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"Death is not the worst. There are things more horrible than death." Was Count Dracula talking about working with Mr. Kinski? Oh, wait. He was Mr. Kinski! Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they check out yet another 1979 film telling the story of the undead count, Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz.

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 104 – Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

- IMDb

• Writer/Director: Werner Herzog
• Featured Cast
  • Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula
  • Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker
  • Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Harker
  • Roland Topor as Renfield
  • Walter Ladengast as Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
  • Martje Grohmann as Mina
  • Dan van Husen as Warden
  • Jan Groth as Harbormaster
  • Carsten Bodinus as Schrader

What do you know? The Decades of Horror 1970s Grue-Crew takes on another vampire film from 1979. Doc thinks Kinski's Nosferatu is lacking a certain force of personality. (Pssst! He actually uses a couple of very different words.) Roland Topor's portrayal of Renfield trips Chad's trigger, especially with his laugh. Jeff is impressed with Herzog's cinematic eye and compares some of the scenes in Nosferatu the Vampyre with those of Nosferatu (1922). Bill gives his views on Kinski the man and Kinski the actor - hint: they are not the same - and discusses the differences in the story as told in Nosferatu the Vampyre and in the story as told in other Dracula films. Of course, their appreciation of Isabelle Adjani goes without saying, but don't get them started on Herzog's version of Van Helsing!

All-in-all, the 70s Grue-Crew thinks Nosferatu the Vampyre is a must-watch for most horror fans. Listeners might also want to check out Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 21 - Nosferatu (1922).

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror 3-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In three weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be - yes, it's another vampire film - The Vampire Doll (1970), the first film in Toho's Bloodthirsty Trilogy.

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• The Grue-Crew review… In The Tall Grass.

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FEATURE TOPIC: In the Tall Grass

Based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill, when siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared themselves by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them. Cut off from the world and unable to escape the field's tightening grip, they soon discover that the only thing worse than getting lost is being found.

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Director: Vincenzo Natali Stars: Patrick Wilson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted Release Date: NETFLIX, October 4, 2019

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• …and the genre cries over the loss of the legendary SID HAIG…

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HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK

• OBITS
  • RIP: Sid Haig, 80 (Spider Baby, House of 1000 Corpses)
    • https://ew.com/movies/2019/09/23/sid-haig-dies-house-of-1000-corpses/
• TRAILERS
  • Never too early, Universal promotes next Jurassic World film with a cool short called BATTLE AT BIG ROCK
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  • NETFLIX explores the mystery of Brad Anderson's FRACTURED on Oct 11
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  • NETFLIX ventures IN THE TALL GRASS on Oct 4
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7afc9gTbVFI
  • THE MORTUARY COLLECTIONS anthology with Clancy Brown stringing it all together
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMgiF0C5HSY
  • Fantastic Fest Resurrects the 1980s with BLOOD MACHINES
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHhr8Xc4AM
• DEVELOPMENT
  • TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE sequel produced by Fede Alverez
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• CASTING
  • Blumhouse's THE CRAFT remake casts its leads
    • https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/craft-reboot-zoe-lister-jones-finds-leads-1241057
  • Sylvester Stallone joins Julius (Overlord) Avery's thriller SAMARITAN
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"I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves!... I summon Viy!" You'd think spending three nights with a witch's corpse would be enough of a trial. Join this episode's Grue Crew - Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, and Jeff Mohr along with special guest Doc Rotten - for a trip to Ukraine to take in Viy (1967), the Russian, folk-horror classic based on a Nikolai Gogol tale.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 64 – Viy (1967)

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.

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• Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov
• Writers: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko, (story by) Nikolay Gogol (as Nikolai Gogol)
• Music: Karen Khachaturyan
• Featured Cast:
  • Leonid Kuravlyov as Khoma Brutus
  • Natalya Varley as Pannochka
  • Alexei Glazyrin as Sotnik
  • Vadim Zakharchenko as Khalyava
  • Nikolai Kutuzov as Vedma
  • Pyotr Vesklyarov as Rektor / Dorosh
  • Dmitri Kapka as Overko
  • Stepan Shkurat as Yavtukh
  • Georgiy Sochevko as Stepan
  • Nikolai Yakovchenko as Spirid
  • Nikolai Panasyev as Uteshitel
  • Vladimir Salnikov as Gorobets

Your Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Grue-Crew has been trying to cover Viy for 2 years. When it finally showed up on the Shudder streaming service and a new Blu-ray was issued by Severin, they knew the time had come. The Blu-ray and Shudder streaming picture quality far exceed that previously available. Their general recommendation is you should see this film!

