Sun, 29 March 2009
The final day of HorrorHound Weekend has come to an end, and Brother D is supposed to be packing.
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Sat, 28 March 2009
After two days of HorrorHound Weekend, Brother D finally whips out the mic for a bit of impromptu recording from the event. |
Thu, 26 March 2009
Another week, another episode of Mail Order Zombie. Episode 61 marks the end of March of the Zombi(e), which means Brother D will wrap up the franchise with a review of Zombie 5: Killing Birds, directed by Claudio Lattanzi and Joe D'Amato. Another MOZ Family Member - Jay Emmitt from the Obscure 80s Show - launches a new segment this week, and Brother D takes a moment to start talking about some changes coming for all things Mail Order Zombie. Miss Bren joins the show for the weekly Feedback Discussion, and watches as Brother D continues to squirm over eye trauma. (And special thanks to Miss Bren who handled most of the post-production for the Feedback segment!) Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Vote for us at Podcast Alley - http://tinyurl.com/mozvote |
Mon, 23 March 2009
Zombie Girl: The Movie is screening at the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival on March 27th (10:15pm) and March 28th (7:00pm) and the Landmark Magnolia Theater. From DFW.com:
We’ve all seen dozens of "making-of" documentaries about troubled film productions and the visionary filmmakers determined to hold them together — but none quite like this one, which chronicles the efforts of 12-year-old Austinite Emily Hagins to make a zombie film. Directors Justin Johnson, Erik Mauck and Aaron Marshall manage to keep the tone playful but never mocking; and they introduce a charming group of supporting figures, including one very exasperated mother trying to support her daughter’s dream.
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Sat, 21 March 2009
The following announcements have come out from DownloadHorror.com:
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Thu, 19 March 2009
March of the Zombi(e) continues as Brother D reviews Zombie 4: After Death, directed by Clyde Anderson, aka Claudio Fragasso; but not before he reviews the new release Sick and the Dead, directed by Jordy Dickens and Brockton McKinney. This episode of Mail Order Zombie reviews more than just movies this week - Joe R. Lansdale's novella Dead in the West gets some attention, and an MOZ Family Member calls in a review of a kinda-sorta zombie short story as well. And as always, Miss Bren joins the show for the weekly Feedback Discussion. Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Vote for us at Podcast Alley - http://tinyurl.com/mozvote 7th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards - http://www.rondoaward.com Farragut High School produces zombie movie instead of Spring play - http://tinyurl.com/farragut |
Sun, 15 March 2009
Brain Dead, directed by Kevin Tenney, will open in select theaters March 20th as part of the B Movie Nation, presented by Monogram Releasing.
In the film, a small rock crashes into Earth’s atmosphere and lands in the head of a fisherman. The rock however is not the problem; the trouble stems from the brain-sucking slime that hitched a ride in the rock. It turns its host into a zombie and reproduces, converting others into brain-eating monsters. Soon enough a group of wanderers, including a couple of jailbirds (Joshua Benton and David Crane), two med students (Sarah Grant Brendecke and Michelle Tomlinson) and a reverend and his secretary (Andy Forrest and Cristina Tiberia), hole up in a cabin in the woods, hiding from the knowledge-seeking creatures lurking outside. Brother D was able to see this as part of 2008's Zompire Film Festival, and it was a lot of fun. Brain Dead will be showing at the following theaters: Nova Theatres Nova Georgia Studio 10 Cinemas Georgetown 14 Cinemas Nova 10 Movie Palace Cinemas Dixie Dozen Cinemas Theatres of Georgetown Branson Meadows Theatres The Amp Oxford Mississippi Portsmouth Cinemas Lake Geneva 4
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Sat, 14 March 2009
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Thu, 12 March 2009
March of the Zombi(e) continues this week when Brother D casts his ever-critical eye at 1988's Zombi 3, directed by Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei. Also, Otto; Or, Up With Dead People shambles up for its headshots this week, and Miss Bren drops by to help goover everyone's Zombie Aptitude Test answers from last month. She also comes back forthe backhalf of the show for this week's Feedback Discussion to help Brother D talk about the one or two things that make him squirm the most. Due to circumstance beyond Mail Order Zombie's control, there is no Zombie Beat this week, but the show is still filled with all kinds of zombie goodness, so check it out! Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Vote for us at Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/one_vote2.php?pod_id=53902 AFI Dallas - International Film Festival, March 26-April 2 - http://www.afidallas.com 7th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards - http://www.rondoaward.com |
