For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up and coming, or well established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…
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- 6/1/2024
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
As the driving force behind a blockbuster franchise, Peter Jackson has not only secured a place among some of the most celebrated filmmakers in the industry, but has also made quite a fortune for himself. His journey to Tinseltown has been nothing short of extraordinary, and began with an early start in New Zealand, with multiple short films and cult classics like Bad Taste.
Peter Jackson | Credit: Canal Cat Films
However, his filmmaking journey truly commenced with a 16 mm camera with his two years of savings, which has since transformed into a fortune that now surpasses the combined wealth of two Hollywood giants, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron.
Peter Jackson Reflected on His Humble Beginnings
Peter Jackson’s initial fascination with the world of cinema began with the TV series Thunderbirds and the 1933 film King Kong, which led him to experiment with his family’s home camera and stop-motion animation technique.
Peter Jackson | Credit: Canal Cat Films
However, his filmmaking journey truly commenced with a 16 mm camera with his two years of savings, which has since transformed into a fortune that now surpasses the combined wealth of two Hollywood giants, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron.
Peter Jackson Reflected on His Humble Beginnings
Peter Jackson’s initial fascination with the world of cinema began with the TV series Thunderbirds and the 1933 film King Kong, which led him to experiment with his family’s home camera and stop-motion animation technique.
- 5/28/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Peter Jackson has a wide range of successful projects under his name, from blockbuster franchises like The Lord of the Rings to cult classics like Meet the Feebles and Dead Alive. And his journey to becoming one of the most proficient filmmakers in the industry began with the 1987 film Bad Taste, which paved the way for his illustrious career in the film industry.
Peter Jackson | Credit: Wikimedia Commons/foilman
The film has since become a cult classic known for its over-the-top gore and dark humor. However, it faced significant challenges during production, particularly due to limited resources. In order to realize his vision, Jackson found himself compelled to employ unconventional methods to secure funding.
Peter Jackson’s Sneaky Tactics to Fund His Debut Feature Film
Peter Jackson’s journey as the filmmaker began with the gory extravaganza of the 1987 sci-fi horror comedy Bad Taste. Based in a fictional town in New Zealand,...
Peter Jackson | Credit: Wikimedia Commons/foilman
The film has since become a cult classic known for its over-the-top gore and dark humor. However, it faced significant challenges during production, particularly due to limited resources. In order to realize his vision, Jackson found himself compelled to employ unconventional methods to secure funding.
Peter Jackson’s Sneaky Tactics to Fund His Debut Feature Film
Peter Jackson’s journey as the filmmaker began with the gory extravaganza of the 1987 sci-fi horror comedy Bad Taste. Based in a fictional town in New Zealand,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Get ready for an electrifying episode of “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch” titled “Bad Taste,” airing on History at 9:00 Pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Join a team of scientists and experts as they embark on a daring expedition to unravel the mysteries of the infamous 512-acre property.
For more than 200 years, Skinwalker Ranch has been shrouded in tales of UFO sightings, bizarre animal mutations, and paranormal phenomena. In “Bad Taste,” the team conducts a thorough and audacious search, delving deep into the enigmatic history of the ranch in search of answers.
From unexplained phenomena to strange occurrences, viewers will be captivated by the relentless pursuit of truth as the team navigates the complexities of the ranch’s secrets. With cutting-edge technology and fearless determination, they uncover clues that may finally shed light on the mysteries that have baffled experts for centuries.
Don’t miss out on the gripping excitement of...
For more than 200 years, Skinwalker Ranch has been shrouded in tales of UFO sightings, bizarre animal mutations, and paranormal phenomena. In “Bad Taste,” the team conducts a thorough and audacious search, delving deep into the enigmatic history of the ranch in search of answers.
From unexplained phenomena to strange occurrences, viewers will be captivated by the relentless pursuit of truth as the team navigates the complexities of the ranch’s secrets. With cutting-edge technology and fearless determination, they uncover clues that may finally shed light on the mysteries that have baffled experts for centuries.
Don’t miss out on the gripping excitement of...
- 5/7/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
These days, Peter Jackson is best known for directing big budget spectacles. He took the Hobbits to Mordor, he cast Benedict Cumberbatch as a dragon, he brought us the sight of a motion-capture King Kong smacking around a bunch of dinosaurs. But when he was just getting his career started, he was making very different kinds of movies: horror comedies that were drenched in blood and pretty much every other bodily fluid you can think of. In 1992, he brought the world what may be the bloodiest film ever made: a zombie comedy he would call Braindead, but many fans know it as Dead Alive. And if you haven’t seen this one yet (you can watch it Here), it’s the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.
Peter Jackson never had any formal film school training, and not just because they didn’t have such courses in his home country of New Zealand.
Peter Jackson never had any formal film school training, and not just because they didn’t have such courses in his home country of New Zealand.
- 3/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Looking back on the horror genre throughout time, there’s always been a period where certain sub-genres have been most prominent. The 70s and 80s were all about the slasher flicks, with masked villains marauding around sleepy suburbs or high school kids having their heads chopped off, while remakes such as House of Wax and Ring dominated the early noughties. There’s another sub-genre, however, that had its roots in splatter films such as Peter Jackson’s superbly gross Bad Taste and Braindead, plus ‘video nasties’ like 1978’s I Spit on Your Grave. That’s right folk, we’re talking about ‘Torture Porn’, an exploitation horror subgenre known for its nasty, gory, and violent films. Do a quick Google search for the sub-genre, preferably with safe-search activated if you’re at work or Uni, just in case, and you’ll more than likely find several Top 10 lists of the best...
- 1/10/2024
- by Adam Walton
- JoBlo.com
Aliens are never far from the pop culture hive mind. It makes sense that audiences would turn to the skies in the 21st century: a time of existential ennui that’s left many screaming for escape and wondering “What else?” But where the enduring nostalgia of “E.T.” or the effortless charm of “Earth Girls Are Easy” might have made emotional contact in the past, a burning need to really feel something has festered.
The scariest alien movies terrify in many of the same ways the scariest earth-bound horror movies do: building (and sometimes killing) likable characters; producing otherworldly visual displays with seriously grim implications; getting the jump scares, if applicable, timed just right; and daring to put the unimaginably terrible on screen. Alien flicks further distinguish themselves through the subgenre’s unparalleled ability to explore the unknown, conjuring up heinous fates for humans so sweepingly sadistic few other films can attempt them.
The scariest alien movies terrify in many of the same ways the scariest earth-bound horror movies do: building (and sometimes killing) likable characters; producing otherworldly visual displays with seriously grim implications; getting the jump scares, if applicable, timed just right; and daring to put the unimaginably terrible on screen. Alien flicks further distinguish themselves through the subgenre’s unparalleled ability to explore the unknown, conjuring up heinous fates for humans so sweepingly sadistic few other films can attempt them.
