After re-organizing my VHS collection I noticed that a lot of titles that I owned had very, very similar covers. Most of them were all on different distribution labels so it most definitely not the distribution label copying itself over and over again. Most of these covers have a very common motif- we see the killer and his weapon very close up in the foreground and way off into the distance we wee a house and sometimes in between a victim or two. Some of the more known movies that have this on the VHS box art are Home Sweet Home, Horror House On Highway 5 and Alone In The Dark to name a few. Here are some scans of a handful that I could find-- there are many others.

Is signing your name to a photo that is not you really THAT bad?

In the past I have seen many actors sign their names to photos that are not of them. We all know of the old confrontation between Dick Wieand and Tom Morga with the Part V 'Roy' photos and of course Warrington Gillette continuing to sign his name to photos of Steve Dash.

Scored an ITZ-U!

I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these for some time now. I've tried a few other times and the deal always seemed to fall through. This one is #7 of 16(I think it was of 16- may be 17) and is just as stunning in person. These were done up in very limited quantity by 'Dahone' (a.k.a Rich Krusell) at www.busitdesigns.com.

Rich also does commissioned work with sculpting and special effects and is also known for his amazing renditions of Big Poppa from Land Of The Dead and Bub from Day Of The Dead (1985).

Behind the scenes photos of the week

There's so many behind the scenes photos for Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, thanks to the Deluxe Editions. Here's a few with Crispin Glover and Ted White makes a cameo in one.

Old school Dread Central interview with Dash.

Steve Dash as Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: Part II

Done by the infamous Sean Clark, one of the first interviews with Dash tackling the whole "Necrocomicon/Warrington" incident. Read the rest at Dread Central, if you wish. Dash is incorrect in saying that he did everything else in reference to Warrington only doing the window scene. Jerry Wallace actually did a good part of inserts with hands, feel, stalking, running and even killed Vicki and Alice. Of course, the now infamous Ellen Lutter supplied her legs to Jason in the pre-credit scene.

SC: Now I actually did an interview with Warrington about a year ago and I asked him the same question. He claimed at the time in the interview that the only things you did in the film were a couple of insert shots of your hands performing some kill scenes.
SD: That’s what I’ve heard he has said also. For the last twenty-five years I haven’t even gotten involved with it until recently, when Peter Bracke called me about writing his book. As far as the validity of what he says and the validity of what I did can be substantiated and corroborated by Steve Miner and Cliff Cudney, the stunt coordinator.

Behind the scenes photo of the week.

Ted White gives Jason Voorhees' death a thumbs up on the set of Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter. Jason's gruesome death was never seen to it's gory glory until the Deluxe Edition came out a handful of months ago. Even still, you could not enjoy it fully until you (or someone else) edited it all back together. Here are some behind the scenes photos of that death!

Crash's $100 Hockathon returns!

Trust me, this is a great deal and worth taking advantage of.

Fraud alert: eBay

This is not screen used or even authentic- both are replicas, so don't waste your time.

Fan film Friday: Mother's Day

Way back in the day (about 2 years ago) reviews for this film flooded the Friday The 13th and fan film world alike. I can't lie- I was one of the dorks anxiously awaiting this film from day one being a huge fan of Eric Morse's four tie in books.

This film, I have to say is film is one of the most professionally made Friday The 13th fan films (with Legends, The Storm, Revenge, etc) and one of the very few full length fan film ventures out there. That's not where the greatness ends- this film may have a feel of a Sub Rosa Studios slasher film, but the shots, acting and directing are all superb.

Horror movie review Thursday: Living Dead Girl (1982)

Catherine Valmont -played by the beautiful Fransoise Blanchard- is brought back to life via a chemical spillage. She develops a strange and unrelenting craving for blood and returns to her childhood home where she meets up with her (pun intended) blood sister -played by Maria Pierro. Catherine Valmont then uses her friend as bait to lure unsuspecting victims to feast on their blood.