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Short Film Review: Pappy’s World (2018)
On Christmas Eve, a girl fishes down a present from the top of an impossibly high pile of gifts with the help of her sleeping grandfather’s cane. upon opening the package she meets “Pappy” a talking doll that shows her strange visions. Soon the doll is out for blood (after a bit of a tickle sesh) and ol’ grandpa has to attempt to rescue his charge from that evil effigy; all while dealing with that doll’s devious deviltry and his own left-over trauma from the war. There’s also pie and doll fuckin’ involved… What can I say; Pappy’s World is one fever dream of a sinister short! With it’s absolutely balls-to-the-wall surreal aesthetic, nightmarish visions, PTSD trauma, doll hookers…and so much more, I can guarantee you have never, ever seen anything even remotely close to this one horror hounds! Director/Co-writer Matt Wisniewski (aided and abetted by Co-writer/Actor Fred Polone…who also plays Grandpa and Pappy) have created a rich bit of
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DVD Review: Housewife (2017)
In a snow ensconced Gothic home; holly and her sister live with their off-kilter mother who speaks with invisible visitors, and rubs the ol’ rosary in front of a picture of a Victorian woman framed in neon. Things go from insane to even more fucking insane when Holly’s sister gets her period and her mother drowns hew sister by shoving her head in the toilet. Then Daddy dearest arrives, and Mommy slices him to pieces as Holly escapes into the snowy night. Flash forward and Holly (Clémentine Poidatz) is living in a lonely marriage to a famous author. She spends her days building dollhouses, dancing badly, and masturbating as she thinks of her sister’s death…you know, as one does…oh and she also pees everywhere but the toilet. Things go on like that until Holly’s friend Valery (Alicia Kapudag) makes the scene after mysteriously disappearing for two years. Seems our gal Val has hooked up with a bizarre cult named Umbrella
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‘RuneScape’ Official Soundtrack Coming Soon!
Fans of the record-breaking Multiplayer RPG “RuneScape” will be delighted to know that the songs from the beloved game will be coming at them in the form of vinyl or CD! James Hannigan, BAFTA award-winning composer known for his work on “Harry Potter” and “Dead Space 3” has teamed up with Philharmonia Orchestra and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra to bring the music to life for fans. Two soundtracks, “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” and “RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics” will be available on vinyl records, CDs, or digital. If you preorder either albums (in vinyl or CD) you get a free copy of the digital soundtrack! You can pre-order your copies HERE! Two other soundtracks are available as digital copies only, “RuneScape: The Arc” and “RuneScape: Menaphose”. For those of you who are really curious, the game’s developer Jagex and Laced Records gave me some further info to pass on. “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” Deluxe Double Vinyl: 26 tracks pressed on
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Sid Haig Stars The Hanukiller In The Holiday Slasher ‘Hanukkah’
After years of being stuck in developmental limbo, director Eben McGarr‘s Hanukkah is finally in post-production. And we have got the holiday horror film’s first look to share with you. Devil’s Rejects actor Sid Haig stars as Judah Lazarus, Caroline Williams (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Contracted, Halloween II, Hatchet 3) as Ana Lazarus, and P.J. Soles (Halloween, Carrie, The Devil’s Rejects) as Mrs. Horowitz. McGarr and Chris Ott are both serving as producers. “Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hanukiller. In 1983, Judah terrorized NY for seven nights and was preparing to sacrifice his eight-year-old son, Obediah, on the eighth night. Judah was convinced it was God’s will, like Abraham and Isaac, to sacrifice his only son to God. Luckily for Obediah, police tracked Judah down and stopped the sacrifice, but Judah was gunned down in the process. Warped by hatred with no guidance, Obediah Lazarus becomes a religious extremist, intolerant of non-Jews, “bad Jews”, and
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Legendary Unveils Trailer and Preview For Comic Acursian
Today, we have the trailer and preview of Chapter One for Acursian, a thrilling, imaginative comic series starring John Barrowman (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood,” “Arrow”), from Legendary, the same company behind Godzilla: Rise of the Monsters coming in May of 2019. Rooted in Celtic lore, the series is a fusion of mythical storytelling from co-creators John Barrowman, Carole Barrowman (“Torchwood”), and Erika Lewis (Game of Shadows and Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano) the comic series now available on the Webtoon app. “Acursian (an Old English word defined as one consigned to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse) stars John Barrowman as Charlie Stewart who, on the eve of an important birthday, falls victim to an ancient Celtic curse. Stewart seemed to have it all: the big house, the fast car, the beautiful family, and a high-power career at a leading criminal law firm, but overnight finds everything spiraling out of control as his perfect life becomes a disaster zone
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Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest
Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.
