Si Litvinoff, the executive producer of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell To Earth, died Dec. 26 in Los Angeles. He was 93.
His death was confirmed to Deadline by his friend Shade Rupe. A cause of death has not been announced.
Litvinoff was a practicing lawyer for more than a decade before pivoting to film production. He acquired the rights to the now-classic 1962 Anthony Burgess dystopian sci-fi novel A Clockwork Orange and developed the project with Burgess and writer Terry Southern. Litvinoff eventually recruited director Kubrick, who signed on as both producer and director.
The film, starring Malcolm McDowell as the leader of an “ultra-violence” gang in a futuristic Britain, was released by Warner Bros. in 1971 and would be nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, the following year.
Also in ’71, Litvinoff produced the drama Walkabout, set in the Australian Outback and directed by Roeg.
His death was confirmed to Deadline by his friend Shade Rupe. A cause of death has not been announced.
Litvinoff was a practicing lawyer for more than a decade before pivoting to film production. He acquired the rights to the now-classic 1962 Anthony Burgess dystopian sci-fi novel A Clockwork Orange and developed the project with Burgess and writer Terry Southern. Litvinoff eventually recruited director Kubrick, who signed on as both producer and director.
The film, starring Malcolm McDowell as the leader of an “ultra-violence” gang in a futuristic Britain, was released by Warner Bros. in 1971 and would be nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, the following year.
Also in ’71, Litvinoff produced the drama Walkabout, set in the Australian Outback and directed by Roeg.
- 1/6/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Si Litvinoff, the visionary producer behind Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and the Nicolas Roeg-directed films The Man Who Fell to Earth and the Australian New Wave classic Walkabout, has died. He was 93.
Litvinoff died peacefully Dec. 26 in Los Angeles, his friend Shade Rupe announced. Rupe interviewed him for the Blu-ray release of Litvinoff’s groundbreaking 1968 film The Queen, which revolves around a national drag queen contest.
Litvinoff also produced the London-set All the Right Noises (1970), starring Olivia Hussey, Tom Bell and Judy Carne, and executive produced a Roeg-directed documentary about the 1972 Glastonbury Fayre music festival that featured performances by Traffic, Fairport Convention, Melanie and Arthur Brown.
In 1965, Litvinoff optioned Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange for a reported 500 and sent the book to Kubrick. While paying for screenplays by Burgess, Terry Southern and Michael Cooper, the producer sought Mick Jagger to star in it, all while Kubrick...
Litvinoff died peacefully Dec. 26 in Los Angeles, his friend Shade Rupe announced. Rupe interviewed him for the Blu-ray release of Litvinoff’s groundbreaking 1968 film The Queen, which revolves around a national drag queen contest.
Litvinoff also produced the London-set All the Right Noises (1970), starring Olivia Hussey, Tom Bell and Judy Carne, and executive produced a Roeg-directed documentary about the 1972 Glastonbury Fayre music festival that featured performances by Traffic, Fairport Convention, Melanie and Arthur Brown.
In 1965, Litvinoff optioned Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange for a reported 500 and sent the book to Kubrick. While paying for screenplays by Burgess, Terry Southern and Michael Cooper, the producer sought Mick Jagger to star in it, all while Kubrick...
- 1/6/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Larry Cohen, best known for his work as a B-movie producer and director in the ’70s and his later work in screenwriting, has died. He was 77.
Cohen’s friend, actor and publicist Shade Rupe, confirmed the news, which was announced in a post to Cohen’s official Facebook page. Rupe said Cohen died in Los Angeles Saturday night surrounded by loved ones.
“The entire #KingCohen team mourns the loss of its star, hero and King, #LarryCohen,” reads the post. “His unparalleled talents were surpassed only by his giant heart. The impact he made on television and cinema will be felt forever, and our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.”
Cohen began his career in the 1960s in television, writing scripts for episodes of well-known TV series including “The Defenders,” “Espionage,” and “The Invaders.”
In the ’70s, Cohen began to focus on filmmaking, penning and directing the...
Cohen’s friend, actor and publicist Shade Rupe, confirmed the news, which was announced in a post to Cohen’s official Facebook page. Rupe said Cohen died in Los Angeles Saturday night surrounded by loved ones.
“The entire #KingCohen team mourns the loss of its star, hero and King, #LarryCohen,” reads the post. “His unparalleled talents were surpassed only by his giant heart. The impact he made on television and cinema will be felt forever, and our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.”
Cohen began his career in the 1960s in television, writing scripts for episodes of well-known TV series including “The Defenders,” “Espionage,” and “The Invaders.”
In the ’70s, Cohen began to focus on filmmaking, penning and directing the...
- 3/24/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Writer, producer, director... Larry Cohen did it all and brought the genre world such memorable classics such as The Stuff, It's Alive, Maniac Cop, and Q. A unique filmmaker with a unique vision, there was never anyone else quite like Larry Cohen and we're incredibly sad to report that he just passed away at the age of 77, according to recent reports (including confirmation from Shade Rupe). According to The Hollywood Reporter, he
Larry Cohen's impact on horror and genre filmmakers is immeasurable, but with a career spanning more than five decades, his work wasn't specific to only horror, having created thought-provoking crime, exploitation, and sci-fi movies and television. Our thoughts are with Larry's family and friends during this difficult time. If you haven't had the chance to watch it yet, I strongly recommend checking out the recent documentary King Cohen (which is available on Shudder) to learn more about the...
Larry Cohen's impact on horror and genre filmmakers is immeasurable, but with a career spanning more than five decades, his work wasn't specific to only horror, having created thought-provoking crime, exploitation, and sci-fi movies and television. Our thoughts are with Larry's family and friends during this difficult time. If you haven't had the chance to watch it yet, I strongly recommend checking out the recent documentary King Cohen (which is available on Shudder) to learn more about the...
