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Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Godzilla Minus One Figure from Super 7
Currently decimating theaters, Godzilla Minus One will stomp onto toy shelves in September 2024 as part of Super 7’s Ultimates action figure line.
Up for pre-order for $85, the King of the Monsters stands 8.4” tall and 14.22″ long. Two interchangeable heads (neutral and roaring) are included.
Willy’s Wonderland 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
Want more animatronic fun in the vein of Five Nights at Freddy’s? Willy’s Wonderland will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray in Steelbook and standard packaging on February 13 via Scream Factory.
Nicolas Cage stars with Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Christian DelGrosso, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Jonathan Mercedes, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant also star.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Godzilla Minus One Figure from Super 7
Currently decimating theaters, Godzilla Minus One will stomp onto toy shelves in September 2024 as part of Super 7’s Ultimates action figure line.
Up for pre-order for $85, the King of the Monsters stands 8.4” tall and 14.22″ long. Two interchangeable heads (neutral and roaring) are included.
Willy’s Wonderland 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
Want more animatronic fun in the vein of Five Nights at Freddy’s? Willy’s Wonderland will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray in Steelbook and standard packaging on February 13 via Scream Factory.
Nicolas Cage stars with Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Christian DelGrosso, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Jonathan Mercedes, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant also star.
- 12/8/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
To say Herschell Gordon Lewis‘ and Jeremy Kasten‘s respective The Wizard of Gore releases pushed me to my limits is correct for all the wrong reasons. My choice to stack the 1970 original and 2007 remake back-to-back stands as one of my least favorite Revenge of the Remakes double-bills thus far. I’ve no objection to gore-forward perversions that assault audiences with repugnant visuals, unless their storytelling devolves from nonsense to unintelligible drivel from one title to the next. Even worse when one of the films can’t even sustain its titular “Gore” effects.
Lewis’ legacy as the Grandfather of Grossouts and Sorcerer of Sadistic Splatter isn’t lost on The Wizard of Gore, unlike Allen Kahn‘s screenplay, hacked apart and reassembled to maximize the grotesque kill sequences using sheep carcass guts. Kasten’s remake didn’t have to attain Kubrickian levels of storytelling to surpass its inspiration’s narrative cohesion,...
Lewis’ legacy as the Grandfather of Grossouts and Sorcerer of Sadistic Splatter isn’t lost on The Wizard of Gore, unlike Allen Kahn‘s screenplay, hacked apart and reassembled to maximize the grotesque kill sequences using sheep carcass guts. Kasten’s remake didn’t have to attain Kubrickian levels of storytelling to surpass its inspiration’s narrative cohesion,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
Review by Roger Carpenter
In October 2016, Arrow Video USA released an astounding, 17-disc Blu-Ray package of films by exploitation king and Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis. The package contained 14 of Lewis’ finest—as well as some that were not so fine—exploitation gems of the 1960’s and 1970’s. The package focused on Lewis’ gore films, for which he is mostly remembered. However, the set also contained many of Lewis’ most beloved non-horror exploitation opuses such as Moonshine Mountain, Scum of the Earth, and She Devils on Wheels. Loaded with hours of documentaries, commentaries, and other extra features as well as a hardbound book, this set represented the pinnacle of collector’s items for hardcore Hgl fans, but at a cost that many fans could not afford. Shortly thereafter, Arrow began releasing the films in standalone packages that were priced in such a way that everyone could afford the discs.
In October 2016, Arrow Video USA released an astounding, 17-disc Blu-Ray package of films by exploitation king and Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis. The package contained 14 of Lewis’ finest—as well as some that were not so fine—exploitation gems of the 1960’s and 1970’s. The package focused on Lewis’ gore films, for which he is mostly remembered. However, the set also contained many of Lewis’ most beloved non-horror exploitation opuses such as Moonshine Mountain, Scum of the Earth, and She Devils on Wheels. Loaded with hours of documentaries, commentaries, and other extra features as well as a hardbound book, this set represented the pinnacle of collector’s items for hardcore Hgl fans, but at a cost that many fans could not afford. Shortly thereafter, Arrow began releasing the films in standalone packages that were priced in such a way that everyone could afford the discs.
- 12/27/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nick Aldwinckle Nov 24, 2016
The Bottom Shelf returns, with a video nasty, The Howling 2, and a tribute to the late Herschell Gordon Lewis...
