Before Mary Elizabeth Winstead played the roles of comic book-based Ramona Flowers and John McClane’s daughter, she starred as Lee Montgomery in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. At the time, Winstead was making her mark in the horror slasher genre, even leading the ensemble cast of Final Destination 3. When she got the audition call for Death Proof, Winstead pulled off one little trick to get past the audition stage.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane
Winstead shared that she wore flip-flops to the audition to tap into the director’s alleged cinematic foot fetish. The Fargo actress managed to impress Tarantino with her take on Lee, rather than use her foot to get cast in the film.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Attempted One Trick To Get Cast In Quentin Tarantino’s Worst Film Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof
Death Proof was Quentin Tarantino‘s...
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane
Winstead shared that she wore flip-flops to the audition to tap into the director’s alleged cinematic foot fetish. The Fargo actress managed to impress Tarantino with her take on Lee, rather than use her foot to get cast in the film.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Attempted One Trick To Get Cast In Quentin Tarantino’s Worst Film Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof
Death Proof was Quentin Tarantino‘s...
- 3/25/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Quentin Tarantino is undoubtedly one of the most influential directors in Hollywood. There is one filmmaker who was influenced and guided by Tarantino and went on to become a prominent name in the horror genre. Eli Roth’s film, Restaurant Dogs, was a clear homage to the Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs. The duo later became good friends and collaborated on several projects over the years.
Quentin Tarantino found his perfect partner after watching Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever
Roth’s films had their fair share of acclaim and criticism, depending on the audience of the film. He was put on the horror genre map with his controversial film franchise, Hostel. He went on to make Knock Knock with Keanu Reeves, which some fans consider as Reeves’ most disgusting movie.
Eli Roth And Quentin Tarantino Bonded Over Their Love For Horror Films Eli Roth as Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s...
Quentin Tarantino found his perfect partner after watching Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever
Roth’s films had their fair share of acclaim and criticism, depending on the audience of the film. He was put on the horror genre map with his controversial film franchise, Hostel. He went on to make Knock Knock with Keanu Reeves, which some fans consider as Reeves’ most disgusting movie.
Eli Roth And Quentin Tarantino Bonded Over Their Love For Horror Films Eli Roth as Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s...
- 3/8/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
In addition to Bambi: The Reckoning, which is part of the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey universe, another upcoming Bambi horror movie has been announced this week.
A gory horror-comedy that pays tribute to the slasher movies of the ’80s and ’90s, Bambi horror movie Bampire was just launched on Indiegogo, and we’ve got your first look.
Directed by Taylor Morden (The Last Blockbuster) and written by Zoë Wassman, the indie film is said to feature “heart-wrenching live action performances, hand-drawn animation by Josh Stifter (A24 and Kevin Smith’s Tusk), practical gore by award-winning fx artist Trysta Kelley, a claymation sequence from effects supervisor Webster Colcord, and even diegetic VHS footage from an in-world camera.”
Writer Zoë Wassman teases, “Picture Evil Dead 2 meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
Bampire (produced by Path Films and Popmotion Pictures) features appearances by Diane Franklin, Greg Sestero, and Troma’s own Lloyd Kaufman...
A gory horror-comedy that pays tribute to the slasher movies of the ’80s and ’90s, Bambi horror movie Bampire was just launched on Indiegogo, and we’ve got your first look.
Directed by Taylor Morden (The Last Blockbuster) and written by Zoë Wassman, the indie film is said to feature “heart-wrenching live action performances, hand-drawn animation by Josh Stifter (A24 and Kevin Smith’s Tusk), practical gore by award-winning fx artist Trysta Kelley, a claymation sequence from effects supervisor Webster Colcord, and even diegetic VHS footage from an in-world camera.”
Writer Zoë Wassman teases, “Picture Evil Dead 2 meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
Bampire (produced by Path Films and Popmotion Pictures) features appearances by Diane Franklin, Greg Sestero, and Troma’s own Lloyd Kaufman...
- 3/4/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Zombies often take the horror-comedy to a new level. In their shambling quest to mine humor from the most horrific circumstances, zombie comedies invert the apocalyptic nihilism that an outbreak of the undead tends to elicit. They also subvert the expectations of zombie horror, frequently going meta to poke fun at some of the most time honored tropes.
Because it’s Monday, we could all use a laugh or three. So, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to zombie comedies that aim not for the jugular (or brain) but your funny bone.
These five zombie comedies find unique ways to play with the genre and get silly with it, messing with form and era in the process. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Dead Heat – The Roku Channel, Tubi
Dead Heat takes the buddy cop formula popularized...
Because it’s Monday, we could all use a laugh or three. So, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to zombie comedies that aim not for the jugular (or brain) but your funny bone.
These five zombie comedies find unique ways to play with the genre and get silly with it, messing with form and era in the process. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Dead Heat – The Roku Channel, Tubi
Dead Heat takes the buddy cop formula popularized...
- 2/5/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Eli Roth's 2023 slasher film "Thanksgiving" famously started its life back in 2007 in the form of a fake trailer sandwiched in between Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" and Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof," two movies released as a single mega-feature called "Grindhouse." The goal of "Grindhouse" was to recreate the experience of seeing a cheap exploitation double-feature in a run-down New York theater in the early 1980s, complete with film scratches, missing reels, and several previews for upcoming ultra-salacious genre movies. The trailers were all fake at the time, but since 2007, the trailers for "Machete," "Hobo with a Shotgun," and "Thanksgiving" have been made into real movies.
Roth, as the director's fans know, is a voracious cineaste, and has likely spent more time watching movies than most people. He also wears his influences on his sleeve; in the credits for Roth's 2013 cannibal film "The Green Inferno," he includes a list...
Roth, as the director's fans know, is a voracious cineaste, and has likely spent more time watching movies than most people. He also wears his influences on his sleeve; in the credits for Roth's 2013 cannibal film "The Green Inferno," he includes a list...
- 1/28/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It was recently announced that Eli Roth with return to direct the sequel to his hit horror movie Thanksgiving. In 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up as an homage to exploitation double features in the ’60s and ’70s with two back-to-back cult films, The movie was called Grindhouse. Rodriguez directed a zombie movie called Planet Terror. , Roth directed and narrated the faux trailer segment Thanksgiving for Grindhouse and appeared in Death Proof, Tarantino’s segment of the film. Roth and co-writer Jeff Rendell.
For years fans wanted the fake trailer that appeared in Death Proof to be made into a full-length feature film. Eli Roth must have been listening, because Thanksgiving received a theatrical release in the United States by TriStar Pictures on November 17, 2023. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $45.9 million worldwide. Roth wrote the script with Jeff Rendell, both men created the fake...
