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Alex Winter Shares Previously Unseen Creature Concept Art from ‘Freaked’

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Back in 1993, the black comedy Freaked (which was originally conceived as a horror film) was too weird for wide release, but the film has gone on to become a cult favorite. Set inside of a freak show, Freaked is loaded with crazy creature effects, brought to the screen by the combined talents of Steve Johnson, Tony Gardner and Screaming Mad George.

Bill & Ted star Alex Winter co-wrote and co-directed Freaked, and Winter took to Twitter last night to share some creature concept art you definitely haven’t seen before!

Went into the Freaked files and pulled some material from concept, prep and shoot,” Winter tweeted. “All started when & I wrote a first draft with Gibby Haynes from Butthole Surfers, then got concept designs by Screaming Mad George.”

The art even showcases a creature that was cut from the movie when it evolved from horror movie to comedy, described by Winter as “an evil ancient baby named Abishag.”

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.

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