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Ol’ Grace (Madeleine Wade), your friendly neighborhood sex worker, heads back to her hometown after the passing of her pappy, Minister Hall (Dave Sheridan). Now you may think Hall was a peaceful, man o’ God sort, but he was anything but…in fact the dude was a full-on sadistic son of a bitch. Once there, Grace reunites with her equally damaged sister, Serena (Augie Duke)…and the duo start reminiscing about what a shit-heel Hall was. So, what do these sibs do to heal the wounds of the past? Why resurrect their abusive paternal unit via their legacy of witchcraft then torture his ass but good…as one does! I’m gonna level with you up front boils n’ ghouls; Blood Craft kinda hit me harder than I though it would. I was definitely expecting some straight up horror biz/E.C. Comics style action from this pic…and I definitely got that for sure…but there’s an undercurrent of incest and abuse that can definitely play on
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Filmmaker, cartoonist, and all around cool mother fucker Joe Badon is getting ready to unleash his next film; Sister Tempest! For those of you unfamiliar with his wicked work, check out the trailer to Joe’s last flick; The God Inside My Ear right here! Pretty damn cool right? Well feast your putrid peepers on the description of Sister Tempest: You just know that’s going to be one hell of a deep dive into psychotronic cinema! Currently the film is in the funding stage, so if ya want to throw them some dough check out the film’s Kickstarter…and tell ’em XIII sent ya! For more on Sister Tempest follow the flick on Facebook!
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The unsettling, supernatural-thriller Soul to Keep, from co-directors David Allensworth and Monière, took home the award for Best Female Actress for rising Sandra Mae Frank‘s performance as well as a nomination for Best Picture at HorrorHound. Now, it’s headed towards its April release. In the film, Beelzebub, an ancient demon hell-bent on consuming and possessing souls, preys on Millennials at a rundown country house. With an agenda that spans thousands of years to bring Hell to Earth, this Prince of Darkness has finally arrived. “Besides being a high concept demon possession tale with stout performances and surprise twists, Soul To Keep’s core appeal is the Deaf aspect organically incorporated within the storyline. It’s not so much that the lead character in the film is deaf, it’s the fact that the hearing characters use sign language to communicate with her. By doing so, with authenticity and natural flow, it shows how a social group of both hearing and deaf can exist
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Remember a while back when I went on and on about what a cool-ass flick Nemesis was? Well they made three more of those shits, and MVD Entertainment is releasing them all on one handy-dandy Blu-ray! So let’s dive in, shall we boils n’ ghouls? First up comes: Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995): Decades after the first film’s hero Alex Rain (because Olivier Grunner was busy doing who knows fuckin’ what and doesn’t return for this sequel) failed to stop the cyborg revolution, outlaw scientists develop some DNA that could prove to be curtains for those pesky cyborgs so they jam that shit into a preggo lady, who naturally becomes number one with (multiple) bullet(s) on the cyborg hit list. What does our beleaguered mother do? Why time travels back to 1980’s East Africa…as one does…where she is promptly killed…but the baby lives and grows into a buff tribal warrior with a Bo Derek circa 10 hair-do also named Alex (Sue
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Previously, I’ve talked about a new first-person horror game titled Moons of Madness, a space exploration game with a Lovecraft twist. A lot has changed since I last shared about the game, mainly the release date changed, but for the better. Rocket Pocket Games has teamed up with Funcom and have set the game’s release around the Halloween season this year! Along with a new release date comes new information about the game. As previously mentioned you play as Shane Newhart, a technician working at a secret research base stationed on Mars. Your job is just tech work and making sure the lights don’t go out and having low-security clearance prevents you from knowing the real reason for the station’s presence on Mars. Soon Shane will begin to see and hear things that aren’t there…or are they? He’ll discover that he’s alone at the station…or is he? Cosmic horrors the likes of which Lovecraft wrote about will make its presence
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This April, one of horror’s legendary monsters returns from the dead in The Mummy Reborn from writer-director Dan Allen. Written by Dan Allen and Scott Jeffrey, The Mummy Reborn tells of a group of teens in financial ruin that decide to rob the local antique store of an ancient amulet. But what they don’t realize is that this tomb is cursed, and when the amulet is separated from its master he will do anything to get it back. Our burglars must save the day and return the Mummy to its tomb before it is too late to save the world. Becca Hirani (The House on Elm Lake), Tara MacGowran (Mandy the Doll), and Rita Siddiqui (Pet Graveyard) star in a Proportion Productions release. Packed with adventure and coffined with scares, The Mummy Reborn arrives on VOD and DVD April 4th from High Octane Pictures.