- 3/24/2019
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of writer, director, producer, and so much more, Larry Cohen, who dies at the age of 77. The news comes from actor Shade Rupe, who received an email from Cohen’s best friend explaining the situation. No cause of death has yet been released. Cohen’s […] The post Rest in Peace: Larry Cohen, Director of The Stuff and It’S Alive, Has Passed Away appeared first on Dread Central.
- 3/24/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
I’d imagine every one of us, despite our individual life situations, however privileged or difficult they may be, wouldn’t have too much trouble coming up with a pretty long list of people and circumstances for which to be grateful, during the upcoming week traditionally reserved for the expression of thanks as well as throughout the entirety of the year.
Even in our brave new world, where gratitude and humility and generosity of spirit often seem to be in short supply, at the mercy of greed, abuse of power, disregard for the rule of law, and megalomaniac self-interest cynically masquerading as an aggressive strain of nationalist, populist passion, there are good, everyday reasons to look around and take stock of blessings in one’s immediate surroundings.
And speaking specifically as one who has the privilege and opportunity to occasionally write about matters concerning the movies, and even a (very...
Even in our brave new world, where gratitude and humility and generosity of spirit often seem to be in short supply, at the mercy of greed, abuse of power, disregard for the rule of law, and megalomaniac self-interest cynically masquerading as an aggressive strain of nationalist, populist passion, there are good, everyday reasons to look around and take stock of blessings in one’s immediate surroundings.
And speaking specifically as one who has the privilege and opportunity to occasionally write about matters concerning the movies, and even a (very...
- 11/23/2017
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
In the waning days of 2015, we’ll be polling Shock’s stable of fantastic freelancers to see what horror flicks made them tick the loudest. We continue with the inimitable, esoteric Shade Rupe… Hard To Be A God (Dir: Aleksei German) Unending brutal reality pounds the viewer in almost every frame of Aleksei German’s (pronounced Gher-man)…
The post Top 5 Favorite Fright Flicks of 2015: Shade Rupe’s List appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
The post Top 5 Favorite Fright Flicks of 2015: Shade Rupe’s List appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 12/28/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The magnificent glory of the affable Swedish director Roy Andersson is borne of decades. In 1970 the director’s full-length feature A Swedish Love Story was very well-received though his current creations of fantastic worlds grew out of an abandonment of that film’s realism. His long short film, World of Glory, gave us some of the perspectives that would come to dominate his worldview, which solidified in the creation of the first part of his four-film trilogy Songs from the Second Floor, a compendium of forty-six scenes that took almost four years to produce. He and his crew will work for a month to build a set and the shooting will take as little as one day before the set is dismantled and the new one built. Sharing the Cannes Jury Prize for that film, Andersson embarked on the miracle of You, the Living, then spent the next several years...
- 6/15/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The magnificent glory of the affable Swedish director Roy Andersson is borne of decades. In 1970 the director’s full-length feature A Swedish Love Story was very well-received though his current creations of fantastic worlds grew out of an abandonment of that film’s realism. His long short film, World of Glory, gave us some of the perspectives that would come to dominate his worldview, which solidified in the creation of the first part of his four-film trilogy Songs from the Second Floor, a compendium of forty-six scenes that took almost four years to produce. He and his crew will work for a month to build a set and the shooting will take as little as one day before the set is dismantled and the new one built. Sharing the Cannes Jury Prize for that film, Andersson embarked on the miracle of You, the Living, then spent the next several years...
- 6/15/2015
- Keyframe
Writing an introduction for the films of John Boorman is to recite a canon of modern cinema classics. From Point Black to Hell in the Pacific through the monuments of Deliverance and Excalibur and the offbeat and beloved Zardoz and The Exorcist II: The Heretic, the filmmaker takes his audiences by the skull and pulls them directly into his extremely visualized film scenarios. Having just completed what he feels may be his last film, Queen and Country, a sequel to his five-time Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Hope and Glory, the eighty-two-year-old director is making the rounds for his latest picture with his producer Kieran Corrigan, their eighth project together. Mr. Boorman loves, lives, eats and breathes cinema, a passion that includes performances by his own children, and a feature documentary by his daughter Katrine on her father, Me and Me Dad. And now, let us meditate on this at second level.
- 2/18/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Writing an introduction for the films of John Boorman is to recite a canon of modern cinema classics. From Point Black to Hell in the Pacific through the monuments of Deliverance and Excalibur and the offbeat and beloved Zardoz and The Exorcist II: The Heretic, the filmmaker takes his audiences by the skull and pulls them directly into his extremely visualized film scenarios. Having just completed what he feels may be his last film, Queen and Country, a sequel to his five-time Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Hope and Glory, the eighty-two-year-old director is making the rounds for his latest picture with his producer Kieran Corrigan, their eighth project together. Mr. Boorman loves, lives, eats and breathes cinema, a passion that includes performances by his own children, and a feature documentary by his daughter Katrine on her father, Me and Me Dad. And now, let us meditate on this at second level.
- 2/18/2015
- Keyframe
Peter Strickland talks about the mechanics of sex in his new film, The Duke of Burgundy as well as his influences: Bruce Labruce’s Skin Flick. "Certainly," says Strickland, "the first person who introduced me to the whole film world in New York was Mm Serra at the Film-maker’s Co-op. The films she made with Maria Beatty, A Lot of Fun for the Evil One, with John Zorn’s sound effects and music, were totally in this world. Again, the films Maria Beatty made as well, like The Black Glove.">> - Shade Rupe...
- 1/26/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Peter Strickland talks about the mechanics of sex in his new film, The Duke of Burgundy as well as his influences: Bruce Labruce’s Skin Flick. "Certainly," says Strickland, "the first person who introduced me to the whole film world in New York was Mm Serra at the Film-maker’s Co-op. The films she made with Maria Beatty, A Lot of Fun for the Evil One, with John Zorn’s sound effects and music, were totally in this world. Again, the films Maria Beatty made as well, like The Black Glove.">> - Shade Rupe...
