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Arrow Home Video Kills With Lewis’s ‘Gore Gore Girls’ Blu-Ray

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Our little world of horror is constantly in debt to the gore and viscera godfather, that is Herschell Gordon Lewis. This dude’s films were at the forefront of all the things that we currently love about over the top gore in modern horror cinema. I would say arguably… but I don’t think there is an argument. This gent was rad and ahead of his time.

Most known for the video nasties, Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs! among a ton of others that delved into different areas of exploitation, Lewis had a bizarre, brutal and blood thirsty body of work.

Arrow Home Video has gone all out on one of their recent releases for 72’s Gore Gore Girls. Completely filled with Lewis’s trademark over the top cartoonish gore, and presented in vibrant 1080p, this disc is loaded with all kinds of awesome bits. Most notably, two heartfelt intros by the godfather of gore and a bonus film in the form of 71’s hicksploitation centric, This Stuff’ll Kill Ya!

If you are unfamiliar with Gore Gore Girls, you have to do yourself a serious favor and give it a watch. The film begins with a girl having her face grated like a block of cheese against the remains of a broken mirror. And it just gets more bonkers from there.

Lewis touches giallo territory in this one, with a mysterious black leather gloved killer going around brutally taking out one go-go girl after another, while hilariously egotistical investigator Abraham Gentry (Frank Kress) and bright-eyed and beautiful Nancy Weston (Amy Farrell) infiltrate the go-go dancer scene to find the killer.

Both films are accompanied by some insightful and seriously entertaining audio commentaries by Lewis himself and some great conversations and critical examinations by Joe Swanberg, Spencer Parson and Daniel Krogh. Oh, and the reversible sleeve features the original artwork on one side and some seriously badass looking new artwork by The Twins of Evil.

Gore Gore Girls is most notable for what was planned to be Lewis’s last film. Of course, he did make a return several years later with Blood Feast 2 over thirty years later. Since Lewis did plan to make this his last film, he went “all out” in a blaze of bloody glory. It stands as one of his bloodiest and one of my personal faves. Oh, did I mention someone has their butt deep fried? No? Well, it happens.

The Gore Gore Girls is out now on Arrow Home Video.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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