A few weeks back I did a review for a book titled “The Drive-In,” by Joe R. Lansdale. In that write up I mentioned some of Lansdale’s work also made it into my favorite reading spectrum, comic books. Well boils and ghouls, the clubhouse is in full swing for that strange season of slaughter called […]
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Good news for Mortal Kombat fanatics! NetherRealm has officially announced its next entry into the gut-filled, blood-bathing, anatomically-decimating fighting game: MORTAL KOMBAT X! Only a short trailer has been revealed so far, showing Scorpion and Sub-Zero fighting in traditional MK IX style, but aside from the graphical update (and the requisite level of gore) what’s […]
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It’s no secret that Hollywood has a knack for sometimes messing with a “good thing” until it eventually unravels into development hell, rarely to ever be heard of again. In some cases, though, a movie manages to avoid enough misguided tampering to make it past the execs and onto the big screen (albeit with some […]
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Tomorrow marks the end of the R-Rated Memories show that we mentioned back on Monday. In case you missed the details then, R-Rated Memories is an art tribute to cult filmmaker Paul Verhoeven being held in Amsterdam that “strive[s] to create a celebration of this iconic figure by the hands of many talented artists” from […]
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Need something to tide you over until tonight Season 4 premiere of The Walking Dead? Check out this spine-chilling short film, PERISHED, from Australian co-directors Stefan A. Radanovich and Aaron McCann. An unflinching look at one man’s quest for survival amidst a zombie apocalypse reveals the far less glamorous struggle to stay alive with no […]
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Back when Drafthouse Films’ The ABCs of Death premiered last year it was a mixed bag of wild concepts (D is for Dogfight), well-executed short films (H is for Hydro-Electric Diffusion) and… well, just plain weird (F is for Farts). One of the best parts of the project, however, wasn’t the film itself but the […]
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Mild Spoiler Alert! A couple nights ago I had a mini-marathon and watched several episodes of Netflix’s new series Hemlock Grove, produced by Eli Roth and based on the novel by Brian McGreevy. I had previously enjoyed the streaming service’s House of Cards series with Kevin Spacey, even though I’m not usually into political intrigue […]
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I had never heard the name Two Fingers (aka Amon Tobin) or Chris Ullens before this past weekend, but I now consider both to be on my radar thanks to their latest collaboration. Commissioned by indie record label Ninja Tune, Two Finger’s latest video for the track Vengeance Rhythm is a dubstep-driven look into the […]
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While I’m still on the fence regarding the necessity of an EVIL DEAD remake, I can’t deny that this red band trailer – which was first shown to fans at NYCC – has got me salivating for more. Director Fede Alvarez has seemingly stripped the franchise of its trademark humor, replacing it with an full […]