To most, September 26th is the date when, in 1680, the Dutch city Gorinchem suffered a citizen’s revolt due to an imposed tax on cereal. From now on, though, that will change, as any right-thinking person will remember that date in 2016 as the day The Godfather Of Gore, the great Herschell Gordon Lewis, died.
The brain behind a range of vintage cult classics, spanning the gamut of exploitation cinema, from splatter movies to comedy erotica and supernatural witchcraft thriller (niche!), Lewis’ influential sixties and seventies productions paved the way for the video nasties of the eighties and the gory likes of David Cronenberg and Peter Jackson and stand up today as camp, gawdy historical documents of a bygone era. As such, to coincide with an impeccably timed release...
The Bottom Shelf returns, with a video nasty, The Howling 2, and a tribute to the late Herschell Gordon Lewis...
To most, September 26th is the date when, in 1680, the Dutch city Gorinchem suffered a citizen’s revolt due to an imposed tax on cereal. From now on, though, that will change, as any right-thinking person will remember that date in 2016 as the day The Godfather Of Gore, the great Herschell Gordon Lewis, died.
The brain behind a range of vintage cult classics, spanning the gamut of exploitation cinema, from splatter movies to comedy erotica and supernatural witchcraft thriller (niche!), Lewis’ influential sixties and seventies productions paved the way for the video nasties of the eighties and the gory likes of David Cronenberg and Peter Jackson and stand up today as camp, gawdy historical documents of a bygone era. As such, to coincide with an impeccably timed release...
- 11/2/2016
- Den of Geek
Bloodsuckers, the water-soaked paranormal, and a Herschell Gordon Lewis film collection are coming out on Blu-ray this October from Arrow Video, and the official special features lists and cover art for The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast collection, Dark Water (2002), and 1986's Vamp tease plenty to enjoy on all three releases:
"Mvd Entertainment Group furthers the distribution of Arrow Video in the Us with several new titles in October...
Dark Water [Blu-ray + DVD] (October 11th)
After terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically acclaimed, tale of the supernatural which took the common theme of the "dead wet girl" to new heights of suspense and drama.
Based upon on a short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki, Dark Water follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko.
"Mvd Entertainment Group furthers the distribution of Arrow Video in the Us with several new titles in October...
Dark Water [Blu-ray + DVD] (October 11th)
After terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically acclaimed, tale of the supernatural which took the common theme of the "dead wet girl" to new heights of suspense and drama.
Based upon on a short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki, Dark Water follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko.
- 9/16/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: David Hess, Sasha Grey, Jesse Buck, Michael Berryman, Herschell Gordon Lewis | Written by Ian Driscoll | Directed by Lee Demarbe
Abel Whitman (Hess) is a director on the edge – the edge of the industry, the edge of society and the edge of insanity – and his films are universally panned by audiences and critics alike. Seeking solice in the arms of a stripper he calls his muse, Whitman gets involved in a car accident which takes her life and drives him completely insane. Inspired by the grisly aftermath of the crash and reasoning that his films have failed because the effects do not look real enough, Whitman sets out on a killing spree, harvesting organs and blood from his victims and using them to create realistic gore effects. When critics praise this new found realism, Whitman cannot help but continue his murderous ways – ways, it turns out, he is most adept in getting away with.
Abel Whitman (Hess) is a director on the edge – the edge of the industry, the edge of society and the edge of insanity – and his films are universally panned by audiences and critics alike. Seeking solice in the arms of a stripper he calls his muse, Whitman gets involved in a car accident which takes her life and drives him completely insane. Inspired by the grisly aftermath of the crash and reasoning that his films have failed because the effects do not look real enough, Whitman sets out on a killing spree, harvesting organs and blood from his victims and using them to create realistic gore effects. When critics praise this new found realism, Whitman cannot help but continue his murderous ways – ways, it turns out, he is most adept in getting away with.
- 10/13/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Wizard of Gore and The Gore Gore Girls were recently released on Blu-ray by Image Entertainment and Something Weird Video. However, there wasn’t a big announcement for the release and it hasn’t really been covered online, so we wanted to let our readers know about it. Continue reading for cover art and additional release details. For fans of Herschell Gordon Lewis, we also have news of a project to restore some of his previously lost films.
