April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama

February 19, 2023 by Jon Kitley in Movie Events and tagged April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama, Chopping Mall, DVD Drive-In, Maniac, Maniac Cop, Riverside Drive-In, Silent Madness, Silent Night Deadly Night, Slumber Party Massacre II, Sorority House Massacre, Toolbox Murders | Leave a comment

For those fans of slasher films, this is one weekend you might want to plan on heading out the Riverside Drive-In in Vandergrift, PA. Over Friday and Saturday nights, Aril 28th & 29th, you’ll have the opportunity to see 8 classic slasher films on the big drive-in screen! There are some classic titles in there, as well as some rarities that will probably be the first chance of you seeing them on the big screen! Below are the titles listed for each day, along with all the other details. We’ve been there a couple of times and it is always a blast.

Love Live the Drive-In!

Soundtrack Review: Maniac (2012)

December 5, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Soundtrack and tagged Maniac, Rob, Robin Coudert | Leave a comment

Maniac (2012)
Released by Hamburger Records 2013
16 tracks with a total running time of 35 min.
Music by ROB

When this remake was first announced, most fans (including me) were scratching their head, wondering once again why are they bothering remaking a classic, trying to replicate the incredible performance given by the late, great Joe Spinell. But it happened. And no one was more surprised than me on how good it actually was. One of those elements that helped it break that “shitty remake” barrier was the music. Continue reading →

Soundtrack Review: Maniac (1980)

June 14, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Soundtrack and tagged Jay Chattaway, Joe Spinell, Maniac | Leave a comment

Maniac (1980)
Released by Intermezzo Media
16 Tracks with a Total Running Time of 32 min
Music Composed and Conducted by Jay Chattaway

There is really nothing about this film where it doesn’t go above and beyond. And Chattaway’s score is another prime example of that. For a film as brutal and disturbing at it is, the music fits perfectly. As score starts out with the Main Title, it almost sounds like a sweet lullaby, or music box. But as the score progresses to the very next track, Apocalypse New York, we can feel the darkness seeping in. By using different instruments and even strange sounds, it starts to build that feeling of uneasiness. Continue reading →

Savini – The Biography

September 11, 2019 by Jon Kitley in Book News and tagged AM Ink Publishing, Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Maniac, Prowler, The Burning, Tom Savini | 2 Comments

Savini Biography You can’t be a horror fan and not know who Tom Savini is. It really is simple as that. Growing on horror in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Savini was simply a god to us fans. We knew that if he worked on a movie, it was going to be worth going to see, on that fact alone. And he never disappointed. Just look at this filmography from that time. Friday the 13th, The Burning, Maniac, Prowler, and the list goes on and on. Over the years, fans idolized Savini because he even though he was a master in the special makeup effects world, he was also just like us… a fan.

Now we will get to read a little more in depth about this master of makeup effects, actor, director, and so much more, with the release of his biography, simply titled Savini.

Released by AM Ink Publishing, it will come out on Nov. 3rd, which just happens to be Savini’s 73rd birthday! There is a Limited First Edition Signed by Savini that is priced at $99.99. There is also a regular Limited First Edition that is $74.99. Or you can get it from Amazon priced at $59.99. It is 212 pages, and filled with over 400 images from Savini’s work and career. Truly a must for all horror fans. Our movie memories just wouldn’t be the same without Tom.

Full Lineup for Midway’s Dusk-to-Dawn Horrorfest

August 30, 2017 by Jon Kitley in Movie Events and tagged Aliens, Day of the Dead, From Dusk Till Dawn, George Romero, Halloween II, Maniac, Midway Drive-In | Leave a comment

Over at the Midway’s website, they have the final lineup posted for this year’s Dusk-to-Dawn horrorfest and it is a beauty!

Originally announced at their show, one of the titles were going to be Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, but that is no longer showing on their lineup. But they still have some other great classics in there. They had already posted that they would be screening James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) and Romero’s Day of the Dead (1985), but now have announced what the other two features are going to be.

Halloween II (1981), the one that I would consider the best of all the Halloween sequels, and one that I still think holds up rather well these days, will be the second feature in the lineup, right after Aliens.

Halloween-II

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