Nightclub Zombies, Overweight Sharks, Toilet Paper-less Apes
Posted in Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Sharks, Slashers, Zombies with tags Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, Carcharodon carcharias, Chinese, Classic Horror, creature, Democrat, Foreign Horror, gangster, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Godzilla — Monster Planet, Ibiza Undead, living dead, Meg, Mega-Shark, Megalodon, Nature Gone Wild, Pacific, psychopaths, Puyallup Fair, San Antonio, Science Fiction, Sharks, Slashers, The Strangers, The Strangers 2, undead, walking dead, Warfor the Planet of the Apes, Whale Shark, Zombies on June 17, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Ahhh — nearing vacation time, the few days out of the year I get to lay around and watch horror movies around the clock — but in a different city! It somehow makes the movies more exciting.
Speaking of exciting, here are some upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that'll be thrilling or not — in any city…
IBIZA UNDEAD (available now (UK)(DVD) releasing 2017/2018 (US)
"Three best friends —Alex, Az and Jim — head to Ibiza for their first lad's holiday. Unfortunately for them, tagging along is Alex's unimpressed ex-girlfriend Ellie. Arriving in Ibiza, the lads dump Ellie with Alex's sister Liz, and her friend Zara, and head to San Antonio to start their week of debauchery. Soon they end up in a San Antonio club, run by local gangster Karl, where the attractions aren't all alive — in fact they're zombies! Due to Jim's antics, the zombies escape, and soon all hell breaks loose and no one on the party island is safe."
Karl's a gangster? The heck you say. I knew he owned zombies, but geez, he breaks the law? That's the last time I go to his club. Hey Karl — your bathrooms smell like rotting flesh! (To be fair, most San Antonio bars smell like decomposed skin suits.)
MEG (August 18, 2018)
A deep-sea submersible — part of an international undersea observation program — has been attacked by a massive creature previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific — with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer, against the wishes of his daughter Suyin, to save the crew — and the ocean itself — from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon."
The biggest shark currently polluting our oceans is the Whale Shark, tipping the fish scales at 41,000 pounds (or "lbs"). That it doesn't eat swimmers/surfers/spring breakers means its a toothless vegan Democrat.
But at 75 feet long and probably one billion pounds in weight, the Megalodon makes the Whale Shark look like one of those freshness-expired goldfish you win at the Puyallup Fair for throwing ping pong balls at bowling pins. Wonder what Mega-Shark (2009) thinks about the new Carcharodon carcharias on the block?
THE STRANGERS 2 (2018)
"A family's road trip takes a turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park and after the power goes out they decide to hunker down for the night in a borrowed trailer. Under the cover of darkness, three familiar masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test their every limit."
Aside from a different locale, The Strangers 2 doesn't even try to expand on the one-note plot of The Strangers (2008), wherein a small group of killers stalk and then stab two people alone in a house. (So much for calling it a "living" room.) They should just title this movie, Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (July 14, 2017)/GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET (November 2017)
Yes, I've already e-barfed about both these movies prior. But these are NEW POSTERS people. That's gotta stand for something. As the 10 billion people (give or take) who regularly read this blog know, I'm a lollipop-wrapped sucker for movie art. I blame this on my early-age diet of comic books and undiagnosed illiteracy.
In War for the Planet of the Apes, armies of monkeys fling poo at their human adversaries. (Don't get it in your eyes, fellas.) In Godzilla: Monster Planet (anime), Godzilla "marks his territory" over the entire world. Advice: buy wading boots that go up to your neck. And don't let any get in your eyes.
Italian Reanimator, Repeatable Stabbing, El Rey TV
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Science Fiction, Slashers, Zombies with tags Air Wolf, Cheetos, Classic Horror, coprses, Creature Feature Fridays, Desolation, El Rey TV, Evil, Foreign Horror, Frightpix, gremlins, grindhouse, Groundhog's Day, Herbert West: Reanimator, living dead, Miami Vice, Midnight Pulp, Monday, Night Rider, Re-Animator, Robert Rodriquez, Science Fiction, serial killers, Shudder, Slashers, Sling TV, The X-Files, undead, V, walking dead, Who's Watching Oliver?, Zombies on June 16, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Just discovered the Robert Rodriquez El Rey™ TV channel is no longer available through Sling TV™. Thinkin' this isn't a big loss as El Rey has been subjecting us to increasingly lazy programming and is nowhere near the grindhouse/bullets & brawlers/cult horror channel it promised to be. Example: El Rey keeps falling back on endless re-runs (with endless commercials) of bland stuff like V, Miami Vice, Air Wolf and Night Rider to be the channel's meatloaf filler. And their Creature Feature Fridays? Intentional b-grade fare — like we all haven't seen Gremlins (1984).
