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SFX Master Keizô Murase Returns For Daisuke Sato’s ‘Howl From Beyond The Fog’
Ten years following the release of director Daisuke Sato’s short film The Fog Horn, based off of Ray Bradbury’s short story, a new short film is on the way, titled Howl from Beyond the Fog. The filmmaker has teamed up with legendary special FX master Keizô Murase (Goliathon, The H-Man) to bring to life a monster with the use of puppetry, miniatures, and a mixture of practical FX and CGI. The environment and atmosphere of the film will be conveyed by expressing everything within the work as a model this includes the human element as well. People will be depicted using half sized puppets fitted with special make up technology that with help show expressions uniquely different from traditional puppet theater. The scale of the environmental models will fit seamlessly with the puppets. Howl from Beyond the Fog is set during the Meiji reformation era in a small village in Kyushu, Japan. The story revolves around a young boy named
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Movie Review: Cannibals And Christmas Lights – ‘Mercy Christmas’ Is A True Gift
When you think about the holiday season one of the first things that pop into your mind is the food and sitting around the table with your loved ones. Every family has its own traditions and many times that includes meals. That’s exactly what the holiday horror film Mercy Christmas is about, with a twist. The Robillard family has a unique way of celebrating the holiday. When Michael Brisket gets drafted to work on his boss Andy Robillard’s presentation during Christmas he thinks things couldn’t get any worse. He’s about to discover that he’s very wrong. Michael isn’t the most popular guy at work. When he throws a Christmas party he’s heartbroken when no one shows up, that is until his boss’ beautiful secretary Cindy arrives. After a night of games and eggnog, Cindy invites Michael home for the holidays. Thinking he’s hit the jackpot he agrees. At first, Cindy’s family seems great, but that changes when his boss walks
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Go ‘Inside’ A Mothers Worst Nightmare In The Trailer For Miguel Ángel Vivas’ New Thriller
Ahead of the January release of Miguel Ángel Vivas’ remake of Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s French horror film À l’intérieur, titled Inside, a new trailer and batch of images have been unveiled. The new version, from the writers of [REC], stars The Loop actress Rachel Nichols as a pregnant woman being tormented by a woman (The Punisher’s Laura Harring) who wants to steal her baby. Stany Coppet, Andrea Tivadar, David Chevers, Maarten Swann, Ben Temple, Craig Stevenson, Richard Felix, and Steve Howard co-star. In the film, “Pregnant and depressed, a young widow tries to rebuild her life following the fateful car accident where she lost her husband and partially lost her hearing. Now, about to go into labor, she’s living in a remote house in the suburbs when, one Christmas night, she receives an unexpected visit from another woman with a devastating objective: to rip the child she’s carrying from inside her. But a mother’s fury when it comes
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An Interview With ‘Dawning Of The Dead’ And ‘Cute Little Buggers’ Director Tony Jopia
Tony Jopia, writer-director-producer of films such as Crying Wolf 3D, Cute Little Buggers, and the zombie film Dawning of the Dead, which just arrived on VOD, took the time to sit down and answer a few of our questions about his films. Horror Fuel: Do you remember the first horror film you saw? What was it and how old were you?” Tony Jopia: I got to see loads of black and white creature features like THEM! and The Black Scorpion from around 11years old when my father would wake me up to watch them on late night TV. Prior to this, I think The Wizard of OZ was pretty scary, I remember going to the cinema on a very rainy day with my dad when I was about 6 and getting freaked out by the monkeys and the green witch. The forest was spooky too. The first few films I call full-on horror, that had a massive impact on me,
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‘The Midnight Man’ Starring Robert Englund & Lin Shaye Gets A Release Date
Genre icons Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise) and Lin Shaye (Insidious franchise) teamed up again, this time for director Travis Zariwny’s The Midnight Man whose U.S. release date has now been announced for January. Inspired by the video game, the film begins in 1956 and centers on a group of friends playing a game that doesn’t end well for the players. Fast forward to present day when a girl and her friends discover the game in the attic that summons the dark entity known as “The Midnight Man”, who uses their worst fears against them. Emily Haine, Gabrielle Haugh, Summer H. Howell, Callie Lane, Keenan Lehmann, Louise Linton, Michael Sirow, and Luca Villacis co-star with Kyle Strauts playing the Midnight Man. Travis Zariwny penned the script based on Rob Kennedy’s screenplay. Zariwny’s The Midnight Man, which should not be confused with Aitor Uribarri’s The Midnight Man (2017), will arrive in American theaters and on VOD on Friday,
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Movie Review: Paranormal Farm Brings a Horror Harvest Worth Seeing!
