SciFi Channel upcomings

SciFi Channel will have 36 new original movies in 2009! That’s 12 more than 2008’s 24 originals. Expect lots of monsters and mayhem!

Fred Olen Ray is directing an upcoming SciFi Channel original film called Dire Wolf (it looks like it will keep the title but it might change), which is a werewolf movie that will have lots of gore.

Another one is Rise of the Gargoyle:

Eric Balfour (“24”) stars as Jack Richmond, a struggling author whose outlandish theories on pagan architecture make him the laughingstock of the academic world. But when Jack finds himself face to face in a demolished church with a live version of the stone gargoyles he’s devoted his life to studying, no one believes his story.

Shares a name with a 1972 movie

Malibu Shark Attack. Peta Wilson (La Femme Nikita) stars in a thriller about prehistoric sharks that attack Malibu Beach. (The prehistoric sharks are Goblin Sharks)

Hellhounds. Hades and his hellhounds thwart a hero’s journey to the underworld to bring a princess back to life. Directed by Rick Schroeder (NYPD Blue).

Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon. A journey for a lost treasure leads to the discovery of an Aztec culture. Stars Shannen Doherty and former Stargate SG-1 regular Michael Shanks.

Phantom Racer. Greg Evigan hits the road again in a movie about a race-car driver from beyond the grave.

The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake. A group of pirates are bribed and blackmailed into searching for a mythical cure for a sultan’s dying son. Stars Highlander’s Adrian Paul.

Lake Placid 3. The sequel to SCI FI’s highest-rated original movie of 2007, Lake Placid 2.

Links: Here

Malibu Shark Attack

$quid

$quid is an upcoming movie in 2009 that is an extension of a short film from 2007. In the short, two men in a boat get attacked by a giant squid, because that’s what giant squids do, evil boat-attacking stuff. Here is the short, so watch it as it is free.

Official site

Imagine Anaconda directed by the Coen Brothers; a ‘creature feature’ driven by character rather than action. Then imagine a giant squid attacking a singles cruise on the out skirts of the Brisbane River. That is the inspiration for the feature film, $quid.

“Their debut feature film is in a class of it’s own. About a giant squid that terrorises a New Year’s Eve cruise on the Brisbane River, the film $quid, which is the brainchild of Brisbane Boys Daley Pearson & Luke Tierney even has it’s own genre.

“We’re calling it a Romster Comedy.”

“That’s a genre we invented which is a romantic, monster, comedy.”

Pearson & Tierney wrote and will direct, produce and edit the new film, which is being shot on location at the Brisbane River.

It will star Aussie actors Ed Kavalee [Thank God You’re Here, Boytown], Josh Lawson [Thank God You’re Here, Sea Patrol], Christian Clark [Neighbours], Henry Nixon [Noise, The Pacific], Brooke Sheehan and Lauren Lillie.

The feature film is based on the award-winning short film of the same name.

More on the cast here

Thanks to Avery again!

SACRIFICE [Bob’s Giant Monster Movie]

sacrifice-a-goat

Another note from Avery:

“SACRIFICE”[a.k.a.; “Bob’s Giant Monster Movie”] : Link Have you ever wanted to make your own giant monster movie?? Who hasn’t right?? Just stop and think for a second how totally awesome that would be Yeah I know…gets you a little choked up and brings tears to your eyes huh?? How cool would it be to be able to brag and tell your friends, family, co-workers, boSses, arch-nemesises, school mates, enemies, and eventually grandchildren that you had some small role in the making of a great kaiju film?? Well, I’m here to tell ya that yes it could happen:This is your opportunity to do just that. To be a part in the making of something potentially great. Bob[zilla] Nelson stands here humbly before us asking for our help in making his very ambitious new giant monster film; “Sacrifice”. A film that he’s making especially for us the truest and most obsessive of kaiju fanatics. He doesn’t want to just make just another cheesy/crappy, horrid, straight-to-dvd wreck of a movie, no, he wants to make us the very best looking and most exciting giant monster epic possible!! However he needs our help. I know…you’re thinking ‘oh great this nutcase wants us to donate a bunch of money to make his movie and we get nothing in return’. Not this time friends. Nope. He’s got something great to offer up;
“Starting on September 22nd, we’ll be making the first two chapters of the movie available- one will be a free download, one will be $1.25. It’s important to note- this is how we are raising the money to fund the movie, so we are asking for the support of the Kaiju/sci-fi/fantasy community to- at the very least, give these first couple chapters a spin. If it’s a good story to you, we certainly like it, then hang with us and you can pick up each chapter as it comes out.

Also, we have scheduled an internet chat session with the “Gang”; myself, Kent, Michael and Brent, so that people can talk about the chapters, and ask about where we are at in the project. That is scheduled for September 30 at 7:30pm Pacific Time. More details will be available after we do some major updates to the Brick Cave Media site this weekend, but i think we look forward to sharing our excitement with you and starting the next stage of the project. ” OK you guys LOVE a good kaiju fiction right?? You’ll really LOVE this one!! If you can’t afford to toss up $ 20.00 right away no one’s saying you have to. It’s just $ 1.25 a week!! That’s dirt cheap!! What in the %&*& can you buy these days for that?? How about downloading the first ‘free’ chapter and giving it a read and see if you’d like to stick around with the rest of us and help make a monster movie?? They’re already lining up helicopters, humvees, military equipment…Yeah, you don’t want to be left out!! Now, I’m not saying; give us your money. I’m just asking you to check it out and see for yourself if you’d like to be a part of it all.[NOTE]: I should probably point out that this film is meant as a legitimate release and NOT a ‘fan film’. It’s creator’s are planning on releasing it through a regional theatrical release with some targeted theaters then following that run releasing the DVD through an official distributor. They even hope to be able to present it at next year’s “Comic Con”. THANKS!!: More details: Undead Backbrain

Sounds like an interesting way to raise some cash, and with the free download intro so you can see what you are getting in case you are wary about throwing around your money.

