Cloverfield Rebooted by Electric Sheep Comix

I came across this comic strip of a Cloverfield Reboot over at Electric Sheep Comix and was blown away by the direction that they decided to take this reboot in. A monster full of cake? That can't turn out BAD, can it? This definitely ain't the kind of monster I saw ripping apart the Brooklyn Bridge... lol! Check out the full comic strip after the jump...

Penney Design Takes Modern Properties And Blasts Them Back To The Past

Penney Design is a very talented graphic design firm from jolly 'ole England and they have organized a project that caught my attention when surfing the 'Net. They took modern film & TV show properties and re-imagined them as Atari 2600 era video games (the CVS, or Cartridge Video Game system... very clever), both boxes & cartridges. Check 'em all out after the jump.

Hatchet 2 & Let Me In... Two Great Ways To Kick Of The Halloween Season At Your Local Movie Theater

I started my Halloween horror viewing season off on a great note this year, so I thought I would share it with you guys. There are two excellent horror films playing at theaters currently, and if you are a fan of these kinds of movies I can only say one thing: GET OUT AND SUPPORT THESE MOVIES!!! Its a fairly simple concept. They make a movie, they put it out, you pay money to support it... then they can make more movies with your money. Pretty easy, no? Ok, lets get to the movies.

Tara and I decided it was time for us to put our money where our mouths were and went to Time Square AMC 25 to catch Adam Green's next horror classic, Hatchet 2. The original Hatchet was one of the most well balanced horror movies of all time, mixing light hearted dialogue and funny situations with buckets of blood and guts. The main villain, Victor Crowley, is easy to like and becomes a member of the Horror Hall of Fame in terms of being a classic killer. He ranks right up there with the Big 3 (Freddy, Jason, & Mikey Myers)... and depending on how many sequels they churn out, may move past those guys. The new film picks up right where the last left of, with Marybeth (now Danielle Harris) narrowly escaping Crowley and retreating out of the swamp to look for help. She runs to local weirdo Reverend Zombie (Tony Todd)

who realizes that he needs to get rid of Crowley for good in order to open the swamp up to tourism and make the big bucks. So he puts together a riot squad of local hunters and trappers that are ready to rock and roll and kill Crowley for good... and $5000 bucks. Zombie figures that its money well spent, cause he knows a secret that might lead to Crowley, and the whole hunting party, going bye bye. The kills are great, Crowley is a beast, and the cast is superb. Todd and Harris both give excellent performances, and Harris shows that she can topline a movie with no problem. Adam Green is on the verge of becoming one of the premiere horror autuers in the industry... remember CCD said it first!!! In addition, this is the first UNRATED & UNCENSORED movie released in theaters in the past 25 years. If this does well, we will see more of these types of movies on the big screen... so go check it out!!!

Next up, we get Matt Reeves newest film, Let Me In. Sometimes it pays to have good friends. Reeves grew up next door to real life TV/Movie making superhero JJ Abrams, and helped him co develop the TV show Felicity, which started both of their careers. So no Reeves, no Felicity, no Lost & Star Trek... comprende? Since Abrams has been given catre blanche (deservingly so), he tapped Reeves to direct the monster movie Cloverfield... which was great. So he was the one they chose to remake the Swedish art house hit Let The Right One In. This isn't an exact remake (like changing the location from Sweden to New Mexico), but it keeps enough details of the original to be considered a faithful adapation. It's also not your  typical vampire movie... it drops the whole oversized teeth and tall, hypnotic demeanor of typical vampires and gives you Abby, a 12 year old girl who seems vunerable and confused. Abbey puts vampirism into a real life light. Her character asks the question: What if you were 12 and needed blood to survive? How would you gather it... where would you live... how would you cover your condition up amongst adults... these questions all give a real humanity to the story. Abby meets Owen, a fellow 12 year old dealing with bullies and his parents divorce. They become soul mates, and begin to develop what can possiblely become a life long (and alot longer) bond. The cast is wonderful, featuring Elias Koteas as a detective investing some bizarre murders and Richard Jenkins as Abby's adult protector. Owen is played by Kodi Smith-Mcphee and the best performance of the movie goes to Chloe Moretz as Abby. Wow, this kid has it. After destroying Kick Ass as Hit Girl, she is fantastic as the innocent/monsterous vampire teen. I highly recoomend this movie, as it is not your traditional horror film. It is a true drama in its story telling and is beautifully done. i could have done without the few minutes of CGI that reeves used (you will know it when you see it), but it so short lived it hardly makes a difference. Go see this movie. It is great. A start paying attention to Ms. Moretz. That kid is unreal!!!

