The first trailer for Breck Eisner’s remake of George Romero’s 70s plague classic, The Crazies, has finally landed online. In a terrifying tale of the American Dream gone wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown when an unknown toxin turns the citizens into homicidal maniacs. A small-town sheriff David Dutton (Tommy Olyphant) tries to maintain law and order while protecting his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell); Becca (Danielle Panabaker), an assistant at the medical center; and Russell (Joe Anderson), Dutton’s deputy and right-hand man. Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a struggle for survival as they try to get out of town alive.
The scheduled release date for the remake is February 26, 2010.
Make Up Department
Leo Corey Castellano … makeup department head
Mary Kate Gales … additional makeup artist
Chris Gallaher … key makeup effects: Almost Human Inc
Robert Hall … special makeup designer: Almost Human, Inc
Bill Johnson … additional prop bodies
Adruitha Lee … hair department head
Jonah Levy … special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc
Deborah Patino … makeup artist: Radha Mitchell
Erik Porn … special makeup effects supervisor: for Almost Human Inc.
Toby Sells … special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc.
Darnell Shepherd … hair/lab technician: Almost Human, Inc.
Diana Sikes … hairstylist: Mr. Olyphant
Betty Lou Skinner … key hair stylist
Justin Stafford … wig maker
Beka Wilson … key hair stylist
Leigh Ann Yandle … key makeup artist
Andrea Politte … additional hair stylist
Radha Mitchell
Special Effects Department
Vincent Ball … special effects technician
Kevin Carter … special effects contact lenses
William Catania … special effects technician
James Cheshire … special effects technician
Paul Damien … special effects technician
Peter Damien … special effects technician
David Fletcher … special effects coordinator
Ken Gorrell … special effects foreman
Skylar Gorrell … special effects technician
G. Heath Hood … special effects technician
Thomas Kittle … special effects foreman
Dalton Kutsch … studio technician: Almost Human, Inc
Brendan McHale … special effects technician
Randy Moore … special effects technician
Greg Oliver … special effects technician
James L. Roberts … special effects shop foreman
“Lightning Strikes” is a SyFy horror film about a small Indiana town plagued by a creature of living lightning.
Annabel Wright
“Lightning Strikes” was filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria and directed by Gary Jones, who also directed “Boogeyman 3” as well as episodes of “Xena Warrior Princess” and “Hercules: The Incredible Journey”. Jones also contributed his special effects services to “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness”. Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) stars in this horror film, and Jarrett Crippen plays Deputy Johnson. In regards to working with Kevin Sorbo, Jarrett stated in his blog –“Kevin was a great mentor and made me feel relaxed.”
George A. Romero’s latest zombie opus has been shambling about without a title for months now. Today, however, it was announced that his “untitled undead film” is now Survival of the Dead.
The film will premiere at the prestigious 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the celebrated “Midnight Madness” series, spotlighting the ten best new horror movies from around the world.
Survival of the Dead follows a war-weary band of soldiers who are lured to a remote island that promises to be the last paradise on earth, only to discover that even here there is no escape from the appetites of either the living or the dead.
Says Romero, “We’re in the final stages of post-production and it’s great to come up for air and find out the film’s been chosen to appear at the Festival. It’s just a terrific honor.”
Make Up Department Gregory Nicotero … special makeup effects producer
Patrick Baxter … special makeup effects artist
Jason Detheridge … special makeup effects artist
Iantha Goldberg … assistant makeup artist
Colin Penman … makeup department head
Sean Sansom … special makeup effects artist
If there’s one movie you absolutely must have on Blu-Ray this year, it has to be Watchmen. Just imagine those glowing blues of Dr. Manhattan popping off your television, or the dark, film noir shadows lurking on your screen as Rorschach stalks the streets of your disc. You’ve gotta have it.
It arrives both on Blu-Ray and DVD as a 2-disc Special Edition Director’s Cut in just a few weeks on July 21st. Warner Bros. has given us a sneak peek at just some of what you can expect loaded onto this disc, with a series of clips showcasing some of the film’s behind the scenes features along with flat out badass scenes that you won’t be able to live without seeing again.
