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Blu-ray Review: Wax Mask (1997)
Paris: the early 1900’s: As a new age begins, a wax museum, operated by Boris Volkoff (Robert Hossein) and his strange assistants, is set to open and all of the city seems to be balls deep into that prospect. Along with that, there have been a rash of disappearances, mainly involving children and prostitutes. Swept up in the mix is young fashion designer Sonia (Romina Mondello), who’s mother was murdered twelve years prior. I wonder if there is a connection? As this fright flick contains zero mystery for the audience (it’s based on Gaston Leroux’s The Waxwork Museum which has been the basis of roughly eleven-billionty films, most famously as House of Wax starring Vincent Price in 1953), we know Volkoff is up to no good… and holy hell is he ever, as his wax creations are made of living victims and arcane science! Before long ol’ Sonia, along with her bland-as-shit pal Andrea (Serventi Longhi), are deep into the
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Heather Langenkamp Discovers A Terrifying ‘Portal’ This October
Genre icons Ryan Merriman (The Jurassic Games), Jamie Tisdale (“From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) encounter the terrifying Portal this October. In the film, an ambitious founder of an amateur ghost hunting team is tired of chasing down the same old “haunts” like every other wanna-be team out there, coming up empty-handed each and every time. He dreams of being like the famous teams on TV. Director Dean Alioto‘s Portal will be available on digital and On Demand from October 15th, from Vertical Entertainment.
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Vampire Film ‘Red Spring’ Bares Its Fangs This October
In the tradition of John Carpenter’s Vampires, and from the studio that brought us The Velocipastor and SheBorg comes the flick Red Spring, from writer-director Jeff Sinasac. The world has been ravaged by vampires. A group of survivors bands together to search for loved ones who may be alive, dead or something in between, eventually taking shelter in what may be the only safe hideout left to them. But well-defended hideouts have a way of becoming prisons. And prisons aren’t the safest place to be when your friends can turn on you at any time. Murdoch Mysteries’ Jeff Sinasac, Elysia White (“Dark Matter”), and Adam Cronheim (The Battery) star. Red Sping bares its teeth on DVD and Digital October 15th, from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Movie Review: The Dark Place (2014)
Keegan Dark (Blaise Godbe Lipman) and his boyfriend Wil (Timo Descamps), are two dudes just livin’ their lives gifted with X-Men (eidetic memory and a knack for fixing that which should not be able to be fixed respectively). Our heroes make a trek to repair K-dawgs relationship with momma-dukes Celeste (Shannon Day); but the woman has moved on and started a new family… family which includes her new beau’s son Adrian (Andy Copeland) who is balls deep into the notion he can replace Keegan in Celeste’s life. Things go over like a fart in a submarine, and soon Wil is M.I.A., Celeste is in a coma… and Keegan is immediately blamed as the cause by the local authorities, but our hero suspects Adrian is the cause of all that static. In order to solve the mystery at hand, Keegan will have to own up to some deep, dark family secrets while using his mental prowess to piece together the clues!
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The Turning’s New Trailer Is Creepy AF!
The Steven Spielberg-produced horror thriller The Turning has a new trailer and it’s creepy AF! Finn Wolfhard, Mackenzie Davis, and Brooklynn Prince lead the cast for the film that follows a young woman hired as the nanny to two orphans who are convinced that the country mansion they live in is haunted. Floria Sigismondi directed the film with Jade Bartlett penning the latest version of the script by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring 2). Scott Bernstein and Roy Lee are producing. Stephen Spielberg is serving as executive producer for The Turning. The Turning will open in theaters on January 24th, from Universal Pictures.
