the dorm that dripped blood ( also known as pranks and death dorm ) is a 1982 american slasher film directed by stephen carpenter and jeffrey obrow , and written by carpenter and stacey giachino .

it stars laura lapinski , stephen sachs , david snow and pamela holland as four college students who stay on campus over the christmas holiday to clear out a dormitory which is due for demolition .

in the course of their work they are stalked by an unknown assailant who uses various industrial tools to dispatch his victims .

it features actress daphne zuniga in her film debut .

the film was initially deemed to be a video nasty in the united kingdom , but was later removed from the list .

the dorm that dripped blood

debbie , the dorm that dripped blood ( also known as death dorm and pranks ) , 1981 .
the dorm that dripped blood marks the film debut of daphne zuniga ( above ) .
original the dorm that dripped blood theatrical trailer ( 1080p , 1 : 26 ) .
the dorm that dripped blood ( a . k . a . pranks and death dorm ) is a 1982 slasher movie .
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the one thing the dorm that dripped blood has going for it is a truly excellent score by christopher young that really heightens the suspense .
he dorm that dripped blood ( death dorm ) gets a 1080p transfer . while looking like 16mm - i understand the film was shot on 35mm and the aspect ratio for this
the dorm that dripped blood by stephen w . carpenter , jeffrey obrow | laurie lapinski , stephen sachs | 654930312599 | blu - ray | barnes & noble®
disc # 1 - - the dorm that dripped blood play chapters bonus
my first score
- featurette
my first slasher
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the dorm that dripped blood
theatrical trailer original
pranks
theatrical trailer setup english mono music only 2 . 0 mono audio commentary with jeffrey obrow and stephen carpenter
if you want the full uncut version , and not a s * * * * * transfer , go with the synapse release , and using the title
the dorm that dripped blood .
the dorm that dripped blood has been critically panned , and currently holds an approval rating of 0 % on movie review aggregator website rotten tomatoes , based on five reviews . ( wikipedia )
dorm that dripped blood ( aka pranks uk title ) is a very underated horror from the early urltoken writers and directors jeffrey obrow / stephen carpenter bring us a who dunnit where . . .
this was more fun than i was anticipating . something about the inferior production attempts always produce a soft spot for me . there is nothing particularly unique or inventive about the dorm that dripped blood but the
the film is referenced in scream 2 ( 1997 ) along with other college themed slasher films such as : the house on sorority row , graduation day , the dorm that dripped blood and splatter university .
the film is referenced in scream 2 ( 1997 ) along with other college themed slasher films such as : the house on sorority row , graduation day , the dorm that dripped blood and splatter university . [ 17 ]
fangoria is reporting that , on march 8 , synapse films will release the 1982 slasher movie the dorm that dripped blood , on a blu - ray / dvd combo , featuring the uncut director ' s cut . synapse ' s don may , jr . explained that this version will include
footage that no one . . .
jeffrey obrow and stephen carpenter’s slasher outing , the dorm that dripped blood , is a standard low - budget run - of - the - mill slasher movie , but surprisingly it holds an effectively cold and chilling atmosphere that few of its contemporary low - budget productions can match .
after studying at the american conservatory theater in her youth , she made her film debut in 1982 in the slasher film the dorm that dripped blood at the age of 19 , followed by a lead role in the horror film the initiation ( 1984 ) two years later .
i ' ve always referred to the dorm that dripped blood as pranks , and the blu - ray i watched last night had the title card of death dorm , and while i like all three titles , i ' m going to continue to refer to this as pranks ( old habits . . . ) .
final thoughts filled with blunt violence and a serious attitude , the dorm that dripped blood is an excellent , prime - time - era slasher for all the right reasons . a most unanticipated ending seals the deal . christmas time is ( not really ) here !
synapse films have set a march 8th release date for their the dorm that dripped blood blu - ray / dvd combo . previously only available in a cut version under the title pranks , the 1982 slasher is currently being authored for its director ' s cut debut .
this is one of those classic cult horror films that is probably more famous for its title than the film itself . ironically , the dorm that dripped blood has had a couple of titles during its lifespan . it was apparently to be known as death dorm before its release and its original us release title was pranks . i also find the film culturally significant as the film debut of daphne zuniga .
firstly - we should note that synapse films describes this as the ' uncensored directors’ cut ' and sates this on their website here as ' basically , our release of the dorm that dripped blood is the very first version of the film . the version that was originally made , before it was submitted to the us distributor . this version is actually entitled death dorm and contains footage that no one has seen in thirty years ( including the two directors ) ! ' - and our own eric cotenas tells me in email :
. . . the prior dorm that dripped blood dvd under the title pranks from substance is wholly unauthorized ( and it is converted from the bbfc - cut uk release ) . synapse ' s dorm features the onscreen title death dorm and is from the answer print of the uncut pre - mpaa version so it has never been released in this form before
. also this is a 2 - disc release from synapse with a dvd of the film included as well as the
the dorm that dripped blood was released in 1982 though some listings have it as 1981 , but regardless this movie was released at a time when slasher flicks were dominating the market and it seemed every week there was a new one opening . the dorm that dripped blood , which also goes under the title death dorm and pranks is one of the semi - forgotten films of the era and seeing as so many of these films were made there are gonna be ones that fall through the cracks . i originally saw this movie under the title pranks , which is a heavily censored version of the movie and is missing about 8 - minutes , which at the time i didn’t know . i didn’t hate pranks , but i sure didn’t love it and i had no desire to see it again , but i gave in and decided to give it another try since the version i saw was so heavily edited and while dorm that dripped blood wouldn’t rate as my favorite 80s slasher i’m glad i gave it another shot ; i think the film itself is far better than its reputation and despite the cult following it has i think it deserves more of a following . i wouldn’t rate the dorm that dripped blood in my top 10 slasher films , but its one of those underdog films and it would have a place somewhere among my favorite slasher films .
if you think you’ve seen this film totally uncut… think again ! synapse films is proud to present the dorm that dripped blood in a never - before - seen alternate version containing additional scenes , extended gore sequences and a different sound mix . this transfer was created from the only existing 35mm answer print of the original “directors’ cut” entitled death dorm , a version of the film thought to have been lost for over thirty years .
overall the dorm that dripped blood in an entertaining slasher flick and while the reviews from people that have actually seen the movie are quite mixed , which i fully understand and while the movie may not reach the heights of some of the more popular slasher flicks of the 80s i quite enjoyed this despite some of the shortcomings . like i said this one has that 80s slasher low budget charm and even if this isn’t one of the elite slasher flicks of the 80s i still enjoyed it .
the story behind the dorm that dripped blood may be more interesting than the film itself . college students stephen carpenter and jeffrey obrow made it while still having classes at ucla , hoping to use the film to get their foot in the door at hollywood . they did what they admit was a shameless cash - in on what was popular at the time : slasher flicks .
era - - and that ' s elevated it into something that it ' s not .
according to jim harper’s legacy of blood , the dorm that dripped blood ( released in the uk as pranks and subsequently landing on the video nasties list ) was filmed by ucla film students stephen carpenter and jeffrey obrow for next to nothing . thanks to the distinctive atmomsphere of gritty , no budget film production and a candy cane nod towards all things downbeat , the film hits a memorable peak for thrifty american slashers . trust me , you won’t be laughing much .
the film resolves around joanne , a college student who , along with a couple friends , is staying to close a dorm that is due to be condemned . one by one they are stalked and killed in the aforementioned dorm that dripped blood . some of the acting is not great but the movie has some amazing kills and scares . this blu - ray release is a longer , restored , uncensored cut from a print that was previously thought lost . it looks amazing and really is a must have for any retro horror / slasher collector .
meanwhile . . . as dorm handyman bill ( jake jones ) is washing up , the skulking menace powers up a drill . the psycho slides the tool slowly into bill ' s head , blood splaying everywhere .
the film is notable for focusing on establishing its characters and solid pacing . upon its limited release , the film was panned by critics . despite this , the film has gained a small cult following and was released to dvd for the first time in 2008 . it is also referenced in scream 2 along with other college themed slasher films such as : the house on sorority row , graduation day , the dorm that dripped blood and splatter university .
long goodbyes between two fellow college classmates unfortunately leads to the vicious death and murder of one half of the pair—not to mention the brutal killings of the victim ' s parents . the dorm that dripped blood is immediately graphic and ruthless with its killer in the presentation of violence and point - of - view murder , just like any other slasher—but the one here is strangely sadistic , specifically because of the harsh attack on the girl ' s parents . however , not once again in the film do we see such a barbarous kill that can compare .
pranks : aka ; the dorm that . . .
