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Episode 250 - "Maniac"

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Episode 249 - "The Lords of Salem"

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The Lords of Salem

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Box Office Special - Old Man Scores Big Box

Submitted by Jon on Wednesday, May 28th 2008

We have a new opening weekend champion. Of the year that is. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" dropped into theaters like a rickety old man tripping over a crack in the sidewalk, and while struggling to rise, he found some shiny gold coins. For my full (rant-filled) analysis, you'll have to listen to Episode 28, but let's just say I wasn't amused, at all.

$20 Movies on the Horizon?

Submitted by Jon on Tuesday, May 27th 2008

It's no secret that movie theaters have been struggling. That may surprise some, but it's important for this discussion to separate out the movie making business from the movie showing business. Hollywood (and others) make movies. The process by which a movie gets produced is arcane and overly-complex, and I won't pretend to know everything about it or examine it here. When it comes to putting movies in front of audiences, there's another system, equally labyrinthine in design, that dictates where, when and how a movie gets shown.

Episode 28 - "Frontier(s)"

Submitted by Eric on Tuesday, May 27th 2008

This week we take a trip to the "Frontier(s)", and wish we'd stayed "Inside" instead.

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Horror Headlines 5/27/08

Submitted by Eric on Tuesday, May 27th 2008

The synopsis for "Cell 2" sounds really awesome, except it doesn't and none of the principals from the original film are returning. Also, it's going direct to video. I promise it's the last you'll hear about it from us.

"Plan 9 from Outerspace", Ed Wood's infamous vampire/zombie film known to many as the "worst film ever made", is being REMADE. Next up on the block? My home movies, apparently.

Apparently taking their cues from the marketing behind "Funny Games", "The Strangers" makes stalking even easier by allowing you to send semi-threatening videos to your friends, or just that hot chick you work with. Either way, probably not a good idea.

Official site for the Platinum Studios feature film adaptation of the "Witchblade" comic book series from the 90's. The series dealt with a chosen female who gets to wear a "jewel encrusted gauntlet" that gives her powers, and stuff. It's already been adapted as a TV series in the early 2000's that lasted two seasons on TNT before being canceled.

Well, Rob Zombie claims there will be huge news about his animated feature "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" on his Myspace today. As of now there's nothing yet, so you'll have to keep checking back at the link.

Finally today, Showtime's original series "Dexter" has been renewed for a third season. The show, concerning a serial killer turned criminal investigator, has been a huge hit for the cable network and even served as strike filler on CBS this past fall.

In Real People News:

At first look, the story of the New Zealand man who tried to trade weed for snacks at a gas station sounds pretty rational to me. I mean, have you seen some of the people who work at gas stations? It seems like it should have been a sure thing, except for that one minor detail... that a police officer was standing directly behind him. There's always something, isn't there.

Los Angeles legislators consider 25% tax on porn, to which the public responded, "lol, who pays for porn?".

For all those people wanting Universal healthcare here in the states, consider this Canadian case, of a Schizophrenic AXE MURDERER who has disappeared after being let out on a day pass. With judgment like that, these guys are in serious danger of losing their vaunted status as "America's Hat."

On this day in history:

1994: Michael Jackson weds Lisa Marie Presley in the Dominican Republic. The couple keeps their marriage secret for six weeks, then files for divorce 18 months after that.

The Return of Richard Stanley

Submitted by John Shelton on Tuesday, May 27th 2008

Richard Stanley, the South African director of cult favorites Hardware and Dust Devil, is slowly tunneling his way out of the movie jail he's been trapped in for over a decade after clashes with Val Kilmer led to him being fired four days into the shoot of the 1996 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau.