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Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival presents its 2022 edition from September 22—October 2, and the fest is loaded with amazing slices of cinema from around the world, including a specially curated selection of short films. Following is the official press announcement about SLASH Film Festival’s short-film selections. The programs Five carefully curated programs and a handful of shorts before features bring a total of 47 short films from all corners of the world to Vienna. With over 35 Austrian, European or International premieres, the 13th edition of SLASH Filmfestival has one of its largest short film lineups yet and sees the festival double down on its commitment to celebrate the short form in its own right. In addition to program mainstays like Fantastic Shorts Chapters 1 and 2, SLASH is delighted to share treats with viewers young and old. My First SLASH is the festival’s first ever sidebar dedicated to younger moviegoers and intended as an introduction to the world of
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This Fall, writer-director Álvaro García Gutiérrez’s action-packed outbreak horror The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD. Rated TV-MA, the film centers on five people who are trying to hide from a terrible threat hanging over them: a mutation of the rabies virus, B249, which is transmissible to humans. There is no electricity, no communication, no military, and no government, and Winter is coming. Gustavo Fernández, Beatriz Toyos, Mariu RuÍz OrtÍz, Consuelo Carravilla, David Fernández Mayora, and Jeison Ossa lead the cast. The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment, but you can pre-order your copy now.
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Production has now officially wrapped on Peacock’s upcoming live-action series adaptation of the “Twisted Metal” gaming franchise. Writer and executive producer Michael Jonathan Smith shared the news on social media (below). Peacock has yet to announce the premiere date of season one of “Twisted Metal,” which stars Neve Campbell, Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Samoa Joe (who will be playing Sweet Tooth) with funny man Will Arnett voicing Sweet Tooth. Anthony Mackie (Captain America franchise) stars as John Doe in the series about a “motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” Doe is a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. “Twisted Metal” is
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Elric Kane is making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, a twist on the Invisible Man, in which an affair leads to a dark obsession. The Dead Thing is described by the site as being “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.” Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), John Karna (Lady Bird), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) star in the film. Deadline states, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string
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Ty Gordon makes his feature directorial debut with the new thriller Never Forgotten, whose trailer and poster have arrived. In the film, “three friends struggle to cope with reality as the darkness from their past threatens to destroy their friendship, and along with it, their sanity.” Besides both writing and directing the film, Gordon also stars alongside Robert Thomas Preston and Andrew John. Rodes Phire, Robert Thomas Preston, and Stephen Gibler produce. Never Forgotten will be available On Demand on September 30th, 2022.
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Hot off the heels of her role in the haunting horror Umma, Fivel Stewart has found her next project, she will be both starring in and executive producing Wake. Deadline reports that Tom Arizmendi and Austin Parks Stewart are directing the film that centers on, “A struggling actress, desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, tracks down the lead of the original film, who’s now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurrences quickly turn the meeting into a nightmare.” Elizabeth H. Vu wrote the script. Daniel Blake Smith, Teddy Van Gough, and Sam Logan are also producing.
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The new Italian horror Margot, from writer-director Daniele Costi is now available on VOD from Bayview Entertainment. “If your biggest fear suddenly materialized, what would it look like? Jennifer, Riccardo, Francesca, and Luca are four brothers who meet again in their hometown after being separated for seven years. Returning to their old house will lead them to face their greatest fears.” Mario Aroldi, Veronica Boccia, and Francesca Bonfatti star. Watch the indie film now (here), from Bayview Entertainment.
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Since its launch in early August 2022, The Mortuary Assistant has become an internet phenomenon — achieving a top 10 streamed games spot on Twitch, becoming a Top Seller on Steam, and taking gaming TikTok by storm. It has been played by top gaming YouTubers such as Markiplier and Jacksepticeye, garnering over tens of millions of views. So it’s not a huge surprise that it’s being adapted for a feature film. The feature film adaptation will be written and directed by Jeremiah Kipp, whose credits include Slapface, Draw Up and Stare, starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, the Chinese-American co-production Broken Badges, the HP Lovecraft inspired Black Wake (writer/director) and The Sadist (director) starring Tom Savini. He is currently in post productionon his latest feature, The Boo Hag, filmed earlier this year in Savannah, Georgia. The game tasks players with performing routine mortician tasks while enduring increasingly bizarre and horrifying encounters with demonic entities. To survive, players must identify the
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Screen Media’s new supernatural horror The Harbinger is out today in theaters and available on Demand! In the film, “Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turns to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may be the key to saving their family or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear.” Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), Will Klipstine, Amanda MacDonald, and Steve Monroe star. The film is directed by Will Klipstine who co-wrote the script with Amy Willis. It is produced by Will Klipstine, Steven Reed C., and Amy Mills.
