First look! Lee Hardcastle's 'Spook Train 3D' - his FIRST full length claymation film!

 

“Three kids discover the remains of the legendary Spook Train, they’re about to experience why it was shut down by a moral panic. It’s a dark ride with an even darker sense of humor.”

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If you've heard of Lee Hardcastle, chances are that you've seen 'ABCs Of Death' and are familiar with his short skit called 'T Is For Toilet'. [classy, I know.] It has blood, violence, cursing, and more than anything it was fucking brutal- especially for a claymation short. If you were to check out his Youtube channel [check it out here!], you'd find that he also does a bunch of other shorts- mainly based on horror films such as The Thing, and Evil Dead II ! However, now Hardcastle is preparing for the next big step: to make his first full length feature and it's going to be in full claymation style! [fucking awesome, if you ask me!] It's not going to be easy to make, [I can only imagine how long 'T is For Toilet' took to make..] so he has set up a Kickstarter project to get fans to help with financing the film [click here to donate/buy a ticket!]; the name of this film is none other than 'Spook Train 3D' ! In a video with Lee Hardcastle himself, he claims it's going to be an anthology film and that 'Spook Train 3D' is described as “the world’s first feature length claysplotation.”- which I think is going make this film even more fun than it already looks! [I love me some anthologies!]

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Don't forget about Lee's 'T is For Toilet' either! [watch that short here]

Not much has been said about the release of Spook Train, but I urge you to donate even a little sum of money to the film's cause, cause it's looking fucking great!  The trailer [which I've posted below for your viewing purposes] shows us that it'll be a typical Hardcastle short [or in this case; full length film] filled with blood, guts, and violence like you wouldn't believe - and all in 3D!

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It's time to get sloppy! Human Centipede III reveals it's first image [& a little bit of plot]!

 

NOTE: This may be considered slightly older news, but I've been working like crazy [and will continue to over the weekend] so I haven't had a chance to talk about it. However, I don't wanna stall so let's start where I intended to a few days back! Can you believe we're actually at the Final Sequence of the Human Centipede films? I feel like it was only yesterday that I came home with the first film ['First Sequence'] in my hands, wondering why these films were considered so gruesome/depraved. I remember thinking that the film wasn't nearly as bad as everyone said- that it wasn't even close to as gross as I thought [It felt more psychological].. until I saw Full Sequence; the second in the trilogy. Human Centipede 2 upped everything from the first one: from more gore, to more disturbing content; to more people in the 'centipede' line-up! [I'm pretty sure they went from 3 in the first film, to something like 15 in the sequel]

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Now we have the third and Final Sequence in the film series, and not much was known [until now]: we knew that it’s set in “an American maximum security prison in the middle of the desert” and that the main two actors from the first two films would be returning [so.. a maniac doctor in the first film, and a psychotic mute- from the second?] 'Plot-wise I won’t share details yet,'  Tom Six, [the director/writers of the films] has said in interviews, 'but if you let your imagination run wild you might get ideas..' What this means, I couldn't tell you [I remember also reading something about a 500 person centipede? hmm...] But be fully aware that Six has also laid claim that Human Centipede:Final Sequence is “certainly not as gross” as the two previous films. [wait. ..seriously?]

 

[new picture for the finale! we have the mute, on the left- who seems to be speaking..with a Hitler stache. and the doctor on the right..- as a German cowboy??]

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 Tom Six has revealed a little bit more plot than imagined though, by saying that “it will be the most controversial one politically-wise,It will have a lot of self-mockery and will be the most darkly comical of the three. Parts 1 and 2 have a very European feel. Part 3 is very American with the highest budget, a big movie score, widescreen and an XXL human centipede.” Does this mean that it's going to be as gruesome as the other two? It seems most likely not [I know; boo!], but it is the finale; so naturally, I'll find myself watching it. Will it be worth it? I doubt it. But I can't say anything until I actually see the film- regardless if I enjoy myself or not. [it's set to be released sometime this year: whenever that happens..]

 

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Rob Zombie teams up with an 'American Psycho' for a Charles Manson mini series?

 

If you haven't heard already, Variety officially released news [on Thursday night] that American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis and Rob Zombie – who we all know wrote/directed House Of 1,000 Corpses, Devil’s Rejects, and [the disappointing] Lords Of Salem – are officially working with a company known as "Alcon Television" to create a new project for Fox that will be about the people and the connecting  events connected to the Manson Family murder spree that took place back in August 1969. This news has been long coming, because I remember when Zombie had said that he is making a new series "that will be like, but not connected to, The Devil's Rejects". I remember when I first saw The Devil's Rejects and I felt awe, shock, [and mainly] amazement that he was willing to go this far with a 'family' that went around killing for the sake of killing; and [assuming you've seen the film: spoilers] ultimately- the 'Firefly' family got what was coming to them. Was The Devil's Rejects loosely based on the Manson murders? I couldn't tell you; but the concept is pretty similar. Therefore, makes sense that Rob Zombie would direct a [mini]series based around the Manson murders.

 

[The main 'family' in The Devil's Rejects; coincidence?]
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 So when are we getting this Manson Family TV show? It may take a while, as it aims to tell converging stories of people and events leading up to and then also after the murders, from shifting it's point of view. [which I assume means that we'll see the point of view of the people affected; and of the killers.] It's planned to be released as a multi-part series, but at this moment in time, it's [really] far away from receiving a green light, due to it's obvious graphic nature. I think this series is gonna be fantastic when released, especially considering my interest in the Manson killings; I just hope we're not waiting too long. I mean, I'm still waiting for Rob Zombie's Tyrannosaurus Rex [as seen below] and that was supposed to be released fucking 5 years ago! [soon, Warren.. soon.]

 

{FUN FACT: Charles Manson was sentenced to death in 1971, but his sentence was then changed to life in prison when California abolished the death penalty the following year. He has since been denied parole more than 12 times!}

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