Traci Burr is an actress, writer, producer, and director with a love for horror that shows through all that she does. Her film career started with the cult film May and includes titles such as It Wants Blood, 14 Ghosts, and the upcoming Quakeasaurus.
BOOTLEG FILES 796: “The Batman: Deadly Madness” (2022 Russian film).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None (hey, it just came out).
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Unauthorized production that borrows copyright protected material.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nyet.
This week marks the debut of two new films inspired by Bob Kane’s Gotham City-based superhero. There is the big Hollywood film that everyone is waiting for – do I really have to identify it? – and there is the tiny Russian film that no one is waiting for but everyone should see, if only to learn an invaluable lesson on how not to make a fan film.
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A drug dealer looking to get out of the business and open a body shop needs to do one last job to be allowed out. Of course, things don’t go as planned in this one-shot thriller.
Lesleh Donaldson came onto the horror scene in the early 1980’s with films such as Happy Birthday to Me and Curtains. She was recently seen on The Handmaid’s Tale and Jett.
She does it all and she does it all very well, with a side of Philly attitude and confidence, Brooke Lewis Bellas answers our questions for Women in Horror Month!
With Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” he manages to offer up a brilliant, dazzling, and engrossing epic retelling of the original musical. It’s stunning how much Spielberg is able to suck us in using the elements of dance as important and crucial moments of exposition in lieu of endless dialogue. To say that “West Side Story” is a surprise, is an understatement. While Spielberg is a wonderful director, there’s never been any indication he could deliver on a musical. But with his version of “West Side Story” is gives us the classic tale of star crossed lovers, and a race war amidst the back drop of New York. Except what Spielberg does is beautifully recontextualizes the entire tale of the Jets and the Sharks for Modern audiences.
Opening the interviews this year for Women in Horror Month at Cinema Crazed is Lao filmmaker Mattie Do. Her new film The Long Walk was released on VOD on 03/01/2022. Continue reading