- 1/26/2015
- Keyframe
At age twenty-two Michele De Angelis was hired as assistant director on the Italian slasher epic Massacre, which led to work as an assistant director, production manager, executive producer and screenwriter for Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato, Bud Spencer, Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and many others. Michele eventually worked as a consultant and executive producer, creating DVD featurettes and documentaries for companies like Universal Pictures Home Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blue Underground and more.>> - Shade Rupe...
- 10/28/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
At age twenty-two Michele De Angelis was hired as assistant director on the Italian slasher epic Massacre, which led to work as an assistant director, production manager, executive producer and screenwriter for Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato, Bud Spencer, Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and many others. Michele eventually worked as a consultant and executive producer, creating DVD featurettes and documentaries for companies like Universal Pictures Home Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blue Underground and more.>> - Shade Rupe...
- 10/28/2014
- Keyframe
Play Dead isn’t exactly a movie – it’s more a movie experience. Magicians Todd Robbins and Teller (of Penn and Teller) opened an off-Broadway show of the same name, the original incarnation of Play Dead, running weekly at Players Theatre on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. For the show’s final performance, Teller hired Shade Rupe to document the night’s spooky events, and from that footage comes the film we have today. There are no Hollywood special effects or computerized images – all the tricks you see are performed by Todd Robbins himself, dancing with the dead in ways that will surely make your skin crawl. How does he successfully manipulate everything we know about life and death? Find out – if you dare.
The idea around Play Dead is that audiences allow themselves to be terrorized by a singular performer on stage, Todd Robbins, while he toys with the dark arts.
The idea around Play Dead is that audiences allow themselves to be terrorized by a singular performer on stage, Todd Robbins, while he toys with the dark arts.
- 11/22/2013
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes the first two short films from The Four Players, the New York City Horror Film Festival lineup, details on the new zombie novel Northern Lights, and a Jason mask charity auction:
The Four Players Short Film Release Details: “Screenwriter and director, Evan Daugherty, screenwriter of the 2012 fantasy/action film “Snow White and the Huntsman” (as well as 2014’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “GI Joe 3,” among others) and Maker Studios’ collaborative gaming and geek culture network Polaris have announced the release of “The Four Players,” four new short films, each one re-imagining a different character from Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. franchise. The first two films, “The Fixer” (Mario) and “The Addict” (Luigi) will debut on Polaris beginning November 14…”
To find out more on these four short films, visit: www.
The Four Players Short Film Release Details: “Screenwriter and director, Evan Daugherty, screenwriter of the 2012 fantasy/action film “Snow White and the Huntsman” (as well as 2014’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “GI Joe 3,” among others) and Maker Studios’ collaborative gaming and geek culture network Polaris have announced the release of “The Four Players,” four new short films, each one re-imagining a different character from Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. franchise. The first two films, “The Fixer” (Mario) and “The Addict” (Luigi) will debut on Polaris beginning November 14…”
To find out more on these four short films, visit: www.
- 11/17/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The full list of judges and the lineup of the 2013 Viscera Film Festival have been revealed along with the name of this year's Inspiration Award recipient. It all happens on July 13th at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. Read on for the details.
From the Press Release:
The festival’s gala celebration will spotlight emerging female horror directors from around the world, including the UK, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the Us and will serve as host to four world premieres and two Los Angeles premieres.
This year’s Viscera Film Festival lineup was carefully selected by an esteemed panel of industry judges who had the difficult task of selecting winners from the record-breaking number of entries for the 2013 festival and tour season, ultimately proving that innovative and dynamic short-form storytelling is still alive and well within the horror community.
"This year we had over 200 amazing entries,...
From the Press Release:
The festival’s gala celebration will spotlight emerging female horror directors from around the world, including the UK, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the Us and will serve as host to four world premieres and two Los Angeles premieres.
This year’s Viscera Film Festival lineup was carefully selected by an esteemed panel of industry judges who had the difficult task of selecting winners from the record-breaking number of entries for the 2013 festival and tour season, ultimately proving that innovative and dynamic short-form storytelling is still alive and well within the horror community.
"This year we had over 200 amazing entries,...
- 6/4/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Today the official slate has been announced for this year's annual Viscera Film Festival, which showcases the work of female horror filmmakers from around the world. This year's lineup – selected from over two hundred entries – features thirteen short films from the Us and Canada, the UK, Japan, Spain and Mexico, and includes two Los Angeles premieres. This year's judging panel is a veritable who's-who of horror entertainment, including Jennifer Lynch, Rachel Talalay, Jeffrey Reddick, Amber Benson, Trent Haaga, Anthony Masi, Brea Grant, Andrew Van Den Houten, Elizabeth Stanley, Anthony Diblasi, Shade Rupe, Jim Vanbebber, Drew Daywalt, Kier-La Janisse, Chris Alexander, John Skipp, David Decoteau, Alan Spencer, Barbara Peeters, and prior Viscera winners Jennifer Thym and Mae Catt. The festival will be held on July 13th in a co-presentation with the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. The event includes a “bloody carpet” ceremony and after-party at the...
- 6/3/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Viscera is a non profit organization that highlights female horror filmmakers and details on the 2013 Viscera Film Festival have been announced, including the lineup of films that will be screening at the event:
“Los Angeles, CA – June 3rd, 2013 — Today, the Viscera Organization announced the stellar line-up of 13 brand new short films that have been selected to screen on July 13, 2013 in a co-presentation with the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) in Hollywood for this year’s Viscera Film Festival. The festival’s gala celebration will spotlight emerging female horror directors from around the world, including the UK, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the Us and will serve as host to four world premieres and two Los Angeles premieres.
This year’s Viscera Film Festival line-up was carefully selected by an esteemed panel of industry judges who had the difficult task of selecting winners from the record-breaking number of...
“Los Angeles, CA – June 3rd, 2013 — Today, the Viscera Organization announced the stellar line-up of 13 brand new short films that have been selected to screen on July 13, 2013 in a co-presentation with the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) in Hollywood for this year’s Viscera Film Festival. The festival’s gala celebration will spotlight emerging female horror directors from around the world, including the UK, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the Us and will serve as host to four world premieres and two Los Angeles premieres.
