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“The Park” is a short narrative horror game (approx 3-4 hours’ gameplay) set in a derelict theme park. Seeking your son who has run ahead of you and has vanished out of sight. As you search for him, you’ll start to unravel the history of the park as well as begin to experience more of the horrors within both the park and yourself. It’s a game that probably merits the unfortunate tag “walking simulator” similar to Firewatch but in a positive way. It doesn’t feel forced in any way. The game is VERY atmospheric. If you’ve ever wanted to explore a terrifying amusement park after-hours but don’t have the guts to in real life and because it’s highly illegal I’m sure, this is the game for you! There are a few jump-scares but they are executed well and in no way cheap or tacky. A great play for fans of games like ‘Outlast’ and ‘Amnesia’ although not as hands-on as
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Fear The Walking Dead’ returned last night, and boy if you didn’t watch it did you miss out cause last night had to be one of the most The Walking Dead episodes ever! So it opens to Nick getting the blood and guts off him from last episode in the Ocean. While he’s coming out, a helicopter flies over him with its search lights on. Nick ends up wandering onto new land full of tents and camping supplies as he searches for signs of life he gets chased by a walker, hiding himself in a see-through tent he stabs the Walker in the head and drags him in carving the Walker’s stomach open painting his body with the Walker’s blood because he already discovered Walkers smell your normal and if you smell like them your safe [Nick cracked the code of invisibility to the Walkers 4 seasons earlier than TWD’s crew ever did!] Meanwhile on board, newcomers board the ship,
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A Nightmare on Elm Street actress Amanda Wyss stars along side Amanda Parsons and Georgia McCorkle in the short horror film Oct 23rd. Written, directed and edited by Paul Santana, the film is based on a true story. Oct 23rd centers on Paige (Parsons), a mother that has just lost her husband, Frank. He was killed crossing the street while their daughter watched. She can not shake the feeling that Chelsea (McCorkle), her young daughter, is responsible. She can her daughter’s voice inside her head urging her to harm herself as her daughter sits watching on with a smile. Paige recounts the events of the past few weeks to her friend Karen, who is urging her to get help. When Karen (Wyss) checks on Chelsea the girl tells her that she is afraid of her mother and pleads for Karen to take her away. Karen grabs her coat and tells Paige that she is going to get Jim, who we
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The Horde, directed by Jared Cohn and written by Paul Logan, is a cross between The Hills Have Eyes and Rambo. It’s high-octane action combined with horror. The star, Paul Logan first dealt with mutants, of the fish variety, in Mega Piranha. Now, he faces mutants once again in The Horde. Logan stars as John, a former Navy Seal, joining his girlfriend and her photography class on a camping trip deep in the woods. On the way to their camping site they stop for a bite in the nearby backwater town. A couple of men playing pool set their sites on the women in the group. Of course, John handles business. Once at the camp site the students head out in to the woods to take photos. But we all know that kids running about in the woods in a horror film never goes well for their characters. One- by-one the students are grabbed by a group of mutant humans.
