Uber Spencer Reviews Rob Zombie's 31

Before I do my intro I want to say that this review isn't bashing Rob Zombie as a director nor as an artist but that said, I am a huge Rob Zombie fan between his films and his music, I can't get enough of the guy. This film is a film that I have been anticipating for some odd couple years and there a lot of films that have come out over recent memory that I have been hyping up and a lot of them have left me with a sour taste in my mouth, for instance Unfriended (ugghh!!!). This review isn't about me bashing movies from past but my review is for 31!

Intro: When I heard Rob was making a new film entitled 31, I was seriously thinking it was a stunt to promote a new Halloween movie, alas I was wrong. This movie is Rob's first crowd funded film and does it help or hurt the film? You'll find out in a minute. Before I get to who stars in it and the premise I just want to say is are there no original concepts left? I mean House of 1000 Corpses, Devils Rejects and Lords of Salem was for the most part original concepts but 31 makes me think of another movie. 

31 is a 2016 American Horror film directed by Rob Zombie and stars Sheri Moon Zombie (who you might know as the wife of Rob and star of all of his feature films including his animated film), Jeff Daniel Phillips, Lawrence Hilton- Jacobs, Meg Foster, Richard Brake (who you might recognize as Joe Chill from Batman Begins and as a paramedic from Rob's Halloween II) and Malcom McDowell (I honestly don't need to explain Malcom to you do I). 

The film starts out with Doom-Head (Brake) who we think is talking to the audience about who he is is talking to a captive priest who he later kills but he ends his little speech with "In hell, everybody loves popcorn." In 1976, 5 carnival workers are driving around in their RV working on new material when they stop at a local gas station much to the gas station attendants joy with Charly (Moon-Zombie) wearing a revealing shirt. Roscoe (Phillips) is approached by a 'slut' (sorry not sorry) who he turns down. On the road they stop for scarecrows blocking the road, as Roscoe and Panda (Hilton-Jacobs) try to move them, they are attacked by clowns and the clowns take the 5 to an abandoned building where they are told they are going to participate in 31. 31 is a game of cat and mouse and for 12 hours the 5 are hunted by various clowns called The Heads, which named by their unique personality. [edited for spoilers]

Positives: I really have no positives about this movie. That said, I do think Rob tried his hardest to make a film in 20 days that was crowd funded. 

Negatives: remember when I said that a crowd funded movie can either be good or bad? Well, 31 is a prime example of a crowd funded film that doesn't work. The first Head is well um he's a little person and for some reason when I see a little person in a horror movie I can't take them seriously. Let me draw comparison to Chucky, for a little kid, a killer doll is scary but for an adult? Yeah I'd punt that little bastard back to hell. Even with this film, if I saw a little person running towards me with a knife and intent to kill, it'll be easy to get away. The acting itself is pretty much B movie acting. Malcom McDowell shines in his role no doubt but I never once empathized with any of these characters nor did I want to root on the villains because it was all a big hunk of horse poopy. Rob calls 31 his most brutal film to date but I have to disagree with that. Halloween 2 even though it's a sequel is pretty brutal. I never once found myself scared with 31 let alone sick to my stomach. It's a movie that doesn't deserve to be spent 13 bucks on but it will warrant a day rental from redbox. 

Conclusion: I was very disappointed greatly with this movie. I love Rob Zombie so much but I think he could have done this way better without crowd funding. The Lords of Salem is still my favorite Rob Zombie movie to date. 

I give 31 a blistering 1.5/5 stabs. I give Rob props for wanting to a  crowd funding movie but it fell down the crapper! 

Uber Spencer's Interview with The Master of Creeps (Bill Oberst Jr)

Ok so if any fans of the Creepercast know, I am a dedicated fan and movie reviewer for the podcast. Been a fan since mid 2013 I believe (Jeff correct me on that if I'm wrong) Anyway I came across an indie horror actor by the name of Bill Oberst Jr and in my head I was thinking, who the hell is Bill Oberst Jr. Then I listened to Jason and Jeff's interview with The Master of Creeps on the podcast and I looked him up and bought a couple of his films and became a fan. Then the joys of Facebook allowed me to get in contact with Bill and we talked and I became more of a fan. We talked about doing a phone interview but unfortunately I lost contact with Bill when I deleted Facebook for reasons of rather not say. A few months ago I made a new twitter account and Bill and I talked more. And we set up a phone interview for Saturday February 4th, and I was nervous as all heck. 1:30 that Saturday afternoon came very very quickly and once I heard Bill pick up his phone my heart skipped. He asked me where I lived, as any Creepercast fan knows, I live in Ohio. I got right down to the questions and I only had 1 question in my head at the time and every question after was improvised based on what we talked about.

