tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20987538092004560082024-03-05T07:54:18.464-08:00The Bleeding Dead Film ReviewsBleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-59748365760914479902014-01-17T09:18:00.002-08:002014-01-17T09:18:15.701-08:00Wordpress, The Great and Powerful - WRITERS WANTEDLet's not be coy with this, I haven't posted anything in months. I've been busy as I'm sure most of you all know life is often complicated and time consuming which has limited me in most respects to never posting. I'm also lazy which is a contributing factor. And I hate blogger which doesn't help at all. I mentioned a few months ago about seriously considering moving my blog to wordpress. I still have full intent to do so and I've been slowly working on the site. I'd like it to be up in full by mid February or early March. Now before I get to the Writers Wanted portion of this, you know me I must ramble first. <div>
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Now to the relevant part. I am starting school this semester and I still have a part time job that I depend on for rent and to pay for my pets. I have several films set to be reviewed for the new wordpress site but I want this to be more than a film review blog. I want it to have Independent horror news, books, games, all of it. I want it to be a Bloody Disgusting (alright maybe not that big) for Independent Horror films. That's where I seek out the help of you.</div>
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I'm looking for SEVERAL writers who are interested in being a contributor to The Bleeding Dead. How to contribute? It's easy! Send me an email (bleedingdead22@yahoo.com) with the position you are seeking in the subject line and a sample of your writing. Below is a list of the different types of writers I am seeking with a little more detail as to what I'm looking for. I'd prefer if the sample you sent me was in relevance to what your applying for but I'll honestly accept anything. </div>
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<i><b><u>News Correspondent</u></b></i> - Mostly press releases and articles about up and coming, films, books, games, pre-production etc in Independent Horror. Looking for 1-2 people.</div>
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<b><i><u>Book Reviewer</u></i></b> - I've gotten a few request to review people's novels in the past but since I can never find time to read my own books I'll never get to this. This is aimed for lesser known authors who feature their work on twitter. Also I would like a separate entry for kindle only novels and short stories as those are kind of the bulk of the independent writing community these days. Seeking 2 people for this. </div>
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<b><i><u>Game Reviewer</u></i></b> - Apps, computer games, etc. I'm don't have much knowledge when it comes to video gaming, I play but things like Sims and Mario Party. So this is really all on you and how you would like to approach it. </div>
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<b><i><u>Event Correspondent</u></i></b> - Not required to attend but to locate and provide information, for filmmakers and fans alike of upcoming screenings, film festivals, and other Independent horror related events. Only need 1 person for this.</div>
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For everyone else who just read this because they were bored I appreciate you taking the time and hope you follow me to wordpress. Happy Irrelevant Post Friday/Follow Friday. Whichever is relevant to you. </div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-19767238824086463962013-11-19T08:02:00.003-08:002013-11-19T08:02:18.475-08:00Press Release: Film Adaption of "The Summer I Died" Finds Its Director and Star<div class="MsoNormal">
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closed a deal to acquire the film rights to the critically acclaimed novel “The
Summer I Died” by Ryan C. Thomas with legendary actor Bill Moseley set to star
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Visceral, intense and graphic “The Summer I Died” tells the
story of Roger and Tooth: two lifelong friends who, while out on a day trip
into the woods, find themselves at the mercy of a sadistic madman and his
bloodthirsty dog when attempting to rescue a woman screaming for help. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eric Pereira, whose brutal true crime thriller “American
Girls” is currently playing the festival circuit has signed on to direct from a
screenplay by the book’s author Ryan. C. Thomas. Matthew Easton and David Lukan are producing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The book, which has gained notoriety over the years as being
one of the most violent and disturbing
novels ever written, has found itself on numerous top 10 lists and has
since amassed a significant cult following. The sequel “Born to Bleed” was
released in 2011 with the third book in the trilogy being released this summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Further casting for the roles of Roger, Tooth and Jaime will
begin in December with cameras to roll late February in New Hampshire and Los
Angeles. The film is set for a late 2014
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-53846496752595880222013-11-19T07:56:00.002-08:002013-11-19T07:56:13.365-08:00Press Release: FEARnet's A December to Dismember<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">FEARnet MAKES IT A DECEMBER TO DISMEMBER WITH THE NETWORK
PREMIERE OF SAM RAIMI’S CULT CLASSIC ARMY OF DARKNESS, STARRING BRUCE CAMPBELL,
ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, AT 10 P.M. ET/7 P.M. PT</span></div>
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Kristen Stewart in ‘THE MESSENGERS’, a ‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ Trilogy,
and the World Television Premiere of ‘DONNER PASS’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And Binge at the Four-Day “Holiday Buffet,” From December
26-29, with Monster Portions of FEARnet Favorites Such As ‘HOLLISTON’, ‘TODD
& THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL’, and ‘FEAR CLINIC’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(SANTA MONICA – NOV. 18, 2013) – This December, FEARnet is
coming down the chimney with a sack full of terror, featuring a loaded lineup of
premieres, marathons, and stunts, headlined by the network premiere of the
fan-favorite ARMY OF DARKNESS, currently making news as gossip surrounds a
possible sequel in the works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Picking up where EVIL DEAD 2 left off, ARMY OF DARKNESS—the
third film in the original EVIL DEAD trilogy, directed by Sam Raimi—transports
the genre’s most hapless hero, Ash (played by the iconic Bruce Campbell), into
medieval times, where sinister forces menace the townsfolk. After accidentally
freeing hordes of Deadites, Ash must use his chainsaw-hand and boomstick to
lead the citizens into battle and defeat the ancient evil once and for all.
ARMY OF DARKNESS makes its FEARnet debut on Sunday, December 1, at 10 p.m. ET/7
p.m. PT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also in December, who needs Santa when you’ve got FEARnet?
Starting Tuesday, December 3, at 9 a.m. PT, and running until 5 p.m. PT on
Thursday, January 2, participants can enter the Holiday Sweepstakes at
http://fearnet.com/holidaysweeps, to win a sleigh-full of twisted treats
featuring a 46” LCD BX450 HDTV; an undead uprising of DVDs that includes 28
DAYS LATER, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and SHAUN OF THE DEAD; DL & Co.
Diamond-Shaped Jewelry Box; exclusive TALES FROM THE CRYPT merchandise; FEARnet
swag, and more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FEAR” – Every Friday (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On December 6, the international thrills are coming from
across the pond, with a UK double feature. First, it’s the psychological
thriller PAPERHOUSE (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), where a young girl’s dream world
slowly turns into a nightmare. DEATH MACHINE (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) follows,
starring Brad Dourif as a vengeful genius who sends his robotic “Warbeast” on a
killing spree. On December 13, the Germans explore medical mayhem with ANATOMY
(10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), starring Franka Potente as a med student who uncovers a
deadly conspiracy. And a troubled British teen develops a taste for blood in
CRAVINGS (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).</span></div>
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France’s high-octane THE HORDE (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), as cops and gangsters
battle the undead in an abandoned high-rise. And an airborne virus turns
citizens into zombies in Chile’s DESCENDENTS (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A documentary crew—led by Jennifer Lopez and Ice
Cube—journeys into the Amazon, and becomes ensnared in a crazed snake hunter’s
(Jon Voight) quest to capture a gigantic serpent. Eric Stoltz, Danny Trejo, and
Owen Wilson also star. </span></div>
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Features” Marathon – Thursday, December 12 (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Settle in for an evening of mutated fish, killer snakes, and
other fine freaks of nature in FEARnet’s “Creature Features” Marathon. It all
begins with FRANKENFISH (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT), as genetically-altered Chinese
Snake-Heads terrorize a small Louisiana town. VENOMOUS (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) is
next, as Treat Williams battles mutant snakes, brought to the surface of the
earth by seismic activity. Then, a documentary crew (Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez,
Owen Wilson) is forced to join a hunter’s (Jon Voight) quest for one of the
world’s biggest snakes in ANACONDA (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). And researchers (led
by Morris Chestnut) stumble into a nest full of mating super-snakes in
ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT). BOA (2 a.m.
