“Dracula” Starring Bela Lugosi by Chris Weston!
It’s no secret that we love movies and art, especially when they go together as well as Chris Weston’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi print!
Category: Horror
“The Open House” (2018) / Z-View
The Open House (2018)
Director: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote
Screenplay by: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote
Starring: Dylan Minnette, Piercey Dalton, Patricia Bethune and Sharif Atkins
Tagline: You can’t lock out what’s already Inside.
The Overview: Beware of spoilers
When her husband is hit by a car and dies, Naomi (Dalton) and her son, Logan (Minnette) are left in a financial bind. Naomi’s sister allows them to live in her secluded house that is up for sale.
During the day, it is an open house which creeps out Logan. He hates the idea that strangers roam through the house that he and his mother sleep in at night. Soon after Naomi and Logan move in, weird things begin to happen. Objects are moved, someone telephones but doesn’t speak, the pilot light on the water heater keeps going out and more. Logan and his mom realize that it could be one of the strange people that they’ve met in the neighborhood… but is this person a prankster or dangerous? They will soon find out.
The Open House sets up an excellent premise for a horror film. It provides a supporting cast of possible folks who could be responsible for the weird stuff going on. Then it makes the two leads fairly unlikable and gives us an ending that (my wife) and I absolutely hated. In all fairness up until the ending, The Open House was on track to a two star rating, but that ending brought it down to one star of five.
“Bone Tomahawk” Print by Nick Charge!
Nick Charge created an excellent alternate movie poster for S. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk. If you’d like to see more of Nick Charge’s art, you can on his Instagram.
“How to Make a Monster” (1958) / Z-View
How to Make a Monster (1958)
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Screenplay by: Herman Cohen. Aben Kandel
Starring: Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway and Gary Clarke
Tagline: See the ghastly ghouls… IN FLAMING COLOR!
The Overview: Beware of spoilers
Pete Dumond (Harris) has been a monster movie make-up man for American International Pictures for decades. When the studio is sold, the new owners decide that monster movies are on the way out. They fire Dumond and his long-time assistant, Rivero (Brinegar). Dumond uses mind control to get the actors playing the teenage werewolf (Clarke) and teenage Frankenstein (Conway) to kill the new owners one-by-one. When the clues begin to point towards Dumond all bets are off on who will be the next to die!
How to Make a Monster is more clever than good. It’s clever because…
- It brings back monsters (Teenage Frankenstein and Teenage Werewolf) from their past movies for a team-up.
- It uses American International Pictures (the real movie studio that released the film) as the studio in the movie.
- It takes us behind the scenes on the studio of American International Pictures when in reality AIP didn’t own a studio! They rented space from other studios.
- The monster head props and movie posters that appear in the background of scenes are from past AIP monster movies.
- The ads say that you will see the monsters (Teenage Frankenstein and Wolfman) in color for the first time, but only the last scenes were shot in color to save money!
How to Make a Monster rates 2 of 5 stars.
“Near Dark” (1987) / Z-View
Near Dark (1987)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay by: Eric Red, Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson, Joshua John Miller and James Le Gros
Tagline: At dawn they hide. At dark they wake. At night they search for blood…pray for daylight.
The Overview: Beware of spoilers
Unknown to Caleb (Pasdar), his new girlfriend (Wright) is vampire. When she turns him, Caleb reluctantly joins her coven which consists of their leader, Jesse Hooker (Henriksen), Diamondback (Goldstein), Severen (Paxton) and Homer (Miller). Each night the group goes out to hunt and feed. Sickened by what he has become, but with nowhere to turn, Caleb goes with them. When things go sideways, the coven finds the police as well as Caleb’s father closing in on them. Caleb will be forced to make a choice… but at what cost?
This modern day vampire tale is a blast. Bill Paxton fills the screen as a vampire who enjoys his undead life. It’s a thrill to see the Aliens trio (Henriksen, Goldstein and Paxton) together again. The scene in the roadside bar still terrifies while at the same time makes audiences smile. This movie’s influence can be see in many films that followed it. Near Dark is so entertaining it easily rates 4 of 5 stars.
“Gone Into the Night” – The Trailer is Here!
The Gone Into the Night trailer has my attention. I like the look of this one. Deal me in.
When Kath and her boyfriend arrive at a remote cabin in the redwoods, they find a mysterious young couple already there. But when her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation.
Starring Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Teague, and Brianne Tju
Directed by: Eli Horowitz
Release Date: 7/15/22
“8 Days to Hell” (2022) / Z-View
8 Days to Hell (2022)
Director: Shane Woodson
Screenplay by: Harold Pepper, Shane Woodson
Starring: Eric Roberts and Shane Woodson
Tagline: The devil pays a visit to Los Angeles
The Overview: Beware of spoilers…
8 Days to Hell is a low-budget horror anthology consisting of seven connected tales. Each tale is designated as a “day”. I made it through day five before I tapped out. It just wasn’t for me. For example…
Day One – an actor tries out for the part of a gangster. After his audition the producer (Roberts) berates the actor’s performance saying he should have projected Brando-style machismo and a frightening image. The actor leaves, has a drink, is encouraged by a vision/demon and then goes back to re-audition. This time he does a bad Brando voice and shoots the producer.
Day Two – The actor is having sex with a woman and she turns into a preying mantis who kills the man.
