“Mindhunter” Poster & Trailer with Direction by David Fincher!
The Mindhunters poster and trailer are here. David Fincher directed the first two episodes of the series. I’ll be watching.
Category: Horror
Rare “King Kong” Production Art by Mario Larrinaga!
Today we have a rare production by Mario Larrinaga for the original King Kong. Click on the photo to see a King-Kong-sized version to get a better look at the beauty of the art.
Source: Darick Robertson.
Jonathon Maberry Talks George A. Romero & Nights of the Living Dead!
Most George A. Romero and Night of the Living Dead fans have probably already ordered Nights of the Living Dead edited by Jonathon Maberry and George A. Romero. (I did!)
Nights of the Living Dead is a…
…a collection of all-new tales set during the forty-eight hours of that legendary outbreak.
Nights of the Living Dead includes stories by some of today’s most important writers: Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, Chuck Wendig, Craig E. Engler, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John A. Russo, John Skipp, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal and Brenda Shusterman, and Ryan Brown. Plus original stories by Romero and Maberry!
The fact that Romero signed off on this anthology makes the stories part of the Night of the Living Dead canon.
Jonathon Maberry recently spoke to Derek Anderson at Daily Dead about how Nights of the Living Dead came together and his thrill at getting to work with George Romero. As an added bonus we get access to an excerpt from Maberry’s contribution to the anthology!
Joe Delagatta’s “The Thing” Poster!
Joe Delagatta recently posted his contribution to The Thing Artbook. I’ve long been a fan of Joe’s art, but if I hadn’t been already, his Thing piece would have won me over.
After Joe posted his Thing poster, I found myself repeatedly going back to check it out. So I decided to reach out to Joe and see if he would mind if I posted the art here. He didn’t, so I did.
I hope you enjoy it as much as me. If so, you can check out more of Joe’s art or follow him on Twitter. If you do, tell him “the Stallone guy” sent ya.
The 25 Best Horror Movies to Scare You Senseless
Sarah Dobbs and GamesRadar recently posted their choices for The 25 Best Horror Movies to Scare You Senseless. Here are three of my favorites…
12. Carrie (1976)
The movie: Poor old Carrie (Sissy Spacek) is a complete misfit. Her mother’s religious mania keeps her sheltered, confused, and scared, and her schoolmates aren’t much better. Being invited to prom with one of the popular kids looks like Carrie’s ticket to acceptance, but things don’t exactly go to plan and Carrie wreaks spectacular revenge on her tormentors. Brian De Palma expertly crafts a terrifying split-screen finale that shouldn’t work, but acts as a brilliant mood-setter before Carrie’s final walk home to face her mother.Why it’s scary: There are plenty of high school horrors out there, but few as visceral – or as heart-breaking – as Carrie herself.
10. Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
The movie: The original zombie movie. George Romero basically invented a whole subgenre with this movie, and his slow, shambling, relentless ghouls are still terrifying. As is the idea that, if the dead rise, well have to rely on our neighbours not to get us killed. Yikes.Why it’s scary: It introduced the world to the idea of undead flesh-eating monsters. Trying to imagine TV and cinema without them? Impossible. The horror genre hasn’t looked back since.
2. The Exorcist (1973)
The movie: After messing with a Ouija board, Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting weirdly. And not just acting weirdly in a normal teenage kind of way: she talks backwards, scuttles around the house like a crab, and does unspeakable things with crucifixes. Her mother calls in a couple of Catholic priests to cast out Regan’s demons, but it won’t be easy.Why it’s scary: It quite simply has the most evil-soaked atmosphere of any film ever made.
I would have added 28 days later to the overall list. What else?
Rare Publicity Shot of Lon Chaney, Jr. for “The Wolfman”
Today we have a rare publicity shot of Lon Chaney, Jr. for The Wolfman courtesy of Retro Horror where you can see a larger version!
