May 9th, 2012
In our October ‘11 issue of SCARS, Boston-based filmmakers, Michael and Shawn Rasmussen “spilled their guts” about their experiences as writers of John Carpenter’s The Ward and as writers, directors, and general indie filmmaking conquistadors for their latest project, Dark Feed.
Even fiendish horror fan minds can appreciate a happy ending, especially when these stories get at the roots of something else we love: independent horror. So we’re psyched to share that the Rasmussens have announced Dark Feed is finished and is currently being represented by Ronna Wallace at Eastgate Pictures. (Wallace is best-known for selling Open Waters and producing Reservoir Dogs.) And – we’ve got a trailer. Read more »
Tags: Dark Feed
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May 2nd, 2012
Along with an official trailer for The Loved Ones comes an official release date: June 1st, limited. Admittedly, until the trailer today, I hadn’t heard boo about this Australian-made movie. But now that I’ve watched, I’m downright excited. Namely because the movie depicts one of my favorite horror sub genres of all time: the “I love you so much I have to tie you up and keep you forever and ever” sub genre. Let’s call them Loved To Death movies.
First, take a look at The Loved Ones trailer. Read more »
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April 25th, 2012
It was just about a month ago that Marilyn Manson surprised audiences at the Revolver Golden Gods by having Johnny Depp play guitar on stage. (I almost wrote “Marilyn Manson shocked audiences” but felt that sentence had no place in the common world anymore.) Random occurrence? Nope. Johnny Depp plays guitar on a track for Manson’s new album “Born Villain,” out next week.
Listen to the collaboration — a cover of “You’re So Vain” — after the jump, as well as watch video from the Manson/Depp show appearance. Video includes Manson calling Depp his “personal savior” and encouraging the crowd to acknowledge how cool their friendship is. One actual cool note about this whole thing is that the free Damien Echols of West Memphis 3 notoriety introduced Manson on stage that night.
What do you think? Does “You’re So Vain” meet the normally high bar of Manson pop song cover standards?
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Tags: johnny depp, Marilyn Manson, You're So Vain
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March 13th, 2012
About six weeks ago, I heard the Murder City Devils had two new songs out. The 7″ with these songs — Every Day I Rise and Ball Busters in the Peanut Gallery – was already sold out through their website, but you could place an order for a second pressing. I did, and my record arrived in the mail yesterday. If you’ve ever liked the Murder City Devils, I advise doing the same.
So what, right? It’s just two songs. And the band hasn’t put out new material in over ten years. But what I really, really liked about these two tracks is how much neither sound like they came out in 2012. (You can listen to Every Day I Rise after the jump.) Read more »
Tags: Every Day I Rise, Murder City Devils
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March 9th, 2012
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Puppets make everything better. Or at least weirder. You know Forgetting Sarah Marshall? That joke — the Dracula musical — works so well because of just the sheer incongruity of puppets and horror. (Okay, many would argue puppets by themselves equal horror.) This morning, the A.V. Club mentioned another puppet performance, notable and interesting because it’s not what you would expect, at all. Read more »
Tags: Chicago, Nick Cave, puppets, Rough House Theater, The Curse of Millhaven
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January 24th, 2012
One of the TV shows in my rotation is Top Chef. Normally I have no occasion to mention it here, but last week’s episode has luckily opened the door. In a strange, yet neat, turn of cross promotion, Charlize Theron was the episode’s guest judge, in anticipation for her role as the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman. (Which doesn’t open til, like, June, but that’s neither here nor there.) This led to a challenge where each chef had to create an “evil” course fit for a queen to serve Charlize and the judges. It was easily the best episode so far of Top Chef Texas, and the dishes were pretty gnarly. Gallery of creepy food after the jump! Read more »
Tags: Snow White and the Huntsman, Top Chef Texas
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January 23rd, 2012
You know when you hear about the theme of a movie and you get all excited for it? Then the director is announced for the project and it makes it that much better, then the actors begin to attach to it and it becomes one of your “must see” movies of the coming season?
That was “The Divide” for me. Read more »
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January 21st, 2012
Picture Justin Bieber here.
Apparently an ANONYMOUS SOURCE who has been working close to Justin Bieber slipped this to Movieweb: Justin Bieber would like to model his career after Mark Wahlberg’s. And he thinks the best way to do this would be to star in a remake of 1996’s Fear. Like most people, Fear is one of my favorite guilty pleasures of all time, so the idea of a remake to me is abhorrent. But then the article said this. Read more »
Tags: Fear remake, Justin Bieber, Mark Wahlberg
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In our October ‘11 issue of SCARS, Boston-based filmmakers, Michael and Shawn Rasmussen “spilled their guts” about their experiences as writers of John Carpenter’s The Ward and as writers, directors, and general indie filmmaking conquistadors for their latest project, Dark Feed.
