Grindhouse Nightmares

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The bonus disc carries a whopping five hours of special features. The New York Times’ hour-long TimesTalk event with Rodriguez and Tarantino, hosted by NYT’s Lynn Hirschberg, is a fascinating supplement, although an appearance by Harvey Weinstein ends it on a sour note. The San Diego Comic-Con 2006 panel with Rodriguez, Tarantino, McGowan, Shelton, Dawson, Poitier, Winstead, and Bell is a fun, if too brief at 22 minutes, watch. Interestingly, it took place after Rodriguez wrapped but before Tarantino started shooting. Grindhouse Nightmares pays homage to the grindhouse cinema of the 70s, with a gritty, low-budget aesthetic, over-the-top violence and gore, and plenty of exploitation tropes including nudity, sex, and graphic violence. The film captures the feel of classic exploitation movies, with grainy 16mm footage, jump cuts, and a raw, DIY sensibility. FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S: From Game to Big Screen– Feel the frights of Freddy Fazbear’s come alive as the film recreates the game’s world with immersive environments and wild surprises that’ll haunt longtime fans and newcomers alike. Rodriguez’s Planet Terrorand Tarantino’s Death Proofeach have their merits — the former plays like a satirical pastiche of nonstop action, while the latter is more indicative of genuine exploitation fare — but Grindhouse is more than just a double feature. It’s an experience, complete with faux aging to recreate the look of beat-up film prints along with vintage interstitials and retro-inspired trailers for nonexistent movies. Death Proof extras include: “Stunts on Wheels,” detailing the all-practical, death-defying car stunts; featurettes dedicated to Russell, Bell, the cast, cars, and production design; “Quentin’s Greatest Collaborator,” a compilation of various cast members shouting out to editor Sally Menke in outtakes; the trailer for Double Dare, a documentary on Bell featuring Tarantino; Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s full performance of “Baby, It’s You;” two extended music cues (“Gangster Story” by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis and “Italia a Mano Armata” by Franco Micalizzi); and a lobby card gallery.

Overall, Grindhouse Nightmares is a fun, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the exploitation movies of yesteryear. It's not a film for everyone, but fans of this particular subgenre of horror are sure to find plenty to enjoy here. It is a curious delight to hear of a new film project from Richard Driscoll. A varied filmography, his horror credits as director/producer include 'Kannibal (2001)', featuring Driscoll in the title role of Hannibal Lector wannabe Kavanagh, and 'Evil Calls (2008)', featuring Driscoll as central character George Carney. Both films exist in a variety of formats and titles. Both ventures have earned Driscoll a dubious reputation as film-maker, both for the end result and for goings-on behind the scenes.The third and final segment, "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party," takes place at a bachelorette party held at an isolated farmhouse. As the girls settle in for a night of revelry, they begin to be stalked and killed off by a mysterious figure wearing a pig mask. Another impressive cast, the women of Death Proof include Rosario Dawson ( Sin City), Tracie Thoms ( Rent), Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Vanessa Ferlito ( CSI: NY), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ( Knight Rider), Jordan Ladd ( Cabin Fever), and McGowan. It also features Tarantino as a bartender, Eli Roth, Omar Doom ( Inglourious Basterds), and writer Michael Bacall ( Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) as sketchy bros trying to score, and Parks as McGraw again. Throughout the film, the stories are intercut with fake trailers for fictitious exploitation movies, including "Bikini Bloodbath at the Amusement Park," "Zombie Grannies," and "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein." FIVE NIGHTS in Three Dimensions– FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S takes a two-dimensional game and turns it into a three-dimensional nightmare. The extended cuts of each feature — the 105-minute version of Planet Terror and the 113-minute version of Death Proof — fill in some narrative gaps and flesh out character arcs, but the truncated versions in the Grindhouse cut (running a total of 191 minutes) benefit from snappier pacing. Moreover, the restoration of Planet Terror‘s “missing reel” in the extended cut robs it of one of Grindhouse‘s best gags.

Grindhouse Nightmares is a 2017 horror anthology film that features three terrifying tales set in the seedy world of 70s exploitation cinema. The film stars horror icon Linnea Quigley, Steve Munroe, and Lorna Bliss, among others. The first segment, titled "Cannibal Claus," follows a group of college students who stumble upon a remote village inhabited by a cannibalistic cult that worships a grotesque figure known as "Cannibal Claus." As the students try to escape, they are hunted down one by one by the bloodthirsty cult members. After this episode ends, some eye-popping fake commercials show up. I won't give away the kind of thing you're in for, but let's put it this way: Driscoll's features may have often been accused of taking themselves too seriously in the past - to say that is not the case here is an understatement. This parody ad-break (featuring clips from Driscoll's 'Eldorado') is unlike anything you've ever seen: a cross between David Lynch and The Young Ones, in the gaudy style of 80s straight-to-video productions. You could say the joke goes on far too long, but there is no punch-line. In fact, despite the brief inclusion of comic actor Robin Askwith, there is no real joke, just some sniggering schoolboy 'Viz'-style moments. Shattering all-time records at the box-office, Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, the haunting new horror film based on the video game series created by Scott Cawthon, will be available with never-before-seen bonus content on Digital November 28, 2023, and 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on December 12, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The second story, "Slash-in-the-Box," centers around a family who discovers an old clown doll in their attic that turns out to be possessed by a demonic entity. As the family tries to get rid of the doll, it begins to wreak havoc, leading to a terrifying and bloody showdown with the evil spirit. Death Proof closes out the double feature, blending motifs from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Vanishing Point, and Halloween. True to its grindhouse roots, the movie features long stretches of characters hanging out interrupted by spurts of excitement. Patience is rewarded, as those moments — a trio of breathtaking car stunt sequences — hit especially hard.Kurt Russell stars as Stuntman Mike, a washed up stunt driver who preys on young women with his killer car. The first half is rooted in slasher tropes, with the vehicular murderer stalking then dispatching a group of girls. Later, Stuntman Mike meets his match in the form of stunt woman Zoë Bell ( Kill Bill, Xena: Warrior Princess) — playing a fictionalized version of herself — and her friends.