This year’s Viscera Film Festival line-up was carefully selected by an esteemed panel of industry judges who had the difficult task of selecting winners from the record-breaking number of...
- 6/3/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Submit your vote for Reviewer of the Year!
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
- 2/26/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
The latest edition of the Indie Spotlight contains all of the recent independent horror news sent our way. In this feature, we have a look at a Behind the Mask Leslie Vernon action figure, details on an upcoming screening of Teller’s Play Dead, multiple trailers, and more:
Behind the Mask’s Leslie Vernon Action Figure: “This Rhode Island based toy company has their first line of licensed product out that will surely be a surprise to quite a few horror fans out there. Based on the character from the 2006 movie “Behind the Mask, The Rise of Leslie Vernon”. They have just released their 7” action figure and limited edition reproductions of the mask & scythe props from the movie.
It’s one of the best horror movies in the last 10 years and we’re very excited to have this as our first license says president Neal DeConte who started the company...
Behind the Mask’s Leslie Vernon Action Figure: “This Rhode Island based toy company has their first line of licensed product out that will surely be a surprise to quite a few horror fans out there. Based on the character from the 2006 movie “Behind the Mask, The Rise of Leslie Vernon”. They have just released their 7” action figure and limited edition reproductions of the mask & scythe props from the movie.
It’s one of the best horror movies in the last 10 years and we’re very excited to have this as our first license says president Neal DeConte who started the company...
- 12/30/2012
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It’s a film festival! It’s a sideshow! It’s both! It’s the 12th annual Coney Island Film Festival, which will be taking over the world famous Sideshows by the Seashore and other venues on Sept. 21-23 at one of the most wonderful places on Earth: Coney Island!
This year’s fun begins on the 21st with the knock-’em-dead (literally) Opening Night film Play Dead, co-directed by underground journalist Shade Rupe and the world’s greatest silent magician, Teller. The film is a documentary performance of Teller and Coney Island’s own Todd Robbins hit live off-Broadway gore-a-thon.
Play Dead will then be followed by a wild Opening Night Party featuring a performance by Mr. Robbins, plus lots of burlesque performances, Go Go dancers and other crazy surprises.
Some of the other highlights of this year’s Ciff include the Mark Mori’s documentary Bettie Page Reveals All...
This year’s fun begins on the 21st with the knock-’em-dead (literally) Opening Night film Play Dead, co-directed by underground journalist Shade Rupe and the world’s greatest silent magician, Teller. The film is a documentary performance of Teller and Coney Island’s own Todd Robbins hit live off-Broadway gore-a-thon.
Play Dead will then be followed by a wild Opening Night Party featuring a performance by Mr. Robbins, plus lots of burlesque performances, Go Go dancers and other crazy surprises.
Some of the other highlights of this year’s Ciff include the Mark Mori’s documentary Bettie Page Reveals All...
- 9/18/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For their seventh annual edition, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is really blowing things up!
Well, not literally. But the world’s premiere horror movie fest is expanding to over double its regular size, screening over 50 films on nine terrifying nights Oct. 10-18 at its new home, the prestigious AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The scares kick off on the 10th with the return of local fave filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. with the feature-length version of Excision about a teenage girl obsessed with becoming a surgeon. The film co-stars John Waters, Malcolm McDowell and Traci Lords. Bates’ original short Excision on which the feature is based screened at Spooky Movie back in 2008.
A few other Spooky Movie alumni who are back with highly anticipated new films include Mike Davis‘ “green” horror movie President Wolfman, which is composed entirely of public domain footage mixed with a rip-roarin...
Well, not literally. But the world’s premiere horror movie fest is expanding to over double its regular size, screening over 50 films on nine terrifying nights Oct. 10-18 at its new home, the prestigious AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The scares kick off on the 10th with the return of local fave filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. with the feature-length version of Excision about a teenage girl obsessed with becoming a surgeon. The film co-stars John Waters, Malcolm McDowell and Traci Lords. Bates’ original short Excision on which the feature is based screened at Spooky Movie back in 2008.
A few other Spooky Movie alumni who are back with highly anticipated new films include Mike Davis‘ “green” horror movie President Wolfman, which is composed entirely of public domain footage mixed with a rip-roarin...
- 9/5/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
With its world premiere at this years edition of The Fantasia Film Festival Play Dead is the filmed version of the off-Broadway magic and stage show dedicated to the tradition of Grand Guignol, that is to say, putting a lot of blood and gore (and showmanship) up on stage. Co-written and directed for the stage by the consummate illusionist Teller (the 'silent' half of Penn & Teller) and starring Coney Island showman Todd Robbins, frequently blood-splattered, the filmed version of the show was shot live with an audience by Shade Rupe (who penned that massive tome of horror icon interviews, "Dark Stars Rising") in Manhattan where the show has been enjoying a successful run since late 2010."Play Dead" is inspired by the American spook show, an underground entertainment...
- 7/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The last announcement for films screening at the upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival was so huge you may have missed that Teller's Play Dead will be making its world premiere at the Fest. In honor of the occasion, a trailer for the film has arrived.
From the Press Release:
Teller, the smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller, will have the world premiere of his performance film of Play Dead, the Off-Broadway horror hit starring Todd Robbins, on Friday, July 27th, at Montreal’s 2012 Fantasia International Festival. Teller and Robbins will both attend.
In this “wild, wicked… gleefully grotesque orgy of death and fright” (New York Times), Robbins talks to the dead, murders audience members, evokes the ghosts of psycho-killers, and plunges the screaming, laughing theater audience into total darkness among glowing ghouls and howling demons (“the perfect excuse to grope your date...” – actor Neil Patrick Harris).
This feature film...
