Consider the oeuvre of Clyde Anderson, or as he’s known in the real world, Claudio Fragasso: Monster Dog. Beyond Darkness. Troll 2, fer chrissakes. Now imagine a slasher/psychological thriller with one foot on Elm Street, one in a Skinemax extravaganza, and no ties to reality and you have Night Killer (1990), Fragasso’s opus on memory loss and murder. And if you guessed that Severin Films has a brand spanking new Blu-ray out to document this insanity, you’d be right.
Originally released in Italy in August, Night Killer was sold as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 in the grand Italian tradition, although it has nothing whatsoever to do with that franchise (in the same grand tradition). What it does offer is a mixture of misdirection, insanity, bloodshed, and expected sleaziness. What it does not proffer is boredom.
How could it when it opens during a dance rehearsal in which...
Originally released in Italy in August, Night Killer was sold as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 in the grand Italian tradition, although it has nothing whatsoever to do with that franchise (in the same grand tradition). What it does offer is a mixture of misdirection, insanity, bloodshed, and expected sleaziness. What it does not proffer is boredom.
How could it when it opens during a dance rehearsal in which...
- 8/2/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
If you have even a passing acquaintance with Italian horror, the odds are pretty good that you’ve come across the work of Claudio Fragasso. Like many Italian auteurs, he’s gone by many names; perhaps you know him as Clyde Anderson, director of the Alice Cooper werewolf tale Monster Dog (1984), or Drake Floyd, helmer of the legendary Troll 2 (1990). There’s also his work as a writer on fellow Italian Bruno Mattei’s The Other Hell (’81) and Rats: Night of Terror (’84). But if you’ve been following Severin Films as of late (and for shame if you haven’t), Fragasso has his hands all over their latest trio of Blu-ray releases: Shocking Dark (’89), Zombi 3 (’88), and the one where he slips into the director’s chair again, Zombie 4: After Death (’89), a film light on imagination yet heavy on high octane zombie mowdowns.
Which isn’t to say that After...
Which isn’t to say that After...
- 6/14/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Severin Films Presents Zombie 4: After Death – From The Creators Of Troll 2 and Monster Dog. Now In HD For The First Time Ever In America Limited Edition: First 3000 with First Ever Official Release Soundtrack CD of Music by Al Festa Zombie 4: After Death 1 Blu-ray disc + 1 CD disc Label: …
The post Zombie 4 releasing from Severin Films end of May appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net. Copyrights 2008-2018 - Horrornews.net...
The post Zombie 4 releasing from Severin Films end of May appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net. Copyrights 2008-2018 - Horrornews.net...
- 5/10/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Writer/Director Claudio Fragasso helmed the legendarily loopy Troll 2 and, while lacking the sheer volume of Wtf moments that enlivened that film, Monster Dog still displays the elegant touch of the creator of such rarefied fare as Rats Night of Terror and Hell of the Living Dead. Alice Cooper stars as a vacationing rocker who may or may not be the victim of a lycanthropic curse. Cinematographer José García Galisteo was one of the eight original photographers of Orson Welles’ unfinished production of Don Quixote.
- 9/12/2016
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
“Half man, half plant. A goblin’s favorite food!”
Troll 2 plays this weekend (June 24th and 25th) at The Tivoli at midnight as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli midnight series.
Finally, a movie so bad, it has its own separate documentary about just how bad it is! Troll 2 is one of the most unbelievable sequels ever made, and one supposedly shot entirely without the knowledge or consent of the creators of the first Troll film!
At first glance Troll 2 is simply a sub-z-grade continuity abomination, but really it’s a nonstop explosion of genius disguised as ineptitude. Grade-schooler Joshua is visited by the protective ghost of his Grandpa Seth, who warns him that his family’s vacation destination – the town of Nilbog (!) may be worth avoiding. But there’s no changing dad’s mind, and soon the whole family is knee-deep in black magic and nefarious villagers,...
Troll 2 plays this weekend (June 24th and 25th) at The Tivoli at midnight as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli midnight series.
Finally, a movie so bad, it has its own separate documentary about just how bad it is! Troll 2 is one of the most unbelievable sequels ever made, and one supposedly shot entirely without the knowledge or consent of the creators of the first Troll film!
At first glance Troll 2 is simply a sub-z-grade continuity abomination, but really it’s a nonstop explosion of genius disguised as ineptitude. Grade-schooler Joshua is visited by the protective ghost of his Grandpa Seth, who warns him that his family’s vacation destination – the town of Nilbog (!) may be worth avoiding. But there’s no changing dad’s mind, and soon the whole family is knee-deep in black magic and nefarious villagers,...
- 6/20/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In this special episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for Tuesday, March 15th, 2016.
Subscribe in iTunes or RSS.