Best to stream channels like Shudder, Midnight Pulp and/or FrightPix (warning — LOTS of commercials that lock up on you) for your horror/sci-fi/grindhouse needs.
Speaking of which, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi you may or may not need. (Who are we kidding — we need horror all the time to escape from the horrors of reality.)
HAPPY DEATH DAY (October 13, 2017)
"A college student who relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity."
Yeah, you're probably thinking the horror version of 1993's Groundhog's Day (but with less stink gophers). But it sounds more like "Monday," that riveting The X-Files episode (1999) in which a girl has to relive her loser boyfriend's bank robbery attempt, ending in ka-BOOM! over and over. (Note to money selfie: Do NOT go into banks frequented by criminals dressed in dynamite, however stylish of the times.)
HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR (2017)
"West is destroyed by a huge loss and he wants to defeat death in order to have his beloved ones back. It's just a different perspective but with the same result: lots of experiments with lost of failures and lots of reanimated and very aggressive corpses."
Like Cheetos™/pork rinds in the cupboard, a few points of interest: First, this is the Italian take on Re-Animator, which came out over three decades ago. Secondly — and this is from the director: "Herbert West: Reanimator is a modular project. We start with a web series, them we'll have a TV series and at the end of the journey we'll have a feature film." You had me at Cheetos™.
DESOLATION (2017)
"A mother takes her son and her best friend on a trip into remote wilderness to scatter his father's ashes; they must confront their fears when a lone hiker begins following them."
So a lone hiker is shadowing mom and company while they go to kick dad in the ash hole? The filmmakers might be intentionally trying to mislead us; what if the lone hiker is merely a park ranger with a dust pan? I've said it before — a clean forest is a happy forest.
WHO'S WATCHING OLIVER (2017/2018)
"A mentally unstable loner is lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a life he is desperate to escape comes in the form of the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in."
Not sure how this is even a movie. Doesn't this stuff happen in real life all the time? Why pay to see it — just hang out with mentally unstable loners in dive bars and dark streets. I'll meet you there.
Hockey Zombies, Death Seekers, Booger Monsters
Posted in Evil, Giant Monsters, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Zombies with tags Ahockalypse, Alabama Booger Monster, crash cart paddles, creature, cryptid, demon, Evil, Giant Monsters, hockey, living dead, Nature Gone Wild, peyote, possessed, Prairie Kings, pregnant, Science Fiction, The Cube, The Doors, undead, walking dead, YouTube, Zippy Burgers, Zombies on June 15, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Been watching a series of cryptid videos on YouTube™, the latest being The Alabama Booger Monster, that "smells like foul garbage and a wet dog." I really wish I had made that up, but someone got to the creature's naming rights before me. Way before. 1930s when it was first sighted according to the TRUTHFUL documentary. A bit before my time. I might have been busy not being born yet.
So what inspired his name? I'm thinking something involving an unblown nose, strange honking noises in the night and crusty "specimens" embedded in tree trunks and unsuspecting campers tents.
Speaking of, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not be worth picking at…
BLOOD HUNTERS (July 4, 2017/VOD/DVD)
"A single mother who wakes up in the basement of a medical facility only to discover that everyone around her is dead and she is somehow nine months pregnant. As she struggles to escape, she encounters other survivors, each with their own secret. Together they must unlock the mysteries of the facility, which will take them to the brink of death and beyond."
Somehow nine months pregnant. Four words I'm glad I'll never have to say. Sounds like The Cube (1997) but with more placenta.
FLATLINERS (September 29, 2017)
"Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the investigation becomes more and more perilous, they are forced to confront the sins of their pasts, as well as contend with the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side."
Warning bells: This is a remake of the movie with the SAME EXACT TITLE from 1990. So yeah, medical students "kill" themselves bring themselves back with crash-cart paddles, returning to life with answers from beyond the grave. I miss the days where all one had to do to unlock the secrets of the afterlife was to take peyote, take off your pants and listen to The Doors.
"Mike and Heather's father die and they go to his favorite spot to spread his ashes. A cabin in the secluded woods. They are joined by some friends as they go for what is supposed to be somewhat of a holiday. While there, a demon emits chaos by possessing the teens and they commit horrible acts. Welcome to Black Creek. The hunting season has begun."
A chaos emitting demon. Sounds like someone ate at Zippy Burgers and had a little digestive event horizon. And as for possessing the teens and influencing them to commit horrible acts, seems like an oxymoron.
AHOCKALYPSE (2017/2018)
"The Prairie Kings hockey team fight for the league championship and for their lives all in one night."
A hockey team versus the skating dead? Yep, we have officially run out of ideas for horror movies. Gives a whole new meaning to personal foul, though.
