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John Carpenter’s New Music Video, ‘Alive After Death’ is Trippy and Great

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Easily one of the coolest concert experiences I have had in the past few years is definitely John Carpenter performing. During that concert, he performed Lost Themes I and II along with a lot of his popular film scores. Lost Themes III is on its way to us on February 5 and we can’t wait to hear the whole thing. In the meantime, his latest video for the single Alive After Death is a bit of post-apocalyptic trippiness that fits in well with Carpenter worlds.

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Lost Themes III is described as:

Alive After Death” is a brooding, suspenseful embodiment of the exhilarating, spine-chilling, story-telling aesthetics that have established Carpenter as an iconic legend of both music and film. The song is accompanied by an animated video by legendary illustrator Boneface – a bold collaboration between two truly unmistakably unique creative minds that fully fleshes out unsettling world hinted at in the visualizer for the demonic disco of the previous single “The Dead Walk”.

John Carpenter famously called the first Lost Themes album “a soundtrack for the movies in your mind.” On Alive After Death those movies are even more vivid, with song titles among his most evocative as well. Lead single “Weeping Ghost” thrillingly conjures its title figure in a wash of synthesizer, making the listener’s neck hairs stand on end as the aural specter stalks the halls of a dilapidated mansion. The pulsing “The Dead Walk” makes the zombie apocalypse feel like a rave. The gloomy, atmospheric closing track “Carpathian Darkness” casts shadow on the album with its strikingly effective minimal piano and splashes of twinkling synth. Each of the ten songs is a universe unto itself.

Underpinning Carpenter’s renaissance as a musician has been his collaboration with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. They’ve composed and performed as a trio since the first Lost Themes album in 2015: on studio albums, on soundtracks, and onstage. Here, the trio reaches a new level of creative mind meld. Richly rendered worlds are built in the interplay between Davies’s guitar and the dueling synthesizers played by the Carpenters. “We begin with a theme, a bass line, a pad, something that sounds good and will lead us to the next layer,” John says of the trio’s process. “We then just keep adding on from there. We understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses, how to communicate without words, and the process is easier now than it was in the beginning. We’ve matured.

You can head over here to get in your pre-order for John Carpenter’s Lost Themes III.

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“The Lost Boys” – A Classic Film Reimagined as a Musical [Teaser Trailer]

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The iconic 1987 horror-comedy “The Lost Boys” is set for a reimagining, this time as a stage musical. This ambitious project, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden, is bringing the vampire classic to the world of musical theatre. The show’s development is spearheaded by an impressive creative team including producers James Carpinello, Marcus Chait, and Patrick Wilson, known for his roles in “The Conjuring” and “Aquaman” films.

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The musical’s book is penned by David Hornsby, notable for his work on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, and Chris Hoch. Adding to the allure is the music and lyrics by The Rescues, comprised of Kyler England, AG, and Gabriel Mann, with Tony Award nominee Ethan Popp (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”) as the Music Supervisor.

The show’s development has reached an exciting phase with an industry presentation set for February 23, 2024. This invitation-only event will showcase the talents of Caissie Levy, known for her role in “Frozen,” as Lucy Emerson, Nathan Levy from “Dear Evan Hansen” as Sam Emerson, and Lorna Courtney from “& Juliet” as Star. This adaptation promises to bring a fresh perspective to the beloved film, which was a significant box office success, earning over $32 million against its production budget.

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Rock Music & Goopy Practical Effects in ‘Destroy All Neighbors’ Trailer

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The heart of rock and roll is still beating in the Shudder original Destroy All Neighbors. Over-the-top practical effects are also alive in this release coming to the platform on January 12. The streamer released the official trailer and it has some pretty big names behind it.

Directed by Josh Forbes the movie stars Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Alex Winter, and Kiran Deol.

Rodrigues plays William Brown, “a neurotic, self-absorbed musician determined to finish his prog-rock magnum opus, faces a creative roadblock in the form of a noisy and grotesque neighbor named Vlad (Alex Winter). Finally working up the nerve to demand that Vlad keep it down, William inadvertently decapitates him. But, while attempting to cover up one murder, William’s accidental reign of terror causes victims to pile up and become undead corpses who torment and create more bloody detours on his road to prog-rock Valhalla. Destroy All Neighbors is a twisted splatter-comedy about a deranged journey of self-discovery full of goopy practical FX, a well-known ensemble cast, and LOTS of blood.”

Take a look at the trailer and let us know what you think!

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A Boy Band Kills Our Favorite Reindeer in “I Think I Killed Rudolph”

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The new movie There’s Something in the Barn seems like a tongue-in-cheek holiday horror movie. It’s like Gremlins but bloodier and with gnomes. Now there is a song on the soundtrack that captures the humor and horror of the movie called I Think I Killed Rudolph.

The ditty is a collab between two Norwegian boy bands: Subwoofer and A1.

Subwoofer was s Eurovision entrant in 2022. A1 is a popular act from the same country. Together they killed poor Rudolph in a hit-and-run. The humorous song is a part of the film which follows a family fulfilling their dream, “of moving back after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway.” Of course, the title gives away the rest of the movie and it turns into a home invasion — or — a gnome invasion.

There’s Something in the Barn releases in cinemas and On Demand December 1.

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