Movie Review: Antichrist (2009)

Some movies are just bizarre. They throw things at you that don't entirely make sense. They like to pretty well fuck with your head. Antichrist is definitely one of those movies. It starts simply enough. A couple (Willem Dafoe and Chorlotte Gainsbourg) are having crazy wild sex in the shower and on the bed while they think their son is taking a nap. Unfortunately, he is wide awake and decides to climb out of his crib. Excited by the snow he sees through an open window, he ventures out and falls three stories to his death. Let me tell you, that's a great scene to watch while your two-year-old is asleep in the next room in your fifth floor apartment. Awesome.

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Anyhow, the rest of the movie deals with the couple's grief and their attempt to deal with it. It is segmented into chapters which are lead by title cards made of interesting artwork. Early on, we see the husband, a therapist known only as He, counseling his wife (She). He admits that this is frowned upon by the psychiatric community, but he knows what's best for her.

Have You Visited The Blue Cheese Lately?

Sure, it's not for everyone, but sometimes it's fun to look back at the adult fare of yesteryear. Remember the 80s? It was a different time. You spent many minutes fast forwarding past the storyline to get to the good stuff. Oh, and the hair. Lots of hair.

Well, our own Heather Drain likes to look at the stories and go in depth in her reviews. Check out her latest review of Hot Dreams, and look around at the other goodies while you're at it. It's NSFW, so be alert for the boss, and enjoy!

Movie Review: Bob Dylan Revealed (2011)

I have always been fascinated with Bob Dylan. Not that everything he has touched has been gold, but his work has always been unique, with no real compromises. Like Orson Welles (my other favorite iconic artist), he seems to me to have always been in search of something and never willing to repeat himself, no matter the risk or lack of rewards. So I was thrilled when this disk landed in my mailbox, courtesy of the secret underground known as Cinema Head Cheese.

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What's Your Favorite Indie Shop or Theater?

Recently, I think we hit on a theme here at the Cheese. I decided to write about the end of the video store. It seemed appropriate, as I have seen many Blockbuster locations preparing to shut down in the wake of Netflix and Redbox. I remember the mom and pop places doing the same when big blue came to town.

After that, Lacey Paige let us know about a few survivors up in Canada. Our readers have been all over our articles, especially Lacey's, and that made me think.

Cinema Head Cheese is an independent voice. David, Jeff and I put this together ourselves, and then we were joined by other independent thinkers. Hal Astell, James DePaulo and Lacey all have their own independent sites. Ron Ford makes indie films. They and the rest of the crew give us their time and talent, and we appreciate it.

We three founders are no strangers to the independent game. Between us we have a few books, several comic book series, a comedy album, blogs, trailer compilations, two radio shows, a podcast and a stack of movies ranging from horror to thriller to comedy. We know how hard it can be to make things work.

With that being said, I'm building a new Directory page on the website. I'd like to showcase the places we all love to visit, and I'd like your help. If you know about a great independent video store, book store, comic book store or grindhouse theater, please email us at cinemaheadcheese@yahoo.com. Put "Directory Addition" in the subject line.

Please send the following information:
Store name
Street address
Phone number
Website
Type of business

Listings will be alphabetical by state in the US, by province in Canada, and by country for the rest of the world.

Final Week! From Dusk Till Dawn Spread the Cheese Contest!

Thanks to Echo Bridge Entertainment, we are going to have a new contest featuring the new DVD release of the entire From Dusk Till Dawn trilogy and a bonus documentary on the original film called Full-Tilt Boogie.

One winner will win the set plus DVD copies of Dismal and Ninjas vs. Vampires.

Second and third prize will win Cinema Head Cheese prize packs.

Here's How to Enter:

All you need to do is spread the word about Cinema Head Cheese on Facebook and Twitter. Like and follow us at http://facebook.com/cinemaheadcheese and @CinHeadCheese. Tell your friends about CHC and tag us in your posts. With every tag, you will be automatically entered in the drawing for all the goodies. You can enter once per day until 11:59pm PST on May 10. That's a possibility of 21 entries, which helps your chances.

