The long-anticipated Evil Dead remake opens tomorrow (10pm in select cities tonight) and Choice Cuts is back to discuss the redo.
After the jump, listen in to our group discussion with ShockTillYouDrop.com's Ryan Turek, film critic Todd Gilchrist, Bloody-Disgusting.com's Evan Dickson and actress Brea Grant as the team talks about their expectations and concerns (if any).
This is the final chapter in our four-part discussion with this group, for the previous episodes - and our entire Choice Cuts library - click here.
The third part of our Choice Cuts "discussion" with guests Todd Gilchrist (film critic), Evan Dickson (Bloody-Disgusting) and Brea Grant (Heroes, Dexter) is live and, this time, we're focusing on horror on the small screen.
From True Blood and The Following to American Horror Story and newcomers like Hannibal and Bates Motel - what are our guests tuning into? What's getting them excited, furthermore, what is working and why?
Our panel, hosted by yours truly, digs into it all via the video player inside. Enjoy! And, for more episodes in this discussion series, head to our Choice Cuts hub.
ShockTillYouDrop.com managing editor Ryan Turek returns for another group discussion in this episode of Choice Cuts.
This time, he's - once again - sitting down with Todd Gilchrist (film critic), Evan Dickson (Bloody-Disgusting) and actress/director Brea Grant (Dexter, Best Friends Forever) to chat about horror sub-genres. Specifically, which ones they would like to see return.
As we all now, horror goes in cycles and Hollywood bleeds certain sub-genres - be it vampires, slashers or haunted houses - until they go into hibernation. But which sub-genres have been out of the scene for far too long? Head inside for the group chat!
Our long-running video series Choice Cuts went away for a bit...but now it's back with a new look and feel.
For the series' reboot, we've adopted a "group discussion" format which we've toyed with in the past. Our guests for this episode include Brea Grant (Dexter, Best Friends Forever), Evan Dickson (Bloody-Disgusting) and film critic Todd Gilchrist.
The topic on the table: Horror films and their replay value. What are modern horror films missing that is preventing them from being revisited time and time again? We break it all down. Of course, if you have something to say about the issue, head inside, watch the discussion and use our comment boards to weigh in!
When I moved back to Los Angeles many years ago, Todd Lincoln was one of the first directors I interviewed. At the time, he was in line to helm a screen adaptation of Hack/Slash. That film never worked out for him, so he moved on to a few other projects, including The Apparition which is seeing its release this Friday (August 24th).
For our 48th episode of Choice Cuts, we pulled in Lincoln to discuss his supernatural thriller, his time on Hack/Slash, the fate of his Danger Girl adaptation and the two projects he is currently at work on: Joe Hill's Twittering from the Circus of the Dead and The Nye Incidents.
Now available on VOD - The Pact, a tight supernatural thriller from write-director Nicholas McCarthy which stars Caity Lotz (Death Valley, Mad Men) as a young woman searching for her missing sister (played by Agnes Bruckner). To celebrate its release and tout its forthcoming July 6th theatrical run, we called upon Ms. Lotz to come on down to the Choice Cuts studio to talk about the film.
For our 46th episode of Choice Cuts, we called upon Oren Peli to chat about his latest endeavor, Chernobyl Diaries, a film directed by Brad Parker and is based on a story by Peli himself. Of course, you know the man from his feature directorial debut, Paranormal Activity, which spawned a very successful franchise. Since then, he's gone on to share producing credit on Insidious, The River and Rob Zombie's forthcoming The Lords of Salem.
Shock continues its two-part coverage of our trip to San Francisco for a special event revolving around Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir which is now available for the Nintendo 3DS. In this episode, we take a tour of the event's haunted hotel.
Shock Till You Drop ventured to San Francisco recently to check out a press event Nintendo held for its release of the Nintendo 3DS title Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir. For our 44th episode of Choice Cuts, we focus on the game itself and, stay tuned for next week, as we take a tour through a haunted hotel.
