Special Screening of Night of the Living Dead to Benefit Evans City Cemetery Chapel Restoration
January 27th, 2012Event coincides with worldwide celebration of director George Romero’s birthday
Evans City, PA – January 26, 2012 – Gary Streiner hopes to restore the Evans City Cemetery Chapel by raising the dead. Well, actually, he’s raising funds with the help ofNight of the Living Dead fans.
The structure, which appears in the opening scene of George Romero’s iconic horror movie that was filmed in and around the town and cemetery, has fallen into a state of disrepair and was slated for demolition last fall. Streiner appealed to the Evans City Cemetery Association for a chance to save this piece of cinematic history and was given a one year deadline to raise approximately $50,000 to cover the cost of restoration.
In 1967, Streiner was working at The Latent Image together with George Romero and his brother, Russell Streiner, in Pittsburghwhen production began on the landmark film in which he was one of the original ten investors and owners. In 2008 and 2009, Streiner organizedLiving Dead festivals inEvansCity which attracted the largest reunion of cast and crew to date, as well as fans from as far away asFrance.
Streiner has leveraged the popularity of the film and the festivals and harnessed the power of the internet to bring together Living Dead fans to help with this monumental task. Grassroots fundraising activities include donations and merchandise sales through a dedicated web site (www.fixthechapel.com) and online auctions, as well as raising awareness at horror conventions and via social networks such as Facebook and YouTube. Approximately $12,000 has been raised to date.
There will be a special screening of Night of the Living Dead on February 4, which will coincide with a Facebook-based effort to have 1 million people watching the film at the same time to celebrate George Romero’s birthday. The screening event will take place at the Hollywood Theater (www.thehollywooddormont.org) inDormont,PA, a community located just outside downtownPittsburgh.
Doors will open at 2:30 PM, with the film screening at 4 PM. Admission is $6 and all proceeds benefit Fix The Chapel. In addition to the film, there will be a silent auction, appearances by Mr. Streiner and original cast member Ella Mae Smith and others to be announced, plus merchandise for sale such as t-shirts and for the first time actual pieces of the chapel (great for collectors!).
For more information, please visit www.fixthechapel.com.
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Horror Realm Spring Break Massacre & Zombie Gras
January 25th, 2012
Crowne Plaza Hotel Pittsburgh South
164 Fort Couch Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15241-1032
Break away from the winter blahs at Horror Realm’s Spring Break Massacre!
Our one day “mini-convention” is a smaller scale version of the fall show, focused on events and highlighting some of our great local artists, craftspeople and vendors. And featuring our annual Zombie Gras costume party!
Guests will include:
- Author Lawrence C. Connolly (Veins, Vipers, Voices)
- Actress/director Amy Lynn Best
- Writer & filmmaker Mike Watt
- More to be announced
Events will include:
- VHS Room & swap meet sponsored by Butcher Shop Online
- Horror Realm Fall guest announcements
- The Horror Match Game
- Lawrence C. Connolly panel/Q&A
- Are You Smarter* Than Tim Gross (*about horror movies)
- More to come!
We’ve added a second dealer room this year to support more local businesses! If you are a horror themed merchant or artist and would like to exhibit, please contact us at info@horrorrealmcon.com for a registration form. Tables are $50.
Hours are 11 AM to 7 PM, March 10th, 2012. The VHS room will run from 11 AM to midnight. At 9 PM, join us for our Zombie Gras costume party with DJ, cash bar and zombie king and queen pageant.
Admission prices:
- $7 for convention only
- $10 for convention and Zombie Gras
- $5 for Zombie Gras only (18 and older, valid ID required)
Please share with your friends and help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Web site to be updated soon - www.horrorrealmcon.com.
Gross Movie Reviews #246
January 24th, 2012Gross Movie Reviews #246
By Tim Gross
Ninjas vs. Zombies (DVD) – Really? I gotta admit you tried to pull off what you thought would be a funny ass flick to watch but really? Two brothers fight to the death, one dead or undead and sucking people’s souls from them and the other who is able to be a ninja along with his friends who become ninjas also. Times like this makes me wonder why I buy shit like this, but I just can’t help it. I give the flick 1 star.
