Comments on: News on George Romero Presents ‘Deadtime Stories’

By: Serena

Serena — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:30:43 +0000

Good eye Darren! ;)

Yes there was a horror anthology made in 1986 with the same title. From what I hear, this is not a remake.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:26:33 +0000

Follow up: I didn’t mention it before, but that above image looks really familiar. Was there another film with the title ‘Deadtime Stories’?

By: Flyer28

Flyer28 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:35:30 +0000

Romero wouldn’t attach his name to it if it was crap. I am confident that it will be entertaining.

By: Serena Whitney

Serena Whitney — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:23:53 +0000

Hey Ajaxlou,

I totally agree with you on MOH…I have the boxsets…and I can honestly say…I like probably 5 or 6 out of the whole series…lol

By: AjaxLou

AjaxLou — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:41:40 +0000

Probably depends on who wrote the stories. As to MOH Darren, I can’t agree. I have watched quite a few of them on DVD and they are disappointing in the majority of cases.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:45:55 +0000

There is a good side and there is a downside to this.

First, the sugar.

Horror anthogogy recenty made a comeback on pay cable, specifically the “Masters Of Horror” in the past few years. Some of these 60 minute tales have been put wisely to DVD as well. Most of them are outstanding.

I also was a big avid watcher in the late 80s early 90s of stuff like Tales From The Darkside and Monsters…I even liked the 80’s/90s revivals of Twilight Zone. I also loved Tales From The Crypt, even if they ran out of stuff in the last season or so.

I myself would love to see a film which has three or four different horror tales, all rolled into one film, with a common thread….kind of like a better version of Hellraiser : Bloodline if you will.

Having Romero’s name on the project does give it some notice, and Romero has been connected to anthology films in the past with varied results. While not mentioned here, I wonder if some of these bits in Deadtime are based off short stories by Stephen King, (or Robert R McCammon, or Nancy Collins or Dean Koontz, etc. for that matter)…it wouldn’t hurt.

There are lesser known anthogy films which I liked too….like After Midnight.

Second, the shit…

Some of us may dig ‘em, but anthology movies don’t do well at the box office. That’s not to say one film can’t break the mold, it’s just that, anthology movies don’t do well.

Most people even avoided Grindhouse.

Putting a director’s name in a “presents” doesn’t mean squabble. Romero, John Carpenter, Wes Craven (and while Wishmaster- and Dracula 2000 and thier DTV sequels were trash, “They” had some small merit; I haven’t seen “Breed” yet, though)
as far as I’m concerned, are not enough to draw me in. Not even Quentin Tarintino- I liked Ong Bak a lot, I would have seen Protector anyway. I had some mild liking of Curdled, but then again, some scenes in that were added to fit into Tarintinoverse.

I’m siding with Meli on this…
but let’s also see how next year’s Trick Or Treat does as well..

By: Ricci

Ricci — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:10:34 +0000

I have low expectations.

By: Meli

Meli — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:19:54 +0000

My interest in peaked. I love Tales from the Crypt and the Creepshow films. The short horror movie stories can be a lot of fun. I would like to see a trailer first before making a final decision.

By: nbakid2000

nbakid2000 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:33:30 +0000

Probably not. I’m not into horror much anyway except for some rare exceptions (I LOVE Hammer Horror and various main stream cult horror films, such as Romero’s Dead series and various classic horror films – read: Vincent Price in House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting by Robert Wise, etc.). Also Halloween 1, 2 and H20.

Is this direct-to-video (which I assume it is) or is it coming to theaters? If it’s straight to video I doubt I’ll even consider bothering.