STACK#127 May 2016

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A MONSTROUS MAY

Nowadays, the catalyst for the end of the world as we know it is usually a killer virus or a zombie outbreak – or the outbreak of a killer zombie virus. So it’s a welcome change to discover a good old-fashioned nuclear armageddon in Aftermath , even if its radiation-sick victims do resemble the walking dead.

HIT FOR SIX The eagerly awaited third and final film in Tom Six’s notorious Human Centipede trilogy is on its way to Australian screens, with a national cinema release scheduled for late June before it crawls into your living room on DVD and Blu-ray on July 22. The advance buzz surrounding The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) promised a 500-person centipede, and judging by the first trailer it looks like Six is going to make good on this promise, with an entire prison at his disposal. Yep, the unruly inmates are about to discover a gruesome new form of punishment implemented by demented warden Dieter Laser and his sidekick Lawrence R. Harvey, who, as any THC fan knows, are old pros at this kind of thing. To hell with medical accuracy this time around – THC3 will be “100%politically incorrect.” Get ready to lose your lunch!

Following an atomic skirmish in the Middle East, mushroom clouds bloom over rural Texas, where a group of survivors find shelter beneath a farmhouse. Tensions inevitably erupt on the inside, while the desperate and irradiated lurk outside. It’s a bleak and disturbing post-apocalypse, where The Day After meets The Road . Available on DVD & Blu-ray on May 20 .

Lost Soul:The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the best documentary features about a film’s troubled production history. During the mid-nineties, horror fans were excited by news that Hardware and Dust Devil director Richard Stanley would be helming a big budget remake of the H.G. Wells classic – until everything turned to shit on the Queensland set and Stanley was fired mid-shoot and replaced by John Frankenheimer. What actually happened behind-the-scenes is far more entertaining than the chaotic film that finally limped into cinemas in 1996, and David Gregory’s revealing doco offers a fascinating tell-all from those who were there. Participants include Stanley himself, Fairuza Balk, production designer Graham ‘Grace’ Walker, and many of the Australian crew, who all provide refreshingly candid commentary. The hurricane that destroyed the set seems like a cool breeze compared to the hot air and rampant egos of stars Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando, and some of the wilder stories come from Stanley, who admits to using witchcraft to ensure Brando’s involvement! Lost Soul is a gobsmacking must-see that will leave you pondering what might have been had Stanley been allowed to realise his ambitious vision – and how the hell the film actually managed to be completed. Available May 20 on DVD .

Pollyanna McIntosh became an instant cult favourite following her role as the eponymous character of the 2011 shocker The Woman (also available from Monster Pictures). In Let Us Prey she’s a potential victim, when a mysterious stranger ( Game of Thrones ’ Liam Cunningham) wanders out of the darkness of a sleepy coastal town a fight! This gloomy and sinister supernatural thriller combines elements of The Crow and Assault on Precinct 13 , with one character sporting the barbed wire attire of Hellraiser . Writer-director Brian O’Malley puts Ireland on the horror movie map with his accomplished and atmospheric debut feature. Available on DVD & Blu-ray on May 20. Pollyanna in The Woman , you’ll already know she’s not going down without

to pass judgement on the officers and felons holed up in the local police station. But if you’ve seen

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