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Canadian director Matt Frame announced today that he will attempt to sit through his film Camp Death III in 2D! for 48 consecutive hours! The event will be live streamed via Facebook starting at 8 pm (PST) on Saturday, December 29, 2018. Viewers will be encouraged to drop in and ask questions during the live broadcast that will also feature several cast and crew of Camp Death III! The rules are simple” said Frame, “Between viewings, I am allowed 10 minutes to stretch my legs, use the restroom, and partake in any legal activity that’ll help me from sliding comatose off my office chair.” Camp Death III in 2D! is a comedy-horror parody of Friday the 13th Part III 3D that has enjoyed a successful festival run since September, racking up 14 acceptances, 4 awards, and several nominations. On February 15, 2019, the film is being released digitally via Amazon Prime, hence the underlying purpose of Frame’s (admittedly) moronic promotional
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Megan Freels Johnston, that’s a name you should get familiar with because you are going to be hearing it a lot in the very near future. I sat down with the writer/director/producer to talk about her past film The Ice Cream Truck and her upcoming films, The Hunting Season and Payback’s a Bitch. Horror Fuel: “Where did you find the inspiration for your film The Ice Cream Truck?” Megan Freels Johnston: “I lived in a neighborhood that happens to have a lot of ice cream trucks and I had just moved there. What struck me about those ice cream trucks was that they were actually selling the whole ice cream cones and banana splits. When I grew up they just sold wrapped up ice cream bars. It seemed so old-fashioned to me. I had just had my second child and I was home with the baby. I kept hearing the trucks go by with the music. It occurred to me
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Dodge (Brandon Micheal Hall), Casper (Sean Strike) and Iris (Virginia Gardner) are small potatoes in the crime scene…just a trio o’ pals committing low-level burglaries and the like…but soon they set their eyes on a bigger prize. Ya see, C-dawg’s pops is in some serious shit with a loan shark to whom he owes ten large and the gang gets the neon light idea to pose as caterers and rob a rich AF family, The Dawsons by name, during a din-din shindig being held at their palatial estates while the family is occupied with the festivities at hand. The only problem? These Dawson characters are a weird lot. Patriarch Patrick (Julian McMahon) and son Elliot (Kian Lawley) are off-putting as balls, though to be fair at first glance mother Roxanne (Robin Tunney) and daughter Alexis (Erin Moriarty) are relatively normal. As for the party itself, it’s comprised of only male guests minus one female participant (who desperately asks our faux
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Horror Fuel has teamed up with Blood Moon Pictures for a killer giveaway from their Volumes of Blood trilogy whose third and final installment, Volumes of Blood: Devil’s Knight, is now in the midst of their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. So, what can you win? One winner will score a screen used prop from Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories and a Blu-ray of Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories covered in autographs. Our second winner will score a heavily autographed copy of the first film simply titled Volumes of Blood. That’s a sweet score for any horror fan! The franchise has had rave reviews from critics and fans alike, making big waves in the indie film world. With the motto “by fans for fans”, P.J. Starks (10/31, e-Demon) and Eric Huskisson‘s (The Confession of Fred Krueger) Blood Moon Pictures is a driving force in indie horror. Volumes of Blood: Devil’s Night is set on the morning of Halloween, where several strangers
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From Gregory Lamberson (interview), the director of Slime City and Johnny Gruesome, comes Widow’s Point, the feature adaptation of the critically acclaimed supernatural book by Richard and Billy Chizmar which is now nearing the end of production. We have gotten our hands on the first batch of images to share with you. Craig Sheffer (Nightbreed, One Tree Hill) stars in the chiller adapted and directed by Gregory Lamberson (Slime City, Johnny Gruesome), which Tamar Lamberson produced, and Richard Chizmar and Erin Elizabeth Heald executive produced. Sheffer plays Thomas Livingston, a down on his luck author who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt to promote his next book. As he uncovers the lighthouse’s terrifying history, Livingston becomes a target for powerful, otherworldly forces hell bent on his destruction. KateLynn E. Newberry, Dominic Luongo, Kaelin Lamberson, John Renna, Richard Satterwhite, and Willow Xylia Anwar co-star, with Billy Chizmar portraying one of the lighthouse’s victims. The film