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Game Review: ‘Frostpunk: Console Edition’
You’ve heard of Steampunk, Cyberpunk, and you may have heard of Dieselpunk but the question is, are you ready for Frostpunk? The makers of This War of Mine, 11 Bit Studios, gave me the opportunity to play the console edition of their city-building game, Frostpunk. As mentioned, Frostpunk is a city-building game where players take on the role of the “Captain”, the leader of a band of survivors from London in an alternative universe where the world is plunged into a never-ending winter apocalypse. As the leader, you have to establish a city around a giant generator that’s also the only source of heat that will keep your people alive. You have to direct your people where to go and scavenge materials from the frozen wasteland to be used to either build industry, or power the generator. Along the way, you will be asked to make some choices that can affect the morale of your people. If you lose the
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Horror Comedy ‘Garden Party Massacre’ Is Now Streaming On Amazon Prime
Just in time for Halloween, Gregory Blair‘s award-winning screwball comedy meets slasher spoof Garden Party Massacre is now available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime. The film has won handfuls of awards on the festival circuit: ‘Best Feature Film,’ ‘Outstanding Horror/Comedy Feature,’ ‘Best Director of the Year’ and more, including nine acting awards for the cast. Currently available only on DVD and Blu-ray, the Amazon Prime debut will be the premiere chance to see the film on VOD. Beloved by audiences and critics alike Garden Party Massacre is Blair’s follow-up to his much-loved Deadly Revisions. His latest is a fast-paced, wacky spoof in the vein of Shaun of the Dead and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. The fun begins when a friendly backyard gathering goes hilariously awry as an unexpected guest arrives. With a pickaxe. And an attitude. Director Blair has talked about the film recently. He says of the Digital release: “we’re excited to finally open the door and
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This November Nicolas Cage Is On The Hunt In ‘Primal’
Nicolas Cage (Mandy, Mom and Dad) is on the hunt and facing a ship full of dangerous creatures in the action thriller Primal, from director Nick Powell (Resident Evil: Retribution, Outcast). Famke Janssen (X-Men Franchise, Taken Franchise), Kevin Durand (“The Strain,” X-Men Origins: Wolverine), LaMonica Garrett (“Sons of Anarchy,” “Designated Survivor”) and Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos,” Goodfellas) also star in this action-packed film written by Richard Leder (The Suspect, ). “When Frank Walsh (Nicolas Cage), a hunter and collector of rare and exotic animals, bags a priceless white jaguar for a zoo, he figures it’ll be smooth sailing to a big payday. But the ship bearing Frank’s precious cargo has two predators caged in its hold: the cat and a political assassin being extradited to the U.S. After the assassin breaks free – and then frees the jaguar – Frank feverishly stalks the ship’s cramped corridors in hot pursuit of his prey, right up until the thrilling, unpredictable climax.” Hunt
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Netflix Unveils Trailer For ‘Earthquake Bird’ From Producer Ridley Scott
Netflix has been killing it lately with many great genre films being released. One of the upcoming films you should be looking out for is the Ridley Scott produced psychological thriller Earthquake Bird. It has a new trailer and we’ve got it here for you to see. Set in 1989 Tokyo, Earthquake Bird stars Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) as Lucy Fly, a woman with a dark past, who forms an intense relationship with a handsome but troubled local photographer named Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi). Lucy’s tough exterior begins to crack when newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing. Kiki Sukezane, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Yamamura, Kazuhiro Muroyama, Crystal Kay, Akiko Iwase and Jack Huston also star in the film based on the acclaimed novel by Susanna Jones. The unnerving thriller from director Wash Westmoreland (Colette) will open in select theaters on November 1st followed by its Netflix premiere on November 15, 2019.
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Indie Horror Anthology ‘One Nigth In October’ Coming To Blu-ray
The Purge meets Creepshow in Wild Eye Releasing’s horror anthology film One Night in October, coming to DVD and Digital. To celebrate, Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled the first trailer. Jessica Morgan, Casey Norman, and Rachel Netherton star in the film about a single night in October, where three stories interweave as three different groups face unimaginable horror. Directed by Christopher M. Carter, One Night in October will be released on home video on October 15, 2019.