Best Worst Movie: Troll 2 (DVD) – If you get anything out of this documentary it is what Joe Bob Briggs said at Horror Realm 2011 to me, “The geeks have inherited the world, look around.” There isn’t anything bad about that statement as this film proves it more than ever as it documents a filmmaker searching out actors and a director of a film, “Troll 2” that is considered the worst film ever and have them getting together to celebrate the film being “the worst film ever!” Which honestly in reality it isn’t… people have you seen “Leprechaun 4: In Space” or “Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys” with Corey Feldman just to name two flicks? But the documentary chronicles the actors and actresses lives, what they have done in the past twenty years, and what it is like to have a cult following of fans that really enjoy this bad film. You don’t need to see “Troll 2” to appreciate this great documentary and it gives you an excellent look at what actors are thinking at conventions also meeting fans of their favorite films. I give this perfect documentary 4 stars.
They Live (DVD) – This Carpenter film was so good that it was parodied on a “SouthPark” episode. Possibly one of the most talked about horror films of all time from Roddy Piper’s character, to the memorable lines, to the one of the greatest fights on film ever between Roddy Piper and Keith David! Piper is a drifter who is looking for work and gets a job with a construction company and meets Keith David’s character and they are staying with some homeless people you can say to survive. One night Piper sees some strange things happening at a church across the street and investigates and finds a pair of sunglasses that opens his mind to a whole new world he never knew existed. He sees the true world we live in which some ‘conspiracy theorists’ believe is happening to this day, a world run by an alien race and messages only meant for the alien race. Trying to come to grips with this Piper eventually finds the people near him are apart of a small group of resistance that wants to stop this and make the threat known to all humans! Some have said it is the ultimate movie that explains the 80s and what is called the “Reagan era”. To me this might be argued this could be Carpenter’s best and last great film he ever made! I’m a big fan of “Halloween”, “Escape fromNew York”, and “The Thing”, but this film can still till this day strike chords of what is happening in today’s society and the film is over twenty years old! If anything I believe the world needs more John Carpenter films but until then this film doesn’t disappoint in every aspect of filmmaking and entertainment as I give this awesome kick ass flick 4 stars!
Gingerdeadman 3: Saturday Night Clever (DVD) – Once again there is no Gary Busey, but that doesn’t stop director William Butler and producer Charles Band from putting another sequel together that has killer bakery good reigning terror! The film spoofs “Silence of the Lambs, Porky’s, and even Carrie” along the way as the Gingerdeadman is broken out of his asylum jail cell and finds a way to time travel to the year 1976! And it’s a roller disco!!! I have to admire Band andButler for even just thinking this idea sounds good in theory… But the Gingerdeadman begins his terror on the roller boogie folks until two kids find a way to stop him… again! All I can say is ‘holy fucking shit people’! I give it 2 stars just for the mere reason there could be a fourth film and I will buy it.
Psych 9 (DVD) – Some crazy chic takes a night shift job at a hospital that is closing and she needs to sort out hundreds of patient files. But she is visited on the first night on the job by a detective who is looking for a serial killer who is targeted women. From there it seems to suspect her husband is the killer and slowly falls into an insane mess. Really good film until the end and I believe they could have gone several different ways that would have made much more disturbing sense in what I just watched for the past 90 to 95 minutes? I give it 2 stars.
The Graves (DVD) – Bill Moseley as a crazed killer, Tony Todd as a crazy preacher praying to a demon that sucks the souls out of people killed at an abandoned city calledSkullCity where it’s supposedly a tourist attraction of a back road of nowhere! Plus you have two attractive sisters trying to survive the horror ofSkullCity. Sounds great when reading it on a DVD box but like many films that sound too good to be true lacks to be as good as it sounds? I give it 1 ½ stars, but Tony Todd and Bill Moseley are awesome as usual!
Surf Nazi’s Must Die (DVD) – It wasn’t good then and it’s not any better now, but why should that not let you enjoy this flick that once was a staple of “USA Up All Nite” back in the late 80s with Rhonda Shear? An earthquake has devastatedCalifornia and has killed many. In the aftermath gangs have taken over and it’s not safe to go to the beach anymore as the “Surf Nazis” have taken over and will kill anybody they feel is in the way. But when they kill a black man who oversees oil pumping near the beach his grandma has had enough and plans revenge against all “Surf Nazis”! A horrible must see film from Troma that I give 2 ½ stars.
Born to Raise Hell (DVD) – Steven Seagal’s lackluster of a film that has him as I.D.T.F. agent working in a foreign country and busting international drug dealers. Seagal’s partner is killed and he gets a new partner at the same time a rogue major gang member is torturing and rapes women and seeks the help of a mob boss to help bring this man and his rogue gang to justice. Seagal writes, produces, acts, and is dubbed several times in one of his worst and boring direct to video action flicks. Maybe he should have taken that gig for “The Expendables”? I give the film 2 stars.
