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Sound On Sight Radio #166: Night of the Creeps

9 November 2009 11:29 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

If Jesus gets to show up two months early for Christmas, with his goddamned Jingle Cats CDs and Jim Carrey movies, then I decree that we here at Sound on Sight can make Halloween last just a little bit longer. So, even though it's almost mid-November, who's to say we can't still have a little spooky fun while the rest of the continent buys Nintendo DS games for their Mongoloid nephews. Tonight, we take a look at two films from cult director Richard Stanley, Dust Devil and the newly released Blu-Ray of Hardware. We're also going to take a look at the new collector's edition of 80s genre comedy Night of the Creeps, and the theatrical release of alien abduction chiller The Fourth Kind. listen now [1] Download the show in a new window [2] Listen on I-Tunes [3] RSS feeds [4] Sound On Sight Forum [5] Twitter [6] Facebook [7] Visit Severin films to pick up »

- Ricky

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Fields of the Nephilim Prepare Historic Live DVD

9 November 2009 9:12 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Iconic gothic-rock troupe Fields of the Nephilim have announced their legendary Ceromonies concert series will finally receive the deluxe digital treatment: DVD chronicles of the Nephilim's recent live shows are tentatively slated for release early next year. Band founder/frontman Carl McCoy already became part of genre history this fall via the long-awaited DVD of Richard Stanley's Hardware (in which he plays the legendary 'Zone Tripper'), and now he's unveiled some details from the upcoming Ceromonies Live release, as well as a preview clip from the DVD... hit that jump and check it out! The Ceromonies concert footage, captured from a two-part show named Ad Mortem and Ad Vitem, documents the Nephilim and... »

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Hardware (Review)

9 November 2009 12:41 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

You Can't Stop Progress. Hardware Directed by Richard Stanley In a post-apocalyptic future somewhere in a radioactive desert, terminally ill Moses Baxter (Dylan McDermott) has just returned from scavenging for whatever waste he may find that could be of use to him either back home or for sale. Along his journey he discovers some robotic parts from some unknown android which he brings to his dope-smoking sculptor girlfriend Julie (Stacey Travis) as a Christmas present. She incorporates it into her latest piece, but neither of them is aware that the hardware is actually a robot programmed to kill humans. After settling in and reconnecting following his long absence, their reunion is cut short when the robot awakens, reassembles itself and resumes its original purpose as a government-sponsored population control droid. Despite few similarities, Hardware was dismissed by most as a rip-off of The Terminator. In fact, the film was heavily »

- Ricky

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Head Games

4 November 2009 4:18 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Bearing a snarky, double-take title and a premise like a glazed pig on a platter, Grant Heslov's "The Men Who Stare at Goats" can't help but get us salivating -- be it Chayefskyian satire or schizoid paranormal headtrip or Coenesque destiny farce, we'll gobble it down, especially if it is, as this movie is, based on reported fact. American military new age telekinetic absurdism! The brown-acid substance of reporter Jon Ronson's book by the same name is the dizzying crucible at hand -- too ludicrous and all true to resist, and yet so much the sum of its chortlesome vignettes that filming it would require either the cargo-cult undergroundism of a Craig Baldwin or the imposed narrative arc of an over-punctuated Hollywood biopic. Regrettably, Heslov and screenwriter Peter Straughan and producer/star George Clooney have opted for the latter. Which is to say, the madness has been dressed for dinner, »

- Michael Atkinson

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New Body Count Episode: Post-Halloween Picks

3 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Filmmaker Joe Lynch is back with the latest episode of G4's Body Count , this time focusing on three post-Halloween horror flick picks. His choices? Fred Dekker's cult classic Night of the Creeps , Takashi Miike's notorious, unforgettable Audition and Richard Stanley's 1990 sci-fi/horror epic Hardware . Check out the video clip below! And check out two previous episodes here and here . Video Game - E3 2009 - Attack of the Show »

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Hardware (DVD/Blu-ray Review)

30 October 2009 12:39 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

“This is what you want…this is what you get…this is what you want…this is what you get…” Public Image Ltd. chants under the end credits of Richard Stanley’s Hardware. If what you’ve been wanting for the last decade is a worthy disc release of the 1990 sci-fi shocker, what you get from Severin Films’ recently issued two-dvd set and Blu-ray is everything you could imagine, and a few things you probably couldn’t.

First and foremost is a fine 1.85:1 transfer that holds the hyperstylized, vibrantly hued visual scheme (described by Stanley amongst the extras as “rock ’n’ roll lighting”) extremely well, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio that’s equally aggressive. Stanley’s command of sound and image elevates Hardware above a basic storyline that he freely admits is derivative of any number of past genre films, citing everything from spaghetti Westerns and classic science fiction literature »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Is 'Hardware' Worthy of the Term "Cult Classic?"