From the Press Release:
Teller, the smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller, will have the world premiere of his performance film of Play Dead, the Off-Broadway horror hit starring Todd Robbins, on Friday, July 27th, at Montreal’s 2012 Fantasia International Festival. Teller and Robbins will both attend.
In this “wild, wicked… gleefully grotesque orgy of death and fright” (New York Times), Robbins talks to the dead, murders audience members, evokes the ghosts of psycho-killers, and plunges the screaming, laughing theater audience into total darkness among glowing ghouls and howling demons (“the perfect excuse to grope your date...” – actor Neil Patrick Harris).
This feature film...
- 7/11/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The July 19th start of Montreal's 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is drawing closer (it runs through August 7th), and the powers-that-be have announced the second wave of films along with a few selections from the new Axis section of the event.
Fantasia Announces The Satoshi Kon Award For Achievement In Animation + A New Section Dedicated To International Animation Cinema + Second Wave Title Announcements
The art of animation in its many forms and disciplines has always had a strong place at Fantasia. This year, the festival has decided to give the form its own permanent section: Axis. From social realism to mind-bending fantasy, all styles and sensibilities will be showcased, now on a greater scale than ever. Further, the festival is proud to be rechristening its animation jury prize as The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation, named after the dear, departed visionary whose feature debut, Perfect Blue,...
Fantasia Announces The Satoshi Kon Award For Achievement In Animation + A New Section Dedicated To International Animation Cinema + Second Wave Title Announcements
The art of animation in its many forms and disciplines has always had a strong place at Fantasia. This year, the festival has decided to give the form its own permanent section: Axis. From social realism to mind-bending fantasy, all styles and sensibilities will be showcased, now on a greater scale than ever. Further, the festival is proud to be rechristening its animation jury prize as The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation, named after the dear, departed visionary whose feature debut, Perfect Blue,...
- 7/6/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
When the news came out that Arrow Academy would be releasing the Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist on Blu-ray, a lot of people got excited. One of those people is author and film nut, Shade Rupe. When Shade contacted me to ask if he could send in a review of this film that he adores, it seemed like a great fit. It is a bit unusual, but I figured that between Mr. Rupe and I, only one of us has actually written a book, so who am I to stop him? Enjoy Shade Rupe's take on The Conformist. One of the remarkable statements of a great film is its ability to have its title be intrinsic to its tale. In the case Bernard Bertolucci's of The...
- 3/8/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Filmmaker Shade Rupe has contributed a short to the “ABC’s of Death” contest, and he has garnered some impressive props from Clive Barker.
That was an elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed. You managed to imply a whole range of character options for us, from which entirely plausible narrative solutions spilled. Very fine, courageous work from you and your actors. I hit the heart to say I’d been there. I hope it helps and i will certainly make sure my guys do the same.
If you like the short, click and vote for Rupe to be selected as the 26th director in the series.
T is for Trick from Shade Rupe on Vimeo.
That was an elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed. You managed to imply a whole range of character options for us, from which entirely plausible narrative solutions spilled. Very fine, courageous work from you and your actors. I hit the heart to say I’d been there. I hope it helps and i will certainly make sure my guys do the same.
If you like the short, click and vote for Rupe to be selected as the 26th director in the series.
T is for Trick from Shade Rupe on Vimeo.
- 10/30/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
I’ve have already plugged two of my favourite entries in the horror anthology competition, The ABCs of Death. Also just for the record, I am in no way friends with either of the filmmakers, as some people have accused me of being biased. These are just the shorts that I like best. I recently posted T Is For Table, and before that I posted T Is For Turbo (still my favourite so far). Now I present T Is For Trick by director Shade Rupe. Remember folks – your vote counts. Check it out below and don’t forget to vote if you are a fan.
The anthology will have “each director assigned a letter from the alphabet that represents a word to act as a springboard for a short. It will be up to each filmmaker to interpret, from accidental deaths to murders committed in cold blood.”
The contest is no longer accepting submissions.
The anthology will have “each director assigned a letter from the alphabet that represents a word to act as a springboard for a short. It will be up to each filmmaker to interpret, from accidental deaths to murders committed in cold blood.”
The contest is no longer accepting submissions.
- 10/30/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Drafthouse Film’s ABCs of Death is kicking ass. Director Shade Rupe’s short titled T is for Trick features a late night excursion that takes an unexpected turn. It’s a creepy film that got the attention of horror legend Clive Barker, who wrote:
That was an elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed.
So, find out if you agree with Clive and watch it below, and if you dig it, then vote for it here.
T is for Trick from Shade Rupe on Vimeo.
That was an elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed.
So, find out if you agree with Clive and watch it below, and if you dig it, then vote for it here.
T is for Trick from Shade Rupe on Vimeo.
- 10/25/2011
- by Donny Broussard
- Killer Films
Each weekend we include independent horror news sent our way. If you want to be featured in our next spotlight feature, send us an email.
Raven’s Hollow Released: Raven’s Hollow is an 11 minute short film co-written, directed and animated by Colin Clarke, and it has now been released online for free:
“Billy, his sister, Lisa, and her boyfriend, Mike, spend Halloween at the drive-in after trick or treating. When Billy threatens to walk home through an dark cornfield, Mike tells him a legend of Old Farmer Blood, who is said to have seeded his field with the blood of murder victims. When Billy disbelieves, Mike leads the trio into a nightmare of unrelenting terror.”
To watch the short film, visit: http://vimeo.com/28246212
Where The Dead Go To Die: Written, Directed, & Animated by Jimmy ScreamerClauz, Where The Dead Go To Die is an Animated Horror Feature coming to DVD,...
Raven’s Hollow Released: Raven’s Hollow is an 11 minute short film co-written, directed and animated by Colin Clarke, and it has now been released online for free:
“Billy, his sister, Lisa, and her boyfriend, Mike, spend Halloween at the drive-in after trick or treating. When Billy threatens to walk home through an dark cornfield, Mike tells him a legend of Old Farmer Blood, who is said to have seeded his field with the blood of murder victims. When Billy disbelieves, Mike leads the trio into a nightmare of unrelenting terror.”
