Den Of Geek Oct 1, 2017
Tim Burton's 1996 alien invasion movie Mars Attacks!, and some of the nerdy stuff behind it...
Coming off the back of arguably his most acclaimed film, the Oscar-winning Ed Wood, director Tim Burton returned to blockbuster movie territory, with his anarchic 1996 take on the Topps Tradiing Card series, Mars Attacks! He pulled together a cracking ensemble cast, and proceeded to take real glee in having them dispatched by aliens with a penchant for shooting birds of peace out of the sky, and saying ‘ack!’ a lot. In fact, the dialogue of ‘ack!’ was a placeholder in the screenplay penned by Jonathan Gems, and was never replaced. A wise move, that. Gems, goes the story, developed the screenplay for the film, and only when he was done did he realise the trading cards themselves came with their own story on the reverse side!
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Tim Burton's 1996 alien invasion movie Mars Attacks!, and some of the nerdy stuff behind it...
Coming off the back of arguably his most acclaimed film, the Oscar-winning Ed Wood, director Tim Burton returned to blockbuster movie territory, with his anarchic 1996 take on the Topps Tradiing Card series, Mars Attacks! He pulled together a cracking ensemble cast, and proceeded to take real glee in having them dispatched by aliens with a penchant for shooting birds of peace out of the sky, and saying ‘ack!’ a lot. In fact, the dialogue of ‘ack!’ was a placeholder in the screenplay penned by Jonathan Gems, and was never replaced. A wise move, that. Gems, goes the story, developed the screenplay for the film, and only when he was done did he realise the trading cards themselves came with their own story on the reverse side!
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- 9/30/2017
- Den of Geek
Den Of Geek Oct 1, 2017
Tim Burton's 1996 alien invasion movie Mars Attacks!, and some of the nerdy stuff behind it...
Coming off the back of arguably his most acclaimed film, the Oscar-winning Ed Wood, director Tim Burton returned to blockbuster movie territory, with his anarchic 1996 take on the Topps Tradiing Card series, Mars Attacks! He pulled together a cracking ensemble cast, and proceeded to take real glee in having them dispatched by aliens with a penchant for shooting birds of peace out of the sky, and saying ‘ack!’ a lot. In fact, the dialogue of ‘ack!’ was a placeholder in the screenplay penned by Jonathan Gems, and was never replaced. A wise move, that. Gems, goes the story, developed the screenplay for the film, and only when he was done did he realise the trading cards themselves came with their own story on the reverse side!
Get Mars Attacks! in posh new packaging here,...
Tim Burton's 1996 alien invasion movie Mars Attacks!, and some of the nerdy stuff behind it...
Coming off the back of arguably his most acclaimed film, the Oscar-winning Ed Wood, director Tim Burton returned to blockbuster movie territory, with his anarchic 1996 take on the Topps Tradiing Card series, Mars Attacks! He pulled together a cracking ensemble cast, and proceeded to take real glee in having them dispatched by aliens with a penchant for shooting birds of peace out of the sky, and saying ‘ack!’ a lot. In fact, the dialogue of ‘ack!’ was a placeholder in the screenplay penned by Jonathan Gems, and was never replaced. A wise move, that. Gems, goes the story, developed the screenplay for the film, and only when he was done did he realise the trading cards themselves came with their own story on the reverse side!
Get Mars Attacks! in posh new packaging here,...
- 9/29/2017
- Den of Geek
“Thru the Time Barrier, 552 years Ahead… Roaring To the Far Reaches of Titanic Terror, Crash-Landing Into the Nightmare Future!” … and as Daffy Duck says, “And it’s good, too!” Allied Artists sends CinemaScope and Technicolor on a far-out timewarp to a place where the men are silly and the women are… very female. Hugh Marlowe stars but the picture belongs to hunky Rod Taylor and leggy Nancy Gates.
World Without End
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date March 28, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shawn Smith, Lisa Montell, Christopher Dark, Booth Colman, Everett Glass.
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Makeup: Emile Lavigne
Art Direction: Dave Milton
Film Editor: Eda Warren
Original Music: Leith Stevens
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written and Directed by Edward Bernds
“CinemaScope’s first science-fiction thriller.”
First, huh? What about MGM’s CinemaScope attraction Forbidden Planet, which...
World Without End
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date March 28, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shawn Smith, Lisa Montell, Christopher Dark, Booth Colman, Everett Glass.
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Makeup: Emile Lavigne
Art Direction: Dave Milton
Film Editor: Eda Warren
Original Music: Leith Stevens
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written and Directed by Edward Bernds
“CinemaScope’s first science-fiction thriller.”
First, huh? What about MGM’s CinemaScope attraction Forbidden Planet, which...
- 3/14/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Welcome back for Day 12—The Final Day!—of Daily Dead’s fourth annual Holiday Gift Guide, readers! Once again, our goal is to help you navigate through the horrors of the 2016 shopping season with our tips on unique gift ideas, and we’ll hopefully help you save a few bucks over the next few weeks, too. For our final Gift Guide of the year, we’re putting the spotlight on some upcoming horror Blu-ray releases, Star Wars gifts for kids, shirts from NeatoShop, an assortment of enamel pins and horror toys, and more!
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help get you into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with Texas-based artist Dustin Pace of Duddy in Motion to...
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help get you into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with Texas-based artist Dustin Pace of Duddy in Motion to...
- 12/9/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
It had been many years since I visited the demonic world of Doom, and like most reunions, my anticipation equaled my dread before awakening on the Union Aerospace Corporation research facility on Mars.
My hazy recollection of id Software’s first-person shooter from 1993 slowly prepared me for a brutal assault of enormous demons, being locked in small corridors, and running for my life (or to my death) with an underpowered handgun and a pulsating industrial soundtrack echoing in my eardrums like a bloodthirsty banshee ready for apocalyptic war.
As you progress in this visually stunning and adrenaline-inducing new chapter in the Doom saga, your weapons get bigger and badder, but don’t you dare stop running. You stop and you’re dead, plain and simple. For better or worse, the narrative in the new campaign might be even more silly and convoluted as the original adventure, as your unnamed space marine plays cleanup after a failed attempt by delusional scientists and bureaucrats to harness energy from Hell. But honestly, Doom has never really been about the story—instead, it’s all about the atmosphere, the energy, and big blazing guns. In other words, just go with it and you’ll be having so much fun chainsawing monsters in half and blowing off faces with your super shotgun that you’ll forget your mission objectives until the human-possessed robot reminds you every now and then for a good laugh.
The main motivations when blasting through Doom‘s single-player campaign are weapon upgrades, which encouraged me to explore every nook and cranny for secret areas and bonus challenges to beef up my arsenal as much as humanly possible. The more badass my weapons became, the more fun I had dishing out carnage to Pinkies, Mancubi, and the red-horned pain in my ass that I gladly saved most of my Bfg (“Big Fragging Gun”) shots for.
Despite some enemy repetitiveness and a couple of game freezing bugs I encountered, my time in Doom had been an absolute blast, but then came the boss fights. I’m always up for a good challenge, but during the second part of my fight with the Cyberdemon, I had one angel on my shoulder encouraging me to power through the frustrating puzzle-like mechanics of offense and defense, while the other angel hissed for me to rage quit after unsuccessfully finding the weak spots. After a couple rounds of patience and cursing, I managed to overcome these obstacles with a sense of pride, but I’m in no hurry to test my luck with the “Ultra-Nightmare” difficulty level, especially since it involves permadeath.
The Spider Mastermind pushed my buttons in a whole different matter, but once again, victory became much sweeter after enduring such tribulations. I briefly jumped into the multiplayer campaign, which had a bit of an identity crisis, attempting to blend the classic Doom tropes with modern shooters, so there’s definitely room for improvement where that is concerned.
Overall, my experience with Doom was rewarding and offered some big, dumb fun for a casual visitor to the series like myself. The game should certainly please you sadistic Doom veterans that like dishing out punishment as much as receiving it. I encourage anyone who’s on the fence about playing this game to give it a try, and I bet you’ll have a hell of a time (dumb pun intended).
The post Running Through Hell: Sean’s Adventure with Doom appeared first on Daily Dead.
My hazy recollection of id Software’s first-person shooter from 1993 slowly prepared me for a brutal assault of enormous demons, being locked in small corridors, and running for my life (or to my death) with an underpowered handgun and a pulsating industrial soundtrack echoing in my eardrums like a bloodthirsty banshee ready for apocalyptic war.
As you progress in this visually stunning and adrenaline-inducing new chapter in the Doom saga, your weapons get bigger and badder, but don’t you dare stop running. You stop and you’re dead, plain and simple. For better or worse, the narrative in the new campaign might be even more silly and convoluted as the original adventure, as your unnamed space marine plays cleanup after a failed attempt by delusional scientists and bureaucrats to harness energy from Hell. But honestly, Doom has never really been about the story—instead, it’s all about the atmosphere, the energy, and big blazing guns. In other words, just go with it and you’ll be having so much fun chainsawing monsters in half and blowing off faces with your super shotgun that you’ll forget your mission objectives until the human-possessed robot reminds you every now and then for a good laugh.
The main motivations when blasting through Doom‘s single-player campaign are weapon upgrades, which encouraged me to explore every nook and cranny for secret areas and bonus challenges to beef up my arsenal as much as humanly possible. The more badass my weapons became, the more fun I had dishing out carnage to Pinkies, Mancubi, and the red-horned pain in my ass that I gladly saved most of my Bfg (“Big Fragging Gun”) shots for.
Despite some enemy repetitiveness and a couple of game freezing bugs I encountered, my time in Doom had been an absolute blast, but then came the boss fights. I’m always up for a good challenge, but during the second part of my fight with the Cyberdemon, I had one angel on my shoulder encouraging me to power through the frustrating puzzle-like mechanics of offense and defense, while the other angel hissed for me to rage quit after unsuccessfully finding the weak spots. After a couple rounds of patience and cursing, I managed to overcome these obstacles with a sense of pride, but I’m in no hurry to test my luck with the “Ultra-Nightmare” difficulty level, especially since it involves permadeath.
The Spider Mastermind pushed my buttons in a whole different matter, but once again, victory became much sweeter after enduring such tribulations. I briefly jumped into the multiplayer campaign, which had a bit of an identity crisis, attempting to blend the classic Doom tropes with modern shooters, so there’s definitely room for improvement where that is concerned.
Overall, my experience with Doom was rewarding and offered some big, dumb fun for a casual visitor to the series like myself. The game should certainly please you sadistic Doom veterans that like dishing out punishment as much as receiving it. I encourage anyone who’s on the fence about playing this game to give it a try, and I bet you’ll have a hell of a time (dumb pun intended).
The post Running Through Hell: Sean’s Adventure with Doom appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 6/16/2016
- by Sean McClannahan
- DailyDead
Doom
Developed by id Software
Published by Bethesda Softworks
Available on PC (Windows, via Steam—reviewed), PS4, Xbox One
Doom is back.
I could beat around the bush, but what would be the point? id Software’s 1993 classic set the stage for decades of subsequent first-person shooters, and while the franchise took a sharp left turn from raw action into more methodical action-horror with 2004’s Doom 3—before languishing in developmental turmoil for 12 years with a questionable-looking Doom 4—Doom’s 2016 return is unequivocally triumphant. The team at id has managed to capture the carnal delight of the first two games while modernizing the overall package, and it’s an impressive feat even compared to the stellar revamp of Wolfenstein from Machine Games.
Doom sets the right tone within 30 seconds of starting a new game. 2 or 3 lines of dialogue and a few seconds of introductory cutscene are all that precedes a gun...
Developed by id Software
Published by Bethesda Softworks
Available on PC (Windows, via Steam—reviewed), PS4, Xbox One
Doom is back.
I could beat around the bush, but what would be the point? id Software’s 1993 classic set the stage for decades of subsequent first-person shooters, and while the franchise took a sharp left turn from raw action into more methodical action-horror with 2004’s Doom 3—before languishing in developmental turmoil for 12 years with a questionable-looking Doom 4—Doom’s 2016 return is unequivocally triumphant. The team at id has managed to capture the carnal delight of the first two games while modernizing the overall package, and it’s an impressive feat even compared to the stellar revamp of Wolfenstein from Machine Games.
Doom sets the right tone within 30 seconds of starting a new game. 2 or 3 lines of dialogue and a few seconds of introductory cutscene are all that precedes a gun...
- 5/23/2016
- by Michael Riser
- SoundOnSight
By Ernie Magnotta
Although I was barely ten years-old, I remember feeling terrified while watching horror master Wes Craven’s 1978 made-for-tv thriller Summer of Fear (under its alternate title Stranger in Our House) as well as thoroughly enjoying his adaptation of the comic book Swamp Thing four years later, but it wasn’t until November of 1984, while viewing the trailer for some new horror flick called A Nightmare on Elm Street, that I recall hearing and remembering the name Wes Craven. After being thrilled by this masterpiece which, in my opinion, is Craven’s greatest work, I certainly wanted to learn more about this extremely talented filmmaker. After doing a bit of research, I quickly discovered that I had already seen Craven’s original and very interesting Deadly Blessing (1981) and, also, his other masterpiece (in my opinion): 1977’s The Hills Have Eyes. Whenever someone mentions Wes Craven, I immediately think of Nightmare and Hills,...
Although I was barely ten years-old, I remember feeling terrified while watching horror master Wes Craven’s 1978 made-for-tv thriller Summer of Fear (under its alternate title Stranger in Our House) as well as thoroughly enjoying his adaptation of the comic book Swamp Thing four years later, but it wasn’t until November of 1984, while viewing the trailer for some new horror flick called A Nightmare on Elm Street, that I recall hearing and remembering the name Wes Craven. After being thrilled by this masterpiece which, in my opinion, is Craven’s greatest work, I certainly wanted to learn more about this extremely talented filmmaker. After doing a bit of research, I quickly discovered that I had already seen Craven’s original and very interesting Deadly Blessing (1981) and, also, his other masterpiece (in my opinion): 1977’s The Hills Have Eyes. Whenever someone mentions Wes Craven, I immediately think of Nightmare and Hills,...