For years fans wanted the fake trailer that appeared in Death Proof to be made into a full-length feature film. Eli Roth must have been listening, because Thanksgiving received a theatrical release in the United States by TriStar Pictures on November 17, 2023. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $45.9 million worldwide. Roth wrote the script with Jeff Rendell, both men created the fake...
- 12/27/2023
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
Thanksgiving Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalem Thomas Brooks, Neil Verlaque, Gabriel Devenport
Director: Eli Roth
Thanksgiving Movie Review Out! ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The movie presents a number of very gruesome and often funny murder scenes that will leave you laughing out loud.
What’s Bad: The characters are paper-thin, and the villain’s motivations are just as dumb.
Loo Break: The second act is too long for what it offers, so you can take a break before the insanity of the third act ensues.
Watch or Not?: Only if you are in the mood for gory kills; if not, the movie doesn’t have much to offer.
Language: English
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 106 Minutes
User Rating:
Eli Roth goes back to its horror roots with Thanksgiving, a film that tells the story of a group of teenagers after...
Star Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalem Thomas Brooks, Neil Verlaque, Gabriel Devenport
Director: Eli Roth
Thanksgiving Movie Review Out! ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The movie presents a number of very gruesome and often funny murder scenes that will leave you laughing out loud.
What’s Bad: The characters are paper-thin, and the villain’s motivations are just as dumb.
Loo Break: The second act is too long for what it offers, so you can take a break before the insanity of the third act ensues.
Watch or Not?: Only if you are in the mood for gory kills; if not, the movie doesn’t have much to offer.
Language: English
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 106 Minutes
User Rating:
Eli Roth goes back to its horror roots with Thanksgiving, a film that tells the story of a group of teenagers after...
- 12/8/2023
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
The episode of Revisited covering Grindhouse was Written by Cody Hamman, Edited and Narrated by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Quentin Tarantino. Robert Rodriguez. Rob Zombie. Edgar Wright. Eli Roth. Back in 2007, these five filmmakers joined forces, all contributing to the same project. A film that brings us sights like deformed, decomposing zombies. Vehicular homicide. Limbs replaced with weaponry. Danny Trejo wiping out bad guys. A holiday slasher. Supernatural beings dripping white goo. And even some Nazi werewolves. It was a fun experiment… and a box office bomb. The film is called Grindhouse (watch it Here) – and we think it’s time for it to be Revisited.
In the ‘90s, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez decided to collaborate on From Dusk Till Dawn, with Rodriguez directing from a screenplay by Tarantino. The result was one of the most entertaining vampire movies ever made.
Quentin Tarantino. Robert Rodriguez. Rob Zombie. Edgar Wright. Eli Roth. Back in 2007, these five filmmakers joined forces, all contributing to the same project. A film that brings us sights like deformed, decomposing zombies. Vehicular homicide. Limbs replaced with weaponry. Danny Trejo wiping out bad guys. A holiday slasher. Supernatural beings dripping white goo. And even some Nazi werewolves. It was a fun experiment… and a box office bomb. The film is called Grindhouse (watch it Here) – and we think it’s time for it to be Revisited.
In the ‘90s, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez decided to collaborate on From Dusk Till Dawn, with Rodriguez directing from a screenplay by Tarantino. The result was one of the most entertaining vampire movies ever made.
- 11/23/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Thanksgiving filmmaker Eli Roth has been dreaming of a Thanksgiving-themed slasher movie since he was 12 years old, and he thought he’d forever scratched that itch when he made a fictitious trailer for a movie called Thanksgiving inside of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse (2007) double feature. But much to his surprise, genre fans wouldn’t let go of the idea of seeing a feature-length take on the concept, so Roth and his childhood friend/co-writer, Jeff Rendell, eventually put pen to paper. The duo still took their time to crack the story, using a Black Friday riot at a big box store as their inciting incident, and Roth, at this very moment, now has the best reviews of his career.
“We thought, ‘All right, we’re done. We made the best parts [in the fake trailer]. Now we don’t even have to make the movie,’” Roth tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But for years,...
“We thought, ‘All right, we’re done. We made the best parts [in the fake trailer]. Now we don’t even have to make the movie,’” Roth tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But for years,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eli Roth is back. And he’s here for “Thanksgiving.”
For the past decade, Roth has nimbly moved through different genres – erotic thriller (“Knock Knock”), revenge movie (“Death Wish”), family fantasy (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”), nature documentary (“Fin”) and big budget video game adaptation (next year’s “Borderlands”). But now he’s back with a down-and-dirty horror movie, this time centered around one of the happiest time of year.
In “Thanksgiving,” adapted from a fake trailer that Roth had made for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” project, a superstore’s super sale leads to tragedy. A year later a masked man in a pilgrim costume, known as John Carver, starts taking out the townspeople involved in the tragedy, one by one. And, yes, the kills are just as creative and stomach-churning as you’d expect from the man behind “Hostel,” “Cabin Fever” and “The Green Inferno.
For the past decade, Roth has nimbly moved through different genres – erotic thriller (“Knock Knock”), revenge movie (“Death Wish”), family fantasy (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”), nature documentary (“Fin”) and big budget video game adaptation (next year’s “Borderlands”). But now he’s back with a down-and-dirty horror movie, this time centered around one of the happiest time of year.
In “Thanksgiving,” adapted from a fake trailer that Roth had made for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” project, a superstore’s super sale leads to tragedy. A year later a masked man in a pilgrim costume, known as John Carver, starts taking out the townspeople involved in the tragedy, one by one. And, yes, the kills are just as creative and stomach-churning as you’d expect from the man behind “Hostel,” “Cabin Fever” and “The Green Inferno.
- 11/16/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The big new release of the weekend is the prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is currently tracking for a $50 million domestic opening. That number would make it the first Hunger Games film to open under $100 million at the domestic box office with the last film in the franchise, 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 previously being the lowest at $102.6 million. The good news for this prequel that features the origins of President Snow (played by Donald Sutherland in the earlier films) is that it cost a modest (by today’s standards) $100 million. So with an opening in that $50 million range plus good word of mouth, this one has the potential to leg out over the holidays.
Second place should go to the third Trolls movie as Trolls Band Together looks to fill a massive void for family programming. It’s been over...
Second place should go to the third Trolls movie as Trolls Band Together looks to fill a massive void for family programming. It’s been over...
- 11/16/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
When the Weinstein Company gambled on Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s goal of reviving a disgraced type of movie for Grindhouse in 2007, they turned up snake eyes. Audiences weren’t interested in the vintage aesthetics of the double feature, which included Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof, as well as a series of fake movie trailers directed by Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, and Jason Eisener.
