From Zombos' Closet comes a classy and trashy collection of popular culture artifacts for those who love the terrors and treats found in movies, books, and Halloween.
The old cowboy movie pressbooks are usually chock full of promotion. Being a singing cowboy sure helps, too. Take that, Buzz Lightyear! I was very lucky to find this pressbook with some of the original newspaper printing mats. I'm not that familiar with these, but I'm guessing they would be used to make the metal plates used for typesetting the movie ad into the page or for theater heralds.
The only science fair I ever entered was the one Sister Miriam held at St. Mary Mother of Jesus school in Brooklyn. Sister Miriam was awesome. She also didn't last long as a nun. She cared too much and was more of a social action person that simply getting to a nunnery just couldn't handle. She was also young and pretty hot, but that's my kid hormones remembering how great she and her science classes were. She was the one who lit the fire of learning for me. Not many people, even nuns, can light those fires, but she certainly did. My science fair entry was a Radio Shack hodgepodge of stuff to make a remote controlled box that moved around, umm, remotely. She liked it. It was pretty sad as an entry. I doubt I'd survive a real, full-blown, science fair like the one shown in this movie. How could I? Radio Shack isn't around anymore.
At a time when science keeps getting the backhand from government and the ignorant, we need science fairs more than ever. Science Fairopens in theaters beginning in New York on September 14, 2018; Los Angeles on September 21, 2018 and other cities following.
Here's the neatly pressed information for Science Fair.
Directed by first time feature filmmakers Cristina Costantini (also a former science fair winner in her teens) and Darren Foster, Science Fairfollows nine high school students from around the globe navigating rivalries, setbacks, and of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at the international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different countries, only one will be named Best in Fair.
The Story:Hailed by critics as "immensely likeable," "brilliant and quirky" and an "ode to the teenage science geeks on who our future depends," and winner of the audience award at Sundance and SXSW, National Geographic Documentary Films' SCIENCE FAIR follows nine high school students from around the globe as they navigate rivalries, setbacks and, of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at The International Science and Engineering Fair. As 1,700 of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different countries face off, only one will be named Best in Fair. The film, from Fusion and Muck Media and directed by the DuPont Award-winning and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaking team Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster, offers a front seat to the victories, defeats and motivations of an incredible group of young men and women who are on a path to change their lives, and the world, through science.
Among the subjects the documentary follows include:
Kashfia,one of the only Muslim girls at a massive high school in South Dakota, who finds an unlikely kinship with her school’s head football coach who doubles as her science fair coach;
Myllena and Gabriel,teenagers from a poor town in Brazil, who see winning the science fair as their families’ key to escaping poverty; and
Dr. McCalla,a black science research teacher from Long Island, who has transformed her class of young immigrants into one of the best science fair teams in the world.
The Deadly China Doll pressbook is light on article information or promotional material, but it does use pictures and poster art to sell this action movie. You may remember Angela Mao from her brief appearance in Enter the Dragon. If you haven't seen her other movies, shame on you.
An enjoyable Amicus and AIP offering, even if Mystery Science Theater 3000 poked fun at it (although that was enjoyable too). Caroline Munro and Peter Cushing are always engaging, and Doug McClure may have hit a rough patch in his acting career, but he presents a solid character to deal with all the mayhem. The flying creatures are jaw-dropping, but I'd still want a model kit or vinyl figure depicting one of them. See more movie pressbooks From Zombos' Closet.
Edgar Rice Burroughs enduring character has been portrayed by many actors. My favorite is Johnny Weissmuller. Gordon Scott had the most muscles, but Weissmuller had more of that I'm-living-in-the-jungle look. Lex Barker had it to a lesser degree. No one ever showed the scars and bruises endemic to tangling with wild animals and scratchy tree bark and underbrush, though. Go figure. Who is your favorite Tarzan?
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy arrives on DVD/Blu-ray October 2nd, 2018. Here's the neatly pressed information for you speedy anarchy types.
News Flash! – The stakes are higher than ever in the intense action-adventure Death Race: Beyond Anarchy,arriving Unrated and Unhinged on Blu-ray™ combo pack, DVD, Digital and On Demand October 2, 2018, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, in association with Impact Pictures/Chestnut Productions. The wildly anticipated next installment of the popular Death Race franchise, this Universal 1440 Entertainment original production brings fans along for the deadliest competition on wheels, where brutal fights and explosive car races abound. An action-packed thrill ride, this all-new movie is the grittiest and bloodiest installment yet!