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since the christmas setting is irrelevant , dorm moves beyond the holiday gimmicks and shoots straight for the quintessential , cheapo vein . bullseye .
i will say that it really captures that harsh and bleak vibe that i love about early 80s slashers . and it really picks up at about the hour mark with a solid ending .
disc # 1 - - the dorm that dripped blood 1 . first victim [ 5 : 56 ] 2 . planning [ 7 : 41 ] 3 . bludgeoned [ 3 : 53 ] 4 . the dorm [ 7 : 35 ] 5 . getting worried [ 12 : 47 ] 6 . drill attack [ 4 : 43 ] 7 . dinner ruined [ 8 : 24 ] 8 . hearing things [ 9 : 12 ] 9 . on the run [ 9 : 50 ] 10 . the truth [ 10 : 38 ] 11 . too late [ 6 : 02 ] 12 . credits [ 1 : 10 ]
the dorm that dripped blood , a joint effort from directors stephen carpenter and jeffrey obrow , was released at the height of the slasher craze . the cast included future melrose place resident daphne zuniga - and although the film is certainly no classic , there are enough ingredients to hook even the casual fan of the
college stalk n ' kill
subgenre . seventy - five year old morgan meadows hall will soon be one college dormitory that won ' t be housing any more wisecracking students . slated for renovation and future apartment living , morgan meadows is in the process of being completely inventoried , emptied and boarded up .
synapse will release alex pucci ' s 2008 slasher , frat house masacre , in 2011 as well . additional details on that release , along with the cover art for dorm , are expected soon .
houses a fighting spunkiness that keeps its head above water for the most part .
. it could very easily have been ' the apartment complex that dripped blood ' or something similar . the stars all appear to be old enough to have college age children , but we just swallow believability and accept that these are the students about to be terrorized by the aforementioned ' terrifyingly real psychopathic killer ' ! really , it’s just a maniac with a machete . or drill . or whatever else he can get his hands on . . . ( what , no javelins ? )
the dorm that dripped blood lies somewhere between friday the 13th part 3 and another son of sam . it follows a strict classic slasher template in both style and attitude , but morphs into a surreal , claustrophobic free - for - all by film’s end . the plentiful gore spices up the under - lit kill scenes , adding to the disorientating sensibility . once we move into the bowels of the co - op building , it’s impossible to tell which way is up , thanks to the amateurish edits and constant confusion of the characters . intentional or not , a dreamy ambience kicks in , quite similar to the enveloping forests of jeff leiberman’s just before dawn . although the consistency stumbles with the killer’s whiny reveal and the building exploration scenes could’ve used some trimming , dorm ’s intensity more than makes up for these slight missteps .
zuniga made her film debut in stephen carpenter ' s slasher film the dorm that dripped blood ( 1982 ) , playing a supporting role as a college coed . two years later , she made her lead debut in the initiation , another college - themed slasher co - starring vera miles and clu gulager .
it was a great part ,
zuniga recalled .
i got to play twins : a good sister and an evil sister . i got shot in the back on - screen . it was pretty heavy for a first role .
the memory filled halls of the dormitory now echo with the screams and death moans of the students and the corridors drip with the blood of the innocent victims . once the object of nostalgic affection , morgan meadows hall has been hideously transformed into the most suffocating nightmare imaginable .
dayton hall is about to be torn down , and a handful of bored - looking college students are staying at the end of the semester to help prepare it for demolition . someone in the shadows is about to do a little demolishing of his or her own . as you may have suspected , a mysterious slasher is tenderizing , drilling , and boiling his or her way through the students ( and pretty much anyone else that gets in the way ) one by one . could this be the work of a random , deranged maniac ? or will the identity of the killer hit closer to home ? will anyone be alive to tell the tale of the dorm that dripped blood ? most importantly , will the audience members be awake by the end of the film ?
description : on the eve of christmas vacation , a college dormitory stands condemned . . . the dark halls now vacant and unsafe . student joanne murray and her close friends volunteer to help close down the building , unaware a psychopathic lunatic is hiding in the shadows . as the students disappear one by one , joanne discovers the horrifying reality that if she is to survive , she alone will have to find a way to slay the brutal murderer . if you think you ' ve seen this film totally uncut . . . think again ! synapse films is proud to present the dorm that dripped blood in a never - before - seen alternate version containing additional scenes , extended gore sequences , and a different sound mix . this transfer was created from the only existing 35mm answer print of the original directors ' cut entitled death dorm , a version of the film thought to have been lost for over thirty years .
the initiation is a 1984 american slasher film directed by larry stewart , and starring daphne zuniga , clu gulager , vera miles , and hunter tylo . the plot focuses on a sorority member who , after being plagued by a horrific recurring dream her whole life , is stalked along with a group of pledges during their initiation ritual in a department store after hours . [ 1 ] the film has been noted for being star zuniga ' s first leading role after her minor part in the dorm that dripped blood ( 1983 ) , [ 2 ] as well as establishing a contemporary cult following as a midnight movie .
during christmas vacation a few students stay behind to clean out the dorms that will be knocked down and a new dorm will be built . but unknown to the students staying behind is a killer has also stayed behind and has their sights set on them .
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few published reviews of the film during the time of its release exist ; however , contemporary reception of the film has been mixed . film threat gave the film an unfavorable review , writing ,
the initiation is the latest forgotten horror film to receive the anchor bay dvd treatment , and i ' d be at a loss to tell you why .
[ 7 ] film school rejects , however , said the film
has all the hallmarks of being an awful movie without being an awful movie . . . it’s fun , and that should count for something .
[ 8 ] urltoken gave the film a negative review , calling it
a bad movie with bad ideas that are badly executed ,
[ 9 ] while tv guide summarized the film as
boring slasher stuff ,
noting that
top - billed [ vera ] miles and [ clu ] gulager barely appear in the film , which would make a terrifically dreadful double bill with the similar the dorm that dripped blood ( 1983 ) , also featuring zuniga .
[ 10 ]
craig and joanne reunite and come up with a plan to escape from john hemmit and the dorm . but before they get far , they again encounter john and joanne successfully kills the marauder .
joanne schedules a pickup of the dorm ' s desks from local worker bobby lee ( dennis ely ) , who seems more interested in picking up joanne than in acquiring furniture .
, played by alexei sayle . the episode also features the damned singing the song that provides the title quote on this article . the nasty in question is the hopefully fictional , and certainly not on the list ,
i don ' t want to sleep here tonight knowing that nuts ' still around .
. sadly , the title is much better and more memorable than the movie itself . i never understood the alternate title ,
pranks
. that i could tell , pranks had almost nothing to do with the plot . one of the characters puts a fake spider in someone ' s egg . that ' s all that i can recall , off - hand .
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this is an ok low - budget slasher from the early eighties which takes place in an abandoned dorm building , has who - done - it plot , and co - stars daphne zuniga from the initiation , . . .
joanne , patty , brian , and craig prepare the old dorm building to be torn down . they are pursued by a serial killer with a wide range of murder methods , ranging from power drill to industrial steam cooker . is it that spooky weird guy john hemmit killing off the incidental characters , or is it someone / thing even more terrifying ?
a deranged , misogynistic killer assaults a journalist . when he discovers that she survived the attack , he follows her to the hospital to finish her off .
larry cohen’s the stuff is a horror satire that somehow manages to be even more obvious than dawn of the dead . kim newman once wrote . . .
five college students volunteer to close the dorm during their christmas vacation . soon , however , out of the dark recesses of the quiet building emerges a haunting and lethal menace . mysteriously all phone lines are cut and the students are plunged into the darkness of a powerless and increasingly frenzied gloom . in a series of grisly and barbaric incidents , the students begin to disappear . as the terror mounts and the high - pitched staccato of slaying continues , the remaining students realize that they are up against a terrifyingly real psychopathic killer .
joanne , patty , brian , and craig prepare the old dorm building to be torn down . they are pursued by a serial killer with a wide range of murder methods , ranging from power drill to industrial steam cooker . is it that spooky weird guy john hemmit killing off the incidental characters , or is it someone / thing even more terrifying ? ( imdb )
joanne , patty , brian , and craig prepare the old dorm building to be torn down . they are pursued by a serial killer with a wide range of murder methods , ranging from power drill to industrial steam cooker . is it that spooky weird guy john hemmit killing off the incidental characters , or is it someone / thing even more terrifying ? written by chris holland
this did mark the start of daphne zuniga & # 39 ; s acting career , however . zuniga later went on to star in the mel brooks classic spaceballs , and the hit tv series melrose place . death dorm was her first film , and though she plays a smaller role ,
usually these films have a few eccentric and entertaining characters that really add some humor . in this film all the characters kind of blend together .
the credits roll and your teeth clench from the annoying music . a nice and gory down note , worthy of morrissey . ( paul , that is . . . )
their crime was against nature . . . and nature found them guilty !
was the tag - line that appeared on the poster for long weeke . . .
the complete official list of
nasties
is below . ( bear in mind that some of the more obscure ones have up to a dozen or so alternate titles ; the following are the titles by which they were known specifically in the united kingdom in the early 1980s )
you’d also expect that the ' vacant dorm + guys and girls = sex - o - rama ! ' but that isn’t the case with this chaste ( and impressively dark ) film . if you want gratuitous nudity and sex , you’d have more luck clicking frame - by - frame through a disney film . . . you’re not going to find it here . everyone keeps their clothes on and sleeps in separate rooms . . . with a madman running around and no parental supervision . and we’re supposed to believe this is college ?
