Jim Wynorski is a legend in the B-movie world, having racked up over 100 directing credits over the course of his 40+ years of working in the entertainment industry. Among those credits are Chopping Mall, Deathstalker II, The Return of Swamp Thing, Sorority House Massacre II, Hard to Die, Ghoulies IV, Demolition High, Piranhaconda, Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre, Attack of the 50 Foot CamGirl, and Murderbot – so it’s clear to see why Wynorski was the subject of a documentary back in 2009. The documentary is called Popatopolis, and the folks at Terror Vision have just brought it to Blu-ray for the first time ever! Copies can be ordered at This Link.
Directed by Clay Westervelt, Popatopolis has the following synopsis: Jim Wynorski was the first to cast Traci Lords in mainstream cinema. He directed Heather Locklear in The Return of Swamp Thing. He discovered Jennifer Love Hewitt. Now, the man behind The Bare Wench Project...
Directed by Clay Westervelt, Popatopolis has the following synopsis: Jim Wynorski was the first to cast Traci Lords in mainstream cinema. He directed Heather Locklear in The Return of Swamp Thing. He discovered Jennifer Love Hewitt. Now, the man behind The Bare Wench Project...
- 4/23/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Our friends over at Terror Vision are celebrating Halloween in a Massive way this year with #13WeeksOfHalloween, which will run from August 1 straight through October 31.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc. Here’s everything you need to know, from the press release…
Terror Vision will be releasing a definitive triple LP edition of the score to The Monster Squad, the score to Rumplestiltskin on cassette and LP, and, following their Blu-ray release of Copperhead earlier this year, will be releasing the film on VHS… along with the its recently-announced LP!
In addition, Linnea Quigley’S Horror Workout (1990) will finally be available on VHS and Blu-ray, with its outrageous...
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc. Here’s everything you need to know, from the press release…
Terror Vision will be releasing a definitive triple LP edition of the score to The Monster Squad, the score to Rumplestiltskin on cassette and LP, and, following their Blu-ray release of Copperhead earlier this year, will be releasing the film on VHS… along with the its recently-announced LP!
In addition, Linnea Quigley’S Horror Workout (1990) will finally be available on VHS and Blu-ray, with its outrageous...
- 8/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Terror Vision has quickly become one of my go-to labels for obscure horror titles, and they're getting a jump-start on the Halloween season with #13WeeksOfHalloween, offering an eclectic mix of new, rare, and cult releases on VHS, Blu-ray, 4K Uhd, LP, and cassette:
"Halloween is Terror Vision's favorite time of the year but it's always a bummer when it's over. Much like many of you, the beloved genre distributor begins celebrating the spooky season in September... but this year, that's not good enough - and that's why they've created #13WeeksOfHalloween.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc, so if you're ready for a mountain of Halloween treats, read on!
"Halloween is Terror Vision's favorite time of the year but it's always a bummer when it's over. Much like many of you, the beloved genre distributor begins celebrating the spooky season in September... but this year, that's not good enough - and that's why they've created #13WeeksOfHalloween.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc, so if you're ready for a mountain of Halloween treats, read on!
- 8/1/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
- 9/3/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
It takes about three months to make a movie — a Hollywood movie — excluding post and preproduction. Some take longer. Nightmarish production on Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” took 238 days. Stanley Kubrick’s penultimate masterpiece, “Eyes Wide Shut,” took more than 15 months.
Nonsense.
Jim Wynorski, the most prolific filmmaker you’ve never heard of, can shoot a full-length feature film in only three days. That’s like if Michaelangelo had completed the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in a couple of months. His actors cook their own food, do their own makeup and drive themselves to the set. And what of the massive crew of grips, gaffers, script supervisors, stand-ins, technical and historical advisors and assistants essential to producing a professional, polished movie?
Balderdash!
Try a cameraman, boom operator and two lights. That’s how Wynorski, one of the most celebrated and infamous B-movie directors in the industry works. And the hilarious documentary,...
Nonsense.
Jim Wynorski, the most prolific filmmaker you’ve never heard of, can shoot a full-length feature film in only three days. That’s like if Michaelangelo had completed the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in a couple of months. His actors cook their own food, do their own makeup and drive themselves to the set. And what of the massive crew of grips, gaffers, script supervisors, stand-ins, technical and historical advisors and assistants essential to producing a professional, polished movie?
Balderdash!
Try a cameraman, boom operator and two lights. That’s how Wynorski, one of the most celebrated and infamous B-movie directors in the industry works. And the hilarious documentary,...
- 7/13/2010
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
If you're not a hardcore fan of B-movies, the name Jim Wynorksi probably doesn't mean much to you -- but if you've ever cruised by Cinemax late at night and seen something like The Bare Wench Project, Hard to Die, the Not of this Earth remake (starring Traci Lords in her first mainstream film role), or Chopping Mall, then you're familiar with his work.
Wynorski has spent a quarter of a century plying his trade in the B-movie minefield, refining his craft and making films filled with busty babes and a low-budget Diy aesthetic. His shoots are legendary, with reports of him filming 100 set-ups per day (a typical Hollywood director does 20 ... ). His filmmaking philosophy is simple, but has served him well -- "A big chase and a big chest." -- and his penchant for filming women topless led to one of his many pseudonyms -- Tom Popatopalous.
Playing off that...
Wynorski has spent a quarter of a century plying his trade in the B-movie minefield, refining his craft and making films filled with busty babes and a low-budget Diy aesthetic. His shoots are legendary, with reports of him filming 100 set-ups per day (a typical Hollywood director does 20 ... ). His filmmaking philosophy is simple, but has served him well -- "A big chase and a big chest." -- and his penchant for filming women topless led to one of his many pseudonyms -- Tom Popatopalous.
Playing off that...
- 6/19/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
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