Roth’s contribution to Grindhouse was a promo for Thanksgiving, a cheeky and unremittingly violent nod to holiday-themed slashers like Halloween, Black Christmas, Silent Night, Deadly Night, My Bloody Valentine, and more. Now, over 15 years later, the feature arrives to offer more of the same, only it isn’t styled as a throwback to the grindhouse era.
A year after a deadly Black Friday stampede at a superstore in Plymouth, Massachusetts, an Instagram account named “TheJohnCarver” begins taunting and...
Roth’s contribution to Grindhouse was a promo for Thanksgiving, a cheeky and unremittingly violent nod to holiday-themed slashers like Halloween, Black Christmas, Silent Night, Deadly Night, My Bloody Valentine, and more. Now, over 15 years later, the feature arrives to offer more of the same, only it isn’t styled as a throwback to the grindhouse era.
A year after a deadly Black Friday stampede at a superstore in Plymouth, Massachusetts, an Instagram account named “TheJohnCarver” begins taunting and...
- 11/16/2023
- by Kyle Turner
- Slant Magazine
Grindhouse is one of the most influential box office failures of the 21st century. Despite grossing a paltry $25.4 million at the box office on a budget of around $60 million, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 love letter to exploitation cinema has managed to spawn four spin-off movies — Machete, Machete Kills, Hobo with a Shotgun, and now Thanksgiving— in addition to reintroducing a vintage aesthetic that has been mimicked by countless other throwback movies.
Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof each 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.
Planet Terror is the first part of the double bill,...
Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof each 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.
Planet Terror is the first part of the double bill,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
It started with Halloween. At an early age, I realized that holiday-themed horror flicks held a special place in my heart. Whether it’s My Bloody Valentine or Happy Birthday To Me, they all rocked my world. And when I first saw Eli Roth’s faux trailer Thanksgiving in the Grindhouse double feature, I was elated. It’s been a while since the 2007 release of Death Proof and Planet Terror, but Roth’s vision of a bloody holiday slasher has finally come to fruition. Thanksgiving opens with a brutal slow build that will give you pause if you plan on going shopping on Black Friday. After the impressive opening, Mr. Roth provides us with a blast of a slasher with this holiday gem.
Thanksgiving features Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, Rick Hoffman, Addison Rae, and Milo Manheim, and it’s an entire course of genre fun. I recently sat down with...
Thanksgiving features Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, Rick Hoffman, Addison Rae, and Milo Manheim, and it’s an entire course of genre fun. I recently sat down with...
- 11/15/2023
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
The V/H/S franchise returns with brand new installment V/H/S/85, and we’re thrilled to let you know that this twisted trip back to the 1980s is now streaming exclusively on Shudder!
Shudder, Studio71, Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting are this time rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85, which explores the grim underbelly of the decade.
V/H/S/85 features five new horror stories from the filmmakers behind The Black Phone, Hellraiser, and Scream, and you can watch the trailer below to preview the madness.
In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.
“Sinister secrets of the 1980s come to life in a way you’ve never seen before.
Shudder, Studio71, Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting are this time rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85, which explores the grim underbelly of the decade.
V/H/S/85 features five new horror stories from the filmmakers behind The Black Phone, Hellraiser, and Scream, and you can watch the trailer below to preview the madness.
In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.
“Sinister secrets of the 1980s come to life in a way you’ve never seen before.
- 10/6/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
ThanksgivingPhoto: Tristar Pictures
Recalling the most annoying opinion anyone can have about moviegoing, the most best part of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse double feature was the trailers. That’s not to take anything away from Deathproof, which remains Tarantino’s most underrated effort, but the trailers lingered...
Recalling the most annoying opinion anyone can have about moviegoing, the most best part of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse double feature was the trailers. That’s not to take anything away from Deathproof, which remains Tarantino’s most underrated effort, but the trailers lingered...
- 10/4/2023
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.
Batman by Rick Forgus
Coraline by Beatriz Alexandria
Final Fantasy VII by Quirkilicious
Ms. Pac-Man by Simon Heard
No One Wil Save You by Ryan Layah
Planet Terror by Forsaken Folklore...
Batman by Rick Forgus
Coraline by Beatriz Alexandria
Final Fantasy VII by Quirkilicious
Ms. Pac-Man by Simon Heard
No One Wil Save You by Ryan Layah
Planet Terror by Forsaken Folklore...
- 9/30/2023
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
Shudder, Studio71, Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting are this time rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85, which will have its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas (September 21 – 28). V/H/S/85 will begin streaming only on Shudder on October 6, 2023, and today we’ve pulled the official final trailer straight out of the 1980s.
Explore the grim underbelly of the ’80s by watching the V/H/S/85 trailer below, previewing five horror stories from the filmmakers behind The Black Phone, Hellraiser, and Scream!
The trailer was debuted by IGN this afternoon.
In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.
“Sinister secrets of the 1980s come to life in...
Explore the grim underbelly of the ’80s by watching the V/H/S/85 trailer below, previewing five horror stories from the filmmakers behind The Black Phone, Hellraiser, and Scream!
The trailer was debuted by IGN this afternoon.
In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.
“Sinister secrets of the 1980s come to life in...
- 9/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Clockwise from top left: El Mariachi (Columbia Pictures), Desperado (Sony), Spy Kids (Lionsgate), Alita: Battle Angel (Fox), Planet Terror (Scream Factory), Sin City (Paramount)Graphic: AVClub
Hit or miss seems like the best way to describe Robert Rodriguez’s films. The indie darling-turned-hot shot action director famously raised a few...
Hit or miss seems like the best way to describe Robert Rodriguez’s films. The indie darling-turned-hot shot action director famously raised a few...
- 9/20/2023
- by Phil Pirrello
- avclub.com
Shudder, Studio71, Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting are this time rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85, which will have its World Premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas (September 21 – 28). V/H/S/85 will begin streaming only on Shudder on October 6, 2023, and today we’re unveiling the official poster for this retro nightmare.
The official V/H/S/85 poster is the work of retro genius Creepy Duck Design, and it takes you into the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s. Check out the badass poster art below!
In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.
“Sinister secrets of...
The official V/H/S/85 poster is the work of retro genius Creepy Duck Design, and it takes you into the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s. Check out the badass poster art below!
In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.
“Sinister secrets of...
- 9/14/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Quentin Tarantino thinks a lot about filmographies. It began in his youth when he realized he could compare and contrast the efforts of a director like Howard Hawks—tracing his rise in crime pictures, a la Scarface (1932), on through everything from screwball comedy classics to efforts that helped define what film noir was. Tarantino has likewise carefully, and very self-consciously, curated his filmography as it led the way in defining the indie revolution of the ‘90s, and then went on its own genre detours in the 2000.