Enjoy some horror movies this October and tell us what you think if you seen any of these movies yet in the comment section below. Happy spook season... 

OHC of the Day: Lizzy Caplan

OHC stands for Obscure Hot Chick of the day... just another beautiful actress that you may or may not know as of yet... but we are sure you will soon. Todays entry is Lizzy Caplan, and although she has been around for a minute, she has never really had that break out role. She was Lindsey Lohan's best friend in 'Mean Girls', played a supporting role as Jason Stackhouse's girlfriend in Season 1 of 'True Blood', was on the run from the monster in 'Cloverfield' and played John Cusack's destiny in 'Hot Tub Time Machine'. She was the high point of Starz Networks execellent comedy series 'Party Down'. I think she is absolutely gorgeous, and she reminds me a lot of one of my current favorite actresses, Zooey Deschanel. I hope you guys enjoy the pics. Make sure you click Read More below to see more pics of the beautiful bitty. We love Lizzy, keep on keeping on!!!

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Trailer Trash Talk - Vol#5 by Kristen Grillo (Lost Week Edition)

Super 8 - Written & Directed by JJ Abrams and Produced by Steven Spielberg

Unless some of you herbwhorevors have yet to see Iron Man 2 or somehow managed to avoid the latest internet bizbuzz, you should know that Super 8 is Mr. JJ Abrams’s (Alias/Lost/Mission Impossible 3) latest trailer bait. Based on this so called teaser I am far from impressed, kids. Not even Stevie Spielberg’s name being splashed around can get my geek mojo aroused. Call me Ms. High Expectations but when I hear the word “teaser” I’m expecting something so delicious that it makes the ole bean move beneath my britches. So in those terms, this one and a half minute man hardly does that. What it does frankly, is remind me of an unpleasant memory in my movie viewing history.


I am immediately taken back to the summer of 2007. I was sitting in the very uncomfortable front row of the UA Midway movie theater on Queens Blvd. (bless you, Fandango for saving my infinite purchase history). My usual order of Junior Mints and H20 are in hand and I am patiently waiting for the cinematic shitstorm known as Transformers to begin. At that moment a trailer showing a bunch of NYC hipster douches throwing some party comes on. Their bulimic cokefest is then crashed by an earthquake, some Godzilla roars, followed by raining fireballs and the Statue of Liberty’s dome piece. The trailer abruptly ends with “01-18-08.” The next day, a whole internet frenzy ensues of dorks desperately trying to figure out the ambiguity behind 01-18.08. A few phony websites were constructed to keep the hype alive for 6 painful months, unlocking clues and clips of what this story was. 01/18/08 arrives and Cloverfield is a success. An ordinary one but a success nonetheless.

Fast forward two years later to….Super 8! (another working title I presume)…



While this time it’s a reckless douche in a pick up that causes the fireball party, I can’t help but feel that this is all so Cloverfield 2 to me. And for all we know, maybe it is or even a prequel for that matter. Whatever the case may be (no LOST pun intended), without more to go on here I can’t escape the feeling of this being more of the same. And since theaters are just flooded with terrible remakes and unnecessary sequels (::ahem:: Sex And The City TWO), I personally can’t take anymore repeat offenders right now. On the flip side, I do hope I’m all wrong about this and the next trailer takes a refreshing turn.

If you just happen to be someone who doesn’t really care about all that nonsense and just loves a good dose of movie déjà vu then you’ll be thrilled to hear that JJ & Co. have also created (surprise!) a website to keep the fun mystery hype alive until the movie’s release sometime in 2011. The wonderful blognerds over at www.fearnet.com have been so kind to do a little leg work & shed some informative light on the trailer’s “hidden message-turned website” and what it all means. Have a look-see here:

http://www.fearnet.com/news/b19132_uncovering_secrets_of_super_8.html

So my CCD pals, until JJ drops me a more informative trailer or a few thirsty nerds ban together and crack open more intriguing clues to the plot, my anticipation for this one remains a solid “big deal.”

Super 8: Anticipation Grade: C.