To watch the short film, visit: http://vimeo.com/28246212
Where The Dead Go To Die: Written, Directed, & Animated by Jimmy ScreamerClauz, Where The Dead Go To Die is an Animated Horror Feature coming to DVD,...
- 10/23/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Filmmaker Shade Rupe would like to become the 26th director for Drafthouse Film’s “The ABCs of Death” horror anthology. Rupe’s entry, “T is for Trick,” embedded below has been hailed by “Hellraiser” director Clive Barker as “bloody good work.” Check out what Barker had to say: “Hey there Shade, That was an elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed. You managed to imply a whole range of character options for us, from which entirely plausible narrative solutions spilled. Very fine, courageous work from you and your actors. I hit the heart to say I’d been there. I hope it helps and...
- 10/20/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
Over at Scribble Junkies, professor Patrick Smith launched an ambitious series of articles on crafting stories for short films. I read the intro, which has loads of great, helpful advice I agree with, but you might want to read the whole series and get yourself an online education. Other installments: The Image, The Conflict and Resolutions and Endings.Speaking of education, donna k. gives an example of why it’s important to rope kids early into the history of our medium.Super preservationist Mark Toscano writes about preserving Peter Mays’ 1966 underground film The Death of the Gorilla, which is typically ignored in most underground film histories.Electric Sheep interviews Ruggero Deodato about Cannibal Holocaust.In this news article about the New Jersey Chapter of Media Communications Association Professionals (McA-i), Kevin Lonano of Robot Hand! gets a shout-out and a quote.Ay-yi-yi, SnuffBox Films lets us know that the recently released...
- 9/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
(Twitch thanks Shade Rupe, author of dark Stars Rising, for this event report) Two great tastes that go great together are well-thought-out double features, films that actually reflect and occasionally embellish each other. On Saturday April 30, the famous Loews Jersey, one of five Wonder Theaters built in the 1920s, screened a perfect 35mm film print double feature: The Thing from Another World (1951) followed by John Carpenter's 1982 variation of the story, The Thing. The Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks film is, of course, on the television set in Carpenter's breakout classic, Halloween, the seeds already in his mind for what would become one of the greatest horror/science-fiction films of all time. And quite luckily for Earth's inhabitants both films were made before the cinema-murdering...
- 5/8/2011
- Screen Anarchy
This morning "Face/Off" reality television star and filmmaker/FX maestro Frank Ippolito chatted up his horror short Night of the Little Dead on Kroq’s "Kevin and Bean" radio show, so we thought it high time to bring you the first look at two new trailers for the film as well as a handful of exclusive monster-centric stills of the titular creature.
Shot during our set visit (read it here) this past January, the photos below were snapped as actor Martin Klebba underwent the process of being transformed into the film's diminutive antagonist (as designed by Charlie Chiodo).
Co-directed by Ippolito and Ezekiel Zabrowski, Night of the Little Dead stars Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Adam Savage (of the series "Mythbusters"), comedian Penn Jillette, James Hurley, Erica Taylor, Gary Morgan, Aye Jaye, and the previously mentioned Klebba and revolves around a group of rural unfortunates who find themselves...
Shot during our set visit (read it here) this past January, the photos below were snapped as actor Martin Klebba underwent the process of being transformed into the film's diminutive antagonist (as designed by Charlie Chiodo).
Co-directed by Ippolito and Ezekiel Zabrowski, Night of the Little Dead stars Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Adam Savage (of the series "Mythbusters"), comedian Penn Jillette, James Hurley, Erica Taylor, Gary Morgan, Aye Jaye, and the previously mentioned Klebba and revolves around a group of rural unfortunates who find themselves...
- 4/7/2011
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
Eventize. It's a goal of filmmakers and programmers alike these days. And it isn't really even a word yet. With all the different options out there competing for our leisure time attention, a movie has trouble standing on it's own feet these days. We struggle with what we can do to make it pop. How to give our screenings that extra oomph? Today, Shade Rupe shares a few of his experiences as both a fan and an organizer in making the most of a movie to transform it into a memorable event. There just ain’t nothin’ like a good show!…...
- 3/29/2011
- Hope for Film
Hey gang, if you're in the Bk and aren't busy tomorrow night. Meet me at Legion Bar (790 Metropolitan Avenue) at 8pm for Big Fat Scary Thursday. They're showing Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and I hear there's snacks. There's also a trailer comp cut together by our buddy Matt D. from Forbidden Planet. Look for him on an upcoming episode of the show, if he can narrow down his movie choices.
In the meantime, go drop some coin on this cool, cool book at Forbidden Planet (they stock LunchMeat, too!) I briefly met/sat next to Shade Rupe at the "Vigilante" screening I went to right after I moved here and then promptly forgot about the book (it wasn't out yet) but I picked it up the other day and I can't get enough. If you're a fan of the show/cult film/cult icons/interviews/cool packaging,...
In the meantime, go drop some coin on this cool, cool book at Forbidden Planet (they stock LunchMeat, too!) I briefly met/sat next to Shade Rupe at the "Vigilante" screening I went to right after I moved here and then promptly forgot about the book (it wasn't out yet) but I picked it up the other day and I can't get enough. If you're a fan of the show/cult film/cult icons/interviews/cool packaging,...
- 2/17/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Kevin, Mark & Parker)
There’s very little in this world that gets me more excited than when an underground film festival adopts WordPress as a Cms for their website. Even more exciting is when the world’s oldest underground fest does it, as the Chicago Underground Film Festival has recently. Awesome looking site, guys! Gazelluloid is an experimental cinema blog that’s been around almost a year, but I just discovered it. The site posts up tons of great short films with no commentary. You should go bookmark it. There’s another brand new experimental film blog out there, too: cori e comete. However, you have to read Italian to get the full effect. The blog name translates to “choruses and comets.” There’s a new experimental and avant-garde screening space in North America: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre in Montreal. Lots of great screenings are scheduled already. CineSpace is being run by Daïchi Saïto and Malena Szlam.
