Few weren’t charmed by The Darkness’ ubiquitous single “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” when it hit stateside in 2003. The honest-to-God rock ’n’ roll stylings recalling the likes of Thin Lizzy, Queen and Kiss were hard not to appreciate. Even Lady Gaga counts herself as a fan, hand-picking the British glam band to […]
Rob Zombie
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Rogue River / The Collapsed
I’ve seen enough Rob Zombie movies to know that you never should accept a ride from Bill Moseley, no matter how genuine his “aw, shucks” demeanor seems. Young Mara (unknown Michelle Page) either didn’t know this, or was simply too caught up trying to spread her deceased father’s ashes at the Rogue River. With her […]
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Zombieland
Rob Zombie wears many hats: metal icon, horror-film auteur, comic-book scribe and … laundry detergent commercial director? “I was not thinking about doing TV commercials. I was intrigued, but didn’t feel like pitching myself,” he said of the new spot he shot for Woolite, through the lens of his scary screen work. “An ad agency […]
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Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
I find myself wishing that this “Cyrus” were a sequel to that “Cyrus,” as this true-life crime chiller is unpleasant on many levels. But if Hill were playing the role for laughs? It’d be equally tasteless, but something to see. Here, Cyrus (Brian Krause of TV’s “Charmed”) is the so-called “County Line Cannibal” in a […]
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Blots and bands
Mike Riggs is conflicted about the brave new world of tattoo culture. The Scum of the Earth front man made his name playing lead guitar for Rob Zombie before splitting to make his own music and start a tattoo parlor in Branson, Mo. “I just wanted to have awesome people tattooing in the town that […]
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Stag Night
Add to the list “Stag Night,” a 2008 fright film just now seeing release, under the Ghost House Underground label. In the wee small hours of the morning, the prenuptial rite of passage for Mike (Kip Pardue) ends as he and three pals exit a strip club, and end up with two of the strippers […]