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It’s not easy being a YouTube vlogger. It takes a lot of dedication to conjure up those views, night after night but one man is about to get some help…from beyond the grave. Filmmaker Graham Hughes has just released the trailer for his unique horror thriller, Death of a Vlogger in which a vlogger faces the dark side of going viral when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. “Death of a Vlogger is a horror-documentary about a vlogger who gains viral fame when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. The story follows Graham as he investigates this haunting and deals with the side effects of being famous on the internet. It’s told in a traditional documentary format, including interviews, ripped YouTube videos, archive materials and new footage, whilst also functioning as a traditional horror film with tension-building set-pieces and scares.” Hughes said. Death of a Vlogger, starring Hughes, Annabel Logan, and Paddy Kondrack, is a Micro-Budget
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A gaggle of anime otaku femmes (played by Allison Maier, Jessica Shipp, and Syndey Thomas respectively) discuss periods and fend off the pervy advances of their talking cat, Neko Sensei (voiced by Laurence R. Harvey from The Human Centipede sequels). Meanwhile on a planet far away from our own, super pervert Fabuloso Doom (Lawrence Sykkmon) consults with his evil magic mirror (voiced by Dana Snyder) about how he can conquer our comely, though decidedly off-limits legally, heroines and stay eternally young and beautiful…which of course he interprets as a need to consume period blood (as anyone would). To that need he unleashes his evil monster Anti-Flow (Lea Enslin) which triggers our heroines transformation into the BFF (Beautiful Fantasy Flower ) Girls (played by Marilyn Chung, Jessica Nam, Carolann Utley) and a bloody good battle ensues! If you’ve ever wondered what Sailor Moon would be like it it were created by Lloyd Kaufman, and who hasn’t really, BFF Girls is the
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From director Jenni Ivers (The Cabin) comes the sci-fi thrill-ride Loophole, in the tradition of “Dominion” and The Mortal Instruments. The gene for violence is discovered, setting off a demand for worldwide testing, promoting the belief that these people will commit a violent crime. College student Lexi Smith finds herself in the middle of a collision between science and religion where all of humanity hangs in the balance. Chloe Lukasiak (Center Stage: On Pointe), Kera O’Bryon and Bubba Ho-Tep’s Timothy E. Goodwin star. Loophole premieres on VOD January 8, 2019, from High Octane Pictures.
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Gangsters Javid and Tan (Reza Brojerdi and Erkan Acar) are havin’ one fucky day. Seems our “heroes” have found the screenplay to their lives, and decide to seek out and heap abuse upon the documents author; a dentist named Arend (Alexander Schubert) all in the name of figuring out just what in the hell is going on…but he’s about as much use as a fishnet condom. The boys never let this deter their mission; namely finding the sumbitch what put the murder on their families…in a fucked up future version of Berlin populated by singing angels, murderous religious figures, and even more folks out for revenge; namely Eliana (Xenia Assenza) who teams up with a bodyguard with a past named Carson (David Masterson) to avenge the murder of her parents while dealing with cannibals and fucked up robots. As you can tell by that sinister synopsis up yonder; Snowflake is one hell of a bizarre motion picture! along with the
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Before I jump into this here review for Heavy Trip, let me state that this is definitely NOT a horror film, rather it is a comedy about black metal, but since metal and horror intersect beautifully…and…and fuck it; I do whatever the shit I want… Turo (Johannes Holopainen), and his friends Pasi (Max Ovaska), Lotvonen (Samuli Jaskio), and Jynkyy (Antti Heikkinen) have been practicing their metal chops in a basement for the better part of 12 years, but Turo’s near paralyzing shyness have kept them from recording original material or performing even a single gig. considered a joke by damn near the entire town, our heroes soon get a chance to play a large metal festival in Norway, and the town begins to change their tune and worship the boys as local legends. Sounds great right? Well, while the promoter of said festival digs their sound (after hearing their demo post-reindeer blood shower…trust me, it makes sense when you see
