We have been hard at work on a new issue, which will be Issue #11: The Cinema Wasteland Edition. This will be out by the upcoming Cinema Wasteland Convention. You can read more about that here... www.cinemawasteland.com That is a great place to gather new readers. Issue #11 will be much larger than the regular issues, approximately 10 to 30 pages.
I got an email from some guy claiming to be able to get this zine into "every major book outlet in the US". All bullshit sensors immediately go into high gear because no such place exists for fanzines anymore, but I opted to let this play out. I replied, with excitement, about how much I appreciated his help. He wrote back and asked for my phone number so we could discuss this. He called (from a blocked number) and informed me that his fee was one thousand dollars and that he knew it was a lot of money but if I wired him the money that day, Crimson Screens would be in "every major book outlet in the United States!" I said, "well shit, how can I pass that up? let me call my accountant. What's your number so I can call you back?" He has some excuses about being in and out of the office and how it would be easier to call me back when he had the time, "you know, time is money, I can't be waiting around for calls" (lol). So I said, "give me an hour or two to get this figured out and call me back and i'll the get the info on where to wire it to". That guy called 26 times! I was born at night, but not last night....
There is a lot of solid video product coming out in February, so we will have reviews of all of that, plus other things we have aquired since issue #10.
A few people have written and asked about placing adds. We will not be printing adds. There is too little space to use it by printing adds for bootleg DVD companies.
Issue #11 will have two new contributors.
More updates soon....
Showing posts with label horror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horror. Show all posts
Monday, January 23, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Update for January 2012...
Hello!
The two newest issues (#9 and #10) of Crimson Screens Fanzine are now available! Would you like a copy? If you do, then email me your address!!!
crimsonscreens@gmail.com
The two newest issues (#9 and #10) of Crimson Screens Fanzine are now available! Would you like a copy? If you do, then email me your address!!!
crimsonscreens@gmail.com
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Update For The Last 3.5 Months...
Hello!
I haven't updated this is forever, but I have a couple good reasons...
There is a new issue, #9, of Crimson Screens available. This one is four pages and is the same format as always. It's a mixed issue, with a good mix of horror and obscure action titles. I have been mailing them out on my free time and am about halfway through my mailing list. If you aren't on my mailing list, then email me your address and you will be added. Issues of Crimson Screens are free. If you do a fanzine/newsletter/whatever, then let me know. I love to help spread the word about other zines.
Also, work on the Crimson Screens Book is getting closer and closer to being complete. I have added a couple other writers, so the perspective will be a little more varied. There will also be chapters on long gone video stores and theaters from my area of the world (Cleveland/Northeast Ohio). I will post updates on this as they happen. Printing this thing will not be cheap, so hopefully there are no financial pitfalls that force me to dip into the savings for this.
There have been a ton of solid DVD releases in the last few months. A few of them would be:
555- from Massacre Video- SOV horror from the late 80's about a mad slasher. Known more for its box art than the actual movie itself, its a mixed bag of bad acting and extreme gore. It's not the best movie, but it is watchable and certainly more entertaining than current DTV fare.
Don't Open Till Christmas- special edition DVD- remastered print of the great Christmas time slasher movie. Unlike other similar movies, santa gets killed here instead of him doing the killing. I have always enjoyed this one since the fun days of VHS and the presentation is superb. With a lot of well done special features.
Bereavement- a prequel to Malevolence. I hated this on the first viewing. I guess I went into it thinking it would be something else. The movie is very good, with some gore and a lot of suspense and demented characters.
Chromeskull: Laid To Rest 2- the original Laid To Rest was a surprise slasher hit. This one kind of drops the ball by explaining too much and having some pretty dopey characters. As in the other one, there is an abundance of gore. It's all very well done too, with no CGI, that I can tell. While not as great movie, you could certainly do worse.