- 10/26/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
All seven episodes of Peacock’s “Wolf Like Me” Season 2 are available to stream now (our review), doubling down on the charm and the werewolf complications introduced in season one. It makes for the perfect Halloween binge as October starts to wind down.
The series was created by Abe Forsythe (Little Monsters), who also serves as writer, director, and executive producer.
In season two, Mary (Isla Fisher) and Gary (Josh Gad) leap into the next phase of their relationship and face their biggest challenge yet: pregnancy. Typical anxieties for any expecting couple get exacerbated tenfold when the mom-to-be also happens to be a werewolf.
Without delving into spoilers, the second season ends on a cliffhanger, unlike the tidy, cathartic conclusion of season one. It’s the precise type of ending that demands a third season to see what happens next. Bloody Disgusting sought answers from series creator Abe Forsythe, and...
The series was created by Abe Forsythe (Little Monsters), who also serves as writer, director, and executive producer.
In season two, Mary (Isla Fisher) and Gary (Josh Gad) leap into the next phase of their relationship and face their biggest challenge yet: pregnancy. Typical anxieties for any expecting couple get exacerbated tenfold when the mom-to-be also happens to be a werewolf.
Without delving into spoilers, the second season ends on a cliffhanger, unlike the tidy, cathartic conclusion of season one. It’s the precise type of ending that demands a third season to see what happens next. Bloody Disgusting sought answers from series creator Abe Forsythe, and...
- 10/24/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Readers in the UK will want to take a gander at what Nyx UK has in store for them next month. With spooky season in full swing you will not want to miss contemporary classics like The Evil Dead, Halloween, What Have You Done To Solange? and Bad Taste. Hammer Sundays next month will have Countess Dracula, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Revenge of Frankenstein and The Abominable Snowman. Friday nights get naughty with Jesús Franco’s Vampyro Lesbos and Jean Rollin's The Shiver of the Vampires and The Night of the Hunted. All the spooky season programming for next month on Nyx UK follows. The UK’s hottest Fast TV channel for horror fans unveils a ‘Helloween’ month of movies for October ...
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- 9/27/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Talk to Me has garnered nearly unanimous praise since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, even going on to win big at the Fantasia International Film Festival just this week. Now, Talk to Me has earned some major backing from yet another Oscar winner, with New Zealand native praising the Australian horror film.
Speaking with Ahi Films (via Newshub) – a distributor of the film – Peter Jackson said that Talk to Me is “relentlessly scary and disturbing – in the best possible way”, adding that it “isn’t just good – it’s very very good. The best, most intense, horror movie I’ve enjoyed in years.” That’s some high praise for a guy that started off his career with two of the most relentless horror movies of their era, Bad Taste and Braindead (aka Dead Alive). While Talk to Me leans more supernatural than, say, lawnmower bloodbath,...
Speaking with Ahi Films (via Newshub) – a distributor of the film – Peter Jackson said that Talk to Me is “relentlessly scary and disturbing – in the best possible way”, adding that it “isn’t just good – it’s very very good. The best, most intense, horror movie I’ve enjoyed in years.” That’s some high praise for a guy that started off his career with two of the most relentless horror movies of their era, Bad Taste and Braindead (aka Dead Alive). While Talk to Me leans more supernatural than, say, lawnmower bloodbath,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Sure, many film fans might know Peter Jackson best from his time directing numerous ‘Lord of the Rings’ films. But if you’re a fan of his earlier work (such as “Braindead” and “Bad Taste“), you know Jackson got his start in the horror genre and knows a thing or two about creative scares. So, when the filmmaker is outspoken about a new horror film, fans should heed his words.
Continue reading ‘Talk To Me’: Peter Jackson Calls Breakout Horror Film “The Best, Most Intense Horror Movie” He’s Seen In Years at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Talk To Me’: Peter Jackson Calls Breakout Horror Film “The Best, Most Intense Horror Movie” He’s Seen In Years at The Playlist.
- 8/14/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Hey all, to go in tandem with JoBlo.com’s 25th Anniversary we are very proud to present to you 80’s Horror Memories, a new weekly doc-series (xxx episodes in all) which just premiered today on our YouTube Channel JoBlo Horror Originals. Feast your retinas on Episode 1 via the embed above and you can expect a new installment to go live every Monday on the channel.
Our first Episode chronicles:
“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. Time for free love and hope for peace was over. It was time for a revolution. But with filmmakers, their creative freedoms would lead to explore more areas which haven’t been touched on before. It was the year horror would forever be changed. We’re talking Dressed to Kill,...
Our first Episode chronicles:
“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. Time for free love and hope for peace was over. It was time for a revolution. But with filmmakers, their creative freedoms would lead to explore more areas which haven’t been touched on before. It was the year horror would forever be changed. We’re talking Dressed to Kill,...
- 5/19/2023
- by The Arrow
- JoBlo.com
The new ten-episode Disney+ series"The Muppets Mayhem" sees the return of the psychedelic Muppet band The Electric Mayhem as they embark on a rip-roaring adventure to record their debut album. Their fearless bandleader Dr. Teeth is still behind the keys and Animal is still beating his drum kit into submission, with all the rest of the band getting back together to make magic happen once again. The long history of Muppets movies has always been filled with pop culture references and glorified celebrity cameos, but aside from "Muppets Haunted Mansion," they've largely avoided any direct nods to the horror genre.
That all changed with the seventh episode of the series "Track 7: Eight Days a Week," where an uncredited appearance from director Peter Jackson confirmed one of the most unlikely puppet crossovers in film history. For the sake of your own sanity and to keep wholesome childhood memories intact,...
That all changed with the seventh episode of the series "Track 7: Eight Days a Week," where an uncredited appearance from director Peter Jackson confirmed one of the most unlikely puppet crossovers in film history. For the sake of your own sanity and to keep wholesome childhood memories intact,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Peter Jackson is a name that many people recognize, and for good reason.
He has experienced tremendous success in his career, from creating short films to directing Hollywood blockbusters like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. But what many don’t know is that he’s an independent filmmaker who has been making movies since the 1980s.
In this article we’ll look at Peter Jackson’s epic career. We’ll explore his early career, discuss his film-making style, and discover how his involvement in projects such as The Lord of the Rings has shaped the Hollywood film industry today.
We will also look at some of the lessons aspiring filmmakers can learn from Peter Jackson’s journey. So let’s dive into this exciting story and find out how an independent Kiwi filmmaker made it big in Hollywood!
Early Life and Short Films: Peter Jackson’s Humble Beginnings Peter Jackson.