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Canadian director Matt Frame announced today that he will attempt to sit through his film Camp Death III in 2D! for 48 consecutive hours! The event will be live streamed via Facebook starting at 8 pm (PST) on Saturday, December 29, 2018. Viewers will be encouraged to drop in and ask questions during the live broadcast that will also feature several cast and crew of Camp Death III! The rules are simple” said Frame, “Between viewings, I am allowed 10 minutes to stretch my legs, use the restroom, and partake in any legal activity that’ll help me from sliding comatose off my office chair.” Camp Death III in 2D! is a comedy-horror parody of Friday the 13th Part III 3D that has enjoyed a successful festival run since September, racking up 14 acceptances, 4 awards, and several nominations. On February 15, 2019, the film is being released digitally via Amazon Prime, hence the underlying purpose of Frame’s (admittedly) moronic promotional
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Megan Freels Johnston, that’s a name you should get familiar with because you are going to be hearing it a lot in the very near future. I sat down with the writer/director/producer to talk about her past film The Ice Cream Truck and her upcoming films, The Hunting Season and Payback’s a Bitch. Horror Fuel: “Where did you find the inspiration for your film The Ice Cream Truck?” Megan Freels Johnston: “I lived in a neighborhood that happens to have a lot of ice cream trucks and I had just moved there. What struck me about those ice cream trucks was that they were actually selling the whole ice cream cones and banana splits. When I grew up they just sold wrapped up ice cream bars. It seemed so old-fashioned to me. I had just had my second child and I was home with the baby. I kept hearing the trucks go by with the music. It occurred to me
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Dodge (Brandon Micheal Hall), Casper (Sean Strike) and Iris (Virginia Gardner) are small potatoes in the crime scene…just a trio o’ pals committing low-level burglaries and the like…but soon they set their eyes on a bigger prize. Ya see, C-dawg’s pops is in some serious shit with a loan shark to whom he owes ten large and the gang gets the neon light idea to pose as caterers and rob a rich AF family, The Dawsons by name, during a din-din shindig being held at their palatial estates while the family is occupied with the festivities at hand. The only problem? These Dawson characters are a weird lot. Patriarch Patrick (Julian McMahon) and son Elliot (Kian Lawley) are off-putting as balls, though to be fair at first glance mother Roxanne (Robin Tunney) and daughter Alexis (Erin Moriarty) are relatively normal. As for the party itself, it’s comprised of only male guests minus one female participant (who desperately asks our faux
Continue reading →
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Horror Fuel has teamed up with Blood Moon Pictures for a killer giveaway from their Volumes of Blood trilogy whose third and final installment, Volumes of Blood: Devil’s Knight, is now in the midst of their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. So, what can you win? One winner will score a screen used prop from Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories and a Blu-ray of Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories covered in autographs. Our second winner will score a heavily autographed copy of the first film simply titled Volumes of Blood. That’s a sweet score for any horror fan! The franchise has had rave reviews from critics and fans alike, making big waves in the indie film world. With the motto “by fans for fans”, P.J. Starks (10/31, e-Demon) and Eric Huskisson‘s (The Confession of Fred Krueger) Blood Moon Pictures is a driving force in indie horror. Volumes of Blood: Devil’s Night is set on the morning of Halloween, where several strangers
Continue reading →
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From Gregory Lamberson (interview), the director of Slime City and Johnny Gruesome, comes Widow’s Point, the feature adaptation of the critically acclaimed supernatural book by Richard and Billy Chizmar which is now nearing the end of production. We have gotten our hands on the first batch of images to share with you. Craig Sheffer (Nightbreed, One Tree Hill) stars in the chiller adapted and directed by Gregory Lamberson (Slime City, Johnny Gruesome), which Tamar Lamberson produced, and Richard Chizmar and Erin Elizabeth Heald executive produced. Sheffer plays Thomas Livingston, a down on his luck author who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt to promote his next book. As he uncovers the lighthouse’s terrifying history, Livingston becomes a target for powerful, otherworldly forces hell bent on his destruction. KateLynn E. Newberry, Dominic Luongo, Kaelin Lamberson, John Renna, Richard Satterwhite, and Willow Xylia Anwar co-star, with Billy Chizmar portraying one of the lighthouse’s victims. The film
