‘The Boneyard Still Has Bite!’ Revisiting Forgotten Horror, 35 Years Later [Video]
Say a prayer and stock up on those puppy treats, because it’s time to dig up the weirdness with another forgotten horror gem!
The Boneyard, possibly the most bizarre ’90s cult classic, celebrates its 35th anniversary. Packed with good puppies gone bad, a Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Large Marge-inspired animatronic puppet, ghoul-children that look appropriately disgusting, and comedy legend Phyllis Diller!
For every horror fan who can instantly name the giants—Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Evil Dead—there are dozens of weirdly wonderful films lurking in the indie horror underground just waiting to be rediscovered. One of the grossest and most entertaining among them is 1991’s The Boneyard, a gloriously insane forgotten horror-comedy that deserves far more love than it gets.
Marking the directorial debut of James Cummins, best known for his outrageous practical effects in horror classics like John Carpenter’s The Thing and House (1985), he decided to jump into the director’s chair and helped define the zombie/demon-possessed genre. James had previously worked under the likes of Oscar-winning makeup effects artists Stan Winston and Chris Walas, who tells Dread Central, “Jim was an amazing talent, wonderful human being, and very funny guy. He was always coming up with different ideas and ways to approach things. Jim worked for me on Enemy Mine, and I was glad to see him move on to his own work. Great guy.”
If you’re a horror fan like me who loves practical effects, silly plot points, kick-ass women who throw traditional femininity to the wind, and films with a similar tone to early Peter Jackson, like Dead Alive and Meet The Feebles, I highly recommend throwing a bone to The Boneyard!
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