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Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Feb 14th
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Rated: Unrated (extreme gore & nudity) | Review date: 14-Feb-2010
The title says it all. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is as loony and over-the-top as it sounds. Jason Yachanin hilariously plays Arby, a young man who takes up work at a local fast food chain (which happens to be on top of an indian burial ground) to support his unable parents. Before you can say “Sloppy José,” the restaurant is plagued with possessed chicken carcasses that soon make hosts of those that consume them. The final product is a hysterical chicken flavored zombedy musical topped with More >
Run! Bitch Run! (2009)
Feb 8th
Director/writer: Joseph Guzman | Co-writer: Robert James Hayes II | Rated: Unrated (extreme violence and sexuality) | Review date: 8-Feb-2010
A few grindhouse revival flicks have made their way to me recently, and I welcome them with open arms. Not growing up with this particular genre, I missed out on the whole experience. Luckily, thanks to filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie, a quiet but prevalent resurgence of these trashy and exploitative films has emerged, introducing the nasty to a whole new generation. Run! Bitch Run! is one of these particular films that is an excellent throwback to the tasteless style More >
Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)
Feb 7th
aka Immortal
Director/writer: Enki Bilal | Rated: R (nudity) | Review date: 7-Feb-2010
Immortal takes place in a futuristic version of New York City, more specifically in the year 2095. The bizarre appearance of a floating Pyramid comes out of nowhere and hovers mysteriously over the city. It’s inhabitants are ancient Egyptian gods, one of which is Horus. Horus is sent down to the city in order to seek a host human body and mate with a chosen human, and he only has 7 days to do so.
In the city resides a mysterious young woman named Jill (Linda Hardy) with white skin and More >
The Caretaker (2010)
Feb 6th
Director: Bryce Olson | Rated: R | Review date: 6-Feb-2010
A group of hormone driven highschoolers devise a plan to scare their dates on their Homecoming dance. It just so happens that the dance falls on Halloween, so the boys thought it would be a brilliant idea to scare the girls in hopes that it would somehow end up fulfilling their sexual desires. Snail (James Immekus), Topher (Andrew St. John), and Ricky (Diego Torres) plan on sidetracking from the dance to an old orchard that hosts a legend of a demented killer.
The legend holds that a caretaker became so obsessed and More >
Plague of the Dead: The Morningstar Strain by Z.A. Recht – Book Review
Feb 6th
Author: Z.A. Recht | Release date: Dec-2006 | ISBN: 0978970705 | Review date: 5-Feb-2010
Z.A. Recht’s debut zombie novel, Plague of the Dead: The Morningstar Strain follows two separate tales of survival in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. A virus known as the Morningstar Strain first broke out in the African continent, soon showing up throughout the world. Dr. Anna Demillio, a researcher for the US Army, is among the first to realize the strain’s potential. In corresponding with Major General Sherman of the US Army, she attempts to warn the government of the possible ramifications. Inevitably, Dr. Demillio’s warnings go More >