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‘The Dead Center’ Set To Screen At The LA Film Festival
From writer-director Billy Senese comes The Dead Center, starring Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, and Bill Feehely. . “When a mysterious “John Doe” wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.” The Dead Center is set to screen at the LA Film Festival later this month. For more information or to get your tickets please visit the film festival’s website. LA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: P&I SCREENING: Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM / Film Independent Screening Room (5670 Wilshire Blvd, 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, September 21st at 7:30 PM / Arclight Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)
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Bizarre States: California Delves Into The World Of The Supernatural On Alpha This Month
Bizarre States is delving further into the world of the occult, supernatural, and inexplicable with Bizarre States: California, a video series building on last season’s Bizarre States: Los Angeles with even more hauntings, urban myths, and unsolved mysteries. Produced by Nerdist for Legendary Digital Networks’ premium content service, Alpha, Bizarre States: California will premiere later this month, adding a whole new dimension of entertainment for fright fans by bringing cameras and commentary to the best real haunts across the Golden State. Bizarre States: California features Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser as they bring their supernatural smarts and skills to a variety of spooky landmark locations all over California. Each creepy site will come to life as Jess and Bowser interview experts and relate their own personal findings, getting to the bottom of the funny, the weird, the haunted, and the unexpected. The six-episode weekly series will take Bizarre States fans across the state and investigate subjects like the “Coronado UFO
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‘Ghost Light’ Unveils Haunting Trailer Ahead Of Los Angeles Film Festival World Premiere
Ahead of its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this month, the first trailer has arrived for Ghost Light, the story of an unfortunate Shakespearean acting troupe that unleashes the infamous curse of Macbeth with horrifying results. Directed by John Stimpson, the paranormal thriller stars Roger Bart (“Episodes;” “Graves;” “Revenge”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Robin Hood Men in Tights; Saw), Tom Riley (“The Collection;” “Da Vinci’s Demons;” “Monroe”), Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight’s Tale; “Wayward Pines;” “Sleepy Hollow”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock;” Big Hero 6; “Veep”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals;” “Famous in Love;”), and Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” Scrooged; “Gotham”). “Nothing is more sacred to true Shakespearian actors than “The Scottish Play,” which demands a deep reverence to always be exhibited both onstage and off during a performance, except the reverence from ennui-engulfed Tom Riley is a bit lacking, to say the least. He’s in love with the beautiful Liz Beth, wife of pompous ham Alex Pankhurst.
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Feast Your Eyes On The First Images From ‘Human Hibachi’
I hope you’re hungry because we’ve got something bloody to sink your teeth into, the first look at Human Hibachi. Form Cerrito Productions owner Mario Cerrito III comes the documentary-style flick that might make you go vegetarian. But then again we know some of readers like things nice and bloody. In this gorefest, a Japanese man documents his girlfriends 35th birthday from the moment she wakes up to the moment everything goes wrong. Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Cerrito’s first film Deadly Gamble received a worldwide release and was followed by his second project The Listing which will be going to Marche Du Film at the Cannes film festival. Human Hibachi is currently in post-production and will premiere some time in 2019. Feast your eyes on the first images from the film.