Tue, 10 March 2009
Tickets are on sale now (http://www.phillycinefest.com/ticket-info.cfm) for the 2009 Philadelphia Film Festival and Cinefest 09 (http://www.phillycinefest.com/index.cfm), presented by TLA Entertainment. The event runs from March 26-April 9. Check out these genre offerings:
I Sell the Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid. Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert. As an aggressive virus ravages the city, a group of Berliners resort to their basic animal instinct for survival, resulting in disturbing and murderous consequences. North American Premiere Art of the Devil 3 (Thailand, 2008) Directed by the Ronin Team. Revenge is served hot, quick and drenched in more bloody ooze imaginable in this scream-inducing, spectacularly creative, and violent prequel that makes the popular Saw franchise seem like child’s play. Philadelphia Premiere 4BIA (Thailand, 2008) Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, Paween Purikitpanya, Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Parkpoom Wongpoom. In this aggressively scary terror ride, Thailand’s best directors take no prisoners, delivering four tales of horror guaranteed to shake, rattle and roll your nerves. Philadelphia Premiere Left Bank (Belgium, 2008) Directed by Pieter Van Hees. Surmounting doubt, dread and helplessness fuels an attractive woman’s state of mind as she begins to unlock a mystery, that will put her face to face with an ancient, unknowable evil. Philadelphia Premiere Not Quite Hollywood (Australia, 2008) Directed by Mark Hartley. Forget about Peter Weir art films or Nicole Kidman musicals. “Ozploitation” was the gleefully dirty sibling of the Australian film industry by celebrating full frontal nudity, unrelenting gore and over-the-top explosive mayhem in the 70s and 80s. East Coast Premiere Plague Town (USA, 2008) Directed by David Gregory. Brutally sadistic, mutant children begin a cat and mouse game with an American family on a stomach churning quest to add more victims to their world. Philadelphia Premiere Straight for the Kill: Shorts Program. Enter a dark lair of twisted films as you take small bites of terror, horror and animated fantasy, served quick and fast. From killer trees to serial killers to children in jeopardy, it’s a smorgasbord of gruesomeness, fun and dark humor featuring some of the best in genre short films including popular selections from multiple Fantastic Festivals around the world. Films featured: The Fairy Princess, A Little Mouth to Feed, Rite, Side Effect, White Radishes, I Don’t Sleep I Dream, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, The Painter of the Skies and Treevenge. 20th Century Boys Philadelphia Premiere ADDITIONAL GENRE FILMS IN THE PHILADELPHIA – CINEFEST 09 PROGRAM Moon (Britain, 2009) Directed by Duncan Jones. Starring Sam Rockwell, Voice of Kevin Spacey. In this independent science-fiction thriller, Sam Rockwell’s brilliant performance and Duncan Jones’ (David Bowie’s son) expert direction made this one of the must-see films at Sundance 09. East Coast Premiere Sita Sings the Blues (USA, 2008) Directed by Nina Paley. A rousing mash-up of shadow puppetry and full on Technicolor Bollywood splendor, director Nina Paley’s autobiographical, animated concoction explodes of the screen. Philadelphia Premiere Surveillance (USA, Germany, 2008) Directed by Jennifer Lynch. Starring Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Michael Ironside. When a series of shocking and grotesque murder disrupts the normally tranquil open plains of America’s heartland, the FBI is called in to piece together the three survivors’ very different stories. Philadelphia Premiere Mortadello and Filemon: Misson - Dave the Planet (Spain, 2008) Directed by Miguel Bardem. Inept super spies Mortadello and Filemon are reunited to save the world from drought in this visually outlandish and wildly cartoonish caper spoof. North American Premiere Before the Fall (Spain, 2007) Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez. A meteor is approaching the earth and all life will be extinguished in three days, but one family has a more pressing fear – a deranged and vengeful killer just released from prison is headed their way in this original apocalyptic thriller. East Coast Premiere God's Forgotten Town (Spain, 2008) Directed by Juan Carlos Claver. When a film crew begins to unlock the dark secrets of an abandoned town, the battle between good and evil begins in this Spanish mystery thriller. U.S. Premiere
