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This June, director Sylvia Caminer’s thriller Follow Her will explore the dark and dangerous side of social media this June. Starring Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones, and Mark Moses, the film was written by Dani Barker. In Follow Her, “Jess (Dani Barker) has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions that she encounters via online job listings and using the kinks of others to fuel her streaming success. For her next episode, she’s been hired by Tom (Luke Cook) to write the ending of a screenplay in a remote, lavish cabin. Once there, the alluring self-proclaimed screenwriter hands her a script in which the two of them are the main characters. This client isn’t what he seems, and even though the money’s great… the real payment here could cost her life. Follow Her is a psycho-sexual thriller that questions the ethical boundaries of social media.” Michael Indjeian, Sylvia Caminer, and Dani Barker produce. Follow Her will open in
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A greasy, razzle-dazzle showbiz type is sent plummeting to his doom from within the unreasonably pink confines of a mansion formerly owned by a deceased warlock named Avery Lauter (J.P. Luebsen). In order to put an end to that wicked warlock, Lauter’s relative, Devon (played with wooden panache by the film’s writer/director Kevin Tenney, who also brought us 1986’s Witchboard, and 1988’s absolute masterpiece Night of the Demons… among many others), assembles a paranormal Suicide Squad consisting of a hodge-podge of mediums, ghost hunters, and security agents, lead by Dr. Agnes Goldberg (Judy Tatum, who arrives in the picture completely tits-out in the tub, as one does) and featuring none-other than legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley (who provides the film’s most memorable death sequence as well as it’s most memorable nudity… as is her wonderful way!) as the team’s videographer Ginger, to complete the task. Once in that dreaded domicile, the team begin experiencing all manner of supernatural shenanigans (up
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Gregory Blair, filmmaker, writer, and actor, has just announced his latest project, his third film, titled The Mystery of Emma Thorn, which centers on a woman who has disappeared, and her husband and son are left to unravel how and why. “This script wrote itself, in a way,” Blair states. “I originally thought I was going to write a more traditional mystery/thriller/horror sort of thing, but as I began writing, the characters led me down a more emotional path. Their connection, their love, their family dynamics and their grief all came out so strongly, they turned the film into something much more heartfelt and moving than I had planned. It’s now not just a mystery; it’s an emotional journey about loss, love and the causes and costs of lies.” When beloved wife and mother Emma Thorn has gone missing, her husband Ari and her son Casper work with a police detective to try to find her. But the circumstances under
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Jeff Payne‘s new short horror film The Whisper in the Woods is out now, and you can watch it here for free. “Following the death of a loved one, two backpackers journey into the mountains to help with an emotional release. They stumble upon horrors beyond their wildest imagination. This is a horror tale about regret.” “Two years in the making. I have no words. To the cast, crew, family, friends, and everyone in between, thank you for making this little movie a dream come true. I hope to deliver some shocks and scares, but underneath is a message. A message to hold on to your loved ones and never take anything for granted. The regret is real. Take time for your family. Take time for your friends. Savor the moments with the people around you. Nothing lasts forever. I present to you “The Whisper In The Woods” – Jeff Payne. Watch the entire 29-minute-long black-and-white film, The Whisper in
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Our fiendish friends over at Severin Films have gathered up four Italian gothic horror films, slapped them in a (beautifully embellished) box, and unleashed them on our arcane asses under the title of the Danza Macabre collection. Let’s feast our putrid peepers on what this set has to offer one by fright-filled one! Disc One brings us 1964’s The Monster of the Opera: This flick opens with a banger of a scene in which a vampire chases a young woman in a nightgown before trapping her behind an invisible wall and trying to dispatch her with a pitchfork! Flash forward and dynamic theater director Sandro (Marco Mariani) has moved his troupe of actors, dancers, and mimes into an abandoned theater despite being warned explicitly not to do so by the caretaker of the joltin’ joint, Achille (Alberto Archetti) by name, who witnessed the ghoulish goings-on mentioned up yonder! As the arsty and fartsy goes on, it becomes ever more obvious
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The irreverent and sometimes offensive dark comedy, Jovi & Lou, is set n a world where Jovi (God) and Lou (Satan) negotiate the fate of all humanity, one game piece at a time. The new trailer has just arrived, teasing a unique film. “After his wife Mary sinks into a coma after a car wreck, Joey bargains with the sinister Lou to save her. His quest for her salvation leads him behind the scenes to the realm of the immortals, where humans are merely pawns in Jovi & Lou’s games. Written and Directed by Terry Spears (AGENT JADE BLACK), JOVI AND LOU stars Victoria Strange, Erman Baradi, Ben Cable, and Allan Wayne Anderson. Jovi & Lou is available on Amazon Prime Video and is coming soon to Tubi from Indie Right.
