Tag Archives: horror

Blowing Up the Fantasy Bubble: A Review of Kirk Hammett’s “Too Much Horror Business” (and More)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One of the best gifts I received this past Christmas: Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s book covering his extensive horror collection. It’s called “Too Much Horror Business” (after a song by New Jersey punk band The Misfits), … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Movies, Music, Personal reflections | Tagged Alan Lomax, Bela Lugosi, Black Sabbath, books, Boris Karloff, Brothers Grimm, Charles Darwin, Collecting, Dennis Muren, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Film, Forrest J Ackerman, George Lucas, Harold Ramis, Harry Smith, Heavy Metal, Henri Langlois, horror, Industrial Light and Magic, Jan Svankmajer, Joe Dante, Jurassic Park, Kirk Hammett, Metallica, Monster Kids, movies, Peter Jackson, Phil Tippett, Punk, Ray Harryhausen, Rick Baker, Sam Raimi, Science Fiction, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Misfits, Too Much Horror Business, Universal Horror | 7 Comments

Lesser Dante is still Dante

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: The Hole (Joe Dante, 2009) I watched this in 2D off of Netflix streaming, but it seems like it would have been a fun thing to see in 3D at the movies. Flattened out, it’s enjoyable enough, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged horror, Joe Dante, movies, Twilight Zone | Leave a comment

Exploitation Movie Posters

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: These days, everyone loves old exploitation movies — even smart people. In fact, it seems to me that old exploitation movies are to the artsy-smartsy set of today what Hollywood classics starring Bogart and Cagney were to the artsy-smartsy … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers, Sex | Tagged 13 Assassins, American International Pictures, Audition, Blaxploitation, Breakdown, Crank, Edwige Fenech, Exploitation, Frank Tashlin, Freeway, Greg McLean, Grindhouse, Herschell Gordon Lewis, horror, Ichi the Killer, Jack Hill, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Mostow, Kung Fu, Matthew Bright, Movie Posters, movies, Neveldine/Taylor, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Rob Zombie, Roberta Collins, Roger Corman, Russ Meyer, Sam Fuller, Sam Peckinpah, Sid Haig, Takashi Miike, The Devil's Rejects, The Human Centipede, Tom Six, Wolf's Creek | 16 Comments

A Fauxdoc Called “Lake Mungo”

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A few days ago I blogged about the Norwegian film “Troll Hunter,” a combo of faux documentary and horror spoof that I thought was pretty amusing. I enjoy the faux documentary format in general; I think it … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged chris marker, david lynch, documentary, horror, joel anderson, movies, twin peaks | 4 Comments

“Troll Hunter”

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Hey, this is my first post here. And why not make it a movie post? I caught up with this Norwegian tchotchke a while back. It borrows the faux documentary approach of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged horror, movies, trolls | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: horror

Blowing Up the Fantasy Bubble: A Review of Kirk Hammett’s “Too Much Horror Business” (and More)

Lesser Dante is still Dante

Exploitation Movie Posters

A Fauxdoc Called “Lake Mungo”

“Troll Hunter”

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