This week I’ll be posting reviews for THE BOOGENS, INTO THE PIT: THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF DEADPIT.COM, THE WOLFMAN, and POOR PRETTY EDDIE. The first is an old favorite from the early 80’s that hasn’t yet made it to (legitimate) DVD release. INTO THE PIT is a documentary about the DeadPit Horror Talk Radio boys The Creepy Kentuckian and Uncle Bill. THE WOLFMAN was just fucking godawful and I will pull no punches. Finally, POOR PRETTY EDDIE falls within what you could call Hicksploitation and, being that this is BackwoodsHorror.com, I’m going to start reviewing quite a few flicks within this genre. Stay tuned!
Those tea-drinking, queen loving bastards are at it again with their awesome editions of shit we in America would OBVIOUSLY appreciate more (though, more than likely, we’ll eventually get it…but I want it NOOOOOOOOOOOOOW). What am I ranting about? Oh, well, only a new special edition of DAY OF THE DEAD on Blue-Ray (with an added DVD for more special features). That’s right, the love that has been shown only to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and DAWN OF THE DEAD (I still drool over my Ultimate Edition black case of zombie lovin’), is finally coming to the classic DAY OF THE DEAD. This new edition for the 25th Anniversary (which Brits can pick up March 29th) is going to kick some major f-ing ass, and, once we in the STATES get it, well, it’s BLU-RAY time for the shack. Check out the article at Shoot For The Head for an in-depth look at what this sweet, sweet edition has packin’! LUCKY BASTARDS!
One of my New Year Resolutions was to update more on BackwoodsHorror.com. Though I’ve been slow to it, I’m building up steam as I look forward to a new kickass year in Horror. January was so friggin’ awesome that visitors KILLED MY BANDWIDTH! And I’m not using a tiny little pissant bit of bandwidth, either, so thanks for kickin’ ass! As the year progresses, I have some plans that I hope can come to some form of fruition. Easiest will be to start THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW Podcast back up, perhaps with a bit more technical flair. I also plan (we’ll see which way the money train goes) to work on producing HORRORSHOW, a video-cast about all things horror. The latter is a bit ambitious, but I want to take BackwoodsHorror in a more high-octane direction.
KEEP IT CREEPY!
-Aaron-
Receiving poor returns upon its initial theatrical release, the Canadian Survivalist Horror Film RITUALS is finally being released on DVD from CODE RED on DECEMBER 22nd. Hard to find on VHS, it has, none-the-less, become something of a cult classic (being included in Stephen King’s DANSE MACABRE, listing it as a MUST SEE). I happened across it some time ago in a now-defunct mom ‘n pop VHS/DVD rental shop and was blown away.
Here’s a brief synopsis from IMDB:
Five doctors go on vacation deep in the Canadian wilderness. After all but one pair of the party’s shoes disappear, the remaining shoed camper decides to hike out and go look for help. Soon after he leaves, however, his four companions realizes that something is very wrong when someone leaves a decapitated deer head just outside their camp. Even though they still don’t have their shoes, they decide to follow their friend’s trail out of the woods, but their path is blocked by someone who doesn’t want to see them leave the forest alive.
It has often been compared to Deliverance simply because it deals with friends on a river in the middle of nowhere with some backwoods maniac terrorizing the shit out of ‘em. I can see where the comparison can come from in that there are some superficial similarities, but I’d argue that Rituals is something of a more intelligent film and deals more with the breakdown of friendship moreso than the external terror. The recent copy of RUE-MORGUE magazine features the flick as it’s cover story (if you don’t read RUE MORGUE…WHY THE FUCK NOT?) and features quite a long interview segment with the stars of the film and the screenwriter. I’m really looking forward to this release and YOU can look forward to my full review when I get my hands on the DVD from Code Red.
More to come!
