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Comment on RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II by Ernie Christou

Ernie Christou — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:37:44 +0000

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Comment on KING OF THE ZOMBIES by Defender of Men

Defender of Men — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:32:07 +0000

I agree with Wharton’s study results but am mixed about the researcher’s study……especially the last part.

Comment on “The Curse of THE OMEN” by Karl Krish

Karl Krish — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:03:26 +0000

Hi Phil Fasso – I saw the doc about the Curse of the Omen and saw that Donner did not believe there was any significance with the multiple coincidences of bad luck surrounding the film. I will have to watch it again and see how he does actually debunk them, but I don’t really remember him doing that in any rigorous way.
You might think that he does not need to do it in a rigorous way, a superficial way would suffice for such a ridiculous claim anyway. I don’t believe in devils or religion by the way. And even if there were such things as demons, then why pick on hollywood movies – to get some kind of publicity?! Surely Hollywood would like that publicity anyway. But it seems that Donner and others have said that these events really did happen.
I wasn’t at all impressed by the coincidences of other films like Poltergeist, although the claims by Burstyn for the Exorcist seem to be quite bizarre; but we don’t know how true they are.
Some new agers might explain any significance to such events in terms of a collective consciousness thing. Not sure? But I’m here writing this message to you because the events as a whole for the film The Omen were truly bizarre in their nature and abundance. I really wish somebody could debunk each and every one of them like somebody did with the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences, which in the end boiled down to just some weak coincidences.
The so called coincidences associated with the film The Omen, which is a pretty well made albeit not a great film, are far from weak however. They are down-right disturbing quite frankly and I’ve never come across anything like it where actual people of reasonable credibility were interviewed and seemingly telling the truth about such events.
The fact still remains though that Donner does not see any significance in the events, although he may have just been in denial, which happened to other crew too perhaps. I heard that he nearly died within the time the film was being made by a car nearly crushing him, but instead it just ripped the door off of his car.
The thing is with the events that were mentioned like the pilot and his passengers dying in the crash and the same plane also killing the pilot’s family who were driving in a car at the time, is that other necessary details are not known like how far away the crash was from the film set. Yes, I know the aircraft that crashed was the one that the film crew were going to use. Then there’s the crash that the special effects man had with his girlfriend near Ommen, Netherlands. He said the first thing he saw was the upside down view of the number 999. He seemed very serious about, after all his partner at the time was decapitated. I didn’t attach any significance to this event at first because it was just outside the time of making of the Omen film; it was just after completion of it. But all these events taken as a whole seem to make one wonder what the heck is going on?
One could disregard minor events like the other accident. But it was a head on collision and the occupants (film crew) were very lucky. There are numerous other examples.
The lightning examples were not significant by themselves because that kind of thing can happen a lot [in the sky] anyway. But as a whole … ? Perhaps they were on the look out for all these things and if one did that with other films then perhaps they would find some pretty weird things too? Perhaps it’s as if they expect the worst to happen with such films. But then it did, ahaha.
You said that the producers ‘buy wholesale’. Is that a hint that the more devil films one makes the more chances that this shit will happen? Yes, it is true to some extent.
There’s also the problem of verification of what was said and alleged in the documentary. After all such coincidences would provide for a good marketing tool and in fact they engineered the release date of the film to coincide in a most apt way.
I might be a little superstitious but I’m still wondering about this one. It still bothers me, the events were weirder than anything i’ve heard. No doubt people will have some personal stories that they think have some really weird aspects to them as well.
I’m not sure that you would have been interested in reading this, but if you have then that is much appreciated. I’ll be really glad though to see somebody properly research this one and debunk it in a rigorous way because it makes all other movie curses look like nothing at all.
Thanks, Karl.

Comment on Convention Report: Chiller April 2011 by Shannon Macri

Shannon Macri — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:22:52 +0000

So. What really made you nervous about getting a pic with Tommy Morrison? lol. I can only imagine.

Comment on PIECE BY PIECE: ESPN’s John Clayton, Slayer Fan!!!!! by Fasso

Fasso — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:42:35 +0000

Answer: Absolutely nothing! SLAYERRRRRRR!!!!

Comment on PIECE BY PIECE: ESPN’s John Clayton, Slayer Fan!!!!! by Chuckie

Chuckie — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:41:09 +0000

SLAYER and football, what could be better!!!

Comment on “The Curse of THE OMEN” by The Omen (1976) « celluloid junkie

The Omen (1976) « celluloid junkie — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:09:17 +0000

[...] people have heard the stories of The Omen curse – the lightning strikes, the plane crashes, animal attacks, car accidents and the like. [...]

