Shooting Clerks: Biopic about the making of Kevin Smith’s groundbreaking film to premiere this month
Kevin Smith, who has recently been approved with a SAG waiver to make his new movie The 4:30 Movie, is one of the biggest pioneers in independent filmmaking in the 1990s. He joins Robert Rodriguez as someone who was able to make a feature film on a minuscule budget with basically no crew on a do-it-yourself mentality. Both directors would gain acclaim for their efforts as both Clerks and El Mariachi won over fans at film festivals and started a revolution of non-studio productions. Smith would go on to carry over the characters Jay and Silent Bob onto his other films, including their own spin-offs, and even made two sequels to the one that started it all.
It’s hard for aspiring filmmakers not to be inspired by the groundbreaking indie film, and in a bit of poetry, indie filmmakers have made a movie about Kevin Smith and the making...
It’s hard for aspiring filmmakers not to be inspired by the groundbreaking indie film, and in a bit of poetry, indie filmmakers have made a movie about Kevin Smith and the making...
- 8/7/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Talk to an independent filmmaker these tales and at some point in the conversation you’ll find out they are working on a web series. (Or, at least that’s been the case for me when I bumped into a recent 25 New Face here in New York and a filmmaker colleague in San Francisco last week.) But the web series/feature film continuum can work in reverse too. “The Angry Video Game Nerd” web series has been covering the world of video games since 2006, with its host Cinemassacre YouTube channel having almost 1.5 million subscribers. For the last two years, Avgn […]...
- 5/12/2014
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Talk to an independent filmmaker these tales and at some point in the conversation you’ll find out they are working on a web series. (Or, at least that’s been the case for me when I bumped into a recent 25 New Face here in New York and a filmmaker colleague in San Francisco last week.) But the web series/feature film continuum can work in reverse too. “The Angry Video Game Nerd” web series has been covering the world of video games since 2006, with its host Cinemassacre YouTube channel having almost 1.5 million subscribers. For the last two years, Avgn […]...
- 5/12/2014
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Robert Englund calls it “a junior high school shop project from hell.” The man who played iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger in eight feature films isn’t talking about a poorly constructed student project like the block of wood I received an F+ for in 8th grade. Enlgund instead describes a weapon composed of razor-sharp steel and leather: Freddy Krueger’s bladed glove from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and its seven sequels.
Crudely made in a boiler room that was Freddy’s own private hell on earth for children, the bladed glove is an iconic piece of horror cinema, and it’s just one of many topics from the Elm Street movies featured in directors Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch’s meticulous 2010 documentary film, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, which was released recently as a two-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray.
Having worked together on His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th...
Crudely made in a boiler room that was Freddy’s own private hell on earth for children, the bladed glove is an iconic piece of horror cinema, and it’s just one of many topics from the Elm Street movies featured in directors Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch’s meticulous 2010 documentary film, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, which was released recently as a two-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray.
Having worked together on His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th...
- 2/24/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The ultimate and award-winning retrospective on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Never Sleep Again (review), is now available on home video and we have your chance to score a copy on us! That's right, us!
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Synopsis
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98 from Image Entertainment.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the...
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
Synopsis
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98 from Image Entertainment.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the...
- 1/22/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The official Blu-ray trailer for the ultimate and award-winning retrospective on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Never Sleep Again (review), is here, and there's a veritable treasure trove of high definition Elm Street goodness just waiting for you!
Synopsis
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98 from Image Entertainment.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace.
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream...
Synopsis
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98 from Image Entertainment.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace.
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream...
- 1/17/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The ultimate and award-winning retrospective on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Never Sleep Again (review), is getting ready to hit Blu-ray; and right now we have an exclusive clip for you cats to dig on!
Synopsis
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98 from Image Entertainment.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace.
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream guide in this...
Synopsis
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98 from Image Entertainment.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace.
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream guide in this...
- 1/16/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy is a four-hour documentary film that chronicles the entire Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, as well as chronicling the rise of New Line Cinema.
Co-directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch, it presents the kinds of in-depth yet light-hearted gems fans care about, not the paint-by-numbers stuff your average studio-produced Blu-ray extra disc typically regurgitates. It was made by genre fans who approach it from a place of love, but more importantly by filmmakers who understand that nothing is precious and nothing is off-limits. Heather Langenkamp, who played the ultimate final girl Nancy Thompson in three of the Nightmare films, serves as executive producer and narrator.