Crew edited by Mark Gorelord – GoreMaster.com
Make Up Department
Anji Bemben … hair department head
Greg Cannom … special makeup designer
Rita Ciccozzi … key makeup artist
Rosalina Da Silva … makeup department head
Emanuela Daus… makeup artist
Cara Doell … assistant hair stylist
Vanessa Giles … assistant makeup artist
Celine Godeau … tattoo artist
Will Huff … special makeup effects artist
Jason James … mold/lab technician
Jim Knell … production photographer: Drac Studios
Rebecca Lee … assistant makeup artist
Carrie LeGrand … makeup production supervisor: Drac Studios
Harvey Lowry … director of operations: Drac Studios
Sharon Markell … assistant hair stylist
Mark Nieman … silicone prosthetic supervisor: Drac Studios
Geoff Redknap … special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton … tattoos
Miles Teves … makeup designer
Miles Teves … special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker … creative director: Drac Studios
Steve Winsett … special makeup effects artist
Jacqueline Robertson Cull … wig maker (uncredited)
Special Effects Department
Dan Cervin … special effects first assistant
Jerry Constantine … special effects makeup
Dan Crawley … special effects technician
Brandon Ellison … special effects technician
Brandon Engstrom … special effects technician
Janet Pearce¹ … special effects technician
Bill Fesh … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.
Damian Fisher … special effects technician
Christopher Gilman … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Chris Hampton … special effects supervisor
Nicholas Hiegel … model maker
Kelly Kerby … pyrotechnician
Alan McFarland … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Randy Pike … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Dale Shippam … special effects technician
Charles Sowles … costume specialist
Andrew Verhoeven … special effects: electronics
Adam Walls … special effects technician
Joel Whist … special effects coordinator
Brad Zehr … special effects technician
Suma Adams … seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ozzy Alvarez … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jason Barnett … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Sophia Coronado … specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Robert Kato DeStefan … body shop technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Megan Flagg … special effects technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez … mold shop supervisor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Carol Koch … sculptor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Steve Koch … sculptor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jacqueline Makkee … seaming and patching dept: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.(uncredited)
Walter Phelan … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh … prosthetic suits supervisor: Quantum Creation FX Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh … specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ray Shaffer … special effects lab technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Brett Stern … special effects costume painter: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Chris Wolters … mechanical designer: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited
Jennifer’s Body is written by Academy Award winner Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama, the film tells the story of a small-town high school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) who is possessed by a hungry demon and begins eating boys. Jennifer’s Body hits theaters on September 18th 2009.
The FX Crew:
Gregory Nicotero (Drag Me to Hell, Inglourious Basterds, The Unborn…Greg has done so much work on many great films, you should check out his credits HERE) is the special makeup effects supervisor
Monica Huppert (Snakes on a Plane, Slither, The Chronicles of Riddick) is the makeup department head
Mike Fields (Stargate SG-1, The X-Files, X-Men: The Last Stand) is the special makeup effects artist
Rory Cutler (Jumanji, Blade: Trinity, Scary Movie 3) special effects coordinator
John Sleep (Catwoman, House of the Dead, AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem) is the special effects foreman
The Tagline for this Adventure, Fantasy, Horror movie: A 1000 year old secret is about to be uncovered
The Story: Set in the Grand Canyon, a team of Smithsonian researchers have stumbled across a lost walled Aztec city guarded by some evil spirits, including a “great flying serpent of death.” As days turn to weeks, Susan Jordan, the daughter of the professor leading the expedition, assembles a team to rescue her father and his colleagues from the clutches of the ancient Aztec warriors and their horrible serpent god.
Michael Shanks stars as Jacob Thain
Shannen Doherty stars as Susan Jordan
The FX Crew:
Brant McIlroy (Catwoman, Scary Movie, Valentine) is the special effects coordinator
John L. Healy (X-Men: The Last Stand, Snakehead Terror, The House Next Door) is the special makeup effects artist
Sarah Bergeest (Impulse, Shred, Latchkey’s Lament) is the key makeup artist
The Creature Fabricators:
Alistair Bell, Howard Lau, Keith Lau, J.P. Mass, Vince Yoshida.
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The Tagline for this Adventure, Fantasy, Horror movie: A 1000 year old secret is about to be uncovered
The Story: Set in the Grand Canyon, a team of Smithsonian researchers have stumbled across a lost walled Aztec city guarded by some evil spirits, including a “great flying serpent of death.” As days turn to weeks, Susan Jordan, the daughter of the professor leading the expedition, assembles a team to rescue her father and his colleagues from the clutches of the ancient Aztec warriors and their horrible serpent god.
