The Walking Dead: Don’t Look Back!
AMC has released the poster above to promote the second half of the season for The Walking Dead.
February 9th seems a long way off, doesn’t it?
Category: Horror
The Saviors #1 / Z-View
The Saviors is an on-going series created by James Robinson & J. Bone published by Image.
Writer: James Robinson
Artist: J. Bone
When Tomas Ramirez stumbles upon an extraterrestrial conspiracy to take over the world, his life is changed forever. He must now seek out those few souls who share this terrible knowledge. But even united, how can they hope to defeat a shadowy alien cabal that is both indestructible and eager to kill anyone who threatens it?
Tomas Ramirez is a slacker content living in a small town where he works at the local gas station. When Tomas isn’t working [and sometimes when he is] he spends his free time getting high, hanging with a few friends and enjoying life.
All is good.
All is good that is until Tomas accidentally discovers that there are lizard-looking, shape-shifting aliens living among them!
Who will believe a pot smoking loser like Tomas? More importantly, how will a slacker like Tomas find a way to stay alive long enough to get the word out, now that the aliens know that he knows?
James Robinson lulls us into the story at a small town pace — we meet Tomas and learn about the town and the people living there through Tomas’ eyes. While most of his friends wanted to break out of the small town and get into the big world outside the town’s borders, Tomas wants nothing more than a few friends, a cold beer, cable tv and a his weed. It’s a leisurely life and the pace of the story reflects that.
Everything changes once Tomas sees the aliens and they see him. The action moves at a breakneck pace and death can come in an instant. Is there anyone that Tomas can trust? And who is the mysterious stranger that happens to show up at just the right/wrong time?
J. Bone’s art is amazing. He was the perfect choice for this series. I love Bone’s use of double page spreads not as pinups, but to expand the horizon to tell the story.
The Saviors is a comic for mature audiences due to drug references and language. If you’re a fan of 50’s alien invasion movies [“I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” etc.], ,or well written, well drawn comics, then The Saviors is for you.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Arness and Curtis are The Thing!
That’s a rare shot of James Arness and Billy Curtis prepping for their roles in The Thing!
Source: ClassicHorrorTV.
J. Bone and “The Saviors”
Saviors #1 by James Robinson and J. Bone dropped this week. If like great comics and 1950’s monster movies I hope you pre-ordered a copy because Saviors #1 is awesome.
I’ll post a full review soon, but in the meantime feel free to check out J. Bone Unveils “The Saviors” at Image.
Source: CBR.com.
Walking and Talking Dead Bad Lip Reading
If you’re not already a fan of Bad Lip Reading, you will be after you check out the Walking and Talking Dead Bad Lip Reading video below.
“The Saviors” by James Robinson & J. Bone
I am really looking forward to The Saviors by James Robinson and J. Bone.
James Robinson describes The Saviors as…
…an alien conspiracy horror comic where an innocent, naive slacker discovers, completely by chance, an alien infiltration of the human race. In the course of eluding the aliens and finding other people aware of the infiltration, he becomes more of a hero and less a helpless young guy with no clue.
Robinson sites his influences for The Saviors…
…combine the spooky, creepy aspects of pulps stories, the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie and the short-lived The InvadersTV show from the 1960s. I try to combine that with, at the same time, the idea of these somewhat human looking aliens can when the situation requires transform into really monstrous creatures like in John Carpenter’s The Thing. Real big monster horror, which thinking about it is the other end of the spectrum from Invasion of the Body Snatchers in terms of 1950s alien horror films.
Couple Robinson’s story with J. Bone’s art and how can we not have a winner? I pre-ordered as soon as I heard about the series and can’t wait to get the first issue in my mitts.
If you want to know more about The Saviors [and see additional J. Bone art for the series] you can thanks to Newsarama.
Nazi Zombies are Coming Our Way Again!
Zombies are bad.
Nazi zombies are even worse.
If you agree, then you probably saw the cult film Dead Snow. If you enjoyed it, you’ll be happy to know that the sequel Dead Snow: Red vs Dead will soon be creeping your way.
Source: Arrow in the Head.
10 Ways to Spot a Sociopath
Natural News recently posted 10 Ways to Spot a Sociopath.
If you discover you have all the tells you’ll be in the same boat as the The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath.
Source: Smithsonion.com.
New “Godzilla” Poster and Trailer!
