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9/22/2015
9/21/2015
Horror Crush: Debi Sue Voorhees
Now part V is entertainingly awesome and fun and features many lovely ladies (including to me, the hottest of all the Friday final girls, Melanie Kinnaman), so I want to take this chance to show some love for one of the most beautiful girls in the film, and the series, for that matter: Debi Sue Voorhees!!
The beautiful Ms. Voorhees (she shares Jason's last name, more on that later!) was born on July 28, 1961 in Dallas, Texas. In Dallas, she worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Playboy Club from 1980-1982. In 84, she made her acting debut in a horror flick called Innocent Prey. I never saw this movie this Australian flick, but she played a hooker in it. 
From there she played Tina in Friday the 13th V: A New Beginning. This one takes place several years after the last film, as Final Chapter (ha! Clearly NOT the final chapter, after all!) hero Tommy Jarvis is all grown up and goes to a halfway home for teens. Tina is one of the girls, and she likes to have sex with her annoying boyfriend. But, you won't care, cause honestly it is just excuse for her to show her AMAZING body. Her God-given boobies rank among the best racks in the entire series. They are glorious! Her ass is also truly a site to behold and worship. I remember being totally in love with her as a kid. She was fucking hot! And, then there is her awesome last name. I thought it was THE greatest coincidence ever, in that her last name is the same as the series' main antagonist, Jason Voorhees! OK technically, the killer in this installment ain't Jason but regardless, you get my fucking drift. Her death scene is mostly off-screen, but very brutal as she gets her pretty eyes cut with gardening sheers.
For all the above reasons she is really memorable and has long been in my list of the most beautiful women in the series. Which, makes me think, would guys ever wanna see me do the 10 hottest girls in the Friday the 13th franchise? Leave me a comment if you do. Anyway, Voorhees is truly a gift from heaven and does decently well in her limited role. I mean it's basically be pretty, get nude, have sex, die horribly, but she is perfectly fine (in every way) doing just that.
While, not a horror film by any stretch of the word, her next film was Avenging Angel, the first sequel to cult classic Angel. I don't remember much of anything about this one, other than I really fucking hated it. From she did her next horror film and the last film she was in, Appointment with Fear (1985). It was produced by Halloween franchise producer Moustapha Akkad. I never seen this one either. Have any of you?
She left acting shortly after, but as extra features and docus on the Friday the 13th franchise have proven, she is still gorgeous! Even if some her other work wasn't as popular, we fans will always recall and love the gorgeous Debi Sue Voorhees for her appearance in the fifth film in the world's most prolific slasher film series!
9/16/2015
SiriusXM Octane Presents Bring Me The Horizon- 9/15/15
On Sept. 15, 2015, SiriusXM Octane presented Bring Me the Horizon (BMTH), one of the biggest, best, most exciting, and popular young metal/ hard rock bands out right now at Webster Hall in NYC for a special live event. This was open only to listeners of the radio station and fans of the band, via their social media. The line to get in was huge, we are talking around the block! And, while many got in, others simply could not. Words from the Master, as in myself, Master Gio, did manage to get in and get some coverage of it.
The band, which hails from Sheffield, Englad, have been around since 2003, and have shifted in style over the years, yet have always given the fans quality heavy rock music. Their latest effort That's the Spirit sees them incorporate even more poppy hooks, while still remaining firmly rooted in metal (though a far difference from their early deathcore sound). All that being said, I think it serves the band excellently, as they sound amazing and in keeps in tune, while still growing further from their last album, the absolutely incredible Sempiternal. The result is That's the Spirit which is one of the year's most exciting and fresh sounding releases. The show was, of course, in support of said album.
The band played to a packed house, where fans were almost literally on top of each other. Actually, once this concert began, and their charismatic and energetic signer Oliver Sykes asked the audience to start a mosh pit, it quite literally was fans on top of each other! The show was fast paced, fun, and fully of furious energy as the band rocked hard and the audience responded in kind.
