It Came From The Man Cave!

Holy Crap!

The much sought after Eddie and the Cruisers is coming to Blu-ray April 14th! When I worked in a video store this was one of the most asked for titles along with Convoy. I myself was always looking for this on hard to find DVD. I could not be any happier that it comes from the studio that knows what we (Ok I) want. Boy I love you Shout Factory. I wore out the soundtrack on cassette I think twice!

This will be a blind buy for me and added rather quickly to my collection.

Eddie And The Cruisers

They say rock 'n' roll never dies, but one dark night in 1963, Eddie Wilson's car took a dive off a Jersey bridge with the troubled rock idol at the wheel. His body was never found. Tom Berenger (Platoon), Michael Pare (Streets of Fire) and Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love) star in this cool, compelling classic that really rocks!

Twenty years after the lead singer (Pare) of "Eddie and the Cruisers" disappeared, the band's songs are hotter than ever. And renewed interest in the band leads TV reporter Maggie Foley (Barkin) to pursue a tantalizing mystery: What if Eddie is still alive? The circumstances surrounding his death are just shadowy enough to make it a distinct possibility, and someone (could it be Eddie?) has been ransacking the homes of the surviving band members in a desperate search for tapes of the group's visionary, never-released album. As Maggie interviews the former "Cruisers," the pieces of the puzzle start to fit... but only until still deeper mysteries begin to surface.

Daredevil Coming Soon

Netflix upcoming Daredevil series premieres April 10. The power house of Disney and Marvel will bring us a 13-episode series. This will be the first in a 4 hero story arc. A Blu-Ray will follow later in the year.

The four serialized programs will total 52 one hour episodes. Followed by an eight episode mini-series event.

The other superheroes will be Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage. The only hard part is knowing this will unfold over multiple years and taking the viewer deep in the work of heroes and villains of Hell's Kitchen.

The eight episodes mini event will conclude with a team up as the "Defenders" similar to The Avengers.

Should be fun but I will have to look into Jessica Jones and Luke Cage I'm not sure I know who they are.

Daredevil will star Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elden Henson and Ayelet Zurer

Official Synopsis: Marvel's Daredevil is a live action series that follows the journey of attorney Matt Murdock (Cox), who in a tragic accident was blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses. Murdock sets up practice in his old neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, New York where he now fights against injustice as a respected lawyer by day and masked vigilante at night.

Beverly Hills Corpse

Director: David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama)

Writer: Charlie Meadows

Stars:

Braden Bacha

Judson Birza

Jeffrey Decker

A GROUP of entitled Beverly Hills oceanography STUDENTS arrive at a mansion in MALIBU, to study the local ocean waters. However, someone… or something, has other, more murderous intent, as the Students begin to disappear, one by one, murdered by some flesh-shredding entity, leaving wounds similar in nature to a shark attack. But how is that possible, when the nearest ocean is a half-mile away?

Are you freaking kidding me! Talk about capitalizing on Sharknado and its star. This just looks bad enough for me to sit through. David DeCoteau has a directed low budget Gold with hits like Socrority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl O Rama, Retro Puppet Master, and Leeches to name a few. Watch for this bad boy hitting the streets (Or the five dollar dump bin at wal-mart) February 17th.

Back to Work

Well back to the daily grind. It was a nice little vacation that was more for the girls then me. I do wonder why nobody can take care of my notes and emails while I was gone boy was that an eight hour ordeal.

And now today the first big snow of the season should bring some fun to work tomorrow.

TEX OUTWITS LYNCH MOB!

Source: Roku ChristmasTV Channel

Director: Albert Herman

Writers:

Peter Dixon

Roger Merton

Stars:

Tex Ritter

White Flash (Yes his horse gets second bill)

Mary Brodel

Ploit:

Tex arrives on the Parker ranch on Christman eve and is given the job of being Santa Claus. Also dressed as Santa Claus, Blackie robs Parker and kills a man. When Tex is arrested for the murder, he escapes and joins up with outlaw Becker and his gang. He finds Blackie's Santa Claus suit but is soon made a prisoner.

Today we finally had a bit of snow, yep the first of the season, and we are not ready to give up on the Christmas Spirit. So after shoveling off the sidewalk and warming up some hot chocolate I was more in the mood for a Christmas special than football. I remember downloading ChristmasTV.com channel on my Roku a little late in the season I know there were a few Christmas shows I still wanted to visit. And being a cowboy that can sit through old westerns I settled for "Down The Wyoming Trail".

Unfortunately this must have been written for the kids no real plot here. Simple little fist of cuffs no real gun battles and of course Christmas songs. I guess I was expecting a little more action. So Santa robs the payroll shoots a man, man goes to the bar says Santa shot him Tex is dressed as Santa and gets arrested. Thank god the sheriff is his buddy and he gets to walk freely at the jail. This way he can escape making a mad dash for it. The sheriff and his posse run him down and shot him. Well maybe not remember this is a kid special after all. Sheriff waves to Tex and both go separate ways.