This is one of the main reasons he’s insisted he will only direct 10 films, thereby bequeathing to posterity a concise and tidily self-aware legacy (although this only works if you count the sprawling two volumes of Kill Bill as a single film). Unfortunately, this also means his time behind the camera is almost up, with nine pictures to his name and 10th and final film,...
This is one of the main reasons he’s insisted he will only direct 10 films, thereby bequeathing to posterity a concise and tidily self-aware legacy (although this only works if you count the sprawling two volumes of Kill Bill as a single film). Unfortunately, this also means his time behind the camera is almost up, with nine pictures to his name and 10th and final film,...
- 9/9/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
“Thanksgiving.“ You’ll come home from the holidays… in a body bag!” So goes to the fake tagline to Eli Roth‘s fake trailer for the no-longer-fake slasher movie “Thanksgiving.” After making up the movie for laughs as one of the four fake movie trailers that accompanied “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof” In Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez‘s “Grindhouse,” Roth returns to the director’s chair to make his joke a real thing.
Continue reading ‘Thanksgiving’ Trailer: Eli Roth Finally Makes His ‘Grindhouse’ Trailer Into A Real Slasher On November 17 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Thanksgiving’ Trailer: Eli Roth Finally Makes His ‘Grindhouse’ Trailer Into A Real Slasher On November 17 at The Playlist.
- 9/7/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Robert Rodriguez is a filmmaker who found a way to work his career on his own terms. It helps that he is practically self-sustaining with his own studio and insists on doing some of the biggest parts of productions himself. The filmmaker recently explored the Hitchcockian thriller world with his mind-bending suspense film, Hypnotic, with Ben Affleck. Rodriguez is also a family-oriented director in every sense. Not only has he had success with the family action series, Spy Kids, but he also involves his own family with his movies. His cousins have been featured in his films, his former wife continues to be a producing partner, and his sons are now joining him behind the camera.
Netflix has just released the new trailer for Spy Kids: Armageddon. The official synopsis reads,
“When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer...
Netflix has just released the new trailer for Spy Kids: Armageddon. The official synopsis reads,
“When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer...
- 9/7/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Shudder, Studio71, Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting are this time rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85, which will have its World Premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas (September 21 – 28). Additionally, Bloody Disgusting can announce today that V/H/S/85 will begin streaming only on Shudder on October 6, 2023.
While you wait, hit that rewind button and check out the teaser trailer for V/H/S/85 below for a sneak peek at the fresh horrors from Scott Derrickson, David Bruckner and more!
“V/H/S/85 takes viewers on a journey into the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.
“Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape. Sinister secrets of the 1980s...
While you wait, hit that rewind button and check out the teaser trailer for V/H/S/85 below for a sneak peek at the fresh horrors from Scott Derrickson, David Bruckner and more!
“V/H/S/85 takes viewers on a journey into the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.
“Unveiled through a made-for-tv documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape. Sinister secrets of the 1980s...
- 8/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
One thing you can’t fault Robert Rodriguez for — he makes the movies he wants to make. The notorious do-it-yourself director found his way into the studio system by way of cutting down production costs by working a number of positions himself and creatively shooting around normally complicated set-ups. His bets usually paid off when his films would hit and make a profit, thanks to his ingenuity. Ever since, he’s existed with one foot inside as well as one foot outside of Hollywood. After The Book of Boba Fett and the recent thriller Hypnotic, Rodriguez has returned to his unlikely family franchise hit with Spy Kids: Armageddon.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.
- 7/31/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Bet you weren’t expecting the eyebrow-raising TV news of the day to involve a new adaptation of beloved children’s author Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series. But the surprising twist in the BBC’s announcement today didn’t concern the bestselling series of whimsical, jolly-hockey-sticks children’s adventure novels from the 1940s-1960s – rather the creator behind this new series: Nicolas Winding Refn.
Considering this Danish director is famous for stylish but graphically violent films like The Neon Demon, Only God Forgives and Drive, The Famous Five will be somewhat of a left turn for him.
The series will have three 90-minute episodes drawing on Blyton’s 21 Famous Five novels, which detailed the adventures of five daring young explorers – Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy – as they spend their school holidays gallivanting around the English countryside and coastline, solving mysteries, finding treasure and catching criminals. Filming...
Considering this Danish director is famous for stylish but graphically violent films like The Neon Demon, Only God Forgives and Drive, The Famous Five will be somewhat of a left turn for him.
The series will have three 90-minute episodes drawing on Blyton’s 21 Famous Five novels, which detailed the adventures of five daring young explorers – Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy – as they spend their school holidays gallivanting around the English countryside and coastline, solving mysteries, finding treasure and catching criminals. Filming...
- 6/26/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
There are few modern filmmakers with a voice as distinctive as Quentin Tarantino’s, a former video-store clerk who transformed his movie love into blockbuster, arthouse, genre-redefining masterpieces that kept grindhouse cinema alive while pushing nostalgia in bold directions.
With a career spanning 27 years and ten feature films (depending on how you count), Tarantino has made an indelible mark on cinema. And his hard-hitting, playful directorial style has, in all that time, made good films great, great films classics, and the faults in bad films sometimes harder to recognize.
Here, then, are Quentin Tarantino’s films from “Reservoir Dogs” to “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood,” ranked from the very worst to the very, very best:
10. “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” (2019)
Sharon Tate is a meaningless footnote in her own life story in Quentin Tarantino’s baffling and insulting ode to 1960s Hollywood. Tate is played by Margot Robbie,...
With a career spanning 27 years and ten feature films (depending on how you count), Tarantino has made an indelible mark on cinema. And his hard-hitting, playful directorial style has, in all that time, made good films great, great films classics, and the faults in bad films sometimes harder to recognize.
Here, then, are Quentin Tarantino’s films from “Reservoir Dogs” to “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood,” ranked from the very worst to the very, very best:
10. “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” (2019)
Sharon Tate is a meaningless footnote in her own life story in Quentin Tarantino’s baffling and insulting ode to 1960s Hollywood. Tate is played by Margot Robbie,...
- 6/23/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Quentin Tarantino has had varying levels of difficulty shooting his many films. But there was only one he ranked as the most challenging when it came to capturing it on the big screen.
Quentin Tarantino on the hardest film he’s ever made Quentin Tarantino | Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images
Tarantino has traveled all over the world to shoot his movies. But ironically, it was shooting in a place that the filmmaker was very familiar with that provided the most challenge. His latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was set in Los Angeles during Hollywood’s golden age in the 1960s. But shooting the film around Los Angeles in real life took some maneuvering for the filmmaker.
