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A friend of mine recently told me that he just hates direct to video/cable productions. “They reek,” he said. Well, hearing any generalization makes me immediately want to play devil’s advocate and argue the other side. In this case, I can back up my point with a list of recommendations. Sure, the categorty of direct-to-video […]
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I’ve sent Ken Halhober (aka Timber Wulff) my Jason animation a couple times now. He was organizing a horror convention in New Orleans, but his home got wiped out by Katrina. Afterwards, he asked me to send him another DVD for his next Carnivale of Horror in Florida, his new home. I wished him the […]
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For the last several weeks, I’ve been toting the The Aiptek DV4500 everywhere I go. People see me using it and ask “What is it?” A better question might be “What ISN’T it?” The Aiptek pocket cam is one of several such gadgets available online, although I have yet to see such a thing advertised […]
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Dozens of children young and old collected candy from yours truly tonight. Here’s my hideous visage: Aren’t blacklights wonderful? I wasn’t alone, however. I had help from Uncle Grim and Fido: Most trick-or-treaters were entertained. Except one. I swung open the door and a five year old boy screamed in abject terror. His parents led […]
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The Troma empire of fun-loving mediocrity may soon come to a television near you. James Hibberd of TV Week reports that the cult independent film company has two new shows in development. No networks have bit yet, but I think either would fit in well on Spike, Comedy Central, or The Horror Channel. I’m a […]
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Back before I started this blog thing, I looked into other places like Blogger, LiveJournal, and MySpace. I wasn’t crazy about any of them at first. I actually signed up for MySpace, and was immediately receiving messages from total strangers who wanted to be my “friends.” Well, that didn’t make much sense to me. I […]
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Allen Richards of B-independent.com has a new round of updated features on his site. If you’re into the indie scene, stop in the message boards and say hello. There are tons of low budget filmmakers there trading ideas. Alan also personally reviews tons of micro-budget films on the site. These are movies that sometimes don’t […]
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Rail fans rejoice! “The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway” is now available for pre-order through the Animatus Studio website and Amazon.com. To purchase this special edition DVD for only $29.95, visit http://animatusstudio.com/subway Animatus Studio has remastered the original documentary (previously only available on VHS) and included 45 minutes of new features. ===================================== THREE […]
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With all this hoopla about Serenity, I didn’t realize that MirrorMask was being released today in select cities. (What actually clued me in was hearing an interview this morning with Cheryl Henson, sister to the producer.) A “sort-of” sequel to the classic Labyrinth, MirrorMask is the latest Jim Henson Company fantasy movie. It was produced […]
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Serenity opens across America tomorrow. Sure, I’ll be there, but will enough of the mainstream public turn out? It’s up to fans to tell non-fans how unusal and cool this franchise can be. Here are some words of encouragement that creator Joss Whedon posted over at the Firefly/Serenity site. Well boys and girls and boys […]