Tex finds the robber saves the kid sings a Christmas song and all is well. The video that was shown was pretty washed out and choppy. And many times the sound was off. I did like the special even if it was tame. I really shows that Christmas was pretty simple back in the west.

Sorry Tex you only get...

2 Bloody Brains for Christmas

The Black Castle tonight on Svengoolie

Director: Nathan Juran

Writer: Jerry Sackheim

Stars:

Richard Greene

Boris Karloff

Stephen McNally

Lon Chaney

Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

I don't know one lick about this movie other then its a new show for a new year. So watch for the new set. Looking forward to watching this next week. Sorry this was late had a very busy day.

From Sven's Blog

“Black Castle'” could be categorized as a sort of 19th Century “Indiana Jones” type story- we’ll point out who the familiar faces in the cast are, along with a few jokes you can see driving up Main Street regarding restaurants- and some scenes redone in Svensurround!

“Black Castle” runs tonight on MeTV at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or check local listings for time in your area. Chicago viewers get one more look (or not- see, he’s…oh, never mind) at “Invisible Man Returns” on our sister station WCIU- the U- at 11 am!

It’s a new show for the New Year! Join us as we kick off 2015!

Source Svengoolie.com

Puppet Master: The Game

Sitting at home on vacation has given me some time to surf that web thing that everybody talks about. So I spend my first hour of the day reading up on things. I was shocked and excited to see that a company called OctoberGames is making Puppet Master Game and so far it looks good. They must have Full Moon's blessing as the music is playing in the background and they use the official logo. I'm not one for 3D POV games as they give me motion sickness but if this ever does see the light of day I will give it a shot.

He slaked his thirst with the blood of innocent young virgins

Source: Full Moon Streaming

Director: William Edwards

Writer: William Edwards

Stars:

Vince Kelley

Ann Hollis

Libby Caculus

Dracula enslaves Dr. Irving Jekyll, turning him into the lycanthropic JackalMan, demanding that he lure female blood donors to his L.A. cabin retreat.

After Mike Vraney passed away one year ago today all the message boards and groups I belonged to lite up with high praise for him. Now I have heard of Something Weird Video in fact I own a few DVDs from them. But I never understood the full story until I read issue #4 of Delirium Magazine. The fantastic article opened my eyes to the work and passion that Vraney had to preserve these lost gems.

I'm not one for Nudie Cuties but after reading about SWV I fired up my Roku and headed over to Full Moon Streaming. This was the first one that I came to and it looked silly enough for me to check out.

I must say what a great way to start. How do I explain this movie. It is a straightforward sex horror film full of nude women bound and bitten on the breast's by a bat.

But wait don't run away yet!! The best part of this movie is the laugh a minute dubbed over dialogue that I swear they made it up as they went along. And that is the saving grace of this movie!

Fifty Cars Are Pounded Into a Mass of Twisted Metal

Source: Full Moon Streaming

Director: Charles Band

Writer: Marc Marais

Cast:
José Ferrer
Sue Lyon
John Ericson
Leslie Parrish
John Carradine
Jerome Guardino

What dark powers possess the mysterious trinket?
When his patient Kim is nearly killed in a motor accident, Dr. Martin decides to investigate.
His only clue is a strange trinket which Kim has clutched since her crash. An occult expert tells him it is Akasa – a Hittite God of revenge and destruction.
Meanwhile Kim’s car, apparently unmanned, rampages the roads causing carnage and disaster…

Crash is one of the first movies in Charles Bands still growing film career. After countless bootlegs, hard to find VHS tapes and never released on DVD, Full Moon Streaming has premiered this new widescreen version for all the uber fans out there. How does a 1970's movie about a killer car hold up. In my mind very well. The movie will keep you in your seat so make sure you have plenty of popcorn.

Sue Lyon as Kim Denne

The look and feel of Crash if felt throughout the movie and captured the era quite well. From the great looking car to its wonderful cast. The opening scene is my only gripe it was kind of out of place but I believe it was there to set the tone of the movie. As a couple of hippies get chased down by the car early and hit a little tree and explode. I will give props to the slow motion and a few camera angles used to make it look good. Soon after Kim heads to a open market where she is drawn to the occult object Akaza, the God of Vengeance! The Akaza will soon take possession of a driverless car and causes one spectacular Crash after another.

The Akaza!

Crash! will bring to mind other killer car films The Car and The Hearse but believe it or not Band's film beat them both to the box office will little to no fanfare or success. Yet this movie is much easier to sit through then the Car witch is a movie I hold near and dear to me. One of the best scenes in the movie came from the dog that attacks Kim by jumping into the top of a moving car. Shortly after Kim takes over a wheelchair and kills her husbands dog that was both new and funny to me and one of the more disturbing moments in the movie.

