Brother Jacks Review of The Dead Dont Die & Brightburn

Greetings Faithful followers

Its been a while since you all heard from myself,brother James, the countess or any of the rest of the gang here at the monastery of mayhem, that,s on brother Jack work ups n downs of the home situation etc you all will be hearing more from me here in the days ahead.  So Lets get the ball rolling in 2020 with a couple of good old fashioned movie reviews.; hang on to your hats this could get a little weird.

When I bought The Dead Dont Die a film by Jim Jarmusch I was not expecting the dark almost existential black comedy that unfolded itself before me. The Cast of the film was definitely at the top of their collective games, Bill Murray playing the easy going chief of police of the town of Centerville, Adam Driver and Chloe Sevigny playing deputies Ronnie Peterson and Mindy Morrison.
The movie had some excellent co starring roles from such luminaries as Danny Glover, Steve Buscemi, Carol Kane and Rapper RZA. The Movie was stolen By Tilda Swinton  as the Scottish(?) undertaker Zelda Winston. The Supporting Cast was so chock full of starts I would be hard pressed to name them all, the only detraction was Selena Gomez whos sole purpose to me was to have her ass on camera as much as possible hanging out of a pair of daisy dukes,,that could just be me but i doubt it.

The plot of the film starts steady showing the idyllic samness of small town life the the triggering event occurs polar frakking  has shifted the earth on its axis this causing the dead to reanimate with darkly hilarious results. This film showcases Bill Murray,s comedic talents not like films like GhostBusters or What About Bob? but in a more subtle or subversive way like Scrooged or The Life Aquatic it slips around any preconceptions and kicks you brain in the nads creating many WTF moments throughout the film. Adam Driver and Chloe Sevigny turned in excellent performances as well The Ends of these characters in the film run the gamut from heroic to poignant but i wont give any further spoilers.

The most unexpected stand out of this film was Tilda Swinton as samurai sword swinging undertaker Zelda Winston the role was played with a quirky zen panache that Ms Swinton delivers so well for example the film Constantine comes to mind, Steve Buscemi playing mildly racist farmer miller who got his just deserts at the end delivered a standout performance.

The storytelling was tight and well written paying several homages' to the late great father of the zombie horror genre George A Romero who i am sure would be giving this movie a big thumbs up from that cutting room in the sky. If you havent guessed by now I like this film it delivers all that flesh eating goodness that a zombie flim should .

The Next Film I would like to talk about is BrightBurn This Flipping of the Superman Origin story was totally chilling in in its presentation of the question what if superman was a serial killer rather than the big blue boyscout he has always been portrayed  as? The flim focuses on young Kansas Farming couple Tori and Kyle Bryer and their infertility then it cuts to home movies of their young son Brandon a typical  year old boy going up in america'e heartland . Things began to take a darker turn as the onset of puberty triggers brandons latent powers. I know what your thinking we get the kindly Jonathan Kent speech of doing great things with his powers oh not so gentle reader shit goes sideways pretty damn fast, One by one brandon starts eliminating people in his life who have irked him in the smallest of ways like any emo punk would.

Uncle Noah Bites the Big One Literally 

Particularity gruesome was his dispatching of his uncle noah kudos for the writer and the makeup and special effects crews for this sequence A very big mention goes to the killing of Brandons Father Kyle in a scene reminiscent of Amazon Primes new series The Boys .

Poor Kyle Thats one headache Excedrine wont fix

 This Film does wonders for the Nature vs Nurture  argument as Brandon degenerates from a likable Midwestern kid to a psychotic killer. I don't want to go into the plot too much if you haven't seen this movie DO! it is worth the price of purchase or admission and would be a fine addition to your home horror collection.

So there you have it faithful Followers  Our First Reviews of  2020 I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed Writing it. So from myself, Brother James , The Countess Boobula and the rest of the gang here at the Monastery Of Mayhem Lets Keep america on top watch horror hosts ya'all and friends don't let friends wear lab coats!

Our newest Show ghoul COUNTESS BOOBULA, Our trip to OCOMICCON, A new Sponsor and a sad goodbye to the Horror Host Network

Greetings Faithful Followers,

Your old Pal Brother Jack Angry has been busy the last 2 months, We have discovered a hot new talent here in Omaha and She has agreed to be our Newest Show ghoul. We present the Lusty, Busty totally Deeelish Countess Boobula. The Countesses alter ego local Cosplayer, model, singer and aspiring actress Becki Bullets, was thrilled to be asked to play Countess Boobula on The Angry Brothers Omaha Shock O Rama. So lets all give her a warm Angry Brothers welcome.

