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A Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering Retrospective In Pictures

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Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

This is the follow-up to our Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest retrospective in pictures, a look at Echo Bridge’s obsession with the Children of the Corn franchise.

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering is not only the first direct to video sequel, it also features the most star power of any of the films in the Corn franchise (not counting the original). Unfortunately, Karen Black and Naomi Watts can’t save it from being a tad bit boring. The Gathering isn’t horrible, it just pales in comparison to Urban Harvest. It is also a kind of stand alone film since it doesn’t really follow the events of the first two sequels.

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Movie Review: Frankenstein’s Army (2013, Dir. Richard Raaphorst)

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Frankenstein's Army 2013

Monsters can be lots of fun, especially an army of monsters being created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein during World War II. However, monsters without any context can be painfully boring, and that’s just what Frankenstein’s Army is… a tedious film that would have been better as a 15-minute short.

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You Won Corn: Children Of The Corn III: Urban Harvest

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What do Children of the Corn 2 through 7 and Halloween 6 through 8 have in common? Nobody wants them, and that’s why they’re living comfortably together as a nine movie set in Walmart dump bins across the country. Echo Bridge has re-packaged the Children of the Corn sequels over 25 times (on both DVD and Blu-ray). Children of the Corn 666: Issac’s Return seems to be their favorite, it has been included in several sets including the 15-Film Man Cave Sci-Fi set, 8-Film Haunted Hallows set, just to name a few.

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Lake Placid 4: The Piranha 3D Sequel Horror Fans Wanted

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Anyone who followed the careers of John Gulager, Marcus Dunstan, and Patrick Melton from Project Greenlight Season 3 to Feast 3 knew that they were the wrong choice for Piranha 3DD. That’s why I was so flabbergasted when Dimension announced that they would be the creative team behind the Piranha remake’s sequel. Alexandre Aja was able to do with Piranha 3D what all three Feast films attempted to and failed at. He managed to mix horror and comedy without relying on too many bad one-liners and wink at the camera moments. Not a simple feat! Many horror filmmakers have tried unsuccessfully at making the perfect horror/comedy cocktail. Just ask Adam Green or Tim Sullivan.

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Movie Review: Ooga Booga (2013, Dir. Charles Band)

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Ooga Booga 2013, Dir. Charles Band

Charles Band’s new streaming service really captures the essence of the grindhouse experience. The website looks like it was designed on Angelfire in the 1990s, and creating and accessing your account can be a nightmare if you make even one mistake. When I finally figured out how to rent Ooga Booga, I couldn’t get the movie to go full screen and I was forced to watch the entire film in a small box. It’s like Band re-imagined the rundown theaters of 42nd street on the internet. All you need is $2, a few junkie friends, a sticky floor, and grindhouseflix.com will transport you to the sleazy 1970s world of second-run theaters.

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Bryan Singer Still Being Coy About Peter Dinklage In Upcoming X-Men Film

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Bryan Singer coy about new X-Men

Comic book fans have been scratching their heads ever since Bryan Singer announced Peter Dinklage would be starring in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Some fans thought he would be playing Alpha Flight member Puck, but that was debunked after it was revealed he is a villain. Fans then thought he would be voicing a CG character, but Singer shot down that theory as well.

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Full Moon’s Ooga Booga to Premiere Online

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Full Moon is offering fans a chance to watch the politically incorrect Ooga Booga before it hits DVD via their new Grindhouse streaming service at http://grindhouseflix.com/. The movie will premiere online Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Fans can pay $1.99 to stream Ooga Booga on any Wi-Fi enabled device. The film stars Karen Black, Stacy Keach and Ooga Booga!

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Superhero Crossover: Sharon Needles’ Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

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Like The Void, which only exists in Alpha Flight member Shaman’s medicine bag, this version of the Brotherhood only exists in my butt. Let’s call it the Marvel Multiverse FabulASS! In this Multiverse, RuPaul’s X-Men do battle with Sharon Needles’ Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. You see, RuPaul made Sharon famous, but the fame went to Sharon’s head and she turned on RuPaul. Like Marvel’s Civil War, battle lines were drawn, sides were chosen and friendships were destroyed. The most shocking of all betrayals was Michelle Visage’s decision to join Sharon in her quest to destroy RuPaul and his  X-Men. It psychic versus psychic as RuPaul aka Professor X leads his team of mutants to defeat Sharon Needles aka The White Queen and her team of Evil Mutants!

THIS AIN’T RUPAUL’S BEST FRIEND RACE!!

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