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Gothic Horror ‘Automata’ Breaks Kickstarter Record

Automata, the latest horror from Scottish genre house Hex Studios, has obliterated its £80K ($108K) Kickstarter goal days before the campaign‘s end. Horror fans from all over the world have flocked to support the Gothic style Lovecraftian film, which has earned the film a place in Kickstarter history as the UK’s most funded narrative film EVER. The film centers on the story of antique “expert Brendan Cole who is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history, known as ‘The Infernal Princess’. In the remote Scottish mansion where it has been discovered, Brendan soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse.” Along with genre fans, the film has received support from horror heavy-hitters such as Doomsday actor Craig Conway, Fashionista director Simon Rumley, Ghost Stories actor-director Andy Nyman, and StudioADI, the Academy Award-winning creature effects company behind Starship Troopers, Tremors, and Stephen King’s It. The team has announced a new set of stretch goals to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 7, 2018

From the Crypt

An Exclusive Look Behind The Scenes Of ‘Mercury Screams’

Today, we have an exclusive first look behind-the-scenes of the upcoming short horror film Mercury Screams. Screenwriter Dan Wilder (Haunting Inside) makes his directorial debut with this frightening short film that features cinematography by Jon Caron (My Name is Jonah). In the film, ‘A young couple moves Upstate to escape a personal tragedy. Once in their new home, an entity from a dimension just beyond our own makes his presence known, and reality is ripped asunder.” The cast includes Sarah Zimmer, Wayne W. Johnson (Mohawk), Roderick Klimek (The Last Frankenstein), Seth Chatfield (Blood of the Tribides, Clickbait), and Vic Sage. The film is currently being edited by JB Sapienza (My Name is Jonah, Underground INC.), who is also creating the score. Wilder designed the creature who serves the villain of the film. Jared Balog built the creature with costuming by Klimek Queen Creations. The creature was played by Roderick Klimek. For regular updates on the film follow the official Facebook

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 30, 2018

NewsParanormal

J.J. Abrams Confirms ‘Overlord’ Is NOT Part Of The Cloverfield Franchise

Earlier this week, J.J. Abrams released footage from his new flick Overlord during CinemaCon and it proved that the movie all horror! Abrams also made it clear that the film, Bad Robot’s first R-Rated film, is NOT part of the Cloverfield franchise. But don’t worry, he did confirm that a sequel to the Cloverfield franchise is in the works. The folks over at Joblo got the scoop, saying: The footage we saw featured Wyatt Russell, Bokeem Woodbine and a cast of relative unknowns in traditional WW2 paratrooper gear jumping in as planes blow up around them, before finally getting to the ground, linking up and heading out. We see them discover the heavily-guarded facility and infiltrate it, which is when everything gets a little crazy.” They continue: “We see a bunch of bloody, zombie-like creatures, obviously, people that have been experimented on, vials of a red substance (which is injected into one of the soldiers and seems to give him

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 29, 2018

Interviews

SFX Master Turned Director Hiroshi Katagiri Talks ‘Gehenna: Where Death Lives’

Today, I had the honor of interviewing Hiroshi Katagiri, an incredibly talented special effect master, who once served as the primary artist at the legendary Stan Winston Studios. Katagiri has on movies like Escape from L.A., Jurassic Park III, Blade: Trinity, War of the Worlds (2005), The Cave, Doom, Hellboy, Aliens vs. Predators: Requiem, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Cabin in the Woods, Pirates of the Caribean: On Stranger Tides, Green Lantern, The Hunger Games, R.I.P.D., and Pacific Rim. Now, Katagiri is making his feature directorial debut with Gehenna: Where Death Lives, which he also wrote. Headlining the cast is award-winning actor Doug Jones (The Shape of Water) and genre legend Lance Henrikson (Aliens). Eva Swan, Simon Phillips, Justin Gordon, and Matthew Hegstrom also star. Gehenna: Where Death Lives follows a group visiting Saipan in search of a place to build their company’s newest resort. When they find an ideal location they discover a hidden bunker on the property. They begin to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 22, 2018

IndieMovies

Movie Review: Housesitters (2018)

Housesitters Angie and Izzy land a cushy lil’ job…house sitting (go figure). They spend their time at “work” smoking drugs, watching porn, and generally assing around. Of course the owner of the abode has been up to Satan knows what and unleashed a pint-sized demonic nightmare that begins stalking and slaying with wild abandon. Can our heroines pull their heads out of their asses long enough to put an end to the preternatural menace? Kicking things off, Annie Watkins and Jamie Jirak as Angie and Izzy respectively, are charming leads, and it’s generally a fun time watching them. Also of note is the low-rent puppet used for the creature…I absolutely loved his design, all teeth and ill intention, and I’m glad film maker Jason Coffman went this route as it echoed 80’s flicks like Ghoulies and Hobgoblins…films which obviously inspired Housesitters. For the negatives, let’s start with the acting. The first you thing you’ll notice is that this thing is

