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 

Out Newest Showghouls Ivy Moon & Domme Dee

Greetings Faithful Followers,

Brother Jack has added another feather in his cap, well if keeps going at this rate it will look like a Cherokee war bonnet..lol. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our newest Show-ghouls Ivy and Domme Dee. Both girls are local to the Omaha area and already have sizable followings on twitter and other areas of the net. We have filmed 3 episodes with these lovely creatures. You can expect many more. The Angry Brothers Tradition of bringing you the hottest girls & the worst movies Continues..Oh and BTW SUCK IT YOU HACK! I will post links to the episodes and the girls twitter acccount names so you can follow them if you are in omaha say hi and show them some love

here are some pics of the lovely ivy moon her twitter link is @Ivy_Moon220

And here is the delicious Domme Dee her twitter link is bama_mo68

Also we offer our fans the opportunity to purchase our Angry Brothers Big Skull these are official merchandise of the angry Brothers Omaha Shock O Rama these 20 oz heavy Bar Quality Glass mugs will allow you to quaff your favorite beverage adult or otherwise in style..If you would like to order on you can go HERE

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Here Is one of the eps with Ivy and Dee for the rest visit our Channel 

So Until Next time Lets Keep America on top watch horror hosts ya'all and friends dont let friends wear Labcoats...SUCK IT SANGUINARY!

Queen Malovias The Queen of Screams Haloween special

Greetings Faithful Followers,

Its that time of year again its the Halloween season you old pal Brother Jack is letting you know that The Dark Dangerous, Delicious Diva of Damnation is bringing you her latest Halloween special. We previewed this and WE FUCKING LOVE IT!!! Malvolia played by Actress Jennifer Nangle brings a very dark quality to Queen Malvolia making her a well worthwhile addition to the ranks of Horror Hosts both past n present Yours Truly Included. You can view the special below, also be sure to let your friends and family know.

Here Are Pics of the Lovely Queen Malvolia from the special.

Here is the Special on youtube so be sure to check it out.. Tell em the Angry Brothers Sent Ya

Our Review of Lady Belladonnas tales from the inferno

Greetings Faithful followers,

I know it has been a while since you have heard from your old pal Brother Jack, Have had several rough spots in the road with a couple of job changes and personal issues but I think we are back on track. Some great things have been happeing to the Angry Brothers Omaha Shock O Rama crew I will have more on that in a bi, But on to first things first, if you have followed our blog we interviewed the lovely, luscious, darkly delicious Tawnya Bass aka Lady Belladonna in connection with her anthology film Lady Belladonna's Night Shades. Well today we bring you our faithful followers a review of the next in the serious Lady Belladonna's Tales from the Inferno.

The film is produced by David Salcido and stars Tanya bass reprising her role as Lady Belladonna. Tanya Bass plays the luscious soul broker Lady Belladonna the top procurer of souls in all the underworld. Along with Her Assistant Addy (Donny Prosise) going about thier day to day lives of wheeling and dealing to obtain souls for their demonic masters, all of that comes to a screeching halt when they encounter film maker Ed Wood (angora sweater n all ) played by Rafael Medina; wanting our dark lady to be an executive producer of his latest film and much hilarity ensues.

The film launches into the first of its 5 vingettes dealing with everything from a family exterminating vampire to a bugled attempt at cursing someone to a classic Night of the Living Dead trapped in a house story to a re imaging of Dantes Infero in a more contemporary context. This Movie Has something for everyone. We wont go into specifics on the individual stories at the request of David Salcido that no spoilers be disseminated, Your gonna wanna see this movie belevie me faithful followers. The subplots hilariously deal with Lady B and Addy trying to fight off ed woods bizarre attempts to woo lady b into being at first a starlet then finally an executive producer in his latest bloodfest and ends with ed woods eventual comeuppance, however I wont go into detail on that either but fans of Lady Belladonna will love it.
The vignettes are tight well written and well executed and well done by salcido and the various directors. Lady B portion of the subplot was well done a comic tour de force, Well done Tawnya Bass!