ET/11 p.m. PT) follows, as an ancient beast awakens in a high-tech prison. THE
THAW (4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT) closes out the evening, with Val Kilmer as a
scientist at an Arctic outpost, where global warming has freed frozen
prehistoric parasites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spirits haunt a family’s farmhouse in this supernatural
shocker produced by Sam Raimi, and starring Dylan McDermott, Kristen Stewart,
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Santa Clause is comin’ to town… and he’s out for blood, in
this four-film fright fest featuring the network premieres of SILENT NIGHT,
DEADLY NIGHT 3, 4 and 5. Start the season screaming as Santa (Bill Goldberg),
the Devil’s son, goes on a yuletide rampage after a thousand-year curse expires
in SANTA’S SLAY (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT), produced by Brett Ratner and co-starring
Emilie de Ravin (LOST, ONCE UPON A TIME). Next, Ricky “Killer Santa Clause”
Caldwell is back in SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3 (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), waking
from a coma to stalk a clairvoyant teen on Christmas Eve. Then, a reporter
investigates a cult that wants her as their queen in SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
4 (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT). And someone is using toys to commit murder in SILENT
NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5 (2 a.m. ET/11 p.m. PT).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Snowbound teens come face-to-face with members of the
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Binge at the “Holiday Buffet” this December, as the Network
cooks up monstrous portions of 10 of your favorite FEARnet shows and webseries.
Highlights of the four-day feast include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">—TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL, about the teenage
Metalhead, Todd, who must save his school—and the world—from Satanic forces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">—FEAR CLINIC, where Robert Englund and Kane Hodder bring
your worst fears to life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">—PSYCHOVILLE, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s tale of
a very odd bunch of citizens being targeted by a blackmailer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">—HOLLISTON, the genre sitcom starring Adam Green and Joe
Lynch, as aspiring Horror filmmakers dealing with post-college life and
relationships, while trying to make their big break in the business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">—MARI-KARI, an animated webseries about twin sisters—one
living, one dead, both voiced by Shannen Dougherty—whose supernatural bond has
consequences for anyone who tries to break it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Catch all the soul-hunting action in this jam-packed
marathon, featuring every episode from the series’ two-season run, as well as
FEARnet’s exclusive reunion special with the stars and creators of the show.
The quirky cult series centers on Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison), a college dropout
who learns, on his 21st birthday, that he must now work as a bounty hunter for
the Devil (Ray Wise), as part of a deal his parents made to heal his ailing
father. Tyler Labine (TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL) and Rick Gonzalez (COACH
CARTER) also star, as Sam’s slacker friends who help him in his new secret
double-life of ‘reaping’ souls, using a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner as well as
other modern household items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">About FEARnet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">FEARnet is a multi-platform programming service delivering
original and acquired horror, thriller and suspense content as a cable TV movie
network, a video-on-demand outlet and web portal. FEARnet, a partnership among Sony Pictures
Television, Lionsgate Entertainment and Comcast Corporation, features a robust
lineup of popular titles from major film studios and independents, encompassing
300 plus movie titles a year, including 14 world television and 22 theatrical
broadcast premieres. The Network is distributed to U.S. cable subscribers
across the country on various systems and is often ranked as the number-one
free HD VOD movie service available in more than 28 million homes. The website,
FEARnet.com, ranks as one of the most popular sites in the genre category among
total uniques and duration per visit. Follow FEARnet on Facebook and Twitter
(@FEARnet). For more information about the company, visit www.FEARnet.com. To
access photos visit FEARnetPR on flickr.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: inherit;">The good old classic quote "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark" rings true these days, although it is probably not quite in the way it was meant when written by William Shakespeare in "Hamlet"!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: inherit;">In directors Martin Sonntag and Bastian Brinch Pedersen's near-doomsday prediction "Escaping the Dead", Copenhagen reeks of rotten flesh after having come under attack of the living dead and the last remaining survivors fight for their lives.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: inherit;">The film stars Bastian Brinch Pedersen (who is also the co-director and producer of the film) as David, Rama Øzel as Ahmir, along with Daniel Hutera, Ali Öezkan, Iben Ma Bønnelycke, Nicolai Huan Nguyen, Camilla Ludvigsen and Kim Sønderholm ("Blood Fare", "The Winedancers", "Sinister Visions") playing Lars - a policeman that David comes across during his run out of the city.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The film is inspired by a series of articles about the deathdrug "Krokodil" that was published about the same period of time when Ronald Poppo had his face eaten by a naked man hooked on </span>bath-salts<span style="font-family: inherit;"> in Miami. We saw it as the perfect zombie plot: a </span>death-drug<span style="font-family: inherit;"> that turns people into zombies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The film has its starting point in a typical day for the lead character, David. David is the local </span>marijuana<span style="font-family: inherit;"> pusher, but he is the kind of dealer that smokes more than he sells. In the meantime the country has been hit by a new </span>death-drug<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and when David and his partner in crime Ahmir is offered some exceptionally cheap cocaine they see it as an opportunity to earn big money at the big techno concert the following Friday, but the cocaine turns out to have a terrible side effect that creates a giant zombie outbreak that spreads across the entire Copenhagen. In the film we follow David and his bloody fight out of the city."</span></span></div>
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-91890075382591702092013-11-13T12:40:00.000-08:002013-11-13T12:40:10.966-08:00Kick Start Me: Jeremiah Sayys 'Immoral Prodigy" <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNUFrbd2lr7FqrWGNwwoETHnfJO3nQeTxkyBA1_lmvXnXm3EzsY7kx2sH9FmkC1chUvT7sNLfgbCsM7VAsPho-024nJWR9DKgRc4NQjd7GhMXuWjDO0ltlHoOJ4JrZrVGrZ62lb8G9pc/s1600/Immoral+Prodigy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNUFrbd2lr7FqrWGNwwoETHnfJO3nQeTxkyBA1_lmvXnXm3EzsY7kx2sH9FmkC1chUvT7sNLfgbCsM7VAsPho-024nJWR9DKgRc4NQjd7GhMXuWjDO0ltlHoOJ4JrZrVGrZ62lb8G9pc/s400/Immoral+Prodigy.jpg" width="400" /></a>WorldsLastHero Productions and up and coming director Jeremiah Sayys need support from the horror community to kick-start their next feature film, <b><i>Immoral Prodigy</i></b>. The film is intended to keep pace with the classic 80's horror we love but with a more serious facade, layering gore and genuine characters to tell a story about how we often take those we care about for granted. The project needs to raise ten thousand by January Six Twenty Fourteen.<br />
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For those of you who've never used KickStarter before the minimum donation is $1 with the maximum being whatever your generous heart can conceive. Often, and as is the case with Immoral Prodigy, the producers will offer packages based on your donation and depending on how passionate you are about helping you can even get a associate producers credit for the film. You aren't charged until the campaign is over (so Jan 6th in this case) and if the film doesn't reach its goal you wont be charged at all.<br />
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Its important to support the Independent Horror Community because they are your future filmmakers and the most passionate of horror fans. Giving ten dollars makes a huge difference in a directors eye, and even if you can't donate helping spread the word also makes a huge difference. To donate or to find more about Immoral Prodigy go to the KickStarter page to help <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeremiahsayys/immoral-prodigy">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeremiahsayys/immoral-prodigy</a><br />
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<i>I did a review late last year for Jeremiah Sayys's latest feature film <b>Of Silence</b>. You may read the review <a href="http://bleedingdeadfilmreviews.blogspot.com/2012/12/of-silence-2012.html">here</a> if you need convincing that future projects from this director should be watched out for. Again please help spread the word with retweets, blog posts, ETC. Also if you have a kickstarter project you'd like me to help promote please email me at bleedingdead22@yahoo.com. </i>Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-84943183241818978052013-11-13T12:36:00.005-08:002013-11-13T12:36:58.046-08:00Press Release: 'Chopping Mall' Digitally Remastered and Seeking Theatrical Bookings<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPZBBiu2jddPT1nW0KZRPTOYxaUcO0TStSF11I5WbwK_e3XDiCoE3P7TVM3Q9pwkS8AoWX_1u2wxp0-ue08HuAiHQ_TKdfRcd4gG-QSE7w6YPG1JGjyh3UFrwrW-eD5gwwYrdtg9o140/s1600/Chopping+Mall+-+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPZBBiu2jddPT1nW0KZRPTOYxaUcO0TStSF11I5WbwK_e3XDiCoE3P7TVM3Q9pwkS8AoWX_1u2wxp0-ue08HuAiHQ_TKdfRcd4gG-QSE7w6YPG1JGjyh3UFrwrW-eD5gwwYrdtg9o140/s320/Chopping+Mall+-+Poster.jpg" width="204" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">On March 21st, 1986, a film was released by legendary
producer Roger Corman that today still is <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">recognized as a genre classic.