Snowbeast (SyFy Channel/DVD) – The ageless wonder John Schneider adds another notch to his SyFy career by playing a man who takes his teenage daughter to the mountains with his two fellow researchers to do their yearly study on the ‘lynx’. Problem happens when a snow creature is beginning to feast on snowboarders quicker than the downfall of Jason London’s career that also makes an appearance as the local Mountie, as they are inCanada! Film shouldn’t lasted more than 30 minutes but you will keep watching just to try and figure out if Schneider is sucking the life out of his fellow co-stars to keep young? I give it 1 star.
Any comments or questions please send to: GrossMovieReviews@comcast.net or www.facebook.com/grossmoviereviews . You can also find other things from me at www.bastardsofhorror.com . Remember folks always support your local independent movie theater, independent video store, and independent filmmakers! It will keep horror alive………
You can purchase my newest book “The Big Ass Book of Gross Movie Reviews” at Eljays Used Books, on West Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15216!!! Or you can purchase the book at the Hollywood Theater on Potomac Ave., in the same area of Pittsburgh. And of course it can be purchased online at www.amazon.com .
The unveiling of a new evil puppet for Puppet Master X: Axis Rising
January 23rd, 2012($5) Bombshell! The unveiling of a new evil puppet for Puppet Master X: Axis Rising
To celebrate the unveiling of the latest evil puppet, BOMBSHELL, we’re offering a 1 week special. From Mon Jan 23rd to Mon Jan 30th, you can get ALL the Puppet Master films for one low price! If you’ve missed any of the Puppet Master films in the series, 1 through 9, now is the time to take advantage of this super low price….
- Only $45 for the whole series to date!
- PLUS! Amazing prices on blu ray ($10) & DVD ($5) of Puppet Master 1 Re-Mastered.
- AND Amazing prices on blu ray ($10) & DVD ($5) of Puppet Master: Axis of Evil.
Click here for more info, the sale, and the reveal of the teaser!
Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt is NOW available at RedBox!
January 21st, 2012
NEWS FLASH!
Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt is NOW available at RedBox! You can rent it today, nationwide, for $1! Rent it and help keep Full Moon titles in RedBox. Just scroll through the horror section and you’ll see several Full Moon titles pop up immediately. Click the cover image below and it will take you to http://www.fullmoondirect.com to see the trailer, synopsis, and all info!
(Plus…. shhh…. something awesome will be on http://www.fullmoonhorror.com on Monday, Jan 23rd, 2012…)
Eat Your Heart Out Zombie Valentine’s Party
January 19th, 2012
Contact: Kevin Smith
Starjets Productions & Graphics
Phone: 412-523-3554
email: deadkev@steelcityzombies.com
Website: www.steelcityzombies.com
Eat Your Heart Out Zombie Valentine’s Party
Oakmont Tavern, Oakmont, PA – February 11, 2012 –Come to our Valentine’s Party and express that undying love you have for your lover, in an undead way, and support a great cause. Join Steel City Zombies at the Eat Your Heart Out Zombie Valentine’s Day Party to raise funds to save the Evans City Cemetery Chapel, an iconic filming location in George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. This Pittsburgh area filmed movie was the founding pillar in American zombie pop culture.
Get zombied up and come enjoy the rock melodies of Overland, and party with a fun crowd. The Zombie Valentine’s Party is a great place to meet other people (& zombies) and have a good time. There will be raffles of zombie and chapel related items, shot specials, contests and prizes, and more!
The special event is being held at the Oakmont Tavern, 814 Allegheny River Boulevard, Oakmont, PA 15139, from 8:30pm till close on Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Most door proceeds, as well as shot specials, raffles, etc. will be donated directly to the Fix the Chapel efforts,http://fixthechapel.com/, to save the Evans City Cemetery Chapel. Our goal is to raise $1,000 during this event, and you can make it happen.
