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Independent horror: micro-budget features, short films and first-time filmmakers doing more with less — and often doing it better.
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A couple’s retreat becomes a fight for survival in the new trailer for the indie horror Shady Grove, from director Dale Resteghini. In the film, “A young couple, Shaina and Mark, attend a music festival with their best friend Elijah on their annual pilgrimage away from their work-heavy city lives. It’s also something of a farewell trip for the couple because they are expecting, though they haven’t told Elijah, yet. Their plan is to tell him at that beautiful cabin they found on a vacation rental app. Upon arrival, the host is nowhere to be found, but she has left instructions for them on the door along with a gift basket of wine. Everything is perfect except the faint smell of death that only the pregnant Shaina can smell. After a visit by two beautiful women, Shaina quickly becomes suspicious – things just don’t add up. When Elijah disappears, she and Mark begin to search frantically for their friend, only
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Cinedigm has now released the new trailer for Alex Phillips’ “avant-gutter psychedelic freakout”, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, as well as announced the premiere date on SCREAMBOX. In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.” An Official Selection of the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, where it took home a special jury mention from the festival’s New Flesh competition, the transgressive splatter comedy stars Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (Easy), and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First). The debut feature from Chicago writer/director Alex Phillips, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms also stars Eva Fellows, Mike Lopez, Carol Rhyu, and Sammy Arechar. The film
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A new Spanish horror-thriller, titled Piggy, is heading your way from Magnet Releasing. The trailer gives us our first real look at the film, which is brutal AF. “With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of constant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger — a mutual interest — she’s torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.” Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro and Camielle Aguilar star. The film also features a unique collaboration with Pilar Castro and Claudia Salas. Piggy will open exclusively at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas on Friday, October 7,
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While you still may be sweating like a sinner in church when you step outside, there are only 13 weeks till Christmas so it’s no surprise the holiday horror films have begun to be announced, including the killer Christmas tree horror The Killing Tree whose Red Band trailer has just been gifted to us by Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, “On Christmas Eve, a scorn widow casts an ancient spell to resurrect her executed husband. However, when the spell goes wrong, the husband is brought back as an Evil Christmas Tree. Hell-bent on getting revenge on the one who caused his execution, the body count keeps rising as the Tree hunts her down. Can anyone stop this killer Christmas tree before he gets to his target?” Rhys Frake-Waterfield who is also behind the highly anticipated upcoming horror Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, is in the director’s chair for The Killing Tree which stars Sarah Alexandra Marks, Marcus Massey, Judy
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This Halloween, a podcaster goes to terrifying lengths to gain new listeners in the comedy-laced horror film The Murder Podcast. But will it result in dead air? From writer-director William Bagley, comes the story about a podcaster desperate to get more listeners. Chad Thadwick decides he needs a new topic. After a murder in his hometown, the answer is clear: a true crime podcast! With the help of his best friend, Chad starts investigating; only to get wrapped up in a terrifying adventure full of supernatural threats! Andrew McDermott stars alongside, Cooper Bucha, Brian Emond, Scott Hawkins, Logan Mariner, and Chris Mayers, in The Murder Podcast which broadcasts on October 26th on digital platforms.
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A killer is on the hunt in the indie horror-thriller Shot in the Dark, from director Keene McRae. Reel 2 Reel has just released the trailer which teases an intense, action-packed film. In Shot in the Dark, “Two years ago, William Langston made a mistake that would affect the course of his life. Now, with a killer loose in his hometown and his circle of friends falling away one at a time, William faces his greatest fears as well as his own mortality.” Kristoffer McMillan stars alongside Christine Donlon (Escape Room), Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Keene McRae, Jacqueline Toboni (“Grim,” “Easy”), Austin Hébert (“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”), Lane Aikin, Will Lagos, Rhomeyn Johnson, Dan Sutter, and Brandon Sklenar (The Offer, Vice). . The film will be released on VOD and Digital platforms on October 4th in the US and October 10th in the UK.
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Uncork’d Entertainment has just announced they have acquired Sawed Off, a new supernatural horror feature based on a comic anthology story and starring Eva Hamilton (Run Me), Jody Barton (Ugly Sweater Party), and Trae Ireland (13/13/13). In the vein of “The Evil Dead and Groundhog Day,” the movie centers on two hunters, friends for years and vying for the affections of the same woman, who find themselves on cursed land and keep killing each other and coming back to life. Hunter Johnson (IRRATIONAL FEAR) produces as well as directs from the screenplay written by Barton, Johnson, and Chuck Wagner, based on Wagner’s Eclipse Comics story “Bag Limit,” published in TALES OF TERROR in 1986. Cris Hernandez and Richard Trejo, along with Barton and Ireland produce. Jeff Miller (The Russian Bride, The Toybox) executive produces through his company Millman Productions, along with James Cullen Bressack (Bethany) and his company Sandaled Kid Productions. The special makeup effects are by Oliver Poser (AQUAMAN).