27 October 2009 3:18 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Despite their self-appointed pedigree as "The Criterion of Smut," Severin Films has carved a comfortable niche for themselves over the past few years as a reliable distributor of cult classics and obscure, overlooked gems. Unquestionably, their highest-profile release to date was a domestic DVD (and later Blu-ray) for Enzo Castellari's Inglorious Bastards, which inspired Tarantino's film of the same name (albeit different spelling). But they've released and reissued a number of terrific, highly-anticipated movies, almost all of which appeal to a unique and specific audience, even if they don't always register to mainstream viewers with the same excitement or awareness.

All of which brings us to Hardware, one of the company's latest releases. Though I hadn't seen it since it was first released on home video in the early 1990s, Richard Stanley's science fiction-horror film has been celebrated over the last two-plus decades as a modest masterpiece and a true cult classic, »

- Todd Gilchrist

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'Hardware' 2-dvd special edition: A killer cyborg, Dylan McDermott, drugs... and directorial rage!

25 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

The 1990 killer cyborg movie Hardware, now available as a 2-disc DVD, is important for various reasons: the low budget film's successful release in the U.S. helped bankroll a then-fledgling company called Miramax; it made a semi-star out of the largely unknown Dylan McDermott; and it also features a cameo from Carl McCoy, lead singer with U.K. goth-rockers Fields of the Nephilim, whose unearthing of a robot head in some post-apocalyptic desert wasteland at the start of the flick ultimately proves bad news for pretty much every other character. Okay, maybe McCoy's cameo isn't all that "important" an event »

- Clark Collis

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Steven’s Sick Picks: Hardware (Richard Stanley, 1990) DVD Review

15 October 2009 4:18 AM, PDT | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

A twisted post-apocalyptic world transcends into a life beyond frightening. Hardware comes alive as the Richard Stanley's most profound work of big brother controlling a desolate wasteland and turning it into a playground for the ultimate killing machine. Played out like a metal or grunge type music video, this psychedelic dream takes you into a surreal setting only to bend and twist your mind, warping it in order to prepare yourself for what the M.A.R.K. 13 has in store for your delicate flesh. »

- Steven

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DVD Playhouse--October 2009

15 October 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—October 2009

By

Allen Gardner

The Wizard Of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’S Edition (Warner Bros.) A true highlight in digital restoration technology, Warner Bros. restoration of the 1939 classic is cause for celebration. The Technicolor of the late ‘30s looks as though it was shot yesterday, and is especially stunning on Blu-ray, which was produced by scanning each of the film’s original Technicolor camera negatives using 8K resolution. From this scan, a final “capture” master was created in 4K, yielding twice the resolution seen in the master utilized for the film’s previous DVD release. Judy Garland’s Dorothy is charming as ever, and the entire cast: Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch, are all stellar. Four disc set bonuses include: Sing-along track; Documentaries and featurettes; Two 1914 silent films produced by Oz author L. Frank Baum, based on his stories »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Lemmy, Iggy Pop Reprise Their Roles For Hardware Promos

14 October 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

If you haven’t seen Richard Stanley’s 1990 futuristic action flick “Hardware,” then shame on you. Thanks to the fine, upstanding folks at Severin Films, this hyper violent sci-fi thriller is available on Region 1 DVD for the very first time. To help promote this fantastic release, co-stars Lemmy (Taxi Driver) and Iggy Pop (Angry Bob) have reprised their respective roles for a series of kick-ass promotional clips, both of which are genuinely amusing. Even if you haven’t had the pleasure of investigating the film for yourself, they’re still a blast to watch. My advice: Pick up “Hardware,” as well as Stanley’s underrated horror flick “Dust Devil,” as soon as possible. They’re both definitely worth the investment. »

- Todd

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DVD Of The Week: Hardware

13 October 2009 5:53 PM, PDT | GreenCine Daily | See recent GreenCine Daily news »

Hardware

directed by Richard Stanley

1990, 93 minutes, UK

Severin Films

Falsely but understandably advertised as "The Terminator for the nineties" and loosely based on the 2000 A.D. comics (making it a precursor to Judge Dredd), South African-born auteur Richard Stanley's cult-beloved feature debut had only a fraction of the resources James Cameron did for his Ahnuld-pocalypse. But even in its meager limitations, Hardware is both more cynical and conscious of human indignities as a horrific cyberpunk vision of the future. In this ruddy post-apocalypse, lawlessness pervades the land and Big Brother is always watching via omnipresent closed-circuit cameras, but there's no anti-fascist revolution underway; we compliantly voted the bastards in, just as effortlessly as we decimated the environment so that only the fittest scavengers survive. Technically, the villain of Hardware (and here's where that original comparison gets made) is a murderous combat droid called the M.A.R.K. 13, which »

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DVD releases for Tuesday October 13, 2009

13 October 2009 1:41 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

It's another awesome week for DVD releases gang. First up is Pieter Van Hees' Belgium thriller, Left Bank (review, amazon), and dark slow boiler that our own Hal McDermot said was "good at combining the familiar with the unsettling."