“Chopping Mall” produced by Julie Corman and helmed by exploitation wunderkind,
Jim Wynorski was released during the VHS/home video explosion and would change
the way the business perceived the place of genre titles within this emerging
market place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The film tells the story of killer security robots taking
over a shopping mall and systematically murdering a group of trespassing
teenagers who have broken into the mall for an all night party. Four couples
decide to have a party in one of the furniture stores where three of them work.
They all stay after hours at the mall, drinking, partying, and make-out, while
the fourth couple watch old science fiction films on TV.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Outside, a lightning storm strikes the mall several times
and damages the computer controlling the security robots. The robots kill two
technicians and a janitor, before going on regular patrol in the now empty
mall. Two of the teens leave the furniture store and are subsequently killed by
the robots The surviving teens witness the robots kill a girl in still talked
about head explosion, and the men and women are forced to separate, the men
into the mall and the women into the air ducts, when the robots begin their
final attack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Wynorski who co wrote it with long time friend
Steve Mitchell. Chopping Mall was filmed primarily at the infamous Sherman Oaks
Galleria famous for appearing in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. The movie stars
Kelli Maroney ( Night of the Comet, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Ryan's Hope)
and Tony O'Dell. B Movie icons Paul Bartel ,Mary Woronov and Dick Miller ,
fixtures in the Corman stable have cameo's in the film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While the film did moderate theatrical business, where it
really made an impact was in the burgeoning home video marketplace. Released
through Lightning video, the B Movie label owned by Vestron, Chopping Mall
equipped with compelling box art created by artist Corey Wolfe. Chopping Mall
proved to rental outlet that B Movies coupled with great box art could easily
out perform mainstream studio produced fare and could have longer shelf lives.
The title coupled with the artwork screamed “rent me” to America's VHS hungry
public, and they consumed it hungrily. It could be argue that lying within the
success of Chopping Mall laid the foundation for the next decades video rental
industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyjjucxcjCnZ7-lApk1mLDY-73V_P1a9EVfZZKiKPPvIG2cw1YMYj8TDKoPlD7MfjeN6Uuav2e55V0h1EmivJSBRmB-a2yYe_9Z6s5r5La3qZOdavugTn_pBebgZtK1qBWGSp-FADQlM/s1600/Chopping+Mall+-+Wynorski.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyjjucxcjCnZ7-lApk1mLDY-73V_P1a9EVfZZKiKPPvIG2cw1YMYj8TDKoPlD7MfjeN6Uuav2e55V0h1EmivJSBRmB-a2yYe_9Z6s5r5La3qZOdavugTn_pBebgZtK1qBWGSp-FADQlM/s320/Chopping+Mall+-+Wynorski.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fast forward to 2013, Jim Wynorski and producer Bill Dever
decided that with the transition to digital delivery now employed by ninety
percent of movies theaters it was time to re-introduce Chopping Mall to North
American Theaters. “ I was always amazed that every recent showing of Chopping
Mall always turned into an event” says Jim Wynorski “ People really love the
movie and for me the guy who directed the film, that’s just great”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the kind support of Roger and Julie Corman, Wynorski
and Dever obtained the original film elements and under the careful eye of Jim
Wynorski brought the film back to its original glory. “ This is a dream come
true, to play a small part in the restoration of a piece of classic American
cinema is just amazing” tells Bill Dever “ Not only is Chopping Mall pure movie
fun, its also in many ways an important film”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So with the help of Roger and Julie Corman, Jim Wynorski's
Chopping Mall will once more grace the theater screens again. Reminding movie
going audiences of a time when movies were just fun......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-18376070862245619992013-11-05T07:39:00.003-08:002013-11-05T07:40:34.375-08:00Press Release: Tony Todd and Kane Hodder Thriller "The Family" Releases on Nov 12th<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">GREEN APPLE ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES THE TONY TODD, KANE
HODDER THRILLER </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“THE FAMILY” ON DVD NOVEMBER 12TH 2013.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuzVwUyCtBdLYVNys5MEl3WDw-0M8hyphenhyphenV5LvRjzaQkufdhLesDI7IQAasPN6vLuOcOi3zOW6_Qf2lnhsGKTr3K0gakokzHmdNe2gL3DdHQyDjAhRjobwx-KjEhyHnK2uC54X-g8Oht0TA/s1600/The+Family+DVD+art.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuzVwUyCtBdLYVNys5MEl3WDw-0M8hyphenhyphenV5LvRjzaQkufdhLesDI7IQAasPN6vLuOcOi3zOW6_Qf2lnhsGKTr3K0gakokzHmdNe2gL3DdHQyDjAhRjobwx-KjEhyHnK2uC54X-g8Oht0TA/s320/The+Family+DVD+art.JPG" width="223" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">LOS ANGELES, CA (11/05/13) – For Immediate Release – Green
Apple Entertainment (A division of ITN Distribution) and Primal Motion Pictures
are proud to announce the release of the dark, gritty thriller "The
Family" which arrives on DVD November 12th 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Joe Hollow (“Disciples”) and Wolfgang Meyer (“15
till Midnight”) - The Family” tells the story what happens when a family of
degenerate filmmakers decides to put together the ultimate snuff film
masterpiece and the group of young people who find themselves as unwilling
co-stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The controversial film brings together horror icons Tony
Todd (“Candyman”), Kane Hodder (“Hatchet”) and Michael Berryman (“The Hills
Have Eyes”) along with slew of genre up and comers including: Angie Savage
(“Sons of Anarchy”), Shannon Lark (“The Psychic Experiment”), Mark Hanson (“A
Blood Story”) and Tawny Amber Young (“American Girls”).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pre-orders are also available now at retailers such as
Barnes and Nobel, Blockbuster and Amazon. Additional Links and Information:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Preview)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-the-family-mark-hanson/26719248?ean=818768010793<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Official Facebook:
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">http://thefamilyofficial.com http://www.greenapple-ent.com
http://www.primalmotionpictures.com</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-74177801931319930502013-10-30T12:24:00.004-07:002013-10-30T12:24:25.106-07:00Press Release: FEARnet to Curb your Appetite On Thanksgiving Day with The Human Centipede Premier<div class="MsoNormal">
FEARnet GIVES FANS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN NOVEMBER
WITH BROADCAST PREMIERES OF DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10,
AND HUMAN CENTIPEDE ON THANKSGIVING DAY</div>
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FEARnet Celebrates “Tom Holland Day” on Saturday, November
9, with the Original ‘80s Vampire Classic ‘FRIGHT NIGHT’ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT<o:p></o:p></div>
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FEARnet Presents Network Premieres of ‘TAKE SHELTER’,
‘PROWL’, ‘TASK’,<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘SECONDS APART’ and ‘FERTILE GROUND’<o:p></o:p></div>
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(SANTA MONICA – OCTOBER 29, 2013) – FEARnet brings your
worst night terrors to life with the broadcast premiere of the creature feature
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, on
Sunday, November 10, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT., as a young girl (TROPHY WIFE’s
Bailee Madison) is haunted by vicious nocturnal nymphs who dwell in the bowels
of her family’s (Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes) new home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And, this Thanksgiving, gather your friends and loved ones
around the TV for the broadcast premiere of HUMAN CENTIPEDE at 10 p.m. ET/7
p.m. PT. One of the most infamous films to ever emerge from the genre, shocking