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Writer/director Jonas Odenheimer (Classroom 6) has unveiled the haunting first teaser for his crypto chiller NFT, starring Najarra Townsend (The Stylist, Dementia: Part II), and man it looks good! NFT follows a group of crypto-savvy millennials trying to escape their 9-5s by flipping NFTs as a side hustle. After buying into a supposedly ‘cursed’ NFT collection, they begin experiencing mysterious occurrences and will now have to fight for their lives. David Wayman (The Ledge), Mariah Nonnemacher (Terminator: Dark Fate), Durassie Kiangangu, Amelie Edwards, Nobuse Jnr, Jasmine Clark, and Charlie Rich also star. In addition to writing the script, Odenheimer produced under his Old Jim Productions banner. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let your know. In the mean time, check out the new trailer.
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And the winner is… Human Hibachi 2: Feast In The Forest directed by Mario Cerrito III the indie horror film took home the Best Feature Film Award at the New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival, marking Mario’s second year winning the prestigious Best Feature Film trophy, as last year he won for the first installment of the indie Human Hibachi series. Set in the deep woods, a cannibal family obsessed with the first Human Hibachi video has made it their life’s mission to find the only two individuals left from it. If successful, they vow to provide them with the most elaborate feast imaginable. Jeff Alpert, Frank Volpe, Nick Brennan, Kristina Aponte, and Ray Bolden star. Cerrito and Joy produce along with John DiRenzo. “Winning best feature film for the first movie was a great moment and very special but winning it again for the sequel meant even more because you have to live up to the first film
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Lincoln Maazel, an actor cum philosopher, speaks to us about the hell of old age and elder abuse while telling us our cast is made up of some of the most depressing folks one could muster, and we too will suffer the same fate! And were off to the fright film races boils n’ ghouls… Next, a bloody and exhausted Maazel sits in a white room and speaks to a cheerful version of himself whom he warns not to leave the confines of the room. Mirthful Maazel ignores that edict post-fucking-haste and exits to a bustling amusement park where the elderly are preoccupied with pawning their belongings to enter the park. Things get worse inside the gate as the young mill about and peck away at everything the elderly patrons own in ghoulish fashion leaving their victims with nothing… including their very existence! Coming between his seminal walking dead masterpieces 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, and 1978’s Dawn of
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A couple’s retreat becomes a fight for survival in the new trailer for the indie horror Shady Grove, from director Dale Resteghini. In the film, “A young couple, Shaina and Mark, attend a music festival with their best friend Elijah on their annual pilgrimage away from their work-heavy city lives. It’s also something of a farewell trip for the couple because they are expecting, though they haven’t told Elijah, yet. Their plan is to tell him at that beautiful cabin they found on a vacation rental app. Upon arrival, the host is nowhere to be found, but she has left instructions for them on the door along with a gift basket of wine. Everything is perfect except the faint smell of death that only the pregnant Shaina can smell. After a visit by two beautiful women, Shaina quickly becomes suspicious – things just don’t add up. When Elijah disappears, she and Mark begin to search frantically for their friend, only
Continue reading →
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Cinedigm has now released the new trailer for Alex Phillips’ “avant-gutter psychedelic freakout”, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, as well as announced the premiere date on SCREAMBOX. In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.” An Official Selection of the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, where it took home a special jury mention from the festival’s New Flesh competition, the transgressive splatter comedy stars Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (Easy), and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First). The debut feature from Chicago writer/director Alex Phillips, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms also stars Eva Fellows, Mike Lopez, Carol Rhyu, and Sammy Arechar. The film
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A new Spanish horror-thriller, titled Piggy, is heading your way from Magnet Releasing. The trailer gives us our first real look at the film, which is brutal AF. “With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of constant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger — a mutual interest — she’s torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.” Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro and Camielle Aguilar star. The film also features a unique collaboration with Pilar Castro and Claudia Salas. Piggy will open exclusively at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas on Friday, October 7,
Continue reading →
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While you still may be sweating like a sinner in church when you step outside, there are only 13 weeks till Christmas so it’s no surprise the holiday horror films have begun to be announced, including the killer Christmas tree horror The Killing Tree whose Red Band trailer has just been gifted to us by Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, “On Christmas Eve, a scorn widow casts an ancient spell to resurrect her executed husband. However, when the spell goes wrong, the husband is brought back as an Evil Christmas Tree. Hell-bent on getting revenge on the one who caused his execution, the body count keeps rising as the Tree hunts her down. Can anyone stop this killer Christmas tree before he gets to his target?” Rhys Frake-Waterfield who is also behind the highly anticipated upcoming horror Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, is in the director’s chair for The Killing Tree which stars Sarah Alexandra Marks, Marcus Massey, Judy
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This Halloween, a podcaster goes to terrifying lengths to gain new listeners in the comedy-laced horror film The Murder Podcast. But will it result in dead air? From writer-director William Bagley, comes the story about a podcaster desperate to get more listeners. Chad Thadwick decides he needs a new topic. After a murder in his hometown, the answer is clear: a true crime podcast! With the help of his best friend, Chad starts investigating; only to get wrapped up in a terrifying adventure full of supernatural threats! Andrew McDermott stars alongside, Cooper Bucha, Brian Emond, Scott Hawkins, Logan Mariner, and Chris Mayers, in The Murder Podcast which broadcasts on October 26th on digital platforms.
