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'Alien Raiders' Commentary Now Online
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I'll confess to being in the dark as to why certain DVDs don't boast an audio commentary by the filmmakers when they actually want to do one, so while I won't strike out blindly against The Studios for getting in the way, I instead admire those who see fit to give their fans what they want.Case in point: Following in the footsteps of Darren Aronofsky and The Fountain, director Ben Rock and some of his cast and crew members have come together for a full commentary track, now posted over on Dread Central to accompany this week's release of Alien Raiders. The film -- which, and I think Ben will agree with me, is nothing like The Fountain -- concerns a team of specialists (led by none other than 24's Tony Almeida) who lock down a small-town supermarket for reasons that you may be able to deduce from that title (a title that's frankly more campy than the flick is).
Scott and I both saw this at Fantastic Fest last year, and I don't think it's any great stretch to say that it's probably the best thing put out under the Raw Feed label to date, and given the film's exceedingly tight production schedule, I'm willing to bet that this might make for a pretty informative listen.
The Scary Bits: Dead Set, Voices & the Meat Train
Filed under: Horror », The Scary Bits »
So our good pal Peter Hall was traveling overseas, and this is how you know that "Horror Geeks" is a really awesome fraternity: He bought me a copy of the E4 horror mini-series Dead Set! Created by the insanely clever Charlie Brooker, Dead Set is about the zombie apocalypse as seen through the cameras of a Big Brother broadcast. It's a five-part mini-series that runs about 140 minutes in total -- and man, it's really something special. Knowing a bit about Brooker's snarky ways, I was half-expecting this to be a jokey sort of zombie affair, but no way man: This is full bore horror, and it's one of the best serious zombie movies of the last twenty years. As far as I know, Dead Set is not currently available through a R1 distributor, but if any horror movie is worth the few extra bucks, it's this one. Damn good stuff, well done Charlie, and thanks Pete! (Offical Dead Set website right here!)
Looks like After Dark has chosen their final film for next January's event. It will be a Korean chiller called Voices. The rest of the slate (which includes Weinberg-approved titles like Dying Breed and The Broken) can be perused via Bloody-D's handy new breakdown. And speaking of cool horror flicks I've seen at festivals, the director of Creep and Severance will be doing a dark ages apocalypse story called Black Death. Coooool.
And while I was pleased to see a DVD announcement for The Midnight Meat Train, I got a very nice surprise once I checked out the DVD cover! Cool! Thanks to Twitch, we now have some more details on the R1 Cold Prey (Norwegian slasher flick) DVD. Anchor Bay will be releasing the DVD on January 20. And while the new cover for Ben Rock's Alien Raiders doesn't exactly adhere to the movie ... it's still pretty nifty-looking. Lastly, yikes. Check out the eyeballs on Dorothy Mills!
The Scary Bits: Raiders, Remakes & Jews
Filed under: Horror », The Scary Bits »
I chuckled when I saw that L.A. Screamfest was playing a film called Night of the Living Jews. And now it looks like you can buy a copy over at Heeb Magazine. Hey, I just chuckled again. Also, Arrow has a cool clip from Eric Red's ghost chiller 100 Feet, while Twitch has the trailer for Deadgirl.
If you liked EW's "nudity bracket game," then you'll no doubt enjoy this new one that celebrates the scary stuff. And here's a goofy little promo quiz from MGM / Fox Home Video. I include this one only because their recent catalog titles (Pumpkinhead and Child's Play) have been really damn solid.
Now here's something that sounds pretty exciting. In an effort to squeeze a few extra nickels out of next February's Friday the 13th remake, Paramount Home Video will (finally) give Region 1 an UNCUT special edition of the original Friday the 13th. Me, I bought a WB R2 copy the last time I was in London, so I know I have the "full" demises of Annie and Pamela, but I don't know if it has the extended Marcie (axe-head) or Jack (bed-arrow). Either way the new SE will also have other goodies. (And Blu-Ray!) Check the news at Shock. Hopefully this paves the way for future "uncut" releases for this franchise. You could make an entirely new sequel out of the deleted footage. (Note: Digital Bits is reporting that Part 2 and Part 3 will also get new DVDs on the same day.)
And hey, let's hear it for Alien Raiders. After going over rather well at Fantastic Fest, the sci-fi horror flick has won a whole saucer full of awards at several small-but-cool genre festivals. (The DVD comes out in February.) And speaking of Alamo Drafthouse, those nuts are re-playing some of their favorite flicks from this past September's FFest. The titles are Repo! The Genetic Opera, Let the Right One In, Timecrimes, and JCVD. (Info here.) And speaking of Let the Right One In, Petey Hall of HND has finally chimed in with his thoughts. And they are here.
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