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My Bloody Valentine (1981) Special Edition DVD | The Original Cult Classic is Back & Uncut!!

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:08:43 +0000

By 1981, the slasher film had already propelled the horror genre along a path that it would follow for the next several years, waning for awhile, as genres tend to do, only to be once again reignited by the success of Scream in the latter half of the 90′s. But any slasher flick produced during the early 80′s was showing up relatively late to a very popular party late enough that suburban teenagers and virginal heroines being hacked up in peaceful, idealized neighborhoods had already become the shorthand of the sub-genre. A few of the major holidays had already been given over to the slasher archetypes Black Christmas, April Fool’s Day — but the one that had yet to be taken proved to be a mildly successful breakaway from a fairly young tradition.

My Bloody Valentine, while certainly not as legendary as films like Halloween, offered up a tremendously gory thrill-ride in a blue-collar setting. Set amongst the coal mines, miles and miles away from quaint towns like Haddonfield, the film told the story of a Valentine’s Day massacre in a small community with bloody ties to a tragic past event. When Harry Warden went on his famous Valentine’s Day killing spree, nobody thought that 20 years later, the killings would begin again, but when the town decides to hold its first Valentine dance in two decades, the blood once again begins to flow. The film’s iconic killer the Miner dressed in black with obsidian goggles and a Vader-like breathing apparatus, remains as frightening today as he was nearly three decades ago.

Presented here in an extended edition with a number of stomach churning special effects reintroduced into the film effects which were originally cut by the MPAA before the film’s theatrical release — My Bloody Valentine is as scary as ever, endlessly benefiting from the raw, dated feel and blood soaked practical effects work. And now with the added footage both gore-hounds and those who appreciate straightforward, eerie, slasher-film suspense will have plenty to set them on edge.

Certainly, the performances are cheesy and the scripting decidedly non-Shakespearean, but the film remains a terrifying and entertaining offering to the god’s of 70′s/80′s horror. And those gods were good, indeed.

“Bloodlust” provides a fairly insightful 15-minute history lesson on the rise and fall and subsequent resurrection of the 1970′s-style slasher film. There’s some very evocative background information provided by historians, directors and special effects artists about the roots of the genre and where, precisely, My Bloody Valentine fits into the timeline, as well as how it differed from established genre archetypes. “Bloodlines” continues the history lesson with an interactive flow-chart of sub-genres, both defining the content of each particular type of film and providing classic examples. The fact that it’s a text feature is a bit daunting, as some video would have made it more viewer-friendly, but it’s a fairly accurate assessment of how one genre bled into the next, which bled into the next, until the genre had bled out entirely and demanded some new life.

Duration : 0:2:2

Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre! – preview

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:15 +0000

Preview to the cult horror short.

Duration : 0:1:29

Devil’s Night Part 1 Of 2 (slasher/giallo film) FINAL CUT

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:25:17 +0000

Final cut – i made a few improvements to the original version.

The first part of our slasher film. Following a brutal attack, the victim takes revenge 5 years on.

TRIVIA:
1) a poster advertising the song ‘Turn’ can be seen behind Josh as he is being killed ‘turning’ on his chair.
2) When Jamie is killed, his twitching hand is typing on the script of Devil’s Night
3)On the door of Jamie’s room can be seen a poster with ‘WARNING’ in capital letters on it.
4) The killer wears a jacket displaying the punisher logo when he himself is punishing also.

Duration : 0:5:31

Slasher films where the killer comes back?

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:35:19 +0000

Can someone help me find horror movies where the people "kill" the killer or monster or whatever but then it comes back??? I’m making a video for wednesday night and I need scenes where the people in the movie think they’ve killed the thing they’re running from but it’s not really dead and it scares them. Please help ASAP!

friday the thirteenth
nightmare on elm street
halloween
hatchet
texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning ( she doesn’t think she killed him but she thinks shes in the clear, wrong)
the ring
alien (probably the ending of either one or two)

Final guy and Slasher films?

admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:43:10 +0000

Okay, before we start, do you know what a final girl is?
If not, it means the smart and virginal girl that will survive and kill the slasher in slasher films.

