March 2010

NEWS – Battlefield Earth Writer Finally Says Sorry

Published on: 28th March, 2010

There are very filmmakers who will acknowledge that they were responsible for one of the worst movies ever made. There are even fewer who will publicly apologize for it. Yet screenwriter J.D. Shapiro has done just that with regards to the atrocity that was Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. Based on the [...]

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REVIEW – Best Worst Movie

Published on: 28th March, 2010

Once upon a time there was a dentist from Alabama who dreamt of becoming an actor. His wish finally came true when he was cast in a low budget horror movie called Goblin. The film was released straight to video and those involved would try to distance themselves from it and forget that it ever [...]

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NEWS – The Town That Dreaded Sundown Director Passed Away Earlier This Month

Published on: 26th March, 2010

I don’t know how we didn’t catch wind of this one but I have just discovered that Charles B. Pierce, perhaps most famous to horror fans for his 1976 proto-slasher classic The Town That Dreaded Sundown, passed away earlier this month. Having originally begun in the film industry as a set decorator on a string [...]

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NEWS – Street Trash Writer to Remake Fiend Without a Face

Published on: 22nd March, 2010

One of the most underrated splatter flicks of the 1980s was Street Trash, the New York-shot low budget melt movie from director Jim (J. Michael) Muro and his college tutor-cum-writer Roy Frumkes. The latter had previously been responsible for the excellent retrospective Document of the Dead, but since Street Trash he has remained suspiciously obscure.
Despite [...]

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REVIEW – High Plains Invaders

Published on: 22nd March, 2010

Castel Film has been responsible for a mixed bag of genre offerings over the last few years. Often shot on low budgets in Romania and sold to the Sci-Fi Channel (or Syfy, as it is now known), the majority of these efforts have been disappointing sequels to fledging franchises. Following on from back-to-back sequels to [...]

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REVIEW – Do Not Disturb

Published on: 20th March, 2010

The problem with independent films these days is that the majority of them are shot on digital with no professional cast or crew and the results are often abysmal and embarrassing. Patrick Rea and his SenoReality collaborators have made a name for themselves over the last few years with a string of critically acclaimed shorts [...]

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NEWS – Platinum Dunes Continue to Remake Everything…Now The Monster Squad

Published on: 19th March, 2010

Platinum Dunes are a perfect example of everything that is wrong about modern Hollywood. Instead of attempting to produce something intelligent, emotional or thought-provoking, they have spent the last seven years remaking one horror classic after another, reducing them to MTV-style trash. This is hardly surprising, as many of the directors involved – such as [...]

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NEWS – Predators Trailer Finally Online

Published on: 18th March, 2010

There always seems to be one movie people just can’t keep quiet about and the flavour of the month is Predators, Nimród Antal’s contribution to the long-running franchise.
Ignoring the existence of the Alien vs. Predators spin-offs, the movie – which was produced by cult filmmaker Robert Rodriguez – has been a regular fixture of movie [...]

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INTERVIEW – GEORGE HARDY talks Troll 2 and Best Worst Movie

Published on: 18th March, 2010

We’re going Troll 2 mad here at Dr. Gore’s Funhouse with the upcoming documentary Best Worst Movie (which we will be attending a screening of later this month so watch out for the review). Actor George Hardy reminisces about the making of the twenty year old cult classic and the legacy it has created.
Being a [...]

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NEWS – Best Worst Movie Documentary to be Shown in UK This Month

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Following on from the trailer that recently did the rounds, some great news for Troll 2 fans who live in Britain as they can finally see the highly anticipated documentary Best Worst Movie later this month. Co-star George Hardy has just sent us word that the feature is set to make its UK debut at [...]

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