audiences worldwide with its disturbing subject matter, HUMAN CENTIPEDE is the
twisted tale of a retired surgeon (Dieter Laser) who dreams of creating a
scientific abomination. His dream becomes a reality—with unsettling
consequences—in this body horror shocker that claims to be “100% medically
accurate.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also in November, few things are more frightening than
holiday shopping the day after Thanksgiving, but FEARnet’s got you covered with
the loaded Black Friday Sweepstakes. Starting Friday, November 1, at 9 a.m. PT,
and running until 5 p.m. PT on Monday, December 2, participants can enter the
Black Friday Sweepstakes at http://fearnet.com/blackfridaysweeps, to win a
cornucopia of terror featuring a Sony Tablet; Sony Handycam; chilling DVDs such
as 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, FRIGHT NIGHT, and JEEPERS CREEPERS; DL & Co. Silver
Skull Stirrers; $100 gift card to BuyCostumes.com; exclusive TALES FROM THE
CRYPT merchandise; FEARnet swag, and more!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other November Highlights Include:<o:p></o:p></div>
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FEAR” – Every Friday (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></div>
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FEARnet shows its love for international suspense, as
“Expedition FEAR” kicks off on November 1, with the darkly comedic UK slasher
SEVERANCE (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), as office drones on a business retreat find
themselves stalked by skilled hunters. And a reformed bloodsucker develops a
sweet tooth in the Canadian creeper BLOOD & DONUTS (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).
On November 8, it’s a double dose of German medical mayhem with ANATOMY (10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), starring Franka Potente as a med student who uncovers a
deadly conspiracy. ANATOMY 2 (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) follows, as murders plague
a prestigious school that harbors a secret society.</div>
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On November 15, our neighbors to the North once again
provide the chills with Canada’s BLOOD & DONUTS (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), and
DOLAN’S CADILLAC (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT), starring Christian Slater as a
murderous human trafficker, and Wes Bentley as a man desperate for revenge.
November 22, it’s a UK double feature with SEVERANCE (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT),
and THE WICKER MAN (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT)—the original ‘70s classic about a
detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl on an eerie Scottish
isle. The November leg of the expedition closes on November 29, as a small town
policeman runs afoul of sportsmen who prey on humans in the French import THE
HUNTERS (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). And an airborne virus turns citizens into
zombies in Chile’s DESCENDENTS (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).<o:p></o:p></div>
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· ‘TAKE
SHELTER (Broadcast Premiere) – Sunday, November 3 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Apocalyptic visions lead a man (Michael Shannon) to
construct an elaborate storm shelter in his backyard, as his wife (Jessica
Chastain) and children fear for his sanity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Day”: ‘FRIGHT NIGHT’ – Saturday, November 9 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></div>
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FEARnet celebrates the master behind such fan favorites as
CHILD’S PLAY and PSYCHO II, with a special airing of the original genre
classic, FRIGHT NIGHT, which Holland wrote and directed. The ‘80s fan favorite
tells the story of teenage everyman Charley Brewster, who enlists the help of a
late-night horror movie host (Roddy McDowall) when a vampire (Chris Sarandon)
moves in next door.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beginning Monday, November 4, all 10 episodes of Tom
Holland’s TWISTED TALES anthology series will be available for “binge viewing”
exclusively on the FEARnet website and VOD platforms. The horror anthology
series presents a variety of stories, each with its own unique special effects
and nerve-shredding twists, and boasting guest appearances from genre favorites
such as William Forsythe, Danielle Harris, Angela Bettis, and many more.
Additionally, viewers will be able to access special behind-the-scenes looks at
select shorts, as well as interviews with Tom Holland and Danielle Harris.</div>
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· “After Dark
Originals” Marathon – Thursday, November 14 (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Experience some of the best films that the After Dark
Horrorfest has to offer with this all-night marathon packed with four network
premieres. PROWL (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT) gets things started, as friends find
themselves trapped in a warehouse full of bloodthirsty creatures. Next, reality
show contestants must complete THE TASK (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) in a prison
haunted by malevolent spirits. Then, telepathic twins terrorize a town in
SECONDS APART (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). FERTILE GROUND (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT)
brings the evening to an end, as a young couple are victimized by ghosts of the
past in their ancestral New Hampshire home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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About FEARnet<o:p></o:p></div>
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FEARnet is a multi-platform programming service delivering
original and acquired horror, thriller and suspense content as a cable TV movie
network, a video-on-demand outlet and web portal. FEARnet, a partnership among Sony Pictures
Television, Lionsgate Entertainment and Comcast Corporation, features a robust
lineup of popular titles from major film studios and independents, encompassing
300 plus movie titles a year, including 14 world television and 22 theatrical
broadcast premieres. The Network is distributed to U.S. cable subscribers
across the country on various systems and is often ranked as the number-one
free HD VOD movie service available in more than 28 million homes. The website,
FEARnet.com, ranks as one of the most popular sites in the genre category among
total uniques and duration per visit. Follow FEARnet on Facebook and Twitter
(@FEARnet). For more information about the company, visit www.FEARnet.com. To
access photos visit FEARnetPR on flickr.<o:p></o:p></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-31794212284034805922013-10-23T07:50:00.003-07:002013-10-23T07:54:49.535-07:00Press Release: WithAnO Productions Releases Theatrical Trailer for Ultra Violent Horror Flick "Muck"<div class="yiv4820305805MsoNormal" id="yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1382538737413_4828" style="text-align: center;">
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"MUCK"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">LOS ANGELES – October 23, 2013 – Following up on its teaser
trailer that generated over 30 articles in the horror community and earned the
only horror film panel at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo 2013, WithanO Productions
just released the theatrical trailer for its upcoming "Muck" film. "Muck" stars the horror legend Kane
Hodder ("Friday the 13th" 7-10, "Hatchet" trilogy) and the
new Scream Queen, 2012 Playboy Playmate of the Year, Jaclyn Swedberg. The trailer will provide a more in-depth look
at the film, and it can be seen at http://youtu.be/EJUg8D3VpSQ or on the film’s
website, www.getthemuckout.com. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"Muck" was filmed completely on the Red Epic in
Ultra HD over the course of 19 grueling all-night shoots. Shot entirely on location in the swamps and
marshes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this dangerous shoot was nearly impossible
when you factor in first-time director Steve Wolsh produced “Muck” on a
mirco-budget of $200,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Although an independent feature, "Muck" matches
the quality of any top Hollywood film.