“In the past, say on Jackie Brown, that was me just going around shooting Los Angeles. But for this film, as far as I’m concerned, I might as well be shooting Moscow,...
Quentin Tarantino on the hardest film he’s ever made Quentin Tarantino | Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images
Tarantino has traveled all over the world to shoot his movies. But ironically, it was shooting in a place that the filmmaker was very familiar with that provided the most challenge. His latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was set in Los Angeles during Hollywood’s golden age in the 1960s. But shooting the film around Los Angeles in real life took some maneuvering for the filmmaker.
“In the past, say on Jackie Brown, that was me just going around shooting Los Angeles. But for this film, as far as I’m concerned, I might as well be shooting Moscow,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Welcome to a world of terror, where the dead walk amongst us. All hungering for the taste of human flesh. Yes, we’re talking about none other than the spine-chilling genre of zombie movies!
Whether you’re a die-hard horror enthusiast or simply craving a thrilling movie night, zombie movies captivate audiences.
This best zombie movie compilation is for those who find these extensions of human existence fascinating. It’s time to explore the best that the zombie cinema has to offer. These films take us to a world where survival instincts collide with the relentless undead in blood-soaked streets and post-apocalyptic wastelands.
Why are zombie movies so irresistible?
Perhaps it’s the raw, primal fear they evoke—the fear of our mortality and the lurking presence of the unknown. These films tap into our deepest fears and force us to confront the fragility of life in the face of relentless hordes of brain-craving creatures.
Whether you’re a die-hard horror enthusiast or simply craving a thrilling movie night, zombie movies captivate audiences.
This best zombie movie compilation is for those who find these extensions of human existence fascinating. It’s time to explore the best that the zombie cinema has to offer. These films take us to a world where survival instincts collide with the relentless undead in blood-soaked streets and post-apocalyptic wastelands.
Why are zombie movies so irresistible?
Perhaps it’s the raw, primal fear they evoke—the fear of our mortality and the lurking presence of the unknown. These films tap into our deepest fears and force us to confront the fragility of life in the face of relentless hordes of brain-craving creatures.
- 6/22/2023
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
Tubi opens June with an intense WWII drama “Inglourious Basterds.” Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of five tough Jewish soldiers to spread fear throughout the Third Reich. They have one assignment: assassinate Nazi leaders. Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the unconventional war drama. Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, and Christopher Walz co-star.
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
- 5/31/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
The CW can never hold Kitty! How’s that for a deep cut? Don’t worry, Powerpuff Girl fans. I’ve got your back. Some unfortunate news is coming out of Townsville today. The CW is no longer developing several live-action series, including The Powerpuff Girls, the Archie series Jake Chang, the Arrowverse show Justice U, and a female-led Zorro. The same fate goes for all series left over from former CW president Mark Pedowitz’s tenure.
“We’ve already given those back to the studios,” Brad Schwartz, The CW’s President of Entertainment, explained to TVLine after an Upfront presentation, adding, “so they’re free to develop those and sell them anywhere.”
Shutting down development on the abovementioned projects comes as Hollywood struggles to negotiate with the WGA during the most recent writer’s strike. With no timeline for when writers will return to work, more shows could be...
“We’ve already given those back to the studios,” Brad Schwartz, The CW’s President of Entertainment, explained to TVLine after an Upfront presentation, adding, “so they’re free to develop those and sell them anywhere.”
Shutting down development on the abovementioned projects comes as Hollywood struggles to negotiate with the WGA during the most recent writer’s strike. With no timeline for when writers will return to work, more shows could be...
- 5/19/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Danny Trejo (Machete) and Veronica Falcón (Ozark) have boarded American Underdog, an indie drama set in the world of Mma that is now in production in Chicago. The film, marking the feature directorial debut of Peruvian-American filmmaker Gustavo Martin, will also star Vishy Ayyar and Andrew Gray.
Pic’s protagonist is Jai (Ayyar), an ex-con on a soulful path wrestling with personal redemption when outside circumstances pit him in the ring against the fierce opponent, Marcus (Gray). Trejo portrays Dennis, who reluctantly comes out of retirement to train his former student, while Falcón steps into the role of Marcella, a local gym owner and community legend shepherding Jai in his return to fighting.
A production of Peach Partners, in association with Mulberry Films, and MxW Ventures, American Underdog will also star Suleka Mathew (Your Honor), Taylor Treadwell (Big Little Lies), Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots), Ranjita Chakravarty (Never Have I Ever...
Pic’s protagonist is Jai (Ayyar), an ex-con on a soulful path wrestling with personal redemption when outside circumstances pit him in the ring against the fierce opponent, Marcus (Gray). Trejo portrays Dennis, who reluctantly comes out of retirement to train his former student, while Falcón steps into the role of Marcella, a local gym owner and community legend shepherding Jai in his return to fighting.
A production of Peach Partners, in association with Mulberry Films, and MxW Ventures, American Underdog will also star Suleka Mathew (Your Honor), Taylor Treadwell (Big Little Lies), Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots), Ranjita Chakravarty (Never Have I Ever...
- 5/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
What more can be said about the great Michael Biehn? The man has been a part of most film fans’ lives for decades now and he seems to have no stopping in mind with a few films coming up soon. With one of these resumes that would make any actor jealous, there are a lot more Michael Biehn movies that are worth watching besides The Terminator and Aliens. He has shared screentime with everyone from Sigourney Weaver to Arnold Schwarzenegger to Kurt Russell to, well, you get the idea. Here are five of our favorite Michael Biehn films:
The Terminator (1984)
An absolute classic with unforgettable performances, this film by a fairly new to the scene James Cameron was a big gamble to take on, but for all involved it was a great career launcher. While Biehn wasn’t entirely new to the scene (he had starred in the cult classic...
The Terminator (1984)
An absolute classic with unforgettable performances, this film by a fairly new to the scene James Cameron was a big gamble to take on, but for all involved it was a great career launcher. While Biehn wasn’t entirely new to the scene (he had starred in the cult classic...
- 4/30/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
In movies, the word “bomb” has always meant two things, generally at the same time. The first and most important definition of bomb is that a movie has lost a disastrous amount of money. Movies, in general, can’t afford to do that — they’re too expensive to produce. Bombs happen, but as a business model they’re not sustainable. A movie that bombs commercially has never been something to write off as a trivial matter.
The second definition of bomb, which is linked to the first (though not automatically), is that a film is spectacularly bad. It is, of course, not axiomatic that a movie that bombs commercially has failed as a work of art. There are movies we think of as classics that crashed and burned at the box office — like “It’s a Wonderful Life” or “Blade Runner” or “Intolerance” or “The Long Goodbye.” It’s become almost...