- 9/7/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Want to catch up with post-2005 Doctor Who but don’t have 85 spare hours to watch the whole thing? We’ve some tips for you…
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do...
- 8/11/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Tim Burton is perhaps one of the most unique and exciting filmmakers working today. With a vision inspired by classic horror and a dry wit, his films are often fiercely entertaining and endlessly clever. Of course, that’s not to say that there aren’t dark spots on his filmography. Like every filmmaker he’s had his missteps but even when the movies don’t quite work Burton manages to create films that are visually stunning and artistic. With the recent release of Big Eyes and a possible sequel to Beetlejuice in the works, examining Burton’s work and influence is more important than ever.
17. Planet of the Apes (2001): Even when a Burton film has issues there are usually some redeeming factors (see Darks Shadows’ amazing style) but, oh man, one really has to look hard to find something good in this disaster of a movie. Sure, the makeup...
17. Planet of the Apes (2001): Even when a Burton film has issues there are usually some redeeming factors (see Darks Shadows’ amazing style) but, oh man, one really has to look hard to find something good in this disaster of a movie. Sure, the makeup...
- 1/13/2015
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
At least once a month, Cinelinx will chose one director for an in-depth examination of the “signatures” that they leave behind in their work. With the release of Big Eyes this week, let’s examine the trademark style and calling signs of Tim Burton as director.
Burton went to college to study animation. His work there caught the eye of Disney and he was hired on as an animator. He worked on several projects before it became apparent that his style did not fit with what Disney wanted to do. He worked on several short film projects before catching the eye of Paul Reubens who offered Burton the opportunity to direct his first full length motion picture, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985). That film was a success and led to Burton’s working relationship with Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman. Burton’s next opportunity was 1988’s Beetlejuice, which was also...
Burton went to college to study animation. His work there caught the eye of Disney and he was hired on as an animator. He worked on several projects before it became apparent that his style did not fit with what Disney wanted to do. He worked on several short film projects before catching the eye of Paul Reubens who offered Burton the opportunity to direct his first full length motion picture, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985). That film was a success and led to Burton’s working relationship with Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman. Burton’s next opportunity was 1988’s Beetlejuice, which was also...
- 12/24/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
From the Macra to The Mysterious Planet, Andrew finds the gold in oft-unloved Doctor Who episodes from across the decades...
For the show's fiftieth anniversary, Doctor Who Magazine ran a new poll ranking the 241 stories up to and including The Time Of The Doctor. The Twin Dilemma came last again, having done so in 2009 survey, and though it does have many faults, it isn't completely bad. Colin Baker blazes his way haughtily through it, and the story noticeably lacks energy when he's off screen. Perhaps it might have been marginally better just to have had the Sixth Doctor and Peri go to a Little Chef so he could complain about the service.
In the lower half of the poll (compiled by people rating all the stories out of ten) are some pretty good stories, or at least ones that arguably don't deserve to be there. We've therefore compiled a list...
For the show's fiftieth anniversary, Doctor Who Magazine ran a new poll ranking the 241 stories up to and including The Time Of The Doctor. The Twin Dilemma came last again, having done so in 2009 survey, and though it does have many faults, it isn't completely bad. Colin Baker blazes his way haughtily through it, and the story noticeably lacks energy when he's off screen. Perhaps it might have been marginally better just to have had the Sixth Doctor and Peri go to a Little Chef so he could complain about the service.
In the lower half of the poll (compiled by people rating all the stories out of ten) are some pretty good stories, or at least ones that arguably don't deserve to be there. We've therefore compiled a list...
- 11/18/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth. As Cybermen. See what he did there? The Master is back, and has been working on this plot for Quite a long time. Some old friends return for the fight, we say goodbye (for now, anyway) to some others, and oh goodness, were there still surprises. I don’t know why you’d be reading this recap before you saw the episode, but if you are, don’t. Because it makes much more sense to know about the…
Death In Heaven
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay
As things rather ended in the moment last week, this week’s adventure starts just the same. Clara, when discovered by the newly minted Cyberman, takes the lessons she’s learned throughout the year and put them to use – she lies through her teeth. She claims to be The Doctor,...
Death In Heaven
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay
As things rather ended in the moment last week, this week’s adventure starts just the same. Clara, when discovered by the newly minted Cyberman, takes the lessons she’s learned throughout the year and put them to use – she lies through her teeth. She claims to be The Doctor,...
- 11/9/2014
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Kill The Moon poses the viewers with a challenging new dilemma. A thought-provoking problem, one that could have eternal repercussions lasting beyond the next millennium.
Is the moon really an egg?
See, here was us humble humans assuming that the moon was made of cheese. Cows would jump over it in books. Benoit and Hobson would take samples for the Moonbase crew sandwiches. And then along comes Kill The Moon with its planet-busting revelation – talk about not making an omelette without breaking a few eggs. There's enough egg here to feed a hungry Mr Strong from the Mr Men books.
Despite this iffy science, Kill The Moon is actually a massive return to form for the latest series of Doctor Who. What starts out as an Hinchcliffe horror homage turns into a moral debate about the ethics of changing the future. The real sting in the tail comes at the...
Is the moon really an egg?
See, here was us humble humans assuming that the moon was made of cheese. Cows would jump over it in books. Benoit and Hobson would take samples for the Moonbase crew sandwiches. And then along comes Kill The Moon with its planet-busting revelation – talk about not making an omelette without breaking a few eggs. There's enough egg here to feed a hungry Mr Strong from the Mr Men books.
Despite this iffy science, Kill The Moon is actually a massive return to form for the latest series of Doctor Who. What starts out as an Hinchcliffe horror homage turns into a moral debate about the ethics of changing the future. The real sting in the tail comes at the...
- 10/26/2014
- Shadowlocked
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman July 16th, 2014
A native St. Louisan, Brad Schiff serves as the animation supervisor at Laika Studios, the award-winning company behind “Coraline,” “ParaNorman,” and the upcoming “The Boxtrolls.” Before making his creative contributions to Laika’s films, Brad cut his teeth on a number of popular American television series, including MTV’s “Celebrity Deathmatch,” “The PJs,” and “Gary & Mike.” In 2001, Brad brought home a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for his work on “Gary & Mike.” Brad’s commercial-directing clients have included the NFL on Fox, Nintendo, and Samsung. In 2004, Brad worked as an animator on Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride,” the first of what has turned out to be a series of Academy Award-nominated features that includes Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Although Brad’s busy schedule only allows a hometown visit once a year or so, when in St. Louis...
