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Movie Review: A.I. Tales (2018)
Usually when I have to lay my putrid peepers on an arcane anthology things take a turn for the horror biz, but recently I was sent a picture packed with yarns of a sci-fi bent, all with the theme of artificial intelligence as their linking narrative element. Let’s see how the disparate stories (these shorts are presented “as is” with no connecting framing narrative) of A.I. Tales stack up, shall we? First up comes Seed; the story of a man named Nathan (Nelson Lee, who also wrote and directed the film) who’s family and friends gather to celebrate his birthday, but rather than being a joyous affair things take a turn for the melancholy as our protagonist reflects on the life he has lead with the folks gathered, warts and all. So why is Nathan so glum…why because it is his 40th birthday and there fore he must be reduced to just his consciousness and give up his body in
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Director-Producer Justin Price Talks Filmmaking, Elves, Kush And More
Recently I caught up with writer/director/producer Justin Price who we interviewed last year just before he had four films released in a three months span, including Elf, Alien: Reign of Man, The 13th Friday, Forsaken, and Almost Amazing. Justin filled us in on his new films and his upcoming series “Kush” which will be airing on CBS. Horror Fuel: “What have you been up to this year?” Justin Price: “The most exciting thing to me in the last year since we spoke and I was talking about doing the four films, from Alien: Reign of Man and Elf, to Forsaken. From that point forward we had a grander plan in which to start a narrative where we can create a lot of quality content. We have so many opportunities now. I don’t think I’ve slowed down since the last time we talked. We have a series coming out now, Kush, created by Shaun Cairo with Danny Rose executive producing. I’m
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Movie Review: Triggered (2018)
Annoying, pain in the ass Callie (Meredith Mohler) is an obnoxious social justice warrior who spends her life reporting the supposedly offensive actions of her fellow students in spectacularly over-the-top fashion. Things are going swimmingly for her quest to find the ultimate level of butt hurt when a legendary serial killer returns and picks up the murder biz he started years previous. This chaps Callie’s ass big time as now the town is more concerned about being slaughtered and becoming real victims rather than the one she pretends to be every minute of the day. Speaking of pretending, Callie, along with her pal Ian (Jesse Dalton) devise a plan to fake an attack by the maniac (after Callie accidentally kills a fellow student) to put the spotlight back on our long suffering heroine. This of course goes over about as well as a fart on a submarine and our slice n’ dice antagonist targets that annoying bitch…err, I mean Callie
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Doomsday Cult Leader Executed
As of Friday morning of July 6th, 2018 (Japan Time) and Thursday evening of July 5th, 2018 (EST), infamous cult leader Shoko Asahara (63) was put to death by hanging along with five other cult members. Asahara was the leader of the Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo whose core belief is that Japan and the United States would engage in a nuclear war that will wipe out humanity. The cult that was inspired by many mangas and animes (the most influential one being ‘Akira’) was responsible for many heinous crimes across Japan ranging from kidnappings to murder, the most notable incident being the 1995 nerve gas attack in the Tokyo Subway that killed 12 and injured thousands. According to Asahara’s doctrine, the gas attack(s) would spark a war between the US and Japan leading to the apocalypse. Months before the Tokyo Subway attack, a similar incident took place in Matsumoto, a residential area where gas was released from a truck that
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‘Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle’ Coming To Netflix This July
The Sequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is on its way and we won’t have to wait long to see it. Titled Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, the sequel will arrive this July. “The sequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is an epic re-imagining of the Godzilla world in a futuristic setting that pits humans and robots against the biggest Godzilla ever seen in an interplanetary struggle for survival.” Directors Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita, along with screenwriter Gen Urobuchi, will be returning for the sequel in which Mamoru Miyano reprises his role as Sakaki. Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuki Kaji, and Junichi Suwabe co-star. Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle premieres on Netflix on July 18, 2018.
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Sony Finally Releasing ‘Patient Zero’ Starring Matt Smith.