He has experienced tremendous success in his career, from creating short films to directing Hollywood blockbusters like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. But what many don’t know is that he’s an independent filmmaker who has been making movies since the 1980s.
In this article we’ll look at Peter Jackson’s epic career. We’ll explore his early career, discuss his film-making style, and discover how his involvement in projects such as The Lord of the Rings has shaped the Hollywood film industry today.
We will also look at some of the lessons aspiring filmmakers can learn from Peter Jackson’s journey. So let’s dive into this exciting story and find out how an independent Kiwi filmmaker made it big in Hollywood!
Early Life and Short Films: Peter Jackson’s Humble Beginnings Peter Jackson.
- 5/13/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
All ten episodes of “The Muppets Mayhem“ dropped on Disney+ earlier this week, sending beloved Muppet band, The Electric Mayhem, on a musical journey to record their first album. In true Muppet style, the journey comes with a slew of notable cameos, including a shocking horror crossover we never would’ve anticipated in a million years.
A surprising uncredited cameo by director Peter Jackson confirms that the characters from his raunchy spluppet feature (splatter + puppet), Meet the Feebles, exist within the same world as the Muppets, making for one of horror’s most surprising crossovers.
“Track 7: Eight Days a Week” is the seventh episode of the season, which sees the Muppets’ music exec Nora (Lilly Singh) attempt to create a documentary about the band. Enter director Peter Jackson, playing himself. The Award-winning director is there with a crew, and the band recognizes him instantly.
In a bizarre exchange, Muppet...
A surprising uncredited cameo by director Peter Jackson confirms that the characters from his raunchy spluppet feature (splatter + puppet), Meet the Feebles, exist within the same world as the Muppets, making for one of horror’s most surprising crossovers.
“Track 7: Eight Days a Week” is the seventh episode of the season, which sees the Muppets’ music exec Nora (Lilly Singh) attempt to create a documentary about the band. Enter director Peter Jackson, playing himself. The Award-winning director is there with a crew, and the band recognizes him instantly.
In a bizarre exchange, Muppet...
- 5/12/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Peter Jackson's 1994 drama "Heavenly Creatures" was based on the real-life Parker-Hulme murder case which took place in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1954. The story goes that the convicted killers, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, became friends as adolescents and began to obsess over each other. They lived a very vivid fantasy life, and even invented their own religion, to which they were the only adherents. When Parker's mother, Honorah, threatened to separate the girls, they plotted to murder her, a crime they committed in Victoria Park. They spent five years in prison and were spared the death penalty, as Pauline was 16 and Juliet was 15. Jackson's film maintained that the two young women could be released from prison under the condition that they never see each other again, but this, however, was not true.
"Heavenly Creatures" was widely lauded at the time and was nominated for Best Screenplay at that...
"Heavenly Creatures" was widely lauded at the time and was nominated for Best Screenplay at that...
- 4/9/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)
The Movie: "King Kong" (2005)
Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max
The Pitch: Peter Jackson's "King Kong" doesn't get the respect it deserves and I think it's high time to re-evaluate his epic love letter to the movie that made him want to be a filmmaker in the first place. Is it a little indulgent? Yes. Is it overlong? Maybe. But it's also a fascinating moment where one of our most visionary directors was coming off a landmark trilogy that forever changed the way movies were made with all the clout, creative freedom, and budget that comes with a success as big as "The Lord of the Rings." A lot of the unique chemistry that made "Lord of the Ring...
The Movie: "King Kong" (2005)
Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max
The Pitch: Peter Jackson's "King Kong" doesn't get the respect it deserves and I think it's high time to re-evaluate his epic love letter to the movie that made him want to be a filmmaker in the first place. Is it a little indulgent? Yes. Is it overlong? Maybe. But it's also a fascinating moment where one of our most visionary directors was coming off a landmark trilogy that forever changed the way movies were made with all the clout, creative freedom, and budget that comes with a success as big as "The Lord of the Rings." A lot of the unique chemistry that made "Lord of the Ring...
- 8/31/2022
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
Showrunner Eric Kripke joins podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite films.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Piranha (1978) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
My Octopus Teacher (2020)
The Evil Dead (1983) – Fede Alvarez’s trailer commentary
Evil Dead II (1987) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary, Alex Kirschenbaum’s review
Meet The Feebles (1989) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary
Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary
Bad Taste (1987) – Ti West’s trailer commentary
Infested (2002)
Super (2010)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Hidden (1987) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Uhf (1989)
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid (1986)
The Dead Pit (1989)
Batgirl (2022) – Unreleased film
The Fantastic Four (1994) – Unreleased film...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Piranha (1978) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
My Octopus Teacher (2020)
The Evil Dead (1983) – Fede Alvarez’s trailer commentary
Evil Dead II (1987) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary, Alex Kirschenbaum’s review
Meet The Feebles (1989) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary
Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary
Bad Taste (1987) – Ti West’s trailer commentary
Infested (2002)
Super (2010)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Hidden (1987) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Uhf (1989)
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid (1986)
The Dead Pit (1989)
Batgirl (2022) – Unreleased film
The Fantastic Four (1994) – Unreleased film...
- 8/23/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
If you had told someone in the early 1990s that Peter Jackson would go on to direct one of the most beloved movie trilogies of all time, they probably would've given you a funny look, assuming they even knew who he was.
The New Zealand filmmaker got his start in the late 1980s and early '90s by pushing the boundaries of bad taste with the splatter horror-comedies "Bad Taste" and "Dead Alive," the latter of which still ranks among the goriest movies ever made thanks to scenes where, among other things, the film's hero uses...
The post How a TV Broadcast of King Kong Eventually Led to The Lord Of The Rings appeared first on /Film.
The New Zealand filmmaker got his start in the late 1980s and early '90s by pushing the boundaries of bad taste with the splatter horror-comedies "Bad Taste" and "Dead Alive," the latter of which still ranks among the goriest movies ever made thanks to scenes where, among other things, the film's hero uses...
The post How a TV Broadcast of King Kong Eventually Led to The Lord Of The Rings appeared first on /Film.
- 5/2/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
‘Lord of the Rings’ at 20: Why Peter Jackson’s Trilogy Was One of Hollywood’s Riskiest Projects Ever
After success with several small-scale films, Peter Jackson in 1992 told Variety he was looking for a project “that will really push me.”
He found something that surpassed everyone’s expectations. This month marks the 20th anniversary of Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings,” which kicked off the 2001-2003 film trilogy based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
In 2000, Jackson told Variety “Lotr” was “the Holy Grail of filmmaking, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
In retrospect, handing this massive project to Jackson seems like a no-brainer: great material for a great filmmaker. But in fact, there were so many unknown factors that it was immediately recognized as one of film history’s greatest gambles.