Machete Maidens Unleashed- fantastic documentary about Filipino horror and exploitation movies. You can't go wrong with this title. Made by the same people who did the excellent Not Quite Hollywood movie.
The Exterminator- Blu Ray- my favorite exploitation movie, uncut, looks amazing and the commentary is a must hear. The best release of 2012, imo.
I have thought about contacting people who made a lot of the original horror fanzines, to try and do a "collection book", which would be a collection of all of the issues. I know this is a big task and I have already failed once at this, but I'm in a better position in life now to attempt this project, so if you are reading this and once published your own horror fanzine, please get in touch!
More soon!
I haven't updated this is forever, but I have a couple good reasons...
There is a new issue, #9, of Crimson Screens available. This one is four pages and is the same format as always. It's a mixed issue, with a good mix of horror and obscure action titles. I have been mailing them out on my free time and am about halfway through my mailing list. If you aren't on my mailing list, then email me your address and you will be added. Issues of Crimson Screens are free. If you do a fanzine/newsletter/whatever, then let me know. I love to help spread the word about other zines.
Also, work on the Crimson Screens Book is getting closer and closer to being complete. I have added a couple other writers, so the perspective will be a little more varied. There will also be chapters on long gone video stores and theaters from my area of the world (Cleveland/Northeast Ohio). I will post updates on this as they happen. Printing this thing will not be cheap, so hopefully there are no financial pitfalls that force me to dip into the savings for this.
There have been a ton of solid DVD releases in the last few months. A few of them would be:
555- from Massacre Video- SOV horror from the late 80's about a mad slasher. Known more for its box art than the actual movie itself, its a mixed bag of bad acting and extreme gore. It's not the best movie, but it is watchable and certainly more entertaining than current DTV fare.
Don't Open Till Christmas- special edition DVD- remastered print of the great Christmas time slasher movie. Unlike other similar movies, santa gets killed here instead of him doing the killing. I have always enjoyed this one since the fun days of VHS and the presentation is superb. With a lot of well done special features.
Bereavement- a prequel to Malevolence. I hated this on the first viewing. I guess I went into it thinking it would be something else. The movie is very good, with some gore and a lot of suspense and demented characters.
Chromeskull: Laid To Rest 2- the original Laid To Rest was a surprise slasher hit. This one kind of drops the ball by explaining too much and having some pretty dopey characters. As in the other one, there is an abundance of gore. It's all very well done too, with no CGI, that I can tell. While not as great movie, you could certainly do worse.
Machete Maidens Unleashed- fantastic documentary about Filipino horror and exploitation movies. You can't go wrong with this title. Made by the same people who did the excellent Not Quite Hollywood movie.
The Exterminator- Blu Ray- my favorite exploitation movie, uncut, looks amazing and the commentary is a must hear. The best release of 2012, imo.
I have thought about contacting people who made a lot of the original horror fanzines, to try and do a "collection book", which would be a collection of all of the issues. I know this is a big task and I have already failed once at this, but I'm in a better position in life now to attempt this project, so if you are reading this and once published your own horror fanzine, please get in touch!
More soon!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Crimson Screens review on Lunchmeat VHS blog and more news!
Hello!
A while back, I sent a copy of #7 to Lunchmeat, not necessarily to review, but to read because they cover a lot of the same things that I do and we both have a love for VHS. Luckily, they liked it and took the time to write some nice words about it on their blog. You can read the blog here... http://www.lunchmeatvhs.com/blog/vhs-action-flicks-get-some-love-in-crimson-screens/
Also, issue #8 is still available. If you want a copy, just email me: crimsonscreens@gmail.com
I started work on a book that I will be publishing. This whole writing thing has helped me through some hard time and recently it has been helping me through some health issues. I have always been a fan of review books like the Psychotronic books, The Splatter Movie Review books, Terror On Tape and other similar titles, so I figured why not give something like that a try. There will be a lot of reviews, but it won't be a straight review book. I am going to include lots of stories that fit in with the movies I review. I have some good stories about collecting, video stores, theatres and more. I will post more info about this as the process progresses.