Event Details
Who: Steel City Zombies
What: Eat Your Heart Out Zombie Valentine’s Party
Where: The Oakmont Tavern, Oakmont, PA
When: February 11, 2012, 8:30pm
Media
For more information the media can contact the event organizer direct at deadkev@steelcityzombies.com
Zombie and Horror Fans and General Public over the age of 21
Tickets are $3 and are available the night of the event. For more information contact Kevin atdeadkev@steelcityzombies.com
http://www.steelcityzombies.com/eatyourheartoutparty
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Gross Movie Reviews #245
January 16th, 2012Gross Movie Reviews #245
By Tim Gross
Rubber (Blu-Ray) – The trailers when they first hit the internet and on demand TV looked awesome. How could you fail with a killer car tire? Apparently, you can when you over think a simple horror film idea. Yeah it has blood, has a few laughs, and has great actors such as Wings Hauser and Daniel “Scanner Cop” Quinn, but in the end its just a horror film that overshot its mark and most likely should have been a short film more than a feature? I give it 1 ½ stars.
The Rig (DVD) – A very shitty film about a generic sea creature that gets on an oil rig during a hurricane and attacks the oil rig crew that includes foreman ‘William Forsythe’. I hope you collected a big paycheck Mr. Forsythe, but I still love you man?! I give it 1 star.
The Mechanic (DVD) – A great remake of a Chuck Bronson film that stars Jason “Transporter” Statham as the ‘mechanic’. A very secretive agent of sorts that for the most part only the man who gives him the job knows what exactly he may be doing. Statham is forced to take down his mentor and regrets doing it when he decides he takes in his mentor’s troubled son and begin training him to become a ‘mechanic’. Lots of kick ass action and another great performance by Statham that just cements him as one the best action stars to watch! I give the film 3 ½ stars.
Mutants (DVD) – A foreign film with English subtitles about a deadly virus has hit our neighbors across the pond and they look the mutated vampire things from “Blade 2”. A woman who has been bitten but immune for some reason and pregnant is trying to make it a place where scientists are holding up and trying to find the cure? Problem is her husband is turning but she just cannot bring herself to killing him. The premise is very familiar but doesn’t stop it from being one must see scary zombie flick! I give it 3 stars.
Zombie Diaries 2: World of the Dead (DVD) – Thank god people in the UK still believe in fucking normal slow moving zombies! Anyway, its months later after the initial outbreak and the military still have no control of the zombie problem. A military outpost comes under attack by a massive attack from the zombies and a few soldiers escape trying to make it to a boat that leaves in two days before everyone will be wiped cleaned of the earth as they plan on bombing theUK back to the Stone Age to save the rest of the world. If you get past the ‘Blair Witch’ point of view camera work, the zombie film is thrilling and kick ass every minute of the way! The icing on the cake is the ending… Thank you to the filmmakers in theUK who get it! I give it 3 ½ stars.
Mourning Wood (DVD) – I got a screener from filmmaker Ryan Convery a couple weeks ago of an independent horror flick that was suppose to be a little different than most. And very different indeed it was… An infomercial icon has promoted his new product “Shampube” that just happens to turn folks into ejaculating zombies that can infect you with their load. I love when I get shit like this that I couldn’t make it up if I wanted too. Four friends must get help from a used car salesman whose fake chin will make you piss yourself laughing everytime he is on screen to stop this infomercial icon named Pendleton and his creation of deadly humping zombies! If you pay attention you’ll notice that in independent filmmaking fashion that the four friends play just about every character in the film. But if you don’t like ejaculating zombies at least check the film out for its Claymation intro that was just amazing to say the least. Indy film fans if you liked Rick Fusselman and DSK-Productions films and Kevin Strange and his Hack Movies films then you will want to own this son of a bitch because I did nothing but laugh and enjoy this independent flick! I give it 3 stars and it can be found at www.fatfootfilms.com, and don’t forget to pick up their calendar while you purchase the film.
House (Blu-Ray) – A cult favorite of sorts for horror fans also known as “Hausu” fromJapan. This late 70s fright flick is crazy, over the top, and before its time ghost/witch horror film that pretty much blends American cinema high school flicks with crazy Japanese humor with a horror element added to it. Some school girls go to a friend’s aunt’s house for two weeks to have fun together. But one problem is the aunt is a witch or whatever you wanna call her in this crazy ass film and kills the girls off one by one. To date this maybe the weirdest film I have ever sat down too and that is saying a lot. I give it 2 ½ stars just for how fucking crazy this film gets.
