Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I like this teaser poster for World War Z.
I liked World War Z novel by Max Brooks, and think I’ll like the movie as well.
And, yeah, I know it’s not going to be a true adaptation of the novel. As long as the movie is good, I’m okay with that.
Chin Music is a new five-issue comic miniseries created by writer, Steve [30 Days of NIght] Niles and artist, Tony [Starman] Harris. Chin Music drops on April 17th in stores and online from Image Comics.
Perhaps best described as hard-boiled horror, Chin Music is the story of a man who at one point possessed all of the mystical powers of the occult and the supernatural, lost them and now works as a private eye.
USAToday ran a profile of the series along with 11 preview pages that you can see here.
I like this poster for the new season of The Walking Dead which premieres on February 10th.
I can’t imagine that if you have any interest at in all The Walking Dead, that you’re not watching it. It truly is one of the best shows going. In fact, I’d say that The Walking Dead, along with Justified and Sons of Anarchy are the top three.
Guillermo del Toro introduces this short video that inspired his feature-length film, Mama.
Prepare to be creeped out.
“The Most Terrifying Film You Will Ever Experience.”
As John Travolta said in Pulp Fiction, “That’s a bold statement.” Like Travolta, I’m more than a bit skeptical.
Do you really think that the Evil Dead remake will be “the most terrifying film you will ever experience.” Remember we’re talking about you. You’ve seen a truckload of terrifying films.
Perhaps it will be the most terrifying film I’ll ever experience. But the poster wasn’t talking to me. It was talking to you.
If you like the art above, you may want to check out the comic that goes with it. Dia De Los Muertos [aka Day of the Dead] is the brainchild of artist Riley Rossmo.
Rossmo will be joined by three different writers [each writing a self-contained story] to create the three issue anthology that drops on January 9th.
You can learn more in this brief interview with Rossmo at CBR.com.
When I was a kid nearly everyone my age went through a phase where we collected bubble gum cards. I can remember collecting baseball, football, monster, Beatles, Monkees, and Batman cards. I wasn’t quite old enough to have collected Mars Attacks cards, but all of us knew their reputation.
Mars Attacks trading cards were released in 1962, but were quickly pulled because they were considered too gory for kids. Norman Saunders created paintings of the Martians blasting, burning and impaling humans in their quest to take over planet Earth. So most of us knew of the cards, but had never actually seen them. No matter, for our imaginations made the Mars Attacks cards much worse than the actual art ever could.
Now, for the first time ever…
The Mars Attacks book is a bargain and my guess is that many who buy it will be getting their first look at the cards they were never supposed to see.
One of my all-time favorite graphic novels is Alien: The Illustrated Story by Archie Goodwin [writer] and Walt Simonson [artist]. Released at the same time as the Ridley Scott movie, Alien: The Illustrated Story not only adapts the movie, but also includes scenes which never made it into the film.
If you like Alien or comics, my guess is you’ll love Alien: The Illustrated Story.
Ok, so you want to zombie-proof your house, but you don’t know where to start. The diagram above may provide some assistance.
What do you get when you combine the scariest show on tv with a Halloween tradition? Why, some really rad Walking Dead pumpkins, of course.
Thanks and an extra zombie kill to Reddit for the original post.
FIlm.com posted their choices for the Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time. Like with most any “best of” list there are things to quibble about…
Even with the quibbles, it’s not a bad list.
It’s been seven years since Mike Mignola wrote and drew an issue of Hellboy. That’s about to change when Hellboy in Hell debuts in December.
If that’s not enough to get you to pre-order your copy, then check out this article from CBR,com about we (and Hellboy) can expect.
Gerardo Moreno is back with but this time it’s not with his Stallone art. This time Gerardo wants to share a piece he did to celebrate 100 years of Universal monsters.
To see more of Gerardo’s art, simply click here.
Ten years ago I wrote a post talking about an awesome new comic series called The Goon. For more than a decade, Eric Powell [who created, writes and draws] The Goon has continued to produce a comic loved by fans of all ages.
So it was no surprise when, four years ago, The Goon was optioned to become a feature film.
About a year later we got to see a couple of production images showing how The Goon movie would look.
Two years ago we were treated to a movie poster for The Goon which was listed as “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You.”
A year ago we got to glimpse test footage from The Goon. Each step of the way, the hope for an actual full length feature length Goon film seemed closer to becoming a reality. Unfortunately, even with David [Se7en] Fincher on board, the financing wasn’t there.
Now thanks to Kickstarter, all that can change. I’m in. Will you join me? The Goon movie… Let’s Kickstart this sucker!