They tore through kick ass tracks off of their new album like "Happy Song", "Drown", and "True Friends", as well as some of the best tracks off of the aforementioned Sempiternal like "Go to Hell for Heaven's Sake" and "Can You Feel My Heart". During a truly ripping performance of what might be my favorite BMTH songs, "Antivist", they got the whole crowd to put their "middle fingers in the air" as the song so gleefully states them to.
"Middle finger in the air!"
In all, this one of fuck of a killer show. Afterwards, the band graciously met their adoring fans and signed autographs for them. They are really nice down to earth guys, and that helped to further make this a night very special for the fans that were present, and one we are all likely to always remember.
9/14/2015
Horror Crush: Kristy Swanson
Swanson was born on Dec. 19, 1969 (making her 45) in Mission Viejo, Cali. She began acting on various TV shows, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Now I probably did see, I just don't remember, her in that episode, as I used to watch that show as a kid, but it's her debut movie where I first fell in love with her: Deadly Friend!
I discussed Deadly Friend a bit in my recent tribute to it's director, the late and great Wes Craven. I actually revisited it very recently, as I just got it on DVD (part of Warner Bro's Twisted Terror Collection). I been thinking about talking about this one a little more. Would you guys like to see me do that? If you guys request me to do so, I definitely will. If I don't hear from you guys, well who the fuck knows, if I will do it. Regardless, I immediately fell in love with the beautiful Ms. Kristy Swanson with this film. She is PERFECT as the girl next door (or, as I like to say, the girl I fucking WISHED had lived next door to me!).
Her next genre film is an adaptation of V.C. Andrews bestseller Flowers in the Attic. I saw this one as a kid as well, not to much after seeing Deadly Friend. Now, back in those days everyone was seemingly reading this book and those in the series. I never had but "hey it's got Kristy and it's horror so I am in!" is what I thought. Again, I liked it but... As I soon discovered, the movie was sadly missing the more salacious aspects of the book. It wanted to be a safe PG13 flick (an early example of the balls being taking out of horror to sell it to kids...). Wes Craven was originally attached but was dumped in order to keep"safe". A shame, he definitely would've made a movie that doesn't feel like a fucking made for TV flick. I have no clue, what I would think of this movie today, as I ain't seen it in ages. However, I always remember Swanson looking gorgeous and being excellent in her role, as the sister of a group of siblings locked up their mega-bitch and twisted mom. 
Swanson would make one final return to the genre in the shitty horror/ comedy Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I saw this one in the movies, cause of her. That being said, I had a feeling it would be a turd. And, is it ever! Never really funny and certainly not scary, it's a prime example of how horror/ comedies are often, hard to do well. Paul Rubens is terribly annoying and Luke Perry is, well, Luke Perry. Which is too say he is an old dude playing a teen and sucking hard at it. This godawful excrement of a flick was a chore to watch, but again, Swanson is good in it. She has some solid delivery in her lines and looks AMAZING here. Seeing her in a cheerleader outfit is, quite, yummy. But, in the end the best thing I can say about this flick (other than Swanson, of course) is it inspired it's amazing spin-off show, which is one of the greatest TV shows of all time, horror or otherwise.
Kristy Swanson didn't star in the greatest horror films, but they are all memorable in some way or another, for better or worse. And, there is no denying that she set the hearts of many a young horror fans a flutter. as such, she will always be one of the most memorable horror teen crushes of all time. One more thing of note, she never got nude in any of her horror roles, but she would bear it all for Playboy in 2002. And, we were all very thankful for her doing it!
9/13/2015
Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1
Issue Number: 1
Writer: Greg Rucka
Art: Marco Checchetto
Cover: Phil Noto
Editor: Jordan D. White
Publisher: Marvel
Genre: Science Fiction
Cover Price: $3.99 (US)
We open in the last couple of minutes of Return of the Jedi, as the Rebel squadron attacks the Death Star. Soon, they are successful and there is a celebration on the planet Endor (as seen in Return). We follow the beautiful and brave Commander Shara, whose husband. Sergeant Dameron is also a Rebel fighter. But, the celebration is cut short, as the now victorious Rebel Alliance must contend with remaining Empire forces on the planet.
