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Zombie: A WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S Film?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 12-19-2007)

Rob Zombie has updated his blog with a simple question; "How many of you would like to see a full length movie of WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE SS?" The director has a three picture deal with Dimension, the first of them being the latest HALLOWEEN,...

Stoner Zombies in Roth's TRAILER TRASH?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-19-2007)

If you watched the critically praised and box office bombed GRINDHOUSE, you caught the many faux trailers featuring crazy horror scenarios at Thanksgiving, evil Werewolf women of the SS, good advice like " 'Don't' open that door" & what...

What Women Don’t Want
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-14-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another serving of Comicscape calamity, where we rise above the fray and endorse insight over insults, and wisdom over whining.  Once again, thanks to everyone for your praise and criticism in the comments secti...


Top 10 Werewolf Movies
by Josh Gordon (Fri 11-21-2008)

  Werewolves have been gracing legends and mythology even longer than vampires. Stories of shape-shifting humans turning from man to beast are rooted in ancient cultures all over the world. Movies have given these legends a face and a power that is ...

Book Buzz: Opening the DC Vault
by Tim Janson (Mon 09-29-2008)

As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies of the best fantasy literature of the year, one from St. Martin&rsq...

WRESTLING WOMEN USA / PIN-DOWN GIRL
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 02-01-2002)

At this time of introspection, as the country climbs out of the chaos of tragedy and bad stock portfolios, one man, one giant man, has come to rescue us from the despair that has swept our great nation. Who is this man you ask? Certainly not Superman, nor...

BOWANGA BOWANGA / WILD WOMEN OF WONGO / VIRGIN SACRIFICE
by Brian Thomas (Fri 04-16-2004)

When American fighting men (and women) returned from service in World War II, they returned with their horizons expanded. While our boys in Europe had some romantic adventures along the streets of Rome and Paris, commandoes of the Pacific theater got to k...


"Grindhouse"
by Brian Thomas (Fri 04-06-2007)

The Premise  One can’t really talk about the double feature movie Grindhouse without explaining what a Grindhouse is first. During the 1960s, there was a simultaneous rise in independent film production and urban decay. Inner city theaters, ...

THE WEREWOLF BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHAPE-SHIFTING BEINGS
by Dan Cziraky (Wed 03-22-2000)

Following on the heels of THE VAMPIRE BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNDEAD comes Brad Steiger`s THE WEREWOLF BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHAPE-SHIFTING BEINGS. There hasn`t really been a decent book on werewolves in a long time, and Steiger massive tome is ...

Cronenberg's latest
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-14-2006)

A handful of DVD labels specialize in multi-film budget packages, and this week we've listed a bunch of new ones from a label that relies on them almost exclusively, Mill Creek (formerly Treeline), and their new Pendulum imprint, which features more recen...

Wayne’s World
by Brian Thomas (Tue 05-08-2007)

Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!   SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...


DVD & VHS This Week: August 6
by John Thonen (Tue 08-06-2002)

THIS WEEK'S NOTEWORTHY NEW RELEASESTHE ANTICHRIST (a.k.a. THE TEMPTER) comes [IMG2R]to us from the good old days of rat ridden, derelict dwelling, sticky floored theaters which ran delightfully depraved Italian rip-offs of U.S. made hits in a desperate bi...

S.S. Astro Vol. #1
by Greg Hackmann (Fri 11-07-2008)

S.S. ASTRO is funny enough in spots to make me wish it could be consistently funny. Creative Talent:Writer/Artist: Negi BannoTranslated By: Stephen PaulAdapted By: Stephen Paul What They Say: S.S. ASTRO follows the adventures - romantic and otherwise -...

Comicscape - November 12, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-12-2003)

OPINION: Fair warning: to get in all the great responses I got this week and to close this topic, I've had to go the SOUTH PARK route and make it bigger, longer, and uncut. (Probably not the wisest phrase to use in a column primarily about women, but ther...

I Was A Composer for A Teenage Werewolf
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-07-2006)

Paul Dunlap 1983 © David Kraft Paul Dunlap provided extremely effective musical scores for a fistful of low-budget horror and science fiction pictures of the '50s and '60s including a fruitful association with producer Herman Cohen, for whom...


Pirate tie-ins ahoy
by Brian Thomas (Tue 06-27-2006)

We've got a huge list this week so let's get right to the Prize Closet. We have 2 copies of FAILURE TO LAUNCH for you, courtesy of Paramount. To enter, send one email containing your name and mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info with the word "FAIL...

Altered Lives, Altered Loves: Tiptree Award Winner Suzy McKee Charnas
by Denise Dumars (Fri 09-22-2000)

Winning the Tiptree Award for feminist science fiction caps a fascinating chapter in the writing life of Suzy McKee Charnas. Thirty years after the writing of the first book in the dystopian Holdfast Chronicles, Charnas finishes the series with THE CONQUE...

