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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 .
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the world as we know it is usually a
killer virus or a zombie outbreak – or th
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.
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.
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 Preyshe’s a
potential victim, when a mysterious
stranger (Game of Thrones’ Liam
Cunningham) wanders out of the
darkness of a sleepy coastal town
to pass judgement on the officers and felons holed
up in the local police station. But if you’ve seen
Pollyanna in The Woman, you’ll already
know she’s not going down without
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.
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!