Richard Stanley’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Color Out of Space’ teeters on the edge of greatness many times, but never fully commits to its cosmic horror.
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There are several dozen films screening over the course of Panic Fest, running at Screenland Armour (408 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, MO 64116) from this Thursday, January 24 through Thursday, January 30. There are shorts, features, premieres, and repertoire screenings, to say nothing of Q&As and live podcast tapings. What’s a horror fan to do, what with all of...
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VAULT OF HORROR PRESENTS THE GATES OF HELL TRILOGY / COMPOSER: FABIO FRIZZI, WALTER RIZZATI, ALLESANDRO BLONKSTEINER / LABEL: DEMON RECORDS / RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW Over the past decade, several labels have seen fit to reissue the scores to Italian director Lucio Fulci’s Gate of Hell trilogy of films on vinyl: City of the … Continued
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I CANNIBALI (1969) / COMPOSER: ENNIO MORRICONE / LABEL: SPIKEROT RECORDS / RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW Listening to Ennio Morricone’s score for the 1969 Liliana Cavani film, I cannibali, one could be forgiven for thinking that the film is a cannibal picture. With its lush arrangements â conducted by Bruno Nicolai â and sweeping sounds, … Continued
‘The Wave’ is a visually impressive trip, but ultimately a very hollow experience.
Source: www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/print-reviews/think-twice-before-riding-the-wave/
Director John Alexander’s documentary, This Is Love, tells the story of Wichita soul singer extraordinaire, Rudy Love. While his name is one of those best known to crate-digging heads, his influence and talent can be heard on the recordings of Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes, the Soul Searchers, and more. Love was also Sly Stone’s bandleader and tour manager for the...
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Laden with British character actors and featuring a whip-smart story, ‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ (out January 13 on iTunes and Digital HD), takes the road movie formula and turns it into a dryly black comedy about finding one’s true self.
Photo by Elizabeth Miranda In 2014, Addie Sartino, Brandon Yangmi, Pierce Turcotte, and Austin Fraser were students at Blue Valley High School who had just started a promising indie-pop group called The Greeting Committee. Flash forward five years, and those young pups have grown from a local band into a national act that tours with heavy hitters like Rainbow Kitten...
Director John Strysik’s 1995 feature The Spirit Gallery is a hallucinatory shot-on-video oddity which manages to take a familiar plot and turn it into something special.
Source: www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/new-dvd-of-90s-oddity-the-spirit-gallery-worth-checking-out/
The holidays are over, we’re all crawling out of our booze and food cocoons, and arguably telling ourselves that this is the year we get our shit together. While you make your lackluster, half-hearted attempts to keep those New Year’s resolutions, take a look at the latest roundup of local music videos. With new music from Spencer Raymond & Ricky...