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Comedy icons Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd are headed to Zombie Town, the upcoming movie based on R.L. Steins’ book of the same name. The two haven’t acted in a film together in over 30 years, with the last being Nothing But Trouble. Chase and Aykroyd also starred together in Spies Like Us, Caddyshack 2, and more. “The pair is joining the ensemble cast led by young actors Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The story follows Mike (Kazadi), a projectionist at his local movie theater in Carverville. He’s terrified of zombie movies, but his best friend and crush, Amy (Monroe), just loves them. So when the new zombie flick from Amy’s favorite director is set to premiere on Halloween at his cinema, Mike decides to show her the film early. The two find out the reel is cursed, transforming everyone in town, except for them, into the undead.” THR reports. Peter Lepeniotis is in the director’s chair for the movie
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Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival presents its 2022 edition from September 22—October 2, and the fest is loaded with amazing slices of cinema from around the world, including a specially curated selection of short films. Following is the official press announcement about SLASH Film Festival’s short-film selections. The programs Five carefully curated programs and a handful of shorts before features bring a total of 47 short films from all corners of the world to Vienna. With over 35 Austrian, European or International premieres, the 13th edition of SLASH Filmfestival has one of its largest short film lineups yet and sees the festival double down on its commitment to celebrate the short form in its own right. In addition to program mainstays like Fantastic Shorts Chapters 1 and 2, SLASH is delighted to share treats with viewers young and old. My First SLASH is the festival’s first ever sidebar dedicated to younger moviegoers and intended as an introduction to the world of
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
This Fall, writer-director Álvaro García Gutiérrez’s action-packed outbreak horror The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD. Rated TV-MA, the film centers on five people who are trying to hide from a terrible threat hanging over them: a mutation of the rabies virus, B249, which is transmissible to humans. There is no electricity, no communication, no military, and no government, and Winter is coming. Gustavo Fernández, Beatriz Toyos, Mariu RuÍz OrtÍz, Consuelo Carravilla, David Fernández Mayora, and Jeison Ossa lead the cast. The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment, but you can pre-order your copy now.
Continue reading →
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Production has now officially wrapped on Peacock’s upcoming live-action series adaptation of the “Twisted Metal” gaming franchise. Writer and executive producer Michael Jonathan Smith shared the news on social media (below). Peacock has yet to announce the premiere date of season one of “Twisted Metal,” which stars Neve Campbell, Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Samoa Joe (who will be playing Sweet Tooth) with funny man Will Arnett voicing Sweet Tooth. Anthony Mackie (Captain America franchise) stars as John Doe in the series about a “motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” Doe is a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. “Twisted Metal” is
Continue reading →
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Elric Kane is making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, a twist on the Invisible Man, in which an affair leads to a dark obsession. The Dead Thing is described by the site as being “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.” Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), John Karna (Lady Bird), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) star in the film. Deadline states, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string
Continue reading →
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Ty Gordon makes his feature directorial debut with the new thriller Never Forgotten, whose trailer and poster have arrived. In the film, “three friends struggle to cope with reality as the darkness from their past threatens to destroy their friendship, and along with it, their sanity.” Besides both writing and directing the film, Gordon also stars alongside Robert Thomas Preston and Andrew John. Rodes Phire, Robert Thomas Preston, and Stephen Gibler produce. Never Forgotten will be available On Demand on September 30th, 2022.
Continue reading →
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Hot off the heels of her role in the haunting horror Umma, Fivel Stewart has found her next project, she will be both starring in and executive producing Wake. Deadline reports that Tom Arizmendi and Austin Parks Stewart are directing the film that centers on, “A struggling actress, desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, tracks down the lead of the original film, who’s now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurrences quickly turn the meeting into a nightmare.” Elizabeth H. Vu wrote the script. Daniel Blake Smith, Teddy Van Gough, and Sam Logan are also producing.
Continue reading →
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The new Italian horror Margot, from writer-director Daniele Costi is now available on VOD from Bayview Entertainment. “If your biggest fear suddenly materialized, what would it look like? Jennifer, Riccardo, Francesca, and Luca are four brothers who meet again in their hometown after being separated for seven years. Returning to their old house will lead them to face their greatest fears.” Mario Aroldi, Veronica Boccia, and Francesca Bonfatti star. Watch the indie film now (here), from Bayview Entertainment.
Continue reading →
AdaptationGamingMoviesNewsTrailers
Since its launch in early August 2022, The Mortuary Assistant has become an internet phenomenon — achieving a top 10 streamed games spot on Twitch, becoming a Top Seller on Steam, and taking gaming TikTok by storm. It has been played by top gaming YouTubers such as Markiplier and Jacksepticeye, garnering over tens of millions of views. So it’s not a huge surprise that it’s being adapted for a feature film. The feature film adaptation will be written and directed by Jeremiah Kipp, whose credits include Slapface, Draw Up and Stare, starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, the Chinese-American co-production Broken Badges, the HP Lovecraft inspired Black Wake (writer/director) and The Sadist (director) starring Tom Savini. He is currently in post productionon his latest feature, The Boo Hag, filmed earlier this year in Savannah, Georgia. The game tasks players with performing routine mortician tasks while enduring increasingly bizarre and horrifying encounters with demonic entities. To survive, players must identify the
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Screen Media’s new supernatural horror The Harbinger is out today in theaters and available on Demand! In the film, “Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turns to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may be the key to saving their family or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear.” Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), Will Klipstine, Amanda MacDonald, and Steve Monroe star. The film is directed by Will Klipstine who co-wrote the script with Amy Willis. It is produced by Will Klipstine, Steven Reed C., and Amy Mills.
Continue reading →
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Comedy icons Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd are headed to Zombie Town, the upcoming movie based on R.L. Steins’ book of the same name. The two haven’t acted in a film together in over 30 years, with the last being Nothing But Trouble. Chase and Aykroyd also starred together in Spies Like Us, Caddyshack 2, and more. “The pair is joining the ensemble cast led by young actors Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The story follows Mike (Kazadi), a projectionist at his local movie theater in Carverville. He’s terrified of zombie movies, but his best friend and crush, Amy (Monroe), just loves them. So when the new zombie flick from Amy’s favorite director is set to premiere on Halloween at his cinema, Mike decides to show her the film early. The two find out the reel is cursed, transforming everyone in town, except for them, into the undead.” THR reports. Peter Lepeniotis is in the director’s chair for the movie
Continue reading →
