[Editors Note: Given that we've already reviewed the Vinegar Syndrome release of Graduation Day and both discs are virtually identical bar the extras, we thought we'd review the Major difference between the two Blu-ray releases - the bonus feature on the UK disc, the documentary Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed]
It’s fair to say I’m a sucker for scream queen “documentaries”. Be they the T&A filled features such as Scream Queen Hollywood Hot Tub Party, more amateur-hour productions such as Donald Farmer’s shot-on-video Invasion of the Scream Queens, or the awesome scream queen interviews that featured in Stephen King’s World of Horror – if it features an interview with a scream queen then I’m there. I’m also a fan of the documentaries and Blu-ray extras produced by High Rising Productions – including their previously released slasher movie documentary: Slice and Dice: The Slasher Movie Forever.
Put the two together and… I’m in filmic heaven!
Directed by UK-horror scene stalwart Calum Waddell and hosted by scream queen Debbie Rochon (Terror Firmer, Tromeo and Juliet) Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed features, in a change of pace for horror documentaries, especially those focusing on females in the genre,...
It’s fair to say I’m a sucker for scream queen “documentaries”. Be they the T&A filled features such as Scream Queen Hollywood Hot Tub Party, more amateur-hour productions such as Donald Farmer’s shot-on-video Invasion of the Scream Queens, or the awesome scream queen interviews that featured in Stephen King’s World of Horror – if it features an interview with a scream queen then I’m there. I’m also a fan of the documentaries and Blu-ray extras produced by High Rising Productions – including their previously released slasher movie documentary: Slice and Dice: The Slasher Movie Forever.
Put the two together and… I’m in filmic heaven!
Directed by UK-horror scene stalwart Calum Waddell and hosted by scream queen Debbie Rochon (Terror Firmer, Tromeo and Juliet) Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed features, in a change of pace for horror documentaries, especially those focusing on females in the genre,...
- 10/7/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The first wave of 88 Films’ Slasher Classics Collection hasn’t even hit stores yet and the company have released details of “wave 2″ – including four worldwide Blu-ray premieres, each debuting with new HD scans from the original materials approved by the directors themselves!
Check out the press release below, as well as the awesome – if temporary – artwork (click to enlarge):
First up is 1984’s Splatter University. Unavailable in the UK since the glory gory days of VHS tapes, this satirical campus-set sickie is one of the bloodiest and barmiest slasher-shockers ever made. Headlining the feisty Forbes Riley as a teacher trying to work out why her classes are featuring increasingly less students, Splatter University picks up the pace with a succession of superb sanguine-packed massacre-moments. A maniacal murder-mystery that is not afraid to crack out the crimson, Splatter University turns up the suspense en route to an outrageous conclusion. From...
Check out the press release below, as well as the awesome – if temporary – artwork (click to enlarge):
First up is 1984’s Splatter University. Unavailable in the UK since the glory gory days of VHS tapes, this satirical campus-set sickie is one of the bloodiest and barmiest slasher-shockers ever made. Headlining the feisty Forbes Riley as a teacher trying to work out why her classes are featuring increasingly less students, Splatter University picks up the pace with a succession of superb sanguine-packed massacre-moments. A maniacal murder-mystery that is not afraid to crack out the crimson, Splatter University turns up the suspense en route to an outrageous conclusion. From...
- 9/17/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Earlier this summer we reported that 88 Films will be releasing Graduation Day and Mother’s Day to Blu-ray in the UK, and now 1981′s Don’t Go in the Woods… Alone will also be given the UK high-definition treatment. Together, these three releases make up the first wave of 88 Films’ Slasher Classics Collection, and the documentary, Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed!, has been included on Graduation Day‘s special features.
Graduation Day will hit Blu-ray in the UK on October 13th, while Mother’s Day will be available in the high-definition format sometime in early 2015. An official release date for Don’t Go in the Woods… Alone has not yet been announced. Below are two official press releases and a look at the Blu-ray cover art. The first release has full details on Graduation Day‘s special features, including the documentary, Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed! (thanks to Blu-ray.
Graduation Day will hit Blu-ray in the UK on October 13th, while Mother’s Day will be available in the high-definition format sometime in early 2015. An official release date for Don’t Go in the Woods… Alone has not yet been announced. Below are two official press releases and a look at the Blu-ray cover art. The first release has full details on Graduation Day‘s special features, including the documentary, Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed! (thanks to Blu-ray.
- 8/5/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Released in 1981, Graduation Day has become a favourite of slasher movie fans thanks to its plasma-spurting set pieces, maniacal mystery-killer storyline and a cast of cult celebrities that includes Christopher George (City of the Living Dead), Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune) and the perennially topless Scream Queen Linnea Quigley. Now set for a Blu-ray release, with a stunning print restored and re-mastered from a colourful 4k scan, from the folks at 88 Films, Graduation Day will arrive in the UK with an array of newly created special features from High Rising Productions including a new feature length documentary entitled Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed.
Hosted by the legendary Debbie Rochon (Tromeo and Juliet, Terror Firmer), this insightful investigation into the challenges of women working within a genre frequently associated with a masculine fanbase is unique in featuring all-female perspectives. Names that have been caught on camera for this epic expose...