oh come on . . . is that your best shot ! ? i ' ve seen way a worser flick than this .
an average 80s slasher with a couple of good kills and the usual creepy atmosphere . i found that it was a little dry overall and none of the characters were super likeable .
this movie also marked the acting debut for daphne zungia ; for some reason her 1984 slasher flick the initiation in the credits has it as introducing , but that’s a mistake as she did this movie first .
audio commentary : directors stephen carpenter and jeffrey obrow deliver an interesting and oftentimes engaging commentary that covers the film ' s many titles , the story behind the picture ' s origins , inspirations that influenced the movie , the work of the cast , filming equipment and techniques , on - set recreation , the process of writing the script , and even critiquing what works and what doesn ' t in their own picture . fans of the film or those interested in low - budget slashers from the early 1980s will love this track .
certainly . first is the film ' s fantastic ending that ' s maybe the one thing in the entire picture that dares convention and makes the film all the better for it . the juxtaposition between 80 - some minutes of standard - fare genre hacking and slashing versus its low key but certainly unique conclusion make the picture well worth the effort , no matter the positives or negatives of any of the surrounding qualities and intangibles . in a more general examination , stephen carpenter and jeffrey obrow handle the film with neither great style nor such a heavy hand so as to ruin the movie .
, they were by and large quaint , safe films which reassured audiences that love would conquer all and that the monsters would be vanquished . even though the italian gothic horror film started taking shape only a year or two before hammer entered the fray with their re - imagining of the dracula and frankenstein characters , the early works feel like they came from the 1940s . if the early hammer films felt quaint , the early italian gothic felt positively ancient . while visually striking , they seem to exaggerate all the wrong elements of the gothic . the riccardo freda / mario bava directed
the film scrooges of the world , unite ! there’s finally a film that caters to your very sense of holiday negativity . only this time , people don’t just miss out on extravagant gifts . it’s nothing so pithy . nope , in this part of town , they all die . all of ‘em . even that little transistor radio . even the snow .
that evening , as joanne finishes up a phone call with her parents . . . she hears someone on the roof . consulting with patty , the two decide to call the cops once again . but now , the phone lines are dead . and the electricity too goes out .
the acting in the movie is quite abysmal . with the exception of daphne zuniga (
superman learns that there is a new superhero team around , the elite . they quickly prove themselves a team of extraordinary power guided by a confident sense of direct practicality . as their popularity grows , superman finds that they are outshining him with disquieting methods that grow more ruthless by the day even as the public appears to approve of their sneering dismissal of the man of steel ' s sense of moral restraint . however , as lois lane digs into the truth of the elite , the secrets discovered combine with the team ' s escalating arrogance to create a menace determined to destroy superman for their own power . against that , superman will have to resort to a disturbingly unorthodox solution to defeat them with a new perspective they cannot ignore . written by kenneth chisholm ( kchishol @ rogers . com )
treatment may seem inappropriate for this film but i love to see lesser - caliber work done to the ' nines ' as it makes the visuals experience a more adventurous one . if you are going to see death dorm at home - with friends on a late friday night with bushel baskets of popcorn - this is the way to see it .
tom wolfe ' s book on the history of the u . s . space program reads like a novel , and the film has that same fictional quality . it covers the breaking of the sound barrier by chuck yeager to the mercury 7 astronauts , showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it . thrilling , funny , charming and electrifying all at once . written by john vogel jlvogel @ urltoken
allmovie was unfavorable , calling it a
routine slasher - thriller
, though one that
deviates slightly from the standard formula by way of a fairly intelligent script .
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in legacy of blood : a comprehensive guide to slasher movies , film scholar jim harper notes that the film takes
the autonomous face of the slasher movie killer to the extreme : the man terrorizing the teenagers is shown on screen , but he has no name , no connection to his victims , no history is ever given , nor any motive . he simply appears , begins killing , and is defeated .
he also notes the film ' s shortcomings in character development , writing :
if the rest of the characters had been as well drawn as radish , then final exam might well have been a minor classic . as it is , they ' re all stereotypical jocks and cheerleaders , and ultimately forgettable .
will never be mistaken for some of the better slasher movies of the time period , but it has enough going for a single watch . i make no promises that you won ' t be bored occasionally , but with the right group of friends , i can see this one being fun . in a dry period for rare horror films coming to the digital format , this release is a reminder that quality releases can still see the light of day .
incidentally , one of the causes of the domination of the early home video market by exploitation films was that the major hollywood studios took quite a while to begin releasing any of their films for home rental , due to fears about damage to the cinema market . parallels to later media developments can be drawn by the reader . . .
so in 1984 , the video recordings act was passed , which made it illegal to distribute any film that had not been classified . the british board of film classification liased with the department of public prosecutions to build a list of videos that had already led to shopkeepers being convicted for criminal obscenity and hence could not be legally distributed in britain , to which were added a number of videos that were submitted to the bbfc for classification and rejected . hence was formed the infamous list of the
video nasties
. this ultimately comprised 74 films , of which 39 had been successfully prosecuted . video stores renting them were subject to police raids .
this is the start of my christmas marathon . i dig this golden age slasher . it ' s about some college bros and girls cleaning up a dorm , during christmas break , for demolition . unfortunately , there ' s also a deranged killer offing people left and right . the body count was surprisingly high for such a low budget picture . it wasn ' t overly gory but definitely sadistic . it was overflowing with cheese . the killer ' s reveal was especially gooey ! the ending is fantastic ! that ' s all i got . good night !
it ' s photographed in the same way as silent night , bloody night , black christmas , and friday the 13th . there ' s a coziness to the interior scenes that for me make for some of the best films of this type - a scene where the characters arrange an impromptu candlelit dinner , …
the dorm . the building has been condemned and everything must be removed in two weeks . . . the perfect plot device to get our victims as far away from civilization as possible ! to make things even worse , they’re shut in with a cranky old handyman and a weird fuzzy - haired guy who may or may not want them all dead . that’s the premise , and for a while it seems like pretty standard stuff . the actors say their lines as if expressing emotion would somehow cause the building to collapse on its own , and everyone watching can spend their time trying to pick out who’s the murderer , who’s going to die , etc .
in legacy of blood : a comprehensive guide to slasher movies , film scholar jim harper notes that the film takes
the autonomous face of the slasher movie killer to the extreme : the man terrorizing the teenagers is shown on screen , but he has no name , no connection to his victims , no history is ever given , nor any motive . he simply appears , begins killing , and is defeated .
[ 1 ] he also notes the film ' s shortcomings in character development , writing :
if the rest of the characters had been as well drawn as radish , then final exam might well have been a minor classic . as it is , they ' re all stereotypical jocks and cheerleaders , and ultimately forgettable .
[ 13 ]
that ' s often lacking in other films of its kind . while it may seem to be just another one of the almost innumerable low - level , barely - seen , cult - favorite slashers from the 1980s - - a decade , one could argue , that has come to be cinematically defined by its horror pictures both large and small and the culture surrounding them - - it ' s incredibly unpretentious , serious but not at the expense of fun , and assembled with just the right amount of balance to give it something of a complete and satisfying feel , even if there ' s really nothing new and the picture lacks the polished fašade and kinetic energy of bigger , but not necessarily better , genre films . maybe better said , it epitomizes everything that ' s so good about the low - budget micro - slasher . questionable acting , not much of a plot , long and dull stretches , and only semi - creative kill scenes might leave most wondering what the fuss is all about , but it ' s the way the film so effortlessly goes with the flow and so easily pieces together every single stock part - - despite its flaws that are not exclusive but rather problems inherent to the genre at large - - that it ' s something of a standard - bearer of these sort of pictures , and that it ' s been practically invisible since its release only adds to the legend and the picture ' s claim as perhaps the perfect example of the invisible slasher .
watched for a second time on a blu - ray rip , and , knowing everything that would happen and all the surprises , i liked it even more . while i’m not someone who cares about whether or not characters are ' likable ' or ' relatable , ' i think my favorite slasher films ( and this is now one of them ) are the ones that many people refer to as ' cruel ' - that is , the characters are not despicable shitheads who the audience is implicitly led to believe ‘deserve to die . ’ like the proto films from the 1970s or the first two friday the 13th films , all of the characters in this movie are nice , which makes the killings particularly ' cruel ' relative to most slashers . they ' re also not ' movie star ' …
is composed of the sort of shadowy atmosphere that makes movies like this so effective yet so repetitive and even redundant , but the directors balance the film so as not to allow it to become too generically atmospheric for its own good . the characters are relatively flat , the identity of the killer doesn ' t come as much of a surprise once the ball gets rolling , and the dialogue through most of the picture is clumsy at best , but
as much as i enjoyed the film , which was mainly due to the music , animation and the performance by bob geldof , but i also think the wall was also a missed opportunity as well . like i said i enjoy the film , but its never as deep and powerful as the album . roger waters wrote most of the tracks on the wall , but credit must still be given to the whole band . but at the end of the day the wall is pretty much the brain child of roger waters who in my opinion is one of the greatest musician’s of all time . but while he may be a great musician as a screenwriter he doesn’t reach that epic level . with that said i’m not knocking the script by roger waters , but film and music are two totally different things . waters has a lot of great ideas and a lot of what he does works , but i still feel the film could have been a lot more , but with that said i again enjoyed the film a lot .
