The name Sam Raimi can mean different things to different people. Probably best known by mainstream audiences as the director of the three Spider-Man films released during the last decade, Raimi has dipped his toe into several different movies in various ways over the last thirty years including 2009′s (some would say return to form) Drag Me to Hell, the female-lead western The Quick & The Dead, the Kevin Costner… Read More »
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Troma Time Part 3: Surf Nazis Must Die & What The Future Holds For Troma
We now move onto release number three, the 1987 film Surf Nazis Must Die. Directed by Peter George, the story concerns a group of neo-Nazis who control the beaches around California after an earthquake caused the coastlines to crumble. After killing an Afro-American jogger named Leroy, Leroy’s elderly mother arms herself with a stash of weapons and takes to the beaches to have her revenge on the ultra right-wing surfers…. Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Jaws Parts 1-4
It’s been a long time coming but this month sees the release of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws on Blu-ray, so we here at Eat Sleep Live Film thought it would be a good time to take to the high seas and have a trawl through all four films in the series – for better or for worse… Jaws (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1975) Adapted from Peter Benchley’s 1973 novel of… Read More »
DVD Review: Dragon Wasps
How does this sound – ‘Predator meets Eight Legged Freaks in this terrifying jungle terror’, as quoted from the press release? Sounds like something to pass the time in a manner to which we’re all accustomed, does it not? Naturally, this is low-budget, SyFy stuff featuring nobody you’ve ever heard of but giant beasties in a jungle setting is always going to be a winner… isn’t it? On the trail… Read More »
DVD Review: Bereavement
When the press release of a new horror film promotes it as being up there with Psycho and Halloween then there’s certainly a lot to live up to. Director Stevan Mena’s 2004 film Malevolence gained itself a bit of a cult following so a prequel was always going to arouse a little bit of interest, but even if you’ve never seen Malevolence it isn’t a problem as Bereavement is self-contained… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: Critters Parts 1-4
It seems that after the success of the Steven Spielberg/Joe Dante project Gremlins in 1984, mischievous little creatures were the order of the day. Several copycat films were released over the preceding years, such as Ghoulies and Hobgoblins, but probably the most obvious and popular was Critters, a loving homage to 50s sci-fi and monster B-movies that spawned three sequels and became a sizeable hit on VHS. So join us… Read More »
Troma Time: Part 2 – Class of Nuke ‘Em High & Combat Shock
The Toxic Avenger established Troma’s self-made trademark of going against the mainstream grain, so much so that their next project would push the boundaries of taste even further, whilst still pushing that all-important social/political angle. Class of Nuke ‘em High was Troma’s follow-up project to The Toxic Avenger and could well be considered the definitive Troma film, in some ways more than The Toxic Avenger itself. With a plot involving… Read More »
Review: A Night in the Woods
A Night in the Woods is a low-budget, found footage horror very much in the style of The Blair Witch Project. The review could end there really, as now you pretty much know what you’re going to get, and if the comparison to The Blair Witch Project seems a little lazy and obvious then lazy and obvious it is because this film does use the 1999 genre-defining film as a… Read More »
Evil Never Dies: [REC] Parts 1-3
Just when you thought that the found footage gimmick had run out of steam, along comes another film that suddenly makes it flavour-of-the-month again. But luckily somebody actually though about what they were doing and made a handheld camera film that felt like you were immersed in the action and wasn’t complete dreck. So let us here at Eat Sleep Live Film take you on a trip to Spain to… Read More »
Troma Time – Part 1
In the first of a 3-part series, Chris Ward takes a look at the history of Troma, with exclusive insights from the big cheese himself Lloyd Kaufman. Are there any film production studios these days that have a truly identifiable style? Or more to the point, are there any that spring immediately to mind, as a quick trawl of an internet search engine will no doubt name a few that… Read More »