We’ve been reporting on Sony’s contagion horror film Patient Zero for years now and wondering if we would ever see it. After several delays, Sony is finally releasing the 2015 movie starring Matt Smith (“Doctor Who,” Terminator Genisys) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games). Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”), John Bradley (“Game of Thrones”), and Agyness Deyn co-star. The Stefan Ruzowitzky-directed flick follows “An unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers known as ‘The Infected.’ One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.” Patient Zero is going straight to Blu-ray and DVD on October 23, 2018.
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Blu-ray Review: Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)
After a whole mess of sheep, a cowboy (sheepboy?!!) in a furry vest playing the one armed bandit, rando joyriding, and four music changes (a heavenly chorus. some synthy fart noises, a brassy upbeat number, and some sort of stock score music) we get down to the real business with Godmonster of Indian Flats…namely that this film is batshit insane and possibly the product of a certified schizophrenic (or a director desperately trying to meet their run time…not a lot of difference really). Following all that we get a banjo band with a beatnik playing in a traditional old west saloon (like straight out of a John Wayne movie costumes and all)…and we finally get going on the story to this picture; namely that dude mentioned previous finds one hella fucked up newborn lamb (after he experiences a psychotronic freak out)…a find that is whisked away to the lab of scientific manly-man Dr. Clemens (E. Kerrigan Prescott…Christ, they just should
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The Gallows Act II Confirmed
A sequel to 2015’s paranormal flick The Gallows is on its way. The existence of the movie filmed in secret, titled The Gallows Act II. The sequel was confirmed when the Classifications and Ratings Commission sent out a memo confirming the movie’s title and rating, an “R” for “disturbing violent content,” Bloody Disgusting reports. Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing are once again in the director’s chairs for Act II which stars Ema Horvath, Brittany Falardeau, and Chris Milligan. The upcoming sequel centers on an aspiring actress (Ana Rue) who transfers to a prestigious new school where her desires are twisted by a viral challenge capable of conjuring a malevolent spirit. The first film, made for a mere $100,000 brought in $40 million worldwide when released.
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Movie Review: Sunset Society (2018)
The Sunset Society are a cadre of vampires (played by sunset strip rock icons such as Tracii Guns and Dizzy Reed…and Ron Jeremy?!!) who meet in an opulent mansion (the exterior of which is inexplicably realized through animation…we’ll get back to that in a paragraph or so) to drink the blood of strippers (apparently), and shoot the shit with their overlord Ace (Lemmy) and his mate Sophia (Phoebe Dollar). As that goes on, we also get some hoo-ha about some footage of the Society that has been secretly shot and is in danger of exposing the clan to the world of mortal men. Bodies are switched, blood is drank, and ropes are jumped… Where to even begin with the uneven ride that is Sunset Society…for starters, it is painfully obvious that the film is comprised of two separate elements that have been Frankensteined together to create a cohesive fright flick. The main meat of the narrative; a secret tape (supposedly
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You Can Now Buy “Free Baby” Shirt From Rob Zombie’s ‘Three From Hell’
The first images have been released from Rob Zombie‘s Devil’s Reject‘s sequel Three from Hell. One image features Sheri Moon Zombie‘s character Baby rocking a “Free Baby” t-shirt while being escorted by a bunch of cops. Through Zombie’s Local Boogeyman label, Zombie is now selling replicas of Baby’s shirt featuring her mug shot. The shirts are available in two versions, regular which will run you from $36 to $45 or the “Special Edition Movie Version” costing $70. But that’s not all, you can also pick up “Free Baby” pins. Sherri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, and Bill Moseley reprise their roles from both House of 1000 Corpses and Devil’s Rejects. Bill Oberst Jr. (interview), Austin Stoker, Dee Wallace, Clint Howard, Danny Trejo, Daniel Roebuck, , Emilio Rivera, Billy Blair, David Ury, Tom Papa, Dot-Marie Jones, Pancho Moler, Richard Edson, Richard Riehle, Kevin Jackson, Steven Michael Quezada, Richard Brake, Sylvia Jefferies, Sean Whalen, Kevin Jackson, and Jeff Daniel Phillips co-star in the
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Movie Review: A.I. Tales (2018)
