Crappy horror movie review Thursday: The Undertow (2003)

The Undertow (2003)

Six friends enter the strange town of Old Mines for a weekend float trip. They quickly realize that the town is not friendly to strangers, and they are pressured to leave by the police. When the friends decide to continue their float trip anyway, terrifying secrets of the town surface. The town's mayor has an evil secret-- a 7' deformed son born out of incest, and kept under lock and key. Simply known as "The Boy", he is used as a weapon against unwanted visitors to the city, killing them off when needed. When "The Boy" turns on his father, and the town's people for the years of torment, he does what he knows best and heads for the woods to kill the interlopers.

Why all the hate for remakes?

It's been bothering me lately and really is one of the main reasons that I no longer visit a lot of forums that I used to-- the pointless remakes and the pointless debates that surround them. I will be the first to admit that there's never any reason for any remake. When a franchise takes a shit- and most of them have- they should just put the nail in the coffin and move on. However, I will say that a remake is no worse than a sequel and generally they are pretty much one in the same. Case and point The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003; it was not a bad remake regardless of what some people say. Some people refuse to like it solely because it is indeed a remake and would rather give props to the infamously bad The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. So, why hate TCM 2003? It followed the same exact formula as the original TCM as well as all of it's sequels- hell, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and TCM: The Next Generation were pretty much remakes/reboots themselves.

Video interview with CJ Graham.

Odd fact I learned here; Kane Hodder was the first choice for the Hell Cop in Highyway To Hell, which starred C.J. Graham.

Contact information: Barbara Bingham

I get a LOT of emails about contact information for certain stars. So, I reckon every now and then I should put up someone who I have had success with who's contact information is widely known (i.e. not a private contact who wishes not to be bothered).

I had a success with Barbara a few years ago (12-27-06), but as far as I know she still gets her mail from this address. Sometimes it gets forwarded a bit and can take a whole, but it works.

c/o K&K Business Solutions
2760-7 Tapo Canyon Rd.
PMB #148
Simi Valley, CA 93063

Madman Marz and Cropsy makes the top movie killers on OnlyGoodMovies.com!

I thought I would plug this since they linked to me, but still I think it's a great list so check out their Top 100 movie killers article.

I can't say that I agree with Victor Crowley over Madman Marz or Cropsy, but it's still nice that they topped the list!

9. Victor Crowley from Hatchet - As a child, Victor was hit in the face with a hatchet. This did nothing to improve his looks (or his disposition). Don’t let this backwoods killer get his hands on you, or he’ll literally rip your limbs from your body.
10. Cropsey from The Burning - A summer camp caretaker burned beyond recognition, Cropsey returns to wreak bloody vengeance with a lethal pair of shears. Can the likes of Fisher Stevens and Jason Alexander stop him?
11. Papa Hades from The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) - This massive mutant is a real handful, able to withstand tons of damage before going down. Steer clear if you’re a woman, or else you’ll become the latest mother to his mutated offspring.
12. Madman Marz from Madman - If you even say his name, this mad hillbilly will hunt you down and end your life. A group of smartass teens find this out the hard way.
13. The Mountain Twins from Just Before Dawn - Two huge palookas skulking around the mountains and attacking anyone who strays into their territory. You know you’re bad when George Kennedy is trying to track you down.

(Not So) Crappy horror movie reviews Thursday: The Red Skulls (2005)

The Red Skulls

After a gang fight gone bad, Red Skulls gang leader Uri sees his best friend slain by the rival gang. After Uri comes to his senses and decides to leave the gang and the city, newly appointed gang leader Lester doesn't plan on letting Uri leave so easy. The gang turns on Uri, and sets up a gang meeting with plans on taking down Uri before he can leave. When Uri decides to break into the gang house to rescue his brother, all hell breaks loose. He soon finds out that his former friends are no longer as they once were, they are now flesh-eating zombies more intent on eating each other, than getting rid of the rival gang-- "The Rats".

F13 Blog: Detective work finds the 'A New Beginning' filming location!

So, a kind dude named John Robert Dixon told me very vague directions of the shooting area of A New Beginning and with some sweet detective work and Google Earth, I think Germaniac of the F13-Community found it! Check it out... this is basically the first time this area has been seen by fans. There's a pic of the main house as well as the barn and an aerial shot.

My apologies to Germaniac for initially flubbing and crediting someone else for this superb detective work!

Custom DVD covers.

I used to make a lot of these things way back in the day when I traded VHS rips on DVD. Here are two that I found, one is unfinished but I liked how it was turning out.

The Storm fan film is released!

FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE STORM from Timberwolf Entertainment on Vimeo.

Can't win 'em all...

In this day and age the internet has given everybody a voice, and needless to say with mediums like blogs, Twitter and YouTube everyone and their mother are voicing them. I think it's a great thing really, and it has given this generation the ability to get news as soon as it's made and go one-on-one with journalists and directors with the click of a mouse.

However, with good comes bad-- the bad being the fact that nobody can be happy and it seems like people don't do anything but bitch and complain. We are all tired of remakes-- I know that I am and I can understand frustration with all of that, but why spend countless hours bitching about it? My opinion on that is simple; shut the fuck up. If you are pissed that all of these remakes ar being made just don't watch the fucking thing. A remake in no way changes the original and if you are one of those people who say that a remake ruins the original movie then you are an idiot. A bad remake, if anything, solidifies the greatness of the original.