Just stumbled upon this image in /r/horror. My first reaction was… wow. How did I not know there was going to be a Carrie remake? I do not know, but now that I do, I’m so glad Chloe was picked for Carrie it. There hasn’t been a single movie of her that I didn’t like and she isn’t new to good horror either having both Let Me In
A little too much makeup, no?
MOTELx is the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival going strong for 5 years now and hopefully it will be back for it’s sixth edition this year.
But I fear it may not.
Unfortunately things went very wrong during a workshop made by Portuguese production company Clones (creators of BLARGHAAARHGARG!!) during MOTELx 2012 edition. There were a few deaths among the attendees of the workshop and the survivors are still trying to cope with what happened. Watch the following video tribute to all the victims of the Clones Workshop.
Lately we’ve had zombies in the Tv (The Walking Dead), zombies learning how to love (Warm Bodies) and other types of aware zombies (The Revenant and Deadheads). Seems like a trend.
This latest offering is a new TV show from our UK friends at BBC called In The Flesh. It follows Kieren a cured zombie trying to get back to a post-apocalyptic society, specifically the place where he used to feed back when he was a zombie or suffering from PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome) as they put it. I’m looking forward to this.
That’s Cheryl in the screen. Shortly after the love encounter with the tree.
This weekend I was re-watching the original Evil Dead because I wanted to write a piece on it before the remake is released and I notice that my dog, Dude is his name, is fixated on the screen. He couldn’t take his eyes of it and had to go sit in the couch with us to calm down. Later at night we heard him yelping while sleeping…
So there you go, Evil Dead is so scary it gave my dog nightmares…
Now I’ve heard of Jesus being described as the first ever zombie but this is something new. Spanish directors David Muños and Adrián Cardona want to make a feature film called Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem and they need money.
So in order to try and get people to open their purses they’ve made a 15m short called Fist of Jesus with almost no money and a handful of friends.
The short starts off with Jesus giving a sermon when Jacob arrives and tells Jesus that Lazarus is dead. Jesus then helps Jacob and resuscitates Lazarus. This does not go well. What happens next is around 10 minutes of lots and lots of humor, blood, limbs and a myriad of fish. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time.
Expect lots of gore, 6ft tall mountains of gore to be exact, but I guarantee you’ll have a good time and a hard laugh while at it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they do find the money they’re after and when they do I’ll chase Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem like a rabid dog.
Here’s the short:
This week’s episode, Home, was well orchestrated. Things started off slowly but pretty soon bullets were flying and walkers were dying. It’s retaliation time!
Best PSA ever to learn to watch your head when closing the trunk.
Today is international horror movie trailer day!
Today I bring you three interesting offerings, one from Ukraine, one from India and the last one from Indonesia. The first is described as a comedy horror but from the trailer I wonder where the comedy lies? The second one is hailed as the first found footage movie from India, well maybe, although I’d consider Ragini: MMS the first. And the third looks like a very atmospheric movie reminiscent of Donnie Darko, but bloodier and darker.
Gore: 
Soul: 
Cult Factor: Time well spent!
Get it from Amazon.com: The Midnight Meat Train (Unrated Director’s Cut)
Every time something bad happens people want to pick a scapegoat, a simple cause to all problems. How can a parent come to terms with his/her guilt for not raising his/her child correctly? It’s much easier to blame violent media, whether it be games, movies, news, music or any other pop culture trend. And we the fans of the attacked medium tend to have a knee-jerk reaction and accuse something else, guns, lack of mental health care, bad parents, etc. This is especially true when attacking something or someone serves the attackers own personal interests like the NRA attacking everyone else to divert the attention from the fact that guns do (help) kill people or horror movie makers saying that guns and proper mental health care are the problem. This doesn’t help anyone.
Now, so you know where this is coming from let me interrupt my ramblings and tell you where I come from. I’m an European male reaching 30 who has enjoyed watching horror from his early teenage years. I’ve lived around violent movies, violent games and violent books for as long as I can remember. And my opinion is that as long as no one is harmed in the process, film makers and other entertainment creators should be free to approach any topic they desire. It’s then up to the audience to decide whether it’s safe for them to see it or not. I’ll give you an example, I’ve made the conscious choice not to see A Serbian Film because it features some scenes that I know I’m not comfortable with, but I think that it’s creators had every right to do it and I won’t judge anyone for watching it.
The problem with horror and violence in media is that it explores depths of the human mind that aren’t usually visible and explicit. But human beings are violent creatures, towards ourselves and others. I admit sometimes I have violent thoughts, sometimes I even think about torturing people, what I would do and how. Why? Simple. I’m watching the news and a rape story comes up. Someone kidnapped a woman and raped and left her for dead somewhere. My mind then starts to imagine what I would do if someone did this to my wife. It’s not pretty. I’m not proud of it. But it does that. Do I really think I would do that if that were to ever happen? No, no I don’t. Because the correct response would be to be with my wife and help her and not to chase someone for revenge. I know this because that’s what I learned while growing up. Sane people know the difference between right and wrong and they can choose the right thing to do. We all go crazy in traffic when someone cuts us off but most of us calm down and go on with our lives. Some people don’t.
Imagine you can’t tell the difference between right and wrong. Now imagine you see a movie like Mientras Duermas (Sleep Tight), a movie that tells the story from a psychopaths point of view. Now imagine you find yourself thinking that what he did was ok, not right or wrong, just ok. Or maybe you’re bullied in school and have nothing going for you in life, and you see in the news a story about a kid just like you who took revenge upon his bullies (and a few other school kids). It’s impossible to ignore that violent media can have this effect, and we as fans, have the responsibility to at the very least be aware of this. But violent media is not the only one to blame here. Guns availability is a problem. In my country if a kid decides to kill a lot of kids in school it’s not easy for him to find a gun. It’s difficult enough that maybe in the process he just gives up. Also, parents, teachers, doctors, brothers, neighbors, etc., the whole society needs to stop ignoring these issues. And I don’t mean demonize them I mean talk about them in a sensible way. Take constructive action towards it. Help children learn the difference between right and wrong, fiction and reality, teach them common sense, monitor them and control what they’re exposed to based on their maturity not age. Be on the constant look out for weird behavior and I don’t mean enjoying zombie movies, watching porn or listening to death metal, I mean depression, keeping to themselves, not being able to empathize, violence towards parents, etc..
My final thoughts on this subject are that violent media if properly consumed (which can greatly vary from person to person) can help deal with our dark passengers, by knowing them and their desires we can control them and subdue them but it can also feed them, make them stronger and help them grow until they consume us and we’re no longer the driver.
Guns? Guns are just tools, tools that can turn one poor kid’s suicide into a school slaughter.
BLARGHAAARHGARG is a short horror movie by the small production company Clones. It clearly is a work of love.
These guys have done some amazing stuff so far and I’m following their work so you’ll get the chance to see more from them here at Gore with Soul. Anyway, enjoy BLARGHAAARHGARG:
gore with soul 