Continue reading →
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A killer is on the hunt in the indie horror-thriller Shot in the Dark, from director Keene McRae. Reel 2 Reel has just released the trailer which teases an intense, action-packed film. In Shot in the Dark, “Two years ago, William Langston made a mistake that would affect the course of his life. Now, with a killer loose in his hometown and his circle of friends falling away one at a time, William faces his greatest fears as well as his own mortality.” Kristoffer McMillan stars alongside Christine Donlon (Escape Room), Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Keene McRae, Jacqueline Toboni (“Grim,” “Easy”), Austin Hébert (“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”), Lane Aikin, Will Lagos, Rhomeyn Johnson, Dan Sutter, and Brandon Sklenar (The Offer, Vice). . The film will be released on VOD and Digital platforms on October 4th in the US and October 10th in the UK.
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Uncork’d Entertainment has just announced they have acquired Sawed Off, a new supernatural horror feature based on a comic anthology story and starring Eva Hamilton (Run Me), Jody Barton (Ugly Sweater Party), and Trae Ireland (13/13/13). In the vein of “The Evil Dead and Groundhog Day,” the movie centers on two hunters, friends for years and vying for the affections of the same woman, who find themselves on cursed land and keep killing each other and coming back to life. Hunter Johnson (IRRATIONAL FEAR) produces as well as directs from the screenplay written by Barton, Johnson, and Chuck Wagner, based on Wagner’s Eclipse Comics story “Bag Limit,” published in TALES OF TERROR in 1986. Cris Hernandez and Richard Trejo, along with Barton and Ireland produce. Jeff Miller (The Russian Bride, The Toybox) executive produces through his company Millman Productions, along with James Cullen Bressack (Bethany) and his company Sandaled Kid Productions. The special makeup effects are by Oliver Poser (AQUAMAN).
Continue reading →
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Writer/director Jonas Odenheimer (Classroom 6) has unveiled the haunting first teaser for his crypto chiller NFT, starring Najarra Townsend (The Stylist, Dementia: Part II), and man it looks good! NFT follows a group of crypto-savvy millennials trying to escape their 9-5s by flipping NFTs as a side hustle. After buying into a supposedly ‘cursed’ NFT collection, they begin experiencing mysterious occurrences and will now have to fight for their lives. David Wayman (The Ledge), Mariah Nonnemacher (Terminator: Dark Fate), Durassie Kiangangu, Amelie Edwards, Nobuse Jnr, Jasmine Clark, and Charlie Rich also star. In addition to writing the script, Odenheimer produced under his Old Jim Productions banner. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let your know. In the mean time, check out the new trailer.
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And the winner is… Human Hibachi 2: Feast In The Forest directed by Mario Cerrito III the indie horror film took home the Best Feature Film Award at the New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival, marking Mario’s second year winning the prestigious Best Feature Film trophy, as last year he won for the first installment of the indie Human Hibachi series. Set in the deep woods, a cannibal family obsessed with the first Human Hibachi video has made it their life’s mission to find the only two individuals left from it. If successful, they vow to provide them with the most elaborate feast imaginable. Jeff Alpert, Frank Volpe, Nick Brennan, Kristina Aponte, and Ray Bolden star. Cerrito and Joy produce along with John DiRenzo. “Winning best feature film for the first movie was a great moment and very special but winning it again for the sequel meant even more because you have to live up to the first film
Continue reading →
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Lincoln Maazel, an actor cum philosopher, speaks to us about the hell of old age and elder abuse while telling us our cast is made up of some of the most depressing folks one could muster, and we too will suffer the same fate! And were off to the fright film races boils n’ ghouls… Next, a bloody and exhausted Maazel sits in a white room and speaks to a cheerful version of himself whom he warns not to leave the confines of the room. Mirthful Maazel ignores that edict post-fucking-haste and exits to a bustling amusement park where the elderly are preoccupied with pawning their belongings to enter the park. Things get worse inside the gate as the young mill about and peck away at everything the elderly patrons own in ghoulish fashion leaving their victims with nothing… including their very existence! Coming between his seminal walking dead masterpieces 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, and 1978’s Dawn of
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