Actress Lauren McKnight sits in the Choice Cuts hot seat for this episode. You might recognize her from MTV's My Super Psycho Sweet 16 trilogy. The most recent entry, My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Part 3, aired last month and we had McKnight in shortly after its premiere in Hollywood. Click on the player below and hear McKnight talk about her experiences on the series and working in the Hollywood trenches.
We are back with our 42nd episode of Choice Cuts, this time speaking with director Mike Mendez. This maniac dished out The Convent, starring Adrienne Barbeau, and set a few nuns on fire. Later, he went on to helm The Gravedancers, an After Dark Films release. Currently, he's in post-production on MegaSpider, which finds Heroes' Greg Grunberg taking on a monstrous menace in Los Angeles. Click on the player below to hear about the film and more!
AJ Bowen sits in the Choice Cuts hot seat this week to discuss his background, his career and his forthcoming projects. The actor landed on the genre map with The Signal and has been devoted to horror since, appearing in House of the Devil, Hatchet II and Chillerama. On the horizon: You're Next and Rites of Spring. Head inside for our candid interview!
It just dawned on me... Episode 40?! I never imagined Choice Cuts would keeping rolling along like it has, but here we are, 40 episodes down.
This is our third, and final, installment tied in to The Theatre Bizarre, a horror anthology film opening in theaters January 27. For the last couple of weeks, we've been talking to the contributing directors involved (click here for our previous two episodes) and this week we have Buddy Giovinazzo, director of Combat Shock and the segment in The Theatre Bizarre entitled "I Love You," in the hot seat.
Now, just because this is our last Bizarre-themed episode that doesn't mean we're done speaking with the directors. Tune in to future episodes of Shock Till You Drop's Shock Waves podcast for our chats with Tom Savini, Karim Hussain, Richard Stanley and Douglas Buck.
Last week, we kicked off our series of Choice Cuts episodes focusing on The Theatre Bizarre with writer-director-producer David Gregory. Today, we present our interview with director Jeremy Kasten, the man responsible for the wraparound segments embedded in this anthology horror film.
Inside, you'll find our chat with Kasten, who previously helmed All Souls Day, The Thirst and The Wizard of Gore remake. The director talks about working with Udo Kier, the challenges of his contribution to The Theatre Bizarre and his upcoming film The Dead Ones.
Two Choice Cuts episodes in one week? Yes, indeed. With installment 38, however, we're kicking off the first in a series of interviews we've conducted for The Theatre Bizarre, an unsettling and graphic slice of anthology cinema making its way into theaters beginning January 27 from W2 Media and Severin Films.
The interviews with the filmmakers involved are going to be broken up across Choice Cuts and our podcast, Shock Waves, over the next month, leading up to the film's release. And what better way to begin our in-depth coverage than with the man who got the ball rolling on the project as producer, and contributed to the film as a writer-director with the story entitled Sweets, David Gregory.
Next week, this year's Final Destination 5 makes its DVD and Blu-ray debut and, in anticipation of this release, we felt it was time to look back at the creation of that lucrative palette of gore and death called the Final Destination franchise with the man who kicked it all off, Jeffrey Reddick.
The screenwriter landed on the horror scene with 2000's Final Destination, a film that - at the time - sprung from the teen horror boom, yet offered a refreshing deviation from the masked slasher/body count formula. His contributions to the franchised waned over the subsequent installments, however, as we learn, he has always been just a phone call away from the series' producer, Craig Perry, for advice and to give his blessing.
Head inside for an exclusive chat with Reddick about Final Destination and its latest entry.
Tonight, the second part of Stephen King's Bag of Bones airs on A&E, wrapping up the two-part adaptation directed by Mick Garris. In our last installment of Choice Cuts, we ventured up to Garris' house in Hollywood to discuss his return to King territory. Now, we continue our conversation with the director in our 36th episode of Choice Cuts and pick his brain about the long-mooted The Talisman, Warner Bros.' upcoming redo of The Stand, horror on television and more.
Mick Garris is back in Stephen King territory once again, adapting Bag of Bones for A&E. The director, of course, is no stranger to King, having directed Sleepwalkers, The Stand, The Shining and Riding the Bullet (just to name a few titles).