A Handful of Bad Horror
Posted in Misc. Horror, Scream Queens with tags Amstel Light, beer, Budweiser, Misc. Horror, Scream Queens, Stalking Hand: A Scary Movie on June 14, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
It wasn't the rummage sale special effects, under cooked attempts at humor or the excruciatingly slow pace of Stalking Hand: A Scary Movie (2006) that made me so upset. It was one of the lead actor chicks PRETENDING to drink a Budweiser™.
Every bottle she "swilled" from was friggin' EMPTY. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach. Why would someone go to all the trouble of pretending to drink make-believe beer? It would've been better for everyone to have had a few under the belt as this intentionally humorous spoof is as flat as an Amstel Light™.
Fortunately, the virginal daughter of a minister whose top gets ripped off and her bra-less chestral area exposed is not flat. (Note: the titular severed hand that keeps popping up is sometimes a severed arm. So much for continuity OR believability.)
I think the producers were going for cheap laughs, but it was probably more funny to the crew. However, there is NOTHING funny about not drinking beer.
Space Bugs, AI Housing, Hollywood Burgers
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Science Fiction, Slashers with tags 3 Dead Trick or Treaters, Bernodus, bit coins, church, Classic Horror, Demon Seed, Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Halloween, haunted, Hollywood, I Remember You, Mars, Redbox, Science Fiction, Seven Layers of Hell, Slashers, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars, Stephen King, Tau, Universe on June 12, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Tried a new upscale burger joint recently. The pictures of the food offered don't even come close to what is actually put on the faux paper plate they serve it on. The hamburger/fries/soft drink combo photos look like they were done by Hollywood and colorized for maximum visual enticement. If the food actually came that way, you'd have to wear sunglasses while eating it. All in all, the reasonably priced burger wasn't half bad. Just wish it glowed as much in real life as it did on the backlit menu.
Speaking of false advertising, here's some new horr/sci-fi that may look good on the surface, but try and withhold judgment until they're served hot off Redbox™.
STARSHIP TROOPERS: TRAITOR OF MARS (Monday, August 21, 2017/500 theaters/everywhere in 2018)
"Rico is demoted and relocated to a satellite station on Mars, while the Federation moves to attack the home planet of the bugs — but Mars just so happens to be the target of a secret bug attack at the same time, and it falls to Rico and a group of new recruits to keep the planet safe while the Federation's fleet is far out of reach."
If you're a fan of this franchise (I took a pass on it after the first one back in 1997), you'll either be happy or reverse-happy to know that this one is an animated sci-fi feature. But feel free to give my regards to the space bugs and enthusiastically support their effort to take over the Universe.
3 DEAD TRICK OR TREATERS (2017/2018)
"After stumbling upon the graves of three murdered trick or treaters, a small town paperboy discovers a series of handwritten horror stories tacked to the children's headstones. Penned by a deranged pulp author driven mad by his craft, the stories chronicle grisly tales of Halloween rites, rituals and traditions. Absent of dialogue and heavy on atmosphere, 3 Dead Trick or Treaters is a horror anthology unlike any you've seen before."
Sounds like horror master Stephen King wrote this one. But since this doesn't have any dialogue — something King is known for overdoing — probably not. Still, three less trick or treaters means more razored candy for ME!
TAU (2017/2018)
"Julia is a street smart girl who becomes captive inside a 'Smart House' developed by the enigmatic Alex that is run by an advanced artificial intelligence called TAU".
Pfffft — this concept was already explored in 1977's Demon Seed, wherein a "smart house" takes over, kills everyone but the mom, and proceeds to mechanically impregnate her (hence the title) so its offspring can be liberated from the vaccuum cleaner cord. Don't LOL — Demon Seed is considered a science fiction classic.
I REMEMBER YOU (2017/2018 (US)(VOD)(Limited)
"After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted, and a mysterious child named Bernodus, who disappeared 60 years earlier, is discovered as the link between the two groups."
Yeesh — you know the church is getting heavy-handed when they pass around the collection plate and you'd rather hang yourself than give up the bit coins. And who the heck names their kid "Bernodus"? That already sounds like one of the night janitor demons mopping and glowing on floor two of the Seven Layers of Hell.
R.I.P. Adam West — The True Batman
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Adam West, Batman, Ben Affleck, Bruce Wayne, DC Universe, heat vision, hero, hippie, Justice League, superhero, Superman, The Batmobile, The Riddler on June 11, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Adam West, to very many of us, was THE true Batman. Without his portrayal of Batman in my life (no joke here), I would've turned out to be a directionless stink hippie. After watching him punch the question mark off The Riddler's cackling lips, I knew instantly I wanted to be that guy who keeps cackling criminals off everybody's front yard. Still working on that. Still not a stink hippie, though!
