Showing posts with label Maximum Overdrive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maximum Overdrive. Show all posts

10/18/15

KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT STEPHEN KING - 10/29 at Nitehawk Cinema

The next KGO show promises to "scare the hell outta you."

KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT STEPHEN KING
a Horror video variety show just days before Halloween



WHEN: Thursday October 29th, 9:30pm
WHERE: Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn
HOW MUCH: $15

Click HERE for tickets. 

Trailer: KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT STEPHEN KING from Nitehawk Cinema on Vimeo.


Covering 40 years of film and TV projects, with close readings of the famous and infamous Stephen King adaptations: the good, the bad, the good-bad and the bad-bad.

Special guests include:

  • Jenn Wexler (Producer, Glass Eye Pix) 
  • Ritch Duncan (author, The Werewolf’s Guide to Life) 
  • Carolyn Symons (writer, Susan Vaginahands: Attorney at Law) 
  • Matt Glasson (Editor, Filmmaker) 
  • Edwin Samuelson (DVD/Blu-ray Special Features producer)
  • Jon Abrams (Editor-in-Chief, Daily Grindhouse
Without giving too much away, here's some more details of what's in the show: 

A look at literary themes in Stephen King's IT. 

Compare and Contrast of the 3 adaptations of CARRIE. 

The Stephen King "Echo Chamber" 

5 Lessons from CREEPSHOW

Annie Wilkes: an appreciation

Why Kevin's Mom will never read another Stephen King book. 

The show will sell-out, so click HERE for advanced tickets. 


3/1/13

KILLER MACHINES AND ME

Thanks everybody who came out to see Brian Solomon and me hosting "THE PRICE IS RIGHT" Vincent Price double-feature. 

If you missed it, here's an episode of Brian's podcast where we talk about KILLER MACHINES, talking about everything from MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE to ELLO GOV'NOR

You can hear it all HERE




BONUS: 

Here's one of my all-time favorite clips, the evil truck climax from NIGHTMARES



This is a DUEL rip-off, but the breaching truck is pure JAWS. Curiously, director Joseph Sargent would go on to make JAWS: THE REVENGE

And here's the trailer for MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE:



This made my list of 5 Awesome Trailers For Not-So-Awesome Films