By using the industry's preferred 4K HD camera, "Muck" images
surpassed larger budget indie films even before DaVinci color correction. For the record, the Red cameras used weren’t
“stolen”, just "borrowed without asking" and returned with minimal
water damage. Moreover, after Universal
Studios viewed the first cut of the film, the powerhouse agreed to mix
"Muck" for theatre surround sound on the Universal lot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Besides the Horror Legend and Playmate of the Year,
"Muck" features an amazing cast of up-and-coming actors, led by
Australian hunk Lachlan Buchanan ("Newcastle", "Pretty Little
Liars", and "NCIS: Red") and Indian beauty Puja Mohindra. Very few Hollywood films feature strong lead
roles for Indian actresses, and this is a first for any American horror film, a
breakout role for Mohindra.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The “Muck” production did not make it easy on the actors,
though. SAG expressed concern during
production of this film, stating, “‘Muck’ is, without a doubt, one of the top 5
most violent scripts we have ever seen come through.” With concern from SAG, horror fans can
rejoice about stunts in the upcoming film:
in-water fighting, full-body fire burns, high-impact falls, and even a
naked woman thrown through glass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"> All things for
“Muck,” the next big franchise in horror, can be found at www.getthemuckout.com: videos/photos/gifs and more. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-34310021502808602542013-10-23T07:42:00.002-07:002013-10-23T07:54:14.520-07:00Press Release: FEARnet Premieres Tom Holland's Twisted Tales Anthology<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
FEARnet PREMIERES TOM HOLLAND’S TWISTED TALES ANTHOLOGY
SERIES EXCLUSIVELY ON FEARnet.com AND VOD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original ‘FRIGHT NIGHT’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(SANTA MONICA – OCTOBER 21, 2013) – From Master of Horror
Tom Holland, comes a 10 episode anthology series, Tom Holland’s TWISTED TALES,
exclusively available on FEARnet.com and VOD beginning Monday, November 4. The
new series will be available for “binge viewing” and boasts guest appearances
from genre favorites such as William Forsythe, Danielle Harris, Angela Bettis,
and many, many more. Holland (PSYCHO II,
CHILD’S PLAY) writes and directs the series – a variety of stories that take
viewers into the dark world of vampires, witchcraft, demon possession and
scorned lovers, to name a few.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Holland was excited to join forces with FEARnet, “It was
great to work with Peter Block and FEARnet. Peter was and still is completely
supportive and provided wonderful story notes throughout the process, while
also allowing me creative freedom to tell my tales. I like to think of myself
as the Crypt Keeper in this series – although I hope I look better than he
did!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Additionally, viewers will be able to access special
behind-the-scenes looks at select shorts, as well as interviews with Tom
Holland and Danielle Harris. As an added
treat, Tom Holland will participate in a live Twitter chat (@FEARnet ) on Mon.,
Oct. 28 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET (1 p.m. to 2 p.m. PT)— chat hash tag is
#TomHollandChat. Holland will also be conducting an Ask Me Anything (AMA)
session on Reddit in the horror section Wed., Oct. 30 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. ET
(1 p.m. – 3 p.m. PT).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Holland,” said Sarah Shannon, vice president, programming and network
operations. “He created these completely original, never-before-seen shorts
specifically for our Network, and we can’t wait to finally unleash this series
online and on VOD."<o:p></o:p></div>
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website and VOD platform, linear viewers will not be left out. On Saturday,
November 9, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, the TV network will celebrate “Tom Holland
Day,” with a special airing of the original genre classic, FRIGHT NIGHT, which
Holland wrote and directed. The ‘80s fan favorite tells the story of teenage
everyman Charley Brewster, who enlists the help of a late-night horror movie
host (Roddy McDowall) when a vampire (Chris Sarandon) moves in next door.<o:p></o:p></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-69439426891987930692013-10-23T07:38:00.001-07:002013-10-23T07:38:07.082-07:00Press Release: The B Movie World Gathers in Illinois This Weekend<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do Sharknado, Nightmare On Elm Street, Chopping Mall,
Lost Empire, Witchboard and Armed Response all have in common? They are are all
part of the B Movie Celebration being held October 25th-28th at the Hollywood
Boulevard Cinema in Woodbridge, Illinois.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All together 26 amazing B feature films with 42 B movie
shorts are being screened. We are very proud to be hosting 7 world premieres
and over 12 North American Premieres. If you love B Movies, then the Hollywood
Boulevard is the place to be this weekend. In attendance at the B Movie
Celebration will be Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. Joining Robert will
be legendary B Movie Directors Jim Wynorski, Fred Olen Ray and Kevin Tenney,
each screening one or more of their classic titles. This is a perfect chance to
sit down with practitioners of the cinematic arts one on one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Often the term B movie is thought to be one of derision and
scorn. Low budget B or Genre filmmaking are thought to be second class or in
some way inferior. We at the B Movie Celebration know otherwise. We know that
for the most part the grand American cinematic tradition has evolved from
origins in B Movies. The weavers of images which we as a collective culture
deem as master of the cinematic arts, Scorsese, Coppola, Kaufman, Demme, Leone,
Bogdanovich , Lucas, Spielberg and Tarantino all either toiled in the fields of
B filmmaking or consider themselves primarily influenced by this tradition and
manner of cinema.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They know that the majority of innovation and the defining
of the cinematic arts were as a result as a result of B Movies. There is a
tradition and legacy which should not be forgotten. Filmmakers like Oscar
Micheaux, Ida Lupino, Samuel Fuller, Jacques Tourneur, Lloyd Kaufman, Robert
Lippert, Roger Corman and Jim Wynorski have all contributed significantly to
the tradition and the emerging art form that is movies. Some of them still do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They also feel that it is our duty to present a global
overview of genre filmmaking by showing classic B films but also to sharing
with you our discovery of emerging B filmmaking talents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These people have taken on the banner of advancing the art
of the motion picture and they like their predecessors must be celebrated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They invite you to celebrate B Movies, celebrate the people
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please join At The Hollywood Boulevard Cinema October
25th-28th for the Seventh Annual B Movie Celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">www.bmoviecelebration.com or info@polyscopemovies.com</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-41211478084247214842013-10-14T10:01:00.000-07:002013-10-17T10:54:07.233-07:00To Be Evil Or Not to Be Evil, That is the QuestionIt's that wonderful time of year where I get sick. Like clockwork every October I'm plagued usually with the flu or a bad cold and this year didn't miss a beat. Due to this inconvenience I'm only now just getting this list to you as I've spent the last three days sleeping and drinking lots of cough medicine. Its the second <strike>Monday</strike> in October and keeping my word I have a new Top Five List for your viewing pleasure. But first I must again remind that I'm running a contest through the entire month of October that could win you a Blu Ray copy of Room 237. The details are <a href="http://bleedingdeadfilmreviews.blogspot.com/2013/10/redrum-is-murder-spelt-backwards.html">here</a> if you like to further inquire. I don't have any entries so you stand a fantastic chance of winning. The contest also gets your review posted on my blog and a chance to gain additional traffic to your blog.<br />
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This past February I was apart of Women in Horror month which was a month long celebration of the ladies of our genre. In that I kind of denied the men some love, but in fairness the horror genre is rather men dominant anyway. I'm here to make that up though as I like both sexes in film. However, it's too difficult to account all the harrowing men of a genre older than film itself and the honorable mentions list would go on forever. So I narrowed it by quite a margin by looking at our anti-hero's of the genre rather than the wholesome Superman type. Which is appropriate considering horror takes to the darker side of life anyways. Love them, hate them, or your never quite sure how to feel about them they are the ones you doubt usually up until the end, and maybe then some. They are the wayward heroes and the morally conflicted bad guys but in the end they always help save the day...or do they? Here are my Top Five Anti-Heroes in Horror (thus far):<br />