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It’s not easy being a YouTube vlogger. It takes a lot of dedication to conjure up those views, night after night but one man is about to get some help…from beyond the grave. Filmmaker Graham Hughes has just released the trailer for his unique horror thriller, Death of a Vlogger in which a vlogger faces the dark side of going viral when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. “Death of a Vlogger is a horror-documentary about a vlogger who gains viral fame when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. The story follows Graham as he investigates this haunting and deals with the side effects of being famous on the internet. It’s told in a traditional documentary format, including interviews, ripped YouTube videos, archive materials and new footage, whilst also functioning as a traditional horror film with tension-building set-pieces and scares.” Hughes said. Death of a Vlogger, starring Hughes, Annabel Logan, and Paddy Kondrack, is a Micro-Budget
Continue reading →
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A gaggle of anime otaku femmes (played by Allison Maier, Jessica Shipp, and Syndey Thomas respectively) discuss periods and fend off the pervy advances of their talking cat, Neko Sensei (voiced by Laurence R. Harvey from The Human Centipede sequels). Meanwhile on a planet far away from our own, super pervert Fabuloso Doom (Lawrence Sykkmon) consults with his evil magic mirror (voiced by Dana Snyder) about how he can conquer our comely, though decidedly off-limits legally, heroines and stay eternally young and beautiful…which of course he interprets as a need to consume period blood (as anyone would). To that need he unleashes his evil monster Anti-Flow (Lea Enslin) which triggers our heroines transformation into the BFF (Beautiful Fantasy Flower ) Girls (played by Marilyn Chung, Jessica Nam, Carolann Utley) and a bloody good battle ensues! If you’ve ever wondered what Sailor Moon would be like it it were created by Lloyd Kaufman, and who hasn’t really, BFF Girls is the
Continue reading →
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From director Jenni Ivers (The Cabin) comes the sci-fi thrill-ride Loophole, in the tradition of “Dominion” and The Mortal Instruments. The gene for violence is discovered, setting off a demand for worldwide testing, promoting the belief that these people will commit a violent crime. College student Lexi Smith finds herself in the middle of a collision between science and religion where all of humanity hangs in the balance. Chloe Lukasiak (Center Stage: On Pointe), Kera O’Bryon and Bubba Ho-Tep’s Timothy E. Goodwin star. Loophole premieres on VOD January 8, 2019, from High Octane Pictures.
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Gangsters Javid and Tan (Reza Brojerdi and Erkan Acar) are havin’ one fucky day. Seems our “heroes” have found the screenplay to their lives, and decide to seek out and heap abuse upon the documents author; a dentist named Arend (Alexander Schubert) all in the name of figuring out just what in the hell is going on…but he’s about as much use as a fishnet condom. The boys never let this deter their mission; namely finding the sumbitch what put the murder on their families…in a fucked up future version of Berlin populated by singing angels, murderous religious figures, and even more folks out for revenge; namely Eliana (Xenia Assenza) who teams up with a bodyguard with a past named Carson (David Masterson) to avenge the murder of her parents while dealing with cannibals and fucked up robots. As you can tell by that sinister synopsis up yonder; Snowflake is one hell of a bizarre motion picture! along with the
Continue reading →
ForeignIndieMoviesReviews
Before I jump into this here review for Heavy Trip, let me state that this is definitely NOT a horror film, rather it is a comedy about black metal, but since metal and horror intersect beautifully…and…and fuck it; I do whatever the shit I want… Turo (Johannes Holopainen), and his friends Pasi (Max Ovaska), Lotvonen (Samuli Jaskio), and Jynkyy (Antti Heikkinen) have been practicing their metal chops in a basement for the better part of 12 years, but Turo’s near paralyzing shyness have kept them from recording original material or performing even a single gig. considered a joke by damn near the entire town, our heroes soon get a chance to play a large metal festival in Norway, and the town begins to change their tune and worship the boys as local legends. Sounds great right? Well, while the promoter of said festival digs their sound (after hearing their demo post-reindeer blood shower…trust me, it makes sense when you see
Continue reading →