I’ve never been a big Godzilla fan. Sure, I’ve seen the original with Perry Mason Raymond Burr in the starring role.
No, Burr didn’t play Godzilla. Okay, Burr in the co-starring role then.
I’ve seen the many sequels. The one I liked best was the 1998 version with Matthew Broderick and Leon Jean Reno. That one was okay.
So I wasn’t expecting much from the latest Godzilla remake. Boy, could I be wrong. Check out the trailer below. This version of Godzilla has potential.
Z-View: “The Evil of Frankenstein”
The Pitch: “Hey, I think Frankenstein is in the public domain. Let’s make a Frankenstein movie!”
“We can but Universal has a copyright on the look of the monster.”
“Oh well. Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “He’s never been more shocking! shocking! shocking!”
The Overview: Dr. Frankenstein is at it again. He creates a monster that he can’t control. So Frankenstein gets an assist from a carnival hypnotist. The sideshow mentalist hypnotizes the monster and then secretly sends it in to steal from the townspeople. This does not sit well with either the townspeople or Dr. Frankenstein.
The Good:
- Minute 85. [The movie runs 84 minutes.]
- Actually, if you’re watching with the right crowd, this is a great movie to goof on as it plays. MST3K, anyone?
The Bad:
- The story.
- The look of the monster.
- Dr. Frankenstein and his partner wearing masks that make them look like cosplayers.
- The carnival hypnotist’s name is Zoltan.
The Ugly:
- Have you seen the monster?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Rare “Thing from Another World” Photos
One of my favorite sci-fi movies/monster movies is The Thing from Another World.
Jame Arness (who would later go to fame as Marshall Matt Dillon in the long-running western series Gunsmoke) played the Thing. Arness is seen in a rare photo above without full make-up as they prep him for a shot.
The photo below is Arness in full Thing make-up (and in a shot clearer than any ever seen in the movie)!
Source: Vic’s Movie Den and Classic Horror Movies.
“Devil” / Z-View
The Pitch: “M. Night Shyamalan has an idea for a story about 5 people trapped in an elevator and one of them is not what they seem.”
“What is this person who isn’t what he/she seems?”
“Well, let’s just leave it at the movie will be called ‘Devil.'”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Five strangers trapped. One of them is not what they seem.”
The Overview: Five people find themselves trapped in a high-rise elevator. Help is on the way, if they can live long enough for it to arrive.
The Good:
- The concept.
- The movie starts off immediately with action.
- The movie has some creepy/scary moments but isn’t a gorefest.
- One person almost immediately figures out what is going on, but no one believes him.
- The way suspicions constantly shifted.
The Bad:
- Being stuck in an elevator is bad enough, but stuck with the
devilsomeone who is not what they seem really stinks.
- Be stupid enough to step in water with a live wire sparking.
The Ugly:
- Being able to look behind yourself while facing front.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Darabont Talks “Walking Dead” & “Mob City”
Did you catch this interview with Frank Darabont by AJ Marechal that ran in Variety? Darabont talks about his departure from The Walking Dead and how it led to Mob City.
I’m a Darabont fan and hope that Mob City kills it in ratings. I have no doubt that critics will dig it.
Mills, Burchett, Gonzales, Staton: 3 Kinds of Awesome
Chris Mills currently writes three free weekly webcomics.
Three.
Free.
Weekly Webcomics.
I suppose I should have added, “Awesome!” but you know I wouldn’t be posting about them if they weren’t really good.
Grave Digger is my favorite of the bunch. Of course Grave Digger is one of my all-time favorite comics [let’s not limit this to just crime comics]. Rick Burchett provides the art and it is perfect. Mills and Burchett. ‘Nuff said.
Perils on Planet X is written by Mills with art by Gene Gonzales. If you’re a fan of Flash Gordon, John Carter: Warlord of Mars and good comics, you’ll dig Perils on Planet X. You can take that to the bank.
Femme Noir features the team of Mills [writer] and Joe Staton [artist] taking readers down the dark streets of Port Nocturne to follow the adventures of a mysterious female vigilante.
The 20 Scariest Movies of All Time
Recently The Hollywood Reporter compiled their list of The 20 Scariest Movies of All Time. I’ve seen 15 of the 20 and agree that they’ve come up with a good list.
My choice for number 1 scariest movie would be The Exorcist. My favorite of the 20 listed would be Night of the Living Dead, but there are many other excellent scary movies on the list. Any of you seen all of them?