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Tue, 10 March 2009
I personally am a HUGE fan of time travel stories, and while I realize Timecrimes doesn't sound a lot like the kind of thing we review here at Mail Order Zombie, I'm still hoping to take a look at it to talk about in an upcoming episode of MOZ Presents: The Munchies. Oscar-nominated short film director Nacho Vigalondo (7:35 in the Morning) makes his feature film debut in the tense, unstoppable vision of science and natural law gone awry in Timecrimes. Starring lauded Spanish writer and director Karra Elejalde (Holy Mary), the film follows the jarring tale of an ordinary man named Hector who accidentally travels back in time and is forced to fight for survival and to protect the woman he loves. Drawing from the best traditions of classic science fiction and crime fiction, Timecrimes plays games with the genre and the audience, giving the protagonist a Russian-doll like shell of identities that are shed so often that Hector can be playing one of any number of whodunit archetypes at any given moment as he becomes increasingly more complicit in the complicated mess that he's trying to fix.
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Thu, 5 March 2009
Mail Order Zombie is back in business after last week's Dead Letter Awards! Brother D dives into a review of the 2007 straight-to-DVD zombie movie Zombie Town directed by Damon Lemay before kicking off the month-long series March of the Zombi(e) with a critical look at the 1979 Fulci Film Zombi 2. The Hammer film The Plague of the Zombies makes its first official appearance on Mail Order Zombie, but not for a Headshot review, and Brother D is eager to talk about a very specific element of this movie. Mail Order Zombie Family Member Dr. J launches his own series on the show this week, and since it's a new month, a new Zombie Aptitude Test, or ZAT, question is posed to the listeners. This week's Feedback Discussion is super-sized, and Miss Bren joins Brother D to go over a number of emails and voicemails; in addition to the regulars, some new listeners and emailers join the party. Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505! Vote for us at Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/one_vote2.php?pod_id=53902 Exclusive look at Dozers at Fangoria.com - http://tinyurl.com/dozerspic |
Mon, 2 March 2009
We reviewed My Bloody Valentine 3D back in January; you can hear our review in MOZ Presents: The Munchies #4 (http://mailorderzombie.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=424325). While it was fun, I'm real curious as to how the movie is going to hold up to being presented on the home screen. There have been mixed to poor results when attempting 3D for a home release. How will this newer 3D technology hold up? We'll find out on May 26th
The 3D remake of the classic horror film My Bloody Valentine slashes its way into stores in a Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc as well as a standard definition DVD this May from Lionsgate. A terrifying tale about a small town that faces horrifying consequences on the anniversary of a deadly tragedy, My Bloody Valentine 3D was praised by horror critics as "The best 3D horror film ever made" (CHUD.com). The Special Edition DVD includes both the 2D and 3D versions of the film with bonus materials including audio commentary, two featurettes - "Deep Inside My Bloody Valentine" a behind the scenes look at the making of the film and "Sex, Blood and Screams" - the make-up FX from the film, deleted scenes and a gag reel.. It will come with four pairs of 3D glasses enclosed in the DVD. My Bloody Valentine 3D on Blu-ray Disc contains both 2D and 3D versions, four pairs of 3D glasses plus all of the special features and a digital copy of the film. The standard DVD will feature both the 3D and 2D widescreen versions of the film and will come with four pairs of 3D glasses. Ten years ago in the town of Harmony, an inexperienced coal miner caused an accident that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a coma. When Harry woke, exactly one year later on Valentine's Day, he wanted revenge and brutally murdered 22 people with a pickaxe before being killed himself. Now, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. As his footsteps come ever closer, the townspeople realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who has found his way back.
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