the shining and rob zombie! a very good tuesday.

this past tuesday was an extra exciting one for me. not only did rob zombie's live cd, entitled simply zombie live, come out, but a 2-disc special edition of my-favorite-movie-of-all-time-ever, the shining, also came out. i hurried out and bought both the moment i got off of work.



the rob zombie live album is nothing short of amazing. the sound quality is excellent, the music kills, as always, rob's voice sounds so awesome, even though i can't figure out for the life of me how he screams like that the whole show; just a great album. hopefully a live dvd will follow shortly as well. zombie and the band cover lots of ground in this set. you hear songs from white zombie's la sexorcisto and astro creep: 2000, and songs from all three of rob's solo records. here is a complete track listing:

sawdust in the blood
american witch
demon speeding
living dead girl
more human than human
dead girl superstar
house of 1000 corpses
let it all bleed out
creature of the wheel
demonoid phenomenon
supercharger heaven
never gonna stop (the red, red kroovy)
black sunshine
superbeast
devil's rejects
the lords of salem
thunderkiss '65
dragula



as for the shining, i thought i had all i was ever going to get for this movie, with the dvd release in 2001 that had a great documentary shot by stanley kubrick's daughter, vivian kubrick. this release, along with it being presented in widescreen format, adds a second disc with three additional featurettes: view from the overlook: crafting the shining, the visions of stanley kubrick, and interview with wendy carlos, composer. i usually don't get excited about all the so-called bonus footage on dvds these days, because it usually takes up an extra hour of my precious sleep time after the movie is over, and i don't hardly ever get anything from it except maybe a few minor laughs. with this, though, i could watch 10 extra hours of bonus footage and never tire of it.

i won't talk about the movie itself - if you haven't seen this, climb your sorry self from under your rock and watch it as soon as possible. i mean, come on, halloween is right around the corner, so you should be loading up on all the scary movies you can get your hands on. you can even borrow my old dvd copy (are you kidding, of course i am not getting rid of that one - it is full-frame!). i will be watching this as soon as i have nearly 4 hours of spare time to watch all of it at once. i can't wait!

halloween remake - oh man!

august 31st marks the theatrical release of rob zombie's remake of the classic horror movie 'halloween'. if you have seen any of rob's other movies, you will know that this will be a killer remake. it stars a few people that appear in his other movies, such as his lovely wife, sheri moon zombie, danny trejo, and lew temple.

any fan of good ol' classic horror movies from the 70's, such as 'the texas chainsaw massacre' or 'the amityville horror' will certainly appreciate mr. zombie's vision. not only is he an excellent director, but you can tell he is a rabid fan of horror.

his past movie's, 'house of 1000 corpses' and 'the devil's rejects' were both instant classics in my library, and i still watch them frequently. the viewer tends to grow to sympathize with the characters, no matter how evil, rude, and brutal they may be. i have no doubt that the same will happen with this remake of 'halloween' (well maybe i will sympathize with the 10-year-old michael myers).

i will definitely be there opening weekend with my friend, chris, as we have made a sort of unspoken tradition of seeing mr. zombie's movies in the theatre as soon as we can both be there. in the meantime, while you, chris and i are waiting for that day, watch the trailers over and over again.

for an alternate trailer, click here. woo hoo!!!!!