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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
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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
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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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DVD Review: Dawning of the Dead (2017)

Dawning of the Dead (are you fucking serious with that title guys?!!) concerns the zombie apocalypse beginning through the spread of a man-made virus. The scientist responsible for said outbreak entrusts his test results to an ex-war correspondent turned news anchor (Katya by name) who holes up in the local TV station and views the end of the world as we know it via news feeds. Also in the mix are an assassin who aims to stop the test results from getting out (for reasons). Can Katya survive the killer and escape into a new world of hungry dead (would she even want to? I mean c’mon, I’d rather take my chances with an assassin hell bent on my destruction than a whole world of flesh hungry living corpses)… The first thing you’ll notice about Dawning of the Dead is it’s incredible sense of scope; especially for a lower budget indie zombie picture. The makers of this film show zombie

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DanXIII
Apr 8, 2018
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Witness ‘Dawning Of The Dead’ On VOD And DVD This March

From Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou, and Alexander Zwart comes Dawning of the Dead. In the film, “a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse of society via video feeds from around the globe, a deadly special agent climbs the building floor by floor, his only goal to ensure her silence. Armed only with information and an indomitable will to live, Katya must overcome her crippling anxiety and learn to lead in order to make it out of the studio and into a terrifying new world where only the dead survive.” Starring Honey Holmes, Leo Gregory, Pixie Le Knot, and Sean Cronin, Dawning of the Dead will land on Digital December 5th and on DVD on March 6, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2018
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Movie Review: Cute Little Buggers is a Campy Sci-Fi Bloodbath!

Cute Little Buggers begins as any great culturally relevant piece of art would; namely with horny fish aliens (with British accents) flying down to Earth in their U.F.O. in an attempt to impregnate any human female they can possibly get their hands…err, flippers…fins…whatever…on. To achieve this they splice alien D.N.A. into the local rabbit population which causes them to become ultra violent mutant killing machines…you know something, is it possible to fall in love with a film…like real, human love…because I think that is happening to me right this very second… Moving on, we have the tale of a prodigal son returning to his bucolic hometown and rekindling a lost love as townsfolk begin being brutally slaughtered by those laceratin’ lepus. It basically becomes an all out fight for survival as the bunnies begin chewin’ folks a new asshole (and I mean that literally). First things first, Cute Little Buggers is a flick with it’s tongue very firmly in it’s

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DanXIII
Jan 18, 2018
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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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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 13, 2017
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The Undead Aren’t The Only Danger In ‘Dawning Of The Dead’ – Coming This Christmas

From Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou, and Alexander Zwart comes Dawning of the Dead, set to be released this Christmas season. In the film, “a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse of society via video feeds from around the globe, a deadly special agent climbs the building floor by floor, his only goal to ensure her silence. Armed only with information and an indomitable will to live, Katya must overcome her crippling anxiety and learn to lead in order to make it out of the studio and into a terrifying new world where only the dead survive.” Starring Honey Holmes, Leo Gregory, Pixie Le Knot, and Sean Cronin, Dawning of the Dead arrives on Digital December 5th and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2017
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Mutant Rabbits Are Out For Blood In ‘Cute Little Buggers’ – Coming To VOD

What’s cute, fluffy, and deadly? The killer rabbits in Cute Little Buggers and they are coming this November! In Tony Jopia’s (Crying Wolf) highly anticipated horror-comedy hybrid, we will witness the locals of a peaceful English village, enjoying their annual summer festival when they are suddenly under attack from mutant killer rabbits. Genre icon and Maniac actress Caroline Munro headlines the cast that also includes Honey Holmes, Gary Martin, Dani Thompson, Kumud Pant, Sara Dee, and John R. Walker. “Somewhere in the depths of space, aliens are watching the earth and planning their attack. Unaware of the impending danger, the locals of a sleepy English village are preparing for their summer festival. The aliens launch their offensive by mutating the local rabbit population, and when the furry demons are released, the body count starts to pile up as blood, guts, and fur flies in all directions as the humans fight off the alien threat.” “Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz” in Cute

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 27, 2017
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Aliens Disguised As Creatures Wreak Havoc In The New ‘Cute Little Buggers’ Trailer

From the creator of ‘Deadtime’ and 2015’s ‘Crying Wolf’ comes the creature feature ‘Cute Little Buggers’. The third trailer has just been released for this fun film, directed by Tony Jopia. When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland in the English countryside. Villagers get suspicious when all the women begin to disappear. The villagers soon band together with the film’s hero, Melchoir, to fight off the invaders who are masquerading as forest animals. Caroline Munro, Gary Martin, Dani Thompson, Angela Holmes, Kumud Pant, Sara Dee, John R. Walker, Stu Jopia, Kristofer Dayne, and Sarah Bennett star in ‘Cute Little Buggers’, written by Garry Charles and Andy Davie. ‘Cute Little Buggers’ is set to be released on February 10, 2017. Check out the brand new trailer and get ready for the film, which I believe has all the hallmarks of being a new cult classic.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 6, 2016

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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,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2021
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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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2020
Horror Fuel