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
by Carl Cortez (Wed 10-24-2001)

One film that seems to get better and better each year is John Landis' classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Released in 1981, audiences weren't sure what to make of the film's mix of comedy and horror, but all these years later the mix proves to be jus...

Comicscape - January 25, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-25-2006)

Last week's admittedly meandering column about sex and women in popular comics didn't garner much mail, but it lit the comment section on fire. I thought that a column about everybody's favorite subject (or at least mine and Al's) would at least get me a ...


Until the Full Moon (AKA: Full Moon ni Sasayaite) Vol.#02
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Sat 06-04-2005)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Matoh SanamiTranslated by:Rie HagiharaAdapted by:What They SayWho would have thought that there was anything worse than changing into a woman on nights of the full moon? Marlo certainly didn't. But now his engagement to David...

News on the werewolf film SKINWALKERS
by Karl Schneider (Mon 06-05-2006)

James Roday, the co-writer of the upcoming werewolf film SKINWALKERS spoke recently about the upcoming film."It's finished," Roday said. "It's in the can. And it's coming out in December. We're really pumped. We're really pumped about it. It's kind of a r...

Fish Heads, Fish Heads
by Randall Larson (Thu 04-12-2007)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS  Sweden’s new film label, Fin de Siècle Media, has released a real treasure of late 70’s Eurohorror film music – Luciano Michelini’s provocative score for L’Isola Degli Uomini...

Werewolf Angst
by Michael Tunison (Wed 09-19-2001)

Mix THE HOWLING, a generous portion of TWIN PEAKS, and the occasional pinch of DAWSON'S CREEK and what do you get? If you're CBS, you hope you get a hit.Debuting this week, the genre-bending dramatic series WOLF LAKE concerns a rural American community mu...


Man-Thing Bogged by Punisher, Werewolf
by Jason Lethert (Thu 06-27-2002)

Screenwriter Hans Rodionoff recently spoke with Creature Corner regarding his work on various Marvel Comics properties, and he says that the focus has shifted a bit at Artisan films. Previously, it appeared that Man-Thing was one of Rodion...

Weekend Box Office: Mel is WHAT WOMEN WANT: EMPEROR Grooves in 4th
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 12-19-2000)

The genres two big nationwide releases, Paramounts What Women Want and Disneys The Emperors New Groove saw widely divergent results during their debut weekend. The fantasy comedy starring Mel Gibson as a male chauvinist pig who suddenly finds himself ...

DEAD again in 2007
by Brian Thomas (Tue 08-22-2006)

During a recent (well, back in June) discussion in this column about DVD Special Editions, reader mckracken shut up everybody by reminding us that Anchor Bay is the king of reissues with their many new & improved, temporarily ultimate editions of THE ...

Drive-In DVD Shopping List
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 06-21-2005)

Welcome to Summer! Our friends at Sinister Cinema have notified us of the return of their Drive-In Double Features sale this Summer. These tapes and now discs have been a favorite of mine for many years, and though I've had trouble getting some of their...


Women At Work
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 03-01-2007)

What They SayAkiyoshi\'s life fell apart when he was turned down by the sweet, passive girl he liked. Trying to start over, he gets a job on a construction crew. The women on the crew waste no time in bullying him into sex act after sex act, exhausting hi...

Paving the way for a Transformers 4th of July
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 03-27-2007)

As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing the official prequel novel to the live-action film.  Hello everyone and welcome to this Tues...

Comicscape - April 19, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-19-2006)

Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful, and welcome to another week of watching your credit card bill skyrocket like the national deficit. Yes, I'm hooked, too. So, don't feel bad. You've only got your wife to answer to. This week features the second (and much lo...

Werewolf Film Gets Under Lions Gate's SKIN
by News Editor (Fri 05-13-2005)

Lions Gate Films has acquired rights to the werewolf film SKINWALKERS. The company plans to release the film this fall. The movie is about a 12-year-old boy at the center of a battle between two warring groups of werewolves -- one sworn to protect him,...


WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: SUPERGIRL Bust
by News Editor (Wed 01-18-2006)

DC Direct has released an image and info on their WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: SUPERGIRL Bust.This limited edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.5" tall x 2.5" wide x 2.5" deep, and is packaged in a four-color box. The bust...

Women of Sci Fi
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-09-2007)

R.A. Salvatore’s The Hunter’s Blades trilogy gets a collector’s edition facelift, the Time Spiral Cycle wrenches out another installment with Planar Chaos, and two notable female SF authors get some well-deserved credit for their con...

WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: STARFIRE Bust
by News Editor (Wed 08-08-2007)

DC Direct has announced the upcoming WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: STARFIRE Bust designed by Terry Dodson and sculpted by Jack Mathews. This Starfire Bust measures approximately 6" tall x 3.75" wide x 2.75" deep and is packaged in a four-c...

