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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Dave Alexander on January 31, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
In my recent two-part post featuring an interview with James Gunn (scroll down to read it), he spoke a fair bit about the much-loved/lamented Dawn of the Dead remake that he penned, specifically those pesky running zombies. (Personally, I think that if you can suspend your disbelief towards the undead existing in the first place, [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 29, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
I love the trailer for the upcoming Day of the Dead remake. Not because it’s remotely promising, but because it pretty much sums up in a couple of minutes everything that’s wrong in the genre, from the asinine one-liners, to the pointless sex scenes, to miscast pretty faces, to the cheese-ball action scenes to the… [...]
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Gary Pullin on January 28, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
Four the third year in a row, Rue Morgue is up for some nods in the Rondo Awards best of 2006 list. Nominated in four categories this year for best magazine, best article (Issue 57 – Apocolyspe ’76 by John W. Bowen, Tom Murray, Jovanka Vuckovic and Rodrigo Gudiño from our Omen retrospective), best horror [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 26, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
Now back to our irregularly scheduled James Gunn interview, with more hot Q&A action taken from an unused portion of a chat I had with him prior to the release of Slither last year (scroll down for the first half). I divided the interview here because it flows much better and quickly segues into non-Slither [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 24, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
As you probably know, both Rue Morgue staff and Rue Morgue readers (via a message board poll) chose Slither as the best horror film of 2006. The Descent was a close second – for both groups – but the staff felt Slither was just bit more special for demonstrating so much ambition in bringing back [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 22, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
Well, it’s a rare thing to see horror represented at the Oscars – not that we should care, given the amount of lame like Crash, Titanic, Forrest Gump and A Beautiful Mind that’s won Best Picture – but at least we can count on a strong showing for the bizarro Oscars, the Razzies. Nominations were [...]
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Gary Pullin on January 22, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
My last post was an obituary notice, so since I seem to be on an unfortunate roll with that, I figured I would write a little about the recent passing of my Uncle Larry “Sam” Huston. Sam succumbed to his battle with a stomach tumor Thursday morning on January 18th. I knew he was ill [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 21, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
In my ongoing quest to procrastinate, I decided to work up a post about Slither, so I checked out Slither writer/director James Gunn’s MySpace page. The dude is hilarious, and I recommend reading his blog entries, especially if you’re a fan of his work, as there are all kinds of pics and bits of info [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 19, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
Back when I lived in Edmonton, I was a member of FAVA (Film And Video Arts — Alberta), the film collective that allowed me to learn about filmmaking and shoot a bunch of shorts. I’m still a member, actually, and so they asked me to contribute to the annual Favascope magazine (which I edited two [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 18, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
A Creep Show First off, that unmasked hero above, in a shot I stole from his MySpace page, is is one Nathan Baesel, star of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. If you live in Toronto, you can see more of him tonight (Thursday), 9:30pm, Bloor Cinema, when Rue Morgue hosts an advanced [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 17, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
This astounding Cthulhu mask is for sale on eBay. As its Ukraine sellers note: “Be unique on ANY party!! It’s completely suitable for wearing!.” Really? Like, it’s completely suitable for a three-year-old’s birthday party? Perhaps a Bar Mitzvah? A baby shower? Personally, I’d wear it out to Red Lobster, sit at the bar with a [...]
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Monica S. Kuebler on January 17, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
It’s funny, I can write an article, no problem. A poem or some fiction, again, no problem. But then I can sit here for hours staring at the blank text input window for this blog and have no idea what to type. You see, I’m just no damned good at writing (or talking) about myself [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 15, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
I finished watching season one of Dexter this weekend, and I’ve gotta say, thank Jebus for non-network shows to attempt something for TV with some bite to it. If you’re unfamiliar, the title character (played by Six Feet Under’s Michael C. Hall) is a stab-happy serial killer who works for the Miami police as a [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 12, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
Check out the teaser trailer for War of the Dead, a Finnish WWII-set zombie movie. As filmmakers keep mining the subgenre, we’re probably going to see more historical zombie flicks. This one has promise. More info and a link to a higher-res trailer at Twitch Film. It’s directed by a Finn named Marko Mäkilaakso, and [...]
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Dave Alexander on January 11, 2007 |
Category: News and Events
If you’re a design and/or cool T-shirt geek, you’re probably familiar with Threadless, “a community-centered online t-shirt store” where “users (professional illustrators and amateurs alike) may submit t-shirt designs online, which are then put to a public vote. A small percentage of submissions are selected to be printed and sold through the online store. Creators [...]
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