The Wizard Of Gore (1970, Unrated, 95 Mins.): Is it magic? Or wholesale slaughter? Montag the Magnificent (Ray Sager), The Wizard Of Gore, is a seedy small time magician with a shocking stage act. Hypnotizing pretty young women from the audience to be his obedient volunteers, Montag then proceeds to mutilate them in a series of Grand Guignol illusions. A woman is cut in half with a chainsaw, another is drilled through...
The Wizard Of Gore (1970, Unrated, 95 Mins.): Is it magic? Or wholesale slaughter? Montag the Magnificent (Ray Sager), The Wizard Of Gore, is a seedy small time magician with a shocking stage act. Hypnotizing pretty young women from the audience to be his obedient volunteers, Montag then proceeds to mutilate them in a series of Grand Guignol illusions. A woman is cut in half with a chainsaw, another is drilled through...
- 6/3/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Smash Cut, a Lee Demarbre production, will release on DVD, as of March 16, 2010. The film has been described by the movie entertainment website Joblo as "[Smash Cut] is the perfect midnight movie, and seeing this with a full house at the Fantasia Film Fest was bliss" (Joblo). As well, the online version of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper states that Smash Cut:"is cheesy and ridiculous, but it's fun in a C-film way." The film stars Sasha Grey (The Girlfriend Experience) and David Hess (Zodiac Killer). All the details inside.
The synopsis for Smash Cut here:
"After his latest film is met with horrible reviews, Able Whitman sets out to prove the critics wrong by finding inspiration in his cast and crew. Sometimes great art requires great sacrifice- and the director always gets final cut" (Shock)!
Release Date: March 16, 2010 (DVD).
Director: Lee Demarbe.
Writer: Ian Driscoll.
Cast: Michael Berryman, Ray Sager, Meghanne Kessels,...
The synopsis for Smash Cut here:
"After his latest film is met with horrible reviews, Able Whitman sets out to prove the critics wrong by finding inspiration in his cast and crew. Sometimes great art requires great sacrifice- and the director always gets final cut" (Shock)!
Release Date: March 16, 2010 (DVD).
Director: Lee Demarbe.
Writer: Ian Driscoll.
Cast: Michael Berryman, Ray Sager, Meghanne Kessels,...
- 2/6/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Halloween is over, but the horror-film screenings continue. A quartet of genre features that have yet to achieve general distribution will be shown this month on opposite coasts, all with special guests on hand.
Tonight at midnight (actually 11:55 p.m.) at Los Angeles’ New Beverly Cinema (7165 Beverly Boulevard), the Grindhouse Film Festival presents a special showing of Lee Damarbre’s Smash Cut, about a horror filmmaker (played by the original Last House On The Left’s David Hess) who uses real body parts in his screen shockers. Inspired by the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis (who has an onscreen role, along with his The Wizard Of Gore star Ray Sager), the movie also features adult-film star Sasha Grey, Jesse Buck and Fango fave Michael Berryman. Demarbre and Hess will introduce the Grindhouse showing—Smash Cut’s only big-screen engagement in La—and take part in a Q&A afterward.
Tonight at midnight (actually 11:55 p.m.) at Los Angeles’ New Beverly Cinema (7165 Beverly Boulevard), the Grindhouse Film Festival presents a special showing of Lee Damarbre’s Smash Cut, about a horror filmmaker (played by the original Last House On The Left’s David Hess) who uses real body parts in his screen shockers. Inspired by the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis (who has an onscreen role, along with his The Wizard Of Gore star Ray Sager), the movie also features adult-film star Sasha Grey, Jesse Buck and Fango fave Michael Berryman. Demarbre and Hess will introduce the Grindhouse showing—Smash Cut’s only big-screen engagement in La—and take part in a Q&A afterward.
- 11/6/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
It’s hard to criticize a film like ‘Smash Cut,’ particularly if you’re interests don’t mesh with those of the filmmaker. For all intents and purposes, the film is critic-proof, as director Lee Demarbre pulls off exactly what he set out to make, an homage piece to Herschell Gordon Lewis. A low budget nod to the shock and schlock of Lewis, Demarbre’s film acts as both horror and comedy, though, when all is said and done, it’s pretty much all comedy.