Stephan Franck Talks “Silver 3” and the Ever-Expanding Silver Universe
Stephan Franck is currently the Head of Story for Lionsgate’s Playmobile. Franck also served as supervising animator on The Iron Giant and key story contributor to Despicable Me, and co-created the award-winning animated series Corbeil & Bernie. When Franck needs a break from animation, he works on his fantastic graphic novel series, Silver.
Silver is a…
…a high-concept, super fun genre-blender, featuring pulp-era conmen and a troubled female vampire-hunter as they try to steal a mystical treasure from a castle full of vampires — what could go wrong with that plan?!
As I posted here, Franck’s Kickstarter for Silver 3 is now live. I’m on board. If Silver sounds like your kind of fun, please consider joining.
As you can imagine, there’s been quite a bit of interest in Silver 3. Davey Nieves of Comics Beat spoke with Franck about the ever-growing Silver universe… as does Derek Anderson at Daily Dead… and Stefan Blitz at Forces of Geek.
“The Snowman” Poster and Trailer are Here!
“He calls himself ‘The Snowman Killer’… he’s completely insane.”
George Romero Interview ‘Road of the Dead,’ & More!
George (Night of the Living Dead) Romero was working to arrange financing for Road of the Dead, a proposed new installment in Romero’s zombie franchise before he passed on. Romero pitched Road of the Dead by saying…
“In the darkest days of the zombie apocalypse, the last safe place on earth is anything but, as a mad despot uses the spectacle of high-octane carnage to keep control of his populace… “It’s ‘Fast and the Furious’ with zombies at the wheel”…
While Road of the Dead doesn’t sound like the zombie film that I’d like to see, I’d give it a go and hope to be pleasantly surprised. Romero is the man who redefined the genre.
You can check out Romero’s thoughts on Road of the Dead, modern zombie films and more by clicking over to George Romero Talks ‘Road of the Dead,’ His Disdain for ‘World War Z’ and Why He Liked ‘La La Land’ More Than ‘Moonlight’.
Source: IndieWire.
45 Things We Learned from Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg’s ‘This Is the End’ Commentary.
Rob Hunter and Film School Rejects recently posted 45 Things We Learned from Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg’s ‘This Is the End’ Commentary. Here are three of my favorites…
8. The front of James Franco‘s house is mostly CG. The interior was built in a coffee bean warehouse. There were so many movies filming in New Orleans at the time that there were no proper sound stages available.
41. Franco fought them on his character dying as he didn’t think it should happen. Once he realized it was a losing argument he suggested the false rapture bit instead. “That joke’s literally from a Bugs Bunny cartoon.”
43. The movie originally ended with Seth and Jay rising up into heaven as the final shot, but early audiences demanded to see heaven.
RIP – George Romero
George Romero passed away today at the age of 77 from a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer.” I was shocked and saddened to read those words. Romero is one of my movie heroes.
Most of you know that Romero co-wrote (with John Russo) and directed Night of the Living Dead, the movie that redefined zombies and created a horror sub-genre. Romero always did things his way and followed NOTLD with several other “…of the Dead” zombie films. He was currently working to get financing for Road of the Dead, which was set to become the next feature in his zombie franchise.
Although Mr. Romero was a bit older, I was truly surprised by his passing. Just last weekend I listened to Jonathon Maberry talking about the joy of working with George Romero on Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology. I couldn’t wait to order my copy. Now I want to get it in my mitts even more. I have a post scheduled to go live in a couple of days about Mr. Romero working on financing for Road of the Dead. There was no hint that he’d been ill.
Romero died peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his family while the score of one his favorite films, 1952’s “The Quiet Man,” played in the background. I can’t think of a much nicer way to go. Thanks to George Romero for not only all of the movies he created but also for those his work inspired.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans.
Source: Los Angeles Times.
Stephen Franck’s Silver Volume 3 Kickstarter is Live!
Stephen Franck, the creative genius behind Silver is back with Volume 3 and his Kickstarter for the project is live. Franck is the writer and artist for Silver which can be summed up as…
…a high-concept, super fun genre-blender, featuring pulp-era conmen and a troubled female vampire-hunter as they try to steal a mystical treasure from a castle full of vampires — what could go wrong with that plan?!