In the latest entry in the massively saturated found footage fright flick genre, Paranormal Farm, a documentary film maker is called to an extremely rural farm to try and prove whether the location is actually haunted. He records everything (of course…wouldn’t be much of a ‘found footage’ film without any ‘footage’), and shows signs of being freaked the F out before he even enters the domicile and meets it’s salt of the Earth occupants. After a bit of investigation (and learning about the family’s tragedy) the owners leave, and our hero is left alone in the home. Wandering the grounds, he inexplicably encounters men in clown masks which continue to terrorize him further back at the homestead. After inviting the spirit to use him as a vessel…to complete success…our protagonist has had about enough of the house and all it’s bullshit, and bolts to the trailer where the owners are staying during the investigation. This leads to some shocking information…and
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A First Look At James Cullen Bressack’s Supernatural Film ‘Together’
The first images are here from director James Cullen Bressack’s (Bethany) supernatural revenge film Together, starring Madeleine Wade and Augie Duke. Bressack co-wrote the script with Wade. The film centers on two sisters (Wade and Duke) who suffered horrible abuse at the hands of their father (Dave Sheridan). After his death, the two decide to bring his spirit back with witchcraft so that they can reap their revenge. Michael Welch, Mark Rolston, Dominique Swain, Anna Harr and Sage Correa co-star. Wade is serving as executive producer alongside Jared Safier. Bressack, Micah Brant, and James Thomas are producing, THR reports. Safier Entertainment is representing the film for domestic sales.
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Questions Are Answered, A Review Of ‘Resident Evil 7’s DLC, ‘Not A Hero’
I waited until midnight of the 12th and got the free DLC ‘Not a Hero’, installed it and played it. The only complaint I had about the game was that it was an hour long, being a free download I guess there’s really nothing to be too upset about. The controls for the game are the same as the main story but you’re equipped with only two weapons, a high powered pistol, and a semi-automatic shotgun. You also have a knife and grenades. The options you set up for the main story carry over into the DLC (screen brightness, subtitles, language, etc). Onto the story (Possible Spoilers) first thing, if you have not played the main story, play that first or else the ‘Not a Hero’ makes no sense. The story takes place immediately after the events of the main story. You play as Chris Redfield, a veteran character from the game series, before I continue I’ll address the big
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‘Walking Dead’ Season 8 Mid Season Premiere Trailer Teases Rick’s Fury
A lot happened on the mid-season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’, Alexandria was burned, the Saviors seized the Kingdom and Ezekiel, and Carl revealed to Rick and Michonne that he has been bitten (read the recap here). But the world keeps turning. Carl doesn’t have much time left, but he does have a mission according to showrunner Scott Gimple. The mid-season premiere teaser, titled ‘The Last Stand’ has now arrived, giving us a look at what the future hold for the survivors and Rick’s new fury aimed right at Negan. ‘The Walking Dead’ returns on February 25, 2018.
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SFX Master Keizô Murase Returns For Daisuke Sato’s ‘Howl From Beyond The Fog’
Ten years following the release of director Daisuke Sato’s short film The Fog Horn, based off of Ray Bradbury’s short story, a new short film is on the way, titled Howl from Beyond the Fog. The filmmaker has teamed up with legendary special FX master Keizô Murase (Goliathon, The H-Man) to bring to life a monster with the use of puppetry, miniatures, and a mixture of practical FX and CGI. The environment and atmosphere of the film will be conveyed by expressing everything within the work as a model this includes the human element as well. People will be depicted using half sized puppets fitted with special make up technology that with help show expressions uniquely different from traditional puppet theater. The scale of the environmental models will fit seamlessly with the puppets. Howl from Beyond the Fog is set during the Meiji reformation era in a small village in Kyushu, Japan. The story revolves around a young boy named
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Cannibals And Christmas Lights – ‘Mercy Christmas’ Is A True Gift
When you think about the holiday season one of the first things that pop into your mind is the food and sitting around the table with your loved ones. Every family has its own traditions and many times that includes meals. That’s exactly what the holiday horror film Mercy Christmas is about, with a twist. The Robillard family has a unique way of celebrating the holiday. When Michael Brisket gets drafted to work on his boss Andy Robillard’s presentation during Christmas he thinks things couldn’t get any worse. He’s about to discover that he’s very wrong. Michael isn’t the most popular guy at work. When he throws a Christmas party he’s heartbroken when no one shows up, that is until his boss’ beautiful secretary Cindy arrives. After a night of games and eggnog, Cindy invites Michael home for the holidays. Thinking he’s hit the jackpot he agrees. At first, Cindy’s family seems great, but that changes when his boss walks
Continue reading →
Go ‘Inside’ A Mothers Worst Nightmare In The Trailer For Miguel Ángel Vivas’ New Thriller