“I read ‘Lord of the Rings’ first as a 17 year-old,” Jackson told Variety. “I wasn’t one of those avid fans who read it every year. Fran and I were childhood fan of the ‘Sinbad’ movies,...
He found something that surpassed everyone’s expectations. This month marks the 20th anniversary of Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings,” which kicked off the 2001-2003 film trilogy based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
In 2000, Jackson told Variety “Lotr” was “the Holy Grail of filmmaking, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
In retrospect, handing this massive project to Jackson seems like a no-brainer: great material for a great filmmaker. But in fact, there were so many unknown factors that it was immediately recognized as one of film history’s greatest gambles.
“I read ‘Lord of the Rings’ first as a 17 year-old,” Jackson told Variety. “I wasn’t one of those avid fans who read it every year. Fran and I were childhood fan of the ‘Sinbad’ movies,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Before going mainstream with the Lord of the Rings films, Peter Jackson was a horror guy, kick-starting his career with the gory flicks Dead Alive and Bad Taste. Despite being beloved by horror fans, neither film has to date been restored and re-released, but Jackson himself had revealed way back in 2018, you may recall, that 4K restorations were in the works. […]...
- 11/30/2021
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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By Todd Garbarini
I love home video. It has introduced me to the films that have been held near and dear to me in a far more intimate way than broadcast television ever could. The first home video system that I ever owned was the RCA SelectaVision Capacitance Electronic Disc system, a $500M failure that nearly bankrupted its creator, RCA, just five years after its inauspicious introduction in March 1981, Following 17 years of research and development hell, it proved to be a technological also-ran even before it left the gate. Star Wars (1977) and Poltergeist (1982) were the first two films that I owned on a caddie-enclosed 12-inch capacitive disc that were played over and over again during the spring and summer of 1983. These were not just movies that I saw, these were movies that I owned. They were mine and they became a part of my identity.
By Todd Garbarini
I love home video. It has introduced me to the films that have been held near and dear to me in a far more intimate way than broadcast television ever could. The first home video system that I ever owned was the RCA SelectaVision Capacitance Electronic Disc system, a $500M failure that nearly bankrupted its creator, RCA, just five years after its inauspicious introduction in March 1981, Following 17 years of research and development hell, it proved to be a technological also-ran even before it left the gate. Star Wars (1977) and Poltergeist (1982) were the first two films that I owned on a caddie-enclosed 12-inch capacitive disc that were played over and over again during the spring and summer of 1983. These were not just movies that I saw, these were movies that I owned. They were mine and they became a part of my identity.
- 4/13/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Stars: Thomas Sainsbury, Hayden J. Weal, Jess Sayer, Jennifer Ward-Leland, Tomai Ihaia | Written by Thomas Sainsbury | Directed by Hayden J. Weal
Imagine if Michael J. Fox’s character in The Frighteners could only see ghost and ghouls if he took hard drugs… and was an idiot. That’s Dead in a nutshell!
Marbles, a hapless stoner, can see dead people, thanks to a homemade drug. Officer Tagg, a recently deceased wannabe super-cop is on the trail of a serial killer. So when Marbles’ mum plans to sell the family farm, and the only way of buying it is taking the money offered by Tagg in exchange for his help, Marbles accepts. Will the unlikely duo of directionless medium and ghost cop get over their prejudices and navigate their way through ghouls, perverts, a mysterious hooded figure, and an unexpected shot at love.
As I’ve said in many a previous review,...
Imagine if Michael J. Fox’s character in The Frighteners could only see ghost and ghouls if he took hard drugs… and was an idiot. That’s Dead in a nutshell!
Marbles, a hapless stoner, can see dead people, thanks to a homemade drug. Officer Tagg, a recently deceased wannabe super-cop is on the trail of a serial killer. So when Marbles’ mum plans to sell the family farm, and the only way of buying it is taking the money offered by Tagg in exchange for his help, Marbles accepts. Will the unlikely duo of directionless medium and ghost cop get over their prejudices and navigate their way through ghouls, perverts, a mysterious hooded figure, and an unexpected shot at love.
As I’ve said in many a previous review,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Kathryn Wilder, Gary Sweet, Stephen Hunter, Jordan Waller, Kevin Harrington, Don Bridges, Helen Dallimore, Madekaine Nunn, Anna Tolputt, Danxia Yang, Rob Sheean, David Adlam, Kasha Bajor | Written by Jordan Waller | Directed by Jesse O’Brien
After the death of their adoptive mother, shy butcher Norman and his drama queen twin sister Annabelle leave the UK and adventure to Australia in search of their biological mother, but the local townsfolk of Two Heads Creek are hiding a dark secret… but aren’t they all when it comes to small towns in horror movies?
Australia and New Zealand have a fine tradition of mixing comedy and horror to superb effect. Be it the early work of Peter Jackson such as Bad Taste and Brain Dead, or more recent efforts such as Primal and The Loved Ones, horror from down under always seems to walk a very fine line be laughs and scares,...
After the death of their adoptive mother, shy butcher Norman and his drama queen twin sister Annabelle leave the UK and adventure to Australia in search of their biological mother, but the local townsfolk of Two Heads Creek are hiding a dark secret… but aren’t they all when it comes to small towns in horror movies?
Australia and New Zealand have a fine tradition of mixing comedy and horror to superb effect. Be it the early work of Peter Jackson such as Bad Taste and Brain Dead, or more recent efforts such as Primal and The Loved Ones, horror from down under always seems to walk a very fine line be laughs and scares,...
- 7/1/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Linda Blair, David Hasselhoff, Hildegard Knef, Catherine Hickland, Annie Ross, Leslie Cumming, Robert Champagne, Rick Farnsworth, Michael Manchester, Frank Cammarata, Victoria Biggers, Ely Coughlin, Kara Lynch, Jamie Hanes, Richard Ladenburg | Written by Harry Spalding, Daniele Stroppa | Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti
If you grew up reading Darkside Magazine in the early 90s and regularly frequented your local video rental shop, as I did, you couldn’t help but know all about the UK VHS label Colourbox. Not a huge distributor, at least compared to others at the time, Colourbox were probably one of the most iconic – at least for me – VHS labels the UK had; and that’s mainly thanks to the fantastic line-up of films they released on VHS: Bad Blood, Bad Taste, Creepozoids, Dr. Alien, The Imp, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (though without the word “chainsaw” in the title thanks to stupid UK censorship at the time), the ever-awesome Intruder and Ghosthouse.
