Deejay e-mailed me some pics of this strange brew he was imbibing during the recording session for Splattercast #50. How can you resist a bottle of booze with some crazy painting of a big red monster on the label? I’d hit it!
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Arrow in the Head is reporting on this site, where there’s an online petition requesting to get the lost footage from Halloween on the 30th anniversary DVD.
I’m not going to sign this. Not because I’m not interested in seeing it (it will all end up online anyway if this is successful), but because I have no desire to buy another fricking special edition of Halloween. When Anchor Bay was still around (what is it, Starz now or something stupid like that?), this, along with the Evil Dead movies, seemed to be the only way they made money. It was almost as if they had to rely on the quintriple-dip in order to break even each year for all the Dead Heat’s they would print.
Anyways, this will be my last post for a while. Getting internet disconnected tomorrow so I’ll be braving the wilds of life without net access for at least a week, maybe longer. Hopefully Steve doesn’t doesn’t fill the site up with Carnosaur editorials while I’m away 
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30 Days of Night was pretty cool….until they showed the vampires. This movie blows and seriously, the head vampire was the most non-frightening vampire since Zandor Vorkov. He reminded me of a gothic cross-eyed Russian hobo. I’m still wondering why the vampires didn’t just knock out all the generators that were apparently being used to light up the entire town like a Christmas tree?
Continuing my sucky horror movie night, I caught Night of the Living Dead 3-D, in glorious 2-D because the DVD doesn’t come in 3-D apparently, and it is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m talking Children of the Living Dead bad. Expect a review soon. On the DVD extras, the director said the found out Dead was in the public domain so they decided to do a remake. For the love of Romero, don’t see this movie. Sid Haig, shame on you.
Steve, you and I must get to work on a Night remake.
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Here it is, the epic 2-hour Splattercast #50. Can you get through the whole thing in one sitting?
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We just finished our recording session for Splattercast #50 and it’s definitely an epic episode, probably our longest show ever. Mat’s interview with director Uwe Boll went beautifully and is definitely worth listening to. I have some editing work to do on the audio, so the episode will probably be posted later tomorrow night.
I appreciate your patience and hope you have as much fun listening to Splattercast #50 as we had making it!
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I just got finished doing an awesome interview with Uwe Boll which you can hear later tonight on Splattercast #50. Mr. Boll was gracious enough to take an hour out of his busy schedule (in Vancouver) and was totally cordial and a really cool interview. I think a lot of listeners will have at least a better appreciation of him after hearing what he has to say, and I guarantee you, some of it will be surprising.
To give you an idea of how awesome Boll was during the interview: we had planned on only doing a 20-30 minute interview, mostly because it’s 11 in the morning where he is at. We had numerous issues with Skype kicking us out out of our conversation because some glitch occurs where everytime someone calls his house, Skype kicks him offline. This happened 6 times during the interview, and rather than get frustrated by it, he took it with a laugh and I’ve included those segments in the final interview because I think they’re cool. We ended up spending an hour on the “phone” together for what amounted to a 40 minute interview.
Much thanks go out to Mr. Boll for his patience and his great demeanor. I hope you all like the interview, I sure did!
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Some films: House of Dracula (1945), The Brute Man (1946), Master Minds (1949)
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What was billed as the biggest week of the year was completely uneventful and not suspenseful in the slightest.
Crystal Lake Counselors (MaT) defeats STD Zombies (Steve)
The Fandango’s (Carlin) defeats The Fudge Bay Packers (Jeremy)
Foul Smelling Discharge (Jeff) defeats 49ers (Nate)
Here’s the current standings:
What the heck happened this week? It started off a little strangely when it was revealed that Jeremy didn’t fill out his starting roster, causing Carlin to win by default 103-16. Then the “Brother vs. Brother” showdown turned out to be a dud. Jeff handily dismantled Nate 107-69. By the way Nate, thanks for refusing to trade Chad Johnson to me! Then the Clash of the Titans, the battle of the top two teams of Steve and Mat, fizzled as Tom Brady accounted for a zillion more touchdowns and the STD Zombies were blown away by the Counselors of Crystal Lake 147-87.
Next week offers some intriguing matchups. Foul Smelling Discharge takes on the Counselors in hopes of gaining ground in the standings, The Fandango’s are in a must-win situation against the STD Zombies, and Nate looks forward to the only bright spot on his schedule: when he plays the Fudge Bay Packers.
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This is for you, Belle Dee
Some films: The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), Cat People (1942), The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
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I want to thank Nikki Finke for visiting Deadlantern.com and sending me a cheerful e-mail with the subject line “Did you see this posting?” and then including a link to her “Exclusive” with Eli Roth.
If Ms. Finke had done some research, she would have realized that not only did we defend Roth from her initial attacks, but we also criticized Roth for his response to her.
Now Ms. Finke, I know you’re reading this, and since you don’t like to do any actual research, no matter how easy it may be, I’m including the links for you in this handy dandy blog post. Hope that helps you out, and I hope you keep in touch!
Expect an oral vivisection of Ms. Finke on Splattercast #51
UPDATE: Just as I’d expect, Finke e-mailed me back…
FINKE: “I’m glad you saw the posting. As a tribute to you, I’ll attend a PG-13 horror film. Best, Nikki”
MaT, Deadlantern.com: “Good, I’m glad. I whole-heartedly support PG-13 horror films just as I support R rated horror films, or G and PG for that matter. Just be sure to use the money you’re getting from those “Halloween Horror Nights” advertisements with Freddy, Jason, and Leatherface when you pay for your PG-13 horror film. I’d call “hypocrisy”, but I think you already know that 
Cheers
Deadlantern.com
P.S. Heck, rather then spend the money on a PG-13 horror flick, use our “tribute” to go rent A Nightmare on Elm Street or Texas Chainsaw Massacre. ”
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I’m not a fan of the Saw films, but I’m extremely happy that it did well at the box office this weekend. Horror hater Nikki Finke, no doubt morally high off of her concession by Eli Roth, is a little dismayed by Saw 4’s weekend box office. Her headline: “Sickos make Saw IV Friday’s number 1 film”. Here’s Finke’s insightful analysis:
“Lionsgate’s disgusting Saw IV whose “R” rating comes from sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout. But the sickos who scream for this insanely profitable $250M franchise poured $14.7 million into 3,183 theaters for what should be a healthy $34 million opening weekend overall. (That’s comparable to Saw III’s $33.6 mil opening in 2006…) So, once again, here’s an example of the public propping up hardcore horror just when Hollywood was starting to rethink making these kinds of disturbed pics. “
What’s funny about this is that she took credit for “destroying” Eli Roth’s career and made it look like she single handedly destroyed “torture” horror…and what happens? Saw makes a ton of money. Now suddenly us “sickos” have come out where we didn’t before?
Or maybe Finke is just a stupid moron? I vote the latter
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Just got back from 30 Days of Night and I have to agree with Steve’s assessment. I think this may be the best horror movie of the year. There was one little bit that I didn’t like, but it’s sort of a nitpick.
Maybe we’ll delve into 30 Days and perhaps Saw IV on Splattercast #51. I don’t think there’ll be room in episode #50, it’s already bursting at the seams with Boll-osity.
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