Doc tipped off the Grue-Crew to this film so it seems only natural that he join them to discuss Viy and he goes into detail about his love for the film. From beginning to end, he is fascinated by the culture, the Gogol-created folklore, the cinematography, the special effects, and the unique visuals present in Viy. Whitney is entranced by the magical quality of the film and admits she sometimes gets sucked-in by stories built around witches and folk tales. Chad really, really, really, really loves this film and his interest was aroused by the framework of the lead character having to spend 3 days locked in a church with a witches' corpse. He also dives into Gogol's source story and its genesis. Viy is a must-own for Jeff, having stayed up late into the night on the release date to be sure to get a copy of Severin's new Blu-ray edition. The entire Grue-Crew discusses the escalation of the witch's efforts over the three days and what they liked about each day.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era is part of the Decades of Horror 3-week rotation with the 1970s and 1980s. In three weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be The Body Snatcher (1945), a Val Lewton production directed by Robert Wise and starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Henry Daniell.

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To each of you from each of us, "Thank you so much for listening!"

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• The Grue-Crew review… One Cut of the Dead.

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FEATURE TOPIC: One Cut of the Dead

Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.

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Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama

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• Paul Feig wants to resurrect the Universal Monsters with his DARK ARMY…
• …The Hangman hopes to improve his haunting skills with THE GALLOWS ACT II…
• …and a Death App accurately predict your death to the very last second in COUNTDOWN!

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• Guest host: Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK

• TRAILERS
  • A killer app predicts your death in COUNTDOWN on October 25, 2019
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  • Prepare yourself, THE GALLOWS ACT 2 is coming October 25, 2019
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  • LITTLE MONSTERS heads directly to HULU on October 11, 2019
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• TV
  • Annie Wilkes returns in CASTLE ROCK season 2 on HULU on October 23, 2019
    • https://gruesomemagazine.com/2019/09/13/trailer-arrives-for-castle-rock-s2-and-so-does-misery/
  • The CW revisits Collinsport with DARK SHADOWS: REINCARNATION
    • https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/dark-shadows-the-cw-1203329640/
• CASTING
  • THE STAND adds Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg and Whoopie Goldberg as Mother Abigail
    • https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/alexander-skarsgard-the-stand-cbs-all-access-1203334936/
    • https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/alexander-skarsgard-the-stand-cbs-all-access-1203334936/
  • TERRIFIER 2 casts Lauren LaVera as its lead and Art the Clown couldn't be happier… lookout, Lauren!
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• DEVELOPMENT
  • Will Paul Feig rescue the Universal Monsters with DARK ARMY
    • https://deadline.com/2019/09/paul-feig-monster-movie-dark-army-universal-pictures-classic-monster-universe-1202732738/
  • David Slade set to adapt Norman Partridge's 2006 novel DARK HARVEST
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  • Blumhouse signs Gigi Saul Guerrero to a first look TV and Film deal
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"Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders... And Another One In A Dish On His Desk." You just never know when you're going to need a spare, right? Join your faithful Grue Crew - Crystal Cleveland, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr - on another trip to the Land of Lovecraft. The last episode was a trip to Dunwich with Lucio Fulci, but this time, they're headed to Miskatonic University for Re-Animator (1985), Stuart Gordon's whacked-out take on Lovecraft.

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 146 – Re-Animator (1985)

After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

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• Director: Stuart Gordon
• Writers: Dennis Paoli, William Norris, Stuart Gordon; H.P. Lovecraft (story "Herbert West, Re-Animator")
• Producer: Brian Yuzna
• Music: Richard Band
• Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
• Makeup Department: John Naulin
• Cast
  • Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West
  • Bruce Abbott as Dan Cain
  • Barbara Crampton as Megan Halsey
  • David Gale as Dr. Carl Hill
  • Robert Sampson as Dean Alan Halsey
  • Al Berry as Dr. Hans Gruber
  • Peter Kent as Melvin the Re-Animated
  • Craig Reed as the One Arm Man Corpse a.k.a. the Burn Victim

