Cinema Suicide

Amazon asks fans, “Which Night of the Creeps cover do you prefer?”

Bryan White — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:52:49 +0000

…and I choose, “None of the above.” Amazon is offering fans a very unique opportunity. I can’t think of a case study that exists that actually lets the mob at large determine the final printed product. Unfortunately, none of the three options that they present are very good. What you see there to the left [...]

Franklyn in review. You must go elsewhere!

Bryan White — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:23:46 +0000

I had intended to review Gerard McMorrow’s steampunk/real-life drama, Franklyn, starring Ryan Phillippe, here. But I’ve also been trying to branch out and get my writing on other websites. I had achieved that by putting up a weekly column with Sound On Sight, but now I have a review posted up over at one of [...]

Geisha is crazy. Noboru Iguchi’s ‘Robogeisha’

Bryan White — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:24:39 +0000

Why is is that every week I see a trailer for a movie out of Japan that qualifies as the craziest god damn thing I’ve ever seen? They all seem to feature the name Noboru Iguchi, too. Where does he find the time? How does he keep upping the ante? Iguchi is in New York [...]

No mere monster battle. This is a Mega Monster Battle!

Bryan White — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:04:56 +0000

I used to think that America held the world title for excessive habits across the board but we have clearly been usurped by Japan. We still have a contender in the form of Michael Bay, aka the world’s worst filmmaker. Worse than Uwe Boll. Seriously. But Japan seems to have the market cornered. Mega Monster [...]

The trailer for the Spierig Brothers’ latest, Daybreakers

Bryan White — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:55:16 +0000

The Spierig Brothers managed to turn out a wildly entertaining zombie movie in the form of Undead several years back. They spent practically nothing on it and took their sweet time and from what I’ve been reading about Daybreakers, they took a similar approach. This trailer represents a huge step up for these guys. An [...]

Trailer and US show dates for black metal documentary, Until The Light Takes Us

Bryan White — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:38:54 +0000

It was recently announced that the Michael Moynihan book, Lords of Chaos, more or less the last word on Burzum/Mayhem madness of Norwegian black metal, was finally getting the film treatment. But this took me by surprise. I had no idea that Until The Light Takes Us was even in production and this is a [...]

The Weekly Bodycount #12: The Terrible Secret Of Space

Bryan White — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:55 +0000

I can’t believe it! I actually turned in a Bodycount article on time. This latest one, contrary to claims in my last column about covering that grimy period of pre-Ringu J-Horror, is actually about science fiction and horror working together toward nefarious ends. I profile a real sci-fi horror classic and then it’s all downhill [...]

The Weekly Bodycount #11: Chop Socky Horror

Bryan White — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:22:40 +0000

I ran way late with this update for my column, The Weekly Bodycount over at Sound On Sight, but here it is. Frequently being pigeonholed as a horror guy led me to inject my latest horror column with some Asian flavor since I happen to be just as big a fan of martial arts as [...]

True Blood Season 2 Recap: Keep This Party Going

Bryan White — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Any concerns that I had about the premier episode of True Blood have been alleviated with the second episode of season 2, Keep This Party Going. You have to excuse the clip show nature of the premier since it’s been a while since the finale and they really do have to get you back up [...]

Here is a man who would not take it anymore. Paul Schrader to script Tomie remake.

Bryan White — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:13:56 +0000

Not only is this news about a remake, it’s news about a remake of a Japanese ghost revenge movie. Like we haven’t seen that shit a million times already. But here’s the qualifier. This is the part that makes me take notice. The script for the upcoming Tomie remake is being drafted by one of Martin [...]