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Joshua Winch, Tyler Mane, Linnea Quigley, Danielle Harris Highlight Houston Horror Film Fest 2021
From the official press announcement: Joshua Winch (Fall of Grace) joins Tyler Mane (Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5), Rob Mello (Happy Death Day), Oliver Robins (Poltergeist), Clint Howard (Evilspeak) and many more for the HOUSTON HORROR FILM FEST 2021. The weekend of June 25 – 27 the Marriott of South Hobby will be filled with monsters, maniacs, and the macabre. Visit special guest Joshua Winch, winner of best actor for horror movie for “Fall of Grace” and featured in Crave: Roots of Evil, Anna, Lake Fear, Lake Fear 3, and Allegience of Power. “Seeing my name listed as a guest for the Houston Horror Film Festival, with all those icons and great talent is really a dream come true!” – Joshua Winch For more information: https://www.houstonhorrorfilmfest.com/index.html And for more information on Joshua Winch imdb.me/joshuawinch https://twitter.com/joshua_winch?s=09 https://www.facebook.com/joshua.winch
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The Line Between A Writer’s Novel And Real Life Are Blurred In The Thriller ‘Deadly Illusions’
“Awkward” actress Greer Grammer stars alongside “Sex and the City” actress Kristen Davis in the psychological thriller Deadly Illusions. From writer-director Anna Elizabeth James, the film centers on a best-selling novelist (Davis) who is suffering from writer’s block. When she hires a young woman (Grammer) to watch over her twins. She appears to be a sweet innocent young woman, but looks can be deceiving. As the novelist finally begins to write again, the line between the life’s she’s been writing about and her own begins to blur. Dermot Mulroney, who recently appeared in the series “Hanna” and “Prodigal Son” also stars along with Shanola Hampton of “Shameless.” Director Anna Elizabeth James is known as a pioneer in the industry for her iPhone filmmaking and distribution methods and has been featured in Wired and The New York Times and has spoken at TEDx conferences. Davis and Grammer produce Deadly Illusions which premiered on Netflix in March and arrives on iTunes, Amazon,
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Movie Review: Spare Parts
Quite simply, Canadian feature Spare Parts is likely to appeal to gorehounds interested in watching young women in fetish gear kick butt, but those not in the mood for such fare may find it lacking. The film takes several ideas, from drive-in exploitation movies to postapocalyptic cinema to girls-with-guns fare to gorefests and more, and attempts to blend them together. The result is a technically sound film that aims to be more chaotic and violent than it is, but that revels in what brutality it does have on display. The punk band Ms. 45 — Amy (Michelle Argyris), her sister Emma (Emily Alatalo), Cassy (Kiriana Stanton) and Cassy’s girlfriend Jill (Chelsea Muirhead) — play a rowdy gig that earns them enemies along with fans. When a tire on their van blows out, local law enforcement officers take them to an automobile junkyard that happens to house a cult — led by The Emperor (Julian Richings of Anything for Jackson and
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Comic Book Review: Acid Nun Issue #1 (2021)
Let me tell your arcane asses, Acid Nun, the new comic book from artist/writer Corinne Halbert is chock-a-fuckin’-block with plenty of things yours cruelly holds near and dear, such as (but not limited to): blasphemous religious iconography, drugs, sexual fuckings, demons n’ monsters, ass eatin’, skulls… and oh so much more! The best way I can describe the images contained within Acid Nun would be imagine a Chick Tract illustrated on a black light poster, but instead of being all Jesus-like we get the opposite end of the spectrum… and a hail and hardy “Ave Satanas” to that one boils n’ ghouls. But what of the story I hear you bitch n’ moan… well the long and short of the narrative goes as follows: Annie is a wicked, wicked nun who sits around, often nude, and gobbles down drugs while engaging in all manner of consciousness expansion and delicious debauchery… she also happens to be in love/lust with Eleanor, a
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“Evil” Gets A Demon Filled Season Two Trailer
One of the best series to premiere last year was CBS’ “Evil“. We’ve spent a year eagerly waiting for season two. The trailer is out and judging by the looks of it, it has been worth the wait! In season one, a skeptical female clinical psychologist (Katja Herbers) joins a troubled priest-in-training (Mike Colter) and a blue-collar contractor (Aasif Mandvi) as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possession, and other extraordinary occurrences through the eye of science then religion to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work. It appears this season each team member will be faced with their own demons and supernatural battles whiling conducting investigations, grizzly murders, demons, monsters, and more. The cast also includes Michael Emerson, Christine Lahti, Brooklyn Shuck, Kurt Fuller, Skylar Gray, Maddy Crocco, and Dalya Knapp. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions. Robert King, Liz Glotzer, Michelle King, and Rockne S.
