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[Remember This?] Paying Tribute To The Sleaziest ‘Friday The 13th’ Entry!
When director Danny Steinman died last year at the age of 70, we lost the only person who could offer firsthand perspective on what the hell it must have been like trying to govern the set of Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning. Out of all of the films in the franchise, the making of Part V was notorious for its rampant cocaine use and general bad behavior.
While I don’t have any doubt that a considerable about of screen time is devoted to this in the upcoming Crystal Lake Memories documentary (at over 6 hours, they’ve gotta spend at least 40 minutes on this one alone), it’s fun to imagine the ways in which the real life excesses bled over into the making of the film. First of all, you’ve got Demon – a guy who can sing to his girlfriend mid bowel-movement! He’s a true multitasker (with a trunk full of junk food – not a euphemism)! But that’s not all! This is a slasher movie so gloriously out if its mind that they have a non-villain character murder a chubby guy for talking about his candy bar too much. Even the boobs in the film, a normal slasher staple, somehow feel wrong. The characters at the halfway house? Mostly despicable. Our hero? A sweaty mute.
A New Beginning isn’t a movie like Jason Lives that you can put on any old time. Everything about it, from the photography on down to the killer’s reveal, makes me want to take a shower. I applaud this.
What’s your favorite moment from this weirdo installment? Also, if you live in LA remember that we’re screening the first four films on Friday to celebrate the Blu-ray release of “Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection” (you can buy the tickets here)!
In case you haven’t noticed, the public domain status of beloved icons like Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and Mickey Mouse has been wreaking havoc on the horror genre in the past couple years, with filmmakers itching to get their hands on the characters and put them into twisted situations. In the wake of two Winnie the Pooh slashers, well, Pooh is about to battle Mickey.
It’s not from the same team behind the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey films, to be clear, but Deadline reports that Glen Douglas Packard (Pitchfork) will direct the horror movie Mickey vs. Winnie for Untouchables Entertainment and the website iHorror.
Deadline details, “The film follows two convicts in the 1920s who escape into a cursed forest only to be dragged and consumed into the depths of the dark forest’s muddy heart.
“A century later, a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly venture into the same woods. Their Airbnb getaway takes a horrifying turn when the convicts mutate into twisted versions of childhood icons Mickey Mouse & Winnie-The-Pooh, and emerge to terrorize them. A night of violence and gore erupts, as the group of friends battle against their now monstrous beloved childhood characters and fight to break free from the forest’s grip.
“In a horrific spectacle, Mickey and Winnie clash, painting the woods in a gruesome tableau of blood—a chilling testament to the curse’s insidious power.”
Glen Douglas Packard wrote the screenplay that he’ll be directing.
“Horror fans call for the thrill of witnessing icons like the new Aliens and Avengers sharing the screen. While licensing nightmares make such crossovers rare, Mickey vs. Winnie serves as our tribute to that thrilling fantasy,” Packard said in a statement this week.
Producer Anthony Pernicka from iHorror previews, “We’re thrilled to unveil this unique take to horror fans. The Mickey Mouse featured in our film is unlike any iteration audiences have encountered before. Our portrayal doesn’t involve characters donning basic masks. Instead, we present deeply transformed, live-action horror renditions of these iconic figures, weaving together elements of innocence and malevolence. After experiencing the intense scenes we’ve crafted, you’ll never look at Mickey the same way again.”
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