Bedmen Yarasa Adam (Review)

Bedmen Yarasa Adam

aka Turkish Batman

1973, SinemaTurk Link
Directed by Savas Esici

Bedmen Yarasa Adam
I want a car, chicks dig the car.

Turkish Batman! Turkish Pop Cinema is one of the treasures of the modern world. There are so many gems just waiting to be discovered, and so many lost pearls that you never know what you will run into. Turkish Star Wars? Turkish Star Trek? Turkish Ninjas? Turkish Wizard of Oz? Turkish Super Heroes? These are only some examples of the radical output of bizarre and amazing films from the 1960s to the early 1980s that came out of Turkey. At times, you hear rumor of films, but are unable to establish their existence. This Turkish Batman film, Bedmen Yarasa Adam was known to still survive, but actually getting a copy was a different matter. Batman also appeared in the Turkish film Fantoma Istanbul’da Bulusalim, mentioned in Pete Tombs’s Mondo Macabro but seemingly existing nowhere on the planet. There is also a Turkish Batgirl film called Ucan Kiz, of which I have only seen the poster for. Maybe one day they will show up. This deterioration of Turkish film history is a terrible tragedy.

Bedmen Yarasa Adam
Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods!

Did you know that Batman drives around Turkey as a hired detective, investigating the murder of girls, and nailing every chick in the Ottoman Empire? Because that’s the real Batman. Turkish films are big on masculinity, the men are all manly men, there are big manly mustaches, the women are all supermodel hot and melt like butter on an oven when they get a load of these manly Turkish studs.

Bedmen (Levent Çakir) – Bedmen strikes fear into the hearts of evil-doers in Turkey. He also strikes the fires of passion in the loins of all women who see them, because Bedmen gets more play than a Tonka truck! Women lines up to lie down for the classy caped crusader, that’s when he isn’t beating the snot out of criminals, or standing around while they commit suicide. The best Batman ever. Actor Levent Çakir played in dozens of Turkish genre films. Check out his resume here.
Robin (Hüseyin Sayar) – AKA Bedrobin, but we will just call him Robin. The Boy Wonder here likes to flip around. His entire fighting technique is to flip and flip and flip. Imagine the female gymnastics team after downing some cocaine-spiked lattes. Robin can’t get laid, because he’s Robin. I am only 75% sure that this is Hüseyin Sayar.
Bruce Wayne (Levent Çakir) – Bruce Wayne here might really be named Gordon, but we’ll still call him Bruce Wayne because it is confusing otherwise. He’s a sexy man who the ladies can’t resist, because, he’s freaking Turkish Batman! Everyone knows it, so it is less of a secret identity and more of an alternate identity. By the time you have finished reading this bio, Turkish Bruce Wayne has seduced three women.
Dick Grayson (Hüseyin Sayar) – Very excited to see naked women. Very excited. Very very excited. Is not see doing much without Bruce Wayne, because I imagine he’s busy with something involving a special sock, lotion, and well-worn magazines.
Bald Guy (Altan Günbay) – An official guy of some importance. Killed early on, only to return as the evil villain. Spoilers.
Main Girl (Emel Özden) – The only girl not gunned down or naked, so of course she is the love interest. Despite the fact Bedmen has several love interests prior and during his courtship of her. Better head to the free clinic after a night of passion with Bedmen!
Cat (???) – A cat. All evil villains need a cat, and this one does. The cat spends all of his time looking off camera at his owner, who the cat is itching to jump over too. This cat knows who feeds him his tuna, and isn’t about to sit in some actor’s lap. All hail the cat!
Bedmen Yarasa Adam
I’m Batman!

The Super Heroes Project

Ongoing project showcasing super heroes, whether good or otherwise (probably not so good.) There is no defined end to this project.

3 Dev Adam aka Turkish Spiderman

Astro Boy – Fuhrer ZZZ
Bedmen Yarasa Adam aka Turkish Batman
Black Rose aka Hei mei gui

Catman in Boxers Blow
Catman in Lethal Track
Catwoman
Cicak Man
Cicak Man 2 – Planet Hitam
Cutie Honey aka Kyuutii Hanii
East Meets West 2011 aka 東成西就2011 aka Eagle Shooting Heroes 2011
Kilink Istanbul’da aka Killink in Istanbul

Kizil Maske (1968 Dir. – Çetin Inanç) aka Red Mask aka Turkish Phantom

Kizil Maske (1968 Dir. – Tolgay Ziyal) aka Red Mask aka Turkish Phantom

Lady Black Cat aka Haak Ye Maau

Midnight Angel aka Ng ye tin si

Örümcek

Planet Hulk

Protege De La Rose Noire aka Gin chap hak mooi gwai

Robo Vampire

Santo Contra la Invasion de los Marcianos aka Santo Against the Martian Invasion
Spy With My Face aka Black Rose vs. Black Rose aka Hei mei gui yu hei mei gui

Starman – Atomic Rulers
Starman – Attack From Space
Starman – Evil Brain From Outer Space
Starman – Invaders From Space

Super Ninja Doll aka Super Ninja Bikini Babes
Zebraman aka Zeburaman aka ゼブラーマン
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City aka Zeburaman: Zebura Shiti no gyakushu aka ゼブラーマン ゼブラシティの逆襲