Usually when I have to lay my putrid peepers on an arcane anthology things take a turn for the horror biz, but recently I was sent a picture packed with yarns of a sci-fi bent, all with the theme of artificial intelligence as their linking narrative element. Let’s see how the disparate stories (these shorts are presented “as is” with no connecting framing narrative) of A.I. Tales stack up, shall we? First up comes Seed; the story of a man named Nathan (Nelson Lee, who also wrote and directed the film) who’s family and friends gather to celebrate his birthday, but rather than being a joyous affair things take a turn for the melancholy as our protagonist reflects on the life he has lead with the folks gathered, warts and all. So why is Nathan so glum…why because it is his 40th birthday and there fore he must be reduced to just his consciousness and give up his body in
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Director-Producer Justin Price Talks Filmmaking, Elves, Kush And More
Recently I caught up with writer/director/producer Justin Price who we interviewed last year just before he had four films released in a three months span, including Elf, Alien: Reign of Man, The 13th Friday, Forsaken, and Almost Amazing. Justin filled us in on his new films and his upcoming series “Kush” which will be airing on CBS. Horror Fuel: “What have you been up to this year?” Justin Price: “The most exciting thing to me in the last year since we spoke and I was talking about doing the four films, from Alien: Reign of Man and Elf, to Forsaken. From that point forward we had a grander plan in which to start a narrative where we can create a lot of quality content. We have so many opportunities now. I don’t think I’ve slowed down since the last time we talked. We have a series coming out now, Kush, created by Shaun Cairo with Danny Rose executive producing. I’m
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Movie Review: Triggered (2018)
Annoying, pain in the ass Callie (Meredith Mohler) is an obnoxious social justice warrior who spends her life reporting the supposedly offensive actions of her fellow students in spectacularly over-the-top fashion. Things are going swimmingly for her quest to find the ultimate level of butt hurt when a legendary serial killer returns and picks up the murder biz he started years previous. This chaps Callie’s ass big time as now the town is more concerned about being slaughtered and becoming real victims rather than the one she pretends to be every minute of the day. Speaking of pretending, Callie, along with her pal Ian (Jesse Dalton) devise a plan to fake an attack by the maniac (after Callie accidentally kills a fellow student) to put the spotlight back on our long suffering heroine. This of course goes over about as well as a fart on a submarine and our slice n’ dice antagonist targets that annoying bitch…err, I mean Callie
Continue reading →
Doomsday Cult Leader Executed
As of Friday morning of July 6th, 2018 (Japan Time) and Thursday evening of July 5th, 2018 (EST), infamous cult leader Shoko Asahara (63) was put to death by hanging along with five other cult members. Asahara was the leader of the Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo whose core belief is that Japan and the United States would engage in a nuclear war that will wipe out humanity. The cult that was inspired by many mangas and animes (the most influential one being ‘Akira’) was responsible for many heinous crimes across Japan ranging from kidnappings to murder, the most notable incident being the 1995 nerve gas attack in the Tokyo Subway that killed 12 and injured thousands. According to Asahara’s doctrine, the gas attack(s) would spark a war between the US and Japan leading to the apocalypse. Months before the Tokyo Subway attack, a similar incident took place in Matsumoto, a residential area where gas was released from a truck that
Continue reading →
‘Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle’ Coming To Netflix This July
The Sequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is on its way and we won’t have to wait long to see it. Titled Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, the sequel will arrive this July. “The sequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is an epic re-imagining of the Godzilla world in a futuristic setting that pits humans and robots against the biggest Godzilla ever seen in an interplanetary struggle for survival.” Directors Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita, along with screenwriter Gen Urobuchi, will be returning for the sequel in which Mamoru Miyano reprises his role as Sakaki. Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuki Kaji, and Junichi Suwabe co-star. Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle premieres on Netflix on July 18, 2018.
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Sony Finally Releasing ‘Patient Zero’ Starring Matt Smith.