Follow-Up Target: Star Wars The Force Awakens exclusive supplements are download-only News Kino Lorber: My Bodyguard, Sam Fuller’s Fixed Bayonets, Yellow Sky, The Legend of Hillbilly John, Daddy Long Legs Warner Archive: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Milestone: Losing Ground Vinegar Syndrome: Dolemite Misc Links Dan Trachtenberg’s post Delicious Library Links to Amazon Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip The Big Short Braddock: Missing in Action III Brooklyn Carol The Centurions: Part Two Burden of Dreams Game of Thrones: Season 5 Invasion U.S.A. Just Visiting Love The Manchurian Candidate Monster Dog My Boyfriend’s Back Rage of Honor Rocco and His Brothers Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Sun, Sand and Sweat 4 Pack...
Subscribe in iTunes or RSS.
Follow-Up Target: Star Wars The Force Awakens exclusive supplements are download-only News Kino Lorber: My Bodyguard, Sam Fuller’s Fixed Bayonets, Yellow Sky, The Legend of Hillbilly John, Daddy Long Legs Warner Archive: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Milestone: Losing Ground Vinegar Syndrome: Dolemite Misc Links Dan Trachtenberg’s post Delicious Library Links to Amazon Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip The Big Short Braddock: Missing in Action III Brooklyn Carol The Centurions: Part Two Burden of Dreams Game of Thrones: Season 5 Invasion U.S.A. Just Visiting Love The Manchurian Candidate Monster Dog My Boyfriend’s Back Rage of Honor Rocco and His Brothers Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Sun, Sand and Sweat 4 Pack...
- 3/16/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
There may not be a ton of genre-related titles arriving on Blu-ray and DVD this week, but for those of you Game of Thrones fans out there, March 15th marks your chance to finally own the latest season on both formats with a release that is chock-full of bonus features that should satiate you until season six begins.
Kino Lorber is also giving the cult classic Monster Dog an HD overhaul this Tuesday, and Lionsgate is releasing their killer croc film, The Hatching, this week as well.
Game of Thrones: Season Five (HBO Studios, Blu/Digital HD & DVD)
Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice...
Kino Lorber is also giving the cult classic Monster Dog an HD overhaul this Tuesday, and Lionsgate is releasing their killer croc film, The Hatching, this week as well.
Game of Thrones: Season Five (HBO Studios, Blu/Digital HD & DVD)
Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice...
- 3/15/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Alice Cooper’s best/worst movie coming to Blu-ray. If you thought Italian genre movie machine Claudio Fragasso’s Troll 2 was a laff riot, wait until you see his deranged 1984 flick Monster Dog! Though if you’re a horror fan of a certain vintage, chances are you have seen Monster Dog (aka Leviatan). The movie was a…
The post Alice Cooper’s Awesomely Awful Monster Dog Coming to Blu-ray! appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
The post Alice Cooper’s Awesomely Awful Monster Dog Coming to Blu-ray! appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 2/3/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
SyFy
In 1943, audiences flocked to see Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, the first Universal picture to feature two franchise monsters in a fight to the death. The fight didn’t come until the closing moments, but audiences didn’t care – they were seeing the creatures onscreen together for the first time, and that was enough.
Decades later, the bar for horror pictures had fallen so low that watching Tara Reid run away from a Sharknado – not once, not twice, but three times – constituted great entertainment. Or if that wasn’t your cup of tea, you could watch Debbie Gibson run away from Mega Shark.
Horror films aren’t what they used to be, and you have to wonder about the minds that dream up such concepts as David Hasselhoff Vs Killer Snakes (Anaconda 3), Alice Cooper Vs Rubbery Monsters (Monster Dog) and Gary Oldman Vs The Vengeful Spirit (The Unborn...
In 1943, audiences flocked to see Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, the first Universal picture to feature two franchise monsters in a fight to the death. The fight didn’t come until the closing moments, but audiences didn’t care – they were seeing the creatures onscreen together for the first time, and that was enough.
Decades later, the bar for horror pictures had fallen so low that watching Tara Reid run away from a Sharknado – not once, not twice, but three times – constituted great entertainment. Or if that wasn’t your cup of tea, you could watch Debbie Gibson run away from Mega Shark.
Horror films aren’t what they used to be, and you have to wonder about the minds that dream up such concepts as David Hasselhoff Vs Killer Snakes (Anaconda 3), Alice Cooper Vs Rubbery Monsters (Monster Dog) and Gary Oldman Vs The Vengeful Spirit (The Unborn...
- 10/16/2015
- by Ian Watson
- Obsessed with Film
In 1989, Italian director Bruno Mattei made an amalgam of Aliens and The Terminator. We look back at a wonderfully bad film...
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then a 1989 Italian film called Shocking Dark pays James Cameron the ultimate compliment: it openly steals from not one but two of his 80s hits.