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The supernatural thriller Restoration, penned by James Cullen Bressack and Zack Ward, who also directs and stars in the feature, is set to arrive on Demand on May 3, 2016 followed by its DVD release on July 5th from Uncork’d Entertainment . Emily Roya O’Brien, who starred in Bressack’s Pernicious, plays the role of Dr. Rebecca Jordan, who along with her husband Todd (Adrian Gaeta), have moved into a older home. While Rebecca is at work, Todd stays elbows deep into the home’s restoration and remodeling. One night while working Todd discovers an old teddy bear in the wall. That night when Rebecca arrives home from a tough shift she finds Todd in the kitchen with her neighbors, a lovely young couple, played by Zach Ward (Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and Sarah Ann Schultz (The Hit List). After their guests leave Rebecca and Todd break into a teddy bear fight, you see the man who last lived in the house left
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If you haven’t watched the episode yet of ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ that click off and download the AMC app. The new episode kicks off with a change of face. See what I did there? The new faces aren’t named but answer the questions as to how so many infected are washing up on the shore still kicking. After one of the guys on the raft knocks the other off from suspion of the man being infected the raft is left with just him a women and a charred man, it’s later revealed the man that knocked the other over the raft is infected as well, as he attacks Travis as he’s fixing the feces backed up yacht underwater. Meanwhile remember last episode when Daniel snooped into Victors stuff to find out what he was hiding, it’s revealed he found out here Victor was taking the clan. Daniel revealed to Madison that Victor was lying when he was all secretive
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The found footage supernatural film JeruZalem, both written and directed by Doron and Yoav Paz, arrives on RedBox April 26th. There are three gates to Hell. One in the desert…One in the ocean…And one in…Jeruzalem. On judgement Day, Hell shall inherit the Earth… The film centers on Rachel (Yael Grobglas) and Sarah (Danielle Jadelyn), two American women who board a plane and meet a charming young archaeologist named Kevin (Yon Tumarkin). He persuades the young women to travel with him to Jerusalem. Once they arrive at the hostel Rachel strikes up a romance with Omar (Tom Graziani) while Sarah and Kevin grow closer. Things suddenly take a turn for the worst when Kevin begins to think that something is happening, and he’s right, the biblical apocalypse has begun. Suddenly demons begin to flood the city, infecting people they come in contact with. Rachel, Sarah, Kevin and Omar, along with the rest of the city are now fighting to find away
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It was bound to happen sometime, a filmmaker capitalized on one of the most used apps of this generation SnapChat. I viewed the first ever SnapChat horror film (short) last night. The short follows a young woman getting SnapChat messages of herself sleeping while she’s home alone. From filmmaker Alex J Mann, whom’s known for shorts such as Gun, Uber Driver and Engagement written and directed this short based around being stalked by a killer though SnapChat. Mann is also the co-founder of Space Oddity Production Company a company focused on exploring the aspects of technology and culture. Here’s what I think: 3 Seconds is definitely a horror short that makes sense for this generation (not sure revalent it’ll be in 5 years when Snapchat is phased out) I’m interested in how the director will [or even if he is] expands upon it, because as it stands now it’s a great short to watch, love the “who’s there aspect”, love
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In Jason Zada’s supernatural film The Forest, Sara, played by Natalie Dormer, travels to Japan to search for her sister, who has disappeared into the legendary “Suicide Forest”. With Aiden (Taylor Kinney) as her guide, they enter the forest with a man searching for those who have or are considering suicide. Sara is fueled by the connection between herself and her identical twin sister. She can sense that Jess is still alive, but finding her in the vast haunted forest below Mt. Fuji is easier said than done. Something is causing hallucinations that send her screaming into the forest and making her doubt her own sanity. From the start, Dormer’s performance was drab. If I got a call that my sister was in the suicide forest I would be freaking out, not walking around void of any emotion. In fact I saw no emotional response until half way through the movie when things start happening to Sara herself. I found
