On October 9, 2010 the star of all three Basket Case movies, Kevin VanHenteryck, appeared at the Music Box Theater in Chicago where he signed autographs, took pictures and did a very lively Q&A with the audience. In the following transcript, he will talk about how he got the role, what it’s like working with […]
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The Chiodo Brothers, Charles and Stephen Chiodo, appeared October 9, 2010 at the Music Box Theater in Chicago. They answered a series of questions from the host and the audience, almost entirely focusing on Killer Klowns from Outer Space. (The Chiodos have also worked on Critters and Team America: World Police, among many others.) As
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Chris Seaver is a sickeningly prolific director. And thanks to Netflix, more people are seeing his work than ever before. Indeed, that is how I found out about him years ago… scouring Netflix and finding “Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker!”. A few days later it arrived in the mail, and I was both horrified and in
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Aaron Marshall is a young talent with an eye for editing and a knack for documentaries. He has recently released “Zombie Girl: The Movie”, a story about a 12-year old girl, Emily Hagins, who is set on making a zombie film. With the help of her mother, she pursues her dream and gets results. I
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Jan White, star of George A. Romero’s “Season of the Witch”, appeared at the Music Box Theater on October 9, 2010 in Chicago — her first ever appearance at a screening of the film. She answered questions from the host and from the audience. Transcription by Gavin Schmitt. (I missed the recording of the first
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On September 22, 2010, I received a phone call from none other than director Ralph Ziman, known for his music videos and recent film about South African gangs, “Jerusalema”. We had a chat about the World Cup, various films about South Africa (not just his own), and what it’s like working with rock stars. That’s
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Mike Gray, author of The Death Game: Capital Punishment and the Luck of the Draw, was kind enough to send me a copy of his book and answer questions about it for my latest newspaper column. Unfortunately, he had little memory of the book or the topics covered… but here is a copy of his
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The name Peter Jackson is now legendary in the world of film, if for no other reason than the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. But horror fans know that before he was directing elves and hobbits, he was a low budget horror master. Before “Rings” came The Frighteners, before that Dead Alive and earlier still…
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The month of August 2010 is winding down, and I have just recently seen Prayer to a Vengeful God — a film that is at least as good, if not better, than Dan Eberle’s last picture, The Local. Both films are crime dramas to a certain extent… an exploration of the underworld, the drug trade,
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Gavin Schmitt Interviews Actress Victoria Summer I had the pleasure of speaking with Victoria Summer in early August 2010. She is an English actress living in Los Angeles. Allow me to share this with you and get the very first news on “Dracula Reborn” (affiliate link) before it even hits the Internet Movie Database! Actress
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