CatchMeKillMe's new feature full length film wants you, the fans to help

Over a year ago I clicked on a link that took me to a short on You Tube called, "TheHog." I really liked it and thought it reminded me of a Rob Zombie film. It also reminded me of the late 70's early 80's slasher films. That is how I started to work with CatchMeKillMe Productions. Since then they have made quite a few short films. Each film gets creepier and more disturbing as they go. Ian Messenger, The Director and founder of CatchMeKillMe Productions has just the right amount of creativeness and psychosis to make people feel uncomfortable watching his films. This is what Horror is about. He and his crew now want you, the fans to help in creating his new full length feature, "The Hog." Why stick with a short when this film obviously screams to be made into a full length film. Just click on the link and become a part of Indie Film History. If you have any questions or comments, one of the CatchMeKillMe people will answer. You may even get an answer from Ian himself. They are always asking for feedback and ideas. This is a great way to spread your creative juices and help make the film. Remember, money makes the film. You can also make a donation that will seal your fate (muhahaha) in cement as part of the team. Thank you all. Happy killings, Wiccanz

ANNA

Anna is a short film by Matt Solomon just in time for Halloween. Short horror and thriller films rarely make my blood pressure rise. Anna did. I got goose bumps. The concept of an old ghost story brought into the 21st century has not been done like this. It was freaky as hell and I do believe it will win if put into a film competition.
The actors made the film. Each scene I was watching their expressions and how they connected with each other. I was brought into their world their love their happiness and the pain.
The special effects that were used were subtle enough to make you think the events are really happening. This includes the makeup. I would recommend this film especially for filmmakers who are looking to create a perfect short film with all the fixings of a full feature thriller.
Let me give you some advise. You better research where you want to move before you move in or you may not live to regret it.

What I Have Been Up Too

I just directed a haunted house for a middle school. They made over $400.00. This was using $.50 a ticket. Not bad huh? Of course it would have been better if someone had not knocked down my Freddy Krueger Animatronic and broke him. Overall it was a success for the school. I did forget how mean kids could be though.
Next I taught my first make-up class on the 23rd. That went well. I bought too much makeup though.
The 28th I am having my own Halloween/Lia Sophia party. Yes I can make the Lia Sofia Party Rock like a Halloween party, no worries.
The 29th I am in a Murder Mystery. I get to play a very important part and am very excited!
Halloween I am hoping to give out candy. I have not done that in awhile. I will probably have to be a zombie because I will not have time to do anything else.

What are you all up to?

Hellraiser Revolution

This film was complete crap. I was assuming it was not going to be that good, but thought it would at least be entertaining. Was I wrong. I understand Weinstein had to make the movie because they were close to having the rights taken from them, but did they have to make it like a crappy You Tube video? In fact, I have seen You Tube films that have been better than this. Including "Anna" a short coming out on Halloween 2011.
This film did not star Doug Bradley. Why? Because he knew it would be crap (my opinion and he probably wanted more money than could be budgeted.) Most of the acting was crap too. This film was written by Gary Tunnicliffe, Directed by Victor Garcia, and the actors were Nick Eversman, Steven Brand, Tracey Fairaway, Jay Gillespie, Sanny Van Heteren, Daniel Buran, Devon Sorvari, and Stephan Smith Collins (Pinhead).
You should know the history by now. It started in 1987 and there have been many made since. I know at first some people thought this film was going to be a remake of the original. I could see that being there are a lot of them being made lately. I like the second Hellraiser the best, but the first three were pretty good. Doug Bradley was in all the Hellraiser films except for this one. I hope this is the last try.
If you are young, you may not mind this film because you have grown up on the remakes of old gory scary films. Most of the remakes, except for Rob Zombie films I feel don't have the WOW factor. They are weak.
If you are looking for tips on how NOT to make a film, this is a good one to watch.

Top Ten Horror Films

Here are my top ten horror films. The reasons, they are all sentimental in one way or another. There is a story behind them all. I did cheat a bit. Feel free to comment and give your feedback whether or not you agree and why. :)

10-The Howling
9-Silence of The Lambs
8-The Grudge
7-Hostel
6-Seven
5-Zombie movies (doesn't include Evil Dead. That Trilogy deserves it's own number).
4-Evil Dead trilogy
3-Zombieland (I know, not horror but I have to)
2-Insidious
1-Exorcist-remastered

Intruder-Ian Messenger/CatchMeKillMe Productions

In this day and age we need to be aware of people breaking into our homes and doing things unfathomable to us. This film hit home as it almost happened to me. If I had not opened the door as they were trying to break in and scared them to death I may have had the same experience as the girl in this film did. It is a very scary situation. make sure you watch this film and let me know what you think. I will let you all write the review for me.