In closing I really cant say enough good things about this film or its predecessor The Team of David Salcido and Tawnya Bass are definitely an undiscovered gem in the indie horror genre and will certainly bear watching as future projects come down the pike this film and cast truly has earned the Angry Bothers Seal of Approval. Failure to watch will result in you cheating yourself out of a first rate indie horror/comedy experience. For More on this film you can visit them at Borderlands media bu clicking HERE

For Our Interview with Tawnya Bass aka Lady Belladonna you can click on the link below  her picture 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/angrybros/2018/08/08/live-from-the-monastery-of-mayhem-presents-lady-belladonna

I've officially seen it all our review of Death-Scort Service 2 the Naked Dead

Greetings Faithful Followers,

What can I say, there are times where brother jack can be knocked off his feet by something; it's rare but it can happen..SURPRISE!! this is just such an occasion.. I just reviewed Death-Scort Service 2 The Naked Dead by Gator Blade films, The Sleaze Box and Icon film Studios. This film produced by Chris Woods and Sean Donohue brings a gritty in your face take on the slasher/horror genre that you old pal Brother Jack was not expecting, Now don't get me wrong I knew this was going to be a gore fest going in but even I wasn't prepared for some of the things I saw, so with that in mind lets jump in feet first to all the sleaze and blood that this movie promises.

all images courtesy of gatorblade films 

The Movie opens with Michelle played by Krystal "pixie" Adams sitting in a bathtub talking on the phone to a woman referred to as the "madame" the conversation centers around the gruesome murders of several escorts the year before by a masked slasher. The Conversation ends Michelle is promptly chloroformed and awakes to find her self tied up spread eagle  in a run down shed, there is very little interaction on the part of the killer before he gets down to his twisted bloody business. VAGINAL RAPE TO DEATH WITH A RECIPROCATING SAW!!!  and then finger banging the corpse. Well I didnt see that one coming As ta La vista Michelle.

Katie Mckinley, Lady O & "sushi" xhyvette holder 

The next scene are a 3 protagonists Kate (sushi xhyvette holder) lady o, lace (Katie McKinley)
are discussing the death of Michelle and other working girls in the local area..then they decide to have a lesbian 3 way in the shower (makes sense right)?  Then our 3 plucky heroines hit the streets to "make that money". We then cut away to a local adult bookstore  run by frank the pimp (8 the chosen one..yes that is his name i cant make this stuff up ) a throw back to the 80s complete with nylon/rayon shirt and and ape drape mullet (insert scooby doo flashback sequence here) complaining about how he is not making any money off the girls..In walks Buddy brilliantly played by Bob Glaizer out on the prowl looking for "Easy Pussy" after negotiating with Frank for Peaches (Lucretia Lynn) it moves to the alley behind the store for the deed to be done..Buddy is castrated by peaches with a piece of glass then to add insult to injury peaches steals buddy's pants and runs off, while ransacking buddys trousers Peaches Gets and ice-pick thru the brain (very well done by the sfx dept and i really didn't have any sympathy for peaches anyway ..fuck you bitch!). 

Katie Mckinley 

The Next part is back to lacy and lady o working a corner when a pair of priests in a stretch suv come driving up asking if they want to party with a pair of priests? I found this rather unusual because neither girl was dressed as an altar boy. Things progress as expected as both priests experience a "second coming" as it were then Lacy turns her lusty attentions on to Lady O in what is obviously the films best scene (well done Katie!) after that are a series of murders hooker shot in the head etc the 2 other notable deaths were the hooker who has a gaping hole burned in her by acid poured on her by the killer and the death of lady o by evisceration  what made this particular death unique and disturbing is that lady o was pregnant and the killer proceeds to pull her fetus out along with her intestines  very well done this one will stick with you for awhile.

Katie Mckinley and Lady O 

Im not going to reveal the ending of the film because we know that people who drop spoilers are assholes. I can assure you that is was very well done and you might not see it coming. All in all Death Scort Service 2 the naked dead lived up to its promises the cast was easy on the eyes and played their parts very well the star of this film was Katie McKinley aka Kinky Katie her scenes with kate and lady o really stood out I highly recommend her in all her upcoming projects. In my humble opinion this movie gets 2 thumbs waaaay waaay up.

Screaming Soup A TRUE GEM!

Greetings Faithful Followers,

Your old pal  Brother Jack Angry here, this time around I wanted to throw the spotlight on a fellow horror host of a somewhat different breed the animated horror hosts. Now we all know that there are many types of horror hosts, mad scientists, witches, zombies, legacy killing hacks etc but only 1 animated horror host ...well there was that gay sounding bat urguay on that public access channel from Connecticut buuttt anyway i digress the only 1 animated horror host Deadwest from Screaming Soup. Screaming Soup first came to my attention in 2015 when i discovered their YouTube channel
which you can visit HERE  

All Images are courtesy of Screaming Soup & Happyeverydayco

Deadwest & Road Rash                                                                       

                                                                               

Deadwest & Aleena                                                                                         

The show centers around Deadwest (DW to his friends) and undead outlaw from the old west who was betrayed by his comrades during a heist and left to rot in a ditch; DW is resurrected by a group of cattle probing aliens upon his return he decides to follow his true passion to be come a horror and monster icon. Joining him in his weekly adventures is Billy his adorable goat sidekick who in reality is hell beast of the apocalypse on the run from the 4 horseman, Mandy DW's curvy specter girlfriend, and his drunken gill man friends catfish and zombie mutant rocker deadbeat  along with sexy alien waitress Aleena.
All played off against DW's pervy ass-clown nemesis Buzzkill ....hmmm i have the same problem to deal with I wonder if every horror host has a creepy assclown arching them BTW SUCK IT SANGUINARY!!!!

