Krampus
Released by Back Lot Music, 2015
27 Tracks with a total running time of 78 min.
Music by Douglas Pipes
Author Archives: Jon Kitley
Interview: Douglas Buck & John Freitas
This interview was conducted at the Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors in Chicago, back on Feb. 24th, 2008, by Aaron Christensen.
Kitley’s Krypt: How did you two know each other?
Turkey Day 2015
Welcome to our 13th Turkey Day Marathon, where a growing number of crazy cinephiles gather together to feast on what we like to call turkeys. These are the ones that while they tried hard to make a good film, just missed the mark. Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to be entertained by them. We were…and then some.
Grindhouse Releasing Pieces Bluray
We all know the incredible job Grindhouse Releasing has done with their releases, putting more time and care into some of these cult movies that most people wouldn’t give two seconds to. And they are still add it, with this Blu-ray release of Juan Piquer Simón’s uber slasher flick Pieces. But this isn’t just the movie, but a 3-disc set with a plethora of extras. For those of you who picked up their special 2-dsic DVD set years ago, you will still want to add this edition to your collection. If you missed out on that one, now is your chance to redeem yourself!
Abominable Soundtrack Review
Abominable
Released in 2006, by Aleph Records
21 Tracks, with a running time of
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography Book Review
Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography
By Tom Johnson & Deborah Del Vecchio
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc., 1996. 410 pages.
Mystery Photo 12-7
If you didn’t get our last photo, or even have a clue, don’t feel bad. It seems we stumped most of you with that one. Which really is a good thing since it means that a lot of you just might have another movie to add to your “must see” list. The film is the 1972 Italian film Night of the Devils (aka La notte dei diavoli). It is a take off of the Wurdulak tale, like in Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath, and is one that I think is worth seeking out. Plus, it has a great score by Giorgio Gaslini!
We only had three correct answers sent in, which I have to give extra kudos to since this was a tough one. So a high praise goes out to Chris Kuchta, Mike Tutino, and Tom White. Well done, indeed!
So here is this week’s photo, which might be a bit more familiar than our last one. But can you remember which title it is from???
Remember, please don’t post your answer here, but send me an email at jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good luck!
Condemned Soundtrack Review
Condemned
Released by Lakeshore Records, 2015
14 Tracks with a total running time of 27 min.
Music by Daniel Davies and Sebastian Robertson
If a computer dreamed, I think this soundtrack would be what it sounded like. Using mainly an electronic based sound for this, Davies and Robertson are still come up with a wide variety of sounds throughout the score. Some of them are dark and creepy, almost like a futuristic film noir feel to it, using what sounds like feedback, or some sort of distortion. While other tracks, like the second half of the 3 track Hub To Dream, has a little keyboard theme in their briefly to give it a little bit of a feeling.
70s Monster Memories
Since references books are apparently on their way out, what better time to pick up this new one that sets out to show the younger audience a much different time of being a horror fan, as well as for us that grew up in that decade, something to spark a lot of amazing memories.
The publishers of the UK’s We Belong Dead has recently put a book entitled 70s Monster Memories. This thing is 400 pages of just what the title says, monster memories from a decade that I remember very well. Since I was born in 1965, the 70s is where my own passion for horror was born. With over 70 essays talking about everything from fanzines, horror vinyl, monster magazines, movie tie-in books and so much more! There is even a few articles on some of the names behind a few of the horror reference books that birthed a generation of monster fans; names like Alan Frank and Denis Gifford. The contributors consist of people like Tim Greaves, Troy Howarth, Dustin Jablonski, Stephen Jacobs, like Hammer scholars Richard Klemensen and Wayne Kinsey, and many others.
This softcover edition will be available on the 20th of this month, but they are taking pre-orders now, even at a discounted price. The cover price is £35 plus £5 postage UK, but the sale price is only £30 + postage. They are taking orders for US delivery, but obviously postage will be a bit higher.
Just head over to their website HERE for all the ordering information.
“The internet has killed reference books.”
Uh….what?
In a recent post on the blog Brutal as Hell, there was a book review for an ebook called Modern Horrors: An A to Z of Horror Movie Reviews 2000-2015 by Scott Weinberg, and that above quote was the opening line. You can see the post HERE. This isn’t meant as a slam towards the author, the site, or the book they’re reviewing. I enjoy BaH’s site and go there often. This really isn’t anything to do with the book review itself, but really just the author’s first paragraph. Right after making the statement about the internet has killed reference books, he justifies that statement by saying that you can get whatever information from the internet, so basically why the need for a book, saying “if you need more detailed information then you might just turn to Wikipedia.”
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