Ahead of the January release of Miguel Ángel Vivas’ remake of Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s French horror film À l’intérieur, titled Inside, a new trailer and batch of images have been unveiled. The new version, from the writers of [REC], stars The Loop actress Rachel Nichols as a pregnant woman being tormented by a woman (The Punisher’s Laura Harring) who wants to steal her baby. Stany Coppet, Andrea Tivadar, David Chevers, Maarten Swann, Ben Temple, Craig Stevenson, Richard Felix, and Steve Howard co-star. In the film, “Pregnant and depressed, a young widow tries to rebuild her life following the fateful car accident where she lost her husband and partially lost her hearing. Now, about to go into labor, she’s living in a remote house in the suburbs when, one Christmas night, she receives an unexpected visit from another woman with a devastating objective: to rip the child she’s carrying from inside her. But a mother’s fury when it comes
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An Interview With ‘Dawning Of The Dead’ And ‘Cute Little Buggers’ Director Tony Jopia
Tony Jopia, writer-director-producer of films such as Crying Wolf 3D, Cute Little Buggers, and the zombie film Dawning of the Dead, which just arrived on VOD, took the time to sit down and answer a few of our questions about his films. Horror Fuel: Do you remember the first horror film you saw? What was it and how old were you?” Tony Jopia: I got to see loads of black and white creature features like THEM! and The Black Scorpion from around 11years old when my father would wake me up to watch them on late night TV. Prior to this, I think The Wizard of OZ was pretty scary, I remember going to the cinema on a very rainy day with my dad when I was about 6 and getting freaked out by the monkeys and the green witch. The forest was spooky too. The first few films I call full-on horror, that had a massive impact on me,
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‘The Midnight Man’ Starring Robert Englund & Lin Shaye Gets A Release Date
Genre icons Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise) and Lin Shaye (Insidious franchise) teamed up again, this time for director Travis Zariwny’s The Midnight Man whose U.S. release date has now been announced for January. Inspired by the video game, the film begins in 1956 and centers on a group of friends playing a game that doesn’t end well for the players. Fast forward to present day when a girl and her friends discover the game in the attic that summons the dark entity known as “The Midnight Man”, who uses their worst fears against them. Emily Haine, Gabrielle Haugh, Summer H. Howell, Callie Lane, Keenan Lehmann, Louise Linton, Michael Sirow, and Luca Villacis co-star with Kyle Strauts playing the Midnight Man. Travis Zariwny penned the script based on Rob Kennedy’s screenplay. Zariwny’s The Midnight Man, which should not be confused with Aitor Uribarri’s The Midnight Man (2017), will arrive in American theaters and on VOD on Friday,
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Paranormal Farm Brings a Horror Harvest Worth Seeing!
In the latest entry in the massively saturated found footage fright flick genre, Paranormal Farm, a documentary film maker is called to an extremely rural farm to try and prove whether the location is actually haunted. He records everything (of course…wouldn’t be much of a ‘found footage’ film without any ‘footage’), and shows signs of being freaked the F out before he even enters the domicile and meets it’s salt of the Earth occupants. After a bit of investigation (and learning about the family’s tragedy) the owners leave, and our hero is left alone in the home. Wandering the grounds, he inexplicably encounters men in clown masks which continue to terrorize him further back at the homestead. After inviting the spirit to use him as a vessel…to complete success…our protagonist has had about enough of the house and all it’s bullshit, and bolts to the trailer where the owners are staying during the investigation. This leads to some shocking information…and
Continue reading →
A First Look At James Cullen Bressack’s Supernatural Film ‘Together’
The first images are here from director James Cullen Bressack’s (Bethany) supernatural revenge film Together, starring Madeleine Wade and Augie Duke. Bressack co-wrote the script with Wade. The film centers on two sisters (Wade and Duke) who suffered horrible abuse at the hands of their father (Dave Sheridan). After his death, the two decide to bring his spirit back with witchcraft so that they can reap their revenge. Michael Welch, Mark Rolston, Dominique Swain, Anna Harr and Sage Correa co-star. Wade is serving as executive producer alongside Jared Safier. Bressack, Micah Brant, and James Thomas are producing, THR reports. Safier Entertainment is representing the film for domestic sales.
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Questions Are Answered, A Review Of ‘Resident Evil 7’s DLC, ‘Not A Hero’
I waited until midnight of the 12th and got the free DLC ‘Not a Hero’, installed it and played it. The only complaint I had about the game was that it was an hour long, being a free download I guess there’s really nothing to be too upset about. The controls for the game are the same as the main story but you’re equipped with only two weapons, a high powered pistol, and a semi-automatic shotgun. You also have a knife and grenades. The options you set up for the main story carry over into the DLC (screen brightness, subtitles, language, etc). Onto the story (Possible Spoilers) first thing, if you have not played the main story, play that first or else the ‘Not a Hero’ makes no sense. The story takes place immediately after the events of the main story. You play as Chris Redfield, a veteran character from the game series, before I continue I’ll address the big
Continue reading →
‘Walking Dead’ Season 8 Mid Season Premiere Trailer Teases Rick’s Fury
A lot happened on the mid-season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’, Alexandria was burned, the Saviors seized the Kingdom and Ezekiel, and Carl revealed to Rick and Michonne that he has been bitten (read the recap here). But the world keeps turning. Carl doesn’t have much time left, but he does have a mission according to showrunner Scott Gimple. The mid-season premiere teaser, titled ‘The Last Stand’ has now arrived, giving us a look at what the future hold for the survivors and Rick’s new fury aimed right at Negan. ‘The Walking Dead’ returns on February 25, 2018.
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