RIP Dennis Hopper 1936-2010

The great actor Dennis Hopper has passed away we will remember him from the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Part 2 Bllue Velvet Land of the Dead and the worst movie of all time a true horror film SUPER MARIO BROTHERS

God of Vampires

Tonight we have the Director of God of Vampires coming on the show. Rob Fitz also got done working on make up for Ken Foree and Robert Englund recently. He has been working hard in RI on this project and we can’t wait to have him on the show to talk about this film and God of Vampires.

Sci-Fi Saturday night rudeness

For those of you who posted to the blog comments about what Sci-Fi Saturday night said I have no comment and will not trash talk on the air tonight or on a blog. My rant about Blockbuster bring back late fees, or the fact Legion and Day Breakers started the horror genre on a sucky note for the year are different.  Those are thoughts  that don’t hurt any one, when you make a movie or do a dum corporate move, than you leave your self open to major thumbs down attitude. I have nothing to say about this matter  Again thank you to those who brought this to my attention.

Upcoming Events this summer on Radio of Horror

This weekend we have the Director of God of Vampires coming on the show. Rob Fitz also got done working on make up for Ken Foree and Robert Englund recently.

Next week the Author of Transformers War for Cybertron Exodus will be on the show

Then we have the peopel behind The Can’t stop the Serenity——Radio of Horror will be on the Sci -Fi Pod Cast in the next few weeks—–Radio of Horror will also be taking a trip to RI to visit the town of the first American Vampire, then in July we travel to Martha’s Vinyard to see the sights and location settings of the movie Jaws, last in August we visit the home of Gothic cartoon artist Edward Gorey.

We will have more updates on this summer’s programs as we finalize them.

Rue Morgue #100

The Canadian Horror magazine hits 100 this month. It features great articles on Hammer and Christopher Lee. Email us here to find out how you can win a free copy from Radio of Horror.

The End of Lost and 24

Two shows I have followed for many years have at long last come to an end. I have watched every episode and stayed glued to my seat for every twist and turn of events. Now only one of these shows has anything to do with  what we cover on Radio of Horror. But I had to say something about these amazing shows one to never return and another with a story yet to tell.

Jack Bauer (played by Keifer Sutherland who has endured more torture than anyone else I know on tv) has saved the USA from terrorists plots over and over and over again. The show started in 2001 after 9/11 was on hiatus thru 2008 with  only a made for TV movie. When it returned we got two more seasons. Tonight the show ended, with Jack as a fugitive on the run from the law. He tried to bring to light a conspiracy that took the life of Rene Walker. We do have a 24 movie in the works for 2012, in the mean time we have to wonder what is going to happen next for Bauer. Many great characters, President David Palmer, Bill Bucanon, Chole Sullivan, Tony Almeda, Charles Logan and so many more. 24 changed tv in ways we may never see again. There had never been a show like it before. It will be greatly missed.

There had been shows with mythology type story lines before they came from great tv like the X-Files, this show had everything from great literature references to stuff about Star Wars. It was a show at times was very creepy but still fun to watch for it had humor in the most off beat places. A lot of people tried to follow the flashback flash forward upside-down world of the show. ( SPOILER ALERT The side ways universe was really Heaven.) In the Series finale Jack and the gang now filled with a sence of purpose decide to take down the Smoke Monster who’s been pretending to be John Locke since last season once and for all. We got the origins of Jacob and the Man in Black and Richard this season after much wait and anticipation. It was nice to see who the true choice was to protect the island, it makes sence in away you would have to understand after watching the show. Lost will have many questions to answer for years to come. A big dvd box set is coming out and it may just answer those questions we have been seeking. Check out the Lost unplugged videos on www.abc.com, they are hosted by a Muppet version of Dr. Peire Chang (Miles chang’s father)

Hammer Horror

After much delay I finally got a chance to watch the Hammer film, Beyond the Rave . It may not be the classic stuff from the 50s and 60s but it is pretty good none the less. It’s about a soldier in the British Air force about to go to Iraq to fight in the war. He decided to go to a rave in search of his girl friend, but finds out the rave is being used to feed Vampires. It originally aired on MySpace as a web show and is now collected on dvd. Hammer made some great films in the classic golden age of Horror. Christopher Lee returns to Hammer this year. He teams with Hilary Swank and Jeffery Dean Morgan. Lee goes together with Horror like Stan Lee and Comic Books. (no relation). We will be having another Hammer tribute show coming up. We hope to get an expert on Hammer on the show next time.

Here is a great video on youtube showing some of the great sexy and fantastic woman of the Hammer film collection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTOzgW1e6Go

Granite State Comic Con

Tonight a rep from the Granite State Comic Con will be on the show.  At 1215 we will talk about Tim Seeley Cliff Rathburn and Ron Garney(cancelled will have more info as to why tonight)  and the many other great artist and writers they will have on the show.

http://www.granitecon.com/

Vesper Strand re-edit

New co-Host is Vesper Strand she will be with us till the end of the sunner, before she has to go back to school.  Check out her comic and book at her site vesperstrand.com.

After three weeks this is no longer a partnership. Vesper’s date on the show to talk about her book  has also been cancelled.