If you grew up reading Darkside Magazine in the early 90s and regularly frequented your local video rental shop, as I did, you couldn’t help but know all about the UK VHS label Colourbox. Not a huge distributor, at least compared to others at the time, Colourbox were probably one of the most iconic – at least for me – VHS labels the UK had; and that’s mainly thanks to the fantastic line-up of films they released on VHS: Bad Blood, Bad Taste, Creepozoids, Dr. Alien, The Imp, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (though without the word “chainsaw” in the title thanks to stupid UK censorship at the time), the ever-awesome Intruder and Ghosthouse.
- 6/19/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Born on this day in 1961: Peter Jackson The prolific New Zealand director, writer, and producer is best known for his adaptation of The Lord of the Rings but horror fans are better acquainted with his splatter films. His first, Bad Taste, was shot over several years, frequently on weekends to allow for his work schedule, and using […]
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- 10/31/2019
- by Alyse Wax
- DreadCentral.com
The second episode of The ThrillFlix Show: playing exclusively on ThrillFlix, but free for everyone to watch! In this show: - Soul Copyright (directed by Frank Messely & Johan Vandewoestijne) - Tour de Force (directed by Kim Sønderholm) - Professor Mule's experiment: is the book better than the movie? - Charade (directed by Stanley Donen) - Bad Taste (directed by Peter Jackson) - General Massacre (directed by Burr Jerger) Subscribe now at https://www.ThrillFlix.com Watch the second episode of The ThrillFlix Show for free here!...
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- 7/15/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Everyone remembers when New Zealand’s Peter Jackson came barreling onto the scene and in quick order brought us Bad Taste (1987), Meet the Feebles (1989), and Braindead (1992) before eventually settling down into Academy Award-winning fantasy films. (I forget their names. Just Google them.) But he wasn’t the first to introduce the world to his country’s nascent splattery talent: that honor goes to Death Warmed Up (1984), a loopy mash-up of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Hills Have Eye, Mad Max, and Looney Tunes, all spit-shined to grimy perfection in a great new Blu-ray from Severin Films.
Remastered by director David Blyth (Red Blooded American Girl) from the only existing materials, this new disc of Death Warmed Up has a ton of gooey goodies that we’ll get to, but first let’s tackle the story:
Dr. Archer Howell (Gary Day – Death Wave) plans on taking his mind control experiments to the next,...
Remastered by director David Blyth (Red Blooded American Girl) from the only existing materials, this new disc of Death Warmed Up has a ton of gooey goodies that we’ll get to, but first let’s tackle the story:
Dr. Archer Howell (Gary Day – Death Wave) plans on taking his mind control experiments to the next,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Stars: Morgan Albrecht, Linda Allen, Yoson An, Jaya Beach-Robertson, Jonny Brugh, Milo Cawthorne, Charles Chan, Mohi Critchley, Hetty Gaskall-Haan, Arlo Gibson, Mick Innes, Ash Jones, Stephanie Liebert, Mathew Loo, Frankie Mac, Josh McKenzie, Sam Morgan, Lewis Roscoe, Axl Scott, Tian Tan, Barney Teng, Anton Tennet, Paul Trimmer, Simon Ward, Matt Weavers, William Wei, Eruera Wilton, Han Xu | Written and Directed by Tim Van Dammen
In an interview promoting the film last year, writer/director Tim Van Dammen described Mega Time Squad as “an absurd time travel crime comedy with a big heart about a loveable rural idiot with modest aspirations who uses a time travel bracelet to steal the money needed to fulfill his dream of moving to the neighbouring town… but he fucks up the time travelling bit.”
I go one further and describe Mega Time Squad as one of the greatest time travel movies ever committed to celluloid.
In an interview promoting the film last year, writer/director Tim Van Dammen described Mega Time Squad as “an absurd time travel crime comedy with a big heart about a loveable rural idiot with modest aspirations who uses a time travel bracelet to steal the money needed to fulfill his dream of moving to the neighbouring town… but he fucks up the time travelling bit.”
I go one further and describe Mega Time Squad as one of the greatest time travel movies ever committed to celluloid.
- 5/24/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Becca Hirani, Tara MacGowran, Rita Siddiqui, Tiffany-Ellen Robinson, Georgia Wood, Jitendra Rai, Charlene Durrant, Chris Kaye, Heronimo Sehmi, Claudine-Helene Aumord, Victor Toth, Mika Hockman | Written by Dan Allen, Scott Jeffrey | Directed by Dan Allen
Written by Dan Allen and Scott Jeffrey, The Mummy Reborn tells the story of Tina (Tiffany-Ellen Robinson), a young woman left to care for her mentally challenged brother Max (Victor Toth) and pay the mortgage on the house her deceased mother left her. Finding out the antique store she works at is closing, leaving her jobless, Tina’s boyfriend Luke (Chris Kaye) convinces her that they should rob the antique store of an ancient amulet. But what they don’t realise is that this tomb is cursed, and when the amulet is separated from it’s master he will do anything to get it back. Leaving Tina and Luke to try and save the day,...
Written by Dan Allen and Scott Jeffrey, The Mummy Reborn tells the story of Tina (Tiffany-Ellen Robinson), a young woman left to care for her mentally challenged brother Max (Victor Toth) and pay the mortgage on the house her deceased mother left her. Finding out the antique store she works at is closing, leaving her jobless, Tina’s boyfriend Luke (Chris Kaye) convinces her that they should rob the antique store of an ancient amulet. But what they don’t realise is that this tomb is cursed, and when the amulet is separated from it’s master he will do anything to get it back. Leaving Tina and Luke to try and save the day,...
- 4/8/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Kit Harington appeared on The Tonight Show on Thursday and promptly was met with Game of Thrones questions from host Jimmy Fallon.
“If I can show a picture [from the Game of Thrones trailer] and ask you something about it, maybe give me a wink for ‘yes,’ and a blink for ‘no,'” said Fallon.
The trouble is, as Fallon pointed out earlier, Harington’s winks and blinks don’t look all that different from each other.
“I thought I could wink, and then every time I’ve winked on a chat show or anything,...
“If I can show a picture [from the Game of Thrones trailer] and ask you something about it, maybe give me a wink for ‘yes,’ and a blink for ‘no,'” said Fallon.
The trouble is, as Fallon pointed out earlier, Harington’s winks and blinks don’t look all that different from each other.
“I thought I could wink, and then every time I’ve winked on a chat show or anything,...
- 4/5/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
“Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson said he and his countrymen are “devastated” in the wake of Friday’s mosque shootings in New Zealand, which left 49 dead and many more injured. Jackson — the first and only New Zealand filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director, a feat he achieved with 2003’s “The Return of the King” — most recently helmed the well-received “They Shall Not Grow Old,” a World War I documentary in which he colorized and restored existing footage of what was once dubbed the War to End All Wars.