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Blu-ray Review: The Stylist (2020)
Hair stylin’ Claire (played to lunatic perfection by Najarra Townsend) is a bit… off. See, ol’ Claire has a penchant for removing the scalps of her clients and putting them on her own noggin to… live vicariously through them? Look, shes unglued, it doesn’t have to make sense… The Stylist, the debut feature from writer/director Jill Gervargizian is nothing if not, well.. stylish. Every frame of this picture is so well realized and put together that the images become works of art (and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the impressive sets utilized here as well)… this is low-budget filmmaking that looks anything but, and was put together by a true artist. Thankfully this film has more going on besides lookin’ damn good (though Satan knows that’s usually enough for yours cruelly… )! A big boon to this production is the acting chops of Townsend who makes Claire a deft blend of pathos, madness, and sexual ambiguity, that results
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DVD Review: Face of the Devil (2014)
A those few precious days before college… not quite an adult, definitely not a child… a time to experience things purely for perhaps the last time… a chance to gather up your pals and go traipsing into a jungle for a little R n’ R, and perhaps a chance to stare into the gaping maw of hell itself, you know, for the fun of it all… So yeah, a gang of friends head down the raging rapids and end up at a hotel located deep within that verdant landscape. Of course this leads to them encountering all manner of odd occurrences that reveal there are supernatural shenanigans afoot, but is it the hotel and jungle that are cursed, or do the simply bring out the darkness that already dwells within? Let’s get the biggest challenge some of you may face with Face of the Devil; while the runtime is brief (around eighty minutes), this is definitely an entry in slow-burn
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A Man Will Go To Any Length The Save His Friend In ‘We Think We’re All Special’
Director Kirby Voss’s We All Think We’re Special, starring Jared Bankens (Bill and Ted Face the Music, Venom, “Looking for Alaska”) premieres on digital this June. In this haunting thriller, a night of reckless drinking compels a car mechanic to forcibly detox his best friend — whatever the cost. William McGovern, Sophie White, and Sherri Marina co-star in a film written by Kirby Voss and Felicia Stallard. We All Think We’re Special arrives On Demand on June 4, 2021.
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‘Everybody Gets Stabbed’ This June
This June, Everybody Gets Stabbed, is a film about revenge, toxic masculinity, sexism, and a lot of drama. The film is directed by Levon J. Polinelli, who co-wrote the black comedy with Daniel Buckle and Nick Pages-Oliver who also star. In the film, “Clive likes Lauren. Lauren has no idea. Desmond is in love with Clive. Clive has no idea. Lauren and her boyfriend Tom love each other very much. Clive doesn’t like Tom, because Clive was the one who put in all the friend coins and wasn’t rewarded with a relationship. So, with Desmond’s help, Clive decides to start killing all of their friends and blame it on Tom, and then maybe Lauren will realize she really loves Clive. And maybe if they hang out together Clive will fall in love with Desmond. It’s not the greatest of plans. And they’re not the greatest of murderers. But they’re going to give it a red hot go because mediocre men
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Austria’s Slash ½ Film Festival Features Supernatural Shudders and Gag-Inducing Grue
The stellar minds behind Slash Filmfestival Austrian film festival present Slash ½ — which returns to cinemas after an absence last year — with 11 amazing films. Highlights of he fest, which runs June 17–20, 2021 at Filmcasino in Vienna, Austria, include the gruesome shocker The Stylist, the gory dark-horror comedy Cyst, the supernatural chiller Son, and much more. Following is official information from Slash ½. After cancelling last year’s edition due to the pandemic, SLASH 1/2 is making its big comeback in 2021. Extended to four festival days, the mini festival presents international Fantastic Cinema in all its diversity. Sporting more than ten films, the program serves up hearty scenes of blood and pus splattering everywhere (mmhh!) as well as subtle horrors and social critique — after all, it’s not just your stomach that ought to turn but also the wheels in your head. Festival films include Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller POSSESSOR, Tyler Russell’s equally nasty and funny body
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Joshua Winch, Tyler Mane, Linnea Quigley, Danielle Harris Highlight Houston Horror Film Fest 2021