                               Deadwest , Catfish & Frankenhooker                                                                     

                Aleena and Catfish & Dollman?                                                                   

There are many more sidekicks and secondary characters such as Patty Mullen of Frankenhooker fame and Troma Vs Full Moon Empire (I binged watched that for a whole Friday Afternoon..good stuff guys) but truly the heart of the show is Deadwest his delivery of the sweets on these sometimes turds of films is pure comedic and artistic gold. DW's knowledge of the films is spot on along with the interaction between him Mandy, Billy, Catfish and the rest of the crew is really awesome to behold. The concept of what Screaming Soup is fresh and out there enough to have actually created a new type of horror host the animated horror host, in the words of Max Von Sydow in the role of King Osric from the ORIGINAL Conan The Barbarian.. "What Impudence What Arrogance I salute you!"
So we at the monastery of mayhem salute The Crew of Screaming Soup Keep up the awsome work guys.

Deadwest & The Toxic Avenger

                                                                        

To visit Screaming Soup's website click HERE
To visit their Facebook page click HERE

The Angry Brothers Bid a very sad good bye to Mistress Rhonda of BizzareTV

Greetings Faithful Followers,

This is one of the hardest entries for the blog that I have ever had to write I found out on tuesday that Rhonda Baffes aka Mistress Rhonda owner and operator of the BizarreTV channel on roku had lost her battle with cancer and passed away on Friday the 12th. I am still reeling from the news, this is the first day that i can even attempt to do this blog post without breaking down. I have read so many wonderful tributes to Mistress Rhonda and as a horror host and a supporter of the channel from  almost the outset I wanted the Angry Brothers voices to be among the praises and tributes to a true friend to horror hosts everywhere weather they knew it or not. So for a moment let me slip out of character and relate this as my alter ego Les Raub.

I concieved the Angry Brothers in Aug/Sept of 2011 experimenting with various concepts for the characters (sorcerers, serial killers, demon hunters etc) after spit-balling these with my co creator and partner and my twin brother Lane we arrived at the final incarnation of the Angry Brothers as 2 undead monks in a dilapidated monastery hidden in Omaha Nebraska. Our Debut on Nebraska public access tv was Oct 29, 2011 the episode starred myself and Ash (Samantha Gunia). The episode was received very well and we received a lot of positive response. Our decision  to go to public access was as an homage to a local tv horror host and to combat the impersonator that we felt was doing a great disservice to the legacy and character, that is a story for another day.

Mistress Rhonda of BizarreTV

Fast forward to the fall of 2014 I had purchased a roku streaming box as a way of fighting the high cost of cable tv and to provide entertainment choices for the family; I stumbled on a list of private channels for the roku including bizarretv after joining and watching some of the programming i reached out to mistress Rhonda about getting some of our full length episodes on the channel. It was a match made in heaven. Rhonda was always kind and accommodating with allowing me to send in hard copies of the episodes rather than dropboxing them because it never worked for me anyway.
Even tho Mistress Rhonda and myself did not have many voice conversations I always felt close to her from her FaceBook posts when she was having troubles either with her health or problems with the channel and would promote BTV whenever possible. I espcially loved the group movie showings on facebook when we did the group chats it was always fun to make a weird or off color comment to see if we fluster Mistress Rhonda (Right Chris M ??)  .

R.I.P. Rhonda Baffes

Rhonda was truly a kindred spirit to anyone who called themselves a horror host , she did so much to keep the genre relevant in much the same way count gore did for the internet . Providing myself, Uncle Edward, Oliver's twisted late nite bargain basement stoner friendly freak show,  and many other hosts to be seen by a larger audience. I listened to Angels Asylum when they interviewed Rhonda and I was amazed about how soft spoken she was but also how passionate she was about horror hosting and helping hosts get their shows to a broader audience. I have helped many horror hosts get their shows going either thru promotion or providing technical advice on dealing with public access program directors I did that as a way of paying back rhonda for the help and support she gave me when i contacted her. Rhonda was the horror hosts slightly twisted guardian an ge,

Forward to today the news she has left this world even though I am 1000% sure she is in a far better place hanging out with Lon, Vincent, Bela and the other giants of horror hearing some kick ass stories and having the time of her afterlife, the rest of us will have to carry on and keep the faith even if BTV goes away as a tribute to our Mistress Rhonda.
It is getting very hard to type this because of the tears and i dont want do too many typos thank god for spell check let me leave my fellow horror hosts with this.. if you have the opportunity to help a fledgling horror host with support, advice, or any wisdom you can provide back them to the hilt do it as a tribute to the friend we just lost.