The second definition of bomb, which is linked to the first (though not automatically), is that a film is spectacularly bad. It is, of course, not axiomatic that a movie that bombs commercially has failed as a work of art. There are movies we think of as classics that crashed and burned at the box office — like “It’s a Wonderful Life” or “Blade Runner” or “Intolerance” or “The Long Goodbye.” It’s become almost...
- 4/22/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino is just fine with violence and drugs, but when it comes to sex onscreen, the auteur draws a line.
The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” filmmaker revealed that he has avoided love scenes due to how “problematic” they can be, while also finding sex to not be “essential” to most plots.
“It’s true, sex is not part of my vision of cinema,” Tarantino told Spanish magazine Diari Ara, as translated via Variety. “And the truth is that, in real life, it’s a pain to shoot sex scenes. Everyone is very tense. And if it was already a bit problematic to do it before, now it is even more so.”
Tarantino added, “If there had ever been a sex scene that was essential to the story, I would have, but so far it hasn’t been necessary.”
The “Kill Bill” director’s final film, “The Movie Critic,...
The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” filmmaker revealed that he has avoided love scenes due to how “problematic” they can be, while also finding sex to not be “essential” to most plots.
“It’s true, sex is not part of my vision of cinema,” Tarantino told Spanish magazine Diari Ara, as translated via Variety. “And the truth is that, in real life, it’s a pain to shoot sex scenes. Everyone is very tense. And if it was already a bit problematic to do it before, now it is even more so.”
Tarantino added, “If there had ever been a sex scene that was essential to the story, I would have, but so far it hasn’t been necessary.”
The “Kill Bill” director’s final film, “The Movie Critic,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Quentin Tarantino has been fortunate in that all of his movies have been successful… with the exception of Death Proof. The film was one-half of the Grindhouse double feature with Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror, but audiences didn’t know what to make of it. Death Proof only grossed $31 million in its standalone release, and Tarantino said that the movie’s failure shook his confidence.
While speaking to Spain’s Diari Ara (via Variety) during his Cinema Speculation book tour, Quentin Tarantino reflected on the performance of Death Proof. “I have been lucky enough to write stories that have connected with many people, and this has allowed me to practice my art without the restrictions that most filmmakers have,” Tarantino said. “Now, a funny thing happened: for a while I was getting a lot of project proposals, until the studios ended up assuming that I do my stories and it wasn’t worth the effort.
While speaking to Spain’s Diari Ara (via Variety) during his Cinema Speculation book tour, Quentin Tarantino reflected on the performance of Death Proof. “I have been lucky enough to write stories that have connected with many people, and this has allowed me to practice my art without the restrictions that most filmmakers have,” Tarantino said. “Now, a funny thing happened: for a while I was getting a lot of project proposals, until the studios ended up assuming that I do my stories and it wasn’t worth the effort.
- 4/14/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Quentin Tarantino has been making the international press rounds in support of his “Cinema Speculation” book tour, recently speaking to Spain’s Diari Ara about how one of his only box office bombs shook his confidence as a film director. That bomb would be “Death Proof,” Tarantino’s 2017 stuntman action-thriller starring Kurt Russell that was released domestically as one half of the movie “Grindhouse.” The other half was Robert Rodriguez’s “Planet Terror.” The “Grindhouse” release earned $25 million, while “Death Proof” picked up only $30 million overseas in its standalone release.
“I have been lucky enough to write stories that have connected with many people, and this has allowed me to practice my art without the restrictions that most filmmakers have,” Tarantino told the publication. “Now, a funny thing happened: for a while I was getting a lot of project proposals, until the studios ended up assuming that I do my...
“I have been lucky enough to write stories that have connected with many people, and this has allowed me to practice my art without the restrictions that most filmmakers have,” Tarantino told the publication. “Now, a funny thing happened: for a while I was getting a lot of project proposals, until the studios ended up assuming that I do my...
- 4/13/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino has said his next film will be his last. Concerned about diminishing his legacy, the popular director plans to go out with a bang. His final movie is said to be called “The Movie Critic.” If you’d like to look back at his rapid-fire dialogue, unexpected gore, and iconic characters, The Streamable is tracking where you can see all his films.
Tarantino’s filmography is notoriously difficult to stream because he rarely works for major studios. You’ll often see his movies bounce from platform to platform. Be sure to bookmark this page and we’ll update each film, no matter where it goes.
Reservoir Dogs September 2, 1992
Tarantino’s breakout directing debut features many of his calling cards audiences would come to love. A group of highly opinionated criminals, a heist gone wrong, a classic soundtrack, and unexpected bloodshed. The film was once ranked #97 in Empire Magazine...
Tarantino’s filmography is notoriously difficult to stream because he rarely works for major studios. You’ll often see his movies bounce from platform to platform. Be sure to bookmark this page and we’ll update each film, no matter where it goes.
Reservoir Dogs September 2, 1992
Tarantino’s breakout directing debut features many of his calling cards audiences would come to love. A group of highly opinionated criminals, a heist gone wrong, a classic soundtrack, and unexpected bloodshed. The film was once ranked #97 in Empire Magazine...
- 4/7/2023
- by Ben Bowman
- The Streamable
The path to Robert Rodriguez's "Machete" was circuitous. When Rodriguez and his friend Quentin Tarantino made their 2007 film "Grindhouse," they attempted to recreate a 1970s exploitation movie experience by providing two separate features, each one marked by missing reels, bad print jobs, and visual scratches on the print itself. "Grindhouse" also famous featured a series of previews for coming attractions that didn't exist. Edgar Wright invented a film called "Don't," while Eli Roth invented a fictional slasher movie called "Thanksgiving." Rob Zombie conceived of a horror movie called "Werewolf Women of the S.S." starring Nicolas Cage, and Rodriguez himself kicked off the "Grindhouse" experience with a fake movie called "Machete."
In the fake "Machete" preview, Danny Trejo played the title character, a vengeful Mexican mercenary, once a Federale, who gets into a series of seemingly unconnected violent shenanigans. He was also quite proficient at charming young women. Machete...
In the fake "Machete" preview, Danny Trejo played the title character, a vengeful Mexican mercenary, once a Federale, who gets into a series of seemingly unconnected violent shenanigans. He was also quite proficient at charming young women. Machete...
- 3/14/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Sixteen years ago, directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino teamed up to bring us the awesome double feature Grindhouse – which consisted of not just Rodriguez’s movie Planet Terror and Tarantino’s movie Death Proof, but also several faux trailers made by the likes of Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, and Rodriguez himself. Roth’s faux trailer was for the slasher Thanksgiving, which is finally happening as a full feature. Rodriguez’s faux trailer was for the action movie Machete, which became a feature in 2010, and did well enough that a sequel titled Machete Kills followed in 2013. Machete Kills also had a faux trailer in it, one for another Machete sequel: Machete Kills Again… in Space. And since that faux trailer promised our hero Machete would return, fans have been clamoring for that sequel to happen for ten years now. Speaking at the SXSW film festival, Rodriguez admitted that...