Yep that's Charles Band Himself

Full Moon Streaming also has an audio commentary by producer/director Charles Band himself and he is joined by veteran filmmaker David DeCoteau. The two do a good job talking about the film and its cast. I was a little let down with Charlie himself the guy is a great story teller but he has worked on so many things that he does not remember has much as the fans would like. With that being said I would hope Band will sit down and work on commentary's for his newer films. Never the less they give you a good insight to the film. All though they did not like the sound track and made many points to apologize for it. I say they are wrong the soundtrack brings you into the 70's vibe very well.

The Heat is on.

In conclusion if you like the 70's or car case movies this is for you. If you just want to visit on of Charles Bands most important films to start his career then this is a must. You will have no trouble getting through 85 minutes. I will be adding Crash! to my collection once it hits Blu-Ray. You can currently see Crash! on Full Moon Streaming and on DVD.

Over all I give Uncle Charlie...

4 Bloody Brains our of 5

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody. I for one will be glad to get this year behind me. I did so many great thing's but nothing will replace losing my mom. It is still a shock to me even today. Blogging again has really helped me get through it. So I thank you for stopping by. Already have a few things planned for next year. Be safe tonight! I believe our plans are to stay home and have a little family party.

2015 Horror Reading Challenge

Ok I have been trying hard to get back to reading. So what a better way than accepting a challenge to read a few Horror novels in 2015!

Challenge Levels

1-5 horror books: Running Scared

6-10 horror books: Brave Reader
11-15 horror books: Fearless
16+ horror books: Horror Hound

I'm going to shoot for Brave Reader but will be happy to hit Running Scared this year. If you would like more info head on over to Cornerfolds to sign up.

Here are the guidlines for the challenge

*This challenge will run from January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015, and you can join at anytime.

*Books must be read and reviewed in 2015.

*Audiobooks, re-reads, short stories, and crossovers are fine.

*If you're a blogger, grab the button below and create a post or page about this challenge and your goals with a link back to this post.

*You don't have to be a book blogger to participate! You can track your progress on Goodreads, Shelfari, Booklikes, Facebook, LibraryThing, etc.

I have already picked my first book and I'm ready to go.

A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Dealers

It's a step into the future. Dreams can be recorded and played back as a form of entertainment on the DreamBox. To create one thrilling DreamBox program, dreams have been teased out of the preserved brains of Freddy Krueger's past victims. This program is being tested on a group of teenagers who not only experience the dreams of Freddy's former victims, but also begin having their own dangerous nightmares. One of the kids has made a pirate copy of the program and is creating free access to it via the Internet. That would mean the evil influence of Freddy Krueger would go global.

Free Week Of Full Moon Streaming!

Calling all Horror Movie Fans Fullmoonstreaming.com wants you to try there site for FREE!! You get one week to watch some greats like Puppet Master, Subspecies, Trancers, and Dracula the Dirty Old Man to name a few. I have been watching this channel on my Roku for almost a year now and love it. In fact later this week I will be posting a review on a few movies I plan on watching today. Check it out you cant go wrong with free. You don't need a roku there are other ways to play.

I Saw What You Did To My Black Cat!

To keep up with my Vacation movie marathon last night was time to clean up my Tivo a little bit and watch a few Svengoolie's from the past month. First up

Black Cat (1934)

Bela Lugosi and Bori Karloff teamed up for the first of six pairings, this time in a story about a young couple traveling by train through Hungary (always a bad idea in the movies). They meet Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Lugosi) on the train, a psychiatrist who’s going to visit his Austrian friend, Hjalmar Poelzig (Karloff), who’s spent the last 15 years in a notorious prison camp. But the train crashes, the young woman is injured, and the trio ends up journeying to the forboding home of Poelzig. Bad things happen after that. Poelzig, by the way, was based in part on infamous British occultist Aleister Crowley.

There is a lot to like here. The custom where iconic the musical score was spot on and the first to run an entire movie. Of course the cast was wonderful. But two things really stuck out in my mind for a 1934 movie. The house and its interior where just as much a character in the movie as the two stars. The metallic look the hard angles made for a fun watch.

But the thing I enjoyed the most was the camera work. John J. Mescall who was the Cinematographer on more than 90 movies really shined in this one. He really got down to different levels for his abstract angles and off center movement that you can see in the works of today's greats like Sam Rami. His use of shadow and light where brilliant at times. This added to the film in such a wonderful way.

If you have not seen Black Cat yet you owe it to your self. Karloff's outfit is amazing and Lugosi is fantastic as always. This is a great team with a fun package from camera angles to music that make this a fun watch.

Black Cat I give you

4 Bloody Brains out of 5

Bazinga!

Next up the William Castle Joan Crawford vehicle...