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When Sony took the stage at this week’s CinemaCon, a series of logos for upcoming projects played on a screen. Besides Insidious: Chapter 4, another logo grabbed the attention of horror fans, the logo for Zombieland 2. After years of waiting and wondering if we’d ever get the sequel to 2009’s zombie hit, it seems that the film is finally underway. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick,will be penning the script for Zombieland 2. The men are not new to the franchise, they wrote the scripts for the Zombieland series on Amazon. There is no word yet if any of the original cast will return for another around of zombie fighting fun. At this point that’s all we know. But after seven years, it is the only concrete news we’ve actually heard. And this time it really seems to happening. It’s time for Sony to “Nut up, or shut up.”, as Tallahassee would say. The original film starred Woody Harrelson, Jesse
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“The Park” is a short narrative horror game (approx 3-4 hours’ gameplay) set in a derelict theme park. Seeking your son who has run ahead of you and has vanished out of sight. As you search for him, you’ll start to unravel the history of the park as well as begin to experience more of the horrors within both the park and yourself. It’s a game that probably merits the unfortunate tag “walking simulator” similar to Firewatch but in a positive way. It doesn’t feel forced in any way. The game is VERY atmospheric. If you’ve ever wanted to explore a terrifying amusement park after-hours but don’t have the guts to in real life and because it’s highly illegal I’m sure, this is the game for you! There are a few jump-scares but they are executed well and in no way cheap or tacky. A great play for fans of games like ‘Outlast’ and ‘Amnesia’ although not as hands-on as
Continue reading →
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Fear The Walking Dead’ returned last night, and boy if you didn’t watch it did you miss out cause last night had to be one of the most The Walking Dead episodes ever! So it opens to Nick getting the blood and guts off him from last episode in the Ocean. While he’s coming out, a helicopter flies over him with its search lights on. Nick ends up wandering onto new land full of tents and camping supplies as he searches for signs of life he gets chased by a walker, hiding himself in a see-through tent he stabs the Walker in the head and drags him in carving the Walker’s stomach open painting his body with the Walker’s blood because he already discovered Walkers smell your normal and if you smell like them your safe [Nick cracked the code of invisibility to the Walkers 4 seasons earlier than TWD’s crew ever did!] Meanwhile on board, newcomers board the ship,
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A Nightmare on Elm Street actress Amanda Wyss stars along side Amanda Parsons and Georgia McCorkle in the short horror film Oct 23rd. Written, directed and edited by Paul Santana, the film is based on a true story. Oct 23rd centers on Paige (Parsons), a mother that has just lost her husband, Frank. He was killed crossing the street while their daughter watched. She can not shake the feeling that Chelsea (McCorkle), her young daughter, is responsible. She can her daughter’s voice inside her head urging her to harm herself as her daughter sits watching on with a smile. Paige recounts the events of the past few weeks to her friend Karen, who is urging her to get help. When Karen (Wyss) checks on Chelsea the girl tells her that she is afraid of her mother and pleads for Karen to take her away. Karen grabs her coat and tells Paige that she is going to get Jim, who we
Continue reading →
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The Horde, directed by Jared Cohn and written by Paul Logan, is a cross between The Hills Have Eyes and Rambo. It’s high-octane action combined with horror. The star, Paul Logan first dealt with mutants, of the fish variety, in Mega Piranha. Now, he faces mutants once again in The Horde. Logan stars as John, a former Navy Seal, joining his girlfriend and her photography class on a camping trip deep in the woods. On the way to their camping site they stop for a bite in the nearby backwater town. A couple of men playing pool set their sites on the women in the group. Of course, John handles business. Once at the camp site the students head out in to the woods to take photos. But we all know that kids running about in the woods in a horror film never goes well for their characters. One- by-one the students are grabbed by a group of mutant humans.