Now, it’s no secret that B-movie filmmakers have long taken ‘inspiration’ from hit genre movies - Star Wars, Alien, Jaws and Mad Max are some of the most imitated films of the 70s and 80s, spawning such cult B-movies as StarCrash, 1990: Bronx Warriors and Contamination.
Shocking Dark, on the other hand, occupies its own special place in movie history. We’re not just talking about an attempt to evoke the general atmosphere of a successful film here - we’re talking about the wholesale recreation of entire sequences. As an example, consider the following...
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then a 1989 Italian film called Shocking Dark pays James Cameron the ultimate compliment: it openly steals from not one but two of his 80s hits.
Now, it’s no secret that B-movie filmmakers have long taken ‘inspiration’ from hit genre movies - Star Wars, Alien, Jaws and Mad Max are some of the most imitated films of the 70s and 80s, spawning such cult B-movies as StarCrash, 1990: Bronx Warriors and Contamination.
Shocking Dark, on the other hand, occupies its own special place in movie history. We’re not just talking about an attempt to evoke the general atmosphere of a successful film here - we’re talking about the wholesale recreation of entire sequences. As an example, consider the following...
- 7/14/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Reviewed by Kevin Scott
MoreHorror.com
Monster Dog (1984)
Written by: Claudio Fragrasso
Directed by: Claudio Fragrasso
Cast: Vince (Alice Cooper), Sandra (Victoria Vera), Angela (Pepita James), Pepa Sarsa (Marilou), Carlos Santurio (Frank), Ricardo Palacios (Sheriff Morrison), Barta Barri (Old Man),
Horror film anomalies are one of my favorite things ever. An occurrence of happenstance that is just so weird and off kilter, it could never occur or even be suggested again. Ironically, these strange and random acts of film kismet, hold a very important place in the legacy of horror films. Case in point would be Alice Cooper’s only (as far as I know) starring film role. He made a memorable turn in John Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness” as a supporting character, but never as a leading man, other than “Monster Dog”. This is a 1984 film that I remember renting just because it had Alice Cooper in it.
MoreHorror.com
Monster Dog (1984)
Written by: Claudio Fragrasso
Directed by: Claudio Fragrasso
Cast: Vince (Alice Cooper), Sandra (Victoria Vera), Angela (Pepita James), Pepa Sarsa (Marilou), Carlos Santurio (Frank), Ricardo Palacios (Sheriff Morrison), Barta Barri (Old Man),
Horror film anomalies are one of my favorite things ever. An occurrence of happenstance that is just so weird and off kilter, it could never occur or even be suggested again. Ironically, these strange and random acts of film kismet, hold a very important place in the legacy of horror films. Case in point would be Alice Cooper’s only (as far as I know) starring film role. He made a memorable turn in John Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness” as a supporting character, but never as a leading man, other than “Monster Dog”. This is a 1984 film that I remember renting just because it had Alice Cooper in it.
- 6/16/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
The '80s was a great decade for werewolf movies. 1981 alone gave us two stone-cold classics of the genre: Joe Dante's "The Howling" and John Landis's "An American Werewolf in London." But what of Michael Wadleigh's "Wolfen"? The 1981 adaptation of Whitley Strieber's novel may be less fondly remembered than its contemporaries, but it enjoys something of a cult status today, hailed by admirers for its mixture of social commentary, police procedural and straightforward horror elements. (Some would even argue that it's not really a werewolf movie at all.) Now, more than 30 years on from its theatrical debut, "Wolfen" is hitting Blu-ray for the first time -- and to mark the occasion we're posing the question: what is the best werewolf movie of the 1980s? Are you a "Company of Wolves" adherent? A "Teen Wolf" aficionado? Or do you prefer the low-budget charm of Larry Cohen's...
- 6/2/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
By Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
Monster Dog (1984) Movie Review
Directed By: Claudio Fragasso
Written By: Claudio Fragasso
Starring: Alice Cooper (Vince), Victoria Vera (Sandra), Carlos Santurio (Frank), Pepa Sarsa (Marilou), Pepita James (Angela), Emilio Linder (Jordan), Barta Barri (Old Man), Ricardo Palacios (Sheriff Morrison), Luis Maleuenda (Deputy)
A Spanish werewolf movie starring Alice Cooper is enough information to get me intrigued! The foreign title to this movie is “Leviatan.” This low budget mid 1980s horror film is directorial debut of cult director Claudio Fragasso, who helmed the movie “Troll 2.” Released in the United States under the Trans World Home Entertainment label, this movie is better than I expected it to be at first glance
The plot revolves around Vince (Alice Cooper), a pop star, who returns to his home town with his band. Their trip is interrupted by the home town Sheriff, who remembers Vince’s family, telling them...
