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Celebrate Godzilla Day With 4K Screenings and Mondo Prints, Records and Toys
How many of you celebrate Godzilla Day? Today (Nov. 3) marks the day Toho International Inc. rolled out the big kaiju all the way back in 1954. So, in true kaiju loving fashion, we are here to celebrate the big guy’s 67th birthday. He doesn’t look half bad for his age.
In order to celebrate in true Alamo Drafthouse Theater’s fashion they are screening the original Gojira film in 4K! These screenings are taking place today at select Drafthouse locations, so be sure to check drafthouse.com for details.
In addition, from November 5 -11 Alamo Drafthouse’s will screen Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and Shin Godzilla. During the week of November 12 they will hold a double-feature of two Heisei era classics that have never been shown theatrically in North America. This is a totally unique experience that hasn’t occurred before in the big guy’s history.
To add to all the Kaiju mayhem love, Mondo has a fantastic line-up of Godzilla goodies. From prints to records to collectible toys! Make sure to check those out below. The collectible drop will begin on Nov. 3 at 11 a.m. central. Head over to Mondoshop.com and prepare to make your order when the items drop. If you know Mondo, you know these are extremely limited and sell out quickly. Good luck!
If you still haven’t had your fill of Godzilla, make sure to head over to YouTube to check out the Godzilla documentary series Godzilla Chomp. While on the Godzilla YouTube channel make sure to also check out the 1978 Godzilla animated series and the Godziban kaiju puppet show.
In addition to all these amazing Godzilla day celebration celebrations and drops, Kinokuniya Bookstores of America will also have a lot of great stuff on their end that is worth checking it out.
Head over to www.drafthouse.com to find details on what is playing near you and to score your tickets to these rare screenings. Oh, and if you are going to try for the Mondo stuff dropping later today make sure to log in early and be ready to click quick! Again, good luck, y’all.
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The Tall Man Funko Pop! Is a Reminder of the Late Angus Scrimm
The Funko Pop! brand of figurines is finally paying homage to one of the scariest horror movie villains of all time, The Tall Man from Phantasm. According to Bloody Disgusting the toy was previewed by Funko this week.
The creepy otherworldly protagonist was played by the late Angus Scrimm who passed away in 2016. He was a journalist and B-movie actor who became a horror movie icon in 1979 for his role as the mysterious funeral home owner known as The Tall Man. The Pop! also includes the bloodsucking flying silver orb The Tall Man used as a weapon against trespassers.
He also spoke one of the most iconic lines in independent horror, “Boooy! You play a good game, boy, but the game is finished. Now you die!”
There is no word on when this figurine will be released or when preorders will go on sale, but it’s nice to see this horror icon remembered in vinyl.
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Director of ‘The Loved Ones’ Next Film is a Shark/Serial Killer Movie
The director of The Loved Ones and The Devil’s Candy is going nautical for his next horror film. Variety is reporting that Sean Byrne is gearing up to make a shark movie but with a twist.
This film titled Dangerous Animals, takes place on a boat where a woman named Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), according to Variety, is “Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below. The only person who realizes she is missing is new love interest Moses (Hueston), who goes looking for Zephyr, only to be caught by the deranged murderer as well.”
Nick Lepard writes it, and filming will begin on the Australian Gold Coast on May 7.
Dangerous Animals will get a spot at Cannes according to David Garrett from Mister Smith Entertainment. He says, “‘Dangerous Animals’ is a super-intense and gripping story of survival, in the face of an unimaginably malevolent predator. In a clever melding of the serial killer and shark movie genres, it makes the shark look like the nice guy,”
Shark movies will probably always be a mainstay in the horror genre. None have ever really succeeded in the level of scariness reached by Jaws, but since Byrne uses a lot of body horror and intriguing images in his works Dangerous Animals might be an exception.
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PG-13 Rated ‘Tarot’ Underperforms at the Box Office
Tarot starts off the summer horror box office season with a whimper. Scary movies like these are usually a fall offering so why Sony decided to make Tarot a summer contender is questionable. Since Sony uses Netflix as their VOD platform now maybe people are waiting to stream it for free even though both critic and audience scores were very low, a death sentence to a theatrical release.
Although it was a fast death — the movie brought in $6.5 million domestically and an additional $3.7 million globally, enough to recoup its budget — word of mouth might have been enough to convince moviegoers to make their popcorn at home for this one.
Another factor in its demise might be its MPAA rating; PG-13. Moderate fans of horror can handle fare that falls under this rating, but hardcore viewers who fuel the box office in this genre, prefer an R. Anything less rarely does well unless James Wan is at the helm or that infrequent occurrence like The Ring. It might be because the PG-13 viewer will wait for streaming while an R generates enough interest to open a weekend.
And let’s not forget that Tarot might just be bad. Nothing offends a horror fan quicker than a shopworn trope unless it’s a new take. But some genre YouTube critics say Tarot suffers from boilerplate syndrome; taking a basic premise and recycling it hoping people won’t notice.
But all is not lost, 2024 has a lot more horror movie offerings coming this summer. In the coming months, we will get Cuckoo (April 8), Longlegs (July 12), A Quiet Place: Part One (June 28), and the new M. Night Shyamalan thriller Trap (August 9).
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