Larry Cohen: Party of One. That’s the way I see him, anyway; he’s always made the films he’s wanted, the way he’s wanted – with varying results, sure, but at the end of the day they are nothing less than Larry Cohen Films: unique, challenging, quirky, funny, and almost always a blast to watch. Which brings us to Q: The Winged Serpent (1982), his tribute to the Aip monster movies of days gone by, overshadowed by his patented blend of offbeat characters and intriguing dialogue. The flying lizard? Merely a delightful distraction.
Released by United Film Distribution Company (and co-produced by legendary Aip honcho Samuel Z. Arkoff) in late October, Q returned only a quarter of its $1.2 million budget, but reviews were fairly kind, with most critics singling out not the movie itself, per se, but a wonderful turn by Michael Moriarty (A Return to Salem’s...
Released by United Film Distribution Company (and co-produced by legendary Aip honcho Samuel Z. Arkoff) in late October, Q returned only a quarter of its $1.2 million budget, but reviews were fairly kind, with most critics singling out not the movie itself, per se, but a wonderful turn by Michael Moriarty (A Return to Salem’s...
- 10/21/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Chris Brown has mapped out a bunch of dates for his 2011 fall tour. He will kick it off on September 12 at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto before moving to a number of stadiums across the United States and eventually bringing his entourage for a last stop at Xl Center in Hartford.
"This tour will allow me to paint a picture musically," he said of the traveling show to promote his latest studio album "F.A.M.E.". "I want to bring a lot of energy and excitement to all the fans. It's going to be a great show." He has tapped Kelly Rowland, T-Pain and Tyga as his special guests during the tour.
Before hitting the road this fall, Breezy will have a warm-up show at MTV Video Music Awards on August 28. The R&B performer, who recently released a mixtape "Boy in Detention", has been booked as a musical...
"This tour will allow me to paint a picture musically," he said of the traveling show to promote his latest studio album "F.A.M.E.". "I want to bring a lot of energy and excitement to all the fans. It's going to be a great show." He has tapped Kelly Rowland, T-Pain and Tyga as his special guests during the tour.
Before hitting the road this fall, Breezy will have a warm-up show at MTV Video Music Awards on August 28. The R&B performer, who recently released a mixtape "Boy in Detention", has been booked as a musical...
- 8/11/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Kelly Rowland, Tyga and T-Pain will join Brown on the road when tour kicks off next month.
By Jocelyn Vena
Chris Brown
Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images
Chris Brown is set to kick off his F.A.M.E. Tour next month.
The Vma-nominated singer will begin the jaunt September 12 in Toronto. The tour will run through October 30, when it ends it Hartford, Connecticut, after stops in cities all over the U.S.
So what should fans expect from Brown on the road?
"This tour will allow me to paint a picture musically," Brown said in a statement. "I want to bring a lot of energy and excitement to all the fans. It's going to be a great show."
Kelly Rowland shared last month that she would be going on tour with the singer, and the pair will also be joined by Tyga and T-Pain.
"I'm so excited about that,...
By Jocelyn Vena
Chris Brown
Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images
Chris Brown is set to kick off his F.A.M.E. Tour next month.
The Vma-nominated singer will begin the jaunt September 12 in Toronto. The tour will run through October 30, when it ends it Hartford, Connecticut, after stops in cities all over the U.S.
So what should fans expect from Brown on the road?
"This tour will allow me to paint a picture musically," Brown said in a statement. "I want to bring a lot of energy and excitement to all the fans. It's going to be a great show."
Kelly Rowland shared last month that she would be going on tour with the singer, and the pair will also be joined by Tyga and T-Pain.
"I'm so excited about that,...
- 8/10/2011
- MTV Music News
by Shannon Hilson, MoreHorror.com
If you’ve watched many horror movies in your lifetime, then you’ve no doubt absorbed your share of the classic prank-gone-bad plotline when it comes to what you watch. Detention – directed by James D.R. Hickox and distributed by American World Pictures – fits comfortably under this umbrella and very much keeps to the formula you’ll be familiar with.
The film opens in 1976 on the prank in question which involves a teen named Gabriel winding up trapped inside his school’s incinerator at the hands of classmates who apparently thought this would be a real laugh riot. A freak lightning storm promptly sends electricity surging through the school’s wiring system and before you can say “I know this can only end in tears”, poor Gabriel is going right up in flames just as you instinctually knew he would. As the opening credits lead into the rest of the movie,...
