As an avid fan of both exploitation and documentary, I could not easily find anything better to watch than a documentary about Hk cinema’s Cat III movies. Even more so, since James Mudge, a personal friend of mine and author of one of the most detailed guides in the category participates in the film, along a number of experts, like the director Calum Waddell and Sean Tierney (aka Silver Spleen), some of the actual protagonists of the films of the category, like Anthony Wong and Josie Ho, and some of their directors, like Godfrey Ho, who talk about both Cat III and their personal experiences.
The documentary starts with the history of the category, tracing it, as usually in Hk cinema, in the productions of Shaw Brothers and the influence of Run Run Shaw that allowed him to “ignore” censorship. The film “Men Behind the Sun” however, is considered...
The documentary starts with the history of the category, tracing it, as usually in Hk cinema, in the productions of Shaw Brothers and the influence of Run Run Shaw that allowed him to “ignore” censorship. The film “Men Behind the Sun” however, is considered...
- 10/25/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
One of the most fondly remembered eras in fright-film history is the golden age of Italian gore – a prolific period that brought such directors as Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Lucio Fulci to international attention and acclaim. Spawning all number of surreal sub-genres, including black-gloved killer-thrillers and stomach-churning cannibal adventures, this is a time that continues to crib a fresh generation of fascinated fans.
As such, 88 Italian have announced the UK Blu-ray release Zombi Holocaust (1980) and Burial Ground aka Nights of Terror (1981) – a pair of plasma-packed pot-boilers that could only have been dreamt up during the bygone boom in Euro-terror eccentricity.
In Burial Ground, the carcass-crunching action comes thick and fast as veteran director Andrea Bianchi (Strip Nude For Your Killer) evokes the sinister spirit of Lucio Fulci and George Romero. Also known as The Zombie Dead, Bianchi’s bout of bloodstained brilliance has a pack of ghoulish predators entrap...
As such, 88 Italian have announced the UK Blu-ray release Zombi Holocaust (1980) and Burial Ground aka Nights of Terror (1981) – a pair of plasma-packed pot-boilers that could only have been dreamt up during the bygone boom in Euro-terror eccentricity.
In Burial Ground, the carcass-crunching action comes thick and fast as veteran director Andrea Bianchi (Strip Nude For Your Killer) evokes the sinister spirit of Lucio Fulci and George Romero. Also known as The Zombie Dead, Bianchi’s bout of bloodstained brilliance has a pack of ghoulish predators entrap...
- 9/15/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Norman Bates once said “We all go a little crazy sometimes,” but never has this been truer than in the genre that spawned everybody's favourite mother's boy. I speak, of course, of the slasher film, the roots of which can arguably be traced back to Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock's monochrome masterpiece.
Though there are cases for other films being the trigger point for the modern stalk and slash movie, notably Mario Bava's Bay of Blood (1971), Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960), and even the various celluloid incarnations of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, all of which are put forward by the contributors in Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill's Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever, it was Psycho that brought murder to the masses and opened the vein for what was to follow.
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever is out on 13th May 2013 in a splatter-packed two disc set.
Though there are cases for other films being the trigger point for the modern stalk and slash movie, notably Mario Bava's Bay of Blood (1971), Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960), and even the various celluloid incarnations of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, all of which are put forward by the contributors in Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill's Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever, it was Psycho that brought murder to the masses and opened the vein for what was to follow.
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever is out on 13th May 2013 in a splatter-packed two disc set.
- 5/12/2013
- Shadowlocked
Packed with on-camera interviews with filmmakers including Tobe Hooper (pictured), Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Christopher Smith, Scott Spiegel, Eduardo Sánchez, Patrick Lussier and many others, Slice And Dice (which we first covered here) was produced by Waddell and Naomi Holwill (who also shot and edited). Its U.S. premiere takes place this Sunday, December 2 at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco as part of the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. “Co-producer Joe Venegas will be there to introduce the screening,” Waddell tells us. “We’re also going to be playing Fantasporto next year, which we’re excited about, and we just won the award for Best Documentary at the annual Horrorfest bash in South Africa.
“We need to stress,” he adds, “that our eventual DVD release, which takes place in the UK on March 11, 2013, will feature different clips from those in the cut currently doing the festival circuit.
“We need to stress,” he adds, “that our eventual DVD release, which takes place in the UK on March 11, 2013, will feature different clips from those in the cut currently doing the festival circuit.
- 11/30/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Packed with on-camera interviews with filmmakers including Tobe Hooper (pictured), Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Christopher Smith, Scott Spiegel, Eduardo Sánchez, Patrick Lussier and many others, Slice And Dice (which we first covered here) was produced by Waddell and Naomi Holwill (who also shot and edited). Its U.S. premiere takes place this Sunday, December 2 at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco as part of the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. “Co-producer Joe Venegas will be there to introduce the screening,” Waddell tells us. “We’re also going to be playing Fantasporto next year, which we’re excited about, and we just won the award for Best Documentary at the annual Horrorfest bash in South Africa.