Supernatural Season Finale

Sam and Dean fight the devil they don’t see the devil getting the upper hand tho. Before he taken possession of Sam, The devil is played by Mark Pelligrimo best know for playing Jacob on Lost. The guy had a significant episode on that show this week as well, more on that later. There will be a 6th season but series creator Erik Kripkie is stepping down as head of the show. Also check out Ghost Facers the online web series spinoff. www.cwtv.com

Darkseid coming to Smallville??

If you saw what happened at the end of Smallville tonight then you might think, was that Granny Goodness? the woman in charge of the furies on Apocolyps. Darkseid is one of the darkest charecters in the DC Universe, and would be a great way to begin the final season next year.

Vesper Strand

New co-Host is Vesper Strand she will be with us till the end of the sunner, before she has to go back to school.  Check out her comic and book at her site vesperstrand.com.

Splice

 SPLICE 

  

Review coming back soon.

“I get to make movies so infrequently that I tend to throw in everything, including the kitchen sink.”      – director, Vincenzo Natali

            

Hudson’s The Calling

Tonight we have a rep from Hudson’s Games The Calling coming on the show tonight. This game we had to a chnace to preview at Pax East back in March, and it is a great Horror Survival game.

Before that we have film critic Dan Kimmel calling in to talk about Nightmare on Elm ST The Human Centipeed, Iron Man 2 and Splice.

Splice Sneek Peek this Monday

If you want to see the new horror/sci-fi movie Splice then go to gofobo.com/rsvp type in the code ROH3950. This Monday  at the Boston commons at 900pm, then  you get to meet the director as well.

Superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids.  Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine.  But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiments.  The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature that exhibits uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments.  And though, at first, Dren exceeds their wildest dreams, she begins to grow and learn at an accelerated rate—and threatens to become their worst nightmare.  

Freddy’s Dead The Final Nightmare & Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare was the beginning of the end for the Slasher film genre. At this point Freddy was all but burnt out and no recovery in sight, at least for now.

 In the 6th installment of the franchise, 10 years have passed since Part5. Freddy has killed every child in the town. Springwood  has tried to forget Freddy exists at all if they do this then kids wont dream of him. A child half way house is set up in the next town over, and Freddy goes there to hunt kids in their dreams. He makes the point that every town has an Elm St. We learn the woman running the shelter Dr. Maggie Burroughs, is actually Freddy’s long-lost daughter taken from him after he killed her mother and before his murder trial. Through flash back we learn of Freddy’s up bringing and abuse and the deal he made with the Dream Demons to harvest souls for them in return for immortality.

The biggest disapoitment with the film is the body count hits 3 people and stops, way too many jokes, a bad use of the power glove and the 3-D ending is not very well done, as least compared to Avatar. In the original script of the film, 15-year-old Jacob Johnson (son of the previous installment’s main character, Alice Johnson) was the major character while many of the “Dream Warriors” would return to aid Jacob in defeating Freddy after he kills Alice. This idea was later trashed and rewritten into the final script. This ending would have tied it more to the first 5 films than the fianl product did. Some notable Cameos include Johnny Depp,Tom Arnold and Rossane Barr, and Alice Cooper as Freddy’s abusive Step Father. Robert Englund also appears in and out of makeup as Freddy. Freddy’s Dead is not the Final Nightmare because in 4 years we get…

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, Directed by Craven himself.  Wes Craven finally gets his chance to do the story he originally intended for part 3. We also get Heather Lankankam and John Saxson and Robert Englund playing themselves along with other Nightmare Alumni. In Craven;s New Nightmare (which takes place outside the film series), Wes wants to create a whole new film. Heather who recently lost her husband suspect Freddy is somehow alive in the real world, but it make her seem crazy. Robert Englund believes that if a lot of people belive in Freddy then he can be made real.

It’s a rather weird movie, and its a plotline that has been done before and failed, just look at Last Action Hero with Arnold, or The dreadful Rocky and Bullwinkle movie. What makes it work here is Wes Craven back in the directors chair.  He would have asked Johnny Depp to come on board but thought he was too big a star. Depp heard of this and in an interview stated he would have dropped everything to come work for Wes again. When Wes heard this years later he was touched by Depp’s kind words.  Freddy’s look in the movie was changed and apeared as tho his flesh was ripped away more than burnt. His glove was no longer a glove, the nives were part of his fingers. Another thing Craven always intended for the first film, due to the budget had to delay the idea.

This film would be the last time we see Freddy for several years. His only other appearance would be in Jason goes to Hell the Final Friday, His hand reaches up and garbs Jason’s mask at the end of the movie.

       

Author Ari Marmell and more Nightmare Music

Tonight on Radio of Horror Author Ari Marmell author of The Conqueror’s Shadow.  This is a fantastic Fantasy book with blood and gore for any fan of sword and barbarian books. If you like Dungeons and Dragon’s then you will love this book as well. Funny thing is the guy worked on some D&D stuff. The tells the tale of a warlord who just wants to give it up and not fight anymore. He settles down with a family but his horrible past comes back to haunt him. I am reminded a lot of the more and comic book A History of Violence. When one man with such blood in his past just wants to leave it behind him.  This is a great book and well worth picking up. The character development is fantastic and unlike other fantasy novels you don’t need to read twelve other books to read this one.

Before and after Ari’s interview we will play more Nightmare on Elm St music.

Nightmare on Elm ST review

Review coming back soon

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