Posts tagged Red Shirt Pictures
Digi-Schlock: PHANTASM II (Scream Factory Blu-Ray)
Mar 28th
Part of the appeal of Shout! Factory’s line of Scream Factory releases is that they give the full bells-and-whistles special edition treatment to Universal Studios horror titles previously consigned to extras-free “catalog title” status on DVD. To name two key examples, Halloween II and The Funhouse illustrate the benefits of this process. Phantasm II is More >
Digi-Schlock: TERROR TRAIN (Scream Factory Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack)
Oct 18th
It took a few decades and the advent of digital home video formats but slasher movies are finally getting a little respect in how they are presented to their fanbase. Scream Factory’s recent blu-ray of Terror Train is a good indication of how far this oft-disrespected subgenre of horror has come: not only does it More >
THE RED SHIRT CHRONICLES: Part 4 — Working With Romero, Phase 2
Dec 17th
Part four of the Red Shirt Chronicles continues the George Romero theme of Part 3, getting deeper into Michael Felsher’s collaboration with the legendary horror director on his recent work. He made a cameo in Land Of The Dead and made the transition from retrospective documentarian to on-the-set documentarian by covering the production of both More >
THE RED SHIRT CHRONICLES: Part 3 — Working With Romero, Phase 1
Dec 10th
The third part of Schlockmania’s interview series with DVD producer Michael Felsher is devoted to his work on the special edition releases for George Romero’s films. He’s worked on several over the last few years and has become friends with the king of the zombie flick, progressing from documenting Romero’s work after the fact to More >
THE RED SHIRT CHRONICLES: PART 2 — Red Shirt Begins
Sep 3rd
The second installment of Schlockmania’s interview series with Michael Felsher talks about his first experience producing a featurette, the factors that led him to form his own DVD supplement production company, Red Shirt Pictures, and discussions of some of the early Red Shirt Pictures projects. Night Of The Demons, Effects and the infamous Nail Gun More >
THE RED SHIRT CHRONICLES: PART 1 — Early Days & Anchor Bay
Aug 20th
The first part of Schlockmania’s mega-interview with Michael Felsher deals with the formative phase of his career, starting with video projects in his high school days before moving on to discuss his work with Anchor Bay Entertainment. There’s some interesting insider info to be gleaned from this installment, particularly the stuff about the DVD release More >
THE RED SHIRT CHRONICLES: Introduction — The Story Behind The Extras
Aug 20th
This is the story of an profile that began as a simple interview and ended up as a blog miniseries. Back in 2006, Your Humble Reviewer was writing reviews for AVManiacs (at the time, it was known as DVDManiacs). He got the opportunity to do an interview with Michael Felsher, a talented young man who More >
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