If you’ve watched many horror movies in your lifetime, then you’ve no doubt absorbed your share of the classic prank-gone-bad plotline when it comes to what you watch. Detention – directed by James D.R. Hickox and distributed by American World Pictures – fits comfortably under this umbrella and very much keeps to the formula you’ll be familiar with.
The film opens in 1976 on the prank in question which involves a teen named Gabriel winding up trapped inside his school’s incinerator at the hands of classmates who apparently thought this would be a real laugh riot. A freak lightning storm promptly sends electricity surging through the school’s wiring system and before you can say “I know this can only end in tears”, poor Gabriel is going right up in flames just as you instinctually knew he would. As the opening credits lead into the rest of the movie,...
- 7/30/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by American World Pictures.
Director: James D. R. Hickox.
Writers: James D. R. Hickox, Stephen Johnston, Michael Muscal, and John Stienfield.
So, here is another entry for worst horror film for 2011 with Detention. This film stars the late David Carradine and Thomas Calabro as two faculty staff of a haunted school. Released on DVD May 17th through American World Pictures, Detention feels just like those days spent after school in a stale classroom, staring at the clock. Full of poor music selections, soulless writing and a plot that takes too long to get there, Detention easily gets nominated to 28Dla's worst horror films for this year (2011). Sorry Carradine, but this reviewer is still a fan.
Detention plays out like a bad offering of Rumpelstiltskin. Instead of offering up the first born right away, several children are hunted down by a vengeful...
Director: James D. R. Hickox.
Writers: James D. R. Hickox, Stephen Johnston, Michael Muscal, and John Stienfield.
So, here is another entry for worst horror film for 2011 with Detention. This film stars the late David Carradine and Thomas Calabro as two faculty staff of a haunted school. Released on DVD May 17th through American World Pictures, Detention feels just like those days spent after school in a stale classroom, staring at the clock. Full of poor music selections, soulless writing and a plot that takes too long to get there, Detention easily gets nominated to 28Dla's worst horror films for this year (2011). Sorry Carradine, but this reviewer is still a fan.
Detention plays out like a bad offering of Rumpelstiltskin. Instead of offering up the first born right away, several children are hunted down by a vengeful...
- 7/8/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by American World Pictures.
Director/writer: Kimberly Seilhamer.
This film is a little different from the usual ride down the tracks. Instead of and expressionless killer, Railroad Jack shows that he is a happy killer. Railroad Jack is always killing with a smile and soon, this viewer was smiling along with Jack, in Jack the Reaper. Unbelievably, this film has not secured a release date, but this film is deserving of distribution and of horror fan's attention. The film uses a great set involving a carnival in a desert and the drama among the characters heightens the tension. This is a title that needs to be seen to be believed and hopefully, Jack the Reaper will find a welcoming home soon, so he can terrorize more macabre watching fans.
Jack the Reaper begins with a flashback and soon the horror tone...
Director/writer: Kimberly Seilhamer.
This film is a little different from the usual ride down the tracks. Instead of and expressionless killer, Railroad Jack shows that he is a happy killer. Railroad Jack is always killing with a smile and soon, this viewer was smiling along with Jack, in Jack the Reaper. Unbelievably, this film has not secured a release date, but this film is deserving of distribution and of horror fan's attention. The film uses a great set involving a carnival in a desert and the drama among the characters heightens the tension. This is a title that needs to be seen to be believed and hopefully, Jack the Reaper will find a welcoming home soon, so he can terrorize more macabre watching fans.
Jack the Reaper begins with a flashback and soon the horror tone...
- 7/6/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
You don’t want to get stuck in Detention in Sabretooth/Children Of The Corn III director James D.R. Hickox’s new horror thriller about all the things wrong with staying after school. The film, not to be confused with the recent same-titled Sony acquisition, hits DVD this month from American World Pictures and Take 2 Releasing. This bloody Detention stars David Carradine (as the boozy high school principal) in one of his last roles. Check out comments from star and producer Alexa Jago, as well as exclusive photos, below the jump.
- 6/23/2011
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samantha Fox)
- Fangoria
With all the hoopla surrounding the NBA lately, we know that there are plenty of angry fans that would love to see Lebron James get his on the court. For those angst filled few we've nailed down a few new stills from Detention to live vicariously through.