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Short Film Review: Pappy’s World (2018)
On Christmas Eve, a girl fishes down a present from the top of an impossibly high pile of gifts with the help of her sleeping grandfather’s cane. upon opening the package she meets “Pappy” a talking doll that shows her strange visions. Soon the doll is out for blood (after a bit of a tickle sesh) and ol’ grandpa has to attempt to rescue his charge from that evil effigy; all while dealing with that doll’s devious deviltry and his own left-over trauma from the war. There’s also pie and doll fuckin’ involved… What can I say; Pappy’s World is one fever dream of a sinister short! With it’s absolutely balls-to-the-wall surreal aesthetic, nightmarish visions, PTSD trauma, doll hookers…and so much more, I can guarantee you have never, ever seen anything even remotely close to this one horror hounds! Director/Co-writer Matt Wisniewski (aided and abetted by Co-writer/Actor Fred Polone…who also plays Grandpa and Pappy) have created a rich bit of
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DVD Review: Housewife (2017)
In a snow ensconced Gothic home; holly and her sister live with their off-kilter mother who speaks with invisible visitors, and rubs the ol’ rosary in front of a picture of a Victorian woman framed in neon. Things go from insane to even more fucking insane when Holly’s sister gets her period and her mother drowns hew sister by shoving her head in the toilet. Then Daddy dearest arrives, and Mommy slices him to pieces as Holly escapes into the snowy night. Flash forward and Holly (Clémentine Poidatz) is living in a lonely marriage to a famous author. She spends her days building dollhouses, dancing badly, and masturbating as she thinks of her sister’s death…you know, as one does…oh and she also pees everywhere but the toilet. Things go on like that until Holly’s friend Valery (Alicia Kapudag) makes the scene after mysteriously disappearing for two years. Seems our gal Val has hooked up with a bizarre cult named Umbrella
Continue reading →
‘RuneScape’ Official Soundtrack Coming Soon!
Fans of the record-breaking Multiplayer RPG “RuneScape” will be delighted to know that the songs from the beloved game will be coming at them in the form of vinyl or CD! James Hannigan, BAFTA award-winning composer known for his work on “Harry Potter” and “Dead Space 3” has teamed up with Philharmonia Orchestra and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra to bring the music to life for fans. Two soundtracks, “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” and “RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics” will be available on vinyl records, CDs, or digital. If you preorder either albums (in vinyl or CD) you get a free copy of the digital soundtrack! You can pre-order your copies HERE! Two other soundtracks are available as digital copies only, “RuneScape: The Arc” and “RuneScape: Menaphose”. For those of you who are really curious, the game’s developer Jagex and Laced Records gave me some further info to pass on. “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” Deluxe Double Vinyl: 26 tracks pressed on
Continue reading →
Sid Haig Stars The Hanukiller In The Holiday Slasher ‘Hanukkah’
After years of being stuck in developmental limbo, director Eben McGarr‘s Hanukkah is finally in post-production. And we have got the holiday horror film’s first look to share with you. Devil’s Rejects actor Sid Haig stars as Judah Lazarus, Caroline Williams (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Contracted, Halloween II, Hatchet 3) as Ana Lazarus, and P.J. Soles (Halloween, Carrie, The Devil’s Rejects) as Mrs. Horowitz. McGarr and Chris Ott are both serving as producers. “Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hanukiller. In 1983, Judah terrorized NY for seven nights and was preparing to sacrifice his eight-year-old son, Obediah, on the eighth night. Judah was convinced it was God’s will, like Abraham and Isaac, to sacrifice his only son to God. Luckily for Obediah, police tracked Judah down and stopped the sacrifice, but Judah was gunned down in the process. Warped by hatred with no guidance, Obediah Lazarus becomes a religious extremist, intolerant of non-Jews, “bad Jews”, and
Continue reading →
Legendary Unveils Trailer and Preview For Comic Acursian
Today, we have the trailer and preview of Chapter One for Acursian, a thrilling, imaginative comic series starring John Barrowman (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood,” “Arrow”), from Legendary, the same company behind Godzilla: Rise of the Monsters coming in May of 2019. Rooted in Celtic lore, the series is a fusion of mythical storytelling from co-creators John Barrowman, Carole Barrowman (“Torchwood”), and Erika Lewis (Game of Shadows and Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano) the comic series now available on the Webtoon app. “Acursian (an Old English word defined as one consigned to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse) stars John Barrowman as Charlie Stewart who, on the eve of an important birthday, falls victim to an ancient Celtic curse. Stewart seemed to have it all: the big house, the fast car, the beautiful family, and a high-power career at a leading criminal law firm, but overnight finds everything spiraling out of control as his perfect life becomes a disaster zone
Continue reading →
Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest
Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.