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I don't believe I've ever proclaimed my affliction for Ron Pearlman on this blog before. To put it simply I really like when Ron Pearlman gets a decent role because he's really great actor, especially when playing characters in two tones. His alter TV ego Clay Morrow on <i>Son's of Anarchy</i> is a perfect example of a character that is suppose to the good guy but likes to do the bad guy stuff more often than none. Its a seep from his part in <i>Hellboy</i> where he plays the title character. If you don't know the back-story Hellboy is the son of the devil and like any anti-christ his intention on this earth is to eventually release the apocalypse. Close to being raised by Nazis he was instead founded by the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense and spends his life fighting off the things that go bump in the night. Hellboy's purpose, motive, and methods are often questioned, especially by his superior, but makes a case to keep the human race safe, even risking all he holds close to do it. His uncertainty in his self though and the sobering sureness of others that his real destiny will be full-filled one day makes you curious for Del Toro's next installment. The big red guy is a good guy no doubt, but he still has room to fall.<br />
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Among other reason as to why I love Rodriguez's vampire flick so much is Seth Gecko turns out to be our unlikely anti-hero. Of course with the charm of George Clooney and Tarantino's script it wasn't hard to like a character who made a career of being an asshole but still had a little bit of softness in his heart, somewhere. Seth is a no nonsense do-as-I-say-or-enjoy-this-bullet kind of guy but his tender spot for his brother and his somewhat sparing pass for the innocent give him dimension. As it is not everything is black and white, there are shades of gray and though his tone may be darker then other's he's not completely void of emotion. When his brother and him hijack a family and their motor home to get across the border (all to escape an astonishing trail of blood and bodies) they become unlikely allies when their lives and eternal souls are put to risk in a biker bar full of vampires. But before him and Kate become vampire slayers Seth shows his level headed side when he tells Jacob that he won't kill his family as long as his brother and him escape safely. He also had full intent of letting the bank teller lady at the beginning go, but that goes sideways for other reasons. It is hard to say if Seth has changed come the end of the film but what matters is he pulled through for the family in the end (to the best of his ability at least), despite that they would have never been there if it wasn't for him.<br />
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3) Alex from <i>A Clockwork Orange</i> (1971)<br />
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Anthony Burgess novel and Stanley Kubrick's adaption of delinquent Alex DeLarge is a study of anti-heroism in its prominent impression of curing a criminal. Burgess paints a detailed picture of a future society where young Alex spends his free time drinking drugged milk, trotting along his gang of Droogies, and performing illicit acts of violence and rape. When a break in goes wrong and Alex accidentally murders a woman he's taken to jail where he learns of a program in which he can volunteer for that would in turn cure him of his internal desire for violence. The experiment a controversial approach that wasn't thought all the way through only really stops the act itself but doesn't really cure the criminal, as delinquent Alex still lies somewhere beneath his new presentable exterior. Alex is appalling, the most infamous act of his being raping a wife in front of her husband all while merrily singing Singing in the Rain. But at a point Alex eventually becomes the victim, tortured by his love of Beethoven through the unbearable stomach pains caused by the experiment. Also forgotten by his family and a easy prey for his Droogies-turned-cops the second half of the film actually has you sympathizing with a character who made a solid case of deserving a warm and cozy spot in hell in the first half. Maybe its because despite the real urge still lurking beneath the surface Alex truly believes he's cured and attempts to make amends. Unfortunately for Alex he already made his bed and the rest of the world has full intent on him sleeping in it.<br />
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Ash is the unsung hero of the Book of the Dead, having saved us in three films now from the Necrononmicon's demons. Ash's paragon isn't so much a inner struggle between good and evil, I don't really recall Ash being bad to any sorts (possession does not count). He's more of an anti hero in that he embodies none of the traditional traits of a hero but still saves the day in his own groovy fashion. His sanity is a question as his mind does slip, understandably, a little from reality once his hand is claimed by the demons and he's not really the romantic Weastly type (the 'pillow talk' line in <i>Army of Darkness</i> is classic). But Ash's job is to kick ass and chew bubble gum, not save the Princess from the castle. And despite that being a John Carpenter film reference that has nothing to do with <i>Evil Dead II</i> its the basic truth. Ash is good at losing his mind, slaying deadites, and wielding a chainsaw from his missing limb. He was born to kill demons and the idealistic souffle that comes with heroes has nothing to do with it.<br />
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1) Vincent Price from Every Vincent Price Movie That Ever Existed <br />
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not deny that there is no one better at straying the lines of good and
madness as well as Vincent Price, who basically built a career by being
the weird guy in the corner your never quite sure about. And sure this is a character list and Vincent Price is technically a real person but how could I narrow down to a single character? <i>House on Haunted Hill, The Abominable Dr Phibes, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of Red Death</i>. there's so many to pick from. The man was the true incarnation of the anti-hero as your were often unsure but you always routed for him, or at the least highly fascinated in his character motives. But to pick for the sake of this list I'm most partial to his performance in <i>House of Wax</i>, as it is my favorite Price film. His play as passionate and outré sculptor Henry Jarrod is a a fantastic display as he just casually lets slip that he's not even relatively there. Price had a charm that was easily captured on film and no matter what the character or film he was the hero of many horror fans. He was the true incarnation of the anti-hero of our genre as he was the best at capturing it.<br />
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Honorable Mentions: Frank Banister from <i>The Frighteners </i>(1996), the sleezy ghost exterminator in Peter Jackson's horror comedy. Patrick Bateman from <i>American Psycho</i> (2000), the clinically insane yuppie from Bret Easton's Novel and film of the same name.<br />
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If you're reading post your own.Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-45573320653083779012013-10-10T11:26:00.002-07:002013-10-10T11:26:30.747-07:00American Horror Story: Asylum (2012)<div>
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Evan Peter's Kit Walker is about as opposite as it gets to Tate Langdon, a hard working man who's aim in life is to live a happy one with his wife loses everything in a single night to otherworldly beings. Peter's is a good actor and is good in the part, his accent, appearance, and matured performance all strong, but Kit's story falls a little bit short to some of the other dealings going on at Briarcliff. While its still an interesting story line and ends in an unsettling yet somehow comforting finish, it differs from the tone for the rest of the season. Of all the stories I enjoyed Lana's the most as it showed a strong uprising from a character who was initially strong to start with but was shattered when she lost everything in the asylum and all her strength is put to the test. Sarah Paulson is fantastic in the part with the heart and spirit of the time evident in the character. Lana can be forceful and she does her fair share of questionable things but Paulson plays the ups and downs with no problem and keeps the character at a constant and likable. Jessica Lange's Sister Jude also an unexpected tale of triumph and demons as initially she's portrayed as the 'bad guy', so to speak, having wrongly committed Lana so she wouldn't expose the truth that lurked behind Briarcliff's walls. Not to mention her always pleasant collection of whips. But as the show progresses we see Jude in a time before she joined the convent and the spirit that follows her around. Her tough exterior is not only a cover up for a very broken individual but her strongest asset against her work enemy, Doctor Arden, who often sees to undermine her authority as he considers her nothing more than a woman. Lange is a force in the part but it lacks the same punch of her performance in the first season.<br />
