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Special Effects artist Sandy Collora, who created some of the most renowned creatures in films, has announced his return to the director’s chair with an anthology of “long shorts” that are each 20 to 30-minutes original genre films. The first film in the anthology is Shallow Water, an intense film that unleashes a new creature unlike any you have seen before. And combines Collora’s three greatest loves – horror, the ocean, and the environment. “The underlying theme of Shallow Water is simple. Humans repeatedly disturb the ecosystem, and the planet gets pissed off.” In the film, Collora introduces the Tiburonera – “he who hunts sharks”, which he promises will be “terrifying and different”. From the Press Release: Shallow Water will be the first of a series that he plans to combine and release as an anthology feature, in the vein of Creepshow and Heavy Metal. Collora believes Hollywood has dropped the ball in introducing fresh new genre concepts. While he
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WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES! Last night as I lay in bed, unable to sleep, I decided to spend some time on Instagram. Being the horror fiend that I am I started searching through images. I came across what has to be the grotesquely awesome account on all of Instagram, the account belonging to Marc Clancy who goes under the username Powdah. If you have a weak stomach I urge to exist this article immediately. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, nothing on the account is real. Clancy is a very talented self-taught special effects artist. Just looking at his amazing, detailed work it wouldn’t be hard to mistake the images as photos of real accident victims. If you are into blood and guts and gore and special effects you should give him a follow. Clancy also has a killer YouTube channel where you can find his step-by-step tutorials.
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Are you going too submit your film to the 19th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival? No? Then let me get you going then. The Boston Underground Film Festival or B.U.F.F is a yearly event where independent, provocative, and experimental filmmaking is celebrated and featured. B.U.F.F prides itself on its “push the envelope” style and content and will express their pride on the last week of March 2017 when the festival opens. The festival will take place in Cambridge, Mass. at The Brattle Theater. 2016 winners of the festival include: Trash Fire for Best Feature (audience awards), Drama for Best Short, Blood Of The Tribades for Best New England Film, Stand By For Tape Back Up for Best Feature (Director’s choice), Magic Fish for Best Short and Meir for Most Efficiently Offensive. Submissions to the event “must explore musical components, topics and themes”. If you’re a filmmaker and want to submit your happening film to B.U.F.F here are the guidelines and
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I’ve attended a lot of Hollywood meetings. Creative. Business. Social. In every one of these, ideas and projects get thrown around. People get excited. Plans are made. I usually wait until the very end to ask the most important question. If it is not mentioned up front, you kind of have your answer, but it’s a game in the end to see if you’re as smart as you think you are. That question is: Is the financing in place? You get either leaden silence as if you committed some grave social faux pas, or you get the “well, we are talking to so and so…” Translated: there is no money. Don’t believe the Hollywood fables of making a film for $15,000 and making $400 million. With all legends there is a grain of truth, but like an oyster makes a pearl, it’s slathered with layers of mucus and shit. No, your $7000 movie is not going to make a million.
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“Hey Killer”! Scream returned last night. Episode three, and we got a ton of phone calls and texts from the killer, the return of a fan fav, and a gruesome murder. *WARNING* Spoiler Alert Opening with Audry plucking the message “see how I finished it for you Audry” from the bludgeoned body of fan favorite [in case you’re new Jake died] Jake Fitzgerald, after a phone call from the killer. So it’s the day after and Audry’s in bed, pretty shook you and gets a call from Emma who says she’s going to meet her dad. During this Noah shows up and meets up with Audry to raid the storage locker that front desk guy from the motel [from last episode] tipped off could be a possible lead to Piper’s accomplice. So Audry is now trying weakly mind you for Noah to not find Jake dead and risk the killer finding out and revealing her secret but all else fails.
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Brad Peyton (San Andreas) will be in the director’s chair for the upcoming horror-scifi film adaption of Malignant Man, produced by James Wan (The Conjuring), Heat Vision reports. The film is based on a Boom! Studio comic book which Wan co-created. Wan also co-wrote the screenplay for Malignant Man along with Zak Olkewicz. The film centers on “Alex Gates, a patient dying of a terminal disease, who is resigned to his fate…until he discovers that his malignant tumor is actually a mysterious alien parasite. Now with some incredible powers and a renewed purpose. Gates is tasked with fighting a secret army lurking behid the veils of society while also peeling back his own secrets. Ross Riuchie and Steven Christy are producing alongside Wan for Boom! Studios. There is no word yet who will star.
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One of the (many) great things about horror blockbusters is the pranks they inspire. Warner Bros. teamed up with the Brazilian YouTube series Cameras Escondidas (Hidden Cameras) to great a terrifying prank, inspired by The Conjuring 2, is titled Invocacao do Mal 2 (Invocation of Evil 2). Check out the video below introduced by The Conjuring 2’s director James Wan. I have to admit, I feel a little sorry for the victims of the prank. They may be scarred for life.