Rage (DVD) – A well shot independent film that is more of an old school thriller than horror fest. A married leaves his home on his day off to go meet his mistress and break it off with her. But little does he know stealing a parking space from a mysterious dark figure on a motorcycle would start a crazy and bloody cat and mouse chase throughout the city and then his home. The married man just wants to go home to see his wife but soon becomes wrapped up in this cat and mouse chase whether he wanted too or not? The car and motorcycle chase scenes are just simply amazing and worth watching the film just for the amazing camera work that was done. The film does not disappoint in keeping you guessing what happens until the very end. But be warned the last fifteen minutes can be very graphic and maybe a little too much for some who get into this thrilling ride of a film. Two words help describe some of the end: Blood and chainsaw! Christopher R. Witherspoon has proven to be a name you need to remember the next few years to see what projects he will give us next?! I give the film 3 ½ stars and for more info on this cool film go check out Mr. Witherspoon at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002075071282 .
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (DVD) – Found this little known gem of a horror flick last week about the last descendent of Lovecraft must be found by the Lovecraft council and given one half of a relic and protect it so Cthulhu cannot be released. To put it simply, imagine if Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were placed in a film about Cthulhu and were our only hope? Entertaining enough for 90 minutes and for me to buy it as I give it 2 ½ stars.
Any comments or questions please send to: GrossMovieReviews@comcast.net or www.facebook.com/grossmoviereviews . You can also find other things from me at www.bastardsofhorror.com . Remember folks always support your local independent movie theater, independent video store, and independent filmmakers! It will keep horror alive………
You can purchase my newest book “The Big Ass Book of Gross Movie Reviews” at Eljays Used Books, on West Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15216!!! Or you can purchase the book at the Hollywood Theater on Potomac Ave., in the same area of Pittsburgh. And of course it can be purchased online at www.amazon.com .
Gross Movie Reviews #244
January 5th, 2012Gross Movie Reviews #244
By Tim Gross
Vampires (DVD) – A French film with English subtitles about the vampire community and a vampire family living inBelgium. The film is a pseudo documentary on a family of vampires and their everyday lives of living, eating, and what they do for fun… A family of vampires is being followed by a camera crew who were interested in the vampire culture. Vampires can live in a house that has been given to them in the vampire community if they choose to have kids. If you do not have kids you must live in the basement until the time comes to turn the right children. You learn about the ‘meat’, one vampire does not want to be undead any longer, and another is banging the head vamp’s wife! Its simple but effective filmmaking as it is like watching a reality show with vampires instead of the ex-wives or jersey shore people. I found the film funny enough that I enjoyed wasting 90 minutes of my time on it as I give it 2 ½ stars.
Zombie Commando (DVD) – Here is a balls to the walls zombie flick done in German with English subtitles. The budget isn’t great but what it lacks in budget it makes up in gore galore as a mercenary takes upon him to steal the last canister of this secret experimental agent that turns humans into the undead! It’s up to a small crew to work under the government radar to find this mercenary, kill his ass, and kill any other infected. I love finding great shit like this and you will too when you put this with “Death Metal Zombies” for your ‘fucked up day off for watching zombie crap’! I give it 3 stars.
Zone Troopers (VHS) – Imagine you are drunk and Charles Band just shot out a load of the weirdest Empire Pictures crap you can ever imagine starring Chuck Band regulars: Tim Thomerson, Art Leflur, Biff Manard, and Buechler doing the creature effects? And it’s all set during World War II… Fuck yeah! I give it 3 ½ stars, start tracking it down Full Moon fans!
Chillerama (DVD) – Let me first say if you are a fan of drive-in flicks and remember those days you will love this fucked up flick?! But if you are under 30, have no sense of humor, and do not know what a drive-in is? You will must likely be offended and think the film is stupid, which in that case, fuck you anyway! Anyhow, the film is packed to the gills with horror vets and is about a drive-in that is about to close forever but before it does, the owner is showing four never before seen films drive-in style before it gets bulldozed the next morning. A problem arises when an employee goes to bang his wife’s corpse for old time’s sake and the corpse bites on his dick and he begins to ooze blue shit! Which in-between pictures he goes to the stock room to use the popcorn butter to jerk off and soon it begins infecting all who eat the popcorn at the drive-in… AWESOME! “Wadzilla” was funny… But I believe “The Diary of Anne Frankenstein” but have been the funniest spoof film I seen in awhile. I give this drive-in hackfest 3 stars.
Revenge is Her Middle Name (DVD) – A dark independent exploitation film that explores the premise of an “I Spit on Your Grave” type of film. A prostitute named Kat is still trying to get pregnant even though she is fucked up on a daily basis on all kinds of drugs and has become the town cum bucket to the lowest of the low. She tries and tries to get heroin addicted boyfriend (acted by Michael Maggot) to get her pregnant for several months until one day it happens and it is time to get money from her former drug dealer and go clean. The couple kills the drug dealer and steals all the money and drugs. All is well for eight months until someone comes looking for her and she is raped and tortured in most sadistic manner. A couple years go by and a date with a man who treats her like the pro she use too be sets her off into a rage like no other as it’s her time to be a sadistic bitch to every man she has ever known or come a crossed! You know from the start what you are in for with dark and sick film. Many will be offended but most will enjoy this sadistic flick for what it is as I give it 2 ½ stars.