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Past season favorites Lily Rabe and Zachary Quinto return with genuine performances that account for a lot of the fear instilled within the episodes. Frances Conroy also rejoins the cast as The Dark Angel of the season, having a significantly smaller role but managing to steal most every scene she appears in. <i>AHS</i> still utilizes a very defined and seamless display of cinematography, choosing a darker palate this year to tone the melancholy of the asylum. The production also again consistently strong and attentive to detail. There's a far deal more I could say about the second season of FX's prominent new show but this particular review has carried on long enough. Murphy and Falchuk can simply be brilliant, as was evident last year. AHS is different, unlike any show horror and non to be present on TV, and with more cohesion in their telecasts this year its made its mark. Like its first season <i>American Horror Story: Asylum</i> is riddled with exceptional acting, strange and addictive horror, a strong finish, and unsurpassed writing. With only two eras and two types of locations covered there's endless possibilities for this show that has a love for all types of horror and makes a regular effort to pay homage of past films. Last year I was unsure, albeit addicted, about the overall composure of the show. This year I'm purely addicted. To put it simply if you are a horror fan and your not watching <i>American Horror Story</i> your missing out on some of the best the genre has to offer.</div>
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-78510239122681347272013-10-08T13:51:00.001-07:002013-10-08T13:51:38.685-07:00Press Release: Axs TV's Kiss Monster Marathon on Hallow's Eve<div class="MsoNormal">
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AXS TV Teams with Award-Winning Rock Group KISS as it
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LOS ANGELES – Oct. 8,
2013 – AXS TV is teaming up with the legendary and award-winning rock group
KISS for Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31, when the Channel programs six concerts
wrapped around fresh interstitial content featuring KISS.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Starting at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT), AXS TV kicks off
its hard-rock Halloween with Judas Priest as the headliner. From there, the
Channel keeps the beat past the witching hour of midnight until 4:45 a.m. ET
(12:35 a.m. PT). The concert schedule includes AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Papa Roach
and Alice Cooper. However, the cornerstone of the night is the network premiere
of KISS’s Zurich, Switzerland concert, featuring their hit songs and music from
their KISS MONSTER album. AXS TV CONCERTS recorded that event live last May and
it has been edited, but not censored when it debuts at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).<o:p></o:p></div>
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JUDAS PRIEST LIVE: BRITISH STEEL 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – Judas Priest
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MAIDEN EN VIVO! – En Vivo! captures the always exciting atmosphere that fans
have come to expect from Iron Maiden. Filmed in Chile, the concert features
favorites such as "The Trooper,"
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over Hellfest in Clisson, France to give viewers an inside look at what goes on
backstage, onstage and more at one of Europe's biggest and craziest rock festivals.
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Switzerland concert live last May, making this edited version a network
premiere. The concert featured new staging, lighting and pyrotechnics that had
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sense of Rock Theater and sheer visual spectacle. Underpinning the visual
assault has always been a collection of some of the best rock songs around
delivered by one of the all-time great front men. This show includes tracks
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Bringing music back to television, AXS TV, launched in July
of 2012 by visionary entrepreneur Mark Cuban, has created a one-of-a-kind, live
television environment for entertainment and other cutting-edge trends. AXS TV
delivers relevant, unpredictable and irreverent programming offering an
unparalleled experience to a nationwide audience by presenting unfiltered,
uncensored and uncut access to entertainers and their performances. “AXS TV
Concerts,” indicative of the network’s dedication to music programming, crosses
genres and international waters to deliver everything from stadium tours to club
acts to some of the most anticipated festivals on the calendar, including the
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Stagecoach Festival in California
and the British Summer Time at Hyde Park Festival. A roster of diverse and
unique talent is also a hallmark of the network with shows hosted by Dan Rather
and Tom Green, performances by artists such as Carrie Underwood, Maroon 5 and
Billy Joel as well as the top comics working the circuit on the signature
“Gotham Comedy Live.” Sports programming is led by “AXS TV Fights” which
produces over 40 live mixed martial arts broadcasts a year in addition to the
longest running weekly MMA news show on television, “Inside MMA.” The network
is available in the United States via AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity,
DIRECTV, DISH Network, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other TV providers. It is
also distributed in Canada and the Caribbean. The network is spearheaded by a
partnership including Mark Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists
Agency (CAA) and CBS. For more information, visit the website, www.axs.tv; go
to the Facebook page here and follow the company on Twitter, @axstv; on
Instagram; Tumblr and YouTube.<o:p></o:p></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-44841684200804106252013-10-08T13:40:00.003-07:002013-10-08T13:40:54.347-07:00Press Release: FEARnet Goes Global With Its 'Expedition Fear' Friday Night Block<div class="MsoNormal">
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BLOCK HIGHLIGHTING GENRE FAVORITES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND FEATURING
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FROM FANTASTIC FEST STARTING OCTOBER 18</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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the best
in worldwide genre titles, the Network is putting extra focus on overseas
scares with the addition of the “Expedition FEAR” Friday night block—two
international films, every week, at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. “Expedition FEAR”
entries in October showcase some of the best talent from around the world—topped
off by celebrated [REC] creator Jaume Balagueró’s shocker TO LET on October
25—giving genre fans a chance to experience many foreign gems that they may
have never seen or heard of before.<br />
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the films will come packaged with exclusive wraparound content—shot at the 2013
Fantastic Fest and made specifically for FEARnet—highlighting the best of the
independent horror cinema scene. The interstitial content features roundtable
discussions on topics such as a First-Time Directors panel with Evan Katz
(CHEAP THRILLS) and Randy Moore (ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW); a Foreign Genre Films
panel with Katrin Gebbe (NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN) and Tamae Garateguy (SHE
WOLF); an American Independent Cinema panel with Joe Begos (ALMOST HUMAN) and
James Bykrit (COHERENCE); an Indie vs. Mainstream panel with Jesse Cook (SEPTIC
MAN) and Ben Wheatley (A FIELD IN ENGLAND); and a Film Critics and Bloggers
panel where Sam Zimmerman (FANGORIA), Ryan Turek (DREAD CENTRAL), Brian Collins
(BADASS DIGEST), and FEARnet’s own Lawrence Raffel, Sarah Shannon, and Alyse
Wax discuss the films they saw at Fantastic Fest, and why the festival is
important for both the genre and the audience. As a bonus, the Network will
also air an exclusive one-on-one interview with Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim
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“‘Expedition FEAR’ is a unique opportunity for us to show
our viewers something new and different, introducing them to the best films
that the international genre scene has to offer—many of which are nearly
impossible to find on American television,” said Sarah Shannon, vice president,
programming and network operations, FEARnet. “Additionally, airing as part of
this block, we are proud to unveil exclusive interstitial content, shot at the
2013 Fantastic Fest, that will give our viewers a behind-the-scenes look into
the genre’s independent and foreign landscapes, with contributions from
up-and-coming filmmakers, as well as established genre veterans.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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At 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, the preteen Estrella retreats into
horror films, where her playmates are some of the genre’s greatest monsters, in
A REAL FRIEND, part of Spain’s “6 Films To Keep You Awake” series. The found
footage Australian import, LAKE MUNGO, is next at 12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT, as
distraught parents investigate their daughter’s mysterious death.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The October portion of “Expedition FEAR” comes to a close