Source: FANGORIA
Son of legendary Horror Maestro GEORGE A. ROMERO, G. CAMERON ROMERO’s second fright feature (runner up to the unreleased THE SCREENING) STAUNTON HILL will be receiving its feature release on DVD October 6th (along with the long awaited TRICK ‘R TREAT) from Anchor Bay Entertainment. he story follows a group of hikers who unwittingly become involved with a backwoods family by the name of Staunton. Obviously, because this is a horror flick, things go downhill like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I first talked about this film last July (Check it Out HERE). But here’s some more details from our fiends over at FANGORIA:
Scripted by David Rountree (who also co-stars), STAUNTON HILL is set at the titular locale in the middle of a remote mountain area. A group of hikers arrive for a weekend jaunt and wind up on the Staunton family property—and needless to say, this twisted bunch doesn’t take kindly to trespassers, setting out to stalk and kill them. The junior Romero’s second fright feature after the as-yet unreleased THE SCREENING, STAUNTON HILL also toplines Kathy Lamkin (Tea Lady from the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake and its prequel), Cristen Coppen, Kiko Ellsworth, Christine Carlo, Paula Rhodes, Charlie Bodin, B.J. Hendricks and THE FUNHOUSE’s Cooper Huckabee; the makeup FX were created by Kevin Kirkpatrick, Dustin Heald and Mike Rotella. No special features have been announced for the disc, which carries a retail price of $19.97.
Below is a little DVD art. I’m actually looking forward to this release!
Below is the dvd art for the upcoming WRONG TURN 3, set for release in time for Halloween on October 20th, 2009. The flick revolves around a group of escaped prisoners coming face to mutated face with the inbred maniacs of the series. Whoohoo, hillbilly hellrasers unite!
Hey there, guys ‘n gals. Just wanted to be sure to remind you to check out the BACKWOODSHORROR.com podcast THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW. You can find a link to it on the right or subscribe via iTunes. We update it somewhat irregularly, but I’m lookin’ to rectify that situation relatively soon as I settle into my groove with my new job. Thanks for visiting the site!
Aaron
I know, I know, I haven’t been keeping up with the site as much as I should be. Getting acclimated to the new job has been more than a handful, but rest assured boils and ghouls, big plans are in store for BACKWOODS HORRROR. Within the next few days, expect a full review of the new DELUXE EDITIONS of FRIDAY THE 13th IV, V, and VI, and a review for the horror/western THE BURROWERS, along with a slew of independent horror releases. THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW will be coming back soon…WITH A VENGEANCE, and I have been working out plans to turn it into a video production, making it, with any luck, the first real kickass video horrorshow on the ‘net. Along with everything else, I’m working towards redesigning the site a bit and getting away from the plain jane that we’ve all come to know and love, moving towards more of a bloody, backwoods feel more in the, ahem, vein of what I’m trying to do here. So peel off your eyelids because you ain’t gonna wanna miss what I have in store for YOU!
Sorry for the delay in updates fellow boils ‘n ghouls! Backwoods Horror has switched servers and it took a while to get everything back up and running correctly. Expect your delicious dose of creepy horror radness to get back to speed starting…well…probably later today! Also, I haven’t heard back from Rev3 about THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW *THE VIDEO SHOW* as far as helping towards putting that together, so, in the next few months, I plan on doing it all myself. Look forward to something along those lines in time for THIS HALLOWEEN!!! I just scored a new job, too, so I’ll be attempting to go to a few horror conventions this year, so expect coverage and, perhaps, INTERVIEWS! A new episode of THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW (maybe 2 of ‘em) will be coming down the line soon as well so clean the blood outta yer ears, ’cause it’s COMING…HARD! Heh…
Keep it Creepy!
Just a reminder that Backwoods Horror is a site for the fans by the fans (or at least A fan, sometimes 2), and that I thrive on your comments. If you agree, disagree, want to just speak your mind about anything horror, leave a comment. I try to respond to all of them. For further fan interaction, I’m working towards getting a forum up. So here’s a little inspiration…why not comment on what you think the forum should be called. I’m thinking of calling it THE SHACK or THE BACKWOODS. What do you think? Chime in and let me know!
Aaron Out!
