Few recent filmmakers have more enthusiastically, or more bloodily, embraced the mantle of horror director than Adam Green whose Hatchet franchise details the gore-drenched ways of swamp-dwelling maniac Victor Crowley. Indeed, 2010′s unrated Hatchet II made headlines when the AMC cinema chain pulled the movie from screens after just a couple of days.
Has that brouhaha prompted the filmmaker to tone down the mayhem featured in his slasher saga? Apparently not, judging by the new, extremely violent, and detached body part-featuring trailer for the also unrated Hatchet III, which was penned by Green and directed by Bj McDonnell.
Hatchet III stars Kane Hodder,...
Has that brouhaha prompted the filmmaker to tone down the mayhem featured in his slasher saga? Apparently not, judging by the new, extremely violent, and detached body part-featuring trailer for the also unrated Hatchet III, which was penned by Green and directed by Bj McDonnell.
Hatchet III stars Kane Hodder,...
- 4/24/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
The world of special effects has lost another great one as artist Marcel Vercoutere has passed on at the age of 87. While his name may not exactly jump out at you, we can guarantee that his work caused many a people to jump out of their seats.
A true credit to the industry, Vercoutere will always be fondly remembered as the man who built the life-sized animatronic robot for Linda Blair’s possessed Regan that came complete with spinning head. Lord knows how many nightmares this man is responsible for!
Friend and cinematographer Owen Roizman told the La Times, “He had made this unbelievable robot and everything about it worked — it almost had facial expressions. I was standing there looking at it and I said, ‘You know what, we forgot something. We don’t have any breath coming out.’ Marcel just said, ‘I’ll deal with that.’ He was so calm.
A true credit to the industry, Vercoutere will always be fondly remembered as the man who built the life-sized animatronic robot for Linda Blair’s possessed Regan that came complete with spinning head. Lord knows how many nightmares this man is responsible for!
Friend and cinematographer Owen Roizman told the La Times, “He had made this unbelievable robot and everything about it worked — it almost had facial expressions. I was standing there looking at it and I said, ‘You know what, we forgot something. We don’t have any breath coming out.’ Marcel just said, ‘I’ll deal with that.’ He was so calm.
- 4/22/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Marcel Vercoutere, the FX mastermind behind The Exorcist died on April 16th due to complications from dementia. He was 87.
Born in Detroit to a French father and Belgian mother, Marcel was eager to fight in WWII, enlisting at age 17. He returned to Michigan after he finished his tour, got his high school diploma, married, and headed out to Los Angeles.
Once on the West coast, he started working at the studios sweeping stages, and doing welding and carpentry. This led him into special effects, explosives, car stunts, and the other exciting aspects of films we love so much. His resume consists of less than a dozen credits, including Deliverance and Police Academy 6, but the project he is best-known for is one of the greatest in the history of horror cinema. The Exorcist.
Most notably, Marcel created the robotic double of Linda Blair with the rotating head. "He had made this...
Born in Detroit to a French father and Belgian mother, Marcel was eager to fight in WWII, enlisting at age 17. He returned to Michigan after he finished his tour, got his high school diploma, married, and headed out to Los Angeles.
Once on the West coast, he started working at the studios sweeping stages, and doing welding and carpentry. This led him into special effects, explosives, car stunts, and the other exciting aspects of films we love so much. His resume consists of less than a dozen credits, including Deliverance and Police Academy 6, but the project he is best-known for is one of the greatest in the history of horror cinema. The Exorcist.
Most notably, Marcel created the robotic double of Linda Blair with the rotating head. "He had made this...
- 4/22/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
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