At the center of ‘Smash Cut’ is low-budget, horror filmmaker, Abel Whitman, played with a presence by David Hess. He’s the kind of filmmaker who views his works as art, though most believe he “makes Ed Wood look like Orson Welles.” It isn’t until a fateful night when Abel gets into a violent accident with a local stripper that he realizes the special...
At the center of ‘Smash Cut’ is low-budget, horror filmmaker, Abel Whitman, played with a presence by David Hess. He’s the kind of filmmaker who views his works as art, though most believe he “makes Ed Wood look like Orson Welles.” It isn’t until a fateful night when Abel gets into a violent accident with a local stripper that he realizes the special...
- 9/14/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rating: 6/10 Writer: Ian Driscoll Director: Lee Demarbre Cast: David Hess, Sasha Grey, Jesse Buck, Michael Berryman, Ray Sager, Herschell Gordon Lewis Lee Demarbe’s Smash Cut shows its hand before the actual movie even starts. First, a quote by arguably the world’s first true gore-hound filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis fades in onscreen and reads, “I see filmmaking as a [...]...
- 9/13/2009
- by Don R. Lewis
- GordonandtheWhale
It’s difficult for me to write an engrossing lede for this interview with adult film star Sasha Grey without sounding like a condescending pervert. Plus, I think my mother will be reading this, so I’m not sure I won’t into too much detail about how I debated asking Grey to sign my copy of Swallow My Squirt #4. Instead, I’ll just talk about how charming Grey is in person. Since starting her adult career in 2006 at the age of 18, Grey has become a sensation, mainly because of her outspoken determination to bring creativity back into pornography. Recently, she’s made a move into more mainstream cinema, starring in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience, and Canadian cult film king Lee Demarbre’s Smash Cut, in which she plays alongside David Hess and Ray Sager in a tribute to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. Sound on Sight...
- 7/23/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Your Hands Are Bleeding! Your Hands Are Bleeding! Lee Demarbre Talks About His New Film Smash Cut
Lee Demarbre, the Ottawa-based talent behind Canadian cult films Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter and The Dead Sleep Easy turns in his most self-reflexive work to date - a tribute to pioneering exploitation director Herschell Gordon Lewis set in the unsympathetic world of contemporary independent filmmaking!
Grindhouse titan David Hess (The Last House On The Left, House On The Edge Of The Park, Hitch-hike) stars as Able Whitman, a down-on-his-luck horror filmmaker subject to relentless mockery from obnoxious critics and jaded audiences alike. It seems that nobody likes his latest film Terror Toy, or finds its killer – a foot-high clown named 'Bobo' – very believable. After a car accident with no witnesses leaves a stripper friend dead and in pieces, Whitman is struck with a revelation - he'll use real body parts in his film!
Lee Demarbre, the Ottawa-based talent behind Canadian cult films Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter and The Dead Sleep Easy turns in his most self-reflexive work to date - a tribute to pioneering exploitation director Herschell Gordon Lewis set in the unsympathetic world of contemporary independent filmmaking!
Grindhouse titan David Hess (The Last House On The Left, House On The Edge Of The Park, Hitch-hike) stars as Able Whitman, a down-on-his-luck horror filmmaker subject to relentless mockery from obnoxious critics and jaded audiences alike. It seems that nobody likes his latest film Terror Toy, or finds its killer – a foot-high clown named 'Bobo' – very believable. After a car accident with no witnesses leaves a stripper friend dead and in pieces, Whitman is struck with a revelation - he'll use real body parts in his film!
- 7/23/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Kier-La Janisse )
- Fangoria
It’s difficult for me to write an engrossing lede for this interview with adult film star Sasha Grey without sounding like a condescending pervert. Plus, I think my mother will be reading this, so I’m not sure I won’t into too much detail about how I debated asking Grey to sign my copy of Swallow My Squirt #4. Instead, I’ll just talk about how charming Grey is in person. Since starting her adult career in 2006 at the age of 18, Grey has become a sensation, mainly because of her outspoken determination to bring creativity back into pornography. Recently, she’s made a move into more mainstream cinema, starring in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience, and Canadian cult film king Lee Demarbre’s Smash Cut, in which she plays alongside David Hess and Ray Sager in a tribute to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. Sound on Sight...