- 3/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
TriStar Pictures has acquired Spyglass Media Group‘s “Thanksgiving,” a full-length slasher film inspired by the fake trailer from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s double feature “Grindhouse,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.
Roth is attached to direct the horror thriller film. “Thanksgiving” is co-written by Roth and Jeff Rendell, with Roger Birnbaum, Roth and Rendell producing.
Chatter has existed about turning the jokey trailer into an actual movie, with Roth having written a screenplay over a dozen years ago. Fantasy became fact when Spyglass stepped in late last year to finance the picture, with shooting to begin in Toronto next month.
Also Read:
Patrick Dempsey to Star in Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’
The “Thanksgiving” trailer was one of several fake trailers played before the “Planet Terror” — Rodriguez’s zombie sci-fi horror flick and then before Tarantino’s “Death Proof,” when the films played as one...
Roth is attached to direct the horror thriller film. “Thanksgiving” is co-written by Roth and Jeff Rendell, with Roger Birnbaum, Roth and Rendell producing.
Chatter has existed about turning the jokey trailer into an actual movie, with Roth having written a screenplay over a dozen years ago. Fantasy became fact when Spyglass stepped in late last year to finance the picture, with shooting to begin in Toronto next month.
Also Read:
Patrick Dempsey to Star in Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’
The “Thanksgiving” trailer was one of several fake trailers played before the “Planet Terror” — Rodriguez’s zombie sci-fi horror flick and then before Tarantino’s “Death Proof,” when the films played as one...
- 3/9/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Patrick Dempsey is in talks with Spyglass to star in “Thanksgiving,” multiple media outlets have reported.
Yes, that’s Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving,” a violent slasher film based on the fake trailer from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s double feature “Grindhouse” from 16 years ago.
Chatter has existed about turning the jokey trailer into an actual movie, with Roth having written a screenplay over a dozen years ago. Fantasy became fact when Spyglass stepped in late last year to finance the picture, with shooting to begin in Toronto next month.
While plot details are mostly concealed, it is believed that Dempsey would play a small-town sheriff in Massachusetts who must fend off a holiday-specific murder spree.
Also Read:
Krista Vernoff Steps Down as ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Station 19’ Showrunner
The “Thanksgiving” trailer was one of several fake trailers played before the “Planet Terror” — Rodriguez’s zombie sci-fi horror flick and...
Yes, that’s Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving,” a violent slasher film based on the fake trailer from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s double feature “Grindhouse” from 16 years ago.
Chatter has existed about turning the jokey trailer into an actual movie, with Roth having written a screenplay over a dozen years ago. Fantasy became fact when Spyglass stepped in late last year to finance the picture, with shooting to begin in Toronto next month.
While plot details are mostly concealed, it is believed that Dempsey would play a small-town sheriff in Massachusetts who must fend off a holiday-specific murder spree.
Also Read:
Krista Vernoff Steps Down as ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Station 19’ Showrunner
The “Thanksgiving” trailer was one of several fake trailers played before the “Planet Terror” — Rodriguez’s zombie sci-fi horror flick and...
- 2/17/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino met in 1992 when both filmmakers exploded onto the scene with their respective films, "El Mariachi" and "Reservoir Dogs." Filmmaker panels don't happen quite as often as they used to at major film festivals, but back then, Rodriguez and Tarantino were on a panel addressing violence in the movies (naturally). That was always a hot button topic and both directors, especially Tarantino, have had to address the graphic content in their films multiple times over the years.
Coming off the success of "Kill Bill" and "Sin City" over a decade later, the idea to do "Grindhouse" was born out of curated movie nights that Tarantino would cull together out of old 35mm prints of drive-in movies and obscure trailers from the 1970's. "Grindhouse" was really a way to craft a passion project out of their love for some of the under seen gems that they revered growing up that,...
Coming off the success of "Kill Bill" and "Sin City" over a decade later, the idea to do "Grindhouse" was born out of curated movie nights that Tarantino would cull together out of old 35mm prints of drive-in movies and obscure trailers from the 1970's. "Grindhouse" was really a way to craft a passion project out of their love for some of the under seen gems that they revered growing up that,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
HBO has secured another ratings hit with their new video game adaptation “The Last of Us,” and while it’s as exciting and epic as the original video game, it also has the distinction of having a Latino leading man. Chilean actor Pedro Pascal plays the protagonist Joel, who is tasked with trekking across the horrific landscape to help find a cure with young Ellie in tow.
With a Latino actor leading such a massive hit for the horror genre, it got us thinking about other great Latino Horror Heroes from pop culture. Here are five of our favorites.
Pablo Simon Bolivar – Ash vs. Evil Dead
Pablo (Ray Santiago) is an Ash fan boy when we first meet him, referring to him as “El Jefe” with admiration. When he’s pulled into the war against the Deadites, the seemingly non-threatening blue collar worker becomes a vicious foe against evil, even...
With a Latino actor leading such a massive hit for the horror genre, it got us thinking about other great Latino Horror Heroes from pop culture. Here are five of our favorites.
Pablo Simon Bolivar – Ash vs. Evil Dead
Pablo (Ray Santiago) is an Ash fan boy when we first meet him, referring to him as “El Jefe” with admiration. When he’s pulled into the war against the Deadites, the seemingly non-threatening blue collar worker becomes a vicious foe against evil, even...
- 1/25/2023
- by Felix Vasquez Jr
- bloody-disgusting.com
Since its release in 2007, "Grindhouse" -- the drive-in double feature film experiment from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino -- has aged quite well, which is ironic considering that it was made to look like a deteriorating film print. In competing styles, Rodriguez shot his entry "Planet Terror" digitally, then added artifacts in post to achieve the weathered look of a circulated print. Tarantino filmed "Death Proof" on 35mm, then beat up the physical print by throwing it around and rolling it in the dirt. It's a combination that works beautifully. After the violent, explosive onslaught Rodriguez delivers on digital, the brain has a little time to recover watching Qt's shot-on-film slasher.
While the concept for "Grindhouse" went over the heads of a lot of moviegoers at the time, the idea to deliver the equivalent of an old school double feature of exploitation B-movies is still pretty inspired. Given the box...
While the concept for "Grindhouse" went over the heads of a lot of moviegoers at the time, the idea to deliver the equivalent of an old school double feature of exploitation B-movies is still pretty inspired. Given the box...
