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Rock in the House

Well, at least in the Basement.

We long ago gave a home to local filmmaker David “the Rock” Nelson on this website, and even though we’re still in the process of revamping the site we wanted to make sure you could still sample his special brand of kookness. So we set up a links page which at this point features only a link to his section of the site. Continue reading

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The Deadly Spawn DVD

Don’t go in the basement Ever since the advent of 16mm movie “home movie” film, and continuing on through until today with digital video, feature film production has been affordable for the average Joe and Josephine. Few adults had the … Continue reading

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Devil Ant 2

Devil Ant 2: Devil Ant Rises from the Grave David “The Rock” Nelson is still the only working filmmaker that really puts his own blood into his cinema. It’s true! He frequently sells his own plasma to buy videotape and … Continue reading

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Nutcracker: An American Nightmare VHS

Dance of the sugar plum psychosis The Nutcracker story has always been one of the more disturbing Christmas tales for me. The image of the madly staring figure in military dress is bad enough, but even worse is the focus … Continue reading

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Legend of the Chupacabra DVD

That sucking sound you hear… Well, it may not be the renaissance of the genre, but at least it’s something different. Here we have yet another “found footage” horror film, in which a group of intrepid youngsters treks into the … Continue reading

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The Body Beneath DVD

Milligan’s island Drive-in horror films provided a thriving business for independent filmmakers in the 1960s. While Herschell Gordon Lewis pioneered the gore film on the beaches of Florida, and Larry Buchanan remade cheap AIP features even cheaper down in Texas, … Continue reading

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Nude on the Moon DVD

Lunar nature camp Okay, all you ladies — scram! I want to talk to just the men for a while. Go check out the Buffy bulletin boards for a while or something. Are they gone? Good. Hey cats, ever want to see … Continue reading

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Frankenstein Stalks

Rock Ransacks R-kives! Canny Creator Cannibalizes Cache for Current Concoction When we last left David “The Rock” Nelson, he was throwing a rubber insect at unwilling participants and videotaping the results (see Devil Ant). This time, Nelson revisits his old … Continue reading

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Blood Feast DVD

Gore pioneer starts choppin’ here As they relate on the commentary track, one night Chicago filmmaking partners Herschell Gordon Lewis and Dave Friedman sat in their Wacker Drive office brainstorming. They’d spent the past few winters down in Florida shooting nudie … Continue reading

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The Last Broadcast DVD

More terror in the woods Just as Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez were planning their trip into the Maryland woods to film The Blair Witch Project, Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler were editing their own backwoods mockumentary horror story. Comparison of … Continue reading

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