Available on DVD now from Take 2 Releasing/Allegro is James Hickox's ghostly tale of Detention, starring the late great David Carradine, Billy Aaron Brown, Thomas Calabro, and Zelda Williams.
Check out the plot crunch and DVD artwork below.
Synopsis
A group of high school students are sent to after-school Detention for unexplained reasons. There, the teenagers find themselves abandoned and locked in the classroom after their detention teacher leaves, then mysteriously disappears. With night slowly approaching, a thunderstorm builds outside. The heavy rain and lightning cause a massive power failure, throwing the school into total darkness. Then strange, haunting images of ghosts...
Available on DVD now from Take 2 Releasing/Allegro is James Hickox's ghostly tale of Detention, starring the late great David Carradine, Billy Aaron Brown, Thomas Calabro, and Zelda Williams.
Check out the plot crunch and DVD artwork below.
Synopsis
A group of high school students are sent to after-school Detention for unexplained reasons. There, the teenagers find themselves abandoned and locked in the classroom after their detention teacher leaves, then mysteriously disappears. With night slowly approaching, a thunderstorm builds outside. The heavy rain and lightning cause a massive power failure, throwing the school into total darkness. Then strange, haunting images of ghosts...
- 6/16/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
James D.R. Hickox James D.R. Hickox has been working in the business of horror for nearly twenty years scaring audiences across the world with his films which include Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest, Krocodylus (aka Blood Surf) and the recently released Detention starring the late, great David Carradine. What makes a James D.R. Hickox horror film feel like a James D.R. Hickox horror film, is that he has child age or teenage characters having to face some kind of horror within themselves while stuck in a horror type situation externally. There's a play on the struggles faced internally vs. externally. It's that play, that makes his work feel uniquely like him and makes his work stand out. It's interesting to see how his first film, Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest, just got recently re-released to DVD around the exact same time that his latest film Detention...
- 6/12/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Detention Detention, a supernatural themed horror film about revenge and spirits haunting the students of a high school stuck in after school detention to avenge themselves, comes to DVD through Take 2 Releasing/Allegro. Detention is noteworthy for featuring the late David Carradine (Kill Bill Volume 1 & 2) in a small role alongside Billy Aaron Brown (Jeepers Creepers II) & Thomas Calabro (Melrose Place).
Arriving to DVD June 14th, Detention follows a group of high school students are sent to after-school Detention for unexplained reasons. There, the teenagers find themselves abandoned and locked in the classroom after their detention teacher leaves, then mysteriously disappears. With night slowly approaching, a thunder storm builds outside. The heavy rain and lightning causes a massive power failure throwing the school into total darkness. Then, strange, haunting images of Ghosts begin to appear in the school. The kids manage to break out of the classroom only to find that...
Arriving to DVD June 14th, Detention follows a group of high school students are sent to after-school Detention for unexplained reasons. There, the teenagers find themselves abandoned and locked in the classroom after their detention teacher leaves, then mysteriously disappears. With night slowly approaching, a thunder storm builds outside. The heavy rain and lightning causes a massive power failure throwing the school into total darkness. Then, strange, haunting images of Ghosts begin to appear in the school. The kids manage to break out of the classroom only to find that...
- 5/20/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
In school and throughout my teenage years, I was an absolute and total lunatic. Not kidding either. I super-glued my Spanish teacher to her chair, punched my principal in the face, threw a computer through a closed glass window, etc. You name it. I did it. Though if detention would have been as bad as it is in the movie of the same name, I may have thought twice!
Hitting DVD from Take 2 Releasing/Allegro is James Hickox's ghostly tale of Detention, starring the late great David Carradine, Billy Aaron Brown, Thomas Calabro, and Zelda Williams.
Check out the plot crunch and DVD artwork below.
Synopsis
A group of high school students are sent to after-school Detention for unexplained reasons. There, the teenagers find themselves abandoned and locked in the classroom after their detention teacher leaves, then mysteriously disappears. With night slowly approaching, a thunderstorm builds outside. The heavy...
Hitting DVD from Take 2 Releasing/Allegro is James Hickox's ghostly tale of Detention, starring the late great David Carradine, Billy Aaron Brown, Thomas Calabro, and Zelda Williams.
Check out the plot crunch and DVD artwork below.