Monster Dog (1984) Movie Review
Directed By: Claudio Fragasso
Written By: Claudio Fragasso
Starring: Alice Cooper (Vince), Victoria Vera (Sandra), Carlos Santurio (Frank), Pepa Sarsa (Marilou), Pepita James (Angela), Emilio Linder (Jordan), Barta Barri (Old Man), Ricardo Palacios (Sheriff Morrison), Luis Maleuenda (Deputy)
A Spanish werewolf movie starring Alice Cooper is enough information to get me intrigued! The foreign title to this movie is “Leviatan.” This low budget mid 1980s horror film is directorial debut of cult director Claudio Fragasso, who helmed the movie “Troll 2.” Released in the United States under the Trans World Home Entertainment label, this movie is better than I expected it to be at first glance
The plot revolves around Vince (Alice Cooper), a pop star, who returns to his home town with his band. Their trip is interrupted by the home town Sheriff, who remembers Vince’s family, telling them...
- 8/10/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
This weekend’s B-Sides is dedicated to the memory of the late Alice Cooper. No, the horror rocker isn’t actually dead, but he was killed last weekend when he got punted to death in Syfy’s Bigfoot. Not the first time he was mauled on film by a hairy beast.
That last time was in the 1984 Spanish werewolf flick Monster Dog. As rock star Vincent Raven returning to his hometown to film a new music video, Alice Cooper found himself nose-to-snout with a lupine nightmare with a taste for Eighties musicians.
The music video is for a song titled “Identity Crisis” Cooper composed exclusively for Monster Dog. The clip you are about to see is from the music video shoot that opens the film.
For over 15 years “Identity Crisis” was only available in the form you are about to see and heard later on playing again over the closing credits of Monster Dog.
That last time was in the 1984 Spanish werewolf flick Monster Dog. As rock star Vincent Raven returning to his hometown to film a new music video, Alice Cooper found himself nose-to-snout with a lupine nightmare with a taste for Eighties musicians.
The music video is for a song titled “Identity Crisis” Cooper composed exclusively for Monster Dog. The clip you are about to see is from the music video shoot that opens the film.
For over 15 years “Identity Crisis” was only available in the form you are about to see and heard later on playing again over the closing credits of Monster Dog.
- 7/7/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It doesn’t come as a huge surprise to discover horror movie-lovers Alice Cooper and Tim Burton had plenty to talk about when the rocker turned up to film a cameo in the director’s new, Johnny Depp-starring movie Dark Shadows. “We had dinner one night in London and we both knew every point of reference,” Cooper recalls. “If he would say, ‘Suspiria’ I would say ‘Dario Argento.’ I see the humor in horror as much as Tim or Johnny does, so we really do fit together.”
The “School’s Out” star plays himself in Burton’s big budget adaptation of the bizarre,...
The “School’s Out” star plays himself in Burton’s big budget adaptation of the bizarre,...
- 5/3/2012
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
While it's true that Ozzy Osbourne may well be the Prince of Darkness, there is only one undisputed King, a man who has rocked and shocked audiences all over the world with his outrageous, and outrageously entertaining live shows for over four decades, and who shows no sign of letting up any time soon. I speak, of course, of the one and only Mr Alice Cooper, a man who has forgotten more about horror movies than most people know to start with (with the possible exception of the encyclopaedic Kim Newman), and in whose company I was privileged to spend an hour and a half on the Friday before Halloween at the British Film Institute in London as he discussed his favourite Nightmare Movies with an audience of just 400 or so people.
As Alice took to the stage, along with Fright Fest founder Alan Jones, who was hosting the talk,...
As Alice took to the stage, along with Fright Fest founder Alan Jones, who was hosting the talk,...
- 11/5/2011
- Shadowlocked
After being on the receiving of some mighty bad buzz last month all has been quiet on the production front of Tim Burton's big-screen adaptation of the classic Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. But a recent development has temporarily shone the spotlight on the movie in the form of the recently-announced casting of Alice Cooper, the star of such films as Sextette, Monster Dog, Prince of Darkness, and Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (his performance as Freddy Krueger's stepfather had Oscar gold written all over it-damn you Jack Palance). Apparently when Cooper isn't acting he's indulging his secret passion for making music, something he has been doing for more than four decades. Who knew? [...]...
- 10/28/2011
- by BAADASSSSS!
- Geeks of Doom
The first Troll film concerned the magical adventures of a teenager named Harry Potter. The second, according to a new documentary, is the Best Worst Movie ever made. And no one seems sure if there even was a third movie. In this special report EW examines the twisted, crazy, and frequently so-bad-it's-hilarious world of... Troll! Next: “I don’t think Troll 2 is the worst movie of all-time. I think Transformers 2 is the worst movie of all time.” On a beautiful Brooklyn evening last July, Michael Paul Stephenson took part in a question-and-answer session following an outdoor screening of the 1990 horror movie Troll 2.
- 5/8/2010
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.