In exploring the Elm Street saga, the film presents photographs, storyboards, conceptual art, publicity materials, archival documents, and behind-the-scenes footage that have never been previously shared. it expands on Wes Craven's motivations in creating the first...
Co-directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch, it presents the kinds of in-depth yet light-hearted gems fans care about, not the paint-by-numbers stuff your average studio-produced Blu-ray extra disc typically regurgitates. It was made by genre fans who approach it from a place of love, but more importantly by filmmakers who understand that nothing is precious and nothing is off-limits. Heather Langenkamp, who played the ultimate final girl Nancy Thompson in three of the Nightmare films, serves as executive producer and narrator.
In exploring the Elm Street saga, the film presents photographs, storyboards, conceptual art, publicity materials, archival documents, and behind-the-scenes footage that have never been previously shared. it expands on Wes Craven's motivations in creating the first...
- 1/14/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
Image Entertainment will be giving Never Sleep Again, the 4-hour documentary of the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ series, a Blu-ray release early next year.
“Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace. A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream guide in this thrilling “shockumentary” that takes you deeper into Freddy’s realm than ever before, featuring exciting clips, never-before-seen photos, behind-the-scenes footage, conceptual art, publicity materials and exclusive new interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Jack Sholder, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Chuck Russell, Jennifer Rubin, Renny Harlin, Lisa Wilcox, Tuesday Knight,...
“Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace. A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream guide in this thrilling “shockumentary” that takes you deeper into Freddy’s realm than ever before, featuring exciting clips, never-before-seen photos, behind-the-scenes footage, conceptual art, publicity materials and exclusive new interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Jack Sholder, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Chuck Russell, Jennifer Rubin, Renny Harlin, Lisa Wilcox, Tuesday Knight,...
- 12/18/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We told you a few weeks ago that the ultimate and award-winning retrospective on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Never Sleep Again (review), is getting ready to hit Blu-ray this January. Now the official word has come.
From the Press Release
Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, announces Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, a “shockumentary” highlighting the horrifying history of Freddy Krueger, on Blu-ray for the very first time.
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he...
From the Press Release
Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, announces Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, a “shockumentary” highlighting the horrifying history of Freddy Krueger, on Blu-ray for the very first time.
Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare, including creator Wes Craven and Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be available as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray January 21, 2014, for an Srp of $29.98.
Murderer. Dream Demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger. For decades, he...
- 12/18/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
I hope you're happy, internet... you made this happen. The Angry Video Game Nerd aka The Angry Nintendo Nerd aka James Rolfe has been entertaining folks for years with his angry rants against the impossibly difficult video games of yore, but now he has "gone Hollywood", so to speak. After turning to IndieGoGo in 2011, he raised over $300,000 to make his very own movie. Now the first trailer for said movie has hit the internet and it looks like... well, a movie based on a viral video sensation. The story finds Rolfe embarking on a quest to track down the site where over 1 million copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 were supposedly buried, so that he can bring his fans a review of the absolute worst game of all time. Along the way he runs afoul of federal authorities, who think he is trying to find out the...
- 11/30/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie Tweetable Logline: Highest Funded Narrative Film on a Crowdfunding Website Elevator Pitch: I thought you would be interested to know that funding for "The Angry Video Game Nerd" series to become a movie has now become the highest funded narrative film on IndieGoGo – raising $213,167 so far with 21 days left. Contributors who help fund the project can also gain special perks such as autographed photos, a copy of the film's script, and even their name in the end credits. Production Team: James Rolfe About the Production: "Over the past 7 years, my "The Angry Video Game Nerd" series has amassed a huge internet audience worldwide.
- 1/31/2012
- Indiewire
More than the full moon over a graveyard or thunderstorm over Castle Frankenstein, nothing brings out the best in Monsters and Monster-lovers like the month of October. And nowhere is this appreciation for the atrocious and abominable more applicable than on Cinemassacre.com’s Monster Madness, a month-long tribute where each day of October a new video review is posted showcasing a classic, cult, or downright bizarre horror film.
Cinemassacre is run by James Rolfe, most famous for his web series The Angry Video Game Nerd — in which he reviews the most repulsive, buggiest video games ever created with a plentiful veneer of vulgarity and slapstick sight gags. The series started as a one-off joke video to show for his friends but went viral after hitting YouTube and is now one of the most popular web series on the net.
Rolfe is a film aficionado in every right but especially...