CatchMeKillMe Productions

I am again working for Ian Messenger of CatchMeKillMe Productions. You may see tweets from CatchMeKillMe that I post and I will add updates as well as films on my blog. If anyone wants assistance from me you are more than welcome to ask. If I have enough notice I can even work in other states.
I do believe CatchMeKillMe Productions is getting better and better and has been getting notoriety from some big names in horror. We are also always looking for ideas, actors etc so let me know if you are interested. This Friday filming starts for the Intruder. This is a true to life short film that could happen to anyone. In November another creepy contribution to horror will come out that could make you "weep." Thanks for reading and happy haunting. 

Hesher-2010

I was talked into watching this film by a friend because the lead character, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, reminded her of someone we went to high school with. She wanted to see if I would come up with the same guy. I did!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! I believe we all have gone to high school with someone like Hesher. Director-Spencer Susser
Most of the reviews say Hesher hated the world and everything in it. I do not believe that. I think he was just a misplaced guy who wanted a family, girlfriend and to be accepted. He just had a strange way of showing it however, but a lot of people are like that. I believe he did not know any other way to show his feelings. He learned a lot from the people he was with and I could see a Hesher II made.
I did not like the film myself but the acting was good. The kid, played by Devon Brochu I felt acted well. He was able to make the audience feel his emotions. His character was just as messed up as Hesher. The rest of the crew were mainly background material for these two characters. Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson were also in the film.
I think the reason I disliked it was because it was honestly your run of the mill everyday life that small town people go through. There was nothing spectacular about the film. Unless you were rich, you knew someone like that or were that person. I found myself saying almost every other scene, wow that was my town or I knew someone with the same issue or that is me. Some people like to know there are similarities to their lives. I don't want to see it. I left that shit behind me and really don't want to go back.Watch it and see what you think. I would be happy to hear others opinions on this film.
I tried to upload a picture but apparently my brain injury has turned me developmentally disabled. :/ I apologize.

Remakes

There are too many remakes of good films. Please make a remake of a shitty film and make it good. I myself have a few ideas and I think they are good. I just don't have a director. I can't direct or use a camera worth shit.
It is not just horror movies but all films. Take for instance Footloose. Yet again another awesome 80's film that may end up tanking. Just my two cents. As usual I am not going to ramble. Just get to the point and be done with it.

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

It appears the  horror genre is morphing again. The age old ghost stories we were told as a kid by the camp fires are coming back but with creepier unwelcome guests. These are the kind of films that would keep us up at night and we would tell our younger sibling to torture them.
I like these kind of films because the mind is the scariest place to be. Of course Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark did not utilize that tactic. Instead, the creatures were seen too many times. I think the film would have been good if the creatures would have been unseen until close to the end.
While I feel the film is a bit cheesy for adults, I would be creeped out if I were a kid under the age of thirteen. If you want to ensure you scare the shit out of your little brother or sister this is the film to take them to. I would have liked to hear more about the history of Mr. Blackwood instead they focused all on the scaring of the little girl which is ok for a kid horror film.
The film has a lot of plot holes, but overall it is ok to see one time. I would wait for the DVD however.
The Director is Troy Nixey with Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce as the adult main characters. Bailee Madison is the young girl (Sally) who was sent to live with her father, unbeknownst to her. Katie Holmes (Kim) is the girlfriend who is trying to create a relationship with Sally. Sally has a lot of psychological issues which I think would have been good to play off of to mess with the audiences minds. Instead nothing was left to the imagination as I stated earlier.
These creatures started acting up when Sally comes to live with her father. Apparently they want children so they try to befriend Sally so they can pull her into the depths of hell. The movie is basically about Sally trying to get someone to believe her about the creatures. Unfortunately there were bodies that could be used as proof but never were. That was just one of many issues with the film. If you want to sit back and just not think for a couple of hours this is not a bad film but I would not rank it over a two. It had potential. I did not know this is a remake of the 1970's made for TV horror trilogy by Dan Curtis. Of course there are differences but the concept was the same. A friend Aaron Overstreet, schooled me on that. I had never even heard of the trilogy. I am going to see if I can find it. I am sure it is better than this version.