Franchise newcomers Zach McGowan (“Black Sails”) and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) join returningDeath Race fan favorites Danny Trejo (Machete) and Fred Koehler (“American Horror Story”). Death Race: Beyond Anarchyalso features talented actors Christine Marzano (Rules Don’t Apply), Terence Maynard (Edge of Tomorrow) and Velislav Pavlov (The Expendables 2).
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy on Blu-rayTM, DVD and Digital, includes exclusive bonus features that take viewers deeper into the intense world of Death Race, with special behind-the-scenes footage and filmmaker commentary. Additionally, Death Race: Complete 4-Movie Collection will also available on DVD on January 30, 2017. Now fans can experience the glory of all four movies in one complete must-own set including, Death Race, Death Race 2, Death Race 3: Inferno and the all-new movie Death Race: Beyond Anarchy.
Bonus Features:
Inside the Anarchy: Filmmakers and cast describe how this chapter of the Death Racefranchise stands out from the rest. From new locations, to a fleet of new cars, to a new star in Zach McGowan, see why Death Race: Beyond Anarchy is the deadliest Death Race yet!
Time Served: Lists & Goldberg: Hear Death Race franchise veterans Fred Koehler and Danny Trejo discuss what it’s like to be back playing Lists and Goldberg, and how their characters have changed.
On the Streets of Death Race: Beyond Anarchy: Director Don Michael Paul and cast explain how the stunt work gave the production a uniquely energetic feel.
Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Don Michael Paul and Star Zach McGowan
The Story:
Danny Trejo returns as the ruthless bookie, Goldberg, in the wildest, bloodiest, Death Race ever. After a failed attack on inmate and legendary driver, Frankenstein, Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson (McGowan) infiltrates a super-maximum federal prison with one goal - enter the immoral and illegal Death Race and take Frankenstein down. Connor enlists the help of Baltimore Bob (Glover) and Lists (Koehler), and unexpectedly falls in love with bartending beauty, Jane (Marzano). Connor will have to fight for more than his life in this brutal world of no guards, no rules, no track, and no fear.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum arrives on DVD/Blu-ray September 18th, 2018. Here's the neatly pressed info for you for this South Korean horror. I like haunted asylum ghost stories, but found-footage, not so much. But I'll still catch it and let you know how it goes.
News Flash! – The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. They soon encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building in the horror thriller GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM, terrorizing on digital, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD September 18 from Well Go USA Entertainment. An updated take on the “found footage” genre of thrillers, Director Jung Bum-Shik (Epitaph, Horror Stories) assembled a cast of mostly newcomers for GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM, including Wi Ha-Jun, Park Sung-Hun, Lee Seung-Wook, Oh Ah-Yeon, Park Ji-Hyun, Yoo Je-Yoon and Mun Ye-Won.
The Story:
Based on the local legends and stories of people who’ve visited the real-life abandoned hospital, GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM follows the crew of a horror web show who plan to stream live from inside the asylum. To attract more viewers, the show’s host arranges some scares for the team, but as they move further into the nightmarish old building, they begin to encounter much more than expected.
Peplum and pirates. And a beast. And Kirk Morris keeps his shirt off a lot. Interesting to note that the woman in distress here has less "coverage" than the original poster art.
Here are the 3D and 2D Mexican lobby cards for House of Wax. I saw it on the big screen when it was re-released in 1971. The moment when Charles Bronson appears to jump from a theater seat and onto the screen is one I'll always remember.
“It’s one of the great Hollywood stories,” Vincent Price recalled. “When they wanted a director for [a 3-D] film, they hired a man who couldn’t see 3-D at all! André de Toth was a very good director, but he really was the wrong director for 3-D. He’d go to the rushes and say, ‘Why is everybody so excited about this?’ It didn’t mean anything to him. But he made a good picture, a good thriller. He was largely responsible for the success of the picture. The 3-D tricks just happened—there weren’t a lot of them. Later on, they threw everything at everybody.” (Film Retrospective: House of Wax 1953)