The countess also helped us cover the 5th annual OCOMICCON which is Omaha ne,s premier geek,comic and pop culture expo. we met so many great vendors,cosplayers and guest of the con the list would be crazy huge. so we will just let you all watch it in our latest you tube episode but first here are some really great pics of the con

buttery rose cosplay 

buttery rose cosplay 

buttery rose cosplay

You can view the episode of the show featuring all these great cosplayers below.. enjoy

Before we go we want to thank OCOMICON and the organizers and staff for making us feel very welcome and for putting on a really great con. We hope to be back with them agian next year.

So from myself and Brother James and Countess Boobula good nite unpleasant dreams, The Countess wishes you all sweet nightmares.and lets keep america on top watch horror hosts y'all

Brother Jack Angry 

The Angry Brothers At Ocomicon

Greetings Faithful Followers,

Your Old Pal Brother Jack Angry here, The Summer Season is definitely upon us the days are hot n hazy and the nights are warm, the air is full of all kinds of insects and if your a hay fever sufferer like Brother Jack your sinuses are going apeshit! Another inevitability of summer in Omaha is Ocomiccon; this is the 3rd Ocomiccon convention hosted at the MAC Center in Council Bluffs Ia. Brother James and Myself went in Civvie Drag to this convention to take a look at what was going on and here,s our report. We arrived about 30 min before the doors opened at 12pm on  Friday July 7, 2017 the crowd was well behaved we were able to engage in a little small talk with a kylo renn cos-player while waiting to get inside. After paying for our tickets 50.00 for 2 1 day tickets (cheaper than some of the larger cons but??) we headed for the convention floor and the vendors area, we were on a mission to get a Blue Ranger Pop signed by David Yost one of the celebrity guests of the con..(more on that in a bit) we figured there would be a bit of a wait so we check out the various vendors and we were not disappointed. The First vendor we visited was Tarafying Treasures run by Tara Hinson specializing in Perler, jewelry, art & more. You Can Visit her shop here  .

Another fine vendor was Barry Dunne of Sneaky Ninja Customs specializing in leather goods and other hand made items you can find his  shop by going to his facebook page here

 We also had the treat to check out the booth of Spiel Bound the board game cafe located at 3229 Hearney st in Omaha. A board game themed cafe sounds interesting we will be checking them out in the meantime you can visit them here 

Finally We stopped by the booth for House of Conundrum located at 2564 Leavenworth st here in  Omaha, and spoke to the owner John Comstock this is  a locally run business that specializes in the escape room craze that is sweeping the country featuring themed room such as a zombie apocalypse and a Batman theme escape room you can check out their website HERE   .

 

 Ok Now on to what most people want to see the cosplayers, the Angry Brothers have always supported cosplay here in Omaha in past editions of the blog so with out further delay here are some of the cosplay highlights from Ocomiccon

 great looking Xena Warrior princess, the gal doing the owl costume is not bad either

 The Stunning Brittany Rose Gohr
as Kittana From Mortal Kombat

Brittany Rose Gohr

 Great Darth Maul Samuari done The Cosplayer won one of the best in show for this. Very Richly deserved well done.

 A good friend of the show The Lovely '
Becki Bullets as the Classic Harley Quinn from the Batman Animated Series.

 Xena Again

 Kate Kasket with her take on Darth Maul (rawwr) painting and wardrobe done by Jeff Christenham

A kick ass Cylon Centurion Done By the Iron Brothers I beleive i could be wrong but it fuckin rocks!

In all honesty I did go to this convention with the intention of giving it a bad review because of who they chose to partner themselves with in the past. Thankfully that person was not there and observing the volunteers working with the celeb guest of the con and in general the several occasions i had to ask questions from a volunteer i received fast and friendly help. So i will give kudos to the organizers and volunteers of of Ocomiccon, In the past i was harsh about the con and had decided never to patronize it again but seeing what i did on Friday definitely changed my mind. I will direct this to the organizers of the con we covered your first one we would like to do so again in an official capacity, the ball is in your court. So before I go Always support your local cons and lets keep America on top watch horror hosts y'all.