Fright Night 2011

Here we go again folks. Another remake. My opinion on these remakes is that they production companies are getting too Conservative and do not want to put out money for something new and innovative for fear they won't make the money back. My two cents. For instance, I saw a script I liked that was not picked up by any production company and I thought it was a good idea.
With that said, Fright Night was good, not great. The humor was still there and the idea was still the same. The film was different enough from the original that you might still like it even though you enjoyed the cheesy 1980's original.
Jerry (Colin Ferrel)  is hot in this film but there is not an air of sexiness. He is pure evil. No intention of anything other then running the world with his minions. Jane Brewster (Toni Collette) is completely involved in this film and Peter Vincent ( David Tennant) I feel stole the show. This film did not have one specific lead character like the first one did. It was a team affair this time around. Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) was not the geek of the first film. In my opinion, this film took areas from the original that were not elaborated on and chose those to build a script on. You are welcome to disagree, I love discussing these things.

I liked the film because it was so different than the first and it was rated R so it felt more real to me. I did not love the film however. I would wait for the DVD and rent it. In Joe Bob Briggs world I would give it 2 stars.

Hatchet II

SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Director Adam Greene does it again. Hatchet II does not disappoint. Starts off where Hatchet I leaves off and follows the storyline well. For this film not to have been released but a couple days in the US is horse shit. This is what we want! blood and guts literally. Yes one part of the film does include a man's intestines being pulled from him and strangled until his head pops off. This film had great special effects! That is in thanks to Keven Carter, Alex Hill, Robert Pendergraft, Visual Effect by Micah Gallo and Scott Purdy, and Makeup by Adrienne Lynn, Arlene Martinez, Robert Pendergraft, Lancel Reyes, Adrian Romo, Shyann Swisher, Rileah Vanderbilt. Ya'll know I am makeup and Special effects so I have to shout out to them. Awesome job all.
Mary Beth (Danielle Harris) is pissed that her family has been slaughtered and and wants revenge. She gets it.
She seeks assistance from Reverend Zombie,  Candy Man star  Tony Todd and a band of Louisiana outcasts. They go back to the site of the original and find all new ways for Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) to slaughter everyone. Hatchet II has more unique kills. My favs were the pussy hatchet, probably the only way Victor can get laid, the, my what big chainsaw you have kill, the bootleg kill- head cheese anyone, and Mary Beth's revenge. You will know what I mean when you see the film.
Victor reminds me of Toxie on steroids and a bit more evil hahahaha. Speaking of Toxie, Lloyd Kaufman makes a cameo in this film. I did not know he was in it but recognized him when I saw him.

I would recommend this film to every horror fanatic out there. This is one film that will become a classic. Best part is that you don't have to see the first to understand the second film.  

Nightmare City-1980

Not really a Spoiler;

Nightmare City is a little Italian film by Umberto Lenzi who happens to be one of Joe Bob Briggs' fav directors. It is not a well known film. I would have disliked it if not for the fact that I would slow the scenes down and could see when a dummy was used. That made me laugh.
The movie is about zombie vampires who were made from a mistake at a lab. They are in an airplane that lands in a city and they end up taking over. These vampire zombies are not the usual breed, probably because they have both vampire and zombie in them. They are fairly intelligent. Of course you wouldn't know that from the look of them. The zombie vampires look like they have shit all over their faces. That in itself is enough to see the film. If your looking to be scared, forget it. If your looking for a good laugh then this is the film for you.
The best scene is when the two leading actors- Laura Trotter (Dr. Anna Miller) and Hugo Stiglitz (Dean Miller) are running from the zombie vampires and Anna starts freaking out. Dean slaps her (she moves her head the opposite way lol) and then they kiss passionately. I actually had tears running down my face I laughed so hard.

Red River

If i was a zombie, and i wanted you dead, id shit down your throat, an bite off your head. Id tear off your legs, and rip out your spine, id make you my meal as of no friend of mine. Satan himself wouldn't want your soul, as i chewed up your bones, and grind your guts in my bowl. Id tear out your soul, an id mail it to hell, marked with blood on a stamp that tastes very well. Id chew out your eyes , like little chocolate candies, id tear off your clothes an remove those panties. Id slide in my cock, until id fill your fucking hole, and id thrust back n forth until u had seen my black hard pole. Id then find your family, an even the braves ,id send em to Satan only to be his god dam slaves. Id bring out my friends to feed on your pets, an like a casino id start placing your bets. So remember rule number 1 and check all the stalls man, u better pick up your feet an run as fast as u can. For when we are done, your god will be dead, the lands will be black and the rivers will run red.
Poet Laureate

PRIEST- SPOILER- sort of :)