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Prize-winning bullshit artist, and greasy food enthusiast Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) lives with his son Big Brayden (Sky Elobar) and runs a walking tour of supposed disco hot spots around town. That’s all fine and dandy, but there is also a grease covered strangler stalking the streets…which is also Ronnie. As all that greasing and killing is going on, Brayden starts a relationship with a woman named Janet ( Elizabeth De Razzo), huge quantities of grease are consumed, we meet a man that wears a paper pig nose, cocks fill the screen (prosthetic, outrageous ones at that), Ronnie washes himself in Big Paul’s (Gil Gex) car wash…I mean basically a better synopsis would be; Penis, grease, murder. Look, I’m not going to mince words with you fine freaky fuckers…The Greasy Strangler will not…repeat WILL NOT be for everyone (some would argue anyone). It’s crude, disgusting, annoying…so who will it appeal to? Well, me for starters, but also lovers of
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Man ol’ Henry (David Call) came back from a tour of duty with two things; the knowledge of a field surgeon and a ragin’ case of PTSD. So what does he do with all of that swirlin’ around in his noxious noggin? Why he stitches together rando body parts and creates a walking cadaver named Adam (Alex Breaux) in his Brooklyn loft…as one would naturally do. Henry then spends his days giving his creation a well rounded education in everything from science, to music, and beyond. Soon Adam must deal not only with the stormy nature of his father and the machinations of his rival Polidori (Joshua Leonard). Obviously Depraved is legendary horror maestro Larry Fessenden’s take on the tried and true terror tale of Frankenstein, and what a take on the material it is! Rather than going the normal over-blown full on horror route, the film takes it’s time exploring the dynamic between the creator and his creation which
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The award-winning horror anthology Volumes of Blood is gearing for their third installment, Volumes of Blood: Devil’s Knight. 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 has just launched the Indiegogo campaign to help fund the third and final film of the franchise with a goal of $15,000 and features some killer perks and affordable ways to get your face or name in the film! Set on the morning of Halloween, several strangers are arrested for their involvement in multiple atrocities across the city of Owensboro. As each is interrogated by police the horrifying reality of their stories unfolds revealing werewolves, killer children, revenge, retribution and the bloody truth about a relentless serial killer who will stop at nothing to make sure he finishes what he
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Man, Birthday parties sure are different in the U.K. Check out the shindig being thrown by Sophie (Lyndsey Craine)…her friends (and some in-crowd douche nozzles) are all there to celebrate her 18th, and so are a gang o’ ghouls (whose kin murdered her mother 10 years previous) who are released thanks to some attractive fool fucking with the eponymous Book of Monsters Sophie’s family has possessed for generations, and these beasties are just aching to rip each and every reveler a brand-new asshole. What happened to spiked punch and seven minutes in heaven?!! Now it’s up to Sophie have the stones to send those vile villains back to hell, or this will be the last soiree our heroine will attend! Spoiler: I loved the ever loving shit out of Book of Monsters! How can any red-blooded horror hound resist a flick that focuses on rad-ass women kicking the arses of insanely violent monsters brought to life via gorgeous designs and
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Ol’ Grace (Madeleine Wade), your friendly neighborhood sex worker, heads back to her hometown after the passing of her pappy, Minister Hall (Dave Sheridan). Now you may think Hall was a peaceful, man o’ God sort, but he was anything but…in fact the dude was a full-on sadistic son of a bitch. Once there, Grace reunites with her equally damaged sister, Serena (Augie Duke)…and the duo start reminiscing about what a shit-heel Hall was. So, what do these sibs do to heal the wounds of the past? Why resurrect their abusive paternal unit via their legacy of witchcraft then torture his ass but good…as one does! I’m gonna level with you up front boils n’ ghouls; Blood Craft kinda hit me harder than I though it would. I was definitely expecting some straight up horror biz/E.C. Comics style action from this pic…and I definitely got that for sure…but there’s an undercurrent of incest and abuse that can definitely play on
