I know that a lot of people have gone after DC and Warner Bros. for their lack of action and vision in terms trying to compete with Marvel and Disney and the flood of super hero films that they are cranking out. I think that DC/Warner Bros. are fucking stupid for saying that a Wonder Woman film would “confuse” audiences, but that incredibly moronic statement aside, I think that Marvel/Disney is actually playing a bit of catch up.

I know that at first on the surface, Marvel has DC beat in terms of the super-hero genre. DC has only “Man of Steel” and the Christopher Nolan Batman films so far with vague plans of doing more. But in the past DC has made a ton of films of other genres based on comics from its subsidiaries. Examples: 

V for Vendetta

Watchmen

RED

Constantine

A History of Violence

Road To Perdition

The Spirit

Of course they have also had some major disappointments like “Jonah Hex”, “Catwoman” and “Green Lantern”; but they remain competitive in other areas. Their DC Universe animated films are excellent. Films like “Under the Red Hood”, “The Flashpoint Paradox” and “Superman/Batman: Apocalypse”. And, DC is excelling in television programs like “Arrow” and “Smallville”, with “Gotham” set to go. Against say, “Agents of SHIELD”. 

Even though DC is lagging in theatrical releases, they situation is a bit more even than it appears.

But seriously though, DC, what the fuck were you strung out on when you decided against a Wonder Woman movie?

“The Fear” from 1995 and its 1999 sequel “The Fear 2: Halloween Night” (aka “The Fear: Resurrection”).

A psychology student named Richard has reoccurring nightmares of hooded figures in Black Pete masks burying a woman, and an approaching wooden figure. 

For his thesis in facing ones fears, he takes a group of friend’s to his family’s cabin where they meet his uncle, who runs a nearby Christmas themed amusement park, and Morty, a wooden mannikin that was built for Richard’s father by a local Indian shaman. Morty was used in the father’s shop but is now used as part of the fear therapy, because each of the subjects can tell Morty their worst fears and he won’t judge them. But what they don’t know is that Morty is no inanimate wooden figure… And he won’t judge them for their fears… he’ll use their fears against them!

Features a cameo appearance by Wes Craven and a soundtrack with Esham, Insane Clown Posse and The Gravediggazs.

Esham - The Fear (Morty’s Theme)

From the soundtrack of the 1995 film “The Fear”

Tell Morty your deepest fear…

Original drive-in trailer for “The Vampire’s Coffin” and “The Robot Vs The Aztec Mummy”.

In HYPNO-SCOPE!

Radio Blue Heart presents TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!

Episode 31: Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks! (aka Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette)

One of the more bizarre takes on the Frankenstein mythos. This time Count Frankenstein (that’s right, he is a count instead of a baron in this) creates a monster from the usual sources, but the extra special ingredient is a Neanderthal man for the body!

Assisting the good doctor in this little venture are a hunchback with a masochistic wife and a necrophiliac dwarf!

Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage

This is how you advertise a movie!

“Halloween II” 1981

Radio Blue Heart presents TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!

Episode 30: The Beast Of Yucca Flats!

One of the worst movies of all time! And a favorite on “Mystery Science Theater 3000”!

Directed by Coleman Francis. Tor Johnson plays a Soviet scientist who defects to America and gets chased into a nuclear test site by KGB agents. The radiation turns him into a homicidal mad man!

Contains immortal lines of narration like:

“Flag on the moon. How did it get there?”

“Boys from the city, not yet caught in the wheels of progress, feed soda pop to the thirsty pigs.”

Pure poetry!

The movie was filmed without a soundtrack. Narration, voiceovers and some sound effects were added in post-production. To avoid having to synchronize the audio to the picture, characters only speak when their faces are either off-screen or not clearly visible due to darkness or distance. Likewise, during scenes in which firearms are used, the muzzles of the guns are usually out-of-shot when the weapons are fired. Extensive narration is used in lieu of plot points being conveyed through dialogue.

This version has the full opening murder scene with a little bit of nudity.

Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage

Yesterday I went to see “Guardians of the Galaxy” and I have to say that it is the best Marvel movie so far and one of my top 10 favorite comic book adaptation films of all time. This movie fucking rocks.

It has a perfect mixture of humor, thrills and emotion. You will never know true sadness until you see a raccoon cry.

Be on the lookout. During the scene where the Guardians arrive at the prison, look for Lloyd Kaufman as one of the inmates. He is the president of Troma and gave James Gunn his break into film by writing “Tromeo and Juliet” for Kaufman. Gunn also have one of his characters in movie “Slither” watching “The Toxic Avenger” as a tribute to Kaufman.

I have a love hate relationship with James Gunn and his work. “Guardians of the Galaxy” is great as is “Tromeo and Juliet”, “Slither” was OK, but I hated the “Dawn of the Dead” remake and “Scooby-Doo”.

“Guardians” proves that he can write well rounded characters with real depth. But, the Dawn remake proved that he could do the exact opposite with vapid, two dimensional characters in a poor “28 Days Later” rip-off with all the social commentary and satire stripped away.

And I have to say that the after credits sequence on this one I would never saw coming in a million years. I am not going to spoil it, but just think about the worst movie that Marvel ever made.

In short, I will probably buy the DVD the day it comes out and watch it once a week until I die and wait breathlessly for the sequel.