Something Weird Video is the label that all of Herschell's classic films are on. They also have an incredible collection of other Exploitation flicks and bizarre treats like "Scare Films". If you get a chance, check their website out, you won't be disappointed.
I've been pouring over hours of footage from these films to help get a handle on the look for "The Gore Gore Gore-Met". I really view our movie not only as a horror film and a black comedy but as a real true modern day "Exploitation" film. Webster's defines the word Exploit as: Make full use of and derive benefit from. Let's see, I'm going to make full use of "Gore" and then derive the benefit of shocking viewers and they in turn will tell their friends that they must see "Gore-Met". There is still something unsettling about seeing a individual being dismembered via chain-saw. And let me just say the "The Gore Gore Gore-Met" will be one of the goriest endeavors ever undertaken by exploiters such as ourselves. You wouldn't expect anything less from "The Godfather of Gore" and we wouldn't want to disappoint his legions of fans.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Forty Years in the Making
First I would like to say happy 77th to Herschell today for it is the "Godfather's" Birthday!!!
I have to admit the thought of bringing to life a movie idea that Herschell had some forty years ago is exciting, especially since I've been a fan since I was a young kid. Bill, Jeff & I all feel very fortunate to be entrusted with such an undertaking and I plan to shoot this movie in much the same style and look as some of Herschell's classics but with my own flavor of course. I think what separates "The Gore Gore Gore-Met" from many of the horror films being made today is that it's a period piece. It will take place in the mid-sixties, which was the heart of the "Exploitation Cinema" era. Our film will be rich with the colors(Blood Red), the sounds(Bad Lounge Music), the fashion styles(Bullet Bras) and the cars(Big Fins). It should take us all back to the "drive-in" in our minds and make us feel like we're seeing an H. G. Lewis movie for the first time again.
Let me just say that not only is Herschell a most humble man, he is also extremely warm and kind. Not what you would expect from someone named the "Godfather of Gore" but he really is an American Treasure. It's as though he is as timeless as the films he's made. Here's to many more movies from Herschell and birthday celebrations.
-Jonathan
I have to admit the thought of bringing to life a movie idea that Herschell had some forty years ago is exciting, especially since I've been a fan since I was a young kid. Bill, Jeff & I all feel very fortunate to be entrusted with such an undertaking and I plan to shoot this movie in much the same style and look as some of Herschell's classics but with my own flavor of course. I think what separates "The Gore Gore Gore-Met" from many of the horror films being made today is that it's a period piece. It will take place in the mid-sixties, which was the heart of the "Exploitation Cinema" era. Our film will be rich with the colors(Blood Red), the sounds(Bad Lounge Music), the fashion styles(Bullet Bras) and the cars(Big Fins). It should take us all back to the "drive-in" in our minds and make us feel like we're seeing an H. G. Lewis movie for the first time again.
Let me just say that not only is Herschell a most humble man, he is also extremely warm and kind. Not what you would expect from someone named the "Godfather of Gore" but he really is an American Treasure. It's as though he is as timeless as the films he's made. Here's to many more movies from Herschell and birthday celebrations.
-Jonathan
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Deep Gorey Thoughts
Okay, so if you're reading this you probably have seen the fantastic coverage we've received in Fangoria, Bloody-Disgusting.com and Horror-Channel.com.
We are ecstatic about the prospect of getting to make this movie and let people see it onscreen. I've been putting my grey matter in the blender with Jonathan, Jeff and Herschell and mixing up a particularly potent brew. its got comedy, thrills, sexiness, drama and boy does it have GORE!
Meaty, Beaty Big and Bouncy, Baby!
Not only are we putting the final polishes on the script, but we're working on the DVD as well - making sure that this is the kind of disc that Herschell and his fans deserve. Stuff that really picks the brain of this horror icon and goes behind the scenes to inspire a whole new generation of gore fans to make their own movies.
It's 8:30pm. I'm going to get out of the office and relax.
--- Bill
We are ecstatic about the prospect of getting to make this movie and let people see it onscreen. I've been putting my grey matter in the blender with Jonathan, Jeff and Herschell and mixing up a particularly potent brew. its got comedy, thrills, sexiness, drama and boy does it have GORE!
Meaty, Beaty Big and Bouncy, Baby!
Not only are we putting the final polishes on the script, but we're working on the DVD as well - making sure that this is the kind of disc that Herschell and his fans deserve. Stuff that really picks the brain of this horror icon and goes behind the scenes to inspire a whole new generation of gore fans to make their own movies.
It's 8:30pm. I'm going to get out of the office and relax.
--- Bill
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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