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT to Jacobs
by Mike Whybark (Tue 02-25-2003)

VARIETY notes that Robert Nelson Jacobs has been assigned to script the Dimenson Films adaptation of the Marvel comic book WEREWOLF BY NIGHT.Jacobs wrote for both CHOCOLAT and THE SHIPPING NEWS. The werewolf tale focuses on a man attempting to live with h...


WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: SERIES 2: WONDER WOMAN Bust
by News Editor (Wed 05-23-2007)

DC Direct has announced the WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE line of cold-cast porcelain busts. First up in the collection will be the Wonder Woman bust, which was designed by Terry Dodson and sculpted by Jack Mathews. This Wonder Woman bust will be a limit...

Weekly Book Buzz: An Open Letter to the Mania Readership
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-25-2008)

It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the Mania readership, that this 111th edition of the Weekly Book Buzz will be my last as columnist. Due to a decrease in free time and one of those unfortunate things called a regular job I can no long...

Knights of Ramune
by Jonathan Hertzog (Mon 06-30-2003)

The Review!Fans of VS Knight Lamune and 40 Fire will love this... and everyone else will be left scratching their heads and/or turning off their DVD players by episode 4. Audio: As a 1997 OVA series, the audio here is a well-mixed stereo soundtrack that...

Malazan Builds Momentum
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 03-06-2007)

Anne Bishop jumpstarts the Ephemera series, Craig Gardner delves into Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars’ theological motifs get the Gospel treatment in this week’s edition of the Buzz.  Goodday to all you Maniacs and glad to see yo...


Hyper Police Vol.#02
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 06-21-2005)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:MEETranslated by:David UryAdapted by:What They SayWhen Natsuki is arrested for hunting without a license, Sakura recruits Batenen and Tomy to save her partner. With business slow and everyone barely scraping by, the four decid...

Sailor Moon SS Movie: Black Dream Hole
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 08-22-2000)

What They SayThe wicked Badiyanu has come to capture all the children to gain enough power to absorb the earth into her Black Dream Hole. The Black Dream Hole is located in the center of Badiyanu’s castle and absorbs all the dream energy from the ch...

Book Buzz: Year of the Spaceship
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-04-2008)

From Star Trek’s FTL warp drive to Carl Sagan’s concentric-ringed, space-tearing Machine, spaceships have been as much a staple of science fiction as aliens or any other concept that has helped define the genre. Within the fictional SF univers...

DVD Review of Icons of Horror: Hammer Films (2-Disc)
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 10-10-2008)

  Hammer Studios is notorious for being known as the studio that dripped blood. Their full color Gothic tales and scantily clad women were all the rage after Universal’s movie monsters ran their course. The studios flourished for a long time t...


Michael Jackson is a werewolf
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 05-21-2002)

It looks like the legends are true, but its confirmation coming from a British newspaper, so watch out. SCREEN DAILY, the British version of VARIETY is reporting Michael Jackson is readying to star in the werewolf flick WOLFED, which he will also produce....

WEREWOLF OF LONDON / SHE-WOLF OF LONDON
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 10-20-2001)

Universal delivers a "Wolf Man Double Feature" in their Classic Monsters series, and this one is well in keeping with the "A" and "B" feature double bills of that era. WEREWOLF OF LONDON was among a slate of pictures planned to star Boris Karloff in the w...

David Hayter Directing Sky's WEREWOLF
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 11-07-2008)

David Hayter is moving beyond the world of screenwriting and preparing for his directorial debut in Crystal Sky's Werewolf, reports the horror fans at Bloody-Disgusting. Hayter, who's known for co-writing X-Men, X2 and Watchmen and voicing Snake in Sony's...

The Women of Sin City (Tue 03-29-2005)

While the anthology ostensibly follows its male residents, Sin City would be dull indeed without its firecracker female characters. Following film noir and classic detective novel convention, the women are kicked as often as they're kissed but they give...


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'Spider-Man 2' threatens children! AND pregnant women!! (Thu 07-01-2004)

Connecticut's attorney general is threatening to entangle Spider-Man and a cereal giant in a web of litigation. Blumenthal has asked Kellogg Co. to have several cereals that contain a "Spidey Signal" toy pulled from store shelves because the toys contain ...

Wizards of the Coast New Series, Heinlein, & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 08-08-2006)

Tor Books unloads a handful of new science fiction and fantasy, Wizards of the Coast debuts a new series, and Robert A. Heinlein gets a hardcover rendition of one of his classics in this week's book buzz. Tor's James VanderMeer offers a well-rounded, epil...

Three Women of Sin City (Tue 03-22-2005)

Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, and Brittany Murphy star in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City, opening April 1st. ComingSoon.net discussed many aspects of the visually arresting movie with the women.


Stuck In The Middle: Bratt working with 2 beautiful women in 'Catwoman' (Wed 07-14-2004)

He takes on two of the sexiest women the silver screen has ever seen in "Catwoman." And when you're working with Halle Berry in black leather and a femme fatale Sharon Stone, co-star Benjamin Bratt says you better bring your A-game.

