Rob Zombie's 'El Superbeasto' Goes Direct to DVD
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It's entirely possible I am the only one disappointed by the following news, but bear with me. The latest word on Rob Zombie's dirty lucha libre cartoon, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, is that it's headed directly to DVD and Blu-ray. That's the bad news. The good news is that after three years, it will finally see the light of day (or the darkness of night). Zombie's first foray into animated filmmaking has plenty of clever characters doing the voice acting, like Rosario Dawson, Paul Giamatti, Danny Trejo (!), Clint Howard, and Zombie regulars Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, and Sheri Moon Zombie.Zombie told IGN in an interview this past spring, "It came out awesome... That started off as this little tiny half-a-million dollar direct-to-video movie that expanded into this $10 million animated extravaganza." Except, well, it's a $10 million animated extravaganza that is going direct to DVD.
I have high hopes that it will make an appearance as a midnight movie in my local theater (and yours!) and perhaps get some attention at one of the many horror festivals like Fantastic Fest. Even though I'd like to see in on the big screen, it does look like the type of movie that would make more money on DVD than in theaters, especially with its target audience, which I can only guess is made up of fans of over-the-top cartoons, horror, heavy metal, and Mexican wrestling... or stoners. Not that they're mutually exclusive, of course.
(Courtesy of FEARNet)
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7-07-2009 @ 10:48PM
MCW said...
"I have high hopes that it will make an appearance as a midnight movie in my local theater (and yours!)"
Being that it's an uncensored adult cartoon, that pretty much seals the deal on that one. I can't even remember the last one that made it even remotely close to a theater, feel free to help me out.
I was looking at the cast the other day... Ken Foree and Tom Kenny are the big standouts to me.
I could care less that it isn't going to theaters... no one would've gone to see it anyway. I'd rather see it on Blu-ray at home, and I will do so based on the excellent voice cast, NOT the director, whom I have extremely little faith in.
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7-07-2009 @ 10:54PM
MCW said...
Two other things I forgot to mention:
"...it's headed directly to DVD and Blu-ray. That's the bad news..."
When people say that about any movie, it bothers me. What is bad about it? That Rob Zombie might not pocket $100 million dollars off of it? Boo hoo. I've seen some of the best movies ever, exclusively on disc, in cases where I don't live in an area that has a weekly film festival to view them at. So, again, why do people always immediately say that direct-to-disc is bad? I withhold judgement until release.
And also, you linked to the website, which, upon visiting, I found to be full of "Coming Soon", "Closed due to Spamming" and other un-clickable links. So it seems the entire thing is riddled with problems, from the release schedule to the official website itself.
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7-08-2009 @ 2:24AM
jack said...
So, again, why do people always immediately say that direct-to-disc is bad? I withhold judgement until release.
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7-08-2009 @ 11:05AM
Jay Seaver said...
Direct to video is generally not a good sign because it means that someone at the studio has figured that the movie won't be a draw in theaters, which either says bad things about the movie (it stinks!), bad things about the people running the studio (they don't know a good thing when it comes up and bites them!), bad things about the general public (they don't know a good thing when it...), or bad things about the exhibition/distribution industry (they only go for sure things, making trips to the multiplex less exciting and varied than it ought to be). Which ever is the case, it's depressing.
And, besides, even if just being able to see it is nice, seeing a movie in theaters is better than seeing it on video, especially for comedies and horror movies. Sure, maybe not everybody would get to see it in theaters, but some is better than nobody. Admittedly, I'm in the group that likely would see it in theaters - I live in a large city - but shouldn't we be encouraging more variety in theaters everywhere?
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7-24-2009 @ 10:52AM
tommy said...
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