- 7/22/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Crush and Blush Directed by Lee Kyoung-mi * 1/2 Lee-Kyoung-mi’s first feature tries too hard to be the “polar opposite” of a romantic comedy. The story of a male teacher being stalked by a former pupil who has now become a teacher herself in order to be closer to him to attract his attention simply does not sustain the premise past the opening 20 minutes. The lead character, Me-sook, is played in an over-the-top fashion, and the film seems to have been made for the art-house crowd in spite of its plot, which seems ripe for a broad comedic treatment. The films also seems haphazardly edited and is often needlessly confusing. Grace Directed by Paul Solet *** ½ Childbirth can be a horrific experience if things go wrong, a fact ably exploited in Grace, which acts as a surefire contraceptive. An impressive first feature by director Paul Solet, who delivers an ambitious and masterful web of chills,...
- 7/21/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
- Anyone seeing Smash Cut without knowing anything about it could be forgiven for thinking it's a bad film. But when viewed within its context as a tribute to the filmic ouevre of Herschell Gordon Lewis (Color me Blood Red, 2000 Maniacs), the king of grindhouse and exploitation cinema of the 60s and 70s, director Lee Demarbre's (Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, The Dead Sleep Easy) homage can't be seen as anything but good, bloody, campy fun. And there's nothing wrong with that. Featuring a cast of grindhouse and/or B-movie legends like David Hess (the original Last House on the Left), Michael Berryman (the original The Hills Have Eyes), and Ray Sager (the original Wizard of Gore himself!), plus a H.G. Lewis appearance and a mainstream(!) film debut for adult film starlet Sasha Grey, Smash Cut tells the story of down-and-out movie director Able Whitman (Hess, looking like he's having
- 7/21/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Porn star Sasha Grey, the 2008 Adult Video Network female performer of the year and star of more than 80 porn films, is set to star in the Canadian low-budget horror film Smash Cut, according to Yahoo!. Grey will play a TV news personality who goes undercover as an actress in a horror film to discover the killer of her older sister, a stripper. "Smash Cut" director Lee Demarbre insists his indie movie has no nudity or sex, and Grey will remain fully clothed throughout. "The only penetration is by knives and axes," he said of the slasher pic, a production of Ottawa-based Zed Filmworks. Grey will co-star with B-movie legends David Hess ("Last House on the Left"), Michael Berryman ("The Hills Have Eyes"), Ray Sager ("The Wizard of Gore") and director-turned-actor Herschell Gordon Lewis ("Blood Feast," "2000 Maniacs"). Demarbre and "Smash Cut" producer Rob Menzies hope to release the film on the...
- 5/19/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
TORONTO -- Porn star Sasha Grey, the 2008 Adult Video Network female performer of the year and star of more than 80 porn films, is set to star in the Canadian low-budget horror film "Smash Cut", from Ottawa-based Zed Filmworks.
Grey will play a TV news personality who goes undercover as an actress in a horror film to discover the killer of her older sister, a stripper.
"Smash Cut" director Lee Demarbre insists his indie movie has no nudity or sex, and Grey will remain fully-clothed throughout.
"The only penetration is by knives and axes," he said of the Canadian slasher pic, to be shopped next week in Cannes by Pierre David Prods.
Grey will co-star with B-movie legends David Hess ("Last House on the Left"), Michael Berryman ("The Hills Have Eyes"), Ray Sager ("The Wizard of Gore") and director-turned-actor Herschell Gordon Lewis ("Blood Feast", "2000 Maniacs").
Demarbre and "Smash Cut" producer Rob Menzies hope to release the film on the festival circuit ahead of a theatrical run next year.
Grey will play a TV news personality who goes undercover as an actress in a horror film to discover the killer of her older sister, a stripper.
"Smash Cut" director Lee Demarbre insists his indie movie has no nudity or sex, and Grey will remain fully-clothed throughout.
"The only penetration is by knives and axes," he said of the Canadian slasher pic, to be shopped next week in Cannes by Pierre David Prods.
Grey will co-star with B-movie legends David Hess ("Last House on the Left"), Michael Berryman ("The Hills Have Eyes"), Ray Sager ("The Wizard of Gore") and director-turned-actor Herschell Gordon Lewis ("Blood Feast", "2000 Maniacs").
Demarbre and "Smash Cut" producer Rob Menzies hope to release the film on the festival circuit ahead of a theatrical run next year.
- 5/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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