Continue reading →
‘The Dead Center’ Set To Screen At The LA Film Festival
From writer-director Billy Senese comes The Dead Center, starring Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, and Bill Feehely. . “When a mysterious “John Doe” wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.” The Dead Center is set to screen at the LA Film Festival later this month. For more information or to get your tickets please visit the film festival’s website. LA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: P&I SCREENING: Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM / Film Independent Screening Room (5670 Wilshire Blvd, 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, September 21st at 7:30 PM / Arclight Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)
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Bizarre States: California Delves Into The World Of The Supernatural On Alpha This Month
Bizarre States is delving further into the world of the occult, supernatural, and inexplicable with Bizarre States: California, a video series building on last season’s Bizarre States: Los Angeles with even more hauntings, urban myths, and unsolved mysteries. Produced by Nerdist for Legendary Digital Networks’ premium content service, Alpha, Bizarre States: California will premiere later this month, adding a whole new dimension of entertainment for fright fans by bringing cameras and commentary to the best real haunts across the Golden State. Bizarre States: California features Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser as they bring their supernatural smarts and skills to a variety of spooky landmark locations all over California. Each creepy site will come to life as Jess and Bowser interview experts and relate their own personal findings, getting to the bottom of the funny, the weird, the haunted, and the unexpected. The six-episode weekly series will take Bizarre States fans across the state and investigate subjects like the “Coronado UFO
Continue reading →
‘Ghost Light’ Unveils Haunting Trailer Ahead Of Los Angeles Film Festival World Premiere
Ahead of its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this month, the first trailer has arrived for Ghost Light, the story of an unfortunate Shakespearean acting troupe that unleashes the infamous curse of Macbeth with horrifying results. Directed by John Stimpson, the paranormal thriller stars Roger Bart (“Episodes;” “Graves;” “Revenge”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Robin Hood Men in Tights; Saw), Tom Riley (“The Collection;” “Da Vinci’s Demons;” “Monroe”), Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight’s Tale; “Wayward Pines;” “Sleepy Hollow”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock;” Big Hero 6; “Veep”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals;” “Famous in Love;”), and Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” Scrooged; “Gotham”). “Nothing is more sacred to true Shakespearian actors than “The Scottish Play,” which demands a deep reverence to always be exhibited both onstage and off during a performance, except the reverence from ennui-engulfed Tom Riley is a bit lacking, to say the least. He’s in love with the beautiful Liz Beth, wife of pompous ham Alex Pankhurst.
Continue reading →
Feast Your Eyes On The First Images From ‘Human Hibachi’
I hope you’re hungry because we’ve got something bloody to sink your teeth into, the first look at Human Hibachi. Form Cerrito Productions owner Mario Cerrito III comes the documentary-style flick that might make you go vegetarian. But then again we know some of readers like things nice and bloody. In this gorefest, a Japanese man documents his girlfriends 35th birthday from the moment she wakes up to the moment everything goes wrong. Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Cerrito’s first film Deadly Gamble received a worldwide release and was followed by his second project The Listing which will be going to Marche Du Film at the Cannes film festival. Human Hibachi is currently in post-production and will premiere some time in 2019. Feast your eyes on the first images from the film.
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