Random Notes on Good Friday
First off, if I haven't drilled it home enough, the new issue of SDF, Lost Jigsaw Pieces, is available from TORC Press. Everybody dance!
Also, I've resumed my Production Updates. That's up over at www.myspace.com/torcpress.
Finally scored a copy of David Lynch's Dumbland the other day. It's a Flash Animated series. The drawings and the animations are ultra crude, and the cartoon is essentially about a thuggish, apelike, foul mouthed suburbanite wifebeating in a wifebeater Dad and the various dumb crap he does. It's ugly, it's violent, it's bizarre, and it's actually pretty fun. Once again, Lynch studies the darkness inside the human soul, but this time he plays it for laughs. Not recommended for everybody, but if you dig, uh, lemme think, underground animation (like, say, the Happy Tree Friends or the works of Bill Plympton), then check it out.
Also rented one of the "Masters of Horror" DVDs the other night. They were a bunch of 1 hour horror flicks that ran on Showtime awhile back directed by the creme de la creme of the semi-modern horror genre. The one I scored was "Cigarette Burns" by John Carpenter and "Dreams in the Witch House" by Stewart Gordon. I've been a fan of Carpenter's for quite a while, but unfortunately, Carpenter has always had a habit of being an uneven director. For every one Carpenter film that I Freaking Love, there's at least three that suck. Thankfully, Cigarette Burns falls into the Freaking Love catagory. Similiar to "In the Mouth of Madness" (which, if you haven't seen yet, shame on you), this time around it's a movie that drives people insane. Featuring a sufficiently mysterious plot, supernatural elements, and big old gobs of gore I got a HUGE kick out of this flick. Stewart Gordon directed a true horror classic, Reanimator, as well as some really good indie flicks like From Beyond, Dagon, and Lord of the Ants (or was it King of the Ants, damn memory). Gordon's entry, "Dreams in the Witch House" is pretty good. It's a little wierd, a little surreal, and there's some good old fashioned violence towards the end. Plus, I thought the ending was pretty shocking. A little slow at first, but a good flick. If you're into supernatural style horror that's good and bloody then check this two flicker out. Big time.
Lastly but not leastly, for those of you that celebrate Easter, have a Happy Easter. For those of you that do not, might I suggest taking a little time out this Sunday to tell the People you dig how much you care about them. Regardless of your Religion, we only get one trip around this crazy universe, so don't waste it. Unless of course you're Buddhist or Hindu. I don't know what to tell you then.
Also, I've resumed my Production Updates. That's up over at www.myspace.com/torcpress.
Finally scored a copy of David Lynch's Dumbland the other day. It's a Flash Animated series. The drawings and the animations are ultra crude, and the cartoon is essentially about a thuggish, apelike, foul mouthed suburbanite wifebeating in a wifebeater Dad and the various dumb crap he does. It's ugly, it's violent, it's bizarre, and it's actually pretty fun. Once again, Lynch studies the darkness inside the human soul, but this time he plays it for laughs. Not recommended for everybody, but if you dig, uh, lemme think, underground animation (like, say, the Happy Tree Friends or the works of Bill Plympton), then check it out.
Also rented one of the "Masters of Horror" DVDs the other night. They were a bunch of 1 hour horror flicks that ran on Showtime awhile back directed by the creme de la creme of the semi-modern horror genre. The one I scored was "Cigarette Burns" by John Carpenter and "Dreams in the Witch House" by Stewart Gordon. I've been a fan of Carpenter's for quite a while, but unfortunately, Carpenter has always had a habit of being an uneven director. For every one Carpenter film that I Freaking Love, there's at least three that suck. Thankfully, Cigarette Burns falls into the Freaking Love catagory. Similiar to "In the Mouth of Madness" (which, if you haven't seen yet, shame on you), this time around it's a movie that drives people insane. Featuring a sufficiently mysterious plot, supernatural elements, and big old gobs of gore I got a HUGE kick out of this flick. Stewart Gordon directed a true horror classic, Reanimator, as well as some really good indie flicks like From Beyond, Dagon, and Lord of the Ants (or was it King of the Ants, damn memory). Gordon's entry, "Dreams in the Witch House" is pretty good. It's a little wierd, a little surreal, and there's some good old fashioned violence towards the end. Plus, I thought the ending was pretty shocking. A little slow at first, but a good flick. If you're into supernatural style horror that's good and bloody then check this two flicker out. Big time.
Lastly but not leastly, for those of you that celebrate Easter, have a Happy Easter. For those of you that do not, might I suggest taking a little time out this Sunday to tell the People you dig how much you care about them. Regardless of your Religion, we only get one trip around this crazy universe, so don't waste it. Unless of course you're Buddhist or Hindu. I don't know what to tell you then.
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