Extreme Cinema

[madhair60]

I'm sure I'm not the only gorehound on here. Post about Extreme Cinema.


Note: Any posts regarding how gross we are for liking splatter flicks will be ridiculed, and the perpetrator ritually humiliated. Also, be aware that by Extreme Cinema I do not mean movies about bloody snowboarding.

[Samface]

Really, said:

Also, be aware that by Extreme Cinema I do not mean movies about bloody snowboarding.

Does that mean "flipping snowboarding" or "snowboarding with lots of blood"? 'Cos surely the latter would be suitable.

Anyhow, this sure as heck ain't the place for me. *scarpers*

[JJ]

Here's some good horror-related news:

Lovingly Copied and Pasted from Creature-Corner.com

Harry over at AICN landed some huge news on the Masters of Horror project that Anchor Bay is involved in. According to the article it appears as if these are being produced as a direct to DVD project but could possible been seen on air as they plan on shopping it around to HBO and the like.

Here is a breakdown of the project:

The Anchor Bay direct-to-video company is apparently producing "Masters of Horror," a series of at least 13 one-hour movies written and/or directed by revered genre geniuses.

All 13 will be made, starting in April. Then, we hear, they will be shopped to HBO and Showtime. (And, I speculate, maybe even that Horror Channel we keep hearing is coming.)

Check out who’s directing!

* Dario Argento ("Suspira")

* John Carpenter ("The Thing," "Starman")

* Larry Cohen ("It’s Alive," "Q")

* Roger Corman ("The Raven," "Tales of Terror")

* Don Coscarelli ("Phantasm," "Bubba Ho-Tep")

* Joe Dante (The "Gremlins" series, "The ‘burbs")

* Mick Garris ("Critters 2," "The Stand")

* Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator," "From Beyond")

* Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist," "Lifeforce")

* John Landis ("American Werewolf in London," "The Blues Brothers")

* George Romero ("Night of the Living Dead," "Dawn of the Dead")

Check out who’s writing!

* Michael Brandt & Derk Haas ("2 Fast 2 Furious," "Catch That Kid")

* Harlan Ellison ("Star Trek," "The Outer Limits")

* Lawrence D. Cohen ("Carrie")

* Matt Greenberg ("Halloween: H20")

* Kim Henkel ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre")

* Steve Niles ("30 Days Of Night")

* Richard Christian Matheson ("Tales From the Crypt")

* Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan (Ain’t It Cool News)

* David Schow ("A Nightmare on Elm Street 5")

Richard Christian Matheson is said to be adapting a tale by his father, Richard Matheson ("The Twilight Zone," "The Incredible Shrinking Man," "The Raven," "Comedy of Terrors," "The Night Stalker").

Holy Moly, I can’t wait for this. There are a few glaring omissions to the Masters of Horror list in my opinion, but it is still one impressive list. And if this takes off maybe we will get volumes of these projects. We’ll keep a close on on this one for you, I think it is going to be a biggie.

What's the betting the sci-fi channel will get these in? It sounds pretty awesome.

[RSM]

Have we got bored of Anchorbay?

Anyways I tend to find that a lot the modern extreme cinema tends to come from Asia ie Itchi the Killer and Full Time Killers (neither I have seen, woe is me). I do believe the UK had some extreme films banned back in the seventies...

Does the original dawn of the dead count as extreme cinema? I think that was the only film I've seen a guy get ripped open when he's still alive.

[madhair60]

DotD Sort of counts, I guess.

Bored of Anchor Bay? Speak for yourself. They're about the only other forum I regular nowadays.

That Masters of Horror series sounds bleedin' fabulous.

BTW, everybody go and buy Cannibal Holocaust from Japan. THAT'S extreme cinema.

[RSM]

Tell us more about Cannibal Holocaust....

[Sin]

RSM said:

Tell us more about Cannibal Holocaust....

Ohh noooesss! He'll be talking for hours now.

[ChaosX3]

Oh. I was hoping this was a Snowboarding Thread...

[madhair60]

[/grizly]

Cannibal Holocaust is a notorious piece of cinema by director Ruggero Deodato. It is the story of a documentary crew who film exploitative and violebnt footage. Their footage is found and brought back to civilisation where it is examined by curious students. What they find they will never forget...

This film contains some utterly repugnant moments, not least the (real) animal cruelty. It can be extremely hard to watch at times, but it's worth it - the message is suprisingly relevant.

[JJ]

slash said:

[/grizly]

Cannibal Holocaust is a notorious piece of cinema by director Ruggero Deodato. It is the story of a documentary crew who film exploitative and violebnt footage. Their footage is found and brought back to civilisation where it is examined by curious students. What they find they will never forget...

This film contains some utterly repugnant moments, not least the (real) animal cruelty. It can be extremely hard to watch at times, but it's worth it - the message is suprisingly relevant.

Haven't seen it myself, but I know a guy who's got it. Might give it a look, then.

[RSM]

Stockists and further reccomendations please...

[madhair60]

Any version you see in this country is bound to be missing about 20 minutes of censored footage - import it from Japan or Kazaaville.

Other films for discerning gorehounds?

August Underground's Mordum
Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
Traces of Death
Faces of Gore

All of the above are utterly [censored]ed up. EXTREME CAUTION.

[RSM]

slash said:

All of the above are utterly [censored]ed up. .

Y'know I think someone said that about me once, so I'll probably be watching these at 7 in the morning with pop tarts

[Gizmo]

would you consider evil dead extreme cinema?

[madhair60]

To a degree, yes. One of my fave movies

Though most things I have covered in this topic are cut or banned in Britain, and Evil Dead is now available uncut through Anchor Bay.

[Gizmo]

I think it deserves to be here, after all it was banned after a couple of days of its release.

and it still grosses me out... the eyeball being swallowed in the second one... the cutting off of the hand... and the blood... so much blood. ewwww.

But it was cool!

[madhair60]

And of course cinema's only arboreal rape scene.

[JJ]

Has anyone seen Irreversable, Ichi the Killer or Audition? I was considering seeing them before, but ran out of cash. Just wondering what they're like.


BTW, Evil Dead fans, some new news:

www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=16536

[RSM]

Odd, I found evil dead more comical than extreme, then again I must have been at the coffee.....