After some confusion about screenings in Rochester, it now looks like Regal Culver Ridge will be hosting this experiment in horror distribution.
Times are subject to change. I’m only reporting here what I found on www.horrorfestonline.com and www.fandango.com
I don’t see anything at Fandango about buying a weekend pass, but individual tickets can be purchased online.
SHOWTIMES
Irondequoit Regal Culver Ridge
Friday 11/17
1:45 – Reincarnation – 99:02
4:00 – Unrest – 84:51
6:10 – Dark Ride – 94:01
8:10 – Reincarnation – 99:02
10:15 – Unrest – 84:51
11:45 – Dark Ride – 94:01
Saturday 11/18
1:45 – The Grave Dancers – 96:10
4:00 – The Abandoned
6:10 – Penny Dreadful – 93:00
8:10 – The Grave Dancers – 96:10
10:15 – The Abandoned
11:45 – Penny Dreadful – 93:00
Sunday 11/19
1:45 – Wicked Little Things – 94:04
4:00 – The Hamiltons – 94:07
6:10 – Wicked Little Things – 94:04
8:10 – The Hamiltons – 94:07
10:15 – Snoop Doggs Hood of Horrors – 90:00
Monday 11/20
1:45 – Unrest – 84:51
4:00 – The Grave Dancers – 96:10
6:10 – Unrest – 84:51
8:10 – The Grave Dancers – 96:10
10:15 – Unrest – 84:51
Tuesday 11/21
1:45 – Reincarnation – 99 :02
4:00 – Dark Ride – 94:01
6:10 – Reincarnation – 99 :02
8:10 – Dark Ride – 94:01
10:15 – Reincarnation – 99:02
I’m all Comic-Conned out, and I didn’t even go. After listening to podcasts from Reel Horror, Geekdrome, and Diggnation, I barely had enough energy to track down these vids…
Simpsons: The Movie
Shortly after Comic-Con unveiled animatics from the Simpsons movie, the clips appeared online. Funny as they were, they disappeared from YouTube mighty quickly. Fox is keeping this footage under wraps.
Lost
In addition to answering and avoiding the usual fan questions, the producers of Lost were accosted by an actress from the Lost Experience. It’s a part of a real-world game that’s too much work for me to play. It’s all contained in the Lost podcast, or check YouTube.
Scott McCloud’s Comic-Con presentation
The author of Understanding Comics has a new book coming out. Check out his multi-media presentation here.
Hellboy Animated Panel
The preview of Hellboy’s cartoon features is online here and here.
Grindhouse
The coolest movie project ever? Tarantino seems to think so. Check out the panel at Ifilm.
Spider-Man 3
Who knew Bryce Dallas Howard could play a blonde? See the amazingly calm actors talk about the most anticipated action movie of next year here.
The Lord of the Rings was a big success and based on a popular fantasy series. Naturally, some producers have looked around for similar properties to adapt in the hopes of riding the fantasy wave. We’ve already seen the first Narnia chronicle adapted, as well as several Tolkien documentaries and reissues of the animated LOTR and Wizards. Here’s a look at what else Tolkien’s success has wrought.
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
This feature premieres as a mini-series on SciFi this week, but it’s also being released on DVD at the same time. I scratched my head when the commercials hyped it as the best story to pre-date the Lord of the Rings. With the world’s blandest title, I somehow doubted it. After doing some research, I see that its original (European) title was Ring of the Nibelungs. Now that makes more sense. Yes, the Germanic myths that were the basis for Wagner’s operas did have a certain influence on Tolkien. I guess the SciFi Channel didn’t trust its audience to watch anything with “nibelungs” in the title.
In the Name of the King: A Dragon Seige Tale
Although based on a video game, the title and content seem cribbed from LOTR. Director Uwe Boll has angered the fanboy community in the past, but I think this could be an entertaining flick (or two flicks, if they decide to cut it in half). Maybe entertaining in that so bad it’s good way, but still… Read more about the film here
These next ones are more directly related to Jackson’s films:
John Howe : There and Back Again
I’m looking forward to seeing this 52 minute documentary on one of the concept artists for Jackson’s LOTR series. If you’ve ever watched any of the extras on the extended editions, you’ll remember Howe as the artist who already owned his own suit of armour. Anyway, I’ve been a fan of his artwork for years, and the doc is an examination of the creative process. Not available for sale yet, but it’s still making the rounds to festivals. Be sure to check out the trailer on the film’s website.
Ancanar
A Tolkien fan film with a big budget look. Actually, it mimics the photography and costume’s of Jackson’s movies, but the creators have invented their own characters, story, and locations.
Almost There and Back Again
A tribute to Lord of the Rings fandom, this short chronicles a group of role-playing gamers travelling across New Zealand in full costume.
Hmmm… the Philly Film Fest. I missed it last time, but I just might make the drive down for the second weekend of this year’s festival.
If I crash my sister’s place for a few days, I could take in Tokyo Zombie:
Japanese horror-comedy at its most outlandish, this hilarious parody of zombie movies features Tadanobu Asano (with an afro!) battling a very funny invasion of the undead.
Adventures in Animation:
Traveling beyond traditional “cartoon” aesthetics, the films in this collection push the genre to new heights of sophistication. Each animated film is uniquely stylized and pristinely crafted.
Isolation:
Genetically mutated cow fetuses terrorize a small farm – a concept which this Irish horror film treats surprisingly seriously, delivering a genuinely scary old-school monster movie.
From the director of Dog Solders comes The Descent:
Whether it’s the best horror film of the year (as many claim), or simply the scariest, this British chiller about young women fighting monsters in a cave has become an instant genre classic.
And this year’s ode to Bad Taste, Evil Aliens:
This riotous, comic British science-fiction/horror bloodbath about extraterrestrial visitors with a taste for dismemberment, decapitation, alien impregnation and anal probes, has become a recent international film fest favorite.
The only problem? I’m also planning a trip to Cleveland’s Cinema Wasteland the previous week. That’s a lot of gas money.
As long as I’m posting my YouTube links, here’s what I’ve uploaded to MySpace. Click the links to watch ‘em individually, or go to the MySpace Mad Dog Blog to view the embedded files one after the other.
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