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New Tom Savini Documentary ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ Coming To Digital

When it comes to horror and special effects one name always comes to mind, Tom Savini, aka “The King of Splatter. A new documentary, Smoke and Mirrors, will shed light on the life and history of the SFX guru from his childhood in Pittsburgh, PA; to his tour of duty during Vietnam, to his beginnings with George A. Romero, and beyond. Smoke and Mirrors is the defining documentary on the life and career of horror icon Tom Savini. Not only does the documentary feature Tom Savini himself, but it also features interviews with Danny McBride, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, Alice Cooper, Greg Nicotero, Tom Atkins, Corey Feldman, Doug Bradley, Bill Moseley, and more! Savini’s incredible talents for special effects can be seen in classic films Dawn of the Dead and Creepshow 2 and series such as “Tales from the Darkside“. But what’s more, Savini is a fantastic actor who has appeared in films like Django Unchained, Machete Kills. And who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 27, 2021

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Robert Rodriquez Turning His El Rey Network Into A New Streaming Service

Robert Rodriguez‘s El Rey Network has given horror fans many films and series including the “From Dusk Till Dawn” series that ran from 2014-2016. Now, Rodriguez is taking El Rey and turning it into a Latino-centered streaming service which he has teamed up with Cinedigm for, Variety reports. “In partnership with Cinedigm, El Rey Network will relaunch as an over-the-top streaming service available on platforms including connected TVs, digital set-top boxes, media-streaming devices, and the web,” Variety states. “In addition, Cinedigm will work with El Rey to ink deals with advertisers on custom content. Cinedigm also will distribute Rodriguez’s feature film Red 11 and the companion docuseries, Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School, exclusively to OTT platforms.” “El Rey has always been a network for the people — a mainstream outlet where we discover diverse, independent voices,” Rodriguez said in a statement. “The fact that we can also now make our catalogue of kick-ass programming available for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 8, 2021

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Quentin Tarantino Confirms Rumors That He Is Retiring

Fans of brilliant actor-writer-director-producer Quentin Tarantino, brace yourself, we have some bad news. Tarantino, known for his unique style and ultra-violent films has announced that he will soon retire. Drop the mic. Boom. Tell everyone, ‘Match that shit,” At the Adobe Max creativity conference on November 3rd, Tarantino broke the news, confirming rumors, to the crowd that he will only direct two more projects before ending his directing career. I’m planning on stopping at 10. So it’ll be two more. Even if at 75. I have this other story to tell, it would still kind of work because that would make those 10.” Tarantino stated in July at a the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Tarantino has had a great run. He’s directed films such ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Reservoir Dogs’, ‘Kill Bill 1 & 2’, ‘Sin City’,’Grindhouse’, ‘Death Proof’, Inglorious Bastards’, ‘Django Unchained’, and ‘The Hateful Eight’. He has a long list of successful projects that he wrote, including ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 5, 2016

Streaming TV

Sink Your Teeth Into The Season 3 Trailer For El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn

The Gecko brothers will soon return in season 3 of El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn. This season the brothers will continue fighting their way through the vampire-snake hybrids known as Culebras, who have empires in Mexico and Texas. After making a run for the border to save their hides Seth (D.J. Cotrona) and Richie (Zane Holtz) met the vampire goddess Santanico (Eiza Gonzalez) and joined her quest to settle an old score. Together, they’ve recruited a crew for their mission. Cotrona, Holtz, Gonzalaz, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Emily Rios, Brandon Soo Hoo and Jake Busey will be returning for the new 10-episode season. Several big name cast members have joined the cast including Special Effects makeup mastermind and actor Tom Savini. He will be playing Burt, a pot-smoking/selling, retired demon hunter. Ana de la Reguera (Narcos), Marko Zaror (Machete Kills), Maurice Compte (Breaking Bad), and Nicky Whelan (The Wedding Ringer) will also play new characters. Sink your teeth into

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 29, 2016

News

Tom Savini Joins The Cast Of El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn Series

Legendary makeup artist and actor Tom Savini has worked on films such classics as Friday the 13th, Day of the Dead and many others. Out of all of his roles he is most well recognized as “Sex Machine” in 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn. I mean, who could forget that crotch gun? Savini has now joined the cast of season 3 of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn series, which airs on Rodriguez’s El Rey Network. The 10 episode season is currently filming in New Mexico. Savini will not be reprising his roles as Sex Machine, but will instead star as Burt, a retired demon hunter who makes a living selling Marijuana. The series stars D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz as the Gecko brothers, roles originally played in the feature film, which Rodriguez also directed, by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. Wilmer Valderrama, Jake Busy, Eiza Gonzalez, Danny Trejo, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo and Jeff Fahey co-star

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 1, 2016

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