DUEL SHREDDING + DUEL BEHEADING.
Posted on October 17, 2011 1 Comment
For those of you that don’t already know, Michael Angelo Batio is a virtuoso, otherworldly guitarist that most notably is recognized as the man-beast that plays the now famous ‘Double Guitar’ and ‘Quad Guitar’ in the band Nitro’s video for Freight Train. He and his bandmates in Nitro held it together for a few years, playing freakishly engineered guitars and belting out glass-shattering vocals (see Jim Gillette), but disbanded in the early 90’s. You also may have caught him in the how-to-shred instructional video Speed Kills, where he “GIVES YOU THE KEYS TO THE LAMBORGHINI”…
In less than two weeks the planets will align and Cinefamily will bring Michael Angelo back from the crypt (literally IN person) for a screening of Shock ‘Em Dead (1991), one of the essential heavy metal horror movies of our time, plus a special performance by Michael Angelo who’s bringing his legendary ‘Double Guitar’ from the film with him! The plot behind this movie is a TNUC wet dream in full force…“Let’s pretend you’re a huge dweeb who lost your pizzeria gig, got evicted from the trailer park, got humiliated by the dream band you just auditioned for — all before Satan plays double-necked guitar and shocks the power of rock into you! You wake up to find yourself with huge hair, a sweet-ass house, hot babes, and the power to strum your axe like a God. The catch? You and your gang of bimbos must kill and consume the living in order to survive!” – Cinefamily
10/30 – Mark your calendars and buckle up for a lethal night of low-IQ, high-RPM madness. Duel shredding LIVE in your face, plus a flock of busty babes and Traci Lords gracing the big screen. End of discussion.
HOUSES OF THE (UN)HOLY.
Posted on October 13, 2011 1 Comment
THEY’LL GET YOU IN THE END, AGAIN.
Posted on October 11, 2011 2 Comments
In 1987, shock-rocking W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless was approached to contribute a song to the Ghoulies 2 soundtrack. This genius marriage of music and movie couldn’t have been more perfectly Grade-B. The formula of a B-Metal song for a B-Horror movie works as the ideal concoction for a Saturday night Creature Feature!
It’s the type of movie that you sit down to watch and by the time the final credits roll, there’s crushed beer cans scattered around the basement and pizza crust spinning on top of a skipping record. Possibly even a pair of panties hanging on top of a lampshade if you’re lucky. In other words, Ghoulies 2 is a pure party favorite.
From the band’s home video “In the Raw”, here’s the official music video for ‘Scream Until You Like It’ (starring the Ghoulies!):
Lord knows what kind of mischief those two get into when Blackie returns home from tour!
WELCOME BACK CAMPERS.
Posted on October 6, 2011 3 Comments
I can think of no one better to commence TNUC’s month-long splatter-fest than an overweight and out-of-shape Leatherface. He’s always been a bit big-boned, but in this clip its pretty clear that Leatherface eats ALL of his groceries and by groceries of course I mean humans. Who knew cannibalism could produce so many complex carbohydrates? Press play and watch our plump friend gaze out on the empty lake while doing some self-reflecting….then wait to see what gift he gives us in the end. Maybe teasing him about his apparent weight problem wasn’t the best idea. Some little bra-stuffer will pay.
This merely claws the surface of activity at CAMP TNUC this season. Your parents should have already received their CAMP TNUC brochures months ago, so there’s no excuse why you teens and scream queens shouldn’t be rolling out your sleeping bags and claiming your cabin on our turf. Look for TNUC pulling up in his shiny new yellow Trans Am, already in a sour mood, complaining about the dust from the road embedding in his polished new tires. Also look for Cyndi, Stephanie, Betti, Tiffany, Todd and Marko pulling up in their 85′ Bronco, blasting some Dokken. Once again, the “regulars” have already showed up including the dumbfounded jock, bullying bitch, computer class weakling, sleazy cook, the whore, the understanding camp counselor, the fat kid and of course no shortage of masked maniacs and deformed misfits running about the woods. Just the way we like it.
Stay tuned and don’t stray from the path because we have plenty of deadtime stories, more CAMP TNUC trailers, a brand new slasher mixtape, archery, raft-building, fishing, rowing, wood-chopping, joint rolling and…..whats that? A new music video, perhaps?
BEER WOLF.
Posted on September 27, 2011 2 Comments
With this change, this new wolf proved to be sexier by fans. Coors went on to be hugely successful during Halloween, when “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark” joined Beer Wolf campaign and posed for a complete photoshoot with the hairy ol’ stud. Promo items were introduced such as plushies, pins, dishware, T-shirts, bar ads, posters, stickers, costumes and even underwear. Also, one of the best moments for Beer Wolf was when Coors released werewolf statues in bars and supermarkets, which had a cassette tape player that people could walk by an hear the happy voice of Beer Wolf.
Sadly as we all know, the 90’s came around and tables were turned. Beer Wolf stopped making appearances and the losers at Coors abandoned our friend. The final merchandise was shipped to stores around 1992, and these days the only items that remain can be hunted down on auction sites like Ebay or at flea markets. Currently, the TNUC lair holds the Elvira poster, a party/beach t-shirt and a neon sign. Who knows, maybe one day TNUC will buy the rights to Beer Wolf and we can see this beer-loving, good-time-having, sexy ball of fur rise again.
**UPDATE** Read PT. II of our Beer Wolf feature here!
ENCINO, CALIFORNIA 1992.
Posted on August 28, 2011 1 Comment
I can think of 3 films that immediately come to mind when picturing how my fascination with California lifestyle and California state-of-mind started and those films are The Lost Boys, The Wizard and Encino Man. When TNUC was a young brut, these movies shaped my vision of California, or what I at least could imagine the coastal state being like. The Wizard marked the beginning and birth of the fascination, with the little Nintendo wiz-kid’s struggling journey to California seeming almost dreamlike. Lucas Barton’s trench coat, oversized Vision Street Wear shirts, puffed blonde hair and of course his blessed POWER GLOVE became TNUC’s pubescent-era essentials. Things rapidly change course with The Lost Boys. This film gave TNUC the sleep all day/party all night/never grow old/never die attitude that was previously described in full detail here.
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