Kelly Pens Werewolf thriller BENIGHTED
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 10-16-2007)

Patrick Smith Kelly will be in charge of penning the screenplay for the adaptation of the Kit Whitfield werewolf novel, BENIGHTED, says the Hollywood Reporter. The supernatural thriller will likely be directed by Andrew Adamson who is also producing ...

Werewolf by Night Movie Update (Fri 11-18-2005)

Anonymous scooper claims that Crystal Sky plans to move forward with the 'Werewolf by Night' movie next year. Announcements to come...

'Werewolf by Night' advertisements? (Wed 04-28-2004)

Fans sends in a photo of a 'Werewolf by Night' ad running on the side of a bus in L.A. The photo was said to have been taken last March. What does it mean for the movie?


DMX tracks a WEREWOLF
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-23-2003)

There seems to be a cycle that happens every few years where there's a crop of vampire movies in development and no werewolf ones, or it's the other way around. Right now it seems we're approaching the height of the wolf craze. Wes Craven is filming CUR...

WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: BATGIRL Bust
by News Editor (Mon 09-25-2006)

DC Direct has announced their upcoming WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: BATGIRL Bust. It was designed by Adam Hughes and then sculpted by John G. Mathews.This limited edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.5'' tall 2.5'' wide a...

BSG, Star Trek, Scantly Clad Women, and More...
by Stephen Lackey (Fri 09-14-2007)

Going to conventions always reminds me a bit of going to film festivals. Every time I mention to family members that aren’t into film that my latest film is going to a festival, they always reply with “Oh so you are going to Sundance?&rdq...

'Werewolf by Night' flyer? (Thu 12-18-2003)

Superhero Hype has posted an image that's said to be promotional art for the production of 'Werewolf by Night'. Director John Fasano is attached to direct from a script by Hans Rodionoff and Robert Nelson Jacobs.


Crystal Sky gearing up to 'Werewolf by Night' (Fri 11-05-2004)

An article discussing Crystal Sky's slate of pics to shoot in the U.K. over the next six months mentions Marvel's 'Werewolf by Night' as being an upcoming project. More...

An American Filmscore from London
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-24-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Silva Screen Records has released The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection (SILCD 1178), a specially priced 2CD set with over 110 minutes of some of the greatest film music in the history of cinema, including some of...

WHAM-BAM-THANK YOU, SPACEMAN!
by Andrew Hershberger (Thu 07-19-2001)

There are space operas, and then there are space operas.While no one would ever argue that STAR WARS, STARSHIP TROOPERS, or 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY are anything more then juvenile clap trap - existing only to satiate the need for filler during the long peri...

Horrors & Hauntings
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-25-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION  A new soundtrack record label named Nicabella had made its debut with John Frizzell's excellent score for STAY ALIVE, William Brent Ball's eerie thriller about a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Sta...


Get Over Those Terrible Gifts
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 12-24-2007)

No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...

Harry Potter goes Greek…err Latin
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-26-2006)

The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...

CURSED
by Abbie Bernstein (Mon 02-28-2005)

In this case, cursed by both the full moon and tonal uncertainty ... Every new movie deserves benefit of the doubt, but when as is the case with CURSED it's entirely reshot before reaching theatres and opens without benefit of a press screening, viewers...

Midnight Sleazy Train Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 02-06-2004)

What They SayIn a crowded train, strangers often end up being too close for comfort. But for some people, being too close is a comfort. When a poor conductor witnesses the train sex phenomenon, he decides to turn it into a business. Every night after the ...


Four Women for Sam Kieth (Fri 10-15-2004)

Come February, Sam Kieth takes another step in his growing film career, and enters rarefied air for creators in any medium, as he adapts and directs Four Women for City Lights. The comic, released under the now defunct Homage imprint of Wildstorm in 2...

WEREWOLF OF LONDON & MOLE MAN
by Scott Collura (Fri 06-13-2003)

Sideshow Toy has been a classic horror fan's dream come true, thanks to their phenomenal line of Universal Studios Classic Monsters action figures. Of course, when you have a successful product line like that (was there any way these could not be successf...

Remembering Bernstein
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-26-2004)

The death last week of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, on August 18th, coming so close after that of Hollywood maestros Jerry Goldsmith (on July 21st) and David Raksin (August 9th), has robbed Hollywood of its last three connections with the film...

Two Sign Up For Werewolf Project
by News Editor (Thu 04-14-2005)

MGM and Lakeshore Entertainment have set Agnes Bruckner and Olivier Martinez to star in their werewolf film "Blood and Chocolate." The script, based on Annette Curtis Klause's novel, was written by Ehren Kruger. The story centers on a teenage werewolf wh...


Women Defend 'Sin City' Images
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 03-30-2005)

Brittany Murphy and Rosario Dawson, who appear in the upcoming comic-book film Sin City, defended the dark story's depiction of women, who are shown variously as innocents, victims, hookers or sadistic killers in an assortment of revealing costumes. "I th...

