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In the late 1800’s, a shit heel of a slaver named George Masterson (David Ramsey) is cursed by the poor souls he bought and sold…flash forward to the late 1980’s, and a Psychiatrist named David (Andrew Stevens) and his pop singer gal pal (and former patient), Kate (Mary Page Keller) move into that doomed a-holes house…what could go wrong? The answer of course is every fucking thing. Heralded by an abundance of natures most terrifying creations, pigeons…wait, fucking pigeons?!! Anyway, a few bad dreams and visions, some outre discoveries in the abode (read: centuries old corpses and a strange talisman), and yes, pigeons, lead to a voodoo monster terrorizing our heroes six ways to Sunday! While a bit of a slow burn in the actual horror department, Scared Stiff never became tedious for your’s cruelly (and the third act pay-off is an absolutely fantastic display of gooey, monster-packed practical effects wizardry and well worth the wait). The ages old mystery,
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Actor Chris Coppola, whose many credits include, Spawn, Friday the 13th, Far Cry, and BloodRayne: Deliverance, took a few minutes to talk with us about his previous projects and his most recent film Acts of Desperation following its release this week from Gravitas Ventures. Horror Fuel: “Great performance in Acts of Desperation, sir!” Chris Coppola: “Thanks for having me, very excited to talk to you guys.” Horror Fuel: “Now, you have a famous surname there… are you related to…” Chris Coppola: “Biggest misconception is that I’m related to Francis Ford Coppola. My name is Coppola but the fact of the matter is I’m not related to that Coppola family. Although funny story I went to the vineyard years ago with my wife, I went to pay and put my credit card and license down and the cashier said: “Oh Mr. Coppola family gets half off all sales.” And I said, “oh yeah I knew that.” I then signaled to my
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Acclaimed, award-winning actor Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Nixon) leads a superb ensemble cast in Richard Friedman’s gritty Acts of Desperation, from Gravitas Ventures. Also starring Jason Gedrick (Backdraft, “Bosch”) and Kira Reed Lorsch (“The Bay”), Acts of Desperation is an intensely unique and unpredictable thriller that sees the lives of a desperate cop, his distraught wife, a bank robber, an obsessed woman, and two criminals intertwine. In the film, “a desperate cop on the edge is obsessed over the fact that his beautiful but frantic wife is having an affair. At the same time, he tracks a desperately shrewd bank robber who is falling in love with a desperately obsessed woman whose life he just saved from suicide. As if that’s not enough, he is also being blackmailed by two desperately unhinged street criminals who will stop at nothing to get their money. Time is running out for all of them as their worlds collide.” Tim DeZarn (The Cabin in the
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A lawyer gets into a car accident (after an over-the-top display of hysterics) that leaves him horribly disfigured and his girlfriend a corpse. As such individuals do, he now stalks the halls of an abandoned asylum, just waiting to put the murder biz on anyone foolish to enter the putrid place. As if on cue, a bunch of fools (including some teens and an all female noise rock band…the leader of which must have a diet that consists of nothing but scenery for the amount of it she chews through the film’s run time) do indeed decide to pay the asylum a visit resulting in gore, popped tops (well one top to be more accurate), and one liners! The first thing you have to realize about Doom Asylum is that it absolutely refuses to take itself seriously. Once you get past that lil’ tidbit you can just kick back and enjoy the intentionally over-the-top acting, wise crakin’ killer, scenarios, and
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IndieMoviesParanormalReviews
In the late 1800’s, a shit heel of a slaver named George Masterson (David Ramsey) is cursed by the poor souls he bought and sold…flash forward to the late 1980’s, and a Psychiatrist named David (Andrew Stevens) and his pop singer gal pal (and former patient), Kate (Mary Page Keller) move into that doomed a-holes house…what could go wrong? The answer of course is every fucking thing. Heralded by an abundance of natures most terrifying creations, pigeons…wait, fucking pigeons?!! Anyway, a few bad dreams and visions, some outre discoveries in the abode (read: centuries old corpses and a strange talisman), and yes, pigeons, lead to a voodoo monster terrorizing our heroes six ways to Sunday! While a bit of a slow burn in the actual horror department, Scared Stiff never became tedious for your’s cruelly (and the third act pay-off is an absolutely fantastic display of gooey, monster-packed practical effects wizardry and well worth the wait). The ages old mystery,
Continue reading →
InterviewsMoviesNewsThriller
Actor Chris Coppola, whose many credits include, Spawn, Friday the 13th, Far Cry, and BloodRayne: Deliverance, took a few minutes to talk with us about his previous projects and his most recent film Acts of Desperation following its release this week from Gravitas Ventures. Horror Fuel: “Great performance in Acts of Desperation, sir!” Chris Coppola: “Thanks for having me, very excited to talk to you guys.” Horror Fuel: “Now, you have a famous surname there… are you related to…” Chris Coppola: “Biggest misconception is that I’m related to Francis Ford Coppola. My name is Coppola but the fact of the matter is I’m not related to that Coppola family. Although funny story I went to the vineyard years ago with my wife, I went to pay and put my credit card and license down and the cashier said: “Oh Mr. Coppola family gets half off all sales.” And I said, “oh yeah I knew that.” I then signaled to my
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
Acclaimed, award-winning actor Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Nixon) leads a superb ensemble cast in Richard Friedman’s gritty Acts of Desperation, from Gravitas Ventures. Also starring Jason Gedrick (Backdraft, “Bosch”) and Kira Reed Lorsch (“The Bay”), Acts of Desperation is an intensely unique and unpredictable thriller that sees the lives of a desperate cop, his distraught wife, a bank robber, an obsessed woman, and two criminals intertwine. In the film, “a desperate cop on the edge is obsessed over the fact that his beautiful but frantic wife is having an affair. At the same time, he tracks a desperately shrewd bank robber who is falling in love with a desperately obsessed woman whose life he just saved from suicide. As if that’s not enough, he is also being blackmailed by two desperately unhinged street criminals who will stop at nothing to get their money. Time is running out for all of them as their worlds collide.” Tim DeZarn (The Cabin in the
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IndieMoviesReviews
A lawyer gets into a car accident (after an over-the-top display of hysterics) that leaves him horribly disfigured and his girlfriend a corpse. As such individuals do, he now stalks the halls of an abandoned asylum, just waiting to put the murder biz on anyone foolish to enter the putrid place. As if on cue, a bunch of fools (including some teens and an all female noise rock band…the leader of which must have a diet that consists of nothing but scenery for the amount of it she chews through the film’s run time) do indeed decide to pay the asylum a visit resulting in gore, popped tops (well one top to be more accurate), and one liners! The first thing you have to realize about Doom Asylum is that it absolutely refuses to take itself seriously. Once you get past that lil’ tidbit you can just kick back and enjoy the intentionally over-the-top acting, wise crakin’ killer, scenarios, and
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