Well I'm back and here with the first ever HMC ON THE SCENE. Last Saturday was Horror Society's 2-Day film festival (A total of 22 hours between both days if you count the breaks). If you want a picture of any of these film's posters, then just email me.
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Here's the movies I saw:
SATURDAY
A Blind Date with Coffin Joe - Nice little tribute to Joe. Funny too.
TXT: The Movie - Funny as hell, had a nice cameo by Ari Lehman, and Derek Dziak was there. Unfortunately he jetted right after it ended so I didn't have a chance to get my copy of The Landlord signed.
Cabine of the Dead - Funny little French zombie short. Glad to see foreign stuff was submitted.
Lonely - Somewhat funny zombie piece. It was a tad predictable, yet heartwarming.
Get off my Porch - Really funny short that reminds me of why I hate Girl Scouts.
Terrorvision - Still a classic. Definitely one of my favorite cheesy 80s horror flicks.This needs a DVD release.
The Guest - Predictable. That is all.
Staplerfahrer Klaus (AKA Forklift Driver Klaus) - Funny as shit. Highlight as far as all the shorts are concerned. I'll post a link of it in the Birdcage.
Popatopolis - Nice documentary on Jim Wynorski. Too bad the Director left before I could get him to sign my poster. Also too bad that they only brought 10 dvds. They were bought before I could get one and have it signed. Guess I'll have to hunt a copy down.
Chopping Mall - Still a classic and was great to follow up Wynorski's documentary. The kills were great and the robots were awesome.
Ugly - Seven Words. What the fuck did I just see?
Slices of Life - Awful just awful. Overused shitty CGI (mainly that dumb scary face thing thats popular on youtube. It's on every type of movie editor. STOP USING IT!!! IT'S NOT COOL OR SCARY!!!!), the stories were written like shit and copy alot of other films (The 3rd rips off both Teeth and Alien), acting was shitty, and to top it off the whole fucking cast was seemingly in the crowd hootin' and hollerin' throughout the whole fucking thing. It's one thing to be happy that you accomplished something, that you have your film premiere in a beautiful theater, and that you get to feel famous but they people were fucking pricks. They clapped and cheered for every name in the opening credits, clapped and cheered whenever someone new was one the screen, and were just loud assholes. You all know that stereotype about blacks being loud? Well it's true. A family of like 20 of them came to see this garbage and were jabberin' throughout the whole fucking thing. Two black kids, whom belonged to that family, were screaming and being scared as shit throughout right in my fucking ears. GOD DO I HATE GENERAL FUCKING ADMISSION. I feel that I won the whole ordeal though. After the film was done, the director looked me in the eyes and asked me if I liked it. Before the flick, he said that if we don't like the flick then we shouldn't tell him. But since he asked, I gave him a shit-eating grin and a death stare as if saying "No I didn't like your fucking movie. Now go finish your Q&A so I can watch A Serbian Film then go home." He says it took 4 years to write. I could have written that in probably 3 hours. Not worth the 2 hours of watching it. I love Indy-horror, but goddammit it it pains me to see a lack of respect for the whole process and then to see people actually enjoy this. I'd personally rate it a 2/10 and I wish the director good luck on his future.
A Serbian Film - The last film on Saturday night, in 35 mm and was pretty good. Sick as fuck as well. Drug on in parts but that could have been the fact that it was 2 AM and I was a tad tired. Can't wait for a US release.
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SUNDAY
Paisley Babylon - This was a bunch of clips set to a soundtrack scratched by a DJ and included sound bites from Goblin's compositions from Dawn of the Dead. Kinda cool, but it started off Sunday morning and 2:00 P.M. is too early for that shit.
Slime City - Still a grind-house phenomenon. The audience generally loved it and were laughing at the cheesy acting, the brain scene, and the splatter effects. Being a contact to Greg Lamberson, I'm happy he chose to show it there.
Slime City Massacre - Very good sequel but it did take me off guard. Did a great job of explaining the back story of the elixir, the "Himalayan Yogurt" and the cult. Splatter and slime effects were pretty cool, loved the Lloyd Kaufman cameo (As did everyone else. The whole crowd was cheering and yelling "LLOYD!!!!"), the acting was pretty good, and the story was written very well. I liked it and so did almost everyone else.
