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Snowtown (2011) – Gritty drama from Down Under about the infamous Bodies in Barrells murder case of the 1990’s. More Art house that outright horror, although it is certainly horrific in places. The kind of movie that gets under your skin and stays there. Continue reading »
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After many years in anticipation, Johnny Depp reprises his role as a Hunter S. Thompson alter ego in the new film The Rum Diary, and sadly, I think he took it one film too far.
It follows a young writer, Kemp, as he travels to Puerto Rico to join a failing newspaper and begin his writing career as an astrology writer. Along the way, he drinks a lot of rum with the paper’s photographer and roommate, nearly goes to jail, meets a beautiful young blond (Amber Heard), is invited to help a shady business scheme put on by a gentleman named Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), and tries to discover his own “voice” to write his own novel.
That is all I took away as being the story from the seemingly endless two-hour marathon that is the film. Yes, it looks like there’s a lot involved, but it’s so sprawled out and Continue reading »
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Here is an oddity, a shot on super 8 anthology horror movie that was shelved when the footage was deemed unusable, but “rescued” in 2010 when technology was available to make it watchable and released on DVD along with an actual VHS tape in a nice box with some other low rent crap like Cannibal Campout and the Video Violence movies. I do use the word crap with a bit of love for the same reason that I tend to watch movies like Burial ground over and over again, because they make me feel good. They give me a warm feeling in my stomach and a smile on my lips. Yes, it looks like shit (Shot on über grainy super 8 film), the dialogue is pretty god damn awful and the actors couldn’t even be accused of actually acting but the movie is full of so much yummy fun that you cannot hate it.
So, The Basement is an anthology movie in the same vein as Tales from the crypt where a group of characters meet in a basement where a guy in horror makeup tells them Continue reading »
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While chasing an unknown culprit thru some ruins, Professor Bolton plummets down a hole and into the hidden crypt of the vampire queen Hannah. Before the realization of his archaeological discovery sets in however, he’s strangled from behind and his body is stuffed beneath the massive marble sarcophagus and crushed.
Bolton’s son Chris is summoned to the island to make arrangements and he’s adamant that the sarcophagus be lifted and his father’s remains be removed for a proper burial. Naturally the villagers are none too happy about this as they’re convinced that by disturbing Hannah’s undead slumber they will also awaken her insatiable blood lust. Refusing to believe in local superstitions, Chris Continue reading »
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Synopsis: It’s been 5 years since the outbreak that wiped out 85% of the world’s population, but the war between Re-Animates (Re-Ans) and Humans wages on. Most of the major cities are still uninhabitable. Within the few surviving cities, the Re-Ans have been segregated into “zones” and are policed by the R-Division of the QUASI S.W.A.T. Unit who hunt to re-kill the Re-Ans in the hope of quelling a second outbreak.
“R-Division, Frontline” is America’s #1 TV show in this Post-Apocalyptic world. Weekly, the show follows different R-Division units on the battlefield as they work to keep America Safe and Re-An free. Jimmy, the videographer for the Outbreak Network, thought this week’s episode would be like every other. He was wrong. Through the lens of his eyes and camera, we see raw, revealed Continue reading »
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From Executive Producer John Woo Comes the Stylish Action Drama Starring Jin-mo Ju and Seung-heon Song, Debuting on Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack and DVD November 8. Bonus Materials Include Deleted Scenes, a Photo Gallery and a 30-minute Interview with John Woo.
PLANO, TEXAS. (September 20, 2011) – The accent is on action when Jin-mo Ju (A Frozen Flower, The Warrior) and Seung-heon Song (So Close, Ghost) star in the remake of John Woo’s 1986 cult classic A Better Tomorrow, debuting on Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack and DVD November 8 from Well Go USA. Double-dealing among rival Thai and Korean mob syndicates provide Continue reading »
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While out on an undersea excursion, a well-known diver Matt Farrell is kidnapped by unknown assailants and brought to a remote island run by the brilliant geneticist Dr. Gordon. His intention is simple, he plans to use Farrell in an experiment that would change him from a man…into a manimal!
Turns out ol’ Doc Gordon believes the only hope for mankind’s future survival is to actually leave its humanity behind and become more animalistic. None of this is mere theory though, Farrell soon discovers that Gordon is keeping all kinds of half-man/half-animal creations locked up in a dungeon below his villa. Naturally Farrell isn’t exactly game but escape looks to be hopeless, especially with the dangerous hunter Steinman working as head of security Continue reading »
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CHICAGO, IL- OCTOBER 18, 2011 – TinyCore Pictures is excited to announce that their micro-budget horror film 3 SLICES OF LIFE will be available to the 23.6 million Netflix Instant Streaming subscribers on October 15, 2011. For fans of low-budget horror, here is some good news just in time for Halloween.
A festival favorite in 2010, 3 SLICES OF LIFE captures the struggle of young amnesiac Mira as she looks for clues to her own identity in the drawings of three personal sketchbooks. Mira’s world soon devolves into a harrowing nightmare as the stories in the books begin to blend with her reality.
Featuring Alan Rowe Kelly (River of Darkness, Tales of Poe & I’ll Bury You Tomorrow), Deneen Melody (NBC’s The Playboy Club, Rose White Continue reading »
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Toronto, CANADA (September 14, 2011) – IFC Films announced today from the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival that the company is acquiring North American rights to Abel Ferrara’s 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH. The film, with a screenplay also by Ferrara, stars Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paz de la Huerta, and Natasha Lyonne and was produced by Fabula, Funny Balloons, and Wild Bunch. The film premiered earlier this month at the Venice Film Festival and is also set to screen at the upcoming New York Film Festival.
How would we spend our final hours on Earth? And what does how we choose to die say about how we have chosen to live? In the hands of the inimitable Ferrara, 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH is a thought experiment that takes on a visceral immediacy. With the planet on the verge of extinction, a New York couple Continue reading »
Sep 072011
Super Hybrid – Wow, I mean, WOW! What can one say about a film about a man-eating shape-shifting car? Super fun! Yes it’s corny as fuck all, it had bad FX and the acting stunk but it’s a film about a man-eating car! Can you say cult classic? Continue reading »
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A family get-together goes to hell in a hand basket when government officials crash the party, force everybody into a nearby forest and subject them to tests against their will in order to detect a dangerous viral infection. As each infected are detected and quickly executed, the the “festivities” are cut short when a horde of rampaging undead tear thru the forest, forcing the military to fend for themselves and their surviving prisoner Bruce to flee for his life.
Now on the run from the military, the ferocious infected and undead, flesh-eating shamblers, Bruce has no choice but to pick up an axe and fight for whatever time he’s got left.
Joshua Long’s Axed claims to be “The most violent Australian zombie move ever made!” which might be considered a rather bold proclamation to make but having only seen Continue reading »
