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Caller From L.A. says ARAC ATTACK is Gold!!!

Hey folks, Harry here. We haven't reported much on ARAC ATTACK, why? Because we just haven't seen any reports on the film, because so far... we just haven't had any spies report on the film. However, I've been reading Coming Attractions and CHUD as they've been doing a great job covering the film. The concept for the film is to do a film in the style of the CLASSIC B MONSTER MOVIES from the 1950s. Movies like THEM, BEGINNING OF THE END and TARANTULA, in otherwords... Giant Bug Movies!!! A genre that I think any good geek can get behind, especially if we get to see some damn fine looking giant spiders.... eh? And, though Ellory Elkayem is a first time director/writer for a feature film, his short film on the SCI FI channel regarding giant spiders ruled. And the two screenwriters that helped Ellory along with the script.... First there was Jesse Alexander, a big time scifi film geek, who once wrote a pretty damn fine FLASH GORDON script that is languishing in development hell somewhere... Then there is Michael V Valle, who did a rewrite on the script. Michael passed on in April of this year, tragically early. He never got to see any script of his reach the screen, and his SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VENGENCE OF DRACULA is fricking unbelievably great! So... The film had the right ancestry to be good, and then with Emmerich and Devlin producing (and no matter what any of you think of Emmerich and Devlin, you have to admit their production values are fantastic) I had high hopes that this project could turn out to kick some major entertainment ass.... AND our spy (since 1999) Caller from L.A. says that the movie is gold. He wrote an abbreviated non-spoiler review of ARAC ATTACK that... well has me dying to see this thing. The film is scheduled to be released sometime in 2002... ACK!!! WANT GIANT BUGS NOW!!!!!!!! Read on.....

Here is a spoiler-free review of Arac Attack. Let me start by saying that for me, this movie is GOLD.

The following quote is from the flyer, which shows how the film will probably be marketed.

"Arac Attack is a film with thrills and chills - frightening, but in a fun sort of way. A toxic waste spill near a small Nevada town causes spiders to mutate into giant arachnids, which then go on the attack...packing a poisonous punch. Arac Attack features an ensemble cast that lend a brand of humor to the action - including David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, and Doug E. Doug. The film is brought to you by the producing team of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Godzilla), and will be rated PG-13 for its moments of intense, scary action."

So you know how this film will go, and this has NO spoilers:

- Introduce the people, environment, and the beginning of mutant spiders: Gold

- First spider attack and chase: GOLD GOLD GOLD. This alone will get me to pay to see it later.

- Couple of spider attacks on the townspeople: Gold

- Sheriff warns the non-believing townspeople: Gold

- The non-believing townspeople start believing, and dying, really fast: Gold

- The townspeople hole themselves up at the mall: Gold

- The townspeople arm themselves with whatever they find: GOLD GOLD GOLD

- The spiders break into the mall: Gold

(HARRY NOTE: I ERASED THE ENDING, NO WAY WAS I GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT GETTING OUT THIS EARLY!!!)

Like Rush Hour 2, one of last month's test screenings, this film had no bad points to it. Lots of payoffs, and good timing. The town and its people had a Goonies / Poltergeist / Spielberg quality to them. I felt like I was thirteen again. Director Ellory Elkayem must have watched Goonies thirty times before writing and filming Arac Attack. But then Act 2 kicks in: the mutant spiders have their first attack, and I actually started sweating and grinning a mile wild because it was so cool how it was staged.

I know, I know: Arquette. He's generally annoying, but he was good in this role. I'm glad they chose these actors, included Wuhrer and Doug E. Doug, and that they didn't make it into a big-budget film.

Some other information:

- Directed by Ellory Elkayem, who also did "They Nest" about, yes, bugs that kill. For now, I'll be keeping my eye out for this director's future work.

- Ellory and Jesse Alexander wrote this, their first produced screenplay. Randy Kornfield (Jingle All the Way) also had a hand in the story.

- $30 million budget, 200 effects shots, brought to you by Centropolis and Warner Bros., the release date is unknown.

Cheers,

--Caller From L.A.

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I hate spiders !!
by E_Man
Jul 25th, 2001
11:05:54 PM
Arac Attack
by cart00n
Jul 25th, 2001
11:25:55 PM
suspension of disbelief
by BeaucoupSexmoves
Jul 26th, 2001
12:07:27 AM
Just so long as those damn spiders don't attack my home town of
by Gary Condidit
Jul 26th, 2001
12:30:12 AM
exotastic
by Lord of the Geps
Jul 26th, 2001
12:37:36 AM
No need to suspend too much...
by Alfa_Male
Jul 26th, 2001
12:59:26 AM
Do you only appreciate 0.000000000001% of studio movies?
by LiquidNitrate
Jul 26th, 2001
01:06:30 AM
an admission
by BeaucoupSexmoves
Jul 26th, 2001
01:58:57 AM
kamahamaha? oh my god
by Lord of the Geps
Jul 26th, 2001
02:06:20 AM
$30 Million Dollars? What kind of movie are we making? Blair W
by NickSh15
Jul 26th, 2001
03:13:45 AM
Sounds groovy
by Slaanesh
Jul 26th, 2001
04:18:00 AM
Monstar!
by Max Rockatansky
Jul 26th, 2001
04:45:26 AM
Could the word "gold be used some more, please? For me?
by rabid_republican
Jul 26th, 2001
05:45:54 AM
lord of the what?, cartOOn and alfa_male
by ltdavidmills
Jul 26th, 2001
06:07:44 AM
"No spiders were squished, stepped on, flushed, or made to suffe
by Atomisk
Jul 26th, 2001
06:21:32 AM
Above review brought to you by George Costanza
by Wesley Snipes
Jul 26th, 2001
06:33:21 AM
The B Word
by Special_Ed
Jul 26th, 2001
06:33:46 AM
this guy got his name wrong
by Joey Jojo
Jul 26th, 2001
06:34:58 AM
science facts about giant monsters to whoever wrote about it and
by sundown
Jul 26th, 2001
08:27:00 AM
Rabid Republica
by SCOTT1458
Jul 26th, 2001
10:33:37 AM
I Can't believe no one has mentioned ...
by DejaVoodoo
Jul 26th, 2001
12:04:54 PM
Well now G you have...and damn you...damn you to hellll!!!
by sundown
Jul 26th, 2001
12:43:37 PM
Why was my post removed?
by Darth TJ Mackey
Jul 26th, 2001
12:51:41 PM
And Speaking Of B Movies.....
by KILLERSHREW
Jul 26th, 2001
02:28:29 PM
Leon Rippy in Arac attack
by jetcreep
Jul 26th, 2001
03:09:56 PM
some other words for "film" are:
by MattHat121
Jul 26th, 2001
06:59:11 PM
movies are real, movies are real, movies are real
by Lord of the Geps
Jul 26th, 2001
11:39:54 PM
earth vs the soup
by sundown
Jul 27th, 2001
10:59:33 AM

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