My first question to Bill was how he got involved with the band Disturbed's music video Asylum, off the album of the same name. He told me that the band's producer got in contact with him needing creepy looking guys for the doctors (Bill fits the part of creepy to a T and that's why I love Bill).

Now I asked a ton of questions and I might not get through all of them but the ones I feel need to mention I'm mentioning. My next mention to Bill was how he got involved with Criminal Minds (which he played the unsub in S9Ep20 I believe) Bill mentioned that Matthew Gray Gubler, the director of the episode and series regular got in contact with him after a friend of Gubler and Bill worked together. My nephew mentioned to me that Bill scared him when my nephew, Mom and I watched the episode on premiere night. My Mom told me to mention to Bill that she thought he did an amazing job.

Adrienne Barbeau and Bill Oberst Jr. on CBS-TV's CRIMINAL MINDS from Bill Oberst Jr. on Vimeo.

My next question for Bill, and again I apologize I should have written these questions down as I went but I wasn't expecting to do this but I'm glad I am was how did his costar Chanel Ryan react to him on the set of Circus of the Dead (which I'm waiting slowly but surely for a DVD and Blu-ray release). He said that there's a scene in the film when he crashes through achieve window and grab Chanel which really scared  her. He told me that everytime Chanel screamed he just screamed louder in her face. He improvised a scene in which he has Chanel pinned to a wall and Bill's only thought was he was going to lick her face. Bill has a line that mentioned that is "tastes like slut" which was improvised and a very good improvised line.

After a few minutes of talking I mentioned Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies and Bill mentioned he memorized everything from Lincoln to his speech ext. Bill mentioned he got a call from a person from Asylum saying to be in Georgia the day before filming and to read the script on the plane down. Now I'm not a big Asylum film fan but Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies was ok in my opinion and I'm not saying that to kiss Bills butt or anything.

Now a couple weeks ago I came across one of Bill's films on Netflix called the Three Dogateers. Bill laughed and said that that was a blast to shoot, I said to him it was like Air Buddies but the CGI dogs were horrible. He said it was an honor to work with Dean Cain (an outspoken born again Christian and star of Lois and Clark Adventures) and that the dogs were cute. He has had people say that the film they didn't like but their kids loved. Bill's accent according to him was an interpretation of many different accents.

A couple questions that I asked I didn't even intend on asking but I mentioned Bill winning the Lon Chaney award for excellence in indie horror back in 2015 I believe and Bill said it was an honor to receive the award from Chaneys family.

My next question for Bill came in the form of his guest starring role on the FOX horror series Scream Queens. My only real question on that subject was his reaction to working with actual scream Queens legend, Jamie Lee Curtis. Now I probably would have been like a 6 year old girl meeting Justin Bieber for the first time if I met Jamie Lee Curtis but Bill being professional told Ms. Curtis that it was an honor to work with her. Now after hearing all that I asked a question that I wasn't expecting an answer too and that's something I loved about Bill. He had a solid answer for every question I asked.

I asked him about excluding Dean Cain, Jamie Lee Curtis and the criminal minds cast, has he worked with any other A list actors and his answer surprised me in the form of he has worked with Hugh Jackman on a car commercial for China and Jim Carrey.

Hugh-Jackman_ Bill-Oberst Jr. from Bill Oberst Jr. on Vimeo.

Now Hugh Jackman is my favorite actor apart from Bill and Ryan Reynolds, Bill said that both Jackman and Carrey were the nicest people you could meet.

Now this is where I might get some backlash and im going to end with this. I covered a majority of the questions I asked Bill but this last one is one about Bill's Christianity. Now if you see Bill you might not see a man of God but from my own personal information, he is and he credits God everyday. My question was is he or has he starred in any Christian based films like pureflix and he said he has. Apostle Peter and the Last Supper is the film and Bill portrayed Satan who tempted Peter in jail.

Robert Loggia and Bill Oberst Jr. in "Apostle Peter And The Last Supper' from Bill Oberst Jr. on Vimeo.

Now my time with Bill for that 1 hour was amazing and I loved every minute of it. So thank you to Jeff for allowing me to be apart of the Creepercast and Bill for talking with me. I hope to hear from Bill sometime later and hope to have interviews with others in the future!

