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Tag Archives: gore
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Remake/Re-animate When I went to see Tom Savini’s 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, I tried to do so without a chip on my shoulder, and I came away without being disappointed by what is a reasonably entertaining … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged blood, explosions, gore, gun fu, heads roll, horror, James Gunn, Matt Frewer, Movie, post-apoc world, Review, Ving Rhames, Zack Snyder, zombies
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Herschell Gordon Lewis – The Godfather of Gore!
PFS’s Mike Flores interviews a horror legend A Chicagoan who changed the way film portrays violence is Herschell Gordon Lewis. Yes, the Godfather of Gore is back! His films — 2000 Maniacs, She-Devils on Wheels, The Wizard of Gore and … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Movie, News
Tagged blood, events, gore, heads roll, Herschell Gordon Lewis, horror, interview, Movie, murder, psycho killer, sequel, Something Weird
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The Brain That Wouldn’t Die DVD
Jan in the Pan Though Rhino failed to impress with their initial DVD offering (Galaxina), they’ve come to play ball with their Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVDs. No, it doesn’t have any alternate audio options, deleted footage, or even subtitles … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged blood, DVD, gore, heads roll, horror, Joel Hodgson, mad scientist, Mike Nelson, monster, Movie, Mystery Science Theater 3000, psycho killer, Review, robot, satellite, sci-fi, stripper, TV
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American Psycho
What – was Norman Bates – Japanese?
I read something in a true crime book about how serial killers used to be an upper class phenomenon. Barons and marquis preying on the peasants, on down to Jack the Ripper theories and that sort of thing. And now, supposedly, all our serial killers are from below the poverty line, and they hunt victims almost exclusively from a class above. Continue reading
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Tagged blood, chainsaw, Christian Bale, gore, heads roll, horror, Movie, psycho killer, Reese Witherspoon, Review, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you-axed-for-it
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Color Me Blood Red DVD
Blood for Art’s sake In the prologue to this film, the owner of the Farnsworth Gallery at first admires, then carries a canvas out behind the building to set fire to it. As it burns, the painting bleeds human blood, … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged artist, blood, commentrak, David Friedman, DVD, Florida, gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, impalement, Movie, psycho killer, Review, Something Weird
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged backyard, Bill Kerwin, blood, cannibalism, commentrak, cult, David Friedman, DVD, gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, horror, human sacrifice, Mal Arnold, Movie, pin-up, psycho killer, Review, Something Weird
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Cannibal! The Musical DVD
Good taste gone bad South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut has been admired and even respected as the first real traditional musical film in years. But it wasn’t Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s first musical, their first controversial project, or … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged blood, cannibalism, comedy, commentrak, DVD, gore, Matt Stone, monster, Movie, music, musical, Review, Trey Parker, Troma, western
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American Movie DVD
American Nightmare One factor of the huge success of The Blair Witch Project is that it’s rendered suspect any entertaining documentary for some people. Leaving the theater after AM, I actually heard people questioning whether it was “real” or not … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, Behind-the-Screams, documentary, DVD, f/x, gore, horror, Movie, Review, Wisconsin
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Bats
Bat Reputation Years ago, returning home from acts of hedonism at an ungodly hour, I came upon a bat on the sidewalk in front of my building. It looked like a snow white hamster with wings – very cute. It … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged animal attack, arms and legs roll, autopsy, Dina Meyer, explosions, gore, guano, heads roll, horror, mad scientist, Movie, mutant killer bats, Review
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At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul DVD
Coffin Joe on DVD! It cannot be stressed enough that before 1963′s At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul there had never been (to the best of my knowledge) a horror film made in Brazil. There had been a version of … Continue reading →