A native St. Louisan, Brad Schiff serves as the animation supervisor at Laika Studios, the award-winning company behind “Coraline,” “ParaNorman,” and the upcoming “The Boxtrolls.” Before making his creative contributions to Laika’s films, Brad cut his teeth on a number of popular American television series, including MTV’s “Celebrity Deathmatch,” “The PJs,” and “Gary & Mike.” In 2001, Brad brought home a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for his work on “Gary & Mike.” Brad’s commercial-directing clients have included the NFL on Fox, Nintendo, and Samsung. In 2004, Brad worked as an animator on Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride,” the first of what has turned out to be a series of Academy Award-nominated features that includes Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Although Brad’s busy schedule only allows a hometown visit once a year or so, when in St. Louis...
- 7/28/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
First impressions are everything, which is why the art of the movie trailer has become the most vital tool in the film industry. A bad trailer can sour you on the best movie, but most of the time it’s the other way around. If Hollywood does anything right, it’s selling us a slow-cooked turd as delicious chocolate.
So here are Dread Central’s picks for great horror movie trailers that overshadowed their lesser films:
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Exciting trailers for bad movies are a dime a dozen, but what about the ones that are shot just for marketing? You won’t find a better example of an ad eclipsing a film than the brilliant teaser for The Hills Have Eyes 2. Completely wordless with only the sounds of dragging bodies and Devendra Banhart’s “Insect Eyes,” the teaser showed more artistry and directorial flare than anything in the actual movie.
So here are Dread Central’s picks for great horror movie trailers that overshadowed their lesser films:
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Exciting trailers for bad movies are a dime a dozen, but what about the ones that are shot just for marketing? You won’t find a better example of an ad eclipsing a film than the brilliant teaser for The Hills Have Eyes 2. Completely wordless with only the sounds of dragging bodies and Devendra Banhart’s “Insect Eyes,” the teaser showed more artistry and directorial flare than anything in the actual movie.
- 2/28/2014
- by Sirand
- DreadCentral.com
Our upcoming network premiere of The Ghostmaker on Sunday really has us thinking. The movie's all about a couple of college kids who stumble upon an old coffin full of gears that allow for a transcendental experience. Anyone who lays down in the coffin can use it to walk through our world as ghosts. We love the idea, and started researching out-of-body experiences. There are so many stories of people having near death experiences and other similar out-of-body feelings that we had to dig deeper. Hoaxes, hallucinations, or something stranger? You decide.
What is an Out-of-Body experience?
Just like its title suggests, an Out-of-body experience, or OBE, is a feeling of leaving one's body and traveling away from it. Scientists account for this phenomenon as a sort of physical hallucination. Some believe this is actually the spirit leaving the body. While others think this is just an over-exaggerated dream. No matter the outcome,...
What is an Out-of-Body experience?
Just like its title suggests, an Out-of-body experience, or OBE, is a feeling of leaving one's body and traveling away from it. Scientists account for this phenomenon as a sort of physical hallucination. Some believe this is actually the spirit leaving the body. While others think this is just an over-exaggerated dream. No matter the outcome,...
- 1/23/2014
- by Giaco Furino
- FEARnet
With Halloween in the air, we thought it would be fun to reach out to the horror genre's biggest and brightest stars - both legends in the industry and up-and-coming superstars - to ask them two quick questions: What's your biggest fear, and what's your favorite scary movie? Read on for the results!
Some of the results will make you laugh. Some will make you shiver... and some, well some are just too funny for words. Sit back and get ready to hear from the likes of Anne Rice, John Carpenter, Robert Englund, the "Ghost Adventures" crew, cast members from "The Walking Dead," George A. Romero, and many - Many - more. Who knows? You may even find some new movies you should check out or at least revisit.
Let the scares begin!
A
Jace Anderson
Writer - The Toolbox Murders (2004), Schism, Night of the Demons (2009), Mother of Tears
1) I...
Some of the results will make you laugh. Some will make you shiver... and some, well some are just too funny for words. Sit back and get ready to hear from the likes of Anne Rice, John Carpenter, Robert Englund, the "Ghost Adventures" crew, cast members from "The Walking Dead," George A. Romero, and many - Many - more. Who knows? You may even find some new movies you should check out or at least revisit.
Let the scares begin!
A
Jace Anderson
Writer - The Toolbox Murders (2004), Schism, Night of the Demons (2009), Mother of Tears
1) I...
- 10/30/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Amazon has a trio of great Blu-ray collections on sale this week including a seven film collection from director Tim Burton which includes Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, Corpse Bride and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all for only $25.99 (buy it here) and if you feel like it, you can add the Blu-ray for Edward Scissorhands for only $7.99 (buy it here). Next is the Nightmare on Elm Street Collection, which includes all the Freddy Krueger classics -- A Nightmare on Elm St, Freddy's Revenge, Dream Warriors, The Dream Master, The Dream Child, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Wes Craven's New Nightmare -- also for only $25.99. You can buy that one right here. amz asin="B003WWDT1A" size="small"And finally, if you're a "Peanuts" fan, the "Peanuts Deluxe Holiday Collection" is on sale for $26.99 (buy it here) and it includes a fleet of...
- 10/21/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Over the last hundred or so years, movies have been the world's number-one chosen form of popular entertainment. Our common language. Our shared culture experience. And so on, and so forth.
So it should come as no surprise that movies not only shape how we view the world but how the world actually operates. Like, in real life. Here are nine instances when the impact of a movie went beyond the screen and into our reality.
1. 'Casablanca' (1942) Helps Shape American Foreign Policy
Most people remember "Casablanca" as an expertly crafted romance driven by the standout performances of Ingrid Bergman, looking stunning, and Humphrey Bogart, doing his best impression of a jaded emo teenager. But beyond shared looks between the movie's beautiful A-list leads and the story's exotic backdrop, the romance that had captivated America was, in part, subtle war propaganda. The film's backdrop was, of course, right in...
So it should come as no surprise that movies not only shape how we view the world but how the world actually operates. Like, in real life. Here are nine instances when the impact of a movie went beyond the screen and into our reality.
1. 'Casablanca' (1942) Helps Shape American Foreign Policy
Most people remember "Casablanca" as an expertly crafted romance driven by the standout performances of Ingrid Bergman, looking stunning, and Humphrey Bogart, doing his best impression of a jaded emo teenager. But beyond shared looks between the movie's beautiful A-list leads and the story's exotic backdrop, the romance that had captivated America was, in part, subtle war propaganda. The film's backdrop was, of course, right in...
- 9/24/2013
- by Adam D'Arpino
- NextMovie
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Aam Markosia
Endangered Weapon B Gn, $12.99
Aardvark Vanaheim
Low Society (One Shot), $4.99
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #19, $3.99
AC Comics
Femforce #164 (Cover A Eric Coile), $9.95
Femforce #164 (Cover B Eric Coile), $9.95
Alternative Comics
Magic Whistle #13 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
Amigo Comics
Rogues #4, $3.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman The Many Faces Of Meriem Cooper (Devon Massey Regular Cover), $3.75
Cavewoman The Many Faces Of Meriem Cooper (Devon Massey Special Edition Cover), Ar
Antarctic Press
Victorian Secret 2013 Summer Catalog (One Shot), $3.99
Victorian Secret Agents Owlls Of Ironwork Isle #2 (Of 5), $3.95
Ape Entertainment
Genie The Genius #1 (Of 3), $2.99
Archaia Entertainment
Cyborg 009 Hc, $24.95
Ardden Entertainment
Mythopolis #1 (Cover A Marco Tunni), $3.99
Mythopolis #1 (Cover B Marco Tunni), $3.99
Mythopolis #1 (Cover C Carlos Zuniga), $3.99
Mythopolis #1 (Cover D Des Taylor), $3.99
Aspen Comics
Executive Assistant...
