The late ’80s provided a veritable potpourri for horror film fanatics. Slashers had petered out, and filmmakers were keen on exploring other avenues, everything from a parasitic drug slug (Brain Damage) to possession (The Unholy), and all points in-between. Of course, mileage may vary, and many have fallen through the cracks or are best forgotten. Possibly one of the oddest of the bunch is Anthony Hickox’s Waxwork (1988), a goofball mixture of Hammer and Amicus brought kicking and screaming into the modern era with a touch o’ teen comedy sensibility. And in horror, odd never hurts—and sometimes it even helps create an unassuming delight such as this.
Produced and distributed by Vestron Pictures, who scored big the previous year with the terrifying Dirty Dancing, Waxwork was given a limited release in June in the Us and the rest of the world the following year. Made for $1,500,000, it only returned $800,000 domestically.
Produced and distributed by Vestron Pictures, who scored big the previous year with the terrifying Dirty Dancing, Waxwork was given a limited release in June in the Us and the rest of the world the following year. Made for $1,500,000, it only returned $800,000 domestically.
- 4/30/2016
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Brian Yuzna is known by horror fans for directing a number of cult classics over the years, including Bride of Re-Animator, Society, and The Dentist. He was also the director on Return of the Living Dead 3 and we have a new Q&A where Brian discusses his experience making the movie and teases potential sequels to his past films.This Q&A is courtesy of the Horror Channel, which will be broadcasting Return of the Living Dead 3 on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:40pm:
Q: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in the movie industry?
By: No, I didn’t. Like most kids, I loved movies; and I saw some scary ones at a young age that really disturbed me. That gave me an interest in horror for the rest of my life. But I never imagined that you could actually make a living making movies.
Q: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in the movie industry?
By: No, I didn’t. Like most kids, I loved movies; and I saw some scary ones at a young age that really disturbed me. That gave me an interest in horror for the rest of my life. But I never imagined that you could actually make a living making movies.
- 10/30/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Brian Yuzna is one of the world’s most prolific and respected genre film-makers and on the eve of Return of the Living Dead III receiving its network TV premiere on the Horror Channel, Yuzna gives us some insight into the making of the film, news on the Society sequel and why he thinks horror has gone too mainstream…
Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in the movie industry?
No, I didn’t. Like most kids, I loved movies; and I saw some scary ones at a young age that really disturbed me. That gave me an interest in horror for the rest of my life. But I never imagined that you could actually make a living making movies. Back then there were no dvd extras and tv shows demonstrating how movies were made. While in high school I had fooled around with a...
Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in the movie industry?
No, I didn’t. Like most kids, I loved movies; and I saw some scary ones at a young age that really disturbed me. That gave me an interest in horror for the rest of my life. But I never imagined that you could actually make a living making movies. Back then there were no dvd extras and tv shows demonstrating how movies were made. While in high school I had fooled around with a...
- 10/29/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Director: Gerry Lively. Writer: Brian Rudnick. Cast: Meagan Good, Eleanor Gecks and James Rawlings. An extremely long prologue sets more than just the tone of a dark fantasy film based off a franchise. Dungeons and Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness is a movie that could have been better and the third time around is not the charm. This direct to video UK product is supposed to have a supernatural theme. Instead, it dodges around the idea like a ghost not wanting to tell its tale. This is a film that is based on a post-Gygax created world. When Wizards of the Coast bought Tsr, the original publishing company, as their way of saving the company from bankruptcy, some gamers wanting a media translation of their favourite game may feel divided. This film does have a good feeling of a medieval product, but is it dungeons and dragons? And, where...
- 10/27/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Dungeons & Dragons 2-Movie Collection
Blu-ray Edition
Directed by Courtney Solomon/Gerry Lively
Starring Jeremy Irons, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, Mark Dymond
Warner Home Video
Release date: February 15, 2011
I guess I am the resident Dungeons & Dragons expert here at Geeks of Doom, so when the new 2-disc Blu-ray combo pack of Dungeons & Dragons and D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God came across our desk, I was the first one offered to check them out. I’ve never seen these movies before, but I know of them by reputation, and I was curious to see if they lived up to those reputations. All I really wanted out of them was a decent adventure movie that at least gave a tip of its hat to the popular roleplaying game. What I got was one decent adventure movie, and one really bad but really goofy adventure movie.
The first Dungeons & Dragons movie, which...
Blu-ray Edition
Directed by Courtney Solomon/Gerry Lively
Starring Jeremy Irons, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, Mark Dymond
Warner Home Video
Release date: February 15, 2011
I guess I am the resident Dungeons & Dragons expert here at Geeks of Doom, so when the new 2-disc Blu-ray combo pack of Dungeons & Dragons and D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God came across our desk, I was the first one offered to check them out. I’ve never seen these movies before, but I know of them by reputation, and I was curious to see if they lived up to those reputations. All I really wanted out of them was a decent adventure movie that at least gave a tip of its hat to the popular roleplaying game. What I got was one decent adventure movie, and one really bad but really goofy adventure movie.
The first Dungeons & Dragons movie, which...
- 3/4/2011
- by Henchman21
- Geeks of Doom
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