A while back, I sent a copy of #7 to Lunchmeat, not necessarily to review, but to read because they cover a lot of the same things that I do and we both have a love for VHS. Luckily, they liked it and took the time to write some nice words about it on their blog. You can read the blog here... http://www.lunchmeatvhs.com/blog/vhs-action-flicks-get-some-love-in-crimson-screens/
Also, issue #8 is still available. If you want a copy, just email me: crimsonscreens@gmail.com
I started work on a book that I will be publishing. This whole writing thing has helped me through some hard time and recently it has been helping me through some health issues. I have always been a fan of review books like the Psychotronic books, The Splatter Movie Review books, Terror On Tape and other similar titles, so I figured why not give something like that a try. There will be a lot of reviews, but it won't be a straight review book. I am going to include lots of stories that fit in with the movies I review. I have some good stories about collecting, video stores, theatres and more. I will post more info about this as the process progresses.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Crimson Screens #8... Out Now!!!
Hello! The newest issue of Crimson Screens is out now! Issue #8 has reviews, opinions, more reviews and thoughts on collecting. There is also a story about an old video store that I used to frequent. Email me your address for a free issue: crimsonscreens@gmail.com
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Unholy...
I frequently think back to the glory days of VHS. Obviously, you can tell that from reading this blog. One title that caught my eye at the video store was The Unholy. The box design had a cool black and red theme, with a demon, complete with an evil, glimmering eye, in the background. One look at that and it was a must rent! The store that I frequented at the time had a big poster for the movie on the front window, so even if you missed the VHS box, you certainly weren't missing the front window.
The Unholy is about a demon who murders sinners in the act of sinning. This sends their souls to hell. A priest discovers this and must stop the demon. This falls firmly into the genre of religious horror, which has been done better and worse in the past. The movie has a lot going for it. The acting is way above par. They managed to grab some legit fantastic actors like Ned Beatty (who is great in everything that he is in) and Hal Holbrook. The rest of the cast is good too and the solid acting really helps raise the quality of the movie, especially since the script can get real silly in spots.
There is also a lot of practical gore, which also adds energy to the film. I remember a gory still in an issue of Fangoria, featuring an eviscerated man hanging upside down on a cross. That was definitely a memorable picture and moment in the movie!
The movie does run out of steam towards the end and seems a bit overlong, but this fact doesn't ruin the movie. In fact, the ending achieves a cool level of absurd ridiculousness that isn't really done in movies anymore. It's so over the top and silly, that it's hard to be like, "that's retarded, I hate this!" It was more like, "what the fuck, that is retarded, I love it!"
Anyway, The Unholy is a lost 80's horror movie with a religious twist that I think is worth a watch or two.
The Unholy is about a demon who murders sinners in the act of sinning. This sends their souls to hell. A priest discovers this and must stop the demon. This falls firmly into the genre of religious horror, which has been done better and worse in the past. The movie has a lot going for it. The acting is way above par. They managed to grab some legit fantastic actors like Ned Beatty (who is great in everything that he is in) and Hal Holbrook. The rest of the cast is good too and the solid acting really helps raise the quality of the movie, especially since the script can get real silly in spots.
There is also a lot of practical gore, which also adds energy to the film. I remember a gory still in an issue of Fangoria, featuring an eviscerated man hanging upside down on a cross. That was definitely a memorable picture and moment in the movie!
The movie does run out of steam towards the end and seems a bit overlong, but this fact doesn't ruin the movie. In fact, the ending achieves a cool level of absurd ridiculousness that isn't really done in movies anymore. It's so over the top and silly, that it's hard to be like, "that's retarded, I hate this!" It was more like, "what the fuck, that is retarded, I love it!"
Anyway, The Unholy is a lost 80's horror movie with a religious twist that I think is worth a watch or two.
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