is disturbing and shows how much love can do to a person.
I wouldn't say this is the greatest movie ever made, but the story and concept is very crazy and unique. Even the music group, "The Misfits," did a song on the film, titled of course, "Helena."
Ok so two weekends ago, I went to the movies and saw this film "Cabin in the Woods." I was of course happy to see a new flick. The basic synopsis of the film is about Five friends who go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. They then must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods. The concept of this film was interesting. It definitely opens a lot of conspiracies and "big brother watching you." It also has some humorous parts, including a brief cameo of Sigourney Weaver. The plot of Cabin in the Woods is bizarre but definitely unexpected. Even though it's a good concept in theory, Cabin in the Woods, wasn't portrayed the best through the actors and definitely wasn't scary enough for me. "Cabin in the Woods," is definitely a film to watch on Netflix.
Last week I watched a movie called, "Don't be Afraid of the Dark", and it was absolutely horrible. The movie actors are, Guy Pierce, Katie Holmes, and Bailee Madison as the little girl. I like Guy Piece's acting normally but I'm not a Katie Holmes fan at all but I wanted to see it just to give it a chance and of course it's because a horror film. It was completely different than what I thought, in a bad way.
Here's a brief synopsis and movie statement:
"A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own."
Even the concept of this film, I didn't enjoy. The little girl who is the main character spends most of the movie not talking and is very sullen. She then discovers the creatures from the furnace of the old mansion that she and her dad, " Guy Pierce and girlfriend, Katie Holmes had just moved into. Finally this lonely little girl Sally opens up the furnace in the the basement because she starts hearing voices calling out her name. Shen naively sets these creatures free. At first Sally thinks they are nice and friendly but can only be out when it's dark out, hence the title. When Sally finally figures out these creatures are trouble, she confides to Katie Holme's character who believes her and goes to research the story of the old house.
I wouldn't want to give away the ending, in case you still want to check this horrid and predictable film out.
I wanted to see the movie also because it was written by Guillermo del Toro, who's work I usually enjoying watching. If he had been directing the movie, it might have been a little better but not as much. I found my self laughing so hard just because of all the bad acting in "Don't be Afraid of the Dark." I can honestly say that there wasn't anything I enjoyed about this film and being completely honest in this movie review.
Now if you are like me and feel you have to see it just because it's supposed to be a "horror," which it isn't at all. It was a rip off of the movies, "Labyrinth," "The Gate" and the creatures were ripped off from the creatures in "The Descent."
All in all, I give it two thumbs down, Hopefully my next film review will be a better one.
I have been listening to and following Rob Zombie for almost 16 years now, probably more. I think him and his work are incredible. I first got to know him while he was in his band, "White Zombie," and I was instantly hooked. After that, he went solo as Rob Zombie. A lot of solo artists who break away from bands, aren't usually as good as before but Rob BLEW MY MIND AWAY with his first solo album, "Hellbilly Deluxe." With his songs, "Living Dead Girl," "Dragula," "Spookshowbaby," and more, I became a complete zombie addict.
Since his first solo album, he has put at atleast three more and are all incredible and I definitely recommend all of them. The cool part is, is that even though all his albums have a different feel to them, they all still rock and metal and amazing to listen too. I can honestly say there isn't one song of his that I don't like. He is also amazing to see live.
Besides being a fantastic talented singer and rock god, he also a renaissance man of sorts. He has his own comic out, clothing line that his darling hot wife, Sherri Moon Zombie runs and models for, and of course a wicked amazing director. His first movie that he directed was "House of 1000 Corpses," which I got to see the first premiere of which was incredible. Originally when the movie was coming out, it was rated X because it was so bloody and gory, so Rob being a professional, cut out some shots to bring the movie down to NC-17, R. House of 1000 Corpses is one of my favorite horror films of all time. It stars, Sherri Moon Zombie, or Sherri Moon at the time, older cult horror actress, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, and Sid Haig.
The basic synopsis of House of 1000 Corpses is about two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers. It's definitely not a movie for little kids, but is guaranteed to please all horror lovers.
The second film he did which is actually the sequel to 1000 Corpses is, "The Devil's Rejects. It stars most of the same people but has a completely different feel to it. While 1000 Corpses was more bloody and gory, etc, Devil's Rejects is more about the serial killer aspect and is almost reversed in the plot. While Bill Moseley, Sherri Moon Zombie, and Sid Haig are still the main characters and are killing people on the run, they are actually being hunted but the police from all their past murders that were shown in the first movie. The short synopsis of this film is in Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. Another amazing and one of my favorite killer films ever.
His most recent films were actually remakes of "Halloween 1 and 2." While unfortunately the first Halloween didn't do so well as I had hope, I enjoyed the second one a lot more. I also appreciate the way Rob interpreted the story. It's almost a completely different idea and concept from the original Jamie Lee Curtis films. I definitely recommend seeing these two flicks just to see the differences from the originals. I personally like the second "Halloween," better.
One more thing about Rob Zombie and his director skills is that he does not do more than two sequels for a movie which I love. I can't stand horror directors, which I won't name here who want to do six different movies about the same character or concept. It's enough. Stopping at two is the better way to go.
If you are in the L.A area, make sure to stop by his store, "Halloween Town," which contains everything you can possibly need for Halloween, plus his skull clothing brand, memorabilia, and a lot more. The best thing about the shop, is that is open all year round and he is known to pop in the store from time to time.
Here are some snippets and clips from his different work but this is just a taste of his brilliance. If you love heavy metal music, horror, talent, and more, this is the man to check out. I love you Rob Zombie!
MY WONDERFUL AND VERY SPECIAL FRIEND MICHELLE RAVEN CONTRIBUTED TO MY BLOG THIS WEEK WITH A GREAT REVIEW AND TALK ABOUT HEARSES AND THE MOVIE, "THE HEARSE." SHE IS SUPER COOL AND I ALWAYS LOVE WORKING WITH HER. SHE ALSO OWNS HER VERY OWN HEARSE WHICH IS SUPER BAD ASS AND LOOKS HOT. I'M SO GLAD SHE'LL BE CONTRIBUTING TO MY PAGE HERE AND SHE IS JUST AN AMAZING AND ROCKING CHICK THAT I ADORE. HERE'S HER FIRST REVIEW AND POST! ENJOY!
Hey everyone my name is Michelle “Miz Raven” and when my dear friend Ruby mentioned that she had this blog and wanted contributions I thought hmmmmmmmm what should I contribute that would be unique and up my alley? If you don’t know about me I am a hearse enthusiast and owner. So I figured I would blog about hearses in horror movies. I will add about one hearse a week – enjoy!
Movie: The Hearse Release: 1980 Hearse featured: 1953 Packard Henny built Funeral Coach. The Hearse is featured continuously throughout the movie About this Move: This B-Movie is about Jane Hardy (Trish Van Devere), who moves to Blackford to live in a house owned by her deceased Aunt. During her earthly existence, Jane’s aunt was Satanic. When she died, the hearse that was to take her to her final resting place had crashed. The aunt’s casket as well as the driver was never found. As a result, the old house was haunted by evil spirits and the streets of Blackford were plagued by the hearse. As Jane learns of the evil surrounding her in Blackford, she tries to leave but is trapped by evil spirits and the hearse. Where is the car now: I researched but could not locate the actual vehicle, so where abouts unknown. If I find it or if one of you find it let me know so I can update this thanks!