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Blu-ray Review: Wax Mask (1997)
Paris: the early 1900’s: As a new age begins, a wax museum, operated by Boris Volkoff (Robert Hossein) and his strange assistants, is set to open and all of the city seems to be balls deep into that prospect. Along with that, there have been a rash of disappearances, mainly involving children and prostitutes. Swept up in the mix is young fashion designer Sonia (Romina Mondello), who’s mother was murdered twelve years prior. I wonder if there is a connection? As this fright flick contains zero mystery for the audience (it’s based on Gaston Leroux’s The Waxwork Museum which has been the basis of roughly eleven-billionty films, most famously as House of Wax starring Vincent Price in 1953), we know Volkoff is up to no good… and holy hell is he ever, as his wax creations are made of living victims and arcane science! Before long ol’ Sonia, along with her bland-as-shit pal Andrea (Serventi Longhi), are deep into the
Continue reading →
Heather Langenkamp Discovers A Terrifying ‘Portal’ This October
Genre icons Ryan Merriman (The Jurassic Games), Jamie Tisdale (“From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) encounter the terrifying Portal this October. In the film, an ambitious founder of an amateur ghost hunting team is tired of chasing down the same old “haunts” like every other wanna-be team out there, coming up empty-handed each and every time. He dreams of being like the famous teams on TV. Director Dean Alioto‘s Portal will be available on digital and On Demand from October 15th, from Vertical Entertainment.
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Vampire Film ‘Red Spring’ Bares Its Fangs This October
In the tradition of John Carpenter’s Vampires, and from the studio that brought us The Velocipastor and SheBorg comes the flick Red Spring, from writer-director Jeff Sinasac. The world has been ravaged by vampires. A group of survivors bands together to search for loved ones who may be alive, dead or something in between, eventually taking shelter in what may be the only safe hideout left to them. But well-defended hideouts have a way of becoming prisons. And prisons aren’t the safest place to be when your friends can turn on you at any time. Murdoch Mysteries’ Jeff Sinasac, Elysia White (“Dark Matter”), and Adam Cronheim (The Battery) star. Red Sping bares its teeth on DVD and Digital October 15th, from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Movie Review: The Dark Place (2014)
Keegan Dark (Blaise Godbe Lipman) and his boyfriend Wil (Timo Descamps), are two dudes just livin’ their lives gifted with X-Men (eidetic memory and a knack for fixing that which should not be able to be fixed respectively). Our heroes make a trek to repair K-dawgs relationship with momma-dukes Celeste (Shannon Day); but the woman has moved on and started a new family… family which includes her new beau’s son Adrian (Andy Copeland) who is balls deep into the notion he can replace Keegan in Celeste’s life. Things go over like a fart in a submarine, and soon Wil is M.I.A., Celeste is in a coma… and Keegan is immediately blamed as the cause by the local authorities, but our hero suspects Adrian is the cause of all that static. In order to solve the mystery at hand, Keegan will have to own up to some deep, dark family secrets while using his mental prowess to piece together the clues!
Continue reading →
The Turning’s New Trailer Is Creepy AF!
The Steven Spielberg-produced horror thriller The Turning has a new trailer and it’s creepy AF! Finn Wolfhard, Mackenzie Davis, and Brooklynn Prince lead the cast for the film that follows a young woman hired as the nanny to two orphans who are convinced that the country mansion they live in is haunted. Floria Sigismondi directed the film with Jade Bartlett penning the latest version of the script by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring 2). Scott Bernstein and Roy Lee are producing. Stephen Spielberg is serving as executive producer for The Turning. The Turning will open in theaters on January 24th, from Universal Pictures.
