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Win Collector’s Edition THEY LIVE Blu-ray and Poster

August 6, 2012 by Brandon Gentry 1 Comment
Episode #73 - How you doin'?

New They Live Cover

One lucky 40oz. Of Horror Facebook fan will win the new collector’s edition THEY LIVE on Blu-ray and 18 x 24″ They Live poster!

Shout Factory has just release this kickass new cover art for the John Carpenter classic They Live starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. One lucky 40oz. Of Horror Facebook fan will win a copy of the Blu-ray and the poster. All you have to do is like us on Facebook. Do it before we’re all out of bubblegum!

ATTENTION: Liking this page will NOT enter you into the drawing. You must like our Facebook page to be eligible!

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Poster Boy

August 6, 2012 by Boxcar Wille 6 Comments

Drew Struzan has the near impossible task of depicting one medium using another.  He is, simply put, a movie poster painter but is not just A movie poster painter, he is THE movie poster painter.  Emerging from a field of a dozen or so who shared his craft in the ‘70s, Drew Struzan has become the sole keeper of the flame.

The Walking Dead

Darabont got Struzan to paint The Walking Dead for Comic-Con

Drew has painted the posters for some of the most successful movies of all time.  His posters are not just ads for the films, they are works of art that have a very unique effect on the viewer.  When you look at one of Drew’s posters, even if you haven’t already seen the film, you feel like you have; and if you have seen the film, you feel like you’ve just seen it again.  His special blend of life-like strokes and nostalgic imagery places his work equally at home in an art gallery or on a lunchbox.

Drew does not only paint movie posters. He has handled advertising campaigns and done art for books and bands, including famous album covers for horror rock gods Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath. However it is his movie poster art that is his true love. His stated goal is to portray the heart of the film through his work.

Painted movie posters are a tradition that is old as cinema but one that is dying in the digital age. This makes Drew and his hands-on approach even more treasured.  When possible he goes on set while filming and even requests special photo sessions with the actors to work from. When he is not able to be involved on that level, he creates his art from viewings of the film, sometimes from a rough or incomplete cut.  Drew has even created poster art from just watching trailers, and in at least one instance, from seeing nothing at all – just receiving a desperate phone call with a few word description of the subject.

While most poster artists receive no recognition, having Drew “paint your movie” is considered an honor in Hollywood. He is a favorite of the biggest name directors working today: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Frank Darabont, Guillermo Del Toro.

The titles of some of the movies Struzan has immortalized speak for themselves – the Star Wars films, the Indiana Jones films, the Back to the Future films, the Harry Potter films, even E.T. as well as the Muppets film series. These posters have been seen by billions (yes, billions) of people around the world from every culture in every nation.

40 Oz. followers and fans of genre films will also know his posters from Hellboy (2004), a duo of John Carpenter’s movies, Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and The Thing (1982) (which was painted in one night), Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007), along with many others.  Fanboy favorite The Goonies (1985) and Kevin Smith’s ode to comic book geekdom Mallrats (1995) were both painted by Struzan as well.

The Thing

Art for Carpenter’s The Thing was painted in one night

Even though Drew is an unparalleled master at his craft, he is (like most in the movie business) not above “slumming it” when he has to, working on awesomely campy and cheesy films like  Masters Of The Universe (1987), Dreamscape (1984), Jake Speed (1986) and the Police Academy series. He even has the distinguishing (dis)pleasure of having done a poster for a movie that ended up being riffed by Mystery Science Theater 3000, Squirm (1976). To be fair, while the film is insufferably bad Squirm’s poster art is fantastic – a horrifying image of roots, worms and decay that recalls the style of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream.

There are multiple coffee table and art-style books of Struzan’s work available and even a documentary film on him in the works. And of course if you have a few hundred thousand dollars to spare he does have his original art for sale on the internet. Without a doubt, whichever one of his works you would choose would look even more awesome hanging behind your couch than it did in the theater lobby.

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Beer Reviews

Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel: Cognac

August 6, 2012 by Mike "Bub" Pence 3 Comments
Mikkeller Beer

Bub’s beer count #401
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel: Cognac
ABV: 10.9%

I swear it’s not a fetish

I was reluctant to buy this beer when I first laid eyes on it at the store, but not because I heard that it was made with Kopi Luwak coffee, which is coffee that has been picked out of the poop of the Asian Palm Civet then washed (thank God), roasted and packaged. I welcomed the poop factor; in fact, I was a little excited about it — I swear it’s not a fetish. I was reluctant to buy the beer because it was $14 for a 9 oz. bottle. The reason this beer is so pricey is because the coffee from which this brew is made runs about $50 a cup. I’m no miser, but that is a little rich for my tastes. So after much deliberation, I decided to take the plunge. I even made a list of the reasons to make myself feel better about my purchase, and lucky for you, they’re included in this blog.

Reasons to buy poop beer:

#1: It’s made from poop! How often is beer made from poop?

#2: It’s aged in cognac barrels. Cognac happens to be one of my favorite liquors. I’m secretly a rapper by night.

#3: It’s made by Mikkeller, which is what they refer to in the biz as a “ghost brewery.” This basically means that Mikkeller has no brewery, but he travels and brews beer at other breweries, so chances are this beer might not be on the shelves for long.

#4: It’s made from poop.

#5: I have yet to sample a Mikkeller beer that was below a rating of 35oz of Horror — a damn good brewer.

“It was like pouring the smoke monster from Lost into a glass.”

Now that I’ve listed the justifications of why I purchased this beer, we can move on to the beer itself. When I poured the beer, I was a little taken aback by how dark it was. It was like pouring the smoke monster from Lost into a glass. I expected the pour to make noises like one of them-there typewriting machines, heeyuck. However, that never happened. There was little to no head once the beer was poured, so maybe a few points off in that department. Mikkeller should take some pointers from your mom for future beers when it comes to the head. The beer itself is a stout, which is typically dark and heavy, and this beer did not disappoint in that department. Weasel’s consistency looked thick and heavy, but in the mouth, it was lighter than expected, much like my wiener in your mom’s mouth. (OK, last mom joke.)

This light taste is not necessarily a bad thing, since most people don’t like drinking mud. The alcohol content wasn’t overwhelming, which can happen with a higher ABV. It was easy to see why this is the most expensive coffee in the world. The beer was very smooth and not bitter. The bitterness of the coffee is supposedly stripped through the digestive tract of the weasel-like animal. I tried this once as a cheaper alternative but found that humans do not possess the same bitterness-extracting quality. Other than the obvious tastes of coffee and chocolate, the flavor of cognac was evident as well. It wasn’t as prevalent as the coffee and chocolate, but it was a nice goodbye as the beer made its way down my esophagus. No homo.

Mikkeller Beer in a Jar

It’s made from poop!

Bub’s Rating*

Taste: 36oz of horror
Aroma: 38oz of horror
Appearance: 37oz of horror
Palate: 35oz of horror
Overall: 37oz of horror

*Ratings out of 40oz of Horror

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Episode #24 – 40oz. of Horror’s Top Ten Films of the 80’s… and some other stuff.

August 6, 2012 by Chad Butrum 1 Comment

This episode of 40oz. of Horror is brought to you by 2 new Sponsors!  We recount some of the bizarre “Zombie” attacks this year, bring you our personal top ten films of the 80’s, some new Boozin’ Gone Bad stories, and much, much more!

New bad ass cover art from the Shout Factory! blu-ray release of ‘They Live’ available 11/16/2012

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