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TV and movie adaptions of comics are very popular these days. Now, Titan Comics has announced that Jay Gunn’s comic book series Surface Tension has been optioned for TV by Awesome Media & Entertainment. Little is known at this time about the new TV series. In Surface Tension 99% of the world’s population have walked into the sea and mutated. The people living on the small island of Breith are the only ones who remain the same. When two people are washed up on the beach of Breith with their biology completely rearranged the survivors of Breith are thrown into chaos. Are the two the world’s last hope or will they destroy what remains? We will give an update when we know more about the new show.
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Australian’s premier festival dubbed Monster Fest is returning for its sixth edition this Fall at Lido Cinemas, Melbourne, Australia. A poster has been dropped for the festival illustrated by Canadian artist Matt Ryan Tobin and seemingly is inspired by Twilight Zone but with a modern day twist. The print edition of the poster will be unveiled at Monster Fest, Australia’s premier festival of “cult, horror and the fantastic” November 24-27. From the press release: “We fell in love with Matt’s alternative posters for *Suspiria*, *Halloween III*, *Nightcrawler* and more,” says Festival Director Kier-La Janisse, “We knew he could do something witchy that also tied into notions of broadcasting, screen ubiquity and ‘infected’ channels that invoke audiences to join the Cult of Monster.” Along with this year’s addition of Janisse as Festival Director (author of House of Psychotic Women, founder of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and Spectacular Optical Publications), Monster Fest 2016 boasts an impressive programming team that includes
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Earlier this Spring we reported that the Man VS Monsters app has been released. As previously reported MVM is a upcoming uncovential reality TV series that will have you choose your own battles against the icons. As of right now the series is not available on the app but will be soon. MVM prides itself on giving the player the ability to not only choose their own battles against monsters from horror to sci-fi but also the ability to choose their own game space and the chance to uncover hidden screens with horror trivia comp codes which could be used to claim free prizes and merchandise during social media giveaways. News currently surfaced via a press release from LA VIDA LOCA Productions that as an second promotional attempt for the upcoming TV series, a new comp code location has been revealed! LOCA’s press release reads “Find the FUNHOUSE comp code hidden in the Killer Clowns terrifying House of Horror and
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Special Effects artist Sandy Collora, who created some of the most renowned creatures in films, has announced his return to the director’s chair with an anthology of “long shorts” that are each 20 to 30-minutes original genre films. The first film in the anthology is Shallow Water, an intense film that unleashes a new creature unlike any you have seen before. And combines Collora’s three greatest loves – horror, the ocean, and the environment. “The underlying theme of Shallow Water is simple. Humans repeatedly disturb the ecosystem, and the planet gets pissed off.” In the film, Collora introduces the Tiburonera – “he who hunts sharks”, which he promises will be “terrifying and different”. From the Press Release: Shallow Water will be the first of a series that he plans to combine and release as an anthology feature, in the vein of Creepshow and Heavy Metal. Collora believes Hollywood has dropped the ball in introducing fresh new genre concepts. While he
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WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES! Last night as I lay in bed, unable to sleep, I decided to spend some time on Instagram. Being the horror fiend that I am I started searching through images. I came across what has to be the grotesquely awesome account on all of Instagram, the account belonging to Marc Clancy who goes under the username Powdah. If you have a weak stomach I urge to exist this article immediately. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, nothing on the account is real. Clancy is a very talented self-taught special effects artist. Just looking at his amazing, detailed work it wouldn’t be hard to mistake the images as photos of real accident victims. If you are into blood and guts and gore and special effects you should give him a follow. Clancy also has a killer YouTube channel where you can find his step-by-step tutorials.
Continue reading →
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Are you going too submit your film to the 19th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival? No? Then let me get you going then. The Boston Underground Film Festival or B.U.F.F is a yearly event where independent, provocative, and experimental filmmaking is celebrated and featured. B.U.F.F prides itself on its “push the envelope” style and content and will express their pride on the last week of March 2017 when the festival opens. The festival will take place in Cambridge, Mass. at The Brattle Theater. 2016 winners of the festival include: Trash Fire for Best Feature (audience awards), Drama for Best Short, Blood Of The Tribades for Best New England Film, Stand By For Tape Back Up for Best Feature (Director’s choice), Magic Fish for Best Short and Meir for Most Efficiently Offensive. Submissions to the event “must explore musical components, topics and themes”. If you’re a filmmaker and want to submit your happening film to B.U.F.F here are the guidelines and
Continue reading →
InterviewsNewsProductTrue Story
I’ve attended a lot of Hollywood meetings. Creative. Business. Social. In every one of these, ideas and projects get thrown around. People get excited. Plans are made. I usually wait until the very end to ask the most important question. If it is not mentioned up front, you kind of have your answer, but it’s a game in the end to see if you’re as smart as you think you are. That question is: Is the financing in place? You get either leaden silence as if you committed some grave social faux pas, or you get the “well, we are talking to so and so…” Translated: there is no money. Don’t believe the Hollywood fables of making a film for $15,000 and making $400 million. With all legends there is a grain of truth, but like an oyster makes a pearl, it’s slathered with layers of mucus and shit. No, your $7000 movie is not going to make a million.