CASTAWAY Pushes WOMEN to 2nd Place
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 12-27-2000)

When the final figures were tallied, it was clearly a Merry Christmas for science-fiction, horror, and fantasy films. Although a slew of newcomers, including Castaway, reordered the Top Ten for the long Christmas weekend, genre titles remained strong, tak...

Resident Evil Returns
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-30-2007)

Arguably a much better game series than a movie franchise, RESIDENT EVIL is back with the novelization of the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction due out in theatres this fall. G’day all you Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz. We’ve got ...

DRACULA THE DIRTY OLD MAN / GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNT DRACULA
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Mon 10-14-2002)

Vampires have come a long way from the putrid, re-animated corpses of yore. Thanks to the pen of Bram Stoker, his contemporaries, and thousands of subsequent writers, the once demonic mass of decaying flesh has been transformed into a suave gentleman with...


DVD This Week: October 23rd
by John Thonen (Tue 10-23-2001)

VIDEO NEWSEVOLUTION proved Darwin wrong when it comes to movies, since director Ivan Reitman's work has de-evolved from the high of GHOSTBUSTERS to the low of this unfunny and derivative title. However, bad big budget movies don't become extinct, they jus...

Ghostbusting with Elmer Bernstein
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-15-2005)

Elmer Bernstein's work in cinema during the 1980s included quite a few youth-oriented comedies such as ANIMAL HOUSE, STRIPES, TRADING PLACES and others, many of which have been produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by John Landis, filmmakers with whom Ber...

DVD This Week: June 4
by John Thonen (Tue 06-04-2002)

VIDEO NEWSTheres not much on the video news front this week, so your old pal the Vidiot thought hed share with you (direct from the American Film Market) some titles which will likely be going the direct-to-video (DTV) route in the near future.RUTGER HA...

DVD This Week: August 13
by John Thonen (Tue 08-13-2002)

VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o...


Photos from ManiaFest Day Three - and the Masters of Horror speak!
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Thu 09-25-2003)

Day three of ManiaFest started early with a Masters of Horror Panel, featuring emerging talent and established filmmakers. The panel consisted of Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Rob Zombie and Eli Roth with the moderator being Cinescape's Editor-i...

Counting Blood with Glenn Danzig
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-22-2007)

Most people know Glenn Danzig through his 30-year musical career. From the Misfits to Samhain to Danzig, he has remained a pioneering force in dark rock. His discography includes everything from cacophonous, yet catchy hardcore punk to 1950&rsqu...

Who Digitized Roger Rabbit?
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 03-25-2003)

Got a long list this week, so lets dive right on in!SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKFrom the beginning, Walt Disney promoted the image of his breakthrough cartoon character Mickey Mouse as an actor who appeared in a series of successful short musical comedies. Gary...

Video Madness Returns to the Web
by John Thonen (Tue 06-19-2001)

Im baaaaack! Risen from the pixel graveyard that was once Fandom.com, here is the latest reincarnation of Vidiocy, and you are present for the grand event. Dont you feel honored? Our aim is to be the best video column on the net. We will be taking a wee...


Comicscape - November 5, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-05-2003)

OPINION: Yes, you heard me right: "Part One." The response to my question about why there aren't enough female superheroes in their own books and what should be done about that problem was tremendous - and I finally got a goodly number of responses from f...

Where’s My Dance with Dragons?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 10-29-2007)

Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran...

A Conversation with Author Laurell K. Hamilton
by Denise Dumars (Fri 12-15-2000)

It is a sunny Sunday afternoon behind the Orange curtain as I watch a young girl ascend the escalator at Barnes & Noble. She wears a crushed velour dress and velveteen cat ears. I know she is headed right for us, for a were-kitty must be a Laurell K. Hami...

Vandread Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 01-28-2002)

What They SayBrand new animation from GONZO, the studio that created BLUE SUBMARINE NO.6 and GATE KEEPERS! Women are Monsters! For generations, the men of the planet Tarak have waged a valiant war of survival against their fierce enemies of the planet Me...


OUT OF THIS WORLD
by J.A. Hitchcock (Wed 10-17-2001)

I was stuck at Denver International Airport, all out of things to read and my eye caught the cover of this book. When I saw Laurell K. Hamilton's name on the front (she wrote OBISIDIAN BUTTERFLY which I previously reviewed and loved), I bought it. I found...

DVD This Week: May 28
by John Thonen (Tue 05-28-2002)

VIDEO NEWSMGM will make the small army of John Carpenter fans happy this summer when they finally bring J.Cs semi-classic ghost tale THE FOG to DVD. Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Atkins will be onboard with Rob Bottins waterlogged ghosts. T...

Michelle Rodriguez Talks RESIDENT EVIL
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 03-15-2002)

As one of two female leads in the new film RESIDENT EVIL, which opens today nationwide, Michelle Rodriguez is in the unique position of being a woman carrying (along with her co-star Milla Jovovich) a medium budgeted, action/horror/sci-fi movie that also ...

