Doomed!
Maverick Entertainment’s Doomed is much maligned as a plot-less convict vs zombie chase fest set in an alternate future where prisoners compete for pardons and cash on a reality TV show called Survivor Island. I think it’s a fairly entertaining fun film that takes the “who is the real monster” political commentary so often found in zombie films to absurd enough lengths to make the movie subversive. Are they mocking the brain dead Hollywood anti-hero formula? You decide and enjoy:
Eric Koenig’s The Lurking Fear
Animator Eric Koenig made this homage to Lovecraft last year and it’s really quite entertaining. It has little to do with the Lovecraft story of the same name but Lovecraft fans and horror hounds in general will love this raucous jaunt into cosmic terror – and comedy.
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Part II:
The Dead One a.k.a. Blood of the Zombie
Thanks to Hulu you can experience this classic voodoo horror shocker from the late 60s. It involves a blonde voodoo priestess raising her dead brother as a zombie to chase off her cousin and his new bride from a plantation he inherited. Oh and he brings a belly dancer with him. The star Linda Ormand never made another movie – thankfully given her performance. But this is a very entertaining film. Enjoy Blood of the Zombie:
Channel 13 by Psychocharger
I grew up watching Chiller Theater and later such camp classics as Doctor Morgus so I have always had a soft spot for the recaptured weekend horror aesthetic of bands like Psychocharger. Their song Channel 13 from their album Curse of the Psycho is basically auditory nostalgia that makes me pine for a time when my greatest fear was monsters in my imagination.
The Music of Herbert West
This track by Electrolimes is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s hapless hi-tech necromancer Herbert West. It strikes the right chord between pulpy sci-fi and the cosmic awe and wonder that many of us feel with Lovecraft’s work, but the essential horror of West and his doomed unholy experiments is missing in my opinion.
Still an interesting (if overlong) piece:
More from the artist’s YouTube page.
Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined as Steampunk Pulp Hero
The New Holmes and Watson
We’re back from yet another unplanned hiatus and full to brimming with posts of those unusual and hopefully delightful little corners of the world archived on the web.
Surprisingly delightful was this trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes movie scheduled to come out in December. Holmes is played by Robert Downey Jr and the whole affair is presided over by Guy Ritchie so I was dubious, but the trailer has an interesting pulp hero take on the character that looks to be what The League of Extraordinary Gentleman should have been but wasn’t. Purist will probably hate it, but I’m excited and the increasingly popular neo-Victorian/Steampunk sub-culture will surely find a place for it in their cannon:
The plot revolves around an evil Industrialist (aren’t they all) who controls a cult who claim to possess supernatural powers and are linked to a series of murders. Perfect Christmas fare for the family!