Curiouser and curiouser, sketches from Burton’s Alice in Wonderland!
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror Animation
Greetings and Salutations.
I for one am fanging for March to hurry up and get here! With March comes the release of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which is one of my most anticipated films of the year.
So to tide you over during the long month of February I discovered these little beauties on Facebook for all the world to see. These are sketches created by the great man himself, detailing some of the characters, my favourite being The Red Queen. Just a little heads up, if we play Alice In Wonderland I am sooo The Red Queen!
If you like these sketches, Burton has also released a book of his artwork, which I received as a birthday gift from some delightful friends of mine! You can purchase it on his website.
For you lucky ducks living in or around New York I will personally spank you if you do not go and see his collection at the Museum of Modern Art, I am still living in hope the collection will travel the oceans to come Down Under!
Ms Harker.
Tags: Horror, Horror Animation, Horror Films
Mad In Italy… Hai paura?
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror Films
Greetings and Salutations.
Or more appropriately Buongiorno a Tutti. My Italian is a little rusty!
It seems that 2010 may be the year of renaissance for Italian horror, not unlike 2009 was for the French. The last Italian horror film I saw was ‘La Terza Madre‘ or ‘Mother of Tears’. Directed by the famoso Dario Argento, I entered into the viewing experience with anticipation. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The supernatural was there just with a little too much boobs and 70’s style bush (or in these parts we refer to it as a ‘map of Tassie’) for me. While on the topic of the bush in horror how come we never get any disco balls? Always with the bush, maybe something to address in Women in Horror Month (which starts February)? But I digress.
Can Mad In Italy bring us some disco balls? Well no, but it looks like it can bring some great scares, in a modern context. Shock Til You Drop indicated the director Paolo Fazzini feels the film addresses the current financial crisis, home loans, crooked politicians and a young maniacal serial killer. Who said horror can’t be both blood soaked and social commentary? Check the trailer below. Forza Italia!
Ms Harker
Lucky she's buried in bones so we don't have to see her 'Map of Tassie'!
Tags: Horror, Horror Films
Potty mouthed girls make me smile!
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror Films
Greetings and Salutations.
I stumbled across this trailer yesterday whilst browsing the tre` chic horror zine site Scars. It is from the upcoming film Kick Ass which stars Nicholas Cage and that McLuvin dude… The plot is summarized on IMDB as follows:
“Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.”
Now this film does not appear to have any exclusive link to horror, however the character in the trailer Hit Girl is definitely a girl after my own heart. A girl who can cuss with style and handle her weapons. Have a look and start your weekend of with a bang c*#&s!
Ms Harker
Tags: Horror, Horror Films