Then of course we have a couple of apocalyptic flicks, one classic and one soon-to-be. Richard Stanley's 1990 Pa android shocker, Hardware (exclusive clip, amazon), gets an overdue royal treatment from Severin who have lovingly restored the film and stuffed it with extras. As soon as my copy arrives I'll be posting a review so stay tuned. The soon-to-be classic is of course Kyle Rankin's comic tinged bug-pocalypse romp, Infestation (review, amazon). This is one of those film that does so much with so little and has so much fun doing it that you'd feel like kind of a jerk for dissing its shortcomings. Don't let the bad DVD »

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Iggy Pop Promo for the Hardware DVD, Blu-Ray

13 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

The packed special edition DVD/Blu-Ray release of Hardware is now officially available as of today courtesy of Severin Films. And as one last promotional push, they've released another teaser clip, this time with rocker Iggy Pop as Angry Bob! This is the first time Hardware has been available in the Us completely uncut and uncensored. The 1990 horror/sci-fi epic was directed by Richard Stanley and stars Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis, along with special appearances by Lemmy of Motörhead and as mentioned before Iggy Pop. You can watch a preview of all the disc's special features at our previous news post here . Check out the latest promo below: »

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Severin Preps Restored Vondel Park DVD

13 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

While not exactly horror, this may be of interest to horror genre fans with a taste for exploitation cinema. Severin Films, who most recently put together a stellar DVD and Blu-Ray of Richard Stanley's Sci-Fi thriller Hardware , will be releasing a completely restored DVD of Hanna D. The Girl From Vondel Park on October 27th. Below are all the details, straight from the official press release: Now Fully Restored From Original Vault Elements "We're sad to report that on the eve of the release of what he considered his masterpiece Writer/Director Rino Di Silvestro succumbed to cancer on October 3rd. Rino was overjoyed when we told him that Severin would finally be giving Hanna D. The Girl From Vondel Park its overdue DVD bow on October 27th. We had already shot an... »

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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 10/13/2009

10 October 2009 11:19 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List. It's another Big week, with Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell hitting the market, along with some long-awaited classics including The Stepfather, Hardware, and more.

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Angels Vs. Demons: Fact Or Fiction?

The Vatican has condemned it. Readers around the world love it. And now we separate the fact from the fiction in Dan Brown’s controversial bestseller Angels & Demons. We examine the cutting-edge science of anti-matter and question the historical accuracy of theology, conspiracies, symbolism and cults as described by the The Da Vinci Code author. Includes bonus feature: »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Motorhead Hardware Promo

8 October 2009 7:07 AM, PDT | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

Severin Films' new music video promo for the release of Hardware on DVD and Blu-ray on October 13, has my little acorn all leaky with anticipation. The video stars Lemmy from Motorhead reprising his role as the "Taxi Driver" and ends with a great gore montage. Check it out below and be sure to pre-order Richard Stanley's post-apocalyptic classic on [Blu-ray] or the DVD now! »

- Kevin Touch

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Severin’s Hardware DVD Release Promo featuring Lemmy from Motorhead

7 October 2009 6:04 PM, PDT | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »

Ahead of their October 13th DVD & Blu Ray release of Richard Stanley’s 1990 sci-fi epic “Hardware”, the fine folks over at Severin Films have produced a new promo video featuring Lemmy of Motörhead. In the video, Lemmy recreates his cameo role from the movie as a cab driver recalling nostalgic memories from the past as he drives through a now dystopian wasteland. It was the movie that stunned audiences, shocked the MPAA and marked the debut of one of the most uncompromising filmmakers in modern horror. Golden Globe® winner Dylan McDermott (The Practice, Dark Blue) stars as a post-apocalyptic scavenger who brings home a battered cyborg skull for his metal-sculptor girlfriend. But this steel scrap contains the brain of the M.A.R.K. 13, the military’s most ferocious bio-mechancial combat droid. It is cunning, cruel, and knows how to reassemble itself. Tonight, it is reborn…and no flesh shall be spared. »

- Nix

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New Hardware promo with Motörhead’s Lemmy

7 October 2009 2:29 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Severin Films alerted us to a new promo for its upcoming double-dvd and Blu-ray release of Richard Stanley’s Hardware, streeting October 13. The clip features Lemmy from Motörhead reprising his taxi-driver role from the movie (with a bit of non-work-safe language), plus a montage of violent highlights set to one of the band’s songs. Check it out below!

Hardware, starring Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis and an extremely violent robot that goes on a bloody rampage in a dystopian future, will be accompanied on disc by a ton of supplemental goodies. Click here to see the details.

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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold )

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Hardware Promo Featuring Lemmy of Motörhead

7 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Severin Films has unveiled another promo trailer for their upcoming DVD/Blu-Ray release of Hardware , this one focusing on Lemmy of Motörhead. It hits store shelves on October 13th. This is the first time Hardware has been available in the Us completely uncut and uncensored. The 1990 horror/sci-fi epic was directed by Richard Stanley and stars Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis, along with special appearances by Iggy Pop and as mentioned before Lemmy of Motörhead. You can watch a preview of all the disc's special features at our previous news post here . Check out the latest promo below: »

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