Synopsis
A group of high school students are sent to after-school Detention for unexplained reasons. There, the teenagers find themselves abandoned and locked in the classroom after their detention teacher leaves, then mysteriously disappears. With night slowly approaching, a thunderstorm builds outside. The heavy...
- 5/20/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
2010 - 81 mins. - Not Rated
D: James D.R. Hickox
C: David Carradine, Preston Jones, Alexa Jago, Billy Aaron Brown, Michael Mitchell, Rachel Sterling, Thomas Calabro, Zelda Williams, Lil J
Group of students stuck in detention are attacked by a malevolent spirit intent on revenge for his death some 30 odd years ago.
Detention starts out on the slow side with some especially hokey and unconvincing CGI horror inspired effects. However, Detention keeps getting better ....and better as it goes along. It captures the inherent spookiness of being in a darkened building during the middle of a thunderstorm. It has some suspenseful moments of the characters trying to find a way out of their predicament. And it has some appealing character vignettes due to a likable cast. The thing is, Detention never fully gels. It's just too jerky and uneven. Detention throws out many ideas, many notions. Some of it works, some of it doesn't.
D: James D.R. Hickox
C: David Carradine, Preston Jones, Alexa Jago, Billy Aaron Brown, Michael Mitchell, Rachel Sterling, Thomas Calabro, Zelda Williams, Lil J
Group of students stuck in detention are attacked by a malevolent spirit intent on revenge for his death some 30 odd years ago.
Detention starts out on the slow side with some especially hokey and unconvincing CGI horror inspired effects. However, Detention keeps getting better ....and better as it goes along. It captures the inherent spookiness of being in a darkened building during the middle of a thunderstorm. It has some suspenseful moments of the characters trying to find a way out of their predicament. And it has some appealing character vignettes due to a likable cast. The thing is, Detention never fully gels. It's just too jerky and uneven. Detention throws out many ideas, many notions. Some of it works, some of it doesn't.
- 2/11/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
The UK’s very own Horror channel are heading back to high school this month for a veritable feast of terrified teens, haunted classrooms, wayward witches and dead cheerleaders… all of which sounds like my idea of B-movie heaven!
The high school season kicks off Tonight with the network premiere of comedy horror Return to Horror High (1987) which marks George Clooney’s film acting debut as Oliver – an ambitious but unrated actor. Guess who is the first to die? Then on Sat 12th, there’s another showing for James Hickox’s gruesome Detention, which stars David Carradine in his last completed film before his untimely death. Look out for his ‘death by seat-belt’ scene.
On Sat 19th February the Satan’s School For Girls (2000) has its network premiere. A remake of a classic 1970’s Us TV movie the film stars Shannen Doherty (Beverley Hills 90210) as Beth, a student who enrols...
The high school season kicks off Tonight with the network premiere of comedy horror Return to Horror High (1987) which marks George Clooney’s film acting debut as Oliver – an ambitious but unrated actor. Guess who is the first to die? Then on Sat 12th, there’s another showing for James Hickox’s gruesome Detention, which stars David Carradine in his last completed film before his untimely death. Look out for his ‘death by seat-belt’ scene.
On Sat 19th February the Satan’s School For Girls (2000) has its network premiere. A remake of a classic 1970’s Us TV movie the film stars Shannen Doherty (Beverley Hills 90210) as Beth, a student who enrols...
- 2/5/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
As most people know high school can be hell. But one wouldn’t expect it to be quite so literal! All next month on the wonderful Horror Channel, there’s a series of horror flicks going back to school and exploring its relationship to the best genre ever! There’s plenty of films to feast on.
The Horror Channel should be celebrated for its very existence. It offers entertainment and an education. It was on this channel late one night that I discovered the late Jean Rollin’s work and only this past Christmas did I finally get to see the infamous Silent Night, Deadly Night – a film that was never submitted to the BBFC given its notoriety Stateside. Critics and the moral minority in charge didn’t take kindly to a horror director spreading a little blood instead of Christmas cheer. But it’s a good, if very silly,...
The Horror Channel should be celebrated for its very existence. It offers entertainment and an education. It was on this channel late one night that I discovered the late Jean Rollin’s work and only this past Christmas did I finally get to see the infamous Silent Night, Deadly Night – a film that was never submitted to the BBFC given its notoriety Stateside. Critics and the moral minority in charge didn’t take kindly to a horror director spreading a little blood instead of Christmas cheer. But it’s a good, if very silly,...