based on the beloved children ' s novel by e . b . white , this is the story of a little pig named wilbur who was born a runt . mr . arable decides to kill him for dinner food but his daughter fern begs him to let him live . on greater maturity , wilbut is sold to fern ' s uncle , homer l . zuckerman , in whose barnyard he ' s left yearning for friendship , but is snubbed by other barn animals . wilbur is scared of the end of the season , because he knows that come that time , he will end up on the dinner table . he hatches a plan with charlotte , a gentle and wise grey spider that lives in his pen , to ensure that this will never happen . written by murray chapman muzzle @ urltoken
overall rear window is an iconic film that to this day still holds up . with a great screenplay , a masterful director and great cast makes rear window amongst the greatest films ever made .
officer lewis ( jimmy betz ) informs joanne and co . that a person matching john ' s description was just picked up . a sigh of hopeful relief .
director alan parker delivers a very odd and offbeat film and it is a little difficult to rate the direction since the film is built around the soundtrack . i’m not sure if parker was the right guy for the job and while the film does make sense if you pay close attention to the images and music , but some scenes aren’t exactly clear , which could be the writing perhaps . the wall isn’t an overly long music video like some have stated , but the film is quite deep and powerful , but i’d give more of the credit to pink floyd’s music for that . overall alan parker crafts a strange , but compelling film that’s hard to take your eyes off .
gamma brother wildman ( ralph brown ) is looking for pain pills for his frat to sell on the open market , where he is then led into the darkened campus gym . after finding pills , he is then attacked by the killer where he is cornered into the weight room and is garroted from a weight machine . soon enough , mark ( john fallon ) discovers wildman ' s body in the locker room , before chased by the killer into the college ' s electrical building where he is stabbed from the killer emerging out of a barrel . meanwhile , fellow nerd radish ( joel s . rice ) finds mark ' s body in a locker and immediately calls the police , but the authorities are disbelieving due to ongoing pranks from the gamma house . running to courtney ' s room , the killer breaks through the door and grabs him to his demise . shortly thereafter , courtney returns to her dorm where she finds radish ' s body hanging through her broken door . frightened , courtney tries to rouse help from a now abandoned dorm , but the campus is now desolate .
gamma brother wildman ( ralph brown ) is looking for pain pills for his frat to sell on the open market , where he is then led into the darkened campus gym . after finding pills , he is then attacked by the killer where he is cornered into the weight room and is garroted from a weight machine . soon after , mark ( john fallon ) discovers wildman ' s body in the locker room , before chased by the killer into the college ' s electrical building where he is stabbed from the killer emerging out of a barrel . meanwhile , fellow nerd radish ( joel s . rice ) finds mark ' s body in a locker and immediately calls the police , but the authorities are disbelieving due to ongoing pranks from the gamma house . running to courtney ' s room , the killer breaks through the door and grabs him to his demise . shortly thereafter , courtney returns to her dorm where she finds radish ' s body hanging through her broken door . frightened , courtney tries to rouse help from a now abandoned dorm , but the campus is now desolate .
for young charley brewster , nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night . two men move in next door , and for charley with his horror movie experience , there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian . the only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed - up actor , peter vincent , who hosts charley ' s favorite tv show , fright night . vincent doesn ' t really believe that vampires exist , but does it for the money . . . written by anonymous
morgan meadows hall , an isolated seven story dormitory stands empty . corridors that were once filled with the vibrant shouting and laughter of students are now vacant . the structurally unsafe building has been condemned and soon must be torn down .
pranks came out in 1982 and this means that it was released when the slasher film was in its prime ; before the tropes have become cliche , the story is memorable and fresh ( even if a little inspired ) and if you were to ask me , the early 1980s was when slasher films were best . we ' re not expected to sit through a wynorskish montage of soaped up tits , goofy subplots and comedic undertones . not that i ' m opposed to…
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nevertheless hunkers down in its final act with some genuine scares and performances that , even through some hackneyed dialogue , manage to engender an honest and fearful sensation both on - screen and within the audience .
has finally received a legitimate dvd release by synapse films , and on top of that , fans have been given a high definition blu - ray release in the same package . most importantly , this release is the uncut version ( under the alternate title ,
death dorm
) , not seen in decades . the transfer is decent , but definitely has its rough spots . on the whole , synapse has done a pretty impressive job . if you’ve only seen the film on vhs or via the not - exactly - legal dvd release by jef films , you owe it to yourself to check out this release . in addition to the uncut print , a handful of bonus features are included . featurettes on the visual effects of matthew mungle and christopher young’s score are among the highlights . also included is an audio commentary with directors jeffrey obrow and stephen carpenter . fans of christopher young’s score will be pleased to know that an isolated music track has been included for your listening pleasure .
phil and kate have a baby boy named jake . they hire a baby - sitter , camilla , to look after jake and she becomes part of the family . the sterling ' s friend and neighbor , ned , takes a liking to camilla and asks her out . she refuses , but ned follows her and discovers that she is not quite human . camilla discovers that she has been followed and ned is pursued . he leaves a desperate message for phil and kate which reveals that camilla has special plans for baby jake . written by brooks @ urltoken and drxcreatures @ urltoken
bob geldof as pink is excellent and you have to rate his performance like how you would an actor in a silent film , but geldof is excellent and despite what some people have said geldof doesn’t perform the songs in the film . not sure where people got that from . all songs are performed by pink floyd . geldof however does perform vocals on in the flesh ( both parts ) . but outside of those two tracks that’s it .
james cameron journeys to some of the earth ' s deepest , most extreme and unknown environments in search of the strange and alien creatures that live there . joining him is a team of young nasa scientists and marine biologists who consider how these life forms represent life we may one day find in outer space not only on distant planets orbiting distant stars , but also within our own solar system . aliens of the deep is the result of expeditions to several hydrothermal vent sites in the atlantic and the pacific . these are violent volcanic regions where new planet is literally being born and where the interaction between ocean and molten rock creates plumes of super - heated , chemically - charged water that serve as oases for animals unlike anything ever discovered . six - foot tall worms with blood - red plumes and no stomach , blind white crabs , and a biomass of shrimp capable of
seeing
heat all compete to find just the right location in the flow of the super - heated , life - giving water or to fry . . . written by anonymous
back in the 80s no holiday or event was safe ; new years , valentine’s day , april fools day , halloween , christmas , graduation and prom were all covered . thanksgiving however was the one holiday that never really didn’t get represented . outside of home sweet home the only other film with a thanksgiving setting i can think of was blood rage and i guess madman as well . madman was set the weekend before thanksgiving so i guess it’s close enough . in home sweet home i don’t think it’s ever stated its thanksgiving . if not for the turkey and a bunch of people coming together ( their relation for the most part is never made clear ) home sweet home can be any day i suppose . but home sweet home would be the first thanksgiving themed slasher film .
at least the director ( s ) wasted no time in introducing the gore as the real star of the film . the gruesome opening scene comes screaming in out of nowhere and
on the eve of christmas vacation , a college dormitory stands condemned… the dark halls now vacant , and unsafe . student joanne murray and her close friends volunteer to help close down the building , unaware a psychopathic lunatic is hiding in the shadows . as the students disappear one by one , joanne discovers the horrifying reality that if she is to survive , she alone will have to find a way to slay the brutal murderer .


falcon song is a 2014 contemporary western film written and directed by jason corgan brown .

it stars rainey qualley , gabriel sunday , and martin kove .

the 1980s style film explores themes of land conservation and soul searching through a storybook world of quirky characters with touches of magical realism .

falcon song

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the movie falcon song explores themes of land conservation and soul searching beneath a whimsical , quirky world full of colorful characters and magical realism .
join us for a week of special falcon song screenings in los angeles . the film world premiered to packed theaters at the 29th santa barbara international film festival .
the movie falcon song is a low budget western , set in the 1980s , in which a guitar - playing drifter helps a rancher’s granddaughter find her true calling .
rainey qualley , daughter of andie macdowell , has joined the cast of indie “falcon song , ” which jason corgan brown will direct and produce through his corgan pictures banner .
this white falcon , rare and geason , this bird shineth so bright ; of all that are , no bird compare may with this falcon white .
the report that leanda quotes from can be found on the times website , but you can only read all of it if you are a subscriber – doomed queen anne boleyn’s wedding song comes back to life 500 years on . unfortunately , they call it a wedding song rather than a coronation song !
oh , and let us never forget the glorious video of the song ' s namesake . . .
listen to
hasselhoff cheeseburger ,
a song from the first album by the supergroup in ten years .
falcon bank was recognized as the 78 highest performing community bank in the 21st century .
the crane song falcon is priced towards the top end of the 500 - series single - channel compressor market , but its performance easily justifies the price tag . i’d be more than happy to have a pair linked up as a stereo compressor / limiter . if you’re planning to add a vintage - style optical compressor / limiter to your 500 - series collection , you really should audition the crane song falcon .
hi stephan . we totally agree but it fills dance floors . however , we have decided to replace the song !
falcon song is a 1980 ' s style contemporary western in which a guitar playing drifter helps a rancher ' s granddaughter find her true calling . they soon find themselves in the middle of an age old land war .