Satan Hates You - This was ok. Didn't like that two lame demons were the "chorus of this tragedy". The dialog was trash in most parts, and the ending was incredibly predictable. Good gore though. Favorite part was the cameo by Michael Berryman (Hills Have Eyes '77) as a pissed off jesus loving hotel owner. Angus Scrimm and Debbie Rochon also had cameos. Oh and this film did make me very pleased as it scared the shit out of two kids to the point that they both left the theater and one was bawling (Movie wasn't nearly scary enough to cause that. They shouldn't have been there anyway.). Two guys also got kicked out for fucking around with a laser pointer. I HATE GENERAL ADMISSION.
Demons - Loved seeing this in 35mm, but the print they had was chopped down due to damaged slides and damaged scenes. Reminds me that I loved the black pimp, movie theaters are my 3rd favorite movie setting (behind only Malls and Video Rental stores), and that Lamberto must have been smoking crack while directing this.
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Got some cool shit too:
DVDS
Incest Death Squad 2 (signed by Cory J. Udler) - $10
George Romero's The Crazies - $15
5 Films By Dario Argento Anchor Bay set - $25
Region 2 DVD of Popcorn - $20
COMICS/MAGAZINES
Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama issues 1-4 (#1 is signed by the artist) - $15
Terror Firmer issue 1 (signed by Lloyd Kaufman) - $6
The Toxic Avenger issue 1 - $5
Pinhead issue 1 - $5
Winter issue of Girls and Corpses - Free because I bought 3 DVDs from one vendor.
POSTERS
Popatopolis
Piranha 3D
Resident Evil Afterlife 3D
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Overall, it was a fun times with only a few problems I had with it. They could have had a few longer breaks instead of just 15 minute ones throughout the day, could have had a few better guests, and they one had one small giveaway for haunted house tickets.
I had a blast talking to some great people like Cory J. Udler, whom I talked to about religion for 15 straight minutes, and the theater operators who I must thank for doing the hard work that they do. So until next time, this is your boy JB on the scene.
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Here's the movies I saw:
SATURDAY
A Blind Date with Coffin Joe - Nice little tribute to Joe. Funny too.
TXT: The Movie - Funny as hell, had a nice cameo by Ari Lehman, and Derek Dziak was there. Unfortunately he jetted right after it ended so I didn't have a chance to get my copy of The Landlord signed.
Cabine of the Dead - Funny little French zombie short. Glad to see foreign stuff was submitted.
Lonely - Somewhat funny zombie piece. It was a tad predictable, yet heartwarming.
Get off my Porch - Really funny short that reminds me of why I hate Girl Scouts.
Terrorvision - Still a classic. Definitely one of my favorite cheesy 80s horror flicks.This needs a DVD release.
The Guest - Predictable. That is all.
Staplerfahrer Klaus (AKA Forklift Driver Klaus) - Funny as shit. Highlight as far as all the shorts are concerned. I'll post a link of it in the Birdcage.
Popatopolis - Nice documentary on Jim Wynorski. Too bad the Director left before I could get him to sign my poster. Also too bad that they only brought 10 dvds. They were bought before I could get one and have it signed. Guess I'll have to hunt a copy down.
Chopping Mall - Still a classic and was great to follow up Wynorski's documentary. The kills were great and the robots were awesome.
Ugly - Seven Words. What the fuck did I just see?
