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You Can Watch 4-Hour Documentary for Rob Zombie’s ’31’ On iTunes
In Hell, everybody loves popcorn.
Personally speaking, one of last year’s biggest disappointments was Rob Zombie’s 31, which felt like a huge step back for the man who brought us outstanding gems such as The Devil’s Rejects and The Lords of Salem. But I’ll always love Zombie, and I’m not here to bash his work. Instead, we wanted to make fans of 31 aware of something pretty cool that can be watched right now.
When 31 hit DVD and Blu-ray, it came packaged with a 2-hour doc about the making of the film, but there was also a 4-hour extended version that many fans were having trouble finding. Where the hell is it and how can you watch? We’re happy to report that the full 4-hour doc, titled In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn, can now be streamed along with the film’s iTunes purchase.
The doc, directed by Josh Hasty, actually runs 4-hours, 36-minutes long, digging deep into every aspect of the production. If you dug the film, and even if you didn’t, it’s a must-watch.
You can purchase Rob Zombie’s 31 on iTunes for $12.99; doing so gets you the film, the doc, and Zombie’s commentary. And again, this doc is NOT available on DVD or Blu-ray!
From the visionary mind of Rob Zombie comes the horrific story of five carnival workers who are kidnapped on Halloween and held hostage in a large compound. At the mercy of their captors, they are forced to play a twisted game or life or death called 31. For the next 12 hours they must fight for their lives against an endless parade of homicidal maniacs.
Two things that have proven to be pretty dependable at the box office in recent years are horror movies and Christopher Nolan movies. With Nolan’s The Odyssey absolutely dominating the box office this past weekend, many fans of Nolan’s work have been left hungry for a Nolan-directed horror movie. After all, The Odyssey does whet the appetite for Nolan nightmare fuel.
Christopher Nolan has brushed up against the horror genre in the past with 2002 thriller Insomnia, but does he have any interest in someday making a full-on horror movie?
Nolan tells the Empire Podcast in a new chat, “I’ve always been interested in doing a horror film.”
“But horror is most successful when the conceptual framework of whatever the story is is just so undeniable. I think there are very few really great horror movies,” Nolan continues.
So why hasn’t Christopher Nolan directed a horror movie yet?
He explains to Empire, “I’ve never clicked with a particular idea or concept that worked for me. I love the genre. Of all genres, it’s the most visceral. Where the direct response to the audience is the most important. That is to say, you’re trying to make people literally feel something in their bones about what’s going on on-screen.”
Nolan calls horror “a genre in which experimentation is demanded.” He explains, “I go to see a lot of horror films with my kids these days, and you’ll see things in the first half an hour, 45 minutes of any horror film that you’d never see in another genre. Risks that are taken. Dangerous approaches to things. Admittedly, a lot of movies can’t sustain that to the end. But in the horror genre, that kind of innovation is not just respected – it’s really demanded.”
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is now playing in theaters.
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