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falcon song is a 1980 ' s style contemporary western in which a guitar playing drifter helps a rancher ' s granddaughter find her true calling . they soon find themselves in the middle of an age old land w . . . more
also missing from gina’s apartment is a music box that plays the 1980s hit song “she works hard for the money” by donna summer .
the falcon is proud to have the avalon archives museum of rock & roll permanently installed at the falcon underground . we invite patrons , local residents and travelers , alike to tour this vast , rotating collection .
dakota johnson and bruce dern have joined shia labeouf in the adventure drama “ the peanut butter falcon . ”
wonderful ! please email me at claire @ urltoken when the song and music are available so that i can write a post . thank you !
there ' s an unfashionable earnestness to
falcon song ,
just as director jason brown intends . inspired by ' 80s
pop cinema ,
he ' s spun a light drama around a young drifter who becomes involved with the residents of a western town .
the song can speak for itself . falcon fans will be excited to know that
it ' s too big ,
a clear homage to the pet shop boys and anything that can ' t be measured by a standard ruler , won ' t be going flaccid any time soon .
in chastity , excelleth she , most like a virgin bright : and worthy is to live in bliss always this falcon white .
it ' s too big ,
released on itunes and urltoken on april 16 , features falcon ' s penetrating voice singing about his own member , which was again thrown into the limelight after huffpost weird news covered falcon getting frisked by the tsa .
the virtues all , no man mortal , of this bird can write . no man earthly enough truly can praise this falcon white .
who will express great gentleness to be in any wight ; he will not miss , but call him this the gentle falcon white .
falcon didn ' t comment on the girthy tune . his new publicist wants to embargo the package , even though it was already released .
the 12ax7 drives a solid - state output stage , and the falcon’s signal reaches the outside world via a lundahl ll1585 balancing transformer , which is a very high - quality , high - headroom device that’s easily capable of delivering the falcon’s maximum + 26db of level without saturation .
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the man famous for his 13 . 5 - inch , record - setting penis released a song , and it ' s bound to impress even the most hardened of pop fans .
the falcon’s attack and release switches each have three settings : fast , medium and slow , with fast being the upper position . these switches sit directly above the three green knobs that , respectively , control the falcon’s threshold , make - up gain and dry / wet output mix .
and where by wrong , she hath fleen long , uncertain where to light ; herself repose upon the rose , now may this falcon white .
the cream front panel , three green knobs and six black switches are a crane song signature and , surmounted by a single circular vu meter , these give the falcon a distinct identity . packaging a circuit based around a 12ax7 ( ecc83 ) dual - triode valve running at 200v in a single - slot 500 - series format is an impressive engineering feat . so too is giving the falcon such flexible facilities on a front panel that doesn’t look or , more importantly , feel overcrowded .
but now to take and use her make is time , as troth is plight ; that she may bring fruit according for such a falcon white .
whereon to rest , and build her nest ; god grant her , most of might ! that england may rejoice alway in this same falcon white .
the falcon celebrates native american culture every month , with host evan pritchard , who will introduce special guests , native music , history and spoken word .
11 . the lyrics to the song the ewoks perform at the end of the movie – the words everyone heard as
yub nub
– were written by none other than joseph williams , son of star wars composer john and lead singer with toto . someone , somewhere : please make a mash - up of this song and toto ' s
africa
as soon as possible .
rainey qualley , daughter of andie macdowell , has joined the cast of indie “falcon song , ” which jason corgan brown will direct and produce through his corgan pictures banner . described as a new wave western , story follows a rancher’s granddaughter who reconnects with her mother’s magical past and helps a drifter ( gabriel sunday ) whose arrival forever changes [ … ]
fast - forward thirty years . my dad , chairman of the board of falcon bank , made another pledge : falcon bank would treat everyone with respect . from the college student opening her first checking account to the seasoned businessman applying for a loan , falcon would be responsive to its customers’ needs , always . we would never make someone feel the way my dad felt on that long - ago day , walking back to his truck with car titles in hand .
a tongue - in - cheek celebration of 1980s’ cinema , jason brown’s falcon song legitimately makes you feel like you have travelled through time . the film goes retro with everything from production techniques and the soundtrack to its storyline about a guitar - toting loner and his relationship with a smoking hot rancher’s daughter — who also , of course , has magical powers .
the a . v . club is premiering the falcon’s contribution to the compilation , and its first song in eight years , “we are the bald . ” even with that eight year gap in place , the falcon doesn’t alter its searing attack , and even as kelly and andriano acknowledge their age with lines such as , “we’ve got no hair / we are the bald , ” the band proves even as its activity wanes—and its members’ hairlines recede—it’s still capable of churning out impactful punk rock with the same exuberance of its younger labelmates .
the falcon underground invites jazz artists to sign - up and sit - in at our monthly jazz sessions . join the music - making in the falcon ' s warm intimate pub - beneath - the - club , one floor down from our world class live music stage . stay posted for special guests ! host : doug weiss / bass
for some reason , the first act of gremlins was always on my mind . of course , falcon song is far from a horror - comedy , but i think that the lighthearted feel , acting style , and vibrant characters all were influential to me . there’s something very intriguing to me about the nostalgic , surreal , comedic darkness that emanates from films like groundhog’s day , big , home alone — even spaceballs . i suppose that pulling influence from comedies and applying that to dramatic subject matter ultimately comes out as whimsical . of course , to enhance authenticity we also cast martin kove who played the evil sensei of the cobra kai in the the karate kid . i am proud to announce that no legs were swept during the making of falcon song … close… but i can still walk .
a very special creative showcase - hudson valley singer / songwriters convene at the falcon underground every first wednesday . each month selected songwriters will be announced by our host , jason gisser .
i found an article written by the same author in “the australian , ” which is not stuck behind a paywall . too bad they also don’t have a sample of the song as the “times” does , as i’d love to hear it .
in the tradition of such family - friendly musicals as grease and the high school musical series comes this inspirational story about a group of teens who enter into a song and dance competition in hopes of raising enough money to save . . .
the ebony falcon
is the 14th episode of season 1 of the fox television show brooklyn nine - nine . it originally aired 21st january 2014 to 4 . 55 million viewers .
the yellow rose of texas is , at least in the case of this roy rogers vehicle , both the title of a song and the name of a fancy showboat . rogers plays a frontier insurance investigator who is assigned to locate . . .
) , the company now produce a range of hardware products , including three valve - based 500 - series units , the syren preamplifier , the insignia equaliser and this , the falcon compressor .
gather up the chaps is out via red scare on march 18 . additionally , “hasselhoff cheeseburger” is available as a flexi single from new noise magazine . catch the falcon on tour . dates below .
falcon international bank is proud to be a part of the culture and history of south and south central texas , offering personalized service , attention to detail and genuine dedication in assisting customers reach their goals .
leanda de lisle has just published a post on her blog about how tamsin lewis , an expert in tudor music , has matched the lyrics of the white falcon , a ballad performed at anne boleyn’s coronation procession on 31st may 1533 , with a tudor tune . you can read more about this news in leanda’s article – click here . what is lovely is that the song is going to be performed by 60 children from schools in stepney green and whitechapel on a float .
at around the falcon’s price you’ll find 500 - series alternatives ( but not direct equivalents ) from the likes of anamod , api , awtac , chandler , fredenstein , neve , pendulum audio and retro instruments .
the falcon and the d ' ohman
is the first episode of season 23 . it originally aired on september 25 , 2011 . kiefer sutherland guest stars as wayne slater and tom colicchio as himself .
poet gold assembles a fresh new line - up of brilliant spoken word and musical artists every fourth wednesday , at the falcon underground , new york taproom & beer garden . poet gold accompanied by : bryan henry
now , ten years later , the falcon is ready to rise again with the release of gather up the chaps . hennessey has returned for the sophomore album . andriano is back as well , and his imprint is felt even more this time around , especially on songs like “you dumb dildos , ” where he leads on vocal duties . some new blood has been added to the mix as well with the loved ones’ dave hause , who also gets prominent mic time on the song “if dave did it . ”
nobody notices that a famous clothing brand is later named after him , nobody notices that chuck berry releases a song that sounds pretty similar to the one he played at the big dance , and most importantly , nobody bats an eyelid when his mom has a kid who looks exactly like him .