The first story to officially take place between Return and the upcoming The Force Awakens, this entertaining story, might be one of the most hotly anticipated by Star Wars fans, or at least, it was by me. We are immediately thrown into the action, which I was not really expecting. At first, I was a little thrown off, as I must admit, I thought we would get to follow our lead heroes and not new characters. That being said, towards the last few pages I finally got into it and wholly look forward to issue number 2. It is there I think this story will fully kick in, as the writing by Rucka becomes increasingly more involving.
This is coupled with truly gorgeous art by Checchetto, in what is perhaps the beautiful looking book in all the Star Wars universe (which is saying a lot). He is great at capturing space battles and drawing the new characters, as well as the iconic ones.
In all this a solid story that fans should pick up. It feels like one that will continue to develop and get more interesting as the issues progress. As such, it is without a shadow of a doubt, one to keep your eyes on.
*** out of ****
9/10/2015
Burying the Ex
Title: Burying the Ex
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Alan Trezza
Cast: Anton Yelichin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario, Oliver Cooper
Year: 2014 (released 2015)
Min: 89
Max (Anton Yelichin), a horror fan, is dating and living with the absolutely beautiful but incredibly bitchy Evelyn (Ashley Greene). When her behavior gets too much for him, he decides it's time to end it. He tells her to meet to her on at the park, where he will dump her ass. But, unfortunately she gets hit by bus. He is totally bummed out by her passing, but at the behest of his half-brother (Oliver Cooper), he goes, by himself, to catch a Val Lewton classic horror flick double-feature. There he runs into the gorgeous Olivia (Alexandra Daddario), whom he earlier met at an ice cream store, where Evelyn berated her. They soon find themselves attracted to each other. But, due to the fact that he and Evelyn earlier had made a wish to love each other forever, unknowingly, using a Satan genie statue, she comes back to life. And, if she was hard to deal with alive imagine her as a zombie...
When Joe (The Howling, Gremlins 1 & 2) Dante is on, he is one of the best directors at mixing humor and horror in the highest possible manner. Thankfully he does just this with this immensely fun and funny flick. First off, as with many of his other works, his love for horror is ever present, and this comes off as a cute and loving love letter to our genre. In jokes and tributes abound, and they are fun to catch. The script by Alan Trezza is fun and has more than it's share of good laughs.
The cast is really good. I liked Anton Yelichin. He is suitably likable enough to carry the film, as our hero. Alexandra Daddario remains a sight to behold and worship. She truly has one of the most perfect bodies in the entire world. She doesn't get nude (you'll have to stick to True Detective season one for that), but she does appear in a bra in a scene that made my eyeballs pop-out, nonetheless. She also remains a solid and very likable actress. She is great at playing the nice girl next door and as such, is simply a delight here. Ashley Greene is the real star here, though, as she is amazingly fun to watch. I get the feeling she had a blast playing Evelyn, and you will love seeing her in the role. She goes between being likable but bitchy to being horrid and bitchy with ease, and always with an underlying amount of unbridled sexiness. Even when she isn't trying to be hot, she remains as such. So I ask you, is it weird that I would totally have sex with her as a zombie?
The FX handled by Ronald Blancaflor are excellent. Evelyn looks like a perfect mixture of decay and beauty. There is also some suitable amounts of gore and gross-out that perfectly add to the horror/ comedy charm of the film. A moment of flesh-eating will keep this one away from most of Greene's Twilight fans.
I thoroughly loved Burying the Ex. This was one of my most anticipated movies of the year, and I am glad that it delivered the goods. Sadly, I have heard and seen some bad reviews for this. Don't listen to them and, instead, check this one out. Really my only complaint is what ultimately happens to Evelyn. No spoilers here, but I was not happy with that. We can discuss this further in the comments section, just mention that you are giving spoilers. I'll let you know there what I had a problem with then and there. That all being said, I fully understand why it happened. Regardless see it. It's on NetFlix, so no excuse to not. I blind bought it on Blu-ray (exclusive to Best Buy). Said Blu-ray looks and sounds excellent but, sadly, has no extra features. It did however cost me 10 measly bucks, so I can't really complain, now can I?***1/2 out of ****
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