Aam Markosia
Endangered Weapon B Gn, $12.99
Aardvark Vanaheim
Low Society (One Shot), $4.99
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #19, $3.99
AC Comics
Femforce #164 (Cover A Eric Coile), $9.95
Femforce #164 (Cover B Eric Coile), $9.95
Alternative Comics
Magic Whistle #13 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
Amigo Comics
Rogues #4, $3.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman The Many Faces Of Meriem Cooper (Devon Massey Regular Cover), $3.75
Cavewoman The Many Faces Of Meriem Cooper (Devon Massey Special Edition Cover), Ar
Antarctic Press
Victorian Secret 2013 Summer Catalog (One Shot), $3.99
Victorian Secret Agents Owlls Of Ironwork Isle #2 (Of 5), $3.95
Ape Entertainment
Genie The Genius #1 (Of 3), $2.99
Archaia Entertainment
Cyborg 009 Hc, $24.95
Ardden Entertainment
Mythopolis #1 (Cover A Marco Tunni), $3.99
Mythopolis #1 (Cover B Marco Tunni), $3.99
Mythopolis #1 (Cover C Carlos Zuniga), $3.99
Mythopolis #1 (Cover D Des Taylor), $3.99
Aspen Comics
Executive Assistant...
- 9/10/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Feature Andrew Blair 20 Jun 2013 - 07:00
A bit of silliness now, as we look at the Doctor Who episodes that would work if the Doctor were Batman. We like silliness.
This feature contains spoilers.
There are not any stories that could survive the removal of the Doctor and the Tardis without large changes apart from Planet of the Ood (a curious episode, where the real hero dies in a giant brain and the Ood sing a pleasant warning to the Doctor). So, part of the stipulation here is that stories can be tweaked to remove the Tardis, and reworked so they can involve Batman without too many narrative hijinks.
Still, if you're chiefly written by Grant Morrison, I suppose your main character being in a different temporal-spatial location to the bulk of the story is but a minor hindrance. If you can summarise Superman's origin story in four panels...
A bit of silliness now, as we look at the Doctor Who episodes that would work if the Doctor were Batman. We like silliness.
This feature contains spoilers.
There are not any stories that could survive the removal of the Doctor and the Tardis without large changes apart from Planet of the Ood (a curious episode, where the real hero dies in a giant brain and the Ood sing a pleasant warning to the Doctor). So, part of the stipulation here is that stories can be tweaked to remove the Tardis, and reworked so they can involve Batman without too many narrative hijinks.
Still, if you're chiefly written by Grant Morrison, I suppose your main character being in a different temporal-spatial location to the bulk of the story is but a minor hindrance. If you can summarise Superman's origin story in four panels...
- 6/19/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Cameron K McEwan Aug 16, 2016
Cameron sings the praises of 25 classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that went underappreciated. See what made the cut below...
Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.
The Awakening
Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus, who put the willies...
Cameron sings the praises of 25 classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that went underappreciated. See what made the cut below...
Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.
The Awakening
Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus, who put the willies...
- 4/25/2013
- Den of Geek
Feature Cameron K McEwan 26 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Cameron sings the praises of twenty-five classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that deserve more love. See what made the cut below...
Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.
The Awakening
Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus,...
Cameron sings the praises of twenty-five classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that deserve more love. See what made the cut below...
Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.
The Awakening
Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus,...
- 4/25/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Interview Duncan Bowles 19 Mar 2013 - 06:24
We had the unique opportunity to talk to composer Danny Elfman about working with Sam Raimi on Oz, Tim Burton, Batman, and much more...
There was something strangely appropriate about conducting an interview with Danny Elfman at midnight. It came as no surprise to be told he was more of a night person, since his darkly romantic melodies are as intrinsically linked to the gothic as the visual style of his long-time collaborator, Tim Burton. Elfman has, of course, scored most of Burton’s films, creating some magnificently eclectic music in the process, from Beetlejuice to Mars Attacks!
His unique style has led to recurring working relationships over the years with Burton, but also Ang Lee, Gus Van Sant and Sam Raimi. It was great news to fans of both Raimi and Elfman to hear that they were reuniting for Oz, as their work...
We had the unique opportunity to talk to composer Danny Elfman about working with Sam Raimi on Oz, Tim Burton, Batman, and much more...
There was something strangely appropriate about conducting an interview with Danny Elfman at midnight. It came as no surprise to be told he was more of a night person, since his darkly romantic melodies are as intrinsically linked to the gothic as the visual style of his long-time collaborator, Tim Burton. Elfman has, of course, scored most of Burton’s films, creating some magnificently eclectic music in the process, from Beetlejuice to Mars Attacks!
His unique style has led to recurring working relationships over the years with Burton, but also Ang Lee, Gus Van Sant and Sam Raimi. It was great news to fans of both Raimi and Elfman to hear that they were reuniting for Oz, as their work...
- 3/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #14 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
AC Comics
Crypt Of Horror #16 (not verified by Diamond), $29.95
Alterna Comics
Fubar Winter Special (One Shot), $2.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Gangster #3 (Of 3)(Budd Root Special Edition), Ar
Andrews McMeel
Calvin And Hobbes Attack Of The Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons Tp (New Printing), $12.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger #146, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Richie Rich Gems #48, $3.99
Applause Publishing
James Bond Faq All That’s Left To Know About Everyone’s Favorite Superspy Sc, $22.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie Double Digest #237, $3.99
Archie The Married Life Volume 3 Tp, $19.99
Aspen Comics
Executive Assistant Iris Volume 3 #2 (Cover A Alex Konat), $3.99
Executive Assistant Iris Volume 3 #2 (Cover B Emilio Laiso), $3.99
Executive Assistant Iris Volume 3 #2 (Cover C Elizabeth Torque), Ar
Avatar Press...
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #14 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99
AC Comics
Crypt Of Horror #16 (not verified by Diamond), $29.95
Alterna Comics
Fubar Winter Special (One Shot), $2.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Gangster #3 (Of 3)(Budd Root Special Edition), Ar
Andrews McMeel
Calvin And Hobbes Attack Of The Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons Tp (New Printing), $12.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger #146, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Richie Rich Gems #48, $3.99
Applause Publishing
James Bond Faq All That’s Left To Know About Everyone’s Favorite Superspy Sc, $22.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie Double Digest #237, $3.99
Archie The Married Life Volume 3 Tp, $19.99
Aspen Comics
Executive Assistant Iris Volume 3 #2 (Cover A Alex Konat), $3.99
Executive Assistant Iris Volume 3 #2 (Cover B Emilio Laiso), $3.99
Executive Assistant Iris Volume 3 #2 (Cover C Elizabeth Torque), Ar
Avatar Press...