Now, I am wonder if there is slasher film where the guy survives and kills the slasher. Two examples are
Friday the 13th Part VI and Hostel (though it was torture porn)
Ah, Joy Ride
yeah he did
Haven’t seen Wrong Turn

Ever seen the movie Evil Dead? or Dead Snow

DERANGED SLASHER MOVIES 1975 – 1980 PART 1

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:10:01 +0000

DERANGED PICTURES take a look at the origins of the slasher movie starting in 1975 through to 1980. Featuring FORCED ENTRY, COMMUNION AKA ALICE SWEET ALICE, EATEN ALIVE AKA DEATH TRAP, THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN & RITUALS!

Duration : 0:9:52

What do slasher films have in common?

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:19:04 +0000

expecially these films
Black Christmas (1974)
Halloween (1978)
Friday the 13th (1980)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Nightmare on Elm St. (1985)

teens getting killed while trying to screw

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Trailer – SCREAM 4 – In Theaters April 15, 2011.

admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:18:38 +0000

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare is the seventh entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. This film is not considered part of the series continuity because it takes place in “reality”. Freddy Kreuger, upset that he was killed off in the last “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie, attempts to murder his creators and actors from his previous films.

Studio: New Line Cinema
Release: October 14, 1994
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Wes Craven
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes, Wes Craven
Genre: Franchise, Horror, Thriller

SCREAM 4
Cast : Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox , David Arquette ,Emma Roberts,Hayden Panettiere Nico Tortorella,Lauren Graham , Rory Culkin , Marielle Jaffe and Anthony Anderson.
- SCREAM 4 – In Theaters April 15, 2011.
Official twitter http://twitter.com/Scream4
Official site: http://www.weinsteinco.com/#/film/scream_4

The horror series that reignited the genre and gross more than $500 million worldwide is back! From Kevin Williamson, creator of the original Scream trilogy, the new film sees the return of cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, along with a group of new stars.

Duration : 0:2:39

My Top 10 SLASHER FILMS of All Time

admin — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:17:26 +0000

*No Copyright infringement intended.
*The Fair Usage Act.

SPOILER ALERT: DONT READ BELOW IF YOU DONT WANNA KNOW WHAT MY TOP 10 IS BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO.

Friday the 13th (1980) **** (10th)
Director: Sean S. Cunningham.
Stars: Betsy Palmer, Adriene King.

The New York Ripper (1982) **** (9th)
Director: Lucio Fulci.
Stars:Jack Hedly, Alexandra Delli Colli.

Switchblade Romance (2004) ***** (8th)
Director Alexande Aja.
Stars: Cecile De France, Maiwen Le Besco.

Stage Fright (1986) ***** (7th)
Director Michele Saovi.
Stars: Barbara Cupisti, David Brandon.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ***** (6th)
Director: Tobe Hooper.
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jim Siedow & Bill Mosely.

Terror at the Opera (1987) ***** (5th)
Director: Dario Argento.
Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini & Barbara Cupisti.

Halloween II (1981) ***** (4th)
Director: Rick Rosenthal.
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance &
Dick Warlock as The Shape.

Deep Red (1975) ***** (3rd)
Director: Dario Argento.
Stars: David Hemings, Daria Nicolodi.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) ***** (2nd)
Director Tobe Hooper.
Stars: Marilyn Burns, Gunner Hansen, Edwin Neal &
Jim Siedow.

Black Christmas (1974) ***** (1st)
Director: Bob Clark.
Stars: Kier Dullea, Olyvia Hussey & Margot Kidder.

Duration : 0:9:27

Should these new remakes of slasher films get sequels?

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:48:33 +0000

Halloween was origianlly supposed to be a single remake. But i just read Halloween 2 comes out in August.

Friday the 13th was better then any of the originals, and covered the events of 1-4 (more like 1-3).
Now there is a sequel in the works.

I wonder if their gonna mess it all up with a sequel.

I really couldn’t care less about horror film sequels. No matter how many sequels or ideas they come up with, it’s always terrible & always for money. Horror writers don’t think thoroughly. Writing a sequel has to be very well planned & careful. That’s why many great movies usually don’t have sequels. It always has to be a better story line than the first, that should be the very first rule for planning a sequel screenplay. It’s very risky. That’s why I hate horror films/ horror screenplay writers.

The only brilliant scary movie I’ve ever come across to was The Exorcist. The thought that demons are truly real makes the movie horrifying.

Another one is Silence of the Lambs, although it falls in the Mystery/Drama genre. No man with masks, or guns. The spine chilling Hannibal Lector is scary enough. A mere doctor, who doesn’t just kill people, he EATS them. These films, are worth being called true horror films.