Grindhouse Nightmares

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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S: From Game to Big Screen– Feel the frights of Freddy Fazbear’s come alive as the film recreates the game’s world with immersive environments and wild surprises that’ll haunt longtime fans and newcomers alike. Grindhouse Nightmares is a 2017 horror anthology film that features three terrifying tales set in the seedy world of 70s exploitation cinema. The film stars horror icon Linnea Quigley, Steve Munroe, and Lorna Bliss, among others. The first segment, titled "Cannibal Claus," follows a group of college students who stumble upon a remote village inhabited by a cannibalistic cult that worships a grotesque figure known as "Cannibal Claus." As the students try to escape, they are hunted down one by one by the bloodthirsty cult members. Kurt Russell stars as Stuntman Mike, a washed up stunt driver who preys on young women with his killer car. The first half is rooted in slasher tropes, with the vehicular murderer stalking then dispatching a group of girls. Later, Stuntman Mike meets his match in the form of stunt woman Zoë Bell ( Kill Bill, Xena: Warrior Princess) — playing a fictionalized version of herself — and her friends.

It is a curious delight to hear of a new film project from Richard Driscoll. A varied filmography, his horror credits as director/producer include 'Kannibal (2001)', featuring Driscoll in the title role of Hannibal Lector wannabe Kavanagh, and 'Evil Calls (2008)', featuring Driscoll as central character George Carney. Both films exist in a variety of formats and titles. Both ventures have earned Driscoll a dubious reputation as film-maker, both for the end result and for goings-on behind the scenes. Planet Terror extras include: “10 Minute Film School,” a streamlined making-of piece in which Rodriguez provides commentary on how the special effects and stunts were accomplished; featurettes on the cast, stunts, makeup effects; “Casting Rebel,” about Rodriguez working with his young son, including shooting alternate footage in which he survives to spare him the trauma; “The Friend, the Doctor, and the Real Estate Agent,” explores the casting of Rodriguez’s his real-life friend Tommy Nix, doctor Felix Sabates, and realtor Skip Reissig; “10 Minute Cooking School,” in which Rodriguez shares his award-winning Texas BBQ recipe; and a gallery of posters and lobby cards.Planet Terror is the first part of the double bill, feeling something like The Return of the Living Dead meets Universal Soldier directed by John Carpenter for Cannon Films. Rodriguez leans into ’80s camp with over-the-top action, spontaneous explosions, and splattery gore that marries practical effects by Greg Nicotero & Howard Berger of KNB EFX ( Scream, From Dusk Till Dawn) with digital aid.

While the film is certainly not for the faint of heart, it's clear that the creators had a lot of fun making it. The cast gives energetic performances, and the filmmakers manage to balance the gore and the humor to great effect. The all-new bonus content for Five Nights at Freddy’s gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic animatronics and recreating the immersive world of the game.My own field of expertise in this genre is the cinema of Russ Meyer, and I was happy to see QT's closing homage to the tough girls and the beaten stud in "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (1965), which John Waters has named as the greatest film of all time. One heroine even copies Tura Satana's leather gloves, boots and ponytail. I may have spotted, indeed, the most obscure quotation from Meyer. In an opening montage of his " Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (1970), there is a brief, inexplicable shot of a boot crushing an egg. Rodriguez uses the same composition to show a boot crushing a testicle. So the Cinema marches on. The bonus disc carries a whopping five hours of special features. The New York Times’ hour-long TimesTalk event with Rodriguez and Tarantino, hosted by NYT’s Lynn Hirschberg, is a fascinating supplement, although an appearance by Harvey Weinstein ends it on a sour note. The San Diego Comic-Con 2006 panel with Rodriguez, Tarantino, McGowan, Shelton, Dawson, Poitier, Winstead, and Bell is a fun, if too brief at 22 minutes, watch. Interestingly, it took place after Rodriguez wrapped but before Tarantino started shooting. After this episode ends, some eye-popping fake commercials show up. I won't give away the kind of thing you're in for, but let's put it this way: Driscoll's features may have often been accused of taking themselves too seriously in the past - to say that is not the case here is an understatement. This parody ad-break (featuring clips from Driscoll's 'Eldorado') is unlike anything you've ever seen: a cross between David Lynch and The Young Ones, in the gaudy style of 80s straight-to-video productions. You could say the joke goes on far too long, but there is no punch-line. In fact, despite the brief inclusion of comic actor Robin Askwith, there is no real joke, just some sniggering schoolboy 'Viz'-style moments. Rodriguez’s Planet Terrorand Tarantino’s Death Proofeach have their merits — the former plays like a satirical pastiche of nonstop action, while the latter is more indicative of genuine exploitation fare — but Grindhouse is more than just a double feature. It’s an experience, complete with faux aging to recreate the look of beat-up film prints along with vintage interstitials and retro-inspired trailers for nonexistent movies. Overall, Grindhouse Nightmares is a fun, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the exploitation movies of yesteryear. It's not a film for everyone, but fans of this particular subgenre of horror are sure to find plenty to enjoy here.

The second story, "Slash-in-the-Box," centers around a family who discovers an old clown doll in their attic that turns out to be possessed by a demonic entity. As the family tries to get rid of the doll, it begins to wreak havoc, leading to a terrifying and bloody showdown with the evil spirit.

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It follows Cherry Darling ( Rose McGowan, Scream), a rural Texas go-go dancer in need of a dramatic change in life. She gets just that when her ex, El Wray ( Freddy Rodriguez, Six Feet Under), replaces her missing leg with an assault rifle to fend off against the living dead. In an homage to low-budget films that would advertise name actors who only appear in a few scenes, Bruce Willis plays Lt. Muldoon, the evil mastermind behind the plot that only required two days of shooting with limited interactions with other characters. Another impressive cast, the women of Death Proof include Rosario Dawson ( Sin City), Tracie Thoms ( Rent), Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Vanessa Ferlito ( CSI: NY), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ( Knight Rider), Jordan Ladd ( Cabin Fever), and McGowan. It also features Tarantino as a bartender, Eli Roth, Omar Doom ( Inglourious Basterds), and writer Michael Bacall ( Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) as sketchy bros trying to score, and Parks as McGraw again. The extended cuts of each feature — the 105-minute version of Planet Terror and the 113-minute version of Death Proof — fill in some narrative gaps and flesh out character arcs, but the truncated versions in the Grindhouse cut (running a total of 191 minutes) benefit from snappier pacing. Moreover, the restoration of Planet Terror‘s “missing reel” in the extended cut robs it of one of Grindhouse‘s best gags. Death Proof extras include: “Stunts on Wheels,” detailing the all-practical, death-defying car stunts; featurettes dedicated to Russell, Bell, the cast, cars, and production design; “Quentin’s Greatest Collaborator,” a compilation of various cast members shouting out to editor Sally Menke in outtakes; the trailer for Double Dare, a documentary on Bell featuring Tarantino; Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s full performance of “Baby, It’s You;” two extended music cues (“Gangster Story” by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis and “Italia a Mano Armata” by Franco Micalizzi); and a lobby card gallery.