Comment on DAMIEN: OMEN II by Richard

Richard — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:33:24 +0000

It’s a raven, not a crow.

I feel that the first film was directed far superior to the second, but the second had a much better script and storyline. It makes Damien out to be the King of the chessboard, with all the other pieces around him to protect him and take out anything that poses a threat. Had Donner directed the second movie, we could have had something nearly as good as the first movie.

Comment on PIECE BY PIECE: ESPN’s John Clayton, Slayer Fan!!!!! by Fasso

Fasso — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:19:31 +0000

I know I do whenever possible!

Comment on THE BURNING: Reflections on Writing a Remake by Fasso

Fasso — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:18:07 +0000

I would happily share my script with you, Kev, but for one problem: I don’t own the intellectual property for THE BURNING. The Weinsteins do, and because I can’t copywrite it, I can’t protect myself from having it stolen. If I ever decide just to share it and give up on any hopes of having it made, I’ll share it then.

Thanks for the kind words. It reaffirms that people want to see well made remakes that hearken back to the source materials.

Be cool,

Phil

Comment on WORM (Short Film) by Hart D. Fisher

Hart D. Fisher — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:11:11 +0000

Very intelligent break down. It’s funny how real life horrors are always far more dark & surprising than our fantasy horrors.

You can watch “Worm” on American Horrors, the world’s best uncut 24 hour horror channel. We’re free to watch and we’re adding Zach & Richard’s previous film, “Consumption”, to our regular rotation for the holidays.

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Comment on SALEM’S LOT (1979 Mini-Series) by David A. Wilson

David A. Wilson — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:59:54 +0000

I love the original version of SALEM’S LOT. It is truly a scary movie.
It gives me the creeps everytime I watch it. They just don’t make’em like that anymore.
The scene in the embalming room is the most terrifying of all when all David Soul has to protect himself with is two fingernail fiiles taped into a cross. That’s what missing in today’s vampire movies.
If a vampire doesn’t fear a cross or Holy things, then he’s not a vampire because a vampire represents Death, Hell and the Grave, the three things our Christian faith teaches us that Jesus Christ defeated when he was crucified and rose again.

Comment on THE BURNING: Reflections on Writing a Remake by Kev S

Kev S — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:33:34 +0000

I really like your views on the remake subject.
I don’t hate remakes but I hate myself for not hating them. I try to be as positive as I can and remain completely open minded when watching them but like most others out there I’m generally left dissapointed. That said my positivity will always betray my gut instincts and allow me to get excited about the next reboot to be announced, like the upcoming return of Robocop to the silver screen for example. The gritty Paul Verhoven original is one of my favourite movies of all time and deep down I know that I’m setting myself up for a big fall by even being interested in it. I mean, I’m no out and out gore hound but the ultra violent imagery of Robocop was a massive part of what made it so great. It was completely unflinching and unapologetic. While this is just an opinion with absolutely no inside knowledge of the project I think it’s safe to say that the violence will be reigned right in in order to achieve a box office cramming 12 or 15 certificate thus losing a huge part of what made the original so great. Sigh.

Going back to your ideas on ‘The Burning’, I think you may have picked one of the very best canvases out there for a remake. Your selection coupled with your excellent theory on how to put together a remake makes me think you could really nail it. The Burning is one of my favourite slasher movies and one of the only ones to make me feel genuinely uncomfortable. It had awesome gore effects by Tom Savini, a great earie synthy soundtarck by (correct me if I’m wrong) Rick Wakeman and above par (for the genre/era) acting. What gives this flick a sharp edge over the Nightmare on Elm Street’s and Friday the 13th’s of this world when it comes to reboot eligibility though is it’s lower profile. This film was big enough to stir up interest should it be remade without having the baggage of the much loved and obsessed about franchise pieces that are out there. A good creative writer will be able to change things up and craft a new experience around some solid characters and a basic storyline while having the massive luxury not afforded to those wanting to make changes to the character or appearance of a Freddy Krueger. I mean Cropsy still has to be Cropsy but like you pointed out, not every kill has to be made with a set of garden shears.

I’d love to read your script and wish you the best of luck with your writing

Kev

Comment on PIECE BY PIECE: ESPN’s John Clayton, Slayer Fan!!!!! by sebtanic

sebtanic — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:54:52 +0000

I wonder how many outwardly serious looking “business people” types actually wear Slayer shirts under their suits and ties ;)

Comment on THE SENTINEL by Smith

Smith — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:40:56 +0000

Loved the review!