- 2/6/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Tura Satana, star of such films as Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Astro Zombies and The Doll Squad, died this week at the age of 75. From a remembrance posted today at Screen Rush by filmmaker Shade Rupe:
Tura earned her most visible role while performing in Irma La Douce. She got a call from her agent to come read for Russ Meyer. She didn’t have time to change so she showed up in the wedding dress she was wearing for Irma La Douce. Russ handed her the script for “Leather Girls,” the original title of Faster, Pussycat! Kill Kill! and asked how she would play her. Tura replied, “I’d make her kind of feminine, but also a bitch on wheels.” After her cold reading Russ told her, “You are definitely Varla.”
Below is a great 2008 interview with Satana including Faster Pussycat! and Astro Zombies clips from Kevin Sean Michaels...
Tura earned her most visible role while performing in Irma La Douce. She got a call from her agent to come read for Russ Meyer. She didn’t have time to change so she showed up in the wedding dress she was wearing for Irma La Douce. Russ handed her the script for “Leather Girls,” the original title of Faster, Pussycat! Kill Kill! and asked how she would play her. Tura replied, “I’d make her kind of feminine, but also a bitch on wheels.” After her cold reading Russ told her, “You are definitely Varla.”
Below is a great 2008 interview with Satana including Faster Pussycat! and Astro Zombies clips from Kevin Sean Michaels...
- 2/6/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Above: Shade Rupe and Tura Satana. Just a day after my interview with "Dark Stars Rising" author Shade Rupe comes news that "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" star Tura Satana passed away last night in Reno. Since Rupe listed Satana as one of his favorite interviews from the book, I asked him to share some thoughts, which he graciously supplied. You can find his reminiscence below. Tura Satana, born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi, July 10, 1938, in Hokkaido, Japan, grew up in an Italian, Jewish, Polish neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Il after her family were released from the…...
- 2/5/2011
- Screen Rush
Shade Rupe loves underground film. He's spent several decades supporting it as a publicist, acquisitions agent and producer, but he found his greatest expression of fandom in the art of the interview. His new book, "Dark Stars Rising: Conversations From the Outer Realm," contains 27 casual conversations with established directors and actors from several generations of transgressive cinema. Beginning with a conversation between the teenage Rupe and Divine, the compilation ...
- 2/4/2011
- Indiewire
The prestigious Art in America magazine profiles and interviews Bad Lit favorite Brent Green. Filmmaker and curator Cecilia Araneda has a new website that’s very spiffy looking. If you need a zen moment, go stare at the wonder of filmmaker and artist Daniel Barrow’s snowglobe. Michael Varrati has a great new filmmaker to know: David DeCoteau, the king of beefcake horror. I was completely unfamiliar with his work until I read this! Rhizome goes through the career of pioneering video artist Nam June Paik in conjunction with a retrospective of his work running at the Tate in London. Plus, some staff changes at the media arts website. I think the Underground Film Guild is a project of Tla Video, but I can’t say for sure. (Hey guys, update your About page from the automatic WordPress-install text.) But, if you want to read/watch about exploitation films, this...
- 1/9/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
So, the Smithsonian kicked out a video piece by late artist David Wojnarowicz called A Fire in My Belly out of an exhibit because some alleged “Christians” complained about images of Jesus in it. (Wojnarowicz was part of the Cinema of Transgression movement.) The Huffington Post has a good rundown on the controversy and who’s been showing the video in protest of the protest. This week I was introduced to the website of filmmaker/author Shade Rupe, who helped me out with my Chicago Underground Film Festival post the other day. He’s written about a ton of interesting stuff, some of which you can read online or purchase. Speaking of the Chicago Underground Film Festival, the Columbia Chronicle has an excellent and thorough piece on the fest, including lots of choice quotes from fest director Bryan Wendorf and others. A couple months ago I posted up Andrea Grover...
- 12/12/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Dark Stars Rising, featuring conversations between Shade Rupe (Funeral Party) and 27 of the leading lights of the transgressive arts (including Peter Sotos, Teller, Chas Ballun, Gaspar Noe, William Lustig and Floria Sigismondi, to name a few), is more than a mere book. Clocking in at 558 teeming pages, featuring over 500 jaw dropping images, many rare or unseen, and sporting a design of mind bending intricacy, each chapter boasting its very own lavish layout, Dark Stars Rising is a cross between a carnival, a massacre, and everyone’s ideal dinner party… At Headpress The Players 1. Richard Kern 2. Alejandro Jodorowksy 3. Buddy Giovinazzo 4. Udo Kier 5. Jim VanBebber 6. Dennis Paoli 7. Tura Satana 8. Teller 9. Brother Theodore 10. Peter Sotos 11. Johannes Schonherr 12. Chas. Balun 13. Divine 14. Floria Sigismondi 15. Hermann Nitsch 16. Genesis P-Orridge 17. William Lustig 18. Dennis Cooper 19. Gaspar Noe [...]...
- 12/11/2010
- by admin
- Horror News
Heading into its 18th year in 2011, the Chicago Underground Film Festival is the longest-running underground film festival in the world. It used to be tied with the New York Underground Film Festival — both were started in 1994 — until Nyuff closed up shop in 2008.
In 1994, the Internet wasn’t the big promotional tool it is today so neither Nyuff nor Cuff that year had a website; or, if they did, those pages have since vanished off the web. So, details about what these fests screened in their first years have been sketchy. Well, until now for Cuff.
I’m not sure how I stumbled upon it, but I recently discovered that the alternative newsweekly the Chicago Reader had posted up the entire, full lineup of the first annual Chicago Underground Film Festival.
So, I copied that info and reformatted it into the style of Bad Lit’s traditional film festival lineups, which...
In 1994, the Internet wasn’t the big promotional tool it is today so neither Nyuff nor Cuff that year had a website; or, if they did, those pages have since vanished off the web. So, details about what these fests screened in their first years have been sketchy. Well, until now for Cuff.
