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Christmas In July: Holiday Horror Films From The Past Year

It may still be hot as balls outside, but we’re already halfway to Christmas! We’ve got some indie holiday-themed movies from the past year that you should see. So turn up the air conditioner, snuggle up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate and watch these movies. Happy Christmas in July! Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 27, 2021

MoviesNews

They’re Cute But Deadly, Aliens Are Here To Take Over The World In ‘Creatures’

Genre specialists Black Mandala has now announced it has acquired the sci-fi horror comedy Creatures, directed by Tony Jopia, the filmmaker behind Cute Little Buggers and Crying Wolf. In the film, “A class of astronomy students and their fearless teacher, Dr. Serling, get more than they bargained for on their latest field trip when they witness an alien spaceship crash-landing in the English countryside! We must warn you, while these creatures are absolutely adorable, they are also absolutely deadly. Investigating the wreckage, the students and Dr. Serling find a furry little alien called Mumpy. Their excitement at this close encounter soon turns to horror when they learn that Mumpy is being targeted for extermination by a group of bloodthirsty CREATURES from outer space!! Cut off by the advancing army of Creatures and with all communications blocked, the students, Serling and Mumpy find refuge in the country home of a retired army major. Gathering together the major’s collection of antique weapons,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 25, 2021

Holiday HorrorIndieMoviesNewsTrailers

This Christmas Cute But Deadly ‘Creatures’ Invade Earth

Post-production has been completed on Creatures, the new movie from Tony Jopia, the director that brought you Cute Little Buggers and Crying Wolf, the executive producer of The Hive, and the creator of Good Tidings. In the movie, “a group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien creatures.” Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC aimed to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work, and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horror-comedies truly away.“ Director Tony Jopia says. “Creatures’ will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 28, 2020

Books

Book Review: Lee Murray’s ‘Grotesque’

According to the afterword in Lee Murray’s short story collection Grotesque, she “steals” ideas for her stories. Murray describes how she listens to conversations, “frankensteins” people’s appearances and personalities together to create characters and uses old legends to twist into her own words and world. I am so happy that I took the time to read the afterword because throughout the entire collection I kept asking myself “how can someone write with such diversity in language, characters, and plot?” If I didn’t know better and without the Maori theme that ties through many of Murray’s stories, I truly would have expected each of these stories to be written by different authors And let me be clear: That is an exceptionally good thing! It is difficult to review collections like this. I am going to be very careful not to give any plot spoilers and I am going to shy away from focusing too heavily on any particular story (although I

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Capt McNeely

Jul 27, 2020

IndieMoviesNews

A First Look At The Holiday Horror Comedy ‘Creatures’

From director Tony Jopia (interview), the filmmaker behind Cute Little Buggers and the executive producer of The Hive, Good Tidings, and Crying Wolf comes the new sci-fi horror comedy Creatures. In the film, A group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien Creatures.’ Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC wanted to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horroromedies truly away.” Director Tony Jopia states. “Creatures will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest movie yet, it’s going to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 12, 2020

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