This time, he directs Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George and Annabeth Gish in a ghostly tale that airs on December 11 and 12. To learn more, Garris invited Shock up to his house to discuss the adaptation and more. We hope you enjoy this episode which kicks off our second season of Choice Cuts! Stay tuned for part two of this interview.
Shortly after the Sundance premiere of The Woman at the start of this year, Choice Cuts brought in star Pollyanna McIntosh to discuss the Lucky McKee film. Since this title is hitting theaters tomorrow, we thought we'd dust off the interview in case you missed it the first time it aired. In the film, McIntosh plays the titular feral female who winds up being captured by a family for domestication.
Eli Craig visit the set of Choice Cuts this month to talk about his horror-comedy Tucker & Dale Versus Evil, available on VOD and opening in theaters today. We had a chance to chat about his background and the challenges of making a low-budget film with some rather familiar faces. Click on the player below for more!
Tucker & Dale Versus Evil stars Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labin and Katrina Bowden and is released through Magnolia Pictures.
Brea Grant is no stranger to Shock. Not too long ago we interviewed the Halloween II star about her comic book "We Will Bury You." Well, she's been mighty busy as of late. More comic book writing work has come in and she booked a gig on Dexter's sixth season. Click below for our interview!
Editor's note: Since the Fright Night remake is opening this Friday, I thought we'd re-post our Choice Cuts episode with the director of the original film. Here he takes us on a prop tour and discusses the making of the '80s vampire classic.
Wrapping up our discussion with writer-director Tom Holland, we finally touch on Fright Night, the 1985 horror-comedy starring William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse and Stephen Geoffreys. The film spawned a remake due in theaters at the end of the summer and has amassed a legion of fans. Holland was thrilled to open up about the flick, furthermore, he took us on a tour of his house which features a couple of terrific props from the production that were recently restored.
Press conferences don't give you nearly enough time you want to chat with a filmmaker. When Shock wrapped The Ward press event, well, we wanted to talk a bit more with director John Carpenter. Of course, it didn't help that the conference got hijacked by press members who wanted to talk with star Amber Heard more about Playboy. I mean, c'mon, Carpenter's been away too long...
A few weeks later, we caught up to the main man at his office in Hollywood. And, as usual, he was game to talk about anything. Click on the player below for our 24-minute chat where Carpenter opens up about the industry, his fellow directors (and the new blood), horror fatigue, upcoming projects and whether he has anything left to say through the craft of filmmaking anymore.
Picking up where we left off in episode 29, we continue our chat with Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn and Danielle Harris as they discuss Biehn's directorial debut The Victim.
He's the star of the July 29 release Attack the Block and he can kick extraterrestrial ass. Meet John Boyega, the leading man of Joe Cornish's upcoming UK import. A rising star in every sense. In Block, which marks his feature debut, Boyega is able to demonstrate intensity and vulnerability when he, and his pals, become the targets of a pack of hirsute aliens.
Boyega swung through Los Angeles recently to preview Attack the Block to select audiences before heading back to England. So, we asked him to come on Choice Cuts! Watch our interview with the actor below. Also, be sure to read our review of the film right here.
The legendary Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens, Grindhouse), his wife and creative partner, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn and Danielle Harris came to the Choice Cuts studio to discuss Michael's directorial debut The Victim, a grindhouse-esque slice of sinful celluloid starring Jennifer and Harris. Click on the player below for part one of our two-part interview!
The long-anticipated Evil Dead remake opens tomorrow (10pm in select cities tonight) and Choice Cuts is back to discuss the redo.
The third part of our Choice Cuts "discussion" with guests Todd Gilchrist (film critic), Evan Dickson (
ShockTillYouDrop.com managing editor Ryan Turek returns for another group discussion in this episode of 
Our long-running video series 
When I moved back to Los Angeles many years ago, Todd Lincoln was one of the first directors I interviewed. At the time, he was in line to helm a screen adaptation of Hack/Slash. That film never worked out for him, so he moved on to a few other projects, including 
It just dawned on me... Episode 40?! I never imagined Choice Cuts would keeping rolling along like it has, but here we are, 40 episodes down. 
Next week, this year's 
Mick Garris is back in Stephen King territory once again, adapting 
