Archive for January, 2010

Zombie Apocalypse Gingerbread House!

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by Price

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Merry Christmas! I thought I was over Christmas (post to come expanding on this). For now, this thread on Geekdo features some innovative baking/miniature scene creation skills when some people decided to create a zombie attack gingerbread house.

Click through to see more pics.

[Via Abattoir - Rue Morgue Blog]

Dani Filth’s Top 10 Horror Movies

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by Vincent

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I love Cradle of Filth, despite the fact that I’m a full-grown adult with a job. I can’t help myself. Over at Bloody Good Horror they’ve got a great guest post featuring the man’s top 10 horror films. Dig it.

Dani Filth’s Top Ten Horror Movies

Christopher Lee Doing A Charemagne-Themed Heavy Metal Album

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by Vincent

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Yep.  Christopher Lee, one of the greatest (or at least most prolific) horror actors of all time is doing a heavy metal concept album.  I say “heavy metal” in the loosest sense of the word, because I wouldn’t play this shit anywhere near a respectable metal jukebox lest it become infected. But sure, why not?

It can’t possibly be any dumber than the massive shit Dee Snyder tossed out (and I say that with the utmost respect for Twisted Sister) when he made this Van Helsing-themed concept album

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Interesting note – The myspace page for Lee’s project has this dubious tidbit of information

“Sir Christopher is the highest grossing actor of all time”

I’m going to do some fact checking on that nonsense.

http://www.myspace.com/charlemagnemusical

From the Slate: It Was an Exceptional Year for Artisanal Horror Films

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 by Price

You only really need to read the 2nd paragraph of this short writeup on the Slate, but it’s a nice summary of the success of these sort of horror flicks in 2009.

Midnight Meat Train is Meaty

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by Price

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When you think of “Midnight Meat Train,” your first reaction may be gay porn. Not here at the Devil’s Demons. It’s horror movie time! And what better way to celebrate the holidays than with a horror movie viewing.

I loved this movie. I’m slightly biased, since anything with Clive Barker‘s name attached to it (except for maybe his weird artsy indie nude films) I immediately qualify as amazing, but this movie was truly fantastic.

My family and I watched this movie the day after watching The Hangover, so it was an interesting role change for Bradley Cooper. Needless to say, he got fucked up in both flicks, but by different means.

Midnight Meat Train starts off a bit slow in case you are expecting instant gobs of gore, but ends up piquing your interest as the story behind the butcher starts to slowly unfold. I found myself on the edge of my seat as  Leon began to follow Mahogany, bringing himself closer and closer to the devil of a man.

I was waiting for him to jump out at any moment, and caught myself gasping quite a few times as quick camera work or sudden movements kept my nails bitten and Coors Light drank fastly.

I had read the story in the Books of Blood, so I was slightly disappointed that the story didn’t focus a bit more on Mahogany, specifically on his pains as his job wore him down over the years. Granted that became obvious at the end, but still. I am a nitpick.

Overall, the movie is great. There are tons of sick kill scenes, but a sort of cartoonish blood appearance makes it easier for the weak to stomach. All I have to say is tongue, fingernails, and meat tenderizer. Everyone’s good in this movie, and Cooper does a great job of portraying one becoming obsessed and slowly losing their mind and sense of reality.

It’s sad this never saw the light of day in theaters (at least “normal” theaters). Boo big movie studios.

Zelda Rubenstein From Poltergeist Is About To Move Towards the Light?

Monday, January 4th, 2010 by Vincent

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So claims Radar.

“Her lungs and kidneys have failed and she’s in and out of consciousness,” a friend of the actress tells RadarOnline.com. “It’s only a matter of time now – she doesn’t have long to live.”

Sad. Now I can’t claim I’ve kept up with her work, or even given her a passing thought in the last few years, but I think we can all agree that Poltergeist is a horror classic, and it’s sad when anyone who contributed to this genre that we love passes. Hopefully she’ll recover.

Poltergeist Star Zelda Rubenstein Nearing Last Days [via RadarOnline]