Slices of Life - Awful just awful. Overused shitty CGI (mainly that dumb scary face thing thats popular on youtube. It's on every type of movie editor. STOP USING IT!!! IT'S NOT COOL OR SCARY!!!!), the stories were written like shit and copy alot of other films (The 3rd rips off both Teeth and Alien), acting was shitty, and to top it off the whole fucking cast was seemingly in the crowd hootin' and hollerin' throughout the whole fucking thing. It's one thing to be happy that you accomplished something, that you have your film premiere in a beautiful theater, and that you get to feel famous but they people were fucking pricks. They clapped and cheered for every name in the opening credits, clapped and cheered whenever someone new was one the screen, and were just loud assholes. You all know that stereotype about blacks being loud? Well it's true. A family of like 20 of them came to see this garbage and were jabberin' throughout the whole fucking thing. Two black kids, whom belonged to that family, were screaming and being scared as shit throughout right in my fucking ears. GOD DO I HATE GENERAL FUCKING ADMISSION. I feel that I won the whole ordeal though. After the film was done, the director looked me in the eyes and asked me if I liked it. Before the flick, he said that if we don't like the flick then we shouldn't tell him. But since he asked, I gave him a shit-eating grin and a death stare as if saying "No I didn't like your fucking movie. Now go finish your Q&A so I can watch A Serbian Film then go home." He says it took 4 years to write. I could have written that in probably 3 hours. Not worth the 2 hours of watching it. I love Indy-horror, but goddammit it it pains me to see a lack of respect for the whole process and then to see people actually enjoy this. I'd personally rate it a 2/10 and I wish the director good luck on his future.
A Serbian Film - The last film on Saturday night, in 35 mm and was pretty good. Sick as fuck as well. Drug on in parts but that could have been the fact that it was 2 AM and I was a tad tired. Can't wait for a US release.
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SUNDAY
Paisley Babylon - This was a bunch of clips set to a soundtrack scratched by a DJ and included sound bites from Goblin's compositions from Dawn of the Dead. Kinda cool, but it started off Sunday morning and 2:00 P.M. is too early for that shit.
Slime City - Still a grind-house phenomenon. The audience generally loved it and were laughing at the cheesy acting, the brain scene, and the splatter effects. Being a contact to Greg Lamberson, I'm happy he chose to show it there.
Slime City Massacre - Very good sequel but it did take me off guard. Did a great job of explaining the back story of the elixir, the "Himalayan Yogurt" and the cult. Splatter and slime effects were pretty cool, loved the Lloyd Kaufman cameo (As did everyone else. The whole crowd was cheering and yelling "LLOYD!!!!"), the acting was pretty good, and the story was written very well. I liked it and so did almost everyone else.
Satan Hates You - This was ok. Didn't like that two lame demons were the "chorus of this tragedy". The dialog was trash in most parts, and the ending was incredibly predictable. Good gore though. Favorite part was the cameo by Michael Berryman (Hills Have Eyes '77) as a pissed off jesus loving hotel owner. Angus Scrimm and Debbie Rochon also had cameos. Oh and this film did make me very pleased as it scared the shit out of two kids to the point that they both left the theater and one was bawling (Movie wasn't nearly scary enough to cause that. They shouldn't have been there anyway.). Two guys also got kicked out for fucking around with a laser pointer. I HATE GENERAL ADMISSION.
Demons - Loved seeing this in 35mm, but the print they had was chopped down due to damaged slides and damaged scenes. Reminds me that I loved the black pimp, movie theaters are my 3rd favorite movie setting (behind only Malls and Video Rental stores), and that Lamberto must have been smoking crack while directing this.
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Got some cool shit too:
DVDS
Incest Death Squad 2 (signed by Cory J. Udler) - $10
George Romero's The Crazies - $15
5 Films By Dario Argento Anchor Bay set - $25
Region 2 DVD of Popcorn - $20
COMICS/MAGAZINES
Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama issues 1-4 (#1 is signed by the artist) - $15
Terror Firmer issue 1 (signed by Lloyd Kaufman) - $6
The Toxic Avenger issue 1 - $5
Pinhead issue 1 - $5
Winter issue of Girls and Corpses - Free because I bought 3 DVDs from one vendor.
POSTERS
Popatopolis
Piranha 3D
Resident Evil Afterlife 3D
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Overall, it was a fun times with only a few problems I had with it. They could have had a few longer breaks instead of just 15 minute ones throughout the day, could have had a few better guests, and they one had one small giveaway for haunted house tickets.
I had a blast talking to some great people like Cory J. Udler, whom I talked to about religion for 15 straight minutes, and the theater operators who I must thank for doing the hard work that they do. So until next time, this is your boy JB on the scene.
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