Priest is a film I feel is the Matrix meets Mad Max (Road Warrior). I loved it. Some will  not. These are brutal vampires. No feelings, no eyes, no heart, pure killing machines. Look out Twilight, haha, look out 30 days of night. This goes way beyond our normal views of vampires. I think that is why I liked it so much.
This film was directed by Scott Charles Stewart known for Legion. He has done visual effects on films like Sin City and The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Those alone should make you want to see the visual effects in this film.
Paul Bettany plays the Priest. He seems to always be in a film that has religion as one of the catalysts of the film. Karl Urban plays his nemesis in the film. Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lilly Collins, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Plummer, Alan Dale, and Madchen Amick play main characters in this film as well. I have to give a shout out to the makeup artists as that is where my passion lies. Chris Alex, David J. Barker, Dylan Boeddeker, Michael Copeland, John Frazier, Tommy Frazier, Joe Giles, Brian Goehring, Stephen Imhoff, and Raymond C. King, you guys rock!
The film starts with a bang! We get to find out just how brutal these vampires are. Then we are taken to where the priest is living. Post apocolyptic times, dark and much despair, and all are under the direction of the Monsignor Orelas ( Christopher Plummer). Everything is run by the church. Oppression is highly visible.
The Priests were an order to kill vampires but was dismantled by the church. Our main character Paul Bettany finds out his daughter was taken by the vampires and goes on a quest to get her back. He breaks his vows, leaving the city followed by fellow priests the church sends out to bring him back dead or alive. These Priests are not normal Priests, they are themselves killing machines. A battle between good and evil, God versus Religion, man versus beast entails.There is never a dull moment in this film. It keeps your attention at every turn.

Those that read my reviews, and I know I don't use exciting words, or go into much detail, but I am trying to write for all people not just ones that have PhD's and want a quick review.  Thanks for reading, Wiccanz

AHHH Zombies

Good afternoon everyone, I just watched a fun little film called "AHHH Zombies." I am going to spoil this. If you want to watch it you better stay away from my review...............

That said, here we go. This film was released in 2007 directed by Matthew Kohnen. It starts out like most zombie films. A government experiment gone bad. Four young adults are in a restaurant when one of them brings in ice cream mixer that has been contaminated. One of the guys decides to make beer ice cream. It turns out flourescent green. They eat it anyway and end up turning into zombies.

This group feels and wonders why everyone else is running for their lives when they come near them. The film cuts in different places to show the four of them in real life. They even go bowling. The four young adults find out they are in fact zombies by another zombie that was created by the military. They decide it is us against them as the normal people keep trying to kill them.

I enjoyed this film. It was quirky and fairly strange but had a great sense of humor. If your looking for a fun zombie movie to relax with the family, this would be one of them.

Adaptibility 1999 part II Classic. would like criticism. Suppose to be a comedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7-hqT1Fmo&feature=player_detailpage

Adaptability 1999 part one. This is a rib tickler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcVTyNzDzc4&feature=player_embedded

Kinerase

Hello all, Kinerase is not the name of a movie, at least not that I know of. This is more of an ad. I never had acne problems when I was a kid until I turned about 30. Then it hit like a snowball in the face. I tried everything. I did not have a lot of money and still don't. I finally went to a dermatologist about three years ago and she told me what to do. Unfortunately it was not cheap. Kinerase has helped immensely. Of course I am not completely without breakouts, but it's been the best yet. I get most of my washes off of eBay or Amazon.

Scream 4

The gangs all here. At least the ones who made it through the first three. I won't repeat who all is in this film. If you don't already know, you shouldn't be reading this blog.

I will not be putting any spoilers in this so it will be short.

I thought the film was past it's time. It was a good idea and it was a fun film, however, Scream was brilliant in it's time. Since it has been so long, horror has taken a different turn. Scream 4 tried to keep it's original feel adding in more of today's type horror and killing. It did not work very well. It was a good try. We will see how it did at the box office tomorrow 4/18/2011.

If you watch closely, there were subtleties in the film that made it worthwhile to watch. An example of this would be who was the director for the Stab movies in the film. That was pretty funny. See? I did not spoil it. :D Anyway, there were other small things in the film that make it worthwhile. I would still see it in the theatres and not wait for it to go to DVD. Horror has moved on Scream, and unfortunately you better as well. goodbye 1990 horror!

Let Me In

I just watched the American version of this film and I have to say it was a hell of a lot better than the original. The original was extremely boring. So boring in fact, my brain started to go numb. Thank god for Matt Reeves and his crew. I'm not going to go into major detail with this review but it allowed for the audience to use their imagination and also included key points to help understand the relationship between the boy and the vampire. Even though this movie was not horribly gory, it had its moments. The characters were built up enough to allow the audience to be able to understand the main characters. I am 37 and I was brought back to when I was 12 and the emotions that are felt at that time let alone dealing with the fact you feel your in love with an immortal.
I give this a 3 out of 5. I enjoyed the film.