Richard Laymon: A Horror Writer with BITE.
by Denise Dumars (Fri 06-30-2000)

Most kids don`t know what they want to be when they grow up: not so Richard Laymon. `While I was still in elementary school, I had dreams of being a writer,` Laymon begins. `My first piece of fiction, I guess, was a report on a non-existent book I wrote f...


Discipline Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 04-06-2006)

What They SayLesson 1: Welcome to the all-girls dormitory! It felt like heaven when Takuro Hayami first transferred to St. Alcadia School with its all girls dormitory! The babes are luscious and Saori Otokawa, the caretaker, is the hottest of them all. B...

DOG SOLDIERS
by Jason Henderson (Fri 05-10-2002)

DOG SOLDIERS is a British horror-action film in which a small cadre of soldiers go in the woods and wind up staving off a hungry wave of giant wolves while the men bleed and fight from inside an isolated and vulnerable house. They count their ammunition e...

Nightmare Campus
by Giaourus Ericus (Sat 02-16-2002)

The Review!AUDIO: A+ I'm primarily using the original Japanese audio track for this review. Both the Japanese and English tracks are in Dolby Digital Stereo. Overall, a very good job, with everything clear, crisp and undistorted. In particular, the lovely...

Hell Hath No Fury
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-06-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of cutthroat Comicscape action! Late as usual, I realize the furious spell of controversy over the statue of Mary Jane Watson-Parker leaning over a laundry hamper wound down last month, but the storm ov...


Still HOWLING After All These Years
by SCOTT COLLURA (Sun 12-09-2001)

Twenty years after its release, director Joe Dante's THE HOWLING still stands as one of the most memorable werewolf movies ever made, old or newit's right up there, in fact, with THE WOLF MAN, Werewolf of London and AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. While t...

Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan Vol.#02
by Matthew Alexander (Tue 03-11-2008)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masaki SegawaTranslated by:Mini EdaAdapted by:Mini EdaWhat They SayBLOOD ON THE TRAIL With the Aizu Seven Spears on their trail, the Hori women are eager to learn to fight and avenge their men\'s deaths, so they turn to swor...

Taking Score of 2004
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-06-2005)

Another January has barged in upon our complacent consciousness, and that means it's time to take stock of the previous year's harvest of film scores. After a healthy twelve month's worth of listening and watching and reviewing here are my selections fo...

Why Are These Not on My Shelf?
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-24-2005)

Has there been a better time to be a TV-on-DVD fan? As I was sliding my newly purchased DVD set of David Greenwalt's short-lived PROFIT onto my shelf a few weeks ago, it occurred to me that they really do seem determined to put every damn show in history...


Boys, Girls and Newsprint
by Nadia Oxford (Thu 06-07-2007)

The Battle of the Sexes leaves no battleground bloodless. This week's Comicscape column references two fairly hot topics that has set the comics fandom aflame: The cover of Heroes for Hire #13, and a certain collectable statuette of Mary Jane, Spider-Man'...

New UMD shopping section
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 11-15-2005)

You may notice something different down at the bottom of the Shopping List from now on. We're going to give Universal Media Discs their own little section. I've been listing UMDs since they started selling them, but up to now I've only given them token me...

“Space Cowboys on HD DVD, X;Men: The Last Stand coming to Blu-ray soon.
by John Sinnott (Sun 11-05-2006)

Column News: With the switch over to the new site design, I thought I’d make a couple of minor changes in High Def Revue.  The most notable one is that the Blu-ray discs will be listed first in the Upcoming Discs section from now on. ...

Altered Carbon
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-03-2008)

When Brit author Richard K. Morgan first released Altered Carbon, his debut novel of hardboiled SF genius, the body-swapping detective tale met with little criticism. Winning the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Novel in 2003, the impressive sci-fi work goes...


“Aeon Flux” on Blu-ray, Blockbuster
by John Sinnott (Sun 11-12-2006)

“Kung-Fu Hustle” arrives on Blu-ray by the end of the year:  Trying to get more product out before Christmas, Sony has announced that it will release the Stephen Chow action/comedy flick Kung-Fu Hustle on December 19th.  While I ...

Sailor Moon Super S TV vol. #1
by Paul Grisham (Sat 03-02-2002)

What They SayChibi Usa dreams of a beautiful and mysterious Pegasus that becomes her friend. Meanwhile, Sailor Moon and her friends barely have time to celebrate the peace from their latest victory when suddenly, an eclipse darkens the city. The Dead Moon...

Stone Village Plans Werewolf LOBO Trilogy
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 08-12-2008)

A trilogy about werewolves? That seems to be the plan here. Scott Steindorff's Stone Village has acquired Lobo, a spec script for an action thriller by Dikran Ornekian and Ryan Colluci about a colony of werewolves in Brazil, reports Variety. Ezna Sands ha...

