NY Times Likes Splice...

I am looking sooo forward to a good spooky icky summer movie.  read what the NY Times thought here...

Aldo Raine Collectible Figure

"We're in the business of killin' Nazis, and boy, business is boomin'."

Hot Toys has announced they will be releasing a 1/6th scale Lt. Aldo Raine Collectible Figure from Quentin Tarainto’s Inglourious Basterds. This is the first time Brad Pitt has authorized his likeness to be used from the movie.

Episode #011 Summer Horror Films & Scott T Barsotti Speaks!

In this episode, an interview with The Revenants author Scott T. Barsotti, a summer horror movie roundup, the Zombie Walk Chicago, Slayathon 2009, and Horrorbles in Berwyn!

Don't forget to see The Revenants!

http://www.wildclawtheatre.com

Miss Summer Horror Event Films? Sam Raimi to the Rescue!

Sigh...I wish there was a summer horror film that would get me jazzed the way flicks like Star Trek and Harry Potter do. I saw Star Trek last night and it was tremendous fun...totally entertaining, suspenseful, and appealed to all my trek geekiness without pissing me off (unlike Wolverine...). I guess it's harder to make any horror film an "event film". Nowadays horror movies rarely have a respectable budget and the star power to bring people out in droves. But it wasn't always like that. New York audiences waited for up to four hours in the middle of winter to see The Exorcist! And remember a little film called Jaws?

The last horror movie I remember catching in the summer was Event Horizon...which I liked for the way it mixed a very Clive Barker-esque horror fantasy with a dash of the Shining all set in Space. What's not to like?

But wait...there's hope yet kids...the dark horse in the running is Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell opening May 29th! I am getting excited for this one...the cast looks solid and who doesn't think a gypsy with a dead eye is creepy? Not me my friends.

His name is Bruce...

I know that everyone is gearing up for what the studios tell us could be a huge summer for movies. And I know all the fanboys out there are frothing at the mouth over Iron Man this week, Batman later in the summer, not to mention the Hulk, Raiders of the Lost Ark IV, Speed Racer, just to name a few. However, for my money, the movie event of the year will not be released this summer, but is currently set for an October release.



This is the one that gets me all revved up.

For all you Bruce Campbell fans, there is a wonderful interview here. Check it out. Here are just a couple of choice quotes.

Q: "Star Trek" or "Star Wars"?

A: "Star Trek." The original ... with William Shatner. Everything else blows.

Q: Your ideal brain food?

A: It's a plant that grows from the ground. I refuse to identify it.

Great stuff. For more info check out www.bruce-campbell.com.

Peace.

-B.