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I’m not alone when I say I’m not looking forward to summer’s approach and would rather have autumn again and enjoy the wonder and fun of Halloween. Saona Studios is here to scratch that Halloween itch with Death or Treat where you must save Halloween (or at least Hallowtown). Death or Treat follows a little ghost named Scary who runs a mobile candy shop called Ghost Mart. Business should be good in Hallowtown but larger corporations are stealing customers, forcing Scary to take a stand. Now onto the game itself! The controls for Death or Treat are pretty simple as this is a hack-and-slash kind of game with platforming so it’s pretty basic. The soundtrack is pretty good and fits the tone of the game as well as its art. Speaking of art, I really like the animation of the game’s cutscenes and gameplay, definitely can tell it’s hand-drawn, or at least colored in by hand, it flows quite smoothly
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Souls games are known for being tough, gritty, and dark. 505 Games and Point Blank Games have challenged the Souls game genre with Stray Blade, how does it stack up with some other Souls games? Stray Blade follows an adventurer named Farren who while on an adventure has now found themselves in an unfamiliar world he must explore with his otherworldly companion Boji while fighting off enemies that are pursuing them on their adventure. Now onto the game itself! The controls for Stray Blade are a touch confusing at first I’ll admit but having access to review the control scheme and having a tutorial helps. I don’t know if I just suck at my timing but I feel that the parry button is broken, no matter how much I time it I can’t parry but thankfully the dodge button works! Stray Blade‘s sound design will need some tweaking when you first play depending on where you have the sound coming
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Cococucumber is an indie game studio that’s been making a splash in the ocean of game development with its interesting titles. I’ve been lucky enough to get the opportunity to experience their latest title, Ravenlok. I would like to thank Cococucumber for letting me take a trip through the looking glass with this one. Ravenlok is a Voxel art-style game in the third person where players take on the role of a girl who is brought into a magical world where a prophecy foretold her intervention and bringing peace back to the dark lands that are becoming corrupted by an evil queen. Now onto the game itself. The controls for Ravenlok are surprisingly minimal but satisfyingly simple. The game responds well to a controller (which is suggested for use for PC players, I know, clutch the pearls PC folks.). The game’s soundtrack actually has quite a chill vibe to it, I love how the level song changes its intensity depending
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A prank goes terribly wrong and revenge follows in writer-director Calvin McCarthy‘s horror Pillow Party Massacre. In the movie, “two years after a tragic April Fool’s prank gone wrong, a group of friends returns to their childhood vacation home to reconnect and heal old wounds. As strange things begin to happen, and girls turn up missing, it’s clear that someone or something is out for revenge.” Laura Welsh, Chynna Rae Shurts, Allegra Sweeny, and Jax Kellington star in this throwback to classic ’80s slasher films. Breaking Glass Pictures presents a film by Pillow Party Massacre, available on digital platforms now!
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This June, director Sylvia Caminer’s thriller Follow Her will explore the dark and dangerous side of social media this June. Starring Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones, and Mark Moses, the film was written by Dani Barker. In Follow Her, “Jess (Dani Barker) has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions that she encounters via online job listings and using the kinks of others to fuel her streaming success. For her next episode, she’s been hired by Tom (Luke Cook) to write the ending of a screenplay in a remote, lavish cabin. Once there, the alluring self-proclaimed screenwriter hands her a script in which the two of them are the main characters. This client isn’t what he seems, and even though the money’s great… the real payment here could cost her life. Follow Her is a psycho-sexual thriller that questions the ethical boundaries of social media.” Michael Indjeian, Sylvia Caminer, and Dani Barker produce. Follow Her will open in
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A greasy, razzle-dazzle showbiz type is sent plummeting to his doom from within the unreasonably pink confines of a mansion formerly owned by a deceased warlock named Avery Lauter (J.P. Luebsen). In order to put an end to that wicked warlock, Lauter’s relative, Devon (played with wooden panache by the film’s writer/director Kevin Tenney, who also brought us 1986’s Witchboard, and 1988’s absolute masterpiece Night of the Demons… among many others), assembles a paranormal Suicide Squad consisting of a hodge-podge of mediums, ghost hunters, and security agents, lead by Dr. Agnes Goldberg (Judy Tatum, who arrives in the picture completely tits-out in the tub, as one does) and featuring none-other than legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley (who provides the film’s most memorable death sequence as well as it’s most memorable nudity… as is her wonderful way!) as the team’s videographer Ginger, to complete the task. Once in that dreaded domicile, the team begin experiencing all manner of supernatural shenanigans (up
Continue reading →
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Gregory Blair, filmmaker, writer, and actor, has just announced his latest project, his third film, titled The Mystery of Emma Thorn, which centers on a woman who has disappeared, and her husband and son are left to unravel how and why. “This script wrote itself, in a way,” Blair states. “I originally thought I was going to write a more traditional mystery/thriller/horror sort of thing, but as I began writing, the characters led me down a more emotional path. Their connection, their love, their family dynamics and their grief all came out so strongly, they turned the film into something much more heartfelt and moving than I had planned. It’s now not just a mystery; it’s an emotional journey about loss, love and the causes and costs of lies.” When beloved wife and mother Emma Thorn has gone missing, her husband Ari and her son Casper work with a police detective to try to find her. But the circumstances under