So Rhonda wherever you are rest easy we got your back!

Brother Jack Angry aka Les Raub

Our First Indie Horror Filmaker Showcase Michael Gale Butt

Greetings Faithful Followers,

I have worked with many indie horror film makers over the years, some good some not so good but what all these filmmakers have in common is they each have a vision and a passion about how a horror film should be made.The Subject of out first indie horror producer showcase Michel Gale Butt is no exception. This Wisconsin based filmmaker has brought us titles such as Vampire ticks form outer space, The Man with the golden hand, This Book is cursed, These Woods are cursed and other memorable titles.

Michael when asked about got him into the indie horror game he states that as a young man growing up in Wisconsin his love of acting and Classic Monster movies, this love followed him through college and using the knowledge acquired in college he set out on the indie horror path. His first subjects of early films was yetis but Then made his first notable film Vampire Ticks from outer space, to be followed by The Man with the Golden Hand and This Woods is Cursed.

Michael Butt with Crystalynn Oldenburg his costar in Vampire Ticks

 Michael owes much of his earlier inspirations to Ben Blegen whom he met in college who did a film called Dawn In Beautiful Loathing, Michael starred in that film. Later he asked Blegen if he could do a comedy version of that film called My Neighbor is dating a serial killer Blegen Agreed Michael Butt got the producing bug from that point . Michael's horror inspirations came from the movie Planet Terror. Butt sites the work of Robert Rodregez seeing his work in Planet Terror and describing it as "masterpiece" and wanting to make similar movies so very badly but also went on to collect older works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi.
When asked what inspired him about Planet Terror and the Grind-house era of the 70's and early 80,s Butt said it was the excitement and the practical effects elaborating the lack of cgi effects and the reliance on old school sfx for the excitement and visceral thrills this genre of movies produce.

Michael Butt and Celeste Parker of Dedgars Coffin Classics

When asked about his costars of the various films he states that one actress in particular has been with him trough all of  his film That is Crystalynn Oldenburg, either as a costar or in a cameo role.
As  a filmmaker myself it is good to have a core of goto actors and actresses you can depend on to provide talent for your projects.

Michael Norman Gale Butt

To end this i asked Michael about where he saw his work heading in the future he has this to say..
"Someday I'll find time to market them properly, or find someone who believes in them enough to invest in promoting them. Then  once I am completely funded by my films I'll be able to devote 100percent of myself to them. Then I can start competing with the big name companies... But I'm going to keep my feel my practicality and my love of storytelling over profit."
Again this comes down to passion and seeing the passion of Butt and other filmmakers the Horror genre is in good hands I think. Here is a Link to Vampire Ticks From Outer Space which you can view by going HERE

So in closing please be sure to support indie filmmakers particulary Indie horror filmmakers you never know what kind of a hidden gem you will finds.. So Good night lets keep america on top watch horror hosts y'all ...Unpleasant Dreams..

Our Review of the Malvolia: The Queen of Screams Halloween Special

Greetings Faithful Followers,

With the Halloween season being upon us and all the great tricks and treats you can and will be getting, it gives myself, brother James, Demona, Inferna and the rest of the crew here at the Monastery of Mayhem great pleasure to give you all a review of the first Halloween special from her darkest majesty herself.. Malvolia The Queen of Screams.

 The special focuses around Malvolia and her demon friend Bloody Sherri (played by actress Sherri Smith) planing to attend a costume party thrown by an "well known" indie horror film director/producer in Hollywood and that directors desire to sign Malvolia to a 3 picture deal to boost his sinking career (Hunter Johnson).

The cast of party goers include many Hollywood stereotypes the vapid actress (Brialynn Massie), an emo/prettyboy in a skeleton costume, a super-fan, and also 2 sycophantic production assistants/cameramen definitely the gang was all here. This well rounded ensemble of potential victims manages to pull off very convincing performance for my taste the real hidden gem in this performance aside from Malvolia and Bloody Sherri is Victor the Demon butler I have always enjoyed his drink recipes in his performances on Malvolias youtube channel . My only critisim is get a bigger hat the diminuitive top hat really doesnt fit the persona other thank that great job to malvolia, victor and the entire cast but for next time how about a disembowelment or 2 ?

I am gonna give Queen Malvolias first Special 2 thumbs way way up If you want to watch it you can see it here

So until next time Keep America on Top Watch Horror Hosts you All

Brother Jack Angry