From the official press announcement: Joshua Winch (Fall of Grace) joins Tyler Mane (Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5), Rob Mello (Happy Death Day), Oliver Robins (Poltergeist), Clint Howard (Evilspeak) and many more for the HOUSTON HORROR FILM FEST 2021. The weekend of June 25 – 27 the Marriott of South Hobby will be filled with monsters, maniacs, and the macabre. Visit special guest Joshua Winch, winner of best actor for horror movie for “Fall of Grace” and featured in Crave: Roots of Evil, Anna, Lake Fear, Lake Fear 3, and Allegience of Power. “Seeing my name listed as a guest for the Houston Horror Film Festival, with all those icons and great talent is really a dream come true!” – Joshua Winch For more information: https://www.houstonhorrorfilmfest.com/index.html And for more information on Joshua Winch imdb.me/joshuawinch https://twitter.com/joshua_winch?s=09 https://www.facebook.com/joshua.winch
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The Line Between A Writer’s Novel And Real Life Are Blurred In The Thriller ‘Deadly Illusions’
“Awkward” actress Greer Grammer stars alongside “Sex and the City” actress Kristen Davis in the psychological thriller Deadly Illusions. From writer-director Anna Elizabeth James, the film centers on a best-selling novelist (Davis) who is suffering from writer’s block. When she hires a young woman (Grammer) to watch over her twins. She appears to be a sweet innocent young woman, but looks can be deceiving. As the novelist finally begins to write again, the line between the life’s she’s been writing about and her own begins to blur. Dermot Mulroney, who recently appeared in the series “Hanna” and “Prodigal Son” also stars along with Shanola Hampton of “Shameless.” Director Anna Elizabeth James is known as a pioneer in the industry for her iPhone filmmaking and distribution methods and has been featured in Wired and The New York Times and has spoken at TEDx conferences. Davis and Grammer produce Deadly Illusions which premiered on Netflix in March and arrives on iTunes, Amazon,
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Spare Parts
Quite simply, Canadian feature Spare Parts is likely to appeal to gorehounds interested in watching young women in fetish gear kick butt, but those not in the mood for such fare may find it lacking. The film takes several ideas, from drive-in exploitation movies to postapocalyptic cinema to girls-with-guns fare to gorefests and more, and attempts to blend them together. The result is a technically sound film that aims to be more chaotic and violent than it is, but that revels in what brutality it does have on display. The punk band Ms. 45 — Amy (Michelle Argyris), her sister Emma (Emily Alatalo), Cassy (Kiriana Stanton) and Cassy’s girlfriend Jill (Chelsea Muirhead) — play a rowdy gig that earns them enemies along with fans. When a tire on their van blows out, local law enforcement officers take them to an automobile junkyard that happens to house a cult — led by The Emperor (Julian Richings of Anything for Jackson and
Continue reading →
Comic Book Review: Acid Nun Issue #1 (2021)
Let me tell your arcane asses, Acid Nun, the new comic book from artist/writer Corinne Halbert is chock-a-fuckin’-block with plenty of things yours cruelly holds near and dear, such as (but not limited to): blasphemous religious iconography, drugs, sexual fuckings, demons n’ monsters, ass eatin’, skulls… and oh so much more! The best way I can describe the images contained within Acid Nun would be imagine a Chick Tract illustrated on a black light poster, but instead of being all Jesus-like we get the opposite end of the spectrum… and a hail and hardy “Ave Satanas” to that one boils n’ ghouls. But what of the story I hear you bitch n’ moan… well the long and short of the narrative goes as follows: Annie is a wicked, wicked nun who sits around, often nude, and gobbles down drugs while engaging in all manner of consciousness expansion and delicious debauchery… she also happens to be in love/lust with Eleanor, a
Continue reading →
“Evil” Gets A Demon Filled Season Two Trailer
One of the best series to premiere last year was CBS’ “Evil“. We’ve spent a year eagerly waiting for season two. The trailer is out and judging by the looks of it, it has been worth the wait! In season one, a skeptical female clinical psychologist (Katja Herbers) joins a troubled priest-in-training (Mike Colter) and a blue-collar contractor (Aasif Mandvi) as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possession, and other extraordinary occurrences through the eye of science then religion to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work. It appears this season each team member will be faced with their own demons and supernatural battles whiling conducting investigations, grizzly murders, demons, monsters, and more. The cast also includes Michael Emerson, Christine Lahti, Brooklyn Shuck, Kurt Fuller, Skylar Gray, Maddy Crocco, and Dalya Knapp. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions. Robert King, Liz Glotzer, Michelle King, and Rockne S.
