Let me start off by saying that I’ve never cared for the
theatrical version of The Curse of
Michael Myers. My big complaint is
that like The Return of Michael Myers
and The Revenge of Michael Myers,
Michael is an oaf. It would appear that while Season of the Witch was being made, Michael hit the gym hard on his
time off and grew a few inches. Michael went from a normal sized guy to a pro
wrestler, and the reason for this is because of Moustapha Akkad wanted to
compete with Jason Voorhees. Where Akkad went
wrong was ever trying to compare the Halloween
series to an imitation. I also am not privy to the ugly mask nor its size. And
I despise the ridiculous Thorn crap among other things. So, going into this
Unrated Producer’s Cut (originally known as Halloween
666), I definitely wasn’t excited, but I was thinking it had to be better…
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
BLU-RAY REVIEW: Army Of Darkness (1992) Collector's Edition
In 1992, Director Sam Raimi ended his Evil Dead Trilogy with the practical effects extravaganza known as Army Of Darkness (Originally titled Bruce Campbell Vs. Army Of Darkness).
This time instead of releasing the film independently, like the first two, Army Of Darkness was distributed through
Universal Studios, making it the only studio film out of the three. Using like
humor of Monty Python and The Three Stooges, the concept for Army Of Darkness was supposed to be the
sequel to 1981’s The Evil Dead, but
the recourses weren’t there at the time. So, what was then-called Medieval Dead was put on hold and Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987) was
made as a middle film. Army was made
for a PG-13 rating, hence why there’s not nearly as much gore as the prior two
flicks. However, as ridiculous as it is, the MPAA gave the film an NC-17
rating! So after editing nothing, the film was resubmitted and garnered an R
rating. People involved in the making of Army
wonder if the film would have been gorier had Raimi known the MPAA was going to
screw the film in the end anyway. Some even assume that the MPAA deliberately
put the boots to Raimi because of him bypassing them and releasing the first
two films unrated. Either way, it doesn’t matter because since the studio
didn’t want the film’s title to have Evil
Dead in it, fans didn’t identify it as a sequel in the series. In effect,
it failed miserably at the box-office and was pulled from theaters quicker than
you could say “boomstick”. However, the film has since become an immediately
recognizable cult classic thanks to word of mouth and home video releases…
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
HORROR TOY TUESDAY: My 1/6 Scale 1978 Michael Myers Action figure
Halloween is my
favorite horror motion picture of all-time. No other genre film comes close to
it. There’s never been a time when I’ve seen a new horror that I haven’t seen
before and think, “damn, that gives Halloween
a run for its money”. And there probably never will be. So, as a high-end
action figure collector, it is very important to me that I own a realistic and
accurate figure of “The Shape” from the 1978 classic. However, I knew that I
was going to have to make one myself if I wanted one because the only
officially licensed 12 inch figure was done by Sideshow Collectibles many years
ago, and they failed miserably at it.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
THROWBACK THURSDAY REVIEW: Rabid (1977)
Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg considers Rabid to be his “first epic”. And like
most good movies, it almost didn’t get made. After Cronenberg’s first feature Shivers (1975), was considered too edgy,
he struggled to get Rabid off of the
ground for a few years due to the CDFC not investing. Then, he almost backed
out of the project (originally titled Mosquito)
when it was greenlit due to doubting the premise. However, cooler heads
prevailed and Rabid, a film that’s
said by many to be a foretelling of aids, was made in Quebec
and Montreal on
a budget of just $560,00.00. The movie needed a name attached to it that’s
marketable, yet the production couldn’t afford a real actress. So, they hired
popular 70’s porn star Marilyn Chambers over their original choice of Sissy
Spacek. It worked out for the better in a sense, because you get to see Marilyn
Chambers nude several times. And Cronenberg, himself, stated that he wouldn’t
deprive his audience of not seeing Marilyn naked. You gotta appreciate a good
director who cares about his audience, don’t ya?
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