Continue reading →
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Filmmaker, cartoonist, and all around cool mother fucker Joe Badon is getting ready to unleash his next film; Sister Tempest! For those of you unfamiliar with his wicked work, check out the trailer to Joe’s last flick; The God Inside My Ear right here! Pretty damn cool right? Well feast your putrid peepers on the description of Sister Tempest: You just know that’s going to be one hell of a deep dive into psychotronic cinema! Currently the film is in the funding stage, so if ya want to throw them some dough check out the film’s Kickstarter…and tell ’em XIII sent ya! For more on Sister Tempest follow the flick on Facebook!
Continue reading →
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The unsettling, supernatural-thriller Soul to Keep, from co-directors David Allensworth and Monière, took home the award for Best Female Actress for rising Sandra Mae Frank‘s performance as well as a nomination for Best Picture at HorrorHound. Now, it’s headed towards its April release. In the film, Beelzebub, an ancient demon hell-bent on consuming and possessing souls, preys on Millennials at a rundown country house. With an agenda that spans thousands of years to bring Hell to Earth, this Prince of Darkness has finally arrived. “Besides being a high concept demon possession tale with stout performances and surprise twists, Soul To Keep’s core appeal is the Deaf aspect organically incorporated within the storyline. It’s not so much that the lead character in the film is deaf, it’s the fact that the hearing characters use sign language to communicate with her. By doing so, with authenticity and natural flow, it shows how a social group of both hearing and deaf can exist
Continue reading →
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Remember a while back when I went on and on about what a cool-ass flick Nemesis was? Well they made three more of those shits, and MVD Entertainment is releasing them all on one handy-dandy Blu-ray! So let’s dive in, shall we boils n’ ghouls? First up comes: Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995): Decades after the first film’s hero Alex Rain (because Olivier Grunner was busy doing who knows fuckin’ what and doesn’t return for this sequel) failed to stop the cyborg revolution, outlaw scientists develop some DNA that could prove to be curtains for those pesky cyborgs so they jam that shit into a preggo lady, who naturally becomes number one with (multiple) bullet(s) on the cyborg hit list. What does our beleaguered mother do? Why time travels back to 1980’s East Africa…as one does…where she is promptly killed…but the baby lives and grows into a buff tribal warrior with a Bo Derek circa 10 hair-do also named Alex (Sue
Continue reading →
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Previously, I’ve talked about a new first-person horror game titled Moons of Madness, a space exploration game with a Lovecraft twist. A lot has changed since I last shared about the game, mainly the release date changed, but for the better. Rocket Pocket Games has teamed up with Funcom and have set the game’s release around the Halloween season this year! Along with a new release date comes new information about the game. As previously mentioned you play as Shane Newhart, a technician working at a secret research base stationed on Mars. Your job is just tech work and making sure the lights don’t go out and having low-security clearance prevents you from knowing the real reason for the station’s presence on Mars. Soon Shane will begin to see and hear things that aren’t there…or are they? He’ll discover that he’s alone at the station…or is he? Cosmic horrors the likes of which Lovecraft wrote about will make its presence
Continue reading →
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This April, one of horror’s legendary monsters returns from the dead in The Mummy Reborn from writer-director Dan Allen. Written by Dan Allen and Scott Jeffrey, The Mummy Reborn tells of a group of teens in financial ruin that decide to rob the local antique store of an ancient amulet. But what they don’t realize is that this tomb is cursed, and when the amulet is separated from its master he will do anything to get it back. Our burglars must save the day and return the Mummy to its tomb before it is too late to save the world. Becca Hirani (The House on Elm Lake), Tara MacGowran (Mandy the Doll), and Rita Siddiqui (Pet Graveyard) star in a Proportion Productions release. Packed with adventure and coffined with scares, The Mummy Reborn arrives on VOD and DVD April 4th from High Octane Pictures.