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Blu-ray Review: The Stylist (2020)
Hair stylin’ Claire (played to lunatic perfection by Najarra Townsend) is a bit… off. See, ol’ Claire has a penchant for removing the scalps of her clients and putting them on her own noggin to… live vicariously through them? Look, shes unglued, it doesn’t have to make sense… The Stylist, the debut feature from writer/director Jill Gervargizian is nothing if not, well.. stylish. Every frame of this picture is so well realized and put together that the images become works of art (and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the impressive sets utilized here as well)… this is low-budget filmmaking that looks anything but, and was put together by a true artist. Thankfully this film has more going on besides lookin’ damn good (though Satan knows that’s usually enough for yours cruelly… )! A big boon to this production is the acting chops of Townsend who makes Claire a deft blend of pathos, madness, and sexual ambiguity, that results
Continue reading →
DVD Review: Face of the Devil (2014)
A those few precious days before college… not quite an adult, definitely not a child… a time to experience things purely for perhaps the last time… a chance to gather up your pals and go traipsing into a jungle for a little R n’ R, and perhaps a chance to stare into the gaping maw of hell itself, you know, for the fun of it all… So yeah, a gang of friends head down the raging rapids and end up at a hotel located deep within that verdant landscape. Of course this leads to them encountering all manner of odd occurrences that reveal there are supernatural shenanigans afoot, but is it the hotel and jungle that are cursed, or do the simply bring out the darkness that already dwells within? Let’s get the biggest challenge some of you may face with Face of the Devil; while the runtime is brief (around eighty minutes), this is definitely an entry in slow-burn
Continue reading →
A Man Will Go To Any Length The Save His Friend In ‘We Think We’re All Special’
Director Kirby Voss’s We All Think We’re Special, starring Jared Bankens (Bill and Ted Face the Music, Venom, “Looking for Alaska”) premieres on digital this June. In this haunting thriller, a night of reckless drinking compels a car mechanic to forcibly detox his best friend — whatever the cost. William McGovern, Sophie White, and Sherri Marina co-star in a film written by Kirby Voss and Felicia Stallard. We All Think We’re Special arrives On Demand on June 4, 2021.
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‘Everybody Gets Stabbed’ This June
This June, Everybody Gets Stabbed, is a film about revenge, toxic masculinity, sexism, and a lot of drama. The film is directed by Levon J. Polinelli, who co-wrote the black comedy with Daniel Buckle and Nick Pages-Oliver who also star. In the film, “Clive likes Lauren. Lauren has no idea. Desmond is in love with Clive. Clive has no idea. Lauren and her boyfriend Tom love each other very much. Clive doesn’t like Tom, because Clive was the one who put in all the friend coins and wasn’t rewarded with a relationship. So, with Desmond’s help, Clive decides to start killing all of their friends and blame it on Tom, and then maybe Lauren will realize she really loves Clive. And maybe if they hang out together Clive will fall in love with Desmond. It’s not the greatest of plans. And they’re not the greatest of murderers. But they’re going to give it a red hot go because mediocre men
Continue reading →
Austria’s Slash ½ Film Festival Features Supernatural Shudders and Gag-Inducing Grue
The stellar minds behind Slash Filmfestival Austrian film festival present Slash ½ — which returns to cinemas after an absence last year — with 11 amazing films. Highlights of he fest, which runs June 17–20, 2021 at Filmcasino in Vienna, Austria, include the gruesome shocker The Stylist, the gory dark-horror comedy Cyst, the supernatural chiller Son, and much more. Following is official information from Slash ½. After cancelling last year’s edition due to the pandemic, SLASH 1/2 is making its big comeback in 2021. Extended to four festival days, the mini festival presents international Fantastic Cinema in all its diversity. Sporting more than ten films, the program serves up hearty scenes of blood and pus splattering everywhere (mmhh!) as well as subtle horrors and social critique — after all, it’s not just your stomach that ought to turn but also the wheels in your head. Festival films include Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller POSSESSOR, Tyler Russell’s equally nasty and funny body
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