For more Bill visit him on IMDB and or

www.billoberst.com/

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Uber Spencer reviews 'You're Next' (2011)

Introduction, who am I? Well I am glad you asked! I am a Uber Spencer, a 17 year old who was born and raised in the mid-west and have been a member of this wonderful Creepercast since mid to late 2013 and have loved every minute of it! I first came across Creepercast in 2012 when I listened to Episode 2 which was the Rob Zombie retrospective of House of 1000 Corpses, Devils Rejects and Halloween and H2. I loved the podcast from the beginning and it wasn't till after I sent in my first review which was Bad Kids go to Hell and sent in my 1st voice message that I started dwelling more into the podcast. So in closing please I cannot say this enough, read my reviews including...

YOU'RE NEXT (2011)

I don't care what people say about "The Purge" being a crappy home invasion film, I loved it! I also loved "You're Next"! "You're Next" is an interesting film with a cliffhanger that makes you go "huh?" The film follows Erin, Crispian, Aubrey and Paul (Crispians parents), Drake and Kelly (Crispians brother and sister in law), Felix and Zee (Crispians brother and Felix's girlfriend) and Aimee and Tariq (Crispians sister and her boyfriend) at a family reunion. During an argument Tariq see's something outside and is shot in the head with a cross bow causing panic amongst everyone. In the midst of the commotion Drake is shot in the back and as Aimee try's to run outside she gets her throat slit by a wire. As everything goes to hell Erin manages to raise hell and kick butt. NO SPOILERS FOR THIS FILM!

Positives: I loved the film and I thought the twist was amazing and just the sight of those creepy animal masks made me cringe. When that girl looked under the bed and the Sheep Mask looked at her I jumped and told myself "no way in heck am I looking under my bed now!! no fricken way!" The kills were really cool, the wire mentioned above, the Lamb Mask killing (edited for spoilers). There’s one trap that Erin sets where she puts nails through wood and places it on the floor but Lamb Mask sees it and steps through but (edited for spoilers). Early on Tiger Mask attacks Erin and try's to kill her with the axe and I kept yelling at my TV "KICK HIM IN THE BALLS!" She rolled out of the way and I said "Just kick him in the balls come on!" Which she did so I was happy. 

 

Negatives: I thought the twist was horrible and like I said, no spoilers. But I just hated the twist, it just sickens me to the core!

Overall it was an excellent home invasion film and, like I said, say what you will but I loved "The Purge" but this film does slightly better for me with the excellent kills and twist. I have to give this a 4/5 stabs just because the twist was kinda unexpected for me. I just want to thank everybody who has read my reviews. I hope because of these reviews you will check these films out.

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Uber Spencer Reviews 'The Shining' (1980)

Introduction, who am I? Well I am glad you asked! I am a Uber Spencer, a 17 year old who was born and raised in the mid-west and have been a member of this wonderful Creepercast since mid to late 2013 and have loved every minute of it! I first came across Creepercast in 2012 when I listened to Episode 2 which was the Rob Zombie retrospective of House of 1000 Corpses, Devils Rejects and Halloween and H2. I loved the podcast from the beginning and it wasn't till after I sent in my first review which was Bad Kids go to Hell and sent in my 1st voice message that I started dwelling more into the podcast. So in closing please I cannot say this enough, read my reviews including...

THE SHINING!!

Ok ok ok!!! Finally I finished The Shining and here is my official review of the film!!

Plot: The Shining is a 1980 Psychological horror film directed by late director Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd. It is based on a story by Stephan King (which I have read and love it and the film!!) Now the film follows Jack Torrance (Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Duvall) and their son Danny (Lloyd) as Jack gets a job as a caretaker of the mysterious Overlook Hotel. In the book Jack is portrayed as more as tragic hero and starts getting defeated but in the film he is portrayed as an insane person and I think Jack Nicholson portrays that perfectly!! The famous Here's Johnny scene and the hallway scene with the twins are my absolutely favorite parts of the film because I like the idea of having the camera follow Danny as he rides his tricycle through the hotel and that sudden stop and his face and the shot to the butchered twins is awesome! And the ending and I am not going to spoil it but the ending is awesome!! I actually did the Here's Johnny at my local Homeless shelter cause our youth group was helping for a week clean and paint ext. and my friends Ashlie, Angela and Hannah were coming around and there was a little hole and I places my head and said HERE'S JOHNNY! And boy did I scare Ashlie!! figured I'd put that in!