Sure, I watched Superman on TV, also great. But they gave him too many powers. (Heat from your eyeballs? Gimme a break.) Batman earned his high ranking and respected superhero status through brutal hard work, unswerving dedication, a few science-y things, the coolest car in the world and punching the stuffing out of those who would mock our laws. And he did it without setting fire to anyone's face with his eyeballs.
There will never be a way to fully explain how much Adam West's Batman meant — and continues to be — to me, and countless others.
Huge props to Ben Affleck who, unfortunately has taken a lot of flack for his unarguably amazing portrayal of Batman/Bruce Wayne in the new DC Universe, had this incredibly classy thing to say on social media about Adam West's untimely passing…
"Adam West exemplified heroism. Kind, funny and an all around great guy. Thank you for showing us all how it's done."
Horror Clowns, Black Superheroes, Meaty Godzilla
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Misc. Horror, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Slashers with tags African-America, Asgard, Behind The Sightings, Black Panter, Captain America: Civil War, Classic Horror, Clown, Europe, Evil, ferris wheel, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Halle Berry, Hancock, haunted, Heimdall, hippies, Hitchcock, Idris Elba, It, Jak's, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Marvel, massacre, Midnighters, Misc. Horror, myth, Nature Gone Wild, Netflix, North Carolina, Pennywise, possessed, Raven Rock, Rib-Eye Godzilla, Science Fiction, Silent Hill, Slashers, Spawn, steakhouse, storm, superheroes, The Forst Black Superman, Tilt-a-Whirl, Tokyo, Will Smith on June 10, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Every month they change the fresh sheet at JaK's my fav steakhouse of all time and space. (My accountant looked at my receipts and asked if I owned stock in the place. By now I should.)
June's fresh sheet came out and right there in print was the…Rib-Eye Godzilla. This is no joke — and get this, it comes with a side order of screaming citizens! (Okay, that part was a joke.) Wonder if it comes with an order of Tokyo? Regardless, you now know what I'll be eating for the next 30 days,
Speaking of tasty, here's some upcoming horror and sci-fi that may or may not satisfy your city-crushing hunger…
BEHIND THE SIGHTINGS (October 2017)
"Based on over 112 hours of footage recovered from the personal belongings of aspiring filmmakers Todd and Jessica Smith. The husband and wife filmmaking duo were investigating the 2016 creepy clown sighting epidemic. The first clown sightings occurred in August 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina. Authorities were alerted to reports by neighborhood kids stating that creepy clowns were appearing in the woods near an apartment complex. The clown sightings spread to all 50 states and across Europe. Todd and Jessica were attempting to track down clown sighting witnesses and the clowns involved in a rash of creepy clown sightings that plagued an eastern North Carolina community."
A little late on the clown sighting social phenomenon, which I though was a clever promo for the new It (2017) movie. The funny part here is that people who took part in the clown sightings were in fact already clown themselves. Think this goes in the "already seen it" file, which is right next to the "stupid dumbasses" folder.
MIDNIGHTERS (2017/2018)
"Midnight, New Year's Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life — except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness."
Hitchcockian web? Hitchcock was a spider? Now his movies all of a sudden make sense.
BLACK PANTHER (February 16, 2018)
"Black Panther springs into action when an old enemy threatens the fate of his nation and the world."
Marvel's Black Panther was a hugely welcome debut in Captain America: Civil War (2016). That cat had some sleek moves. So it's with some sort of glee I'm looking forward to an entire movie devoted to his sleek moves. Of course, African-American superheroes have been around for some time, but not nearly as much as their counterparts. For a recent example watch Luke Cage (Netflix). He also hooked up with Jessica Jones in her TV series. Lucky guy. Off the top 'o my noggin is Hancock (Will Smith) Storm (Halle Berry) Spawn (1977) and yep, I'll through in Asgard's Heimdall (Idris Elba). But if you wanna go really obscure, try The First Black Superman, released back in 1977 when hippies ran free and personal hygiene was dubious at best. Fun watching how your parents acted when they were young and stupid.
ANGEL (pending crowd-funding)
When a brutal massacre plagued the isolated and peaceful town of Raven Rock in 1986, the remaining residents fled, leaving the once tranquil community behind. For thirty years the town has been chained and walled off from the outside world while deteriorating and crumbling. However not all has been quiet as disappearances have been attributed to the supposedly haunted town. Now a headstrong journalist and her team venture to Raven Rock to investigate the town, its history, and the missing persons. What they will discover is sometimes the truth is more disturbing than myth and Raven Rock is still being occupied."
Sounds like a direct lift of 2006's Silent Hill. That one had really cool weirdo monsters in the abandoned town. Ghosts, too. You'd think that be a tourist attraction instead of, say, a Ferris Wheel run amok. And don't get me started on that possessed Tilt-a-Whirl, the only amusement park ride that makes you pay to reverse vomit.