with two more “6 Films To Keep You Awake,” starting with SPECTRE at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT, about an old man who returns to his hometown, and sees the
ghostly beauty he fell in love with many years ago. Then, a man and his
pregnant girlfriend visit a creepy apartment complex run by a disturbed
landlord in TO LET, from [REC] scribe Jaume Balagueró, at 12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT.<o:p></o:p></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-90863288670853630652013-10-07T18:04:00.000-07:002013-10-07T18:04:11.467-07:00Warning, Shaking Camera May Cause HeadacheIt's October which means Top Five Lists have returned. For real this year. I'm still busy, as usual, but I've managed time to include this blog in my <strike>daily</strike> weekly life. I'm still anticipating on moving Bleeding Dead to Wordpress but the process is slow and the site itself will differ more from the basics I've created here. Less like a blog and more like a functioning website. This is still a bit of a ways off though and for the time being business here will continue as usual. So its October and that means lots of Halloween and Horror related stuff to indulge in for the next month. And as I can't do thirty one days of reviews I do my part with my top five lists. As always I like to interject that this is my opinion and I base these lists off a number of things, including personal preference in which no way should account for an actual legitimacy in ranking. Therefore I always encourage that you post your own in the comment section as I like to see what my readers would rank. But before I get to that I must remind that for the month I'm running a contest to win a copy of<i> Room 237 </i>on Blu Ray. If your interested in entering you can find more information <a href="http://bleedingdeadfilmreviews.blogspot.com/2013/10/redrum-is-murder-spelt-backwards.html">here</a>.<br />
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It's a love-hate genre. Often most people can't stomach the shaky camera movements long enough to finish the film whilst others more or less just despise their existence. However, as I said with the Torture Porn sub-genre (that has basically fallen asleep now thanks to these) it'll one day be looked back on like the slasher genre, maybe not as loved but remembered as a part of horror no less. Art reflects the current flow of the world, the same reason we've been seeing a rush of End of Ze World films is the same reason we've been seeing a slew of Found Footage films in the past few years; it's what our culture is reflecting. Our lives are rapidly lapsing into a technologically dominant society (which could be good or bad, we'll see how it turns out) and its inevitable that smartphones and facebook are seeping their way into film's plots. With the Found Footage films approaching them as real-life captures of horror instills doubt
initially, but as the film goes on you start to second guess it and then
you find yourself on Google trying to decipher the fact from the fiction. Or maybe
you just sit there with your arms crossed and hate them all the way through, but to each his
own. Whichever is your preference is for watching them here are my Top
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<i>Cannibal Holocaust</i> falls low on this list because it wasn't approached as real, but it uses the same stylized camera movements found in the sub-genre and there are very real images in it. For that <i>Cannibal Holocaust</i> is really less remembered as a prerequisite for the sub-genre and more as a force of its own. It's a sonnet of human brutality, with an explicit honesty that is harsh to the
viewers' tolerance. It's bigger than the genre because it is simply a fantastic exploitation film with a highly iconic image of horror and it existed before the time of the internet. There isn't quite a film like it. But less of why its great in itself and more as to why it's a good found footage film. Despite a misconception on most <i>Cannibal Holocaust</i> has a well thought concept about a couple of filmmakers who's found footage reveals the final moments of their lives as they document a tribe of cannibals in the Amazon. The film depicts violent, primitive, and often sadistic acts by the tribe and of the filmmakers, asking who's really the savage and who isn't. The graphic brutality of the real animal killings is about as close as its get to real without being snuff and has a strong effect when watching. Its a manifesto for cannibal films, a still to this day taboo watch, and among many other notaries it is also one of the first incarnations of the found footage genre. <i>Cannibal Holocaust</i> is a horror-must, found footage or not.<br />
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At the risk of using the patter most commonly spoken by cant-speaking tweenagers, <i>Troll Hunter</i> is pretty legit. Its hard to imagine that a film that is not only a found footage entry but a documentary on the secret world of hunting trolls got a lot of recognition and praise. Of course though if you see Troll Hunter you can understand why because it really is that good. Not only original, exciting, and dare I say epic? <i>Troll Hunter </i>is a strong foreign film that only the Norweigns can pull off with the same seriousness and ease. It follows a group of filmmakers who in trying to expose a bear poacher instead find the best kept secret of trolls walking among us and meet the man who single-handedly takes them down at night. Hans is up there with the great movie monster hunters, including Van Helsing, Quinn from Jaws, and Daryl from The Walking Dead and worthily earns his spot. As does <i>Troll Hunter</i> on the any found footage list.<br />
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The mock paranormal documentary with the combined found footage film style is a fresh and logical piece in the tired sub-genre. A satirical take off the paranormal investigation shows that frequent the basic cable channels it follows a cynical television crew through an old asylum that in turn is really haunted. The latter findings generate a generous portion of old fashioned jumpy scares and creepy moments to make your spine shiver. It has this haunted house quality about it which I loved, where the set design and sound tech made the viewer feel as if the characters were walking through a haunted maze of sorts. Echos off the walls and the distorted sanity plays thick in a place where the halls and rooms change to their own pleasing and guide the characters where they choose, often to their deaths or worse. <i>Grave Encounters</i> is also rather funny, which is always a good bit of relief when your locked in an abandon asylum. Avoid the wannabe-meta sequel that replaces the cleverness of the first with a snarky lead and weak script. Watch the first for original scares with good laughs, and as champion of the sub-genre.<br />
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#2<i> Lake Mungo</i> (2008)<br />
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Out of all the films on this list I'll give that<i> Lake Mungo</i> is by far the most convincing film in it's documentary style approach. It utilizes the lighting, angels, and tone of television-like documentaries giving you an impression that what you see could be very real. There isn't reenactments, and Alice's weird happenings aren't caught by her vocal friend lugging around a hand held. Instead photos, interviews, and crappy home movies are shown to give you a sense that Alice lead a dark life that ultimately led to her early death. What it leaves you with? A surreal creepiness that may keep you up at night.<br />
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Haters will hate with this one (for the next 20 years no doubt) but<i> Paranormal Activity</i> is without a doubt the best found footage film. It's simplistic and in that the most effective at being convincing. I'm not a fan of the series, as I've said before, but I admire and respect the first film for it's technical ploys more so than it's plot and character anomalies. As a whole I do find the series smart but the sequels lack the impact the first had. Footprints, closing doors, and no ghosts dressed in white make it feel real. It's haunting. The little film that could holds a similar resemblance to Carpenter's <i>Halloween</i> in how word of mouth got it seen. I've likely just lost more than half my readers by making that statement but it's what I've noticed. <i>Halloween</i> is the most prominent and important film in the slasher genre (slasher 101, if you will) and I'll attest that Paranormal Activity is the most prominent and important film in the found footage genre. Blair Witch did it first, or <i>Cannibal Holocaust</i>, depending on your preference but Paranormal Activity did it best.<br />
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Honorable Mentions: <i>The Blair Witch</i> (1999), the original found footage sensation that uses the simple rustle of leaves to terrify. <i>[REC]</i> (2007), a reporter and her crew are quarantined inside an apartment building while doing a story and capture something terrifying instead. <i>The Fourth Kind</i> (2009), a take on the real disappearances of several locals in small town Alaska where the real footage is intertwined with the live action. <br />
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If you're reading post your own.Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-7066945389281181242013-10-06T21:42:00.003-07:002013