Download Director/Actor Commentaries for Child's Play and Fright Night

I know I just ran a Tom Holland-related story a few days ago, but tonight's discovery is just too cool to ignore. And if you're a fan of Holland's work, then I'm sure you certainly won't mind.

Tim Sullivan's Icons of Fright website has somehow managed to corral Holland and some of his collaborators on his two finest horror efforts, Child's Play and Fright Night, in order to record a series of "pirate" movie commentaries. These commentaries are now available at Icons of Fright, and can be downloaded for free, and then literally played while watching the DVD of their respective film.

There's a Child's Play commentary with Holland alone. Then, there are two Fright Night commentaries: one with Holland along with stars Chris Sarandon and Jonathan Stark, and the other with Holland along with stars William Ragsdale and Stephen Geoffreys, and FX artist Randall William Cook. (Right-click on the links to save each commentary as an mp3.)

This whole unofficial commentary thing is a brilliant idea which I think hasn't been done enough, probably because it takes a lot of tenacity--and maybe a little bit of moolah--on the part of website editors to make it happen.

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Interview with the Man Behind Fright Night, Child's Play & Psycho II

Every now and then, I stumble across an interview that's just so damn engrossing, I have to pass it along to you guys. Right now, there's one that's worth a read up on Ain't It Cool News. It's with Tom Holland, the underrated writer/director whose work includes the original Child's Play, the first sequel to Psycho, and most notably, Fright Night, his 1985 directorial debut.

Holland is clearly a big-time horror fan, and it shows in his Q&A with AICN's Mr. Beaks. He touches on a lot of great stuff, like the disparity between Child's Play and its more campy sequels, the seriousness with which he approached adding to Hitchcock's original vision, and the cult phenomenon that Fright Night has become. He also provides other tidbits related to his genre interest, including a dream remake of The Abominable Dr. Phibes he'd love to make with Malcolm McDowell! Finally, a remake worth getting behind...

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The Voice of Chucky Returns

Fans of Child's Play have a reason to rejoice today. They may not be all-too-happy that a remake of the 1988 slasher flick is being undertaken, but they can at least take solace in knowing that the impeccable Brad Dourif will once again be providing the voice of the killer doll Chucky, just as he did for all five films in the original series.

The news was announced yesterday by screenwriter Don Mancini at the Florida Fim Festival, and was first reported this morning by the Orlando Sentinel. I've never been a fan of these movies myself, but as a Nightmare on Elm Street fan, I can equate this with Robert Englund returning as Freddy in that remake (which isn't happening), so I guess that's pretty cool.

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