later at home , lisa is playing her saxophone . wayne comes in and hears the song , causing a flashback to occur . in the flashback , a shooting starts and wayne takes out his gun . back in reality , wayne is pointing his gun at lisa . again he becomes frustrated .
in my setup , the falcon’s natural home would be either sitting across an insert point or operating as one component in a 500 - series ‘channel - strip’ . with the input level set to peak at around + 3 or + 5 on the vu meter , to give the compressor something to chew on ( courtesy of a sonic farm silkworm 500 - series mic preamp ) , the falcon turned out to be one of the most intuitive compressors that i’ve ever reviewed .
johnson has starred in the two “fifty shades of grey” films and will next be seen starring in luca guadagnino’s “suspiria . ” dern received academy award nominations for his roles in “nebraska” and “coming home” and has appeared in over 100 films . burnett won an academy award for original song for “crazy heart” in 2009 .
the falcon underground ' s sign up and sit in session is creating a
home
for traditional blues and roots music with a strict
no pedals
policy and philosophy to keep it raw , and true to the original music .
red scare industries—the chicago label formed by tobias jeg and the lawrence arms’ brendan kelly—started 10 years ago as a vehicle to release the first ep by one of arms frontman kelly’s own projects , the falcon . for fans of chicago punk the band served as a supergroup of sorts , with a line - up rounded out by lawrence arms drummer neil hennessy , alkaline trio bassist dan andriano , and former rise against guitarist todd mohney , and the band’s five - song introduction served as a searing amalgam of what the band’s members had done so well throughout their careers .
being aware of dave hill’s crane song products only by reputation , i really didn’t know what to expect other than that the build quality and audio performance should be of a very high standard . on those two fronts , the falcon didn’t disappoint ; the front panel and the feel of its controls gave me an instant impression of quality and i couldn’t fault the sonics in any way . dave’s emulation of an optical compressor acts authentically , and sounds very much like the real thing . the valve gain stage certainly adds character , especially when its negative feedback is switched out , and the lundahl output transformer balances its output without introducing unwanted artifacts .
the falcon would go on to release its lone full - length in 2006 , but red scare would continue on , releasing albums by bands such as teenage bottlerocket , cobra skulls , the sidekicks , and numerous others in its decade - long existence . and red scare will celebrate its 10 years in existence by throwing a day - long show at the metro in chicago on october 25 featuring nearly every band to have released music on the label and a warm - up show in new york on september 26 . on september 9 , the label will also release a 19 - song compilation , red scare industries : 10 years of your dumb bullshit , featuring unreleased material from many of the label’s acts .
i feel that the innocence , magical realism , and even technical execution of yesterday’s pop cinema have become shockingly alternative when viewed in today’s marketplace . it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why magical realism was so prevalent in 1980s movies . perhaps it was due to the fact that technologies and techniques had advanced to the point where more was possible for the big budget projects . we all know of the outlandish fantasy / sci - fi senarios that we saw in the decade’s biggest pictures . this may have led audiences to become more appreciative of the subtle and sometime unexplainable bending of reality in smaller films . falcon song utilizes these elements very lightly , but i feel that their presence is an important part of the package .
overall , no matter what source i threw at it , the falcon never failed to delight . over - exuberant acoustic instruments , vocals and percussion were all sorted out in a manner that didn’t sound unnatural — unless that’s what i wanted . under heavy compression , it was easy and intuitive to restore the resulting loss of transient information by backing off the wet control to bring in more of the uncompressed signal , and / or lengthening the attack time with a simple click of that switch . all in all , the falcon delivered a very impressive performance that remained musical and ‘transparent’ throughout , unless i got a bit carried away at the extremes .
this high - camp , independent fantasy adventure mixes elements of comic books , westerns , post - apocalyptic science fiction ( particularly the road warrior ( 1981 ) ) , chop - sockey action films , elvis presley musicals , and road pictures into a postmodern stew . jeffrey falcon is buddy , a samurai guitar player . . .
well , that doesn ' t work . were they chased for months ? or was luke trained in an afternoon ? either we were spared some extended scenes on board the millennium falcon featuring starvation and debates about when they ' d have to eat chewbacca , or becoming a jedi is easier than getting a cub scout merit badge .
in the early ‘80s , dave hill was asked to design a valve compressor that would have the sound of vintage valve models . the result was the summit tla - 100 , and because of its success dave went on to design ( and to set up manufacturing for ) the entire summit audio product line until his departure in 1994 . he founded crane song in 1995 and , in addition to three pro tools plug - ins (
dakota johnson and bruce dern have joined shia labeouf in the adventure drama “the peanut butter falcon . ” newcomer zachary gottsagen , who is the inspiration for the film , will play the principal character of zak in the movie , which will be directed by tyler nilson and michael schwartz from their own script . variety first reported in [ … ]
so there ' s the famous sequence where luke gets trained by yoda on yoda ' s shithole of a planet . to break up the sequence , the film cuts to the millennium falcon getting chased by the empire to lando ' s cloud city . when they arrive , they get captured , at which point luke has finished his training .
comic book guy starts the episode by telling the viewers there will be hints in the episode as to the result of nedna . after the opening sequence , homer sings a song about arriving at work . he goes to greet his friend larry , but discovers he has been replaced by a new employee , wayne slater . homer requests a fist bump , but wayne rejects . he then asks if he can have a beer with wayne after work , however wayne still rejects the offer .
i heard it from all the guys and every single freakin ' girl / they wanna try and take a ride on the biggest in the world / but in order to ride the beast it must be unfurled ,
falcon sings before the chorus ,
too damn big / it ' s just too damn big / your penis too damn big yeah / it ' s too damn big .
however , the icing on the falcon’s cake is the wet / dry output mix control that gives you access to parallel compression without tying up another mixer channel . daw users will be accustomed to working with a mix control on their plug - in compressors , but if you’re not too sure of the why and how of parallel compression , hugh robjohns wrote a very comprehensive article on the subject in sos february 2013 ( urltoken ) .
9 . ewoks were a late addition to the star wars mythology . their part in the story was to be played by the wookiees , but by the time lucas and partners sat down to write return of the jedi , they realized that , because chewbacca could fly the millennium falcon , repair the ship and operate pretty much any weapon or machine in the known universe , they ' d made the wookiees too technologically advanced for the plot .
the remaining switch on the top row toggles the vu meter display between gain reduction and output level and sits above another three switches , the first of which selects either hard - knee ( limit ) or soft - knee ( comp ) operation , changing the falcon from a limiter to a compressor , depending on the chosen characteristic . the color switch in its 100 position removes the negative feedback from the valve circuit , and restores it in its alternate setting .
my dad’s pledge doesn’t end at customer service . from this promise to you came free personal and business checking , interest checking , internet banking , mobile banking , snapshot deposits , bill pay , p2p transfers , and more—including our new website , specifically designed to be more user friendly across all devices . we hope you enjoy the new site , and that it continues to make banking with falcon a pleasure , rather than the burden my dad experienced almost seventy years ago .
set the output to wet , set the attack to fast , release to medium , take the falcon out of bypass and wind up the threshold until you get the amount of compression that you need , match the bypassed and gain - reduced signals with the gain control and that’s about it — instant great sound and instant gratification , as the program - dependent release time does its thing . from this point on , it’s all about getting the precise sound that you want to hear — maybe increase the attack time to let faster transients through , increase the release time to get a bit of pumping going , explore the difference in sound between the hard and soft - knee compression curves and check out the effect of switching between negative and no feedback in the valve stage . i was pleasantly surprised by just how much sonic variety could be found in the interaction between the falcon’s controls , despite the fact that the preset attack and release times might initially have led me to think otherwise .
to give it the performance characteristics of a vintage ‘optical’ compressor , the falcon carries dave hill’s proprietary emulation of the slower reaction times of the resistive opto - isolator circuitry found in early compressors such as the teletronix la - 2a . the falcon is configured as a feedback compressor , whereby the input to the side - chain circuit ( that calculates the amount of compression required ) is taken from a point after the signal has passed through the gain - reduction circuit itself . as a result , this feedback loop alters the compression ratio depending on how much gain reduction is taking place , and this tends to give an overall smoother , less aggressive - sounding compression . because the amount of compression is determined by an already - compressed signal , the time set by the front - panel release switch is modified by the feedback loop . this has the effect of making the actual release time program - dependent , since the release time will be longer for peaks that go well over the set threshold and shorter for peaks that just exceed it .
best 1980s music teens were entertained at the movies with blockbuster hits such as et – the extra - terrestrial , indiana jones , the breakfast club , and ferris bueller’s day off . comedy clubs became popular in the 1980s and comedy on tv rose . tv comedy shows such as the cosby show , roseanne and saturday night live . other popular tv shows included dallas , falcon crest and dynasty . eighties teens were also fascinated by cabbage patch kids , pac man and the invention of the cd ( compact disc ) . the cd outsells vinyl by 1988 .