Cinemassacre is run by James Rolfe, most famous for his web series The Angry Video Game Nerd — in which he reviews the most repulsive, buggiest video games ever created with a plentiful veneer of vulgarity and slapstick sight gags. The series started as a one-off joke video to show for his friends but went viral after hitting YouTube and is now one of the most popular web series on the net.
Rolfe is a film aficionado in every right but especially...
- 10/11/2011
- by elvis
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
You’re an Emmy-nominated composer who has worked on some of the most watched sci-fi projects of the last few years. So what do you do with your time off? You write a score for a web show, of course. At least that’s what Bear McCreary did when he wrote a score for the newest Christmas special from The Angry Video Game Nerd.
For those of you not familiar with Avgn, it is a video blog hosted by James Rolfe. His character, the Nerd himself, reviews video games from the era of Nintendo, Super Nes, Atari, and Sega Genesis. The games he reviews are typically the worst that game companies had to offer in terms of playability, game content, and horrible hardware (he had one video where he tried several games with Nintendo’s infamous “Power Glove”). He has addressed such issues as not being able to land aircraft...
For those of you not familiar with Avgn, it is a video blog hosted by James Rolfe. His character, the Nerd himself, reviews video games from the era of Nintendo, Super Nes, Atari, and Sega Genesis. The games he reviews are typically the worst that game companies had to offer in terms of playability, game content, and horrible hardware (he had one video where he tried several games with Nintendo’s infamous “Power Glove”). He has addressed such issues as not being able to land aircraft...
- 12/20/2010
- Shadowlocked
For all those who haven’t had the chance to see the Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, you can buy the film at a discounted rate of only $17.99 along with a t-shirt, however there’s a huge kick with the t-shirt..only 400 are being made. So if you want to get the DVD at its discount, click here to order it and if you wanted that “for a very limited time only” t-shirt, head on over to Fright Rags. The DVD features a filmmaker commentary (new for the Collector’s Edition), extended interviews (remastered for the Collector’s Edition), A First Look: Heather Langenkamp’s “I Am Nancy”, For the Love of the Glove, Fred Heads: The Ultimate Freddy Fans, Horror’s Hallowed Grounds: Return To Elm Street, Freddy vs. The Angry Video Game Nerd, Expanding the Elm Street Universe: Freddy in Comic Books & Novels, The Music of...
- 12/15/2010
- by MEL
- Horror News
Still looking for Christmas gifts for those hard to shop for people on your list? Just in time for the holidays, the price for the Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Collector's Edition DVD has been reduced to $17.99 with Free shipping. In addition, courtesy of Fright Rags, a limited edition Never Sleep Again t-shirt is now available - but hurry! Only 400 are being made.
Synopsis:
Murderer. Dream demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger.
For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace. A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream guide in this thrilling "shockumentary" that takes you deeper into Freddy Krueger’s realm than ever before, featuring exciting clips, never-before-seen photos,...
Synopsis:
Murderer. Dream demon. The bastard son of a hundred maniacs. Any way you slice it, there can only be one man – one monster – who epitomizes those words: Freddy Krueger.
For decades, he has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters and shows no signs of ever resting in peace. A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp is your dream guide in this thrilling "shockumentary" that takes you deeper into Freddy Krueger’s realm than ever before, featuring exciting clips, never-before-seen photos,...
- 12/14/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Official Logo...Pretty badass, right?
If you're a fan of Avgn, like I am, then you are just going to go mildly apesh*t over this news. If you are an enemy of movie news announced waaay before any real steps have been made in making it, then you're probably going to find this slightly annoying. If you fit both categories, then I can only guess your reaction; what do I look like, a frickin' scientist?
You heard right, Tyrants, James Rolfe (creator and actor behind The Angry Video Game Nerd) went on his official website (Cinemassacre.com) today to announce that an Avgn movie is definitely in the works. A script has been drafted within the last two years, but Rolfe doesn't suppose the film to make an official appearance in another two years...(Check out the video below for more!)
The most interesting part of the video is...
- 9/23/2010
- by Alan Trehern
- GeekTyrant
Top ten lists involving Jason Voorhees are overdone and reaching the point of lameness, but how else does one celebrate an actual Friday the 13? How about with The Angry Video Game Nerd's "Top Friday the 13th Moments?" James the Nintendo Nerd re-released his "Top 13 Friday Moments" on YouTube in celebration of today actually being Friday the 13th. Check out his hilarious video below, and have a great weekend!
- 11/13/2009
- by wil
- HorrorYearbook
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