Currently Browsing: "Army of Darkness"

This weekend, we are taking a break from the obscure, the low-budget and the Coroner…

In which two men, one having never seen a zombie film and the other a casual fan of the genre, create the best zombie flick since Shaun of the Dead. And in which, I get the scoop of the century on who will be playing Venom.

Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves slinging hash and pouring stout at The Slaughtered Lamb. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. This week we take a look at a couple furry manimals, some suspense from abroad, and a mother who covers her kitchen floor with warm milk fresh from the source (and I don’t mean a cow).

Bruce Campbell: “My fans are my clients. I’m never going to really insult them. I’ll dick with them in the movie because I interact with them. I know how to mess with them. And I’m going to do just that. It’s an old Sam Raimi rule: The innocent must suffer.”

If you’ve seen The Evil Dead films, you already know they’re awesome. If you haven’t, you really need to quickly read this article, then go to the store and purchase all three right now.

A movie that attracts a near-rabid fan following is a cult movie, that is if or until it “goes public” and finds itself on famous lists like the American Film Institute’s.