Continue reading →
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The supernatural thriller Restoration, penned by James Cullen Bressack and Zack Ward, who also directs and stars in the feature, is set to arrive on Demand on May 3, 2016 followed by its DVD release on July 5th from Uncork’d Entertainment . Emily Roya O’Brien, who starred in Bressack’s Pernicious, plays the role of Dr. Rebecca Jordan, who along with her husband Todd (Adrian Gaeta), have moved into a older home. While Rebecca is at work, Todd stays elbows deep into the home’s restoration and remodeling. One night while working Todd discovers an old teddy bear in the wall. That night when Rebecca arrives home from a tough shift she finds Todd in the kitchen with her neighbors, a lovely young couple, played by Zach Ward (Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and Sarah Ann Schultz (The Hit List). After their guests leave Rebecca and Todd break into a teddy bear fight, you see the man who last lived in the house left
Continue reading →
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If you haven’t watched the episode yet of ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ that click off and download the AMC app. The new episode kicks off with a change of face. See what I did there? The new faces aren’t named but answer the questions as to how so many infected are washing up on the shore still kicking. After one of the guys on the raft knocks the other off from suspion of the man being infected the raft is left with just him a women and a charred man, it’s later revealed the man that knocked the other over the raft is infected as well, as he attacks Travis as he’s fixing the feces backed up yacht underwater. Meanwhile remember last episode when Daniel snooped into Victors stuff to find out what he was hiding, it’s revealed he found out here Victor was taking the clan. Daniel revealed to Madison that Victor was lying when he was all secretive
Continue reading →
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The found footage supernatural film JeruZalem, both written and directed by Doron and Yoav Paz, arrives on RedBox April 26th. There are three gates to Hell. One in the desert…One in the ocean…And one in…Jeruzalem. On judgement Day, Hell shall inherit the Earth… The film centers on Rachel (Yael Grobglas) and Sarah (Danielle Jadelyn), two American women who board a plane and meet a charming young archaeologist named Kevin (Yon Tumarkin). He persuades the young women to travel with him to Jerusalem. Once they arrive at the hostel Rachel strikes up a romance with Omar (Tom Graziani) while Sarah and Kevin grow closer. Things suddenly take a turn for the worst when Kevin begins to think that something is happening, and he’s right, the biblical apocalypse has begun. Suddenly demons begin to flood the city, infecting people they come in contact with. Rachel, Sarah, Kevin and Omar, along with the rest of the city are now fighting to find away
Continue reading →
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It was bound to happen sometime, a filmmaker capitalized on one of the most used apps of this generation SnapChat. I viewed the first ever SnapChat horror film (short) last night. The short follows a young woman getting SnapChat messages of herself sleeping while she’s home alone. From filmmaker Alex J Mann, whom’s known for shorts such as Gun, Uber Driver and Engagement written and directed this short based around being stalked by a killer though SnapChat. Mann is also the co-founder of Space Oddity Production Company a company focused on exploring the aspects of technology and culture. Here’s what I think: 3 Seconds is definitely a horror short that makes sense for this generation (not sure revalent it’ll be in 5 years when Snapchat is phased out) I’m interested in how the director will [or even if he is] expands upon it, because as it stands now it’s a great short to watch, love the “who’s there aspect”, love
Continue reading →
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In Jason Zada’s supernatural film The Forest, Sara, played by Natalie Dormer, travels to Japan to search for her sister, who has disappeared into the legendary “Suicide Forest”. With Aiden (Taylor Kinney) as her guide, they enter the forest with a man searching for those who have or are considering suicide. Sara is fueled by the connection between herself and her identical twin sister. She can sense that Jess is still alive, but finding her in the vast haunted forest below Mt. Fuji is easier said than done. Something is causing hallucinations that send her screaming into the forest and making her doubt her own sanity. From the start, Dormer’s performance was drab. If I got a call that my sister was in the suicide forest I would be freaking out, not walking around void of any emotion. In fact I saw no emotional response until half way through the movie when things start happening to Sara herself. I found
Continue reading →
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When Sony took the stage at this week’s CinemaCon, a series of logos for upcoming projects played on a screen. Besides Insidious: Chapter 4, another logo grabbed the attention of horror fans, the logo for Zombieland 2. After years of waiting and wondering if we’d ever get the sequel to 2009’s zombie hit, it seems that the film is finally underway. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick,will be penning the script for Zombieland 2. The men are not new to the franchise, they wrote the scripts for the Zombieland series on Amazon. There is no word yet if any of the original cast will return for another around of zombie fighting fun. At this point that’s all we know. But after seven years, it is the only concrete news we’ve actually heard. And this time it really seems to happening. It’s time for Sony to “Nut up, or shut up.”, as Tallahassee would say. The original film starred Woody Harrelson, Jesse
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