“New Zealanders are devastated,” Jackson said in a statement to Variety. “Our hearts go out to all those who have been harmed by this cowardly act of hate. Kiwis stand united in our love and support for our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. We will do whatever we can to help them heal and rise above this terrible tragedy.
“New Zealanders are devastated,” Jackson said in a statement to Variety. “Our hearts go out to all those who have been harmed by this cowardly act of hate. Kiwis stand united in our love and support for our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. We will do whatever we can to help them heal and rise above this terrible tragedy.
- 3/16/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Before Peter Jackson directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy he made some crazy awesome, low-budget gross out horror films. He spent a lot of the early years of his career bathing in fake blood. Well, the filmmaker would love to go back to his roots and make another horror film filled with blood and gore, if the right project came along.
While recently talking with THR, Jackson had this to say:
"I'm very happy to be disgusting again if the right project comes along. It would be interesting to see how disgusting [collaborator] Fran [Walsh] and I could be in our older age compared to our younger years because we've learned a few things since then. We know a little bit more about the world than we did then, so maybe our levels of disgusting could go into whole new places!"
I would love to see Jackson make another horror movie!
While recently talking with THR, Jackson had this to say:
"I'm very happy to be disgusting again if the right project comes along. It would be interesting to see how disgusting [collaborator] Fran [Walsh] and I could be in our older age compared to our younger years because we've learned a few things since then. We know a little bit more about the world than we did then, so maybe our levels of disgusting could go into whole new places!"
I would love to see Jackson make another horror movie!
- 1/4/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Kirsten Howard Jan 3, 2019
Jackson is also planning to release a Weta-restored box set of his "naughty" films...
Having impressed critics and audiences alike last year with his Wwi restoration film They Shall Not Grow Old, Peter Jackson is now planning to use the same Weta Digital techniques to meticulously restore his early films, in what sounds like an expensive must-have box set purchase for us all in the future.
"I've decided to go back and do this to my old films — the first four I made, which I own but never rereleased," Jackson confirmed to THR. "I've done some tests on Braindead (aka Dead Alive), where we took the 16mm negative and put it through our World War I restoration pipeline — and shit, it looks fantastic!"
Jackson revealed to the site that plenty of people have talked to him about getting films like Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles cleaned...
Jackson is also planning to release a Weta-restored box set of his "naughty" films...
Having impressed critics and audiences alike last year with his Wwi restoration film They Shall Not Grow Old, Peter Jackson is now planning to use the same Weta Digital techniques to meticulously restore his early films, in what sounds like an expensive must-have box set purchase for us all in the future.
"I've decided to go back and do this to my old films — the first four I made, which I own but never rereleased," Jackson confirmed to THR. "I've done some tests on Braindead (aka Dead Alive), where we took the 16mm negative and put it through our World War I restoration pipeline — and shit, it looks fantastic!"
Jackson revealed to the site that plenty of people have talked to him about getting films like Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles cleaned...
- 1/3/2019
- Den of Geek
In 1988, Sir Peter Jackson, then simply known as "Pete," received his first-ever piece of fan mail. It was a letter from a high school kid in Whanganui, New Zealand, named Christian Rivers, who had seen Jackson's self-produced directorial debut, Bad Taste, and sensed a kindred spirit.
"An envelope shows up addressed to me, and it's stuffed with pages and pages of sketches of dragons and all this fantasy stuff," recalls Jackson, seated on a plush sofa in the wood-paneled inner sanctum of his sprawling Park Road Post Production facility, on a typically windy recent ...
"An envelope shows up addressed to me, and it's stuffed with pages and pages of sketches of dragons and all this fantasy stuff," recalls Jackson, seated on a plush sofa in the wood-paneled inner sanctum of his sprawling Park Road Post Production facility, on a typically windy recent ...
- 12/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In 1988, Sir Peter Jackson, then simply known as "Pete," received his first-ever piece of fan mail. It was a letter from a high school kid in Whanganui, New Zealand, named Christian Rivers, who had seen Jackson's self-produced directorial debut, Bad Taste, and sensed a kindred spirit.
"An envelope shows up addressed to me, and it's stuffed with pages and pages of sketches of dragons and all this fantasy stuff," recalls Jackson, seated on a plush sofa in the wood-paneled inner sanctum of his sprawling Park Road Post Production facility, on a typically windy recent ...
"An envelope shows up addressed to me, and it's stuffed with pages and pages of sketches of dragons and all this fantasy stuff," recalls Jackson, seated on a plush sofa in the wood-paneled inner sanctum of his sprawling Park Road Post Production facility, on a typically windy recent ...
- 12/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A couple weeks ago a rumor surfaced that Bumblebee and Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight was wanted for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
I actually really liked the idea of Knight taking on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but that’s not his plan. In a recent interview with Bad Taste, the filmmaker shot down the rumors of him directing the movie and says that he plans on going back to Laika to make another movie.
"After Bumblebee, my goal is to return to work at the animation studios Laika, my 'child' bringing with me all the baggage of experiences I have gained with this project. I'm a huge fan of what Marvel did, it's no surprise for anyone to know that as a child I was a huge fan of comics. But no, it's just a rumor!"
Knight is proving himself to be a...
I actually really liked the idea of Knight taking on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but that’s not his plan. In a recent interview with Bad Taste, the filmmaker shot down the rumors of him directing the movie and says that he plans on going back to Laika to make another movie.
"After Bumblebee, my goal is to return to work at the animation studios Laika, my 'child' bringing with me all the baggage of experiences I have gained with this project. I'm a huge fan of what Marvel did, it's no surprise for anyone to know that as a child I was a huge fan of comics. But no, it's just a rumor!"
Knight is proving himself to be a...
- 12/5/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Cannes 1988 (L-r) John Maynard, whose feature The Navigator was in competition, Nzfc chief executive Jim Booth, Lindsay Shelton and distributor/producer Barrie Everard.
Many of our earliest highlights were at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1980 we took New Zealand films to the market at Cannes for the first time. We persuaded Geoff Murphy to rush completion of Goodbye Pork Pie and it became New Zealand’s first commercial hit in terms of sales: Six contracts for distribution in 20 countries.
John Laing’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt and Roger Donaldson’s Smash Palace earned success in the market in our second year – with Roger’s film getting one of our first deals for theatrical release in the USA.
In 1982 New Zealand earned official selection at Cannes for the first time with Sam Pillsbury’s The Scarecrow in Directors’ Fortnight.
That was followed in 1983 by Geoff Murphy’s Utu in official selection out...