Continue reading →
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Jeff Payne‘s new short horror film The Whisper in the Woods is out now, and you can watch it here for free. “Following the death of a loved one, two backpackers journey into the mountains to help with an emotional release. They stumble upon horrors beyond their wildest imagination. This is a horror tale about regret.” “Two years in the making. I have no words. To the cast, crew, family, friends, and everyone in between, thank you for making this little movie a dream come true. I hope to deliver some shocks and scares, but underneath is a message. A message to hold on to your loved ones and never take anything for granted. The regret is real. Take time for your family. Take time for your friends. Savor the moments with the people around you. Nothing lasts forever. I present to you “The Whisper In The Woods” – Jeff Payne. Watch the entire 29-minute-long black-and-white film, The Whisper in
Continue reading →
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Our fiendish friends over at Severin Films have gathered up four Italian gothic horror films, slapped them in a (beautifully embellished) box, and unleashed them on our arcane asses under the title of the Danza Macabre collection. Let’s feast our putrid peepers on what this set has to offer one by fright-filled one! Disc One brings us 1964’s The Monster of the Opera: This flick opens with a banger of a scene in which a vampire chases a young woman in a nightgown before trapping her behind an invisible wall and trying to dispatch her with a pitchfork! Flash forward and dynamic theater director Sandro (Marco Mariani) has moved his troupe of actors, dancers, and mimes into an abandoned theater despite being warned explicitly not to do so by the caretaker of the joltin’ joint, Achille (Alberto Archetti) by name, who witnessed the ghoulish goings-on mentioned up yonder! As the arsty and fartsy goes on, it becomes ever more obvious
Continue reading →
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The irreverent and sometimes offensive dark comedy, Jovi & Lou, is set n a world where Jovi (God) and Lou (Satan) negotiate the fate of all humanity, one game piece at a time. The new trailer has just arrived, teasing a unique film. “After his wife Mary sinks into a coma after a car wreck, Joey bargains with the sinister Lou to save her. His quest for her salvation leads him behind the scenes to the realm of the immortals, where humans are merely pawns in Jovi & Lou’s games. Written and Directed by Terry Spears (AGENT JADE BLACK), JOVI AND LOU stars Victoria Strange, Erman Baradi, Ben Cable, and Allan Wayne Anderson. Jovi & Lou is available on Amazon Prime Video and is coming soon to Tubi from Indie Right.
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I’m not alone when I say I’m not looking forward to summer’s approach and would rather have autumn again and enjoy the wonder and fun of Halloween. Saona Studios is here to scratch that Halloween itch with Death or Treat where you must save Halloween (or at least Hallowtown). Death or Treat follows a little ghost named Scary who runs a mobile candy shop called Ghost Mart. Business should be good in Hallowtown but larger corporations are stealing customers, forcing Scary to take a stand. Now onto the game itself! The controls for Death or Treat are pretty simple as this is a hack-and-slash kind of game with platforming so it’s pretty basic. The soundtrack is pretty good and fits the tone of the game as well as its art. Speaking of art, I really like the animation of the game’s cutscenes and gameplay, definitely can tell it’s hand-drawn, or at least colored in by hand, it flows quite smoothly
Continue reading →
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Souls games are known for being tough, gritty, and dark. 505 Games and Point Blank Games have challenged the Souls game genre with Stray Blade, how does it stack up with some other Souls games? Stray Blade follows an adventurer named Farren who while on an adventure has now found themselves in an unfamiliar world he must explore with his otherworldly companion Boji while fighting off enemies that are pursuing them on their adventure. Now onto the game itself! The controls for Stray Blade are a touch confusing at first I’ll admit but having access to review the control scheme and having a tutorial helps. I don’t know if I just suck at my timing but I feel that the parry button is broken, no matter how much I time it I can’t parry but thankfully the dodge button works! Stray Blade‘s sound design will need some tweaking when you first play depending on where you have the sound coming
Continue reading →
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Cococucumber is an indie game studio that’s been making a splash in the ocean of game development with its interesting titles. I’ve been lucky enough to get the opportunity to experience their latest title, Ravenlok. I would like to thank Cococucumber for letting me take a trip through the looking glass with this one. Ravenlok is a Voxel art-style game in the third person where players take on the role of a girl who is brought into a magical world where a prophecy foretold her intervention and bringing peace back to the dark lands that are becoming corrupted by an evil queen. Now onto the game itself. The controls for Ravenlok are surprisingly minimal but satisfyingly simple. The game responds well to a controller (which is suggested for use for PC players, I know, clutch the pearls PC folks.). The game’s soundtrack actually has quite a chill vibe to it, I love how the level song changes its intensity depending
Continue reading →
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A prank goes terribly wrong and revenge follows in writer-director Calvin McCarthy‘s horror Pillow Party Massacre. In the movie, “two years after a tragic April Fool’s prank gone wrong, a group of friends returns to their childhood vacation home to reconnect and heal old wounds. As strange things begin to happen, and girls turn up missing, it’s clear that someone or something is out for revenge.” Laura Welsh, Chynna Rae Shurts, Allegra Sweeny, and Jax Kellington star in this throwback to classic ’80s slasher films. Breaking Glass Pictures presents a film by Pillow Party Massacre, available on digital platforms now!
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