the falcon , the long - running but remarkably unprolific brainchild of the lawrence arms’ brendan kelly , has been in hibernation for a while , not spotted in the wild since the release of their sole full - length album , 2006’s unicornography , red scare industry’s all - time bestselling record . on it , kelly employed the use of alkaline trio’s dan andriano and fellow brother in arm neil hennessey , who enabled him in letting his id run wild , which , if you’ve ever seen kelly perform , read one of his tweets , or talked to him for more than five seconds at a urinal , you already know how remarkably strange that can get .
the new music in the force awakens serves two main purposes . it’s an essential part of the movie’s long , commemorative striptease , covering and uncovering the old , familiar tunes . it’s like the canvas blobs that cover the millennium falcon in the junkyard , r2d2 on the rebel flagship , even luke ( his cape in the flashback , his hood on the lonely island ) : homogeneous , mysterious , subtle . the old scores drew rousing melodies from wagner and korngold ; the new one takes after shostakovich and dvorak , by turns anxious and frenzied , by turns plaintive , repetitive . when we do hear an echo of the original scores—the rising fourth of the main theme , stacked upon itself in an alien quartal configuration—it really stands out . all the old star wars neurons fire .
that’s not the only time the soundtrack is used to convey moral ambivalence . when han solo’s ship swallows the millennium falcon , the soundtrack is pure fear . han’s entrance , with a burst of old music , fails to lighten the mood . weirder : as kylo ren is impaling han solo on his lightsaber , we hear something that sounds a lot like the bouncing , mesmeric background of rey’s theme , but with a dark , martial twist . ( for those keeping score at home , the tune that sounds next , as solo falls through the abyss , is a riff on the “prophecy motif” from wagner’s parsifal , which accompanies these words in the libretto : “the pure fool , enlightened by compassion . ” ) and when rey grabs luke’s lightsaber in the final snow battle , we hear—under the familiar “force theme”—the melodic interval ( a half - step over diminished harmonies ) that usually introduces kylo ren’s theme .
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i have lived in santa barbara for a few years but still frequently travel back and forth to los angeles . it had long been a goal of mine to be able to move to santa barbara when my film career allowed . i was able to pull away from working staff on large studio films and living full time in
when my own boutique studio , corgan pictures , began to grow legs . santa barbara is a great town and with it having roots in silent - era history , it’s almost perfect for filmmakers who have devoted their lives to the craft !
a lot of the film was shot at distant locations across the american west , so with limited gear , crew , and schedule , it was challenging at times to maintain the glossy “dream - factory” look that was common in the ‘80s . a lot of this look comes from certain lighting techniques and we all feel very fortunate to have had solid camera , grip and lighting departments . there were many times that we had to stop and pull back from going too modern — always thinking of the standards and styles of past eras ( ‘60s , ‘70s , and mostly ‘80s ) .
my goal wasn’t to create a film that was just a modern rip - off of an ‘80s movie , but one that felt and looked as if it traveled ahead in time , skipping the past two - and - a - half decades . i strived for it to be authentic , free from irony , and not to be self - aware . you won’t see jelly bracelets and parachute pants , but a more classic approach to the styling . i’m inspired to take audiences to an all - new story world that attempts to harness the hard - to - define visceral qualities of a bygone era .
i’d say a probably a dramedy . although , a “whimsical , 1980s style contemporary western” seems to explain it better . i had hoped for it to come across as an authentic low - budget ‘80s movie that was found in a vault and released many years later . ultimately , it is the audience who will have final say .
it’s a about a guitar - playing drifter who helps a rancher’s granddaughter find her true calling . it’s not a real heavy film ; it’s whimsical but has some thematic undertones about soul - searching and land conservation . we have music by the moody blues , kate bush , and nikki lane , who is finishing up an album with dan auerbach from the black keys . it’s done in a low - budget ‘80s style and we even have martin kove from the karate kid .
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very cool that a storybook world like this can be created in an 80 ' s style . not many new releases today can pull this off . it feels really genuine , which is something to be commended even if the style isn ' t your favorite .
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has announced its 2014 lineup . the 29th edition features 23 world premieres and 31 u . s . premieres and runs january 30 - february 9 . robert nixon and fisher stevens’
closes it , followed by a q & a with richard linklater , julie delpy and ethan hawke . here’s the full lineup :
a life outside , usa directed by catherine brabec featuring : greg mesanko , chris mesanko , kevin casey , jim purpuri , richard luthringer , and bucky walters a documentary following the six surfers who pioneered the 1960’s surf break at the new jersey casino pier .
a year in champagne , usa directed by david kennard a detailed portrait of winemakers and their families reveals some of the most intimate secrets behind creating the legendary bubbly beverage .
barefoot , usa directed by andrew fleming cast : evan rachel wood , scott speedman , brittany alger an upper - class , hard - luck gambler invites a shoeless eccentric to his brother’s lavish southern style wedding to prove he’s changed his ways .
bffs , usa directed by andrew putschoegi cast : andrea grano , tara karsian looking for a few days of vacation and amusement , two best friends pretend to be lovers while attending a couple’s weekend workshop .
bottled up : the battle over dublin dr . pepper , usa directed by drew rist this documentary details the events and history leading up to the demise of dublin dr . pepper , as well as the public outcry that continues to this day .
chu and blossom , usa directed by charles chu , gavin kelly cast : melanie lynskey , caitlin stasey , alan cumming , charles chu , ryan o’nan , richard kind , chris marquette , annie potts , mercedes ruehl a coming of age comedy centers on an unlikely brotherhood between a pensive , awkwardly tall korean foreign exchange student and a militant performance artist , both trapped together in a small town .
driven , usa directed by ben pitterie , brian hall explore the fascinating and obscure world of marathon swimming as three swimmers put everything on the line chasing a dream to swim up to 20 miles across the santa barbara channel .
gurukulam , canada / usa directed by jillian elizabeth a group of students and their teacher confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality and self - identity at a remote forest ashram in southern india .
invitation to dance , usa directed by simi linton and christian von tippelskirch an activist , an avant - garde of disabled dancers , and a quest : equality , justice , and a place on the dance floor .
the last one , usa directed by nadine c . licostie this feature - length documentary traces the history of the aids memorial quilt and the role it continues to play as a response to the disease itself .
menthol , usa directed by micah van hove cast : jacob king , james wilson , johnny wactor , luke eberl when four friends reunite for a night of fun in their hometown , a crisis forces them to confront the consequences of their lifestyles .
mission blue , usa directed by robert nixon and fisher stevens cast : sylvia earle , james cameron , mike degruy , legendary oceanographer and ted prize winner dr . sylvia earle is on a mission to save our oceans . the documentary mission blue is the story of sylvia’s life as witness to the changes to the sea that threaten our planet , and how we still have a chance to repair much of the damage – if we act now .
mount joy , usa directed by jack lewars cast : kate hodge , lou martini jr . , matthew watson a lead singer places his band’s national bar tour on hold until he gets answers from the girl who broke his heart , but soon discovers she harbors a secret that could change everything .
night has settled , usa directed by steve clark cast : spencer list , pilar lópez de ayala , adriana barraza in 1983 new york city , a thirteen - year - old boy well - poised to enter the precocious teenage world of sex , vodka , and the possibilities of love , is traumatized by an encounter with his housekeeper .
noble , united kingdom directed by stephen bradley cast : dierdre o’kane , sarah greene , brendan coyle , liam cunningham , nhu quynh nguyen , ruth negga in 1989 vietnam , a funny , feisty and courageous woman overcomes the difficulties of her childhood in ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of saigon .
queens & cowboys : a straight year on the gay rodeo , usa directed by matt livadary roping and riding and busting stereotypes , the dauntless members of the international gay rodeo association face constant obstacles in their quest to qualify for the world gay rodeo finals .
roaming wild , usa directed by sylvia johnson featuring : samantha layne ( voice ) an activist , a cowboy and a mountain man search for solutions to protect life and land in this modern day western about america’s wild horses and the federal government’s controversial roundups .
sam , switzerland directed by elena hazanov cast : frédéric landenberg , sacha guerreiro , séverine bujard , anna pieri after living with his mother since his parents’ divorce , seven - year - old sam is forced to move in with his father , a struggling writer with no source of inspiration .
the village of peace , israel / usa directed by nicholas philipides , ben schuder the stories of four african hebrew israelites illuminate a community whose daily lifestyle includes polygamy , health , nutrition , education and spiritual enlightenment .
warren , usa directed by alex beh cast : john heard , jean smart , austin stowell , sarah habel , joe nunez after giving up on making it in the chicago improv scene , a young comedian fatefully reconnects with the former love of his life one fall night while working at a coffee shop in his hometown .
african metropolis , côte d’ivoire , egypt , senegal , south africa , nigeria and kenya a complication of short films directed by jim chuchu , ahmed ghoneimy , folasakin iwajomo , marie ka , philippe lacôte , vincent moloi a compilation of six short fiction films , set in six major african cities .