Winners will be chosen by random drawing and announced on May 15 on CHC: The Podcast! as well as our site, Facebook and Twitter pages.

So, what are you waiting for? Get to work!

New Poster Art for Troma's Father's Day!

Troma Entertainment, Inc. is proud to unveil the poster for its upcoming Lloyd Kaufman/Michael Herz Production "Father's Day," by Astron-6. The poster was created by Award-winning poster artist Thomas Hodge, aka "The Dude Designs." FATHER'S DAY hits theaters late this summer. Visit www.Troma.com for updates and more information!

Movie Review: The Frolic (2007)

by Greg Goodsell

An adaptation of the Thomas Ligotti short story, "The Frolic" is a short film that cast a very particular spell over this reviewer. Settling down to watch it, I stopped hearing and watching the film, only to return to consciousness once the end titles began rolling. It was very similar to the same physical phenomena I experience when I lay down in a bed at night and inexplicably find myself in the same bed the following morning.

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Movie Review: The Telling (2009)

This could have been cinematic gold. This could have been the answer to millions of acne-infested teenage boys and comic book collecting Star Trek geeks in their forties. It could have absolutely ruled. Why, you ask? Here’s the premise: a bunch of Playboy Playmates make a horror movie and shoot it at the Playboy mansion. Seriously, the potential is very, very great. Unfortunately, The Telling fails on every level. If there were a pill that was the reverse of Cialis, something like Viagrunt or Flaccidodine… I don’t know. There doesn’t need to be, though. If your erection persists for over four hours just pop The Telling into the player and you’ll shrinky dink like you just watched Steven Tyler have sex with Joan Rivers.

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Movie Review: Drive-In Horrorshow (2009)

I like a good horror anthology. Well done short horror films can be very intense and very scary or funny or gory or whatever you need them to be. Get in quick, shock ‘em  and then get out. Anthology television shows like The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery and Tales from the Crypt did it very well. In feature film land, we had Creepshow… and that’s about it (I’m sure there are others, but I’m drawing a blank). When we get to features, though, there are most definitely more attempts at the anthology format and people tend to do it for all the wrong reasons. We all know that it is easier to talk about making a film than actually making a film. It would then stand to reason that it is easier to make a short film than a feature length film. Couple of days, get some friends, don’t put too much thought into it and, bango, in a few months you’ve got yourself a feature anthology. That’s the problem here, and the problem with most horror anthologies: you have to take as much care and dedication with an anthology film than you would with narrative feature… even more. Pulling all the disparate elements together, creating a weaving story to pull some kind of uniformity about and keeping up the integrity, and quality, throughout each separate story is very hard. That is why most anthologies fail. Drive-In Horror Show fell into a few of the familiar traps, but showed some elements that, sort of, let it pull away from the pack a bit. To be honest, that pack is a rutting group of cannibalistic warthogs, but it is a pack nonetheless.

Pre-order Drive-In Horrorshow at Brain Damage Films!

Dahmer vs. Gacy on DVD May 10th!

All Bloody Hell Has Broken Loose!

In the Spirit of Freddy vs. Jason, ‘Horror-ific’ Thriller

Rampages Onto DVD May 10<sup>th


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LOS ANGELES — May 1, 2011 — For Immediate Release — Two infamous killers … one ultimate, epic showdown in the horrorfest Dahmer vs. Gacy, rampaging onto DVD May 10 from Walking Shadows (distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment).

Deep within a secret government lab, Dr. Hess (Art LaFleur, Field of Dreams, Maverick) is obsessively working to create the ultimate killer by combining the DNA of two of the world’s most infamous serial murderers, Jeffrey Dahmer (Ford Austin, Grappling With Your Demons) and John Wayne Gacy (Randal Malone, The Curse of Lizzie Borden, Creepies 2).

