A few words on THE COLLECTION movie

    I really want to see a movie about the Spider-Man villains CARNAGE and VENOM locked in combat that has a lot of gore and is funny and  A HAUNT movie that is really gory too.
But till that happens I gotta get my gore fix from somewhere and this week I got it from THE COLLECTION. I just saw it a few days ago and I really dug it but I now realize that THE COLLECTOR is a better movie but THE COLLECTION was fun and outlandish with a few surprises and had alot of blood and guts and piles of limbs and bodies and bizarre body part sculptures and other weird stuff that I will not mention. And the main actor guy, Josh Stewart is a really sympathetic character and I liked him from the first movie, THE COLLECTOR, and felt for him and the predicament his family was in. There is something likeable about Stewart and I hope he does more genre films. And Navi Rawat is in it for like a minute and she is a smokin' hot babe and always nice to see.
    So if ya thought about seeing it , or if you have not even heard of THE COLLECTION and you wanted to go to the movies and see something entertaining THE COLLECTION will fit the bill.

Josh Stewart being vulnerable

BEWARE!

    I know. I find the concept as loathesome as you. But don't worry. I have never not enjoyed a book by Richard Laymon and I enjoyed BEWARE!, but it was a brutal read! BRUTAL! Laymon , may he rest in peace , has written books about monsters , groups of psycho killers , and books about  insane rapist murderers , but BEWARE! is about a insane rapist cannibal necrophilic INVISIBLE killer! Fuckin' nuts! And there is a cult of sex crazed blood drinkers led by a naked witch.
    What made it such a harrowing read is that Laymon seems to really know how to get into the mind of a sadistic maniac killer and it's scary because it makes me wonder how R. Laymon knows this stuff. But that is what makes his books so good and scary!

MASTER - On The 7th Day God Cretaed Master

Innocents? Dying...? Lets talk! This album came out in 1991 and it still sounds great! It has that (what is now) oldschool vibe but still sounds kind of fresh and hasn't lost much of it's urgency or vitality. I think it truly straddles the line of brutal American Death Metal and classic 80's tooth chippin' thrash metal! The vocals of bassist Paul Speckmann are pretty clean by Death Metal standards and the production is phenomenal because it was recorded at Morrisound studios.
    It's got 10 trax in about 35 minutes and like Demolitiion Hammers - Tortured Existence , Solstices first album and Incubus - Beyond the Unknown , Master - On The 7th day.....has stood the test of time to become a classic of the genre. But like alot of Master this album is hard to get a hold of. Actually I guess it is one of the easier ones to obtain but expect to pay between $14.00 and $35.00 on amazon! I downloaded my copy from itunes cos' I had to have it but I read a review that Displeased records re-released it with a bonus dvd of 2 live shows!
    But I am glad I got it , I can throw it on almost anytime and enjoy it. And if you don't have it or never got it and do like the other bands I mentioned or Death/thrash in general or have any memories of ths album please leave a comment. *arty

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS dvd review: Library edition

Dark age and the final massacre....and that pretty much sums up this movie. Yup. I'm the last person to see this movie and everyone said it was great so it had been built up a little bit so when I put it on I thought to myself it's probably not THAT good. But, it's pretty good. It's funny and the story is great and spins the genre around AND it has ALOT of monsters! That's what won me over is all the monsters There is a acceptable level of bloodshed , wish there was a little more gore but that is a minor gripe. And I got this from the library! I liked the two guys in the control room and the dragon bat , the werewolf, AND the merman!! Loved the merman! 
    But alot of people don't like this movie , alot love it , but some hate it. I'd like to know what you think about it so please leave a comment! *arty

THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS dvd review

    Just watched the SNOWTOWN MURDERS and I gotta say I was pretty underwhelmed. If you are a freak like me then you are probably fascinated by true crime books and movies. Of course HELTER SKELTER, and the harrowing classic HENRY:Portrait Of A Serial Killer , even BUNDY, ED GEIN, and GACY are pretty good and I have not see THE GIRL NEXT DOOR but I hear that is pretty good and Jim Van Bebbers THE MANSON FAMILY is great. So I expected something dark, brutal, and disturbingly violent and I didn't get that. The movie looks good it has a grey, dark, dingey, desolate look and all the actors look sad, beaten, and broken and the actor who plays the main killer comes off as a real asshole jerk but THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS is not violent, bloody, and gory and that would have made it so much better!
    So I looked it up on the imdb to see what other people thought about it and to see if I just wasn't getting it but there are alot of different complaints about THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS. People complained about the heavy Australian accents and that they show stuff that really doesn't have anything to do with the main story and it seemed disjointed but my favorite comment was one poster who said " I'm glad I didn't pay for this movie to have a kid stare at me for two hours." Which is not too far off the mark! That's kind of what the movie feels like. Another poster mentioned it's good to know a bit about the murders before you watch it and another poster said you shouldn't have to study up for a movie.
    I might watch it again , I got it from the library so it was free but I was dozing off towards the end. SO yeah. And I got THE CABIN IN THE WOODS from the library too , so looking forward to that. *arty

SCALPED Book 9: Knuckle Up!

The Soundgarden song 'Spoonman' , has a line in it that goes "All my friends are indians , all my friends are brown and red." And I love all my red and brown brothers and sisters! And I love SCALPED! I hadn't read it in awhile but I got book 9 from the library and loved it like I love the previous 8! It's not zombies or vamps , or superheroes but I think it's one of the best comix comming out right now. 

    The first story in book 9 , Knuckle Up , really shoves it in your face how the settlers decimated the native American population. Did the scalphunters really use the skins of natives to make their saddles and reigns for their horses? We know they wiped 'em out we know that for sure. It covers a white father and son team who kill indians for money and how they helped kill off so many tribes , groups I've never even heard of.      Bloodlines and families utterly destroyed in the most vile fashions. I guess stuff like this still happens but 150 years ago no one cared. Anyway SCALPED s great! Action, adventure, mystery, intrigue and characters I care about like Dash Badhorse , and I even care about the badguys.

Dash Badhorse is a bad ass

The artwork of R.M. Guera is not only amazing but so perfect for SCALPED. When he doesn't do the art they usually get someone good but it's not the same without him and Jason Aaron is a good near great writer and just came up with a great idea for a comic and has continually delivered solid isssue after issue. And it seems like SCALPED is coming to a conclusion which would be fine and if SCALPED is never made into a movie or cable series that would be just fine. So many good books and alot of them from vertigo and you can get them at the library so no excuses! arty

CLAMFIGHT: Yes CLAMFIGHT!

    I signed on because mankind is sinking with sin. CLAMFIGHT need to expose themselves and I will help expose them! CLAMFIGHT has been around awhile now toiling down among the deadmen , crafting big fat , diabetes inducing , but oh so tasty globs of Metal goodness. I was fortunate enough to get their cd , Vol. 1 , and a kick ass t-shirt as well. For some reason I assumed they played thrash but they don't , not really , they do have some speed to them but their sound is just pure heaviness for the most part and they do it well and they got a immense sound on the cd I got. The drummer , Andy ,  does the yelling , death roars , and singin' while Joe and Sean duke it out on guitar with a guy named Louis on bass. CLAMFIGHT hail from Haddon Heights , NJ. These guys are great and have a totally fuckin' badass name that leaps out at you. What do you think of when you hear CLAMFIGHT? 

   Check 'em out on their facebook and reverbnation pages , sample their stuff , especially if you like heavy shit cos' somehow they do it a little differently than most. And send them cash and porn and heap gold and praise upon them and whatever beverages they enjoy and demon hearts. CLAMFIGHT is a good band and I think most Metal fans would appreciate them. More CLAMFIGHT to come. *ARTY