Many of our earliest highlights were at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1980 we took New Zealand films to the market at Cannes for the first time. We persuaded Geoff Murphy to rush completion of Goodbye Pork Pie and it became New Zealand’s first commercial hit in terms of sales: Six contracts for distribution in 20 countries.
John Laing’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt and Roger Donaldson’s Smash Palace earned success in the market in our second year – with Roger’s film getting one of our first deals for theatrical release in the USA.
In 1982 New Zealand earned official selection at Cannes for the first time with Sam Pillsbury’s The Scarecrow in Directors’ Fortnight.
That was followed in 1983 by Geoff Murphy’s Utu in official selection out...
- 11/21/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
My introduction to director Peter Jackson came when I first watched his insane gore filled horror film Dead Alive on VHS when I was in high school. After experiencing that greatness, my friends and I managed to find a copy of his 1987 film Bad Taste, which was Jackson’s very first film, and that was quite the unexpected and wild treat.
It’s pretty crazy to think that Jackson went from making these low-budget silly horror films filled with blood and gore to making one three of the greatest films ever made… The Lord of the Rings.
For those of you who are fans of these films, you’ll be happy to learn that Jackson and his team are going to restore them and release the films in 4K! He made the big reveal on Empire’s Film Podcast, saying:
“Anything from those films that is available is, like, 1990s Telecine things,...
It’s pretty crazy to think that Jackson went from making these low-budget silly horror films filled with blood and gore to making one three of the greatest films ever made… The Lord of the Rings.
For those of you who are fans of these films, you’ll be happy to learn that Jackson and his team are going to restore them and release the films in 4K! He made the big reveal on Empire’s Film Podcast, saying:
“Anything from those films that is available is, like, 1990s Telecine things,...
- 10/24/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Peter Jackson may be more well-known now for his epic Lord of the Rings films, but he started his career creating ultra-gory schlock horror. Films like Dead Alive and Bad Taste, loaded with bloody practical effects and a wicked sense of humor. As of now, the only versions of these films available to the general public are not […]
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- 10/23/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
“They Shall Not Grow Old” arrives as clinching proof of just how far Peter Jackson has traveled in three decades. Few would have predicted that the beardy yahoo mixing oatmeal and yogurt to make alien vomit for 1987’s “Bad Taste” would wind up collaborating with London’s hallowed Imperial War Museum on a project to mark the centenary of Wwi, but then, history has a way of surprising us all. Now an Academy Award-bearing elder statesman, Jackson has been entrusted with the keys to the archive containing some of the so-called Great War’s most delicate and indelible images. Wearing its sincerity like an Armistice Day poppy, the resulting montage-film – which premiered at the London Film Festival ahead of future TV transmissions – does its utmost to honor the conflict’s fallen.
Jackson’s boldest choice has been to colorize some footage, and – for theatrical screenings – retrofit it with the 3D of his Hobbit sagas.
Jackson’s boldest choice has been to colorize some footage, and – for theatrical screenings – retrofit it with the 3D of his Hobbit sagas.
- 10/16/2018
- by Mike McCahill
- Indiewire
Exclusive: New York Comic Con gets an unusually high jolt of star power on Friday, October 5 when Peter Jackson comes to Gotham to introduce Mortal Engines, the tent pole that Christian Rivers directed and Jackson and his The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit scripting partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens adapted from the Philip Reeve novels. I can reveal that Andy Serkis has been secured as Nycc moderator, and he certainly knows more than most about the artistry behind Weta-style world creation filmmaking. Beyond his groundbreaking onscreen work in Lotr and King Kong, Serkis served as Second Unit director on all three The Hobbit films. Though Rivers makes his feature directorial debut on Mortal Engines, he has been working with Jackson for a quarter century and with Serkis for around 20. Rivers rose up from storyboard artist on the Jackson-directed 1987 film Bad Taste to winning the Oscar for Best...
- 9/27/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Aliens harvest humans for fast food in Peter Jackson’s mini-budget gross-out New Zealand film debut, poorly distributed and often banned in various censored versions until he hit pay dirt with Lord of the Rings. Having suddenly acquired respectability, it is now widely regarded as an essential cult film, ironically depriving it of true cult status.
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- 8/29/2018
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
You played a Street Demon in director Jason Lei Howden’s FrightFest favourite Deathgasm. Is the New Zealand film community that small?
I didn’t play a street demon; I am a street demon. The film community in Nz is small enough for most active people to know most other active people – but the genre scene is small enough for us all to know each other by at least one degree of separation. Many of my friends worked on or acted in Deathgasm and they needed a night shoot of ‘street demons’ so I donned my tie-dye and offered to help out. It was a lot of fun and I think Jason and the team did an incredible job.
Have you met Peter Jackson and do you see him as the ultimate Kiwi role model?
I have met some of his major long-time collaborators like Richard Taylor (production designer) who...
I didn’t play a street demon; I am a street demon. The film community in Nz is small enough for most active people to know most other active people – but the genre scene is small enough for us all to know each other by at least one degree of separation. Many of my friends worked on or acted in Deathgasm and they needed a night shoot of ‘street demons’ so I donned my tie-dye and offered to help out. It was a lot of fun and I think Jason and the team did an incredible job.
Have you met Peter Jackson and do you see him as the ultimate Kiwi role model?
I have met some of his major long-time collaborators like Richard Taylor (production designer) who...
- 8/16/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Morgan Albrecht, Linda Allen, Yoson An, Jaya Beach-Robertson, Jonny Brugh, Milo Cawthorne, Charles Chan, Mohi Critchley, Hetty Gaskall-Haan, Arlo Gibson, Mick Innes, Ash Jones, Stephanie Liebert, Mathew Loo, Frankie Mac, Josh McKenzie, Sam Morgan, Lewis Roscoe, Axl Scott, Tian Tan, Barney Teng, Anton Tennet, Paul Trimmer, Simon Ward, Matt Weavers, William Wei, Eruera Wilton, Han Xu | Written and Directed by Tim Van Dammen
In a recent interview, writer/director Tim Van Dammen described Mega Time Squad as “an absurd time travel crime comedy with a big heart about a loveable rural idiot with modest aspirations who uses a time travel bracelet to steal the money needed to fulfill his dream of moving to the neighbouring town… but he fucks up the time travelling bit.”
I go one further and describe Mega Time Squad as one of the greatest time travel movies ever committed to celluloid. Yes, I said it...
In a recent interview, writer/director Tim Van Dammen described Mega Time Squad as “an absurd time travel crime comedy with a big heart about a loveable rural idiot with modest aspirations who uses a time travel bracelet to steal the money needed to fulfill his dream of moving to the neighbouring town… but he fucks up the time travelling bit.”
I go one further and describe Mega Time Squad as one of the greatest time travel movies ever committed to celluloid. Yes, I said it...
- 8/10/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Christopher Lloyd is Up For a Back To The Future Part IV But Robert Zemeckis Says It'll Never Happen
The Back To The Future trilogy is perfect as is. I don't think there never needs to be a reboot or even a sequel. But, if the right story presented itself, Christopher Lloyd, who plays Doc Brown in the film, says he'd be totally up for it!
While talking to Phoenix New Times, the actor was asked if he'd be a part of a sequel if it happened and this was his response:
"I’d be delighted. I'd love to be in a fourth film, if they could come up with the right idea that extends the story and does it as well as the first three.It’s important if Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale are excited about doing another episode. I think, really, the most important thing is if they can come up with the right idea. I think that's the challenge is to come up with something...
While talking to Phoenix New Times, the actor was asked if he'd be a part of a sequel if it happened and this was his response:
"I’d be delighted. I'd love to be in a fourth film, if they could come up with the right idea that extends the story and does it as well as the first three.It’s important if Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale are excited about doing another episode. I think, really, the most important thing is if they can come up with the right idea. I think that's the challenge is to come up with something...
- 7/17/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Stars: Martin Brisshäll, Nick Holmquist, Christian van Caine, Margareta Strand, Erich Silva, Aldo Cunei, Mads Koudal, Yohanna Idha, Jonas Lübeck, Helena Karlsson, Andreas Andersson, Maud Sjögren, Hyse Gashi | Written by Jonas Wolcher, Petter Hörberg | Directed by Jonas Wolcher
When an epidemic outbreak occurs in Gothenburg, Sweden, the police are unable to control the situation as those infected are turned into blood thirsty zombies. With the numbers continuing to rise they barricade off the city and enlist the help of a specialist team of zombie hunters from Germany to get the city back under control. As the specialist team enter the abandoned streets of Gothenburg, they soon learn that the zombies are not the only ones inside the city. A notorious Italian assassin, a local reporter with her cameraman and an unknown sinister force who is behind the zombie epidemic.
Die Zombiejäger is a brilliantly entertaining action-horror, which despite the budget moves at a breakneck pace,...
When an epidemic outbreak occurs in Gothenburg, Sweden, the police are unable to control the situation as those infected are turned into blood thirsty zombies. With the numbers continuing to rise they barricade off the city and enlist the help of a specialist team of zombie hunters from Germany to get the city back under control. As the specialist team enter the abandoned streets of Gothenburg, they soon learn that the zombies are not the only ones inside the city. A notorious Italian assassin, a local reporter with her cameraman and an unknown sinister force who is behind the zombie epidemic.
Die Zombiejäger is a brilliantly entertaining action-horror, which despite the budget moves at a breakneck pace,...
- 6/20/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
The Winter Soldier is dead; long live the White Wolf.
In anticipation of Avengers: Infinity War, Bucky Barnes himself, Sebastian Stan, sat down with Bad Taste to discuss the future of his McU character beyond 2018. And it seems a cameo appearance in the Black Widow movie isn’t off the table.
Asked if he’d like to star opposite Scarlett Johannson’s Natasha Romanoff, Stan didn’t hesitate for a second, and even suggested that Marvel’s pool of writers could potentially draw from the comics when creating Natasha’s solo adventure. Besides, a Bucky cameo/supporting role would also help cement the film’s place in the wider McU, given it’ll likely be angled as a prequel movie like Captain Marvel before it.
Via Bad Taste:
Yeah, absolutely! Of course! I mean, anytime I’m ready. They have a very nice history in my opinion. It’s very intricate.
In anticipation of Avengers: Infinity War, Bucky Barnes himself, Sebastian Stan, sat down with Bad Taste to discuss the future of his McU character beyond 2018. And it seems a cameo appearance in the Black Widow movie isn’t off the table.
Asked if he’d like to star opposite Scarlett Johannson’s Natasha Romanoff, Stan didn’t hesitate for a second, and even suggested that Marvel’s pool of writers could potentially draw from the comics when creating Natasha’s solo adventure. Besides, a Bucky cameo/supporting role would also help cement the film’s place in the wider McU, given it’ll likely be angled as a prequel movie like Captain Marvel before it.
Via Bad Taste:
Yeah, absolutely! Of course! I mean, anytime I’m ready. They have a very nice history in my opinion. It’s very intricate.
- 4/9/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Dawning of the Dead is the latest horror film for writer and director Tony Jopia who’s previous films include Cute Little Buggers (2017), Crying Wolf (2015) and Deadtime (2012). I got a chance to talk with Tony about why he decided to make a zombie film, never giving up and bringing the gore to the screen.
Hi Tony, thank you for joining me again today I appreciate you taking the time out to talk to me again. You are following up the critical success of Cute Little Buggers with your new film Dawning of the Dead. Why did you decide to make a zombie film?
We were working out way through the horror genres. We always said that we would make these films with the attitude that we would have fun making them. So, after doing a slasher with Dead Time, we then wanted to do a creature feature which we did...
Hi Tony, thank you for joining me again today I appreciate you taking the time out to talk to me again. You are following up the critical success of Cute Little Buggers with your new film Dawning of the Dead. Why did you decide to make a zombie film?
We were working out way through the horror genres. We always said that we would make these films with the attitude that we would have fun making them. So, after doing a slasher with Dead Time, we then wanted to do a creature feature which we did...
- 12/1/2017
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
Mark Allison Sep 29, 2017
He conquered the world with The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. But what about the first few films from Peter Jackson?
At the 2004 Academy Awards, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King swept the board with 11 statuettes, equalling the records previously set by Ben-Hur and Titanic. When collecting the award for Best Picture, director Peter Jackson made a passing reference to the two films with which he had started his career in the late 1980s - Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles - commenting that they had been “wisely overlooked by the Academy at the time”.
Despite Jackson’s dismissal of his own early work, these films represent more than a curious historical footnote; they are the first steps from one of the most important blockbuster film-makers of the last two decades. When viewed from the lofty gaze of hindsight, they are not only...
He conquered the world with The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. But what about the first few films from Peter Jackson?
At the 2004 Academy Awards, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King swept the board with 11 statuettes, equalling the records previously set by Ben-Hur and Titanic. When collecting the award for Best Picture, director Peter Jackson made a passing reference to the two films with which he had started his career in the late 1980s - Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles - commenting that they had been “wisely overlooked by the Academy at the time”.
Despite Jackson’s dismissal of his own early work, these films represent more than a curious historical footnote; they are the first steps from one of the most important blockbuster film-makers of the last two decades. When viewed from the lofty gaze of hindsight, they are not only...
- 9/13/2017
- Den of Geek
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