Crystal picked Re-Animator (1985) as the film for this episode because, "it's awesome," and is one of her favorite films of all time. She also admits to a big fan-crush on Jeffrey Combs and thinks the ever-youthful Barbara Crampton must be bathing in the blood of children. According to Chad, who saw Re-Animator in a theater, Combs was made for the role of Herbert West. Bill identifies Mac Ahlberg as the film's cinematographer and as a force in creating the look of horror movies of the 1980s. Even Jeff loves this film, especially Barbara Crampton, and he thinks Combs' portrayal of Herbert West was more over the top than Colin Clive's portrayal of Dr. Frankenstein. All-in-all, the 1980s Grue-Crew thinks Re-Animator is a film worthy of inclusion in the collection of every horror fan.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s is part of the new Decades of Horror 3-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1970s. In three weeks, the Grue-Crew's next film will be John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).

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• Blumhouse and Imogen Poots celebrate the holidays with BLACK CHRISTMAS…
• … Sophia Lillis takes the lead in GRETEL AND HANSEL…
• … and Danny Torrance returns to the Overlook in Mike Flanagan's DOCTOR SLEEP.

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HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK

• TRAILERS
  • GRETEL AND HANSEL featuring Sophia (It) Lillis, coming January 31, 2020
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  • BLACK CHRISTMAS featuring Imogen Poots, coming December 13, 2019
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  • DOCTOR SLEEP, one final look at Mike Flanagan's King Adaptation, arriving November 8, 2019
    • https://www.slashfilm.com/final-doctor-sleep-trailer/
  • KILLER SOFA, yeah… you heard that right
    • https://gruesomemagazine.com/2019/09/04/youll-never-rest-easy-again-once-youve-seen-the-trailer-for-killer-sofa/
• CASTING
  • Could it happen? Tom Atkins starring in THE COLLECTED
    • https://movieweb.com/collector-3-the-collected-cast-tom-atkins/
• TV
  • THE PURGE continues on the USA Network with season 2
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On this episode of Horror News Radio:

• The Grue-Crew review… IT: CHAPTER 2.

This is HORROR NEWS RADIO, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE podcast. Back with Doc Rotten once again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

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• Award-winning filmmaker Christopher G. Moore.
• Podcasting Rock Star & International Cosplay Queen, Vanessa Thompson.
• With Guest Host: Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl

SPECIAL REPORT:

Crystal shares her experience seeing IT: CHAPTER 2 in 4DX. Wind, water, and evil vibrations make seeing the sequel in this format an unforgettable experience. The Livin6Dead6irl tells us why!

FEATURE TOPIC: It: Chapter 2

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

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Director: Andy Muschiette Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, Isaiah Mustafa, Bill Skarsgard

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"In the past 500 years, Professor, those who have crossed my path have all died, and some not pleasantly." Then again, some who have crossed his path have watched him turn into a cloak-kite and flap away. Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they check out the 1979 version of Dracula, featuring Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan, Laurence Olivier, and Donald Pleasence, four decades after its release.

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 103 – Dracula (1979)

In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.

IMDb

• Director: John Badham
• Writers: W.D. Richter (screenplay); (play by) John L. Balderston & Hamilton Deane; (novel by) Bram Stoker
• Featured Cast
  • Frank Langella as Count Dracula
  • Laurence Olivier as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
  • Donald Pleasence as Dr. Jack Seward
  • Kate Nelligan as Lucy Seward
  • Trevor Eve as Jonathan Harker
  • Jan Francis as Mina Van Helsing
  • Sylvester McCoy as Walter Myrtle
  • Janine Duvitski as Annie
  • Tony Haygarth as Milo Renfield
  • Teddy Turner as Swales

1979 saw the release of a veritable colony of vampire movies. John Badham's Dracula most certainly comes in as number one in terms of budget though maybe not in terms of a timeless treasure. This one holds a special place for Doc as does Frank Langella's portrayal of the legendary count. Jeff labored to stay focused during the first half of the film but gives high marks to the final half. As a youngster watching this, Chad was duly frightened but admits parts of it do not hold up forty years later. Bill is irritated Dracula omits nearly everything taking place prior to the Demeter landing in England and bemoans the very weird, "vampire kite" conclusion.

Where does Dracula (1979) fit amongst other films based on Bram Stoker's novel or even amongst vampire films in general? The 1970s Grue Crew is just foolhardy enough to take a shot at a general ranking. At any rate, they all recommend Dracula as a worthwhile watch and Doc is considering acquiring the Scream Factory Blu-ray due out in November 2019.

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