Hosted by the legendary Debbie Rochon (Tromeo and Juliet, Terror Firmer), this insightful investigation into the challenges of women working within a genre frequently associated with a masculine fanbase is unique in featuring all-female perspectives. Names that have been caught on camera for this epic expose...
- 8/5/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
High Rising’s Calum Waddell tells Fango that Scream Queen: Horror’S Hottest Heroines is on track to come out next year. “It’s an all-female documentary that really espoutes the women’s point of view when it comes to acting within a genre so often associated with masculine dominance or the ‘girl in peril.’ There are no guys in front of the camera; we had no interest in that. If you want to hear the male view on horror cinema, let’s face it, you have plenty of places to hear it! So far we have almost 20 legendary names in the mix; it’s a really exciting project.”
Among those names are (pictured below, top to bottom): B-movie legend Sybil Danning, first and fifth Friday The 13th heroines Adrienne King and Melanie Kinnaman, Patricia Tallman from Night Of The Living Dead 1990, 2001 Maniacs’ Christa Campbell, Splatter University’s Forbes Riley...
Among those names are (pictured below, top to bottom): B-movie legend Sybil Danning, first and fifth Friday The 13th heroines Adrienne King and Melanie Kinnaman, Patricia Tallman from Night Of The Living Dead 1990, 2001 Maniacs’ Christa Campbell, Splatter University’s Forbes Riley...
- 12/10/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
High Rising’s Calum Waddell tells Fango that Scream Queen: Horror’S Hottest Heroines is on track to come out next year. “It’s an all-female documentary that really espoutes the women’s point of view when it comes to acting within a genre so often associated with masculine dominance or the ‘girl in peril.’ There are no guys in front of the camera; we had no interest in that. If you want to hear the male view on horror cinema, let’s face it, you have plenty of places to hear it! So far we have almost 20 legendary names in the mix; it’s a really exciting project.”
Among those names are (pictured below, top to bottom): B-movie legend Sybil Danning, first and fifth Friday The 13th heroines Adrienne King and Melanie Kinnaman, Patricia Tallman from Night Of The Living Dead 1990, 2001 Maniacs’ Christa Campbell, Splatter University’s Forbes Riley...
Among those names are (pictured below, top to bottom): B-movie legend Sybil Danning, first and fifth Friday The 13th heroines Adrienne King and Melanie Kinnaman, Patricia Tallman from Night Of The Living Dead 1990, 2001 Maniacs’ Christa Campbell, Splatter University’s Forbes Riley...
- 12/10/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
High Rising’s Calum Waddell tells Fango that Scream Queen: Horror’S Hottest Heroines is on track to come out next year. “It’s an all-female documentary that really espoutes the women’s point of view when it comes to acting within a genre so often associated with masculine dominance or the ‘girl in peril.’ There are no guys in front of the camera; we had no interest in that. If you want to hear the male view on horror cinema, let’s face it, you have plenty of places to hear it! So far we have almost 20 legendary names in the mix; it’s a really exciting project.”
Among those names are (pictured below, top to bottom): B-movie legend Sybil Danning, first and fifth Friday The 13th heroines Adrienne King and Melanie Kinnaman, Patricia Tallman from Night Of The Living Dead 1990, 2001 Maniacs’ Christa Campbell, Splatter University’s Forbes Riley...
Among those names are (pictured below, top to bottom): B-movie legend Sybil Danning, first and fifth Friday The 13th heroines Adrienne King and Melanie Kinnaman, Patricia Tallman from Night Of The Living Dead 1990, 2001 Maniacs’ Christa Campbell, Splatter University’s Forbes Riley...
- 12/10/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Forbes Riley initially viewed infomercials as her day job. "I made a lousy waitress and had good presentational skills," she says. In 20-plus years, she has hosted dozens of promotional TV programs, notably for health and fitness products, helping to sell more than $2 billion worth of merchandise. Her longest-running infomercial, for Jack Lalanne's Power Juicer, is now in its eighth year. Recently she was named the best female presenter of the year by the Electronic Retailing Association.Riley began her career as a legit actor. "I was Broadway-trained, craft-oriented, and studied with Uta Hagen and Meisner," she says. "People in the business put me down for doing infomercials. But for one infomercial, I could walk out with $10,000 in my pocket. And some waitress is going to tell me I have a problem?"She thinks the attitude toward actors who do infomercials has changed—after all, many celebrities are now doing them,...
- 11/18/2010
- backstage.com
Forbes Riley attending the 2010 Brave Heart Awards in Century City, CA.Photo copyright by Koi Sojer / PR Photos. Cymphonique Miller attending the 2010 Brave Heart Awards in Century City, CA.Photo copyright by Koi Sojer / PR Photos. Marla Maples attending the 2010 Brave Heart Awards in Century City, CA.Photo copyright by Koi Sojer / PR Photos. Tippi Hedren attending the 2010 Brave Heart Awards in Century City, CA.Photo copyright by Koi Sojer / PR Photos. Yvette Nicole Brown attending the 2010 Brave Heart Awards in Century City, CA.Photo copyright by Koi Sojer / PR Photos. Forbes Riley attending the 2010 Brave Heart Awards in Century City, CA.Photo copyright by Koi Sojer / PR Photos.
- 10/15/2010
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
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