Silver is great fun. Franck is a talented writer/artist who has created a tale that meshes a horror story with a heist yarn pitting an unlikely team consisting of a rouge thief, his two partners, a con man, a old forger, a ten year old who can catch glimpses of the future and young woman who hunts vampires against Dracula and a castle full of the undead.
If you like what you see, you can jump on board with Franck’s Kickstarter for Silver Volume 3. Volume 1 and 2 are also available through the Kickstarter, if needed.
Man, I can’t wait to get my mitts on Volume 3!
Dan Brereton Talks The Nocturnals!
Fans of the Dan Brereton interview we posted earlier this week will love Dan’s interview with Vince Brusio for Previews. The main focus of this interview is Dan’s The Noturnals!
Which “Twilight Zone” is Your Personal Nightmare?
MeTV presents Which Twilight Zone is Your Personal Nightmare?
As you can see I came out with Eye of the Beholder. EotB is an excellent episode but if I was to pick my own personal nightmare it would have been…
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet – Not much could be worse than seing a creature on the wing of the plane you’re flying on…DURING A STORM… AT NIGHT… TEARING UP THE ENGINES… AND NO ONE ELSE SEES IT!
Ok. Maybe there is something worse…
To Serve Man – Trapped on a spaceship piloted by giants who are taking you to their planet to EAT YOU!
‘Dracula’: 7 Things A Series About the World’s Most Famous Vampire Should Have
A new tv series based on Dracula is in the work. Seems there has been a lot of grumbling from fans worried about the potential success of a new series based on the infamous Count…
…these concerns aren’t unjustified — Dracula-centered television shows are notoriously short-lived, and while there are a multitude of shows centered around the supernatural, there aren’t that many dedicated to the main vamp himself. NBC took a stab at it in 2013 with “Dracula,” a British-American horror drama… Though promising, the series only lasted one season.
Gabrielle Kiss and IndieWire came up with ‘Dracula’: 7 Things A Series About the World’s Most Famous Vampire Should Have. Here are the three that I think are most important…
5. Make Dracula a Bit Ruthless
Rumor has it that Dracula was based off of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, better known as Vlad the Impaler. It’s said that Vlad Dracula (meaning son of the dragon, or son of the devil) would dip chunks of bread into buckets of blood drained from the people he killed, usually after he invited them to a feast and then immediately impaled them at the dinner table (he always finished his dinner afterwards, bodies and all, in case you were wondering). So it would be nice if that same sense of ruthlessness could be brought to the new adaptation of “Dracula.” There’s no rule that states you can’t be suave and merciless (just ask Klaus Mikaelson of “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals”). (I agree. Dracula didn’t become King of the Vampires and live as long as he did without being ruthless. He’s a vampire!)
6. Give Him a Sense of Humor
Speaking of “The Originals,” let’s bring in some of that dark humor and wit that makes characters like Klaus Mikaelson a baddie that we love to hate (but just can’t). That same natural charisma and use of offhanded sardonic remarks should be applied to our newest Dracula, because that’s what the audience connects to. It’s also what keeps people coming back for more, everyone needs a tension breaker once in awhile. (His sense of humor should arise from the fact that he’s amusing himself. Saying things and making jokes not for others but his own amusement. He believes himself to be above mere humans. So it will be very interesting when a human catches his innuendo and responds. Dracula will know he’s perhaps met his match.)
3. Tell the Original Story
While a lot of vampire stories have spawned from the original “Dracula,” there haven’t been nearly as many that actually tell Dracula’s story. Bring back characters like Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing! They don’t have to share the spotlight with Dracula, but they’re relatively new characters to the younger generation, and they would help inspire interesting plot points for the new show (something the previous “Dracula” series lacked). (While I go back on forth on the era – modern or 1890’s, I do believe that the original story, even if slightly modified should be the basis for the series.)