- 1/18/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
When Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up for the hybrid horror crime film "From Dusk Till Dawn," audiences knew to expect a sleazy drive-in movie that was going to be filled to the brim with sight gags, bloodstained carnage, and whip-smart dialogue. The vampire action comedy featured television star George Clooney in his first major role after breaking hearts as Dr. Ross on NBC's smash-hit hospital drama "ER." Seeing Clooney playing against type as a maniacal bad boy must have appealed to the mainstream, and the cinematic clout earned from the new indie classics "Pulp Fiction" and "Desperado" translated into an unlikely hit when "Dawn" staked its way into theaters in January of 1996.
With that success under their belts, Tarantino and Rodriguez had every right to think that the regular moviegoing public knew what a grindhouse theater was, and that they were familiar with 1970s exploitation films. "From Dusk Till Dawn...
With that success under their belts, Tarantino and Rodriguez had every right to think that the regular moviegoing public knew what a grindhouse theater was, and that they were familiar with 1970s exploitation films. "From Dusk Till Dawn...
- 1/3/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Quentin Tarantino has named “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” his best movie ever made. The director was asked to pick his best by Howard Stern during a visit on the radio host’s SiriusXM show. “Hollywood” is Tarantino’s most recent directorial feature. Released in 2019, the film starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as actors struggling to find their place in the changing Hollywood of 1969. Margot Robbie also starred as Sharon Tate.
“For years people used to ask me stuff like that,” Tarantino said about being asked to pick his best movie. “And I would say something like, ‘Oh, they’re all my children.’ I really do think ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ is my best movie.”
“Hollywood” grossed 374 million at the worldwide box office, an impressive final tally for an original drama. At the 2020 Oscars, the film picked up 10 nominations, including best director and best picture, and...
“For years people used to ask me stuff like that,” Tarantino said about being asked to pick his best movie. “And I would say something like, ‘Oh, they’re all my children.’ I really do think ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ is my best movie.”
“Hollywood” grossed 374 million at the worldwide box office, an impressive final tally for an original drama. At the 2020 Oscars, the film picked up 10 nominations, including best director and best picture, and...
- 11/16/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jeff Fahey has signed on to star in the Salvadoran civil war drama Fireflies at El Mozote, which starts principal photography on location in El Salvador in November.
Written and directed by Ernesto Melara, the flick is set in 1980s El Salvador and recounts the story of a 10-year-old boy who survives the massacre of his village and his quest to bring justice to his dead family in the middle of a bloody civil war.
Elias Axume is producing for Premiere Entertainment, which handles worldwide sales, with Moctesuma Esparza, and Bob Yari. Premiere’s Carlos Rincon is an executive producer. Arturo Menendez is co-producing.
Fahey is best known for roles in films like Clint Eastwood’s White Hunter Black Heart. He has also been a regular fixture in Robert Rodriguez’s films, including Planet Terror, Machete,...
Written and directed by Ernesto Melara, the flick is set in 1980s El Salvador and recounts the story of a 10-year-old boy who survives the massacre of his village and his quest to bring justice to his dead family in the middle of a bloody civil war.
Elias Axume is producing for Premiere Entertainment, which handles worldwide sales, with Moctesuma Esparza, and Bob Yari. Premiere’s Carlos Rincon is an executive producer. Arturo Menendez is co-producing.
Fahey is best known for roles in films like Clint Eastwood’s White Hunter Black Heart. He has also been a regular fixture in Robert Rodriguez’s films, including Planet Terror, Machete,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
British-American actor of Indian descent Naveen Andrews has been roped in for a series regular role in Season 2 of ‘The Cleaning Lady’. Season 2 of the drama series picks up with Thony desperately trying to find her son, Luca, after he was kidnapped by his father, Marco.
With nowhere else to turn, she enlists the help of FBI Agent Garrett Miller to track him down before they leave the country. Meanwhile, an incident involving Chris forces Fiona (Martha Millan) to shield her son by any means necessary, furthering the theme of how far a mother will go to protect her child.
Andrews will play Robert Kamdar, Nadia’s (Eva De Dominici) gregarious and charming ex-lover, who is intent on driving a wedge between Arman (Adan Canto) and Nadia.
The cast for Season 2 also includes Faith Bryant, with Chelsea Frei and Liza Weilguest set as guest stars this season .
Andrews is no stranger to broadcast audiences,...
With nowhere else to turn, she enlists the help of FBI Agent Garrett Miller to track him down before they leave the country. Meanwhile, an incident involving Chris forces Fiona (Martha Millan) to shield her son by any means necessary, furthering the theme of how far a mother will go to protect her child.
Andrews will play Robert Kamdar, Nadia’s (Eva De Dominici) gregarious and charming ex-lover, who is intent on driving a wedge between Arman (Adan Canto) and Nadia.
The cast for Season 2 also includes Faith Bryant, with Chelsea Frei and Liza Weilguest set as guest stars this season .
Andrews is no stranger to broadcast audiences,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Naveen Andrews has signed on for a series regular role in Season 2 of “The Cleaning Lady” at Fox.
Season 2 of the drama series picks up with Thony (Élodie Yung) desperately trying to find her son, Luca (Sebastien & Valentino LeSalle), after he was kidnapped by his father, Marco (Ivan Shaw). With nowhere else to turn, she enlists the help of FBI Agent Garrett Miller (Oliver Hudson) to track him down before they leave the country. Meanwhile, an incident involving Chris (Sean Lew) forces Fiona (Martha Millan) to shield her son by any means necessary, furthering the theme of how far a mother will go to protect her child.
Andrews will play Robert Kamdar, Nadia’s (Eva De Dominici) gregarious and charming ex-lover, who is intent on driving a wedge between Arman (Adan Canto) and Nadia.
The cast for Season 2 also includes Faith Bryant, with Chelsea Frei and Liza Weilguest set as...
Season 2 of the drama series picks up with Thony (Élodie Yung) desperately trying to find her son, Luca (Sebastien & Valentino LeSalle), after he was kidnapped by his father, Marco (Ivan Shaw). With nowhere else to turn, she enlists the help of FBI Agent Garrett Miller (Oliver Hudson) to track him down before they leave the country. Meanwhile, an incident involving Chris (Sean Lew) forces Fiona (Martha Millan) to shield her son by any means necessary, furthering the theme of how far a mother will go to protect her child.
Andrews will play Robert Kamdar, Nadia’s (Eva De Dominici) gregarious and charming ex-lover, who is intent on driving a wedge between Arman (Adan Canto) and Nadia.
The cast for Season 2 also includes Faith Bryant, with Chelsea Frei and Liza Weilguest set as...
- 8/29/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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