a la bizkaina , spain directed by aritz galarza the mystery of the sauce carrying the name of bizkaia gives us a hint of its origin and ingredients .
adria blues , slovenia / croatia / bosnia / herzegovina directed by miroslav mandič cast : senad bašić , mojca funkl , peter musevski paralyzed by depression , an aging former rock star from bosnia is pushed by his wife to reengage with life .
algunas chicas , argentina directed by santiago palavecino cast : cecilia rainero , agostina lópez , agustina muñoz a woman traveling to a friend’s house to escape her marital crisis is soon consumed by the secrets of those around her .
the amazing catfish , mexico directed by claudia sainte - luce cast : ximena ayala , lisa owen , sonia franco , wendy guillén a lonely young woman becomes a live - in caregiver for an ailing but indomitable matriarch and her brood of kids .
bauyr ( little brother ) , kazakhstan directed by serik aprymov cast : almat galym , alisher aprymov , murat omarov , dokhdurbek kydyraliyev a nine year old living on his own is revisited by his brother , and believes his life will change with his arrival .
bella vita , usa / italy directed by jason baffa cast : chris del moro , dave rastovich , lauren lyndsey hill , conner coffin , parker coffin the surf of the italian coast carries surfer , artist , and environmentalist chris del moro on a pilgrimage back to his ancestral homeland of italy .
cannibal ( caníbal ) , spain / romania / russia / france directed by manuel martín cuenca cast : antonio de la torre , olimpia melinte a mild - mannered tailor , who is a secret cannibal , unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with his latest prospective victim .
césar’s grill , ecuador / germany / switzerland directed by dario aguirre cast : dario aguirre , césar aguirre german resident , filmmaker , and vegetarian , dario aguirre is called home to ecuador to help save his meat - loving father’s grill from bankruptcy .
clownwise , czech republic / luxembourg / finland directed by viktor taus cast : julie ferrier , kati outinen , didier flamand after thirty years of separation , three clowns reunite to restage the famous act that launched their careers — while also attempting to forgive one another for the fight that tore them apart .
do you believe in love ? , israel directed by dani wasserman tova , a unique matchmaker with muscular dystrophy , tirelessly strives to find love for everyone around her .
found & lost , china directed by xiao wei zhu cast : guo zhu zhang , yu meng jia chronicles the pilgrimage of an orphaned woman in china between 1949 to 1984 .
the gambler ( losejas ) , lithuania / latvia directed by ignas jonynas cast : vytautas kaniusonis , oona mekas , rimas blockis a paramedic , passionate about gambling , is struck by an idea to create an illegal game related to his profession .
god’s slave ( esclavo de dios ) , uruguay / venezuela / argentina directed by joel novoa cast : mohammed alkhaldi , daniela alvarado , devorah lynne dishington inspired by true events , this is the story of two extremists , one islamic and the other jewish , who cross paths while on opposing sides of the 1994 buenos aires amia bombings .
eastern boys , france directed by robin campillo cast : olivier rabourdin , kirill emelyanov , daniil vorobyov a middle - aged frenchman solicits a young foreigner and finds himself entangled with a group of young eastern european hustlers .
if i close my eyes i’m not here ( se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui ) , italy directed by vittorio moroni cast : mark manaloto , elena arvigo , beppe fiorello , giorgio colangeli a teenage boy , tormented into a submissive life , is visited and mentored by a mysterious old friend of his deceased father .
the japanese dog , romania directed by tudor cristian jurgiu cast : victor rebengiuc , serban pavlu , laurentiu lazar , kana hashimoto , toma hashimoto when a flood kills his wife and destroys his house , a man attempts to reconnect with his son who arrives from japan with his wife and child .
metalhead , iceland directed by ragnar bragason cast : þorbjörg helga þorgilsdóttir , ingvar e . sigurðsson , halldóra geirharðsdóttir a grief - stricken young woman adopts the persona and decibel - blasting predilections of her deceased brother
october november ( oktober november ) , austria directed by götz spielmann cast : nora von waldstätten , ursula strauss , peter simonischek , sebastian koch , johannes zeiler , andreas ressl a family reunion at a mountainside inn lays bare old wounds and reveals long - held secrets .
the old , the young and the sea , austria / spain directed by mario hainzl a documentary portrait about the incredible individuals who inhabit , surf , travel and protect the european shores .
one way ticket to the moon ( bilet na księżyc ) , poland directed by jacek bromski cast : anna przybylska , filip pawlak , mateusz kościukiewicz two brothers travel across poland , a adventure sparked by the older to prepare his younger brother to serve in the polish army .
paulette , france directed by jérôme enrico cast : bernadette lafont , carmen maura , dominique lavanant paulette lives alone in a housing project in the paris suburbs . with her meager pension , she can no longer make ends meet and becomes and resorts to selling drugs .
revival , czech republic directed by alice nellis cast : bolek polivka , miroslav krobot , karel hermanek , marian geisberg , zuzana budovska forty years after separating , four friends decide to reunite their rock band through a revival that takes an unexpected turn .
saudade , uruguay directed by juan carlos donoso gomez cast : francisco baquerizo racines , jessica barahona de prada , joaquin davila romoleroux set amidst the backdrop of the ecuadorian economic crisis of 1999 , ‘saudade’ tackles notions of economic dislocation , friendship , family and young love .
shadow in baghdad , israel directed by duki dror featuring : linda abdul aziz a young journalist from baghdad connects with a jewish woman who escaped to iraq to discover what happened to her missing father .
triptych ( triptyque ) , canada directed by robert lepage , pedro pires cast : frédérike bédard , lise castonguay , hans piesbergen the lives of three characters intersect in the sublime narrative geometry of this haunting adaptation of robert lepage’s celebrated theatre work lipsynch .
under the starry sky , france / senegal directed by dyana gaye cast : marème demba ly , ralph amoussou , souleymane seye n’diaye , maya sansa , babacar m’baye fall , sokhna niang , mata gabin delving into the shadowy world of undocumented travel , this transcontinental drama charts the interconnected destinies of three far - flung sojourners .
uwantme2killhim ? , united kingdom directed by andrew douglas cast : jamie blackley , toby regbo , jaime winstone , mark womack , joanne froggatt a teenage boy descends into the dangerous world of the internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions .
violet , spain directed by luiso berdejo cast : junio valverde , leticia dolera , miriam giovanelli , ricardo darín , carlos bardem a spanish boy living in santa monica falls for a girl he sees in an old polaroid . he decides to look for her , despite having no clue of who she is or how long ago the photo was taken .
wounded ( la herida ) , spain directed by fernando franco cast : marian alvarez , rosana pastor , manolo solo , andres gertrudix , ramon agirre , ramon barea an ambulance driver struggles with outbreaks of self - destructive behavior , incapable of finding stability and happiness .
mount joy , usa – world premiere directed by jack lewars cast : kate hodge , lou martini jr . , matthew watson
eastern boys , france – u . s . premiere directed by robin campillo cast : olivier rabourdin , kirill emelyanov , daniil vorobyov
found & lost , china – u . s . premiere directed by xiao wei zhu cast : guo zhu zhang , yu meng jia
if i close my eyes i’m not here ( se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui ) , italy – u . s . premiere directed by vittorio moroni cast : mark manaloto , elena arvigo , beppe fiorello , giorgio colangeli
metalhead , iceland – u . s . premiere directed by ragnar bragason cast : þorbjörg helga þorgilsdóttir , ingvar e . sigurðsson , halldóra geirharðsdóttir
october november ( oktober november ) , austria – u . s . premiere directed by götz spielmann cast : nora von waldstätten , ursula strauss , peter simonischek , sebastian koch , johannes zeiler , andreas ressl
triptych ( triptyque ) , canada – u . s . premiere directed by robert lepage , pedro pires cast : frédérike bédard , lise castonguay , hans piesbergen
under the starry sky , france / senegal – u . s . premiere directed by dyana gaye cast : marème demba ly , ralph amoussou , souleymane seye n’diaye , maya sansa , babacar m’baye fall , sokhna niang , mata gabin
adria blues , slovenia / croatia / bosnia / herzegovina – u . s . premiere directed by miroslav mandic cast : senad bašić , mojca funkl , peter musevski
bauyr ( little brother ) , kazakhstan – u . s . premiere directed by serik aprymov cast : almat galym , alisher aprymov , murat omarov , dokhdurbek kydyraliyev
clownwise , czech republic / luxembourg / finland – u . s . premiere directed by viktor taus cast : julie ferrier , kati outinen , didier flamand
the gambler ( losejas ) , lithuania / latvia – u . s . premiere directed by ignas jonynas cast : vytautas kaniusonis , oona mekas , rimas blockis
the japanese dog , romania – u . s . premiere directed by tudor cristian jurgiu cast : victor rebengiuc , serban pavlu , laurentiu lazar , kana hashimoto , toma hashimoto