- 1/29/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
3D Total Publishing
Prime The Definitive Digital Art Collection Sc, $59.99
Arcana Studio
Clay County Gn (resolicited), $14.95
Archie Comics
Betty And Veronica Double Digest #209, $3.99
Life With Archie #26 (Fernando Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Life With Archie #26 (Jamar Igle Variant Cover), $3.99
Sonic Universe #48, $2.99
Sonic Universe Volume 4 Journey To The East Tp, $11.99
Aspen Comics
Homecoming #3 (Cover A Emilio Lasio), $3.99
Homecoming #3 (Cover B Brett Smith), $3.99
Homecoming #3 (Cover C Emilio Lasio Yearbook Incentive), Ar
Avatar Press
Dan The Unharmable #9 (Rafael Ortiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Dan The Unharmable #9 (Rafael Ortiz Retro Incentive Cover), Ar
Dan The Unharmable #9 (Rafael Ortiz Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Dan The Unharmable Volume 1 Tp, $19.99
Big Dog Ink
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #3 (Cover A Alisson Borges), $3.50
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #3 (Cover B...
3D Total Publishing
Prime The Definitive Digital Art Collection Sc, $59.99
Arcana Studio
Clay County Gn (resolicited), $14.95
Archie Comics
Betty And Veronica Double Digest #209, $3.99
Life With Archie #26 (Fernando Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Life With Archie #26 (Jamar Igle Variant Cover), $3.99
Sonic Universe #48, $2.99
Sonic Universe Volume 4 Journey To The East Tp, $11.99
Aspen Comics
Homecoming #3 (Cover A Emilio Lasio), $3.99
Homecoming #3 (Cover B Brett Smith), $3.99
Homecoming #3 (Cover C Emilio Lasio Yearbook Incentive), Ar
Avatar Press
Dan The Unharmable #9 (Rafael Ortiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Dan The Unharmable #9 (Rafael Ortiz Retro Incentive Cover), Ar
Dan The Unharmable #9 (Rafael Ortiz Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Dan The Unharmable Volume 1 Tp, $19.99
Big Dog Ink
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #3 (Cover A Alisson Borges), $3.50
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #3 (Cover B...
- 1/21/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Anti #3 (Of 4), $3.99
Aam Markosia
Christmas Carol Gn, $12.99
All Star U Gn, $18.99
Amaze Ink (Slave Labor Graphics)
Malleus Maleficarum A Guide To Catching Witches Gn (resolicited), $12.95
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman 2012 Pittsburgh Comicon Signed Sketchbook, Ar
Andrews McMeel
Calvin And Hobbes Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat Sc (New Printing), $16.99
Calvin And Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book Sc (New Printing), $12.99
Calvin And Hobbes Something Under The Bed Is Drooling Tp, $12.99
Calvin And Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985 -1995 Sc (New Printing), $16.99
Calvin And Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book Tp (New Printing), $16.99
Calvin And Hobbes The Revenge Of The Baby-Sat Tp (New Printing), $12.99
Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes Sc (New Printing), $18.99
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #5, $3.99
Gold Digger #145, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Donarr Unyielding Tp, $7.99
Archaia Entertainment
Conspiracy...
12-gauge Comics
Anti #3 (Of 4), $3.99
Aam Markosia
Christmas Carol Gn, $12.99
All Star U Gn, $18.99
Amaze Ink (Slave Labor Graphics)
Malleus Maleficarum A Guide To Catching Witches Gn (resolicited), $12.95
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman 2012 Pittsburgh Comicon Signed Sketchbook, Ar
Andrews McMeel
Calvin And Hobbes Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat Sc (New Printing), $16.99
Calvin And Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book Sc (New Printing), $12.99
Calvin And Hobbes Something Under The Bed Is Drooling Tp, $12.99
Calvin And Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985 -1995 Sc (New Printing), $16.99
Calvin And Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book Tp (New Printing), $16.99
Calvin And Hobbes The Revenge Of The Baby-Sat Tp (New Printing), $12.99
Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes Sc (New Printing), $18.99
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #5, $3.99
Gold Digger #145, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Donarr Unyielding Tp, $7.99
Archaia Entertainment
Conspiracy...
- 1/2/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Anti #1 (Of 4), $1.00
Aazurn Publishing
Indie Comics Magazine #6 (not verified by Diamond), $6.49
Abrams
Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales Volume 1 One Dead Spy Gn, $12.95
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 9 Catman And Kitten Sc, $29.95
Alpha Control Press
Seaview 50th Anniversary Tribute To Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Sc, $39.95
Altus Press
Doc Savage All New Wild Adventures Volume 3 The Infernal Buddha Sc, $24.95
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Natural Selection #1 (Of 2)(Budd Root Special Edition), $6.95
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger #140, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
Mouse Guard Black Axe #5 (Of 6), $3.50
Archie Comics
Betty And Veronica Double Digest #204, $3.99
Kevin Keller #4 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #4 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #16, $2.99
Sonic Super Special Magazine #4, $9.99
Ardden Entertainment
Phoenix #6 (not verified by Diamond), $2.99
Aspen Mlt...
12-gauge Comics
Anti #1 (Of 4), $1.00
Aazurn Publishing
Indie Comics Magazine #6 (not verified by Diamond), $6.49
Abrams
Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales Volume 1 One Dead Spy Gn, $12.95
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 9 Catman And Kitten Sc, $29.95
Alpha Control Press
Seaview 50th Anniversary Tribute To Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Sc, $39.95
Altus Press
Doc Savage All New Wild Adventures Volume 3 The Infernal Buddha Sc, $24.95
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Natural Selection #1 (Of 2)(Budd Root Special Edition), $6.95
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger #140, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
Mouse Guard Black Axe #5 (Of 6), $3.50
Archie Comics
Betty And Veronica Double Digest #204, $3.99
Kevin Keller #4 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #4 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #16, $2.99
Sonic Super Special Magazine #4, $9.99
Ardden Entertainment
Phoenix #6 (not verified by Diamond), $2.99
Aspen Mlt...
- 8/6/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
If there was an ever a cinematic partnership to have lasted the years, it is Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Ever since Edward Scissorhands, these two seem to be each other’s go-to guys for new films. With Dark Shadows being released this week, let’s take a stroll down memory lane to see the hits (and misses) of the Burton/Depp bromance.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Burton took a huge gamble by casting Depp, a relatively unknown actor at the time whose credits included a grizzly end in Nightmare on Elm Street. It was a gamble that paid off handsomely – Depp became a huge star playing the charismatic and innocent titular character and Edward Scissorhands received critical acclaim. One of the very few original projects of his career, this touching tale is still one of the highlights in Burton’s career.
Rating: Hit!
Ed Wood (1994)
The biopic of the ‘worst film...
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Burton took a huge gamble by casting Depp, a relatively unknown actor at the time whose credits included a grizzly end in Nightmare on Elm Street. It was a gamble that paid off handsomely – Depp became a huge star playing the charismatic and innocent titular character and Edward Scissorhands received critical acclaim. One of the very few original projects of his career, this touching tale is still one of the highlights in Burton’s career.
