Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Francesco Francavilla is no stranger to the ZONE. I’ve posted about his art and gotten sketches from Francesco for my Stallone-theme collection. Over at one of his blogs for the entire month of October, Francesco is running what he calls the 31 Days of Halloween. Every day Francesco posts a drawing [sometimes more] of a monster, vampire, werewolf, well… you get the idea. It’s a great idea and a lot of fun. I hope you can join us.
Not only do I like the above Walking Dead teaser poster much better than the last one, but it comes attached to a CBR.com interview with Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard!
A few days ago, I was wondering, “What’s Up with the Skyline?” After watching this teaser trailer, I kind of get the picture.
Could this be the end of Rick and Carl Grimes? My guess is not, but what do I know? [Via CBR.com]
Check out this Walking Dead sizzle reel from the fine folks at AMC and you’ll know why Halloween can’t come fast enough for me… and no, it’s not because of all the free candy. [Although that IS a plus.]
This page documents the first time Batman and Hellboy met. Pretty historic art if you’re a comics fan, right? My buddy, John Beatty actually owned that page at one time. I wonder who owns it now. I hope it’s a fan.
Here’s the latest Walking Dead teaser poster via CBR.com. Although I love The Walking Dead, the poster leaves saying, “Eh.”
I really like this new teaser for The Walking Dead comic series. We’ve seen other posters that hint at the plot twists to come, but this pretty much lets the cat out of the bag zombies out from behind the walls. Yeah. I think we’re in for some fun times. Unfortunately the same can’t be said for the cast of The Walking Dead.
If you’ve read the ZONE for any length of time, then you know about my love of monster movies, drive-in theaters, horror movie hosts like Sammy Terry, as well as scary [well at least they were when I was a kid] tv shows like The Twilight Zone, The Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and The Invaders.
One show that fits into the horror genre but you’ve never heard me talk is Thriller. Hosted by the legendary, Boris Karloff, Thriller ran for 67 episodes from 1960 to 1962. From all accounts Thriller featured episodes that had some of the best scares and creepy stories that could be found anywhere. Stephen King called it,
“Probably the best horror series ever put on TV.”
Yet, for some reason it never showed up in reruns and only appeared with sporadic episodes on VHS and laser disc. That’s changed now that Thriller -The Complete Series is available on DVD with tons of extras.
If you’re like me, you’re hesitant to plunk down your hard-earned bucks without knowing more. Well, we’re in luck because at A Thriller a Day, one episode of the series is reviewed, you guessed it, each day. Even if I end up not purchasing the series, I’m going to enjoy reading about it. The two guys running the site have a good banter going, they’re refreshingly honest {they’ll call a clunker story, just that] and yet they also have an obvious love for the genre. If I was to make any suggestions to them it would be to change their rating system. Now they rate each episode from one to four Karloffs like this…
Perhaps it would be more horrific if they rated the episodes like this…
I like this poster for Monsters. It’s creepy and interesting enough to make me want to know more… which is exactly what posters should do. Well, that and get me to buy a ticket.
You can see a monster-sized version at IMPAwards.com.
Although season one of The Walking Dead doesn’t premiere until Halloween night, AMC has announced that a second season, with a full 13 episodes, will begin shooting in February. You can read more about the renewal at CBR.com and where you can also see a larger version of the comic teaser poster.
Quint over at AICN has a nice little interview with Eric Powell, creator of the cult classic comic (and hopefully soon to be in full production animated film) The Goon. With David “Se7en” Fincher, Paul Giamonti and Clancy Brown already on board, this project should kill. And with The Goon, that exactly what I mean (especially if you’re a zombie).
The official trailer for The Walking Dead hit today. Man, it looks as good as I hoped. I can not wait until the series premiere on Halloween night!
This trailer for The Vanishing on 7th Avenue feels like a version of something that could have appeared on the original Twilight Zone. That alone is reason enough to check it out.
My guess is that several regular ZONERS (especially Bill Black and Chris Mills) will end up with the recently announced Art of Hammer book. It’ll feature the poster art from the Hammer horror films. It’s currently on sale for less than twenty buck which is a pretty scary deal.