All hell is unleashed when a freak accident allows their escape … and the only hope of stopping the carnage is Ringo, a holy, buckets-of-crazy soldier “trained by God” (voiced by Harland Williams, The Whole Nine Yards, Dumb and Dumber) who enters battle with a shotgun in one hand and a whiskey bottle in the other.

Movie Review: Glass Trap (2005)

Once upon a time there was a building made of glass in Los Angeles. This building ordered some potted plants for their lobby. These plants were delivered from a nursery… a special nursery. That, my friends, is the premise of Glass Trap, directed by Fred Olen Ray under one of his many pseudonyms, and “written” by Brett Thompson. Needless to say the operative word in the title is ‘trap.’ As in, I was trapped by the stupidity of this movie or I felt like gnawing my arm off like it was in a trap to escape the flick. Good golly, it is absolutely amazing what a few dedicated people can do with a horrible premise, no money and less time. So, without further adieu, may I present the film that set back independent movie street cred thirty years… Glass Trap.

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Movie Review: Deep Red (1975, Blu-ray)

As someone whose been a huge fan of John Carpenter ever since my first viewing of The Thing remake, it’s come to a point where it pains me to say this but - he owes much of his success to the "Maestro", Dario Argento, and of course legendary band, Goblin. While you can see similarities in Carpenter's films to other earlier Argento efforts (Four Flies in Grey Velvet, Bird with Crystal Plumage) the pilfering is most evident though in Deep Red. Sure, there weren’t any Shatner-masked killers named Michael Myers but there are deaths in the film, point-of-view shots and a soundtrack that almost mirrors Carpenter's famous track to Halloween. Would you like to see what I'm talking about? Blue Underground has produced a new Blu-ray version of the Argento classic many fans and filmmakers alike still look back at in awe.

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The 10th Victim on Blu ray from Blue Underground!

The Original Sexy ‘60s Cult Classic Is Back!

Only from Blue Underground!

It is the 21^st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. But when the sport’s two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. As the world watches, the hunt is on. Who will become THE 10^TH VICTIM?

Crack Whore Teaser Trailer Released!

Coming soon from the vile mind of Lance Polland is Crack Whore! Starring a bevy of your favorite cult movie icons (well, soon to be cult movie icons). Crack Whore tells the sordid tale of Candy... crack whore by day, vengeful crack whore by night! Out on DVD very soon from Fart House Cinema, the leader in seventies exploitation hyper violent homage companies. Oh, and Crack Whore features our very own David Hayes! Now you have to watch it!

Music Review: Mae - (e)vening

By Alex Bridgeforth

Some of Mae’s brightest moments, including their latest album (e)vening, have come from their atmospheric piano-driven songs. Mae began as an alternative/indie band in Norfolk, Virginia in 2001.

The band signed with Tooth and Nail Records in 2003 and released their debut, Destination: Beautiful, shortly after. They have since released two full-length albums and several EPs. (e)vening is the third of their latest EP releases. The first two were (m)orning and (a)fternoon. All three albums spell out the band’s name, Mae.

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Movie Review: The Human Centipede (2010)

By Cooper Neslon

Up until last night I didn’t think horror movies could get much more disturbing in a slice-a-person-up kind of way than watching the likes of Saw or Hostel... and then I watched The Human Centipede.  As a horror movie goes there isn’t much to it unless you are the type of a person that fears the that-could-actually-happen-to-me type of scenario.  Nothing throughout the movie really makes you jump, and the level of gore that you actually see is only at about a three in my books, but the concept and what the film leaves to the imagination is more than enough to make you sick to your stomach.  In all, the production value is subpar and the acting is only so-so.  The only thing that gives this movie any reason to be watched is if the concept of stitching three people together mouth to anus intrigues you enough to waste a couple hours of your life; otherwise take my advice and don’t pick this movie up.

