Creature

We've all seen it numerous times sitting there in the DVD bargain bin just begging to be bought. There was only one problem... the print on the numerous versions that have been released over the years has sucked. That's about to change.

It really takes a special kind of something to screw up a simple formula like that found in Creature. Yet it happened and on a infamously historic level. Wanna see what all the hubbub is about? Now you can. If you dare.

Life has a funny way of turning things around. For the last few days I've been getting chastised for thinking that The Devil Inside was a decent little flick. Everywhere I turn I've been getting browbeaten. That's okay though. I have no problem taking my lumps and I stand by my words no matter what. Still, it's been kind of taxing, but then ... then I see a DVD cover that just brings a smile back to my face.

The plan to release Creature (review here) on 1,500 movie screens will go down as one of the most ill-conceived and costly mistakes in film distribution history. Grossing a miserable $331,000 on its opening weekend and earning the dubious distinction of being the worst 1,500-screen or more movie release in history, the producers had better hope the March DVD release is met with greater fanfare. Or should I say any fanfare?

It’s been such a bad couple of weeks for the horror genre that even movies that aren’t really horror movies being marketed as if they were horror movies can’t cut it at the box office. Somewhere in heaven Sam Peckinpah is having a good laugh at Rod Lurie’s expense.

Here I was planning to do a story posting this past Friday night’s “Nightline” segment about Creature’s box office apocalypse when I find out the film’s director did an interview lashing out at every online critic that didn’t like his movie in a way not seen since Uwe Boll’s famous online tirade following the release of House of the Dead.

Open up wide and prepare to choke on a great big serving of Dinner for Fiends. The past few weeks haven’t been very kind to the horror releases at the multiplex, and we’re not much kinder to them either. You’d be an idiot to miss out on this smorgasbord of a show.

This weekend indie monster movie Creature hit 1,500 theaters nationwide, which, for better or for worse, is a pretty magnificent feat regardless. Starring Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Amanda Fuller, Dillon Casey, Lauren Schneider, Aaron Hill, Daniel Bernhardt, and Sid Haig, Creature (review here) is centered around a group of friends on a road trip in New Orleans who have the misfortune of meeting "Lockjaw," a fabled half-man/half-alligator during their travels.

Today we finally get to the soul of Creature (review here) so to speak, with some behind-the-scenes videos in which the filmmakers talk about what goes into the making of the monster. Go check it out below.

Starring Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Sid Haig, Amanda Fuller, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Daniel Bernhardt Directed by Fred M. Andrews

Today we have more behind-the-scenes videos from the movie Creature for you to check out, and this time we get to hear from the ambitious filmmakers themselves. So dig on the goods below and let them tell you all about it.

Ready for a quick look at the independently made and eponymous creature feature that showcases Sid Haig and a swamp monster in a showdown? Yeah, we are, too! So we did some digging and got our claws into several behind-the-scenes videos by the filmmakers themselves! Pull up a chair, dreadheads; it's time to learn a bit more about Creature.

Creature, opening in theaters on September 9 and starring Mehcad Brook, Serinda Swan, and Sid Haig, will have a companion 30-minute TV special called "Anatomy of a Creature" that will air from this Sunday, August 28, up until the theatrical release date in markets around the US.

Sid Haig and a swamp monster. There's really not a whole hell of a lot else we need to be sold on the upcoming flick Creature, but in case you need a bit more persuading, we've lined up four clips for you to dig on!

We don't know about you guys, but we are really looking forward to the upcoming monster mash Creature. Hell, if only because it features Sid Haig and a guy in a rubber monster suit! Bring it on!