Continue reading →
News
“Hey Killer”! Scream returned last night. Episode three, and we got a ton of phone calls and texts from the killer, the return of a fan fav, and a gruesome murder. *WARNING* Spoiler Alert Opening with Audry plucking the message “see how I finished it for you Audry” from the bludgeoned body of fan favorite [in case you’re new Jake died] Jake Fitzgerald, after a phone call from the killer. So it’s the day after and Audry’s in bed, pretty shook you and gets a call from Emma who says she’s going to meet her dad. During this Noah shows up and meets up with Audry to raid the storage locker that front desk guy from the motel [from last episode] tipped off could be a possible lead to Piper’s accomplice. So Audry is now trying weakly mind you for Noah to not find Jake dead and risk the killer finding out and revealing her secret but all else fails.
Continue reading →
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Brad Peyton (San Andreas) will be in the director’s chair for the upcoming horror-scifi film adaption of Malignant Man, produced by James Wan (The Conjuring), Heat Vision reports. The film is based on a Boom! Studio comic book which Wan co-created. Wan also co-wrote the screenplay for Malignant Man along with Zak Olkewicz. The film centers on “Alex Gates, a patient dying of a terminal disease, who is resigned to his fate…until he discovers that his malignant tumor is actually a mysterious alien parasite. Now with some incredible powers and a renewed purpose. Gates is tasked with fighting a secret army lurking behid the veils of society while also peeling back his own secrets. Ross Riuchie and Steven Christy are producing alongside Wan for Boom! Studios. There is no word yet who will star.
Continue reading →
News
One of the (many) great things about horror blockbusters is the pranks they inspire. Warner Bros. teamed up with the Brazilian YouTube series Cameras Escondidas (Hidden Cameras) to great a terrifying prank, inspired by The Conjuring 2, is titled Invocacao do Mal 2 (Invocation of Evil 2). Check out the video below introduced by The Conjuring 2’s director James Wan. I have to admit, I feel a little sorry for the victims of the prank. They may be scarred for life.
Continue reading →
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TV and movie adaptions of comics are very popular these days. Now, Titan Comics has announced that Jay Gunn’s comic book series Surface Tension has been optioned for TV by Awesome Media & Entertainment. Little is known at this time about the new TV series. In Surface Tension 99% of the world’s population have walked into the sea and mutated. The people living on the small island of Breith are the only ones who remain the same. When two people are washed up on the beach of Breith with their biology completely rearranged the survivors of Breith are thrown into chaos. Are the two the world’s last hope or will they destroy what remains? We will give an update when we know more about the new show.
Continue reading →
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Australian’s premier festival dubbed Monster Fest is returning for its sixth edition this Fall at Lido Cinemas, Melbourne, Australia. A poster has been dropped for the festival illustrated by Canadian artist Matt Ryan Tobin and seemingly is inspired by Twilight Zone but with a modern day twist. The print edition of the poster will be unveiled at Monster Fest, Australia’s premier festival of “cult, horror and the fantastic” November 24-27. From the press release: “We fell in love with Matt’s alternative posters for *Suspiria*, *Halloween III*, *Nightcrawler* and more,” says Festival Director Kier-La Janisse, “We knew he could do something witchy that also tied into notions of broadcasting, screen ubiquity and ‘infected’ channels that invoke audiences to join the Cult of Monster.” Along with this year’s addition of Janisse as Festival Director (author of House of Psychotic Women, founder of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and Spectacular Optical Publications), Monster Fest 2016 boasts an impressive programming team that includes
Continue reading →
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Earlier this Spring we reported that the Man VS Monsters app has been released. As previously reported MVM is a upcoming uncovential reality TV series that will have you choose your own battles against the icons. As of right now the series is not available on the app but will be soon. MVM prides itself on giving the player the ability to not only choose their own battles against monsters from horror to sci-fi but also the ability to choose their own game space and the chance to uncover hidden screens with horror trivia comp codes which could be used to claim free prizes and merchandise during social media giveaways. News currently surfaced via a press release from LA VIDA LOCA Productions that as an second promotional attempt for the upcoming TV series, a new comp code location has been revealed! LOCA’s press release reads “Find the FUNHOUSE comp code hidden in the Killer Clowns terrifying House of Horror and
Continue reading →