Buy The Human Centipede DVD or The Human Centipede Blu-ray!

Movie Review: In the Name of the King, A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

Uwe Boll is generally considered the worst mainstream director alive today. From horror movies based on video games (House of the Dead) to ... other horror-type films based on video games (Bloodraine, Postal), Boll shows his ineptitude with not just the camera but with dialog, actors, scripts, and pretty much every other aspect of film. Watching a Boll movie is a gut check for even the most die hard bad film seeker like myself. There is just nothing good this man does to the movie screen, and one wonders why anyone helps him finance his projects.


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However, one has to respect Dr. Boll, for he manages to keep cranking out product year after year with no money from Hollywood and a steady stream of Big Name Actors (although, to be fair, most of them are no longer A-list by the time he gets them - kind of like Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi without the heroin). Which brings us to his 2007 overblown fantasy project "In The Name of the King, a Dungeon Siege Tale", which was based on, you guessed it, a video game.

Little Big Boy Available for Download!

"LITTLE BIG BOY: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Duncan" Available for Download!

Expected DVD Street Date for Little Big Boy is September, but until then you can view it @ amazon-on-demand: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JVY88G/


Little Big Boy is, to say the least, a film like no other. It tells the story of acclaimed horror film director Jimmy Duncan, famous for his hot temper aswell as his very exploitative movies. Having witnessed the murder of his mother at the age of seven, Duncan grows up at an orphanage and as an adult works his way up in the movie industry.

Caught up in the downward spiral of his own success surrounded by movie reviewers who refuse to acknowledge his obvious talent, starlet wannabes with absolutely no talent, producers with little patience and people who will do anything and exploid anyone to become famous in an industry where you can count on noone, we follow Jimmy while working on his fourth feature film "Death Stalker", which quickly turns into a descent into complete and utter madness as his leading lady leaves the production halfway through the shooting. This begins the insane fall of Jimmy Duncan.

Movie Review: Hide and Go Kill 1 & 2 (2008)

I really like Japanese horror films, for the most part. Takishi Miike is a master director in the genre and American producers prove that over and over again by remaking his Japanese films in English. The Japanese horror film, unlike our Western films, is more concerned with atmosphere and mood than logic and plot (and some people can argue that the current state of American horror is evidence that we do not care about story or plot either). Ringu, Ju-On, Death Note, Battle Royale… all of these are fine examples of authentic, mood-driven Japanese horror. Hide and Go Kill, 1 and 2, are not fine examples. These are the Japanese equivalent of our shot on video b-movies. Where we, the American crap filmmakers (myself included), rely on hackneyed story and tired character archetypes, the Japanese schlock filmmaker relies on tired and predictable visuals to set the mood. And, before you ask, whatever story or plot logic the majors have in Japan is completely out the window. So, after sitting through Hide and Go Kill I am officially retitling the English version as Hide and Go Shove a Pencil in Your Ear, ‘cause that’s what it felt like.

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Independent Shops Survive Video Rental Holocaust

As a follow up to Kevin's editorial on the death of video rental shops (read it here), I just wanted to share my hatred for the corporate ones and spread the love and liveliness of independent ones. Keep in mind that I live in the western part of Canada's prairie provinces in Deadmonton, Hellberta and I'm speaking primarily of the awesome independent shops we have here.

With the internet skyrocketing over the past decade—and things like vinyl albums and VHS tapes being long-outdated—new entertainment mediums are being integrated into western civilization. However, there are still people who prefer the “obsolete” over “new-age”. These are the people who will actually pay money for an album or a movie rather than downloading it for free on the internet.

The companies and services that provide people with their entertainment have also changed drastically. According to a review of the video rental industry featured on Business.highbeam.com, alternative entertainment media is under assault by pay-per-view television and video-on-demand. Services like Netflix and Red Box vendors, as well as an increased amount of video-viewing services offered through regular cable providers.