Continue reading →
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Prize-winning bullshit artist, and greasy food enthusiast Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) lives with his son Big Brayden (Sky Elobar) and runs a walking tour of supposed disco hot spots around town. That’s all fine and dandy, but there is also a grease covered strangler stalking the streets…which is also Ronnie. As all that greasing and killing is going on, Brayden starts a relationship with a woman named Janet ( Elizabeth De Razzo), huge quantities of grease are consumed, we meet a man that wears a paper pig nose, cocks fill the screen (prosthetic, outrageous ones at that), Ronnie washes himself in Big Paul’s (Gil Gex) car wash…I mean basically a better synopsis would be; Penis, grease, murder. Look, I’m not going to mince words with you fine freaky fuckers…The Greasy Strangler will not…repeat WILL NOT be for everyone (some would argue anyone). It’s crude, disgusting, annoying…so who will it appeal to? Well, me for starters, but also lovers of
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesReviews
Man ol’ Henry (David Call) came back from a tour of duty with two things; the knowledge of a field surgeon and a ragin’ case of PTSD. So what does he do with all of that swirlin’ around in his noxious noggin? Why he stitches together rando body parts and creates a walking cadaver named Adam (Alex Breaux) in his Brooklyn loft…as one would naturally do. Henry then spends his days giving his creation a well rounded education in everything from science, to music, and beyond. Soon Adam must deal not only with the stormy nature of his father and the machinations of his rival Polidori (Joshua Leonard). Obviously Depraved is legendary horror maestro Larry Fessenden’s take on the tried and true terror tale of Frankenstein, and what a take on the material it is! Rather than going the normal over-blown full on horror route, the film takes it’s time exploring the dynamic between the creator and his creation which
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNews
The award-winning horror anthology Volumes of Blood is gearing for their third installment, Volumes of Blood: Devil’s Knight. 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 has just launched the Indiegogo campaign to help fund the third and final film of the franchise with a goal of $15,000 and features some killer perks and affordable ways to get your face or name in the film! Set on the morning of Halloween, several strangers are arrested for their involvement in multiple atrocities across the city of Owensboro. As each is interrogated by police the horrifying reality of their stories unfolds revealing werewolves, killer children, revenge, retribution and the bloody truth about a relentless serial killer who will stop at nothing to make sure he finishes what he
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesReviews
Man, Birthday parties sure are different in the U.K. Check out the shindig being thrown by Sophie (Lyndsey Craine)…her friends (and some in-crowd douche nozzles) are all there to celebrate her 18th, and so are a gang o’ ghouls (whose kin murdered her mother 10 years previous) who are released thanks to some attractive fool fucking with the eponymous Book of Monsters Sophie’s family has possessed for generations, and these beasties are just aching to rip each and every reveler a brand-new asshole. What happened to spiked punch and seven minutes in heaven?!! Now it’s up to Sophie have the stones to send those vile villains back to hell, or this will be the last soiree our heroine will attend! Spoiler: I loved the ever loving shit out of Book of Monsters! How can any red-blooded horror hound resist a flick that focuses on rad-ass women kicking the arses of insanely violent monsters brought to life via gorgeous designs and
Continue reading →