Scanner Cop (DVD) – Daniel Quinn continues the “Scanners” series starring as a cop with special powers, telekinetic powers. In this film Quinn as boy is adopted by a cop after his father who was a ‘Scanner’ goes bonkers and gets shot by a cop. 15 years later Quinn’s adapted father is being targeted by the evil legendary bad ass Richard Lynch who used to be a cop on the same force by using mind control. Lynch’s evil plan is kicking ass until ‘Scanner Cop’ Quinn begins to use his own mind control and of course someone’s head explodes as it is the trademark in these films! I give the cop flick 2 stars. Don’t forget to look for the great genre vet Brion James and Buechler does some great make-up effects.
Scanner Cop 2 (DVD) – Quinn returns as the ‘Scanner Cop’ and now he is trying to help out a research center that helps “Scanners”. Only problem some ugly dude whose brother was killed by Quinn is seeking revenge and is killing “Scanners” to fuel his power. Not as fun as the first one but Buechler’s effects keep it interesting enough to give it 2 stars.
Slime City Massacre (DVD) – It is Greg Lamberson’s much talked about sequel to his late 80s underground classic “SlimeCity”! This time around what looks like a bigger budget film from Greg gives us a story that takes place several years after a chemical or dirty bomb hitsNew York City that kills many and displaces thousands. Before this we are introduced to a man who runs a cult in 1959 and knows of his death is coming soon. But in the future at the now called, “SlimeCity”, two survivors trying to make their way west look for shelter and come across two other survivors in an abandoned building and become friends. They break into what they believe is an untouched food storage area but come to find an elixir and bottles of strange yogurt that doesn’t seem to need refrigerated or has 50 years of dust on it like everything else? But anyway the four survivors begin to drink and eat and soon become slimy! And have sex… But they also have the urge for violence and wake up the next morning not knowing what has happen but soon learn the strange drink and food is changing them and they can be possessed by spirits from the cult in this dark, twisted, and often strange film. Usually I would go crazy over a scene with Debbie Rochon covered in slime topless, but how about Ms. Rochon topless, covered in slime, and going all John Carpenter’s “The Thing” on some dude when her stomach starts chomping on this head! Two words, “FUCKING AWESOME!” Or “FUCKING HOT” if you are just weird? Mutants, government control, slime, gore, Debbie Rochon, weird colored yogurt that looks like silly putty at times almost makes me gag watching people eat it: I believe we have a winner! I give the fun twisted slimefest 3 ½ stars!
Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (DVD) – A back to basics kinda of serial killer flick about a killer a year ago who was killing people that were weak, a minority, etc., he wants to cleanse the earth, like Hitler-style. But a year has past and it is believed he is dead until some college bound kids go sniffing around his old stomping grounds trying to help out their friend who believes she isn’t getting into Harvard because she is black and doing a paper on this serial killer and taking pictures of his killing zone for the paper will help her get into Harvard instead of community college? But the silent killer is not dead at all but just waiting for his time and these teenagers just happen to piss him off! I enjoyed and hated this film at the same time just for the mere reason the story concept is simple and they had their heart in the right place but things like horrible forced dialogue and a scene where the killer goes all C.J. Graham from “Friday the 13th Part 6” on a girl by putting his whole arm through her chest cavity making the killer more than human took away from what I enjoyed about the killer. Its tough to watch this kinda flick because you know you would like it more with a few tweaks here and there but that is independent filmmaking my friends. I give the flick 2 stars and can be found at www.midnightreleasing.com .
Any comments or questions please send to: GrossMovieReviews@comcast.net or www.facebook.com/grossmoviereviews . You can also find other things from me at www.bastardsofhorror.com . Remember folks always support your local independent movie theater, independent video store, and independent filmmakers! It will keep horror alive………
You can purchase my newest book “The Big Ass Book of Gross Movie Reviews” at Eljays Used Books, on West Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15216!!! Or you can purchase the book at the Hollywood Theater on Potomac Ave., in the same area of Pittsburgh. And of course it can be purchased online at www.amazon.com .