I should have stopped watching there. Your mileage may differ, but 8 Days to Hell just wasn’t for me, so it gets 1 of 5 stars.
“Frankenstein 1970” (1958) / Z-View
Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Director: Howard W. Koch
Screenplay by: Richard H. Landau, George Worthing Yates, based on a story by Aubrey Schenck, Charles A. Moses, based on characters from Frankenstein (1818 novel) by Mary Shelley
Starring: Boris Karloff, Jana Lund and Don ‘Red’ Barry.
Tagline:WARNING! “Frankenstein 1970” is the most blood-freezing horror ever created! This picture may be too dangerous for people with weak hearts! Beware!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Set in the future, in 1970, the last Frankenstein, Baron Victor von Frankenstein (Karloff) is now an old, disfigured scientist. He needed money to purchase an at-home atomic reactor to complete his secret experiments, so Frankenstein rented out his castle to a crew producing a monster movie. Little do they know that Frankenstein has a secret underground lab where he is nearly finished with his creation, a huge monster made from body parts of the dead. When members of the movie crew begin disappearing, the police are called in. Will they be able to solve the mystery? Will they stand a chance against the Frankenstein 1970 monster?
Frankenstein 1970 was shot in eight days and it’s low budget shows. The creature looks more like a mummified beekeeper than a Frankenstein monster, but Karloff gives it his all. Frankenstein 1970 rates 2 of 5 stars.
“Birth of the Living Dead” aka “Year of the Living Dead” (2013) / Z-View
Birth of the Living Dead aka Year of the Living Dead (2013)
Director: Rob Kuhns
Written by: Rob Kuhns
Starring: George A. Romero, Elvis Mitchell, Mark Harris, Gale Anne Hurd and Bill Hinzman.
Tagline: 1968. Peace. Love. And the undead.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Rob Kuhns goes behind the scenes on the making of Night of the Living Dead. George Romero is interviewed and some of his earlier commercials are shared. Elvis Mitchell, Mark Harris, Gale Anne Hurd, Bill Hinzman and others share the impact Night of the Living Dead made on them. If you’re a George Romero or Night of the Living Dead fan, then this is for you. I give it 4 of 5 stars.
DARK OF NIGHT by Jonathan Maberry & Rachael Lavin!
Jonathan Maberry is one of the best and most prolific writers working today. His Joe Ledger series is my favorite. Others prefer his Dead of Night/Fall of Night or Rot & Ruin series. I’ve read them as well and wouldn’t argue against someone liking them better. With his new novel, Dark of Night, Maberry does something he’s not done before: He collaborates with Rachael Lavin and combines characters from all three of his series!
Dark of Night: The dead rose. We fell. The survivors are trapped in a world of monsters who prey on the helpless. Some of them are zombies…but they are not the only predators who feed on pain and suffering. DARK OF NIGHT is a story of worlds in collision. Three heroes who have survived the apocalypse are in a deadly race to save a busload of children from ravenous zombies and ruthless human scavengers. This brand new novella brings together three of New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry’s award-winning novel series. Captain Joe Ledger (PATIENT ZERO and CODE ZERO), Officer Desdemona Fox (DEAD OF NIGHT and FALL OF NIGHT), and Rachael Elle (BITS & PIECES, a Rot & Ruin novel) are caught between an endless wave of the living dead and an army of corrupt men who want to enslave the last human survivors. Jonathan Maberry teams with debut novelist Rachael Lavin to tell a sweeping story of adventure, horror, and heroism. Flesh and Fire: In the midst of a midlife crisis, Todd is haunted by Chloe, the lover who died not long after their relationship ended. When Chloe escapes Hell in search of the peaceful rest that has eluded her, a demon named Samael is on her trail and she needs Todd’s help. While on the run Todd and Chloe face demons real and personal, soul-threatening danger, and their long-buried feelings for each other.
“Nope” – The Final Trailer is Here!
The final trailer for NOPE is here.
“What’s a bad miracle?”
Oscar® winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with Get Out and then Us. Now, he reimagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, Nope.
The film reunites Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Nope, which co-stars Michael Wincott (Hitchcock, Westworld) and Brandon Perea (The OA, American Insurrection), is written and directed by Jordan Peele and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us, Candyman) and Jordan Peele for Monkeypaw Productions. The film will be released by Universal Pictures worldwide.
Bernie Wrightson: The FPG Years – On Kickstarter Now!
Bernie Wrightson: The FPG Years is a book that Wrightson fans are going to want. It’s on Kickstarter now, so don’t sleep on this one!
“Resident Evil” – The New Trailer is Here!
The new Resident Evil Trailer is here!
Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-Virus, federal agent Leon S. Kennedy teams up with TerraSave staff member Claire Redfield to investigate a zombie outbreak in the town of New Raccoon City.
CAST: Ella Balinska, Lance Reddick, Turlough Convery
“Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” Trailer is Here!
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities trailer is here and it looks good!
The maestro of horror – Guillermo Del Toro – presents 8 blood-curdling tales of horror. This anthology of sinister stories is told by some of today’s most revered horror creators, including the directors of The Babadook, Splice, Mandy, and many more.
CAST: Andrew Lincoln, Ben Barnes, Charlyne Yi, Crispin Glover, Eric Andre, Essie Davis, Kate Micucci, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Rupert Grint, Sofia Boutella