Positives: Growing up my mom never let me watch the film but whenever it was on TV I would watch it and the Here's Johnny scene was awesome to me!! I loved the camera angles in the film and the creepiness of some scene's such as when Danny and Wendy are walking and the camera pans towards Jack with that face just made the hair stand up on my neck. There are different elements that Stanly Kubrick put in the film that I loved for example the tricycle scene, the way he filmed the scenes such as the blood coming out of the elevator to the lady in the tub transiting from normal to disgusting looking. The ending when Jack is chasing Danny through the hedge maze made and always has made me cringe because I know SPOILER Jack isn't going to get him but its in that moments when you think he is but Danny overcomes odds and makes it out as Jack freezes to death in the maze. I remember first watching the film and that ending scene scared the crap out of me because the sick looking face on Jack is truly terrifying!!

Negatives: No negatives

Conclusion: If you love Stephen King books then you will love this film. Like I said I have read the book and I loved it and I just found out that there is a sequel called Doctor Sleep?!?! Buy this film or rent it and sit down in the pitch black and prepare to get the crap scared out of you!!

I give The Shining from 1980 a perfect 5/5 stabs!!

Uber Spencer Reviews Don't Breathe!

By Uber Spencer

Intro: Don't Breathe is a 2016 American horror thriller film directed by Fede Alvarez and written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues. The film stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, and Stephen Lang. The film tells the story of 3 thieves, Rocky (levy), Money (Zovatto) and Alex (Minnette) as they get a job to rob a blind veteran for his settlement that he received when a rich girl hit his daughter and killed her. The idea of a movie like this is something we have seen before but nothing to this extent. Going into this movie, I was excited because I thought I was going to be the only one in the theater, alas I was wrong. Sitting through the movie previews which shown was the 9th life of Louis drax, before I wake and Blair Witch (which looks stupid).

Plot: going on what I said in the intro and following it up with this. This is a very claustrophobic film, The plot like I mentioned revolves around Rocky, Money and Alex, 3 thieves setting up a score to steal a blind man's settlement. Once they get in the house they think it's going to be something easy till the blind man wakes up and knows someone is in his house. (There will be a few spoilers I will try and not talk about but I'll put a spoiler warning beforehand so Jeff can edit it). Anywho, with the two left  (ain't gonna mention who but by the trailer you may figure it out, if you haven't seen any trailers for the film then that's why I am keeping it spoiler free) they are trapped in the blind man's house and uncover some twisted stuff about the veteran. SPOILER ALERT:  the young lady who killed his daughter is kept in the basement of his house and after the blind man kidnaps Rocky, he tells her that he inseminated the young girl to have his child.

Now I'm going on the fact that I didn't see the end of the movie mostly because I left near the end because I felt sick to my stomach. And no, horror movies don't affect me anymore.

Positives: I have seen 4 horror movies in theaters recently, unfriended (which sucked!), the forest  (which was decent), conjuring 2 (amazing) and don't breathe. One thing I can say about don't breathe is that it is probably one the best horror movies in recent times. Everything you hear about this movie, being the best modern horror movie in 20 years is a truthful statement and I feel like Fede Alvarez did an amazing job with this fresh and new story. The direction by Alvarez is superb, the acting by mostly Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Stephen Lang were top notch and I believe that don't breathe will be a classic horror movie in the near future. By all reports, people are saying the ending is the best twist ending and as I didn't see it, I can't speculate whether or not it's true. Don't Breathe is a film I will probably go see again and hopefully watch till the end.

Negatives: every film isn't perfect 'cough unfriended cough' 'cough nightmare 2 cough' but don't breath has its faults. For example I know the leads were terrified because there were dealing with a blind army veteran but in some sense, he is justified in what he did, if someone breaks into your home, you are able to protect it but that said, kidnapping 2 people who aren't armed and aren't a threat is kind of crossing the line even if they weren't able to get away with the money or not. Another thing I have a problem with is that Alex tells rocky that if he gets close to the alarm, he can hit the panic button and the cops will come and the blind man will be taken to jail for kidnapping while the 2 teens will get the money taken away, um no, they still broke into the house so they will be charged with theft and burglary. Another gripe I have with is that it's set in Detroit, of course it had to be Detroit right?????? No not really. There 50 states to choose from and they chose the one that is known for crime and murder. Why not set it in a state that isn't used to that kind of stuff? Give it a new flare.

Conclusion: Don't Breathe is and will be an American Classic  (think I mentioned that but hey its my review). I feel like that Don't breathe will be to our generation as the exorcist was to the 70's (whole different genre of horror but you get my point I hope). The film is one of the best horror movies I've seen in recent memory and one of the best films ever in my opinion. That said I will give Don't Breathe a 4.5/5 stabs.

I paid 5.50 for my ticket and I got my money's worth. Go see this in theaters while you have a chance. It is a perfect date movie even though I was alone!

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