We’ve been reporting on Sony’s contagion horror film Patient Zero for years now and wondering if we would ever see it. After several delays, Sony is finally releasing the 2015 movie starring Matt Smith (“Doctor Who,” Terminator Genisys) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games). Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”), John Bradley (“Game of Thrones”), and Agyness Deyn co-star. The Stefan Ruzowitzky-directed flick follows “An unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers known as ‘The Infected.’ One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.” Patient Zero is going straight to Blu-ray and DVD on October 23, 2018.
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Blu-ray Review: Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)
After a whole mess of sheep, a cowboy (sheepboy?!!) in a furry vest playing the one armed bandit, rando joyriding, and four music changes (a heavenly chorus. some synthy fart noises, a brassy upbeat number, and some sort of stock score music) we get down to the real business with Godmonster of Indian Flats…namely that this film is batshit insane and possibly the product of a certified schizophrenic (or a director desperately trying to meet their run time…not a lot of difference really). Following all that we get a banjo band with a beatnik playing in a traditional old west saloon (like straight out of a John Wayne movie costumes and all)…and we finally get going on the story to this picture; namely that dude mentioned previous finds one hella fucked up newborn lamb (after he experiences a psychotronic freak out)…a find that is whisked away to the lab of scientific manly-man Dr. Clemens (E. Kerrigan Prescott…Christ, they just should
Continue reading →
The Gallows Act II Confirmed
A sequel to 2015’s paranormal flick The Gallows is on its way. The existence of the movie filmed in secret, titled The Gallows Act II. The sequel was confirmed when the Classifications and Ratings Commission sent out a memo confirming the movie’s title and rating, an “R” for “disturbing violent content,” Bloody Disgusting reports. Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing are once again in the director’s chairs for Act II which stars Ema Horvath, Brittany Falardeau, and Chris Milligan. The upcoming sequel centers on an aspiring actress (Ana Rue) who transfers to a prestigious new school where her desires are twisted by a viral challenge capable of conjuring a malevolent spirit. The first film, made for a mere $100,000 brought in $40 million worldwide when released.
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Sunset Society (2018)
The Sunset Society are a cadre of vampires (played by sunset strip rock icons such as Tracii Guns and Dizzy Reed…and Ron Jeremy?!!) who meet in an opulent mansion (the exterior of which is inexplicably realized through animation…we’ll get back to that in a paragraph or so) to drink the blood of strippers (apparently), and shoot the shit with their overlord Ace (Lemmy) and his mate Sophia (Phoebe Dollar). As that goes on, we also get some hoo-ha about some footage of the Society that has been secretly shot and is in danger of exposing the clan to the world of mortal men. Bodies are switched, blood is drank, and ropes are jumped… Where to even begin with the uneven ride that is Sunset Society…for starters, it is painfully obvious that the film is comprised of two separate elements that have been Frankensteined together to create a cohesive fright flick. The main meat of the narrative; a secret tape (supposedly
Continue reading →
You Can Now Buy “Free Baby” Shirt From Rob Zombie’s ‘Three From Hell’
The first images have been released from Rob Zombie‘s Devil’s Reject‘s sequel Three from Hell. One image features Sheri Moon Zombie‘s character Baby rocking a “Free Baby” t-shirt while being escorted by a bunch of cops. Through Zombie’s Local Boogeyman label, Zombie is now selling replicas of Baby’s shirt featuring her mug shot. The shirts are available in two versions, regular which will run you from $36 to $45 or the “Special Edition Movie Version” costing $70. But that’s not all, you can also pick up “Free Baby” pins. Sherri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, and Bill Moseley reprise their roles from both House of 1000 Corpses and Devil’s Rejects. Bill Oberst Jr. (interview), Austin Stoker, Dee Wallace, Clint Howard, Danny Trejo, Daniel Roebuck, , Emilio Rivera, Billy Blair, David Ury, Tom Papa, Dot-Marie Jones, Pancho Moler, Richard Edson, Richard Riehle, Kevin Jackson, Steven Michael Quezada, Richard Brake, Sylvia Jefferies, Sean Whalen, Kevin Jackson, and Jeff Daniel Phillips co-star in the
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