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Game Review: ‘Frostpunk: Console Edition’
You’ve heard of Steampunk, Cyberpunk, and you may have heard of Dieselpunk but the question is, are you ready for Frostpunk? The makers of This War of Mine, 11 Bit Studios, gave me the opportunity to play the console edition of their city-building game, Frostpunk. As mentioned, Frostpunk is a city-building game where players take on the role of the “Captain”, the leader of a band of survivors from London in an alternative universe where the world is plunged into a never-ending winter apocalypse. As the leader, you have to establish a city around a giant generator that’s also the only source of heat that will keep your people alive. You have to direct your people where to go and scavenge materials from the frozen wasteland to be used to either build industry, or power the generator. Along the way, you will be asked to make some choices that can affect the morale of your people. If you lose the
Continue reading →
Horror Comedy ‘Garden Party Massacre’ Is Now Streaming On Amazon Prime
Just in time for Halloween, Gregory Blair‘s award-winning screwball comedy meets slasher spoof Garden Party Massacre is now available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime. The film has won handfuls of awards on the festival circuit: ‘Best Feature Film,’ ‘Outstanding Horror/Comedy Feature,’ ‘Best Director of the Year’ and more, including nine acting awards for the cast. Currently available only on DVD and Blu-ray, the Amazon Prime debut will be the premiere chance to see the film on VOD. Beloved by audiences and critics alike Garden Party Massacre is Blair’s follow-up to his much-loved Deadly Revisions. His latest is a fast-paced, wacky spoof in the vein of Shaun of the Dead and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. The fun begins when a friendly backyard gathering goes hilariously awry as an unexpected guest arrives. With a pickaxe. And an attitude. Director Blair has talked about the film recently. He says of the Digital release: “we’re excited to finally open the door and
Continue reading →
This November Nicolas Cage Is On The Hunt In ‘Primal’
Nicolas Cage (Mandy, Mom and Dad) is on the hunt and facing a ship full of dangerous creatures in the action thriller Primal, from director Nick Powell (Resident Evil: Retribution, Outcast). Famke Janssen (X-Men Franchise, Taken Franchise), Kevin Durand (“The Strain,” X-Men Origins: Wolverine), LaMonica Garrett (“Sons of Anarchy,” “Designated Survivor”) and Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos,” Goodfellas) also star in this action-packed film written by Richard Leder (The Suspect, ). “When Frank Walsh (Nicolas Cage), a hunter and collector of rare and exotic animals, bags a priceless white jaguar for a zoo, he figures it’ll be smooth sailing to a big payday. But the ship bearing Frank’s precious cargo has two predators caged in its hold: the cat and a political assassin being extradited to the U.S. After the assassin breaks free – and then frees the jaguar – Frank feverishly stalks the ship’s cramped corridors in hot pursuit of his prey, right up until the thrilling, unpredictable climax.” Hunt
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Netflix Unveils Trailer For ‘Earthquake Bird’ From Producer Ridley Scott
Netflix has been killing it lately with many great genre films being released. One of the upcoming films you should be looking out for is the Ridley Scott produced psychological thriller Earthquake Bird. It has a new trailer and we’ve got it here for you to see. Set in 1989 Tokyo, Earthquake Bird stars Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) as Lucy Fly, a woman with a dark past, who forms an intense relationship with a handsome but troubled local photographer named Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi). Lucy’s tough exterior begins to crack when newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing. Kiki Sukezane, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Yamamura, Kazuhiro Muroyama, Crystal Kay, Akiko Iwase and Jack Huston also star in the film based on the acclaimed novel by Susanna Jones. The unnerving thriller from director Wash Westmoreland (Colette) will open in select theaters on November 1st followed by its Netflix premiere on November 15, 2019.
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Indie Horror Anthology ‘One Nigth In October’ Coming To Blu-ray
The Purge meets Creepshow in Wild Eye Releasing’s horror anthology film One Night in October, coming to DVD and Digital. To celebrate, Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled the first trailer. Jessica Morgan, Casey Norman, and Rachel Netherton star in the film about a single night in October, where three stories interweave as three different groups face unimaginable horror. Directed by Christopher M. Carter, One Night in October will be released on home video on October 15, 2019.
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