I’m not sure how I stumbled upon it, but I recently discovered that the alternative newsweekly the Chicago Reader had posted up the entire, full lineup of the first annual Chicago Underground Film Festival.
So, I copied that info and reformatted it into the style of Bad Lit’s traditional film festival lineups, which...
- 12/9/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
As part of our ongoing effort to expose our readers to all the latest and greatest genre-related projects in the literary realm, today we present to you Shade Rupe's Dark Stars Rising, a collection of 27 candid interviews spanning 24 years with unique and free-thinking artists from America to Austria and beyond.
From the Press Release:
Working in different media, countries, constraints, and freedoms, the vortex here is created by New York film writer Shade Rupe, known for his avant interests and the cultural realm he inhabits with his Funeral Party books. Everyone in this collection has produced artifacts that affect the heart, mind, soul, and future.
The smaller half of Penn & Teller ends the silence for a lengthy discussion of magic and falsehoods; Divine opens the closet for his transition to playing male roles; Crispin Glover discusses his love for the films of Fassbinder and other greats; Faster Pussycat! Kill,...
From the Press Release:
Working in different media, countries, constraints, and freedoms, the vortex here is created by New York film writer Shade Rupe, known for his avant interests and the cultural realm he inhabits with his Funeral Party books. Everyone in this collection has produced artifacts that affect the heart, mind, soul, and future.
The smaller half of Penn & Teller ends the silence for a lengthy discussion of magic and falsehoods; Divine opens the closet for his transition to playing male roles; Crispin Glover discusses his love for the films of Fassbinder and other greats; Faster Pussycat! Kill,...
- 12/7/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Dark Stars Rising: Conversations From The Outer Realms is a collection of 27 candid interviews spanning 24 years with some of the most unique, free-thinking film artists, from America, Austria, and beyond.
The smaller half of Penn & Teller ends his silence for a lengthy discussion of magic and falsehoods, Divine opens the closet during his transition to playing male roles, Crispin Glover gives love to Fassbinder, Faster Pussycat! Kill, Kill!’s Tura Satana tells it like it is from burlesque shows to Hollywood, Alejandro Jodorowsky showers cinema lovers with psychomagic, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge lays down the gauntlet with his creations Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and much much more.
Working in different media, countries, constraints, and freedoms, the vortex here is created by New York film writer Shade Rupe, known for his avant interests and the cultural realm he inhabits with his Funeral Party books. Everyone in this collection has produced artifacts that affect the heart,...
The smaller half of Penn & Teller ends his silence for a lengthy discussion of magic and falsehoods, Divine opens the closet during his transition to playing male roles, Crispin Glover gives love to Fassbinder, Faster Pussycat! Kill, Kill!’s Tura Satana tells it like it is from burlesque shows to Hollywood, Alejandro Jodorowsky showers cinema lovers with psychomagic, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge lays down the gauntlet with his creations Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and much much more.
Working in different media, countries, constraints, and freedoms, the vortex here is created by New York film writer Shade Rupe, known for his avant interests and the cultural realm he inhabits with his Funeral Party books. Everyone in this collection has produced artifacts that affect the heart,...
- 12/5/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Last month Rue Morgue gave rightful honor on their cover to Daybreakers which changed the vampire scene up a bit. This month looks at the legacy of Paul Naschy and the monster movies he left behind. Check out the classic cover art and be sure to nab this one in stores now....
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The Creature Incarnate
When Paul Naschy died this past November, he left behind a legacy of monster movies. In an exclusive 2007 interview, the actor, writer, director and producer talks about being the “Lon Chaney of Spain.”
Plus: The essential Naschy filmography, and an interview with his biographer.
by Mirek Lipinski, Shade Rupe and The Gore-met
A Fatal Portrait
After more than 30 years and twenty albums, King Diamond reflects upon a legendary career as horror metal’s reigning showman. All hail!
Plus: A new documentary reveals the true face of Norwegian black metal,...
To visit Rue Morgue and subscribe please click here.
The Creature Incarnate
When Paul Naschy died this past November, he left behind a legacy of monster movies. In an exclusive 2007 interview, the actor, writer, director and producer talks about being the “Lon Chaney of Spain.”
Plus: The essential Naschy filmography, and an interview with his biographer.
by Mirek Lipinski, Shade Rupe and The Gore-met
A Fatal Portrait
After more than 30 years and twenty albums, King Diamond reflects upon a legendary career as horror metal’s reigning showman. All hail!
Plus: A new documentary reveals the true face of Norwegian black metal,...
- 2/24/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
Having just concluded their first annual Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film in Portland, Or, organizers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota are now gearing up to repeat the chilling experience in Seattle. The event will take place Friday-Saturday, May 8-9 at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 Ne 50th Street).
“We had a great time in Portland!” Rupe tells Fango. “Plague Town’S David Gregory and Black Devil Doll’s Jonathan Lewis both showed up, and we met a bunch of Portland’s die-hard horror fans. The Alamo Drafthouse guys were in town for the two days before us, so it was almost like a four-day festival. It was a really cool time. People loved the films and the opportunity to see them.”
The Seattle edition of the Festival will welcome a couple of unique attractions not present in Portland. “T.S. Faull, the screenwriter of Grimm Love [directed by Martin Weisz] and a new film for Dimension,...
“We had a great time in Portland!” Rupe tells Fango. “Plague Town’S David Gregory and Black Devil Doll’s Jonathan Lewis both showed up, and we met a bunch of Portland’s die-hard horror fans. The Alamo Drafthouse guys were in town for the two days before us, so it was almost like a four-day festival. It was a really cool time. People loved the films and the opportunity to see them.”
The Seattle edition of the Festival will welcome a couple of unique attractions not present in Portland. “T.S. Faull, the screenwriter of Grimm Love [directed by Martin Weisz] and a new film for Dimension,...
- 4/28/2009
- Fangoria
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