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DanXIII

Apr 15, 2018

IndieMovies

Blu-ray Review: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

I can’t even to begin to fathom the fact that some of you fine fiends haven’t seen Killer Klowns From Outer Space, but just in case here’s a quick sinister synopsis: When a big top from beyond the stars lands on Earth and dispenses monstrous alien clowns, it’s up to a gaggle of college kids to try and save the day by facing off against the bizarre creatures and their even more bizarre weapons (cotton candy guns, man eating shadow puppets, killer popcorn et. al.) Can our heroes survive the night and send those ha-ha horrors packing? Surreal, hilarious, filled to the rafters with over-the-top practical effects goodness; Killer Klowns is considered a classic (klassic?) by many, and considered a masterpiece by your’s cruelly. Besides an overwhelming sense of fun and frights, the main takeaway from ol’ double K is that low budget horror pics can be imaginative and unique on a shoestring budget…a lesson today’s slasher and haunting obsessed

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DanXIII

Apr 14, 2018

IndieMovies

Movie Review: Ghoul School is a Gloriously Absurd Fright Flick Experience!

Steve and Jeff, a couple of hard-luck horror hound losers that attend a high school that has to be down the street from Nuke ‘Em High, find their very existence turned upside down when some thugs accost the school’s janitor looking for some…some…I’m not sure they say exactly…and push a mysterious button that releases deadly toxins into the school’s water supply that turns the student body (more specifically the swim team) into flesh-eating, blue skinned, razor toothed monsters! Along the way, Joe Franklin (ask your grandparents kids) and Jackie “The Jokeman” Martling (ask your parents kids) show up for no reason (well Jackie showed up to throw his merch all over every nook and cranny of the scenery), extreme gore splashes across the screen, hard rockin’ ensues, lines are flubbed, and our “heroes” attempt to save the day! Low budget, low brow, and gloriously absurd, Ghoul School is a whole heap of fright flick fun! There are plenty of ridiculous

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DanXIII

Mar 26, 2018

Gaming

Horror Games That Made Gameinformer’s Top 300

The gaming news magazine Gameinformer recently released its 300th issue and to commemorate the release, the staff came up with The Top 300 Games Of All Time and not surprising a decent handful of horror games made the list with one that just missed being in the top 10! Disclaimer: There were 300 titles to look through so I apologize if I’ve missed any games that are horror, some games are “horror-like” but are not classified as horror games so I did not include them. So with the disclaimers out of the way, here in order are the horror games that made the list! 297 Alien Isolation 2014, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows Players take on the role of Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda in this first-person stealth horror game as they encounter a Xenomorph while trying to learn about what happened to the Nostromo that vanished years earlier. 265 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly 2003,

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Capt McNeely

Mar 19, 2018

Giveaways & ContestsStreaming TV

Comet TV Announces Charge! Network And Giveaway!

This March we have a kick-ass treat for you! Comet TV has announced Charge!, a new action network! Comet TV has also announced their March lineup that includes the “Best of the Worst” movies ever created. Over on CHARGE!, there’s the Kickboxer marathon with all five Kickboxer films. Oh, that’s not all! We’ve teamed up with Comet TV and Charge! for a killer giveaway! Check it out. One lucky winner is going to score a prize pack that includes some bad-ass prizes! The Comet TV and Charge! March Pack: 1 – Limited Edition Johnny Mnemonic COMET TV T-shirt: One of the best of the worst films ever. Can you carry Nearly 80 Gigs Of Data In Your Head… It depends on if I have my morning coffee! This shirt is exclusive and only 130 are in existence. 1 – Kickboxer Exclusive Charge! Clamshell Box: Talk about retro goodness! This Bloodsport exclusive clamshell box features exclusive throwback artwork and will immediately

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 9, 2018

IndieTrailers

Jason Coffman Makes His Directorial Debut With The Horror-Comedy ‘Housesitters’

The trailer has arrived for Chicago-based filmmaker Jason Coffman’s feature film debut Housesitters, via Tomorrow Romance. Inspire by films like Ghoulies, the female-driven horror-comedy follows the misadventures of Angie (Annie Watkins, “Jan” in the original New York and Chicago runs of hit stage production The Brady Bunch) and Izzy (Jamie Jirak, formerly of Chicago’s pH Comedy Theater) as they take on a plum housesitting gig that kind of spirals into supernatural horror. Housesitters has been submitted to a number of 2018 festivals in advance of a VOD release later this year. Peter Ash, Jay J. Bidwell, Bethanie Louise, Mariah Michael, James Timothy Peters, and Ben Schlotfelt co-star in the film that features a creature puppet designed and built by Ohio-based independent filmmaker Dustin Wayde Mills (The Puppet Monster Massacre). Behind the camera, Jolene Vega served as cinematographer with Jef Burnham as assistant director and Tatiana von Recklinghausen as lead makeup/effects artist. The soundtrack includes a score by Chicago-based Joshua Burke

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 21, 2018