Rating: Hit!
Ed Wood (1994)
The biopic of the ‘worst film...
- 5/14/2012
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
With a title like that, I'm sure to get a lot of hate for even suggesting such a notion. But here's the thing: I loved Tim Burton. He was my absolute favorite director until around 2001. The worlds he created held my attention in a deeper way than other filmmaker's. The oddball and macabre design, along with the melancholy atmosphere, were unlike anything I had seen in movies. It was as fantastical in imagination as any blockbuster, and it felt more ethereal and personal than the "Hollywood" spectacle of a Spielberg or Zemeckis film. He introduced me to ideas of retro kitsch, spooky fringe and proudly holding onto timeless obsessions of your youth. Burton is one of those early influences in my life that made me become a passionate movie lover. I can catch "Beetlejuice" or "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" at any moment on TV and immediately get sucked back into them.
- 5/14/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Here’s what hits stores this week!
DC Comics
100 Bullets Volume 1 Hc, $49.99
Absolute Identity Crisis Hc, $99.99
Action Comics #1 (Rags Morales 3rd Printing Variant Cover)(per DC Comics), $3.99
All-New Batman The Brave And The Bold #12 (per DC Comics), $2.99
Ame-Comi Heroine Mini-Figures Series 3 Hawkgirl, $16.99
Ame-Comi Heroine Mini-Figures Series 3 Power Girl, $16.99
Ame-Comi Heroine Mini-Figures Series 3 Supergirl, $16.99
American Vampire Survival Of The Fittest #5 (Of 5), $2.99
Batgirl #1 (Adam Hughes 3rd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Batgirl #2, $2.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Patrick Gleason & Mick Gray 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Batman And Robin #2, $2.99
Batman Arkham City Hc, $22.99
Batman Life After Death Tp, $14.99
Batwoman #1 (J.H. Williams III 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Batwoman #2, $2.99
Birds Of Prey Volume 2 The Death Of Oracle Hc, $24.99
DC Comics Presents Batman Blink #1, $7.99
DC Comics Presents Jla The Age Of Wonder #1, $7.99
DC Comics The Number Ones Comic Cover Portfolio Set The Full Collection (per DC Comics), $129.99
Deathstroke #1 (Simon Bisley 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Deathstroke #2, $2.99
Demon Knights #1 (Tony S.
DC Comics
100 Bullets Volume 1 Hc, $49.99
Absolute Identity Crisis Hc, $99.99
Action Comics #1 (Rags Morales 3rd Printing Variant Cover)(per DC Comics), $3.99
All-New Batman The Brave And The Bold #12 (per DC Comics), $2.99
Ame-Comi Heroine Mini-Figures Series 3 Hawkgirl, $16.99
Ame-Comi Heroine Mini-Figures Series 3 Power Girl, $16.99
Ame-Comi Heroine Mini-Figures Series 3 Supergirl, $16.99
American Vampire Survival Of The Fittest #5 (Of 5), $2.99
Batgirl #1 (Adam Hughes 3rd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Batgirl #2, $2.99
Batman And Robin #1 (Patrick Gleason & Mick Gray 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Batman And Robin #2, $2.99
Batman Arkham City Hc, $22.99
Batman Life After Death Tp, $14.99
Batwoman #1 (J.H. Williams III 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Batwoman #2, $2.99
Birds Of Prey Volume 2 The Death Of Oracle Hc, $24.99
DC Comics Presents Batman Blink #1, $7.99
DC Comics Presents Jla The Age Of Wonder #1, $7.99
DC Comics The Number Ones Comic Cover Portfolio Set The Full Collection (per DC Comics), $129.99
Deathstroke #1 (Simon Bisley 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
Deathstroke #2, $2.99
Demon Knights #1 (Tony S.
- 10/12/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Here’s what hits newsstands this week!
Adventure Comics #525
All-New Batman The Brave And The Bold #6
Area 10 (Trade)
Batgirl #20
Batman And Robin #22 (and Variant)
Birds Of Prey #11
Booster Gold #43
Booster Gold Volume 6 Past Imperfect (Trade)
Cinderella Fables Are Forever #3 (of 6)
DC Comics Presents Batman Arkham #1
Doc Savage #13
Ex Machina Deluxe Edition Volume 5 (Hardcover)
Flash #10 (and Variant)
Gotham City Sirens Volume 1 Union (Trade)
inFamous #3 (of 6)
Justice League Generation Lost #23 (and Variant)
Justice League Generation Lost Volume 1(of 2) (Hardcover)
Northlanders #39
Outsiders #38
R.E.B.E.L.S. #27
Red Robin #22
Spirit Angel Smerti (Trade)
Superboy #6
Superman #710 (and Variant)
Superman Codename Patriot (Trade)
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6
Titans #34
Unwritten #24
Amazing Spider-Man #658 (and Variant)
Black Panther The Man Without Fear #517 (and Variant)
Captain America The Fighting Avenger #1 (One Shot)(and Variant)
Carnage #4 (of 5)
Casanova Gula #4 (of 4)
Chaos War Avengers (Trade)
Daken Dark Wolverine #8
Dark Tower The Gunslinger The Little Sisters Of...
Adventure Comics #525
All-New Batman The Brave And The Bold #6
Area 10 (Trade)
Batgirl #20
Batman And Robin #22 (and Variant)
Birds Of Prey #11
Booster Gold #43
Booster Gold Volume 6 Past Imperfect (Trade)
Cinderella Fables Are Forever #3 (of 6)
DC Comics Presents Batman Arkham #1
Doc Savage #13
Ex Machina Deluxe Edition Volume 5 (Hardcover)
Flash #10 (and Variant)
Gotham City Sirens Volume 1 Union (Trade)
inFamous #3 (of 6)
Justice League Generation Lost #23 (and Variant)
Justice League Generation Lost Volume 1(of 2) (Hardcover)
Northlanders #39
Outsiders #38
R.E.B.E.L.S. #27
Red Robin #22
Spirit Angel Smerti (Trade)
Superboy #6
Superman #710 (and Variant)
Superman Codename Patriot (Trade)
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6
Titans #34
Unwritten #24
Amazing Spider-Man #658 (and Variant)
Black Panther The Man Without Fear #517 (and Variant)
Captain America The Fighting Avenger #1 (One Shot)(and Variant)
Carnage #4 (of 5)
Casanova Gula #4 (of 4)
Chaos War Avengers (Trade)
Daken Dark Wolverine #8
Dark Tower The Gunslinger The Little Sisters Of...
- 4/13/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
New York, New York (X17online) - Aaron Sorkin is adapting Houdini for a new Broadway musical that centers around the legendary magician and sensational escape artists Harry Houdini. Hugh Jackman set to star in the title role. This isnt the first play Sorkin has written for Broadway, his previous experience includes The Farnsworth Invention, and A Few Good Men, before it was adapted into a film starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. The score will be composed by Danny Elfman, who has worked on everything from Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, The Hulk, Mars Attacks!, and Good Will Hunting, to The Simpsons, Beetlejuice, and Desperate Housewives. Elfman reveals: "He’s writing away. We all have high hopes that Aaron’s going to come through and do some good stuff." The play is predicted to hit the stage early 2012. Jackman is also gearing up to reprise his role in X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2,...