Two Wonder Women (Mon 02-09-2004)

SkyNews claims that Sarah Michelle Gellar is at the top of the list to play 'Wonder Woman' on the big screen but also acknowledges recent interest from former 'Buffy' player Charisma Carpenter. This article reads to us like a rehashing and overstatement o...


Spider-Man Looking For Older Women
by Michael Mason (Sat 04-27-2002)

The folks at Ad Age report that HSX Research is projecting high numbers for the upcoming Spider-Man film: approximately $213 million for the first four weeks in box office receipts. Ad Age says that Sony is targeting the over-25, female market wit...

AURORA PUBLISHING, INC. INTRODUCES LADIES COMICS IN AMERICA WITH ITS NEW LUV LUV IMPRINT (Mon 10-22-2007)

The First Three Titles of Luv Luv's Romantic and Sexy 2008 Line Up Announced! Torrance, California (October 22, 2007) ‹ Aurora Publishing, Inc. brings 'passionate manga for women' to America with their new Luv Luv imprint. Extremely popular in Jap...

Clark Kent's Other Women (Tue 01-25-2005)

Just in time for the return of Alicia Baker in Wednesday's new Smallville, KryptonSite's Russ Dimino takes a look at some of Clark Kent's leading ladies from the comics through to the Superman movie series, Lois & Clark, and Smallville...

Five for '05
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-27-2004)

Another Christmas come and gone, and I hope everyone out there managed to take in his or her federally mandated allotment of fruitcake, eggnog, and soul-crushing familial strife. Fear not, we've still got New Year's Eve to look forward to, with opportunit...


Spidey 3's Women Talk
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 07-27-2006)

Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimi's upcoming Spider-Man 3, won't tell SCI FI Wire or anyone whether the sequel will mine the love triangle among her character, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst)but adde...


Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan Vol.#03
by Matthew Alexander (Mon 09-08-2008)

Creative Talent Writer/Artist: Masaki SegawaTranslated by: Mini EdaAdapted by: Mini EdaWhat They SaySTRIKE AND COUNTERSTRIKEThe Hori women surprised everyone by defeating the deadly Tessai. But now his comrades are plotting a counterattack, with the help ...

Sailor Moon SS Movie: Black Dream Hole
by Thomas Kinnen (Mon 02-18-2002)

The Review!Sailor Moon The Movie Super S is the third of the Sailor Moon movies and the latest of the uncut releases in the US. On the video side the colors were very solid. Of the three movies this one appears the best and the quality was noticeably abo...


Through the Mists, Part I
by Stephanie Crawford (Wed 07-11-2001)

The worlds of both women's fiction and fantasy lost a great figurehead in 1999 when Marion Zimmer Bradley passed away at the age of 69. Ms. Bradley left behind many great novels, from gothic-styled works to science fiction, but she is probably best known ...

Clash of 'Wonder Women'? (Wed 03-02-2005)

According to an item in Tuesday's New York Post, the Joss Whedon is looking to lasso either 7th Heaven's Jessica Biel or Oscar winner Kim Basinger to slip into Lynda Carter's satin tights in his big screen 'Wonder Woman' flick. "Kim would be used if Wonde...

Man-Thing Director, Punisher, Werewolf Writers
by Dave Richards (Thu 02-13-2003)

The success of Spider-Man and X-Men opened a portal from the Marvel universe to Hollywood. Avi Arad, the man who oversees Marvel superheroes on their voyages to the big screen joked that the only Marvel character you shouldn't look for at the theater...

TEENAGE WEREWOLF remake coming at you
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 07-18-2002)

With as many remakes as original films being made today, it comes as no surprise the 1957 genre 'classic' I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF is getting an update. According to Hollywood columnists Marilyn Beck and Jenel Smith, the film will be produced by Michael V...


Vandread Vol. #4
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 06-28-2002)

What They SayThe Last Stand! Halfway home, the women finally get fed up and decide to throw the men in the brig. Hibiki flees with his Vanguard and discovers a fleet of spaceships with both men and women working together in harmony! Hibiki\'s initial surp...

Daiakuji: The Xena Buster Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 12-30-2004)

What They SayYamamot Akuji noticed that the world is a totally different place after his release from prison. He experiences Osaka as something very new and strange after he got out of prison. During his imprisonment, the hierarchal structure flipped upsi...

Happy Lesson Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 01-30-2004)

What They SayWhat teenage boy wouldn\'t want to spend his days surrounded by a pack of beautiful women? Chitose, that\'s who! He just moved out of the orphanage and back into his deceased parents\' house. But instead of lounging around the ultimate bachel...

Early Adult DVD Review: Women At Work (Thu 03-01-2007)

The cover artwork alone speaks volumes but the show itself has a number of surprises as we get an early look at Kitty Media\'s 03/27/2007 release of Women At Work.


