![]() ![]() On film, he looks like he could be your best friend and just a genuinely good person. Zach Galligan, despite his character’s pompous rich kid archetype, can’t help but be anything other than lovable and comforting. If you’ve been following The Daily Dig, she was also Jack from the vampire flick Sundown(1989), which was also written and directed by Anthony Hickox.ĭavid Warner, who plays the owner of the Waxwork, has had roles in many pivotal films - from Titanic (1997) to Tron (1982) to the professor in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991).Ī little music trivia for you: The diminutive butler played by Mihaly Meszaros ,better known as Michu, was also featured on the cover of legendary rock band The Doors’ 1967 album “Strange Days”. Zach Galligan of course starred as Billy Peltzer in both Gremlins films.ĭana Ashbrook you’ll recognize as Bobby Briggs from Twin Peaks or Tom from Return of the Living Dead II (1988). He also played Sallah, good friend to Indiana Jones in all but Crystal Skull. John Rhys-Davies who plays the Werewolf that haunted me for years played the heroic dwarf Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Marquis de Sade in this film is also the visual reference for me when I read “120 days of Sodom”, which gives it a whole other level of depth within my psyche. Get high school teens into peril and deliver. The gore and make up aside, the story didn’t suffer. Usually there’s a single monster that keeps a team of artists occupied, but here they had to work on everything from Dracula and his Brides - and one of the bloodiest sets I’ve ever seen - to Zombies that were shot in Black and White yet still were able to display the grit and gristle of any comparable modern makeup. It’s a gesture of reverence for the herculean effort put forth by effects Technician Bob Keen and the whole make up team. That is not a knock on the rest of the film. The lion’s share of the $3.5 million budget must have been spent on the special effects. It’s with this nostalgia that I hope to introduce Waxwork to some of you who may have never come across it. In the early 2000s, when I was building up my DVD collection funded by working three minimum wage jobs, I was lucky enough to rediscover a childhood favorite with the bonus of it being packaged with the sequel of whose existence I was unaware. All I knew was Billy from Gremlins was in it, and there was a Werewolf that scared the shit out of me. Get your pre-order in right here, and take a look at the glorious variations, details, and artwork below.Before I discovered IMDb, this film eluded me for years. Featuring 180 gram “Samara & The Well” Green & Black Marbled Vinyl and “Cursed VHS Tape” Black with White Splatter Colored Vinyl, heavyweight gatefold jackets with matte satin coating, new art and design by Matt Needle, exclusive liner notes by director Gore Verbinski, a 12”x12” printed insert, and enthusiastic album packaging approvals from director Verbinski and composer Hans Zimmer. ![]() Waxwork Records presents the full score to The Ring composed by Hans Zimmer for the very first time on vinyl as a deluxe double LP for the film’s 20th Anniversary. Zimmer creates a shadowy ambiance that pulls the listener into the gripping ghost story. Constructed from a base of a piano, violins, synthesizer, and two cellos, Zimmer’s score brings the listener into the haunting space that is The Ring with dreadfully anxious strings, mournful keys, and rolling percussion. Released on October 18, 2002, to reviews praising its atmosphere, visuals, and Watt’s performance, The Ring is one of the highest-grossing horror remakes and paved the way for English-language remakes of other Asian horror films such as The Grudge and Dark Water.Ĭomposed by Hans Zimmer, the score is a dark symphonic orchestration that shifts from ghostly and melancholic to frightening and terror-stricken. In celebration of its 20th Anniversary, Waxwork Records is releasing The Ring Original Motion Picture Music by Hans Zimmer, marking the first time that The Ring will be available on vinyl! Gore Verbinski's 2002 supernatural horror film is a remake of Hideo Nakata’s 1998 Japanese horror film Ringu, based on Koji Suzuki’s 1991 eponymous novel. ![]()
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