- 1/17/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
7.20pm The Lost Boys (Sky Movies SciFi & Horror)
Brothers Michael and Sam move to a new town, rumoured to be plagued by vampires. When Michael starts to exhibit traditional bloodsucker behaviour, little brother Sam sets out to save him by taking down the charismatic leader of the vampire gang.
8.00pm The Butterfly Effect 2 (Syfy)
A man who blames himself for causing his girlfriend’s death in a road accident discovers he has the ability to travel back in time. He tries to use this power to prevent the tragedy from happening – but finds meddling in the course of history has devastating repercussions.
9.00pm Blade: The Series (Horror Channel)
Slick small-screen adaptation of the popular Blade franchise. Marcus discovers the location of...
7.20pm The Lost Boys (Sky Movies SciFi & Horror)
Brothers Michael and Sam move to a new town, rumoured to be plagued by vampires. When Michael starts to exhibit traditional bloodsucker behaviour, little brother Sam sets out to save him by taking down the charismatic leader of the vampire gang.
8.00pm The Butterfly Effect 2 (Syfy)
A man who blames himself for causing his girlfriend’s death in a road accident discovers he has the ability to travel back in time. He tries to use this power to prevent the tragedy from happening – but finds meddling in the course of history has devastating repercussions.
9.00pm Blade: The Series (Horror Channel)
Slick small-screen adaptation of the popular Blade franchise. Marcus discovers the location of...
- 6/22/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
7.00pm Firefly (Horror Channel)
The crew members aboard a small transport ship face challenges in the wake of an interstellar war 400 years in the future. The crew of the Serenity are in for a gunfight when one of Inara’s companion colleagues asks for their help. Season One, episode 14.
8.00pm A Town Called Eureka (Syfy)
Dr Tess Fontana reopens Section Five, triggering a chain of strange events, culminating in inanimate objects throughout the town suddenly springing to life.
9.00pm Warehouse 13 (Virgin 1)
This family friendly scifi drama captures the spirit of The X-Files and Friday the 13th the series. After saving the life of an international diplomat in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away...
7.00pm Firefly (Horror Channel)
The crew members aboard a small transport ship face challenges in the wake of an interstellar war 400 years in the future. The crew of the Serenity are in for a gunfight when one of Inara’s companion colleagues asks for their help. Season One, episode 14.
8.00pm A Town Called Eureka (Syfy)
Dr Tess Fontana reopens Section Five, triggering a chain of strange events, culminating in inanimate objects throughout the town suddenly springing to life.
9.00pm Warehouse 13 (Virgin 1)
This family friendly scifi drama captures the spirit of The X-Files and Friday the 13th the series. After saving the life of an international diplomat in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away...
- 6/17/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The Associated Press has reported that actor David Carradine was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Bangkok, an apparent suicide. Carradine, who was in the Thai city to shoot a movie, was 72.
The actor was discovered by a hotel maid hanged with a curtain cord, and a preliminary police investigation found no signs of foul play. Further details are being withheld out of consideration for his family. Carradine’s long career ranged from the art house to the grindhouse and everything in between, with horror credits including Larry Cohen’s Q, Gary Graver’s Trick Or Treats, Robert Martin Carroll’s Sonny Boy, Anthony Hickox’s Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat (pictured) and Waxwork II: Lost In Time, Fred Olen Ray’s Evil Toons, Ethan Wiley’s Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror, Mitch Marcus’ Knocking On Death’S Door, Mark Lambert Bristol’s The Monster Hunter,...
The actor was discovered by a hotel maid hanged with a curtain cord, and a preliminary police investigation found no signs of foul play. Further details are being withheld out of consideration for his family. Carradine’s long career ranged from the art house to the grindhouse and everything in between, with horror credits including Larry Cohen’s Q, Gary Graver’s Trick Or Treats, Robert Martin Carroll’s Sonny Boy, Anthony Hickox’s Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat (pictured) and Waxwork II: Lost In Time, Fred Olen Ray’s Evil Toons, Ethan Wiley’s Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror, Mitch Marcus’ Knocking On Death’S Door, Mark Lambert Bristol’s The Monster Hunter,...
- 6/4/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
- 2/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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