DVD Review: Dawning of the Dead (2017)

Dawning of the Dead (are you fucking serious with that title guys?!!) concerns the zombie apocalypse beginning through the spread of a man-made virus. The scientist responsible for said outbreak entrusts his test results to an ex-war correspondent turned news anchor (Katya by name) who holes up in the local TV station and views the end of the world as we know it via news feeds. Also in the mix are an assassin who aims to stop the test results from getting out (for reasons). Can Katya survive the killer and escape into a new world of hungry dead (would she even want to? I mean c’mon, I’d rather take my chances with an assassin hell bent on my destruction than a whole world of flesh hungry living corpses)… The first thing you’ll notice about Dawning of the Dead is it’s incredible sense of scope; especially for a lower budget indie zombie picture. The makers of this film show zombie

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Apr 8, 2018
Horror Fuel

Witness ‘Dawning Of The Dead’ On VOD And DVD This March

From Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou, and Alexander Zwart comes Dawning of the Dead. In the film, “a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse of society via video feeds from around the globe, a deadly special agent climbs the building floor by floor, his only goal to ensure her silence. Armed only with information and an indomitable will to live, Katya must overcome her crippling anxiety and learn to lead in order to make it out of the studio and into a terrifying new world where only the dead survive.” Starring Honey Holmes, Leo Gregory, Pixie Le Knot, and Sean Cronin, Dawning of the Dead will land on Digital December 5th and on DVD on March 6, 2017.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2018
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Cute Little Buggers is a Campy Sci-Fi Bloodbath!

Cute Little Buggers begins as any great culturally relevant piece of art would; namely with horny fish aliens (with British accents) flying down to Earth in their U.F.O. in an attempt to impregnate any human female they can possibly get their hands…err, flippers…fins…whatever…on. To achieve this they splice alien D.N.A. into the local rabbit population which causes them to become ultra violent mutant killing machines…you know something, is it possible to fall in love with a film…like real, human love…because I think that is happening to me right this very second… Moving on, we have the tale of a prodigal son returning to his bucolic hometown and rekindling a lost love as townsfolk begin being brutally slaughtered by those laceratin’ lepus. It basically becomes an all out fight for survival as the bunnies begin chewin’ folks a new asshole (and I mean that literally). First things first, Cute Little Buggers is a flick with it’s tongue very firmly in it’s

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 18, 2018
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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,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 13, 2017
Horror Fuel

The Undead Aren’t The Only Danger In ‘Dawning Of The Dead’ – Coming This Christmas

From Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou, and Alexander Zwart comes Dawning of the Dead, set to be released this Christmas season. In the film, “a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse of society via video feeds from around the globe, a deadly special agent climbs the building floor by floor, his only goal to ensure her silence. Armed only with information and an indomitable will to live, Katya must overcome her crippling anxiety and learn to lead in order to make it out of the studio and into a terrifying new world where only the dead survive.” Starring Honey Holmes, Leo Gregory, Pixie Le Knot, and Sean Cronin, Dawning of the Dead arrives on Digital December 5th and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2017
Horror Fuel

Mutant Rabbits Are Out For Blood In ‘Cute Little Buggers’ – Coming To VOD

What’s cute, fluffy, and deadly? The killer rabbits in Cute Little Buggers and they are coming this November! In Tony Jopia’s (Crying Wolf) highly anticipated horror-comedy hybrid, we will witness the locals of a peaceful English village, enjoying their annual summer festival when they are suddenly under attack from mutant killer rabbits. Genre icon and Maniac actress Caroline Munro headlines the cast that also includes Honey Holmes, Gary Martin, Dani Thompson, Kumud Pant, Sara Dee, and John R. Walker. “Somewhere in the depths of space, aliens are watching the earth and planning their attack. Unaware of the impending danger, the locals of a sleepy English village are preparing for their summer festival. The aliens launch their offensive by mutating the local rabbit population, and when the furry demons are released, the body count starts to pile up as blood, guts, and fur flies in all directions as the humans fight off the alien threat.” “Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz” in Cute

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 27, 2017
Horror Fuel

Aliens Disguised As Creatures Wreak Havoc In The New ‘Cute Little Buggers’ Trailer

From the creator of ‘Deadtime’ and 2015’s ‘Crying Wolf’ comes the creature feature ‘Cute Little Buggers’. The third trailer has just been released for this fun film, directed by Tony Jopia. When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland in the English countryside. Villagers get suspicious when all the women begin to disappear. The villagers soon band together with the film’s hero, Melchoir, to fight off the invaders who are masquerading as forest animals. Caroline Munro, Gary Martin, Dani Thompson, Angela Holmes, Kumud Pant, Sara Dee, John R. Walker, Stu Jopia, Kristofer Dayne, and Sarah Bennett star in ‘Cute Little Buggers’, written by Garry Charles and Andy Davie. ‘Cute Little Buggers’ is set to be released on February 10, 2017. Check out the brand new trailer and get ready for the film, which I believe has all the hallmarks of being a new cult classic.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 6, 2016
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