“We need to stress,” he adds, “that our eventual DVD release, which takes place in the UK on March 11, 2013, will feature different clips from those in the cut currently doing the festival circuit.
“We need to stress,” he adds, “that our eventual DVD release, which takes place in the UK on March 11, 2013, will feature different clips from those in the cut currently doing the festival circuit.
- 11/30/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Packed with on-camera interviews with filmmakers including Tobe Hooper (pictured), Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Christopher Smith, Scott Spiegel, Eduardo Sánchez, Patrick Lussier and many others, Slice And Dice (which we first covered here) was produced by Waddell and Naomi Holwill (who also shot and edited). Its U.S. premiere takes place this Sunday, December 2 at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco as part of the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. “Co-producer Joe Venegas will be there to introduce the screening,” Waddell tells us. “We’re also going to be playing Fantasporto next year, which we’re excited about, and we just won the award for Best Documentary at the annual Horrorfest bash in South Africa.
“We need to stress,” he adds, “that our eventual DVD release, which takes place in the UK on March 11, 2013, will feature different clips from those in the cut currently doing the festival circuit.
“We need to stress,” he adds, “that our eventual DVD release, which takes place in the UK on March 11, 2013, will feature different clips from those in the cut currently doing the festival circuit.
- 11/30/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Most affectionately known for their work on supplemental materials for the UK’s Arrow Video home entertainment label, the folks behind High Rising Productions are ready to unleash their own feature-length documentary entitled Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever.
Read on for the skinny on the doc’s upcoming release plus an exclusive clip to whet your appetite.
Synopsis
Ever since Alfred Hitchcock created Psycho in 1960 the story of a weapon-wielding madman - stalking and slaughtering helpless victims - has become a fixture of fear flicks and bludgeoned bombastic box office takings worldwide. Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever takes an often irreverent look at this much-maligned, and frequently misunderstood, genre with commentary from some of the form's most celebrated filmmakers including Mick Garris (Masters of Horror), Adam Green (Hatchet), Tom Holland (Child's Play), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 3D) and...
Read on for the skinny on the doc’s upcoming release plus an exclusive clip to whet your appetite.
Synopsis
Ever since Alfred Hitchcock created Psycho in 1960 the story of a weapon-wielding madman - stalking and slaughtering helpless victims - has become a fixture of fear flicks and bludgeoned bombastic box office takings worldwide. Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever takes an often irreverent look at this much-maligned, and frequently misunderstood, genre with commentary from some of the form's most celebrated filmmakers including Mick Garris (Masters of Horror), Adam Green (Hatchet), Tom Holland (Child's Play), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 3D) and...
- 9/24/2012
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill of High Rising Productions, who have provided first-rate supplements for a number of genre DVDs, gave Fango the exclusive first look at the trailer, plus info and a few screen caps, for their full-length documentary 42Nd Street Memories. As the title suggests, it’s a look back at the glory days of New York City’s bygone “Deuce”—which probably has more fans now than it did back in the day.
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- 12/5/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill of High Rising Productions, who have provided first-rate supplements for a number of genre DVDs, gave Fango the exclusive first look at the trailer, plus info and a few screen caps, for their full-length documentary 42Nd Street Memories. As the title suggests, it’s a look back at the glory days of New York City’s bygone “Deuce”—which probably has more fans now than it did back in the day.
Read more...
Read more...
- 12/5/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
If you’re unfamiliar with Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill, you need to reacquaint yourself with some of the most outstanding supplemental materials found within UK genre label Arrow Video’s catalogue. Now, under the banner of their own High Rising Productions, the duo is almost ready to unleash what promises to be a killer documentary entitled Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever.
Waddell recently spilled the beans over at Fangoria regarding this brand new love letter to the hack 'n slash sub-genre, a few juicy tidbits of which include:
“Naomi and I actually began this as a DVD supplement for Arrow—in fact, she’s as enthusiastic toward slasher flicks as I am! We originally hoped to attach it, as a little, lighthearted 25-minute thing, to one of their upcoming slasher-movie releases such as The Funhouse, but it slowly became its own thing, and we decided to stay...
Waddell recently spilled the beans over at Fangoria regarding this brand new love letter to the hack 'n slash sub-genre, a few juicy tidbits of which include:
“Naomi and I actually began this as a DVD supplement for Arrow—in fact, she’s as enthusiastic toward slasher flicks as I am! We originally hoped to attach it, as a little, lighthearted 25-minute thing, to one of their upcoming slasher-movie releases such as The Funhouse, but it slowly became its own thing, and we decided to stay...
- 6/7/2011
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
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