Movies
There Was a Shot from Fulci’s ‘The Beyond’ in Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’?!
You really do learn something new every day.
Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond, released in 1981, is home to some of the most gruesome carnage you’ll ever see. One of the standout scenes involves spiders literally tearing a dude apart, and I haven’t been able to scrub it from my brain since I first saw the movie well over a decade ago. But what I never realized, I must admit, is that Sam Raimi used a shot from that scene in Spider-Man!
Yes, Raimi lifted a shot from Fulci’s The Beyond for his first Spider-Man film, which is one of those crazy fun facts that I’m shocked I had never heard before. Raimi actually revealed this little tidbit on the film’s DVD commentary track, and one fan just took it upon himself to edit together the two scenes (along with Raimi’s insights playing over the clips) for a YouTube video.
Long story short, there was no money in the budget for a dream sequence that Raimi wanted to do, so he cobbled together footage from The Beyond and even Darkman to bring it to life.
Check out the video below. Props to Dreadit for the scoop!
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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