You’ve probably seen the TV promos where John Waters introduces love and murder vignettes on CourtTV. So are these Real Tales From Darkside any good? The show is just as cheesy as you could hope from the guy who made Divine eat dog shit in Pink Flamingos.
Honest to god, the series opens with a lovely married couple. The wife turns to her new husband and says, “Now that we’re married I need you to be completely honest with me – Do I look fat in this dress?” As if a size 8 actress playing “plus size” wasn’t insulting enough, the lady has to be that fucking down on herself to ask such a stupid question while standing on an altar? The cheese continues with Walters catching the bouquet like the diva he is. If it were anyone else, I probably wouldn’t tolerate this lunacy.
The majority of the male and female characters are played as stereotypes. The women are little more than boring housewives or sluts that fuck their way in and out of murder schemes. Considering these stories are based on real people that most likely have serious psychological disorders, going a tad deeper with the source material should have been easy. But some episodes are directed by a guy who spent a good deal of his career working on tacky day soaps like The Bold and The Beautiful. ‘Nuff said.
Continue reading ‘‘Til Death Do Us Part (aka Love You to Death) Season 1 Review’
Published by wil June 12th, 2008
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Check out our exclusive clip (below) from tonight’s episode of Fear Itself: Spooked Directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) and written by Matt Venne (White Noise 2: The Light). While on a stake out in a haunted house, a private eye (Eric Roberts, NBC’s Heroes) is made to confront the demons of his past. Jack Noseworthy (Judging Amy), Cynthia Watros (Lost) and Larry Gilliard Jr. (The Wire) also star.
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This may be the show that makes me get a TV again. VH1 who has brought us great shows like: Charm School Girls and Flavor of Love has “greenlighted ‘Scream Queens,’ a series from Lionsgate that will gather 10 unknown actresses to compete for a “major” role in a horror movie from Lionsgate Films,” reports the Hollywood Reporter.
Horror Yearbook has been taking a second look at the Women in Prison genre in our The Lost Art of Women in Prison Filmmaking section, but we never thought we would ever see it on TV.
Robert Rodriguez is shopping around a television show called Women In Chains. Horrormovies.ca reports that the series will feature; “”Sadistic Guards, Cafeteria Hosedowns, Mud Wrestling, and Violent Vendettas,” and that Rose McGowan will star.
Published by wil May 27th, 2008
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NBC’s Fear Itself and director Breck Eisner sent us an exclusive clip from The Sacrifice, check it out after the jump. The Sacrifice premieres June 5th — written by Mick Garris (Riding the Bullet, Amazing Stories), from a story by Del Howison (Dark Delicacies). Breck Eisner (Creature from the Black Lagoon 2009) will direct. When four criminals find themselves stranded in an old, snow-covered fort, they slowly discover both the fort and the seductive trio of sirens who reside there are filled with deadly secrets. Jeffrey Pierce (The Nine), Jesse Plemons (NBC’s Friday Night Lights), Stephen Martines (Port Charles), Rachel Miner (Californication) and Mircea Monroe (Drive) star.
Published by wil May 19th, 2008
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Showtime’s very popular TV show Dexter is gearing up for its third season this October (2008). Here are a few posters (after the jump - poster on left is from season 2) for the upcoming season. If you have not seen the first two seasons or read the books, do yourself a favor and do so. Especially read the books!
All the horror websites (including us) published a list of the order, that the the episodes for NBC’s new show Fear Itself, were supposed to air, but it seems like it was wrong. Here are the first three episodes, along with the actual air dates and synopsis.
Published by wil May 8th, 2008
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You can check out our Fear Itself Episode Guide here, but inside is a list of what order the episodes will air. Fear Itself begins on Thursday, June 5th:
Published by wil March 14th, 2008
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The CW just brought in The Evil Dead’s Sam Raimi, reality vet Jay Bienstock, and Raimi’s Ghost House Prods. partner Robert Tapert to produce eight episodes of the tentatively titled reality TV show 13 (originally called House of Horrors) for their network this summer.
Published by wil March 5th, 2008
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NBC is releasing their new 13-episode suspense and horror anthology series, Fear Itself (Episode Guide) on Thursday, May 29 at 10pm. Just in time to clear their summer schedule for their complete coverage of the Beijing Olympics begins (China Bans Horror Films for Olympics).
Published by wil March 4th, 2008
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Here is a list of directors, writers, actors and an episode guide for Fear Itself, NBC’s new 13-episode suspense and horror anthology series from Lionsgate. The bad news is that it is on NBC and not cable, the good news is that its a pretty good collection of directors and writers.
Published by wil December 24th, 2007
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I caught this in my ET Weekly, in the ew.com poll section. CBS is thinking, and I said thinking of airing an edited version of Dexter if the writer strike continues. It worked with Sex and the City, and I think that may have been a little racier than Dexter. So what does this mean? If you cannot afford Showtime and cannot afford to rent or buy the DVDs, you are one broke ass bitch, who may be able to finally watch Dexter on regular TV. Start praying for that strike to last.
Published by wil November 29th, 2007
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Erik King (Sergeant James Doakes), star of the Showtime TV show Dexter, spilled the beans on Fangoria Radio that there are plans for a Season 3.
Published by wil November 24th, 2007
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We should of known with how many years it took to get Freddy vs. Jason finished, and with the vampire Michael Bay attached to a Friday the 13th remake, that our previous report (Read Here) about Jason Voorhees making an appearance on the TV show Supernatural would not happen.
Published by Molly Celaschi October 26th, 2007
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Bravo will air the specials “100 Scariest Movie Moments” and “Even Scarier Movie Moments” this weekend and all day October 31st.