Joe Dante and Mary Woronov on HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
by Steve Ryfle (Thu 10-19-2000)

In the 1980s, Joe Dante was the bomb. He had a string of cool genre-movies displaying a unique flair for melding horror, science-fiction and humorremember the newscaster turning into a werewolf on TV in The Howling or the microwave oven scene in Gremlins...

Get Revenge! KILL BILL Giveaway!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 04-13-2004)

Did ya spend your Easter holiday going through piles of receipts in an attempt to avoid paying off the entire national debt with your own tax bill? Did you only find one egg on your Easter egg hunt and it was hidden last year? Wanna get revenge? Well, we...

Good Morning, Azkaban!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 11-23-2004)

I know were coming up on a holiday, so Id like to take a moment to give thanks for the technology that gives us things like satellite TV and DVDs. But as I write this, I cant help but be distracted by something Im not thankful for incompetence. (Uh ...

June 10 June 16: Shows You Should Be Watching
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 06-10-2002)

I hate summer reruns, but as Monty Python has taught me, I always look on the bright side of life.I try to use this time to check out some shows I didn't get to watch the first time around. I mean, my TiVo can only record so much. Poor little overworked t...


Monsters Unleashed!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 10-19-2004)

Speaking of monsters, though Rise Above started an ambitious program of releasing the adventures of creature-battling wrestler/superhero El Santo on a flood of decent US discs last year, lately theyve cut back to a trickle. Meanwhile, release of the US d...

Death Watch '05
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 04-11-2005)

I was originally going to sing the praises of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA this week, but that was before this Creeping Lovecraftian Death Cold set up shop in my head and turned my respiratory system into an industrial-grade snot factory. And so, as I lay here fe...

Comicscape - July 20, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-20-2005)

I left my first experience at San Diego Comic Con behind a bit sadly. Aside from a few awkward moments with editors and comics professionals (never underestimate my ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time), I had a great time and will likely retu...

Welles masterpiece hits DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 04-26-2005)

Last week I reported on how several DVD labels were releasing Mexican genre cluster content on DVD in the USA without taking into consideration the massive English speaking audience that enjoys such classics as LA LLARONA and CASTLE OF THE MUMMIES OF GUAN...


DOCTOR WHO: THE EYE OF THE SCORPION
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 10-15-2001)

Erimem is a charming Egyptian girl - bright, inquisitive, honorable. But she's also due to be installed as Pharaoh in a very short time, and that weighs heavily on her and her people. Can a young girl assume the role of the living god? And what will happe...

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Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan Vol.#01
by Matthew Alexander (Thu 11-22-2007)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Masaki SegawaTranslated by:Mini EdaAdapted by:Mini EdaWhat They SayVOW OF VENGEANCE Seventeenth-century Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty-one brave warriors dead and most of th...

Girls Bravo Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 04-04-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mario KanedaTranslated by:Asuka YoshizuAdapted by:What They SayBoy meets girl. Boy breaks out in hives. Boy stumbles onto alien planet full of girls... Meet Yukinari Sasaki, an average high school boy who has extreme girl-pho...


THE CONQUEROR'S CHILD: Fiction Review
by Denise Dumars (Fri 09-22-2000)

The James Tiptree, Jr., Memorial Award (named for the nom de plume of the late science fiction author Dr. Alice Sheldon) is given each year for an outstanding work of role-expanding speculative fiction. On the last weekend of July 2000, during the awards ...

Gold Throbber
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 09-22-2006)

What They SayYuji is a young businessman with a penchant for groping women on the train. Unfortunately, he\'s really bad at it! Enter the dashing hero, Kazuo, the man with the Golden Touch. Touched by Yuji\'s plight, Kazuo takes him under his wing and tea...

Vandread
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 06-07-2002)

What They SayThe Universe is changing…but war remains eternal. The Terak and the Mejale Empires had been at war with each other for generations. The new era brings an escalated war front. But now, an alien threat lead a trio of Tarak refugees to wor...

Tenchi Muyo! GXP Complete Box Set (Viridian Collection)
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 03-05-2008)

What They SaySeina Yamada is your common 15-year-old boy with one uncommon ability: bad luck. He can\'t get through a day without causing serious harm to himself and those around him. So what in the universe do two gorgeous Galaxy Police officers want to ...


Blood Shadow
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 01-20-2004)

What They SayIn a fantasy world where townsfolk are being slaughtered by demons with huge sexual appetites, only one man can make things right: Rekka and his force of anti-demon warriors! Armed with swords, magic, and the power of sex, these hunters will ...

Warhol horrors come to DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-20-2005)

In the Prize Closet this week we have one copy of MALLRATS to give away. Okay, some of you may think that's extremely lame. Many folks consider MALLRATS slightly below JERSEY GIRL on the Kevin Smith filmography, and you might not think it worth opening th...

Terror in the Woods!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-20-2004)

Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that there werent any cartoon series on my list of TV series worthy of DVD seasoning a couple weeks ago. Well, thats because I have a whole separate list for animation! Enjoy!BEANY & CECIL Yeah, the