Michael Shanks stars as Jacob Thain
Shannen Doherty stars as Susan Jordan
The FX Crew:
Brant McIlroy (Catwoman, Scary Movie, Valentine) is the special effects coordinator
John L. Healy (X-Men: The Last Stand, Snakehead Terror, The House Next Door) is the special makeup effects artist
Sarah Bergeest (Impulse, Shred, Latchkey’s Lament) is the key makeup artist
The Creature Fabricators:
Alistair Bell, Howard Lau, Keith Lau, J.P. Mass, Vince Yoshida.
GoreMaster News is excited about the world premier of the new Horror Movie Dog on May 29!
Great tagline! “His territory is marked in blood”
The Storyline: A vast salvage yard, lies nestled in the woods, on the edge of a Mid-Western town. Owned and operated by a pair of sadistic, murderous brothers, the yard is a place of death and unimaginable horror. At night, the salvage yard is watched over, not by canines of the four-legged breed, but by “Dog”, the owners’ tormented younger brother. Warped by years of abuse at the hands of his brothers, horribly deformed by generations of in-breeding, the feral boy (more beast, than man) prowls the shadowy confines of the junk yard, slaughtering anyone foolish enough to enter after night falls.” There’s more, of course…much more!
Timothy Gates (Next Victim, Impact) is the Director, Cinematographer and Editor
Jeff Solano ( I am Legend, American Ganster, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) is the Producer
The Crew:
Vincent J. Guastini (In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale , Scary Movie 4 , Dogma) creature effects creator and supervisor
And here are your special makeup effects artist’s:
Christopher C. Bowen (Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Magic Mentah)
James Korloch (The Beacon, The Pig People, ‘The Dark Path Chronicles, Housesitter: The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain)
Katrena Mannor
Additional Special Effects by:
V.G.P. Effects And Design Studio (The Dark Path Chronicles – TV series)
On the eighth day of the Cannes Film Festival, World War II epic Inglourious Basterds is all anyone is talking about.
A violent saga about Jewish freedom fighters stalking Nazi soldiers in occupied France, Quentin Tarantino’s film receives its gala premiere later at the Palais des Festivals.
The critics have already seen it, though, with reactions ranging from qualified praise to ecstatic raves.
At a press conference this morning, however, its 46-year-old creator said he was happy to take his chances. “All the world’s film press from the planet Earth – they’re all here,” he said with typical ebullience.
“There’s something about them all being here and seeing you drop the movie, bam – everybody weighs in at the exact same time.
“It’s like the cat is out of the bag for the entire planet Earth, and I’m down with that,” the Pulp Fiction director continued.
“I am not an American filmmaker. I make movies for planet Earth and Cannes is the place that represents that.”
‘Real pleasure’
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, who plays the leader of the eponymous killing squad, said it had been “a real pleasure” to work for “an auteur” like Tarantino.
“More than anything as I get older, it’s really about the company I keep,” he said when asked what had drawn him to the project.
Making a film, he added, “takes you away from your family for months.
“So it had better be with people you respect, and it better be something that means something to you.”
“Artistically me and Brad have been sniffing around each other for a while,” smiled Tarantino.
“One of the questions I get asked a lot is ‘what actor would you like to work with?’ And Brad has always been one of the ones I’ve said.”
“Quentin came to visit at the end of the summer with the script,” elaborated his leading man. “We talked about it until the wee hours of the night.
“I got up the next morning and saw five empty bottles of wine lying on the floor and something that resembled a smoking apparatus.
“Apparently I agreed to do the movie because six weeks later I was in uniform. Go figure.”
‘Disjointed’
Critics have been generally supportive of the film, with trade paper Variety describing it as “a violent fairy tale in which the history of World War II is wildly reimagined”.
“Surprising, nutty, windy, audacious and a bit caught up in its own cleverness, the picture is a completely distinctive piece of American pop art with a strong Euro flavour.”
Screen International’s critic had reservations, however, summarising the film as “a series of long-running vignettes strung together by a slender story thread”.
“With some of the scenes running up to half an hour each, the thread of the drama is left disjointed and the focus ever-changing,” writes reviewer Mike Goodridge.
Inglourious Basterds – whose curious spelling Tarantino has refused to explain – will be released in the UK on 21 August.
And some of the Crew responsible for the great effects:
Gregory Nicotero (Kill Bill: Vol. 1,Transformers, Sin City)is the key special makeup effects supervisor
Heba Thorisdottir is the makeup department head
Grady Holder (Kill Bill: Vol. 1,The Prestige,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)is the special makeup effects artist: K.N.B. EFX Group
Gerd Feuchter (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, The Prestige, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)is the special effects supervisor
Uli Nefzer (V for Vendetta, The Bourne Supremacy, Equilibrium) is the special effects supervisor