My family

Chillers Scariest 13 Movies of the Decade

Chiller decided to put up their top 13 scariest movies. Do you agree with their picks?

13. Drag Me To Hell- I thought it was a great movie. Scary no, funny yes! This movie had me rolling most of the film. Greg Nicotero (SFX) explained the old woman was a puppet head that they used. Also the puke was coffee grounds and different pasta with some slime. Great film!

12. The Strangers- This movie freaked me out. This could happen to any of us. "Why are you doing this to us? Because you were home." Oh Hell No! In one of the scenes with Liv Tyler getting a glass of water, the guy in the mask was just standing in the background. This is what I was telling you all about, not using gore to scare. Number 13 was gory, but it was not scary. It takes a lot to freak me out. This film did. Nice job!

11. Final Destination-while I did not find this movie scary, I thought it was a great screenplay!

10. Orphan- This movie had a great twist at the end. What is interesting about this film is that there was an incident that happened not too long after this film came out with a family from the US adopting a child from Russia. Read up on it. This is a must see. Isobelle Fuhrman is insanely good.

9. The Descent- I thought it was dumb and not worth being on the scariest horror movies of the decade. I didn't like any of the characters. I did like how the actress gets her revenge at the end, but overall, it was not worth the time.

8. Hostel- Of course this is one of my favs. (Eli Roth). To be quite honest, I have seen a lot of interesting things in my life, I imagine something like this does exist. The torture in this movie was to die for, hahaha. The scenes were dragged out to ensure the audience felt the pain. Brilliant movie. This movie took the humor out of horror unless you get off on torture.

7. 30 Days of Night- The vampires in this film were the best I have seen. Vampires in Alaska? duh! If I were a vampire I would thrive there. I would not be cold and it is dark most of the time. Evil vampires. I had no desire to fuck one of them.

6. Cloverfield- it was not bad. The film was fast paced. I was pissed that the one girl ran around in heels the whole time. She had ample opportunity to get a pair of running shoes. the Statue of liberty head was a good effect. This would not be in my top thirteen however. Go Go Gozirra!

5. 28 Days Later- Yes!! fast zombies. The priest was the first attack zombie. If you are attacked by a priest, I believe you are in the zombie apocalypse. This was one of the first mainstream films that just tore it up with the fast brutal zombies. Even when they think they are going to be safe with the military they find they are not. The audience could also feel the characters evolving and becoming a family. Great film.

4. - The Mist- What can I say? The ending was shocking! Even though this film was weird, it kept my attention. When the people in the store were starting to go against each other, I remember saying to myself, that religious lady needs to die! With all those people stuck in a store, you always have idiots. The main character leaves at the end with some others. Bad decision. Of course in most films, if you just stay in one place, you will most certainly die. In this movie, it was the opposite.

3. Saw- This was a brilliant movie, brilliant screenplay and brilliant torture. Because of our sins according to jigsaw, he gives us the opportunity to repent. Our lives depend on ourselves and what we would do at the end of our lives. Raw and pure. I am not commenting on the franchise.

2. Paranormal Activity- This film had it's scary moments. It screws with our minds without special effects. Low budget film that got the job done. I really did not like the characters so I was disengaged a little. You may think I am weird, but this film is fairly realistic.
This film made Independent filmmakers feel like independent films were on the upward turn.

Do you agree with Chiller's number 1?

1. The Ring- This film took the old black and white and added it to modern times. Samara was freaky. She was just evil. It was good. I am not sure it is my number one of the decade, but it was good.

There you have it. Maybe I will come up with my own one of these days. Enjoy and have a great 2011.

2010

2010 was a good year for Horror, mainly Zombies. This was good for me because I was able to show off my makeup abilities. Horror is back and in a big way. Everyone is trying it. Independent filmmakers are going a million miles an hour to outdo each other.
I believe horror will be taking a turn backwards in time in the new year. Scaring with our brains instead of gore. Yes we will see gore, but there is nothing better than our own brains. You all know what night terrors are. Nothing better than scaring ourselves to death. That is why Paranormal Activity did so well. The same with The Last Exorcism. I welcome this even though I love special effects. This will help the independent filmmakers that have little budgets.
2011 will bring out the little guys and I hope they knock the socks off the big corporations. There are so many rules and regulations to follow and the states are not giving the tax breaks to bring in revenue for the states. Independent filmmakers like CatchMeKillMe Productions and others in Arizona and across the world will be the new wave. All Hail Independent Filmmakers!!!