- 11/3/2010
- x17online.com
I thought you Danny Elfman/Tim Burton fans might like this. For $500 you can pre-order a limited edition collector's set of all 13 scores that Elfman compased for Burton's movies. But this is a pretty kick ass package that you're getting for $500.It's a 16 cd set packaged with artwork by Tim Burton, with over 19 hours of music, which include 7 hours of previously un-released masters, demos, work tapes and rarities.It comes with a ton of stuff, so I'll list it here for you from the official site.A Collectible Zoetrope Box A collection of music as unique as Danny Elfman’s for the film of Tim Burton needed to be housed in something equally special, wondrous, and whimsical. Designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic, The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is a work of art in itself. Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor has transformed...
- 10/26/2010
- LRMonline.com
Even the most casual movie-goers are still familiar with composer Danny Elfman because of his frequent collaboration with fan favorite filmmaker Tim Burton. Now in celebration of their many collaborations for 25 years on 13 films, the duo have decided to release a Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a collection of soundtracks and previously unreleased music spanning from 1985's Pee-Wee's Big Adventure all the way to 2010's Alice in Wonderland. Aside from a collection making up over 19 hours of music, there's plenty more in this limited edition release. Get all the details on this great box set below! There will be a limited run of 1,000 sets made for sale in December for $500 (available for pre-order online right here) which includes the soundtracks to these great (and maybe not-so-great) Burton films: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Nightmare Before Christmas, Mars Attacks!, ...
- 10/5/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Already set for a March 9, 2012 release as per Disney, the feature-animation evolution of Tim Burton‘s 1984 career-breaking short Frankenweenie now has its voices. And they’re the usual Burton suspects. Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands, Beetle Juice) will voice the role of Elsa, Martin Landau (Ed Wood) to role of Mr. Rzykruski while Catherine O’Hara (Beetle Juice, Nightmare Before Christmas) and Martin Short (Mars Attacks!) will voice 5 characters each. Landau’s character is presumably the old man who brings his dead dog back to life after a tragic accident, Frankenstein style. [Deadline]
The script’s written by Burton regular John August (Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The film will most likely be animated in the style of Nightmare and Corpse Bride as opposed to the original’s stop-motion format.
Below is the entire Frankenweenie short from 1984, in 3 parts:
Part 1:
Part 2:
And, finally, Part 3:
What...
The script’s written by Burton regular John August (Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The film will most likely be animated in the style of Nightmare and Corpse Bride as opposed to the original’s stop-motion format.
Below is the entire Frankenweenie short from 1984, in 3 parts:
Part 1:
Part 2:
And, finally, Part 3:
What...
- 9/20/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Aye. ¡Qué Lastima! It turns out that six things a week, every week while trying to work on two television shows simultaneously meant that last week there were no things - just a big, gaping thing-hole where my dignity used to be. Then, I planned to do a Gigantic 12 Thing post, so I watched and read and listened to a whole bunch of stuff leading into Labor Day Weekend. I started writing, mouth-a-frothing, churning out thousands of words about iPhone games, lost music tracks that I'd forgotten about and a paragraph on just about every summer TV show that's coming to a close (as well as a few peeks at the shows in the upcoming weeks), and I realized that no one was going to read all that crap. It's the general feeling that I'm a bit too rambly and wordy as it is, so why I thought a double-sized...
- 9/7/2010
- LRMonline.com
Horror fanatics are still buzzing like chainsaws over the Academy Awards’ genre montage. Anywhere there could be a conversation about it online, there was one. Many were upset over the Twilight ‘tweens’ participation, as if their mere presence sent a message about the state of scary in Hollyweird, USA.
A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).
How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...
A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).
How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...
- 3/9/2010
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
With the DVD release of 9, and to celebrate some of my favorite Tim Burton movies I have made this list of my favorite characters of his. So without further adieu here are my 9 favorite Tim Burton Characters:
9. James Dale – Mars Attacks!
8. Victor – Corpse Bride
7. Pee Wee Herman – Pee Wee’S Big Adventure
6. Lydia – Beetlejuice
5. Sweeney Todd – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
4. Edward Scissorhands – Edward Scissorhands
3. Jack Skellington – Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Batman – Batman
1. Beetlejuice – Beetlejuice
Well there you have it boys and girls…these are My favorite Tim Burton characters from his movies.
Brought to you by “9”, a film from visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Night Before Christmas) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted). Own it on Blu-ray™, DVD, & Digital Download. For more “9” click here.
9. James Dale – Mars Attacks!
8. Victor – Corpse Bride
7. Pee Wee Herman – Pee Wee’S Big Adventure
6. Lydia – Beetlejuice
5. Sweeney Todd – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
4. Edward Scissorhands – Edward Scissorhands
3. Jack Skellington – Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Batman – Batman
1. Beetlejuice – Beetlejuice
Well there you have it boys and girls…these are My favorite Tim Burton characters from his movies.
Brought to you by “9”, a film from visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Night Before Christmas) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted). Own it on Blu-ray™, DVD, & Digital Download. For more “9” click here.
- 12/15/2009
- by Scott
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Who loves ya baby? No, not Kojak (well him too), Fango does!
And because we love you, we're giving four lucky Fangoria readers copies of Scott Stine's latest Headpress release, Trashfiend: Disposable Horror Culture Of The 1960's & 1970's.
From low budget horror films to grisly comic art, from lurid movie magazines to late-night creature features, from campy monster toys to exploitive poster art, Trashfiend takes a loving look at “disposable” horror culture from the 1960s and 1970s.
Over two glorious decades the horror film waged war on good taste, exploiting every taboo and bursting every envelope along the way. Trashfiend is the definitive guide to the chaotic, creative and endlessly entertaining golden age of horror cinema.
Scott Stine (author of The Gorehound’s Guide to Splatter Films series and founder of the Stigmata Press) shines a fond but satiric light on everything from low budget horror films to grisly comic art,...
And because we love you, we're giving four lucky Fangoria readers copies of Scott Stine's latest Headpress release, Trashfiend: Disposable Horror Culture Of The 1960's & 1970's.
From low budget horror films to grisly comic art, from lurid movie magazines to late-night creature features, from campy monster toys to exploitive poster art, Trashfiend takes a loving look at “disposable” horror culture from the 1960s and 1970s.
Over two glorious decades the horror film waged war on good taste, exploiting every taboo and bursting every envelope along the way. Trashfiend is the definitive guide to the chaotic, creative and endlessly entertaining golden age of horror cinema.
Scott Stine (author of The Gorehound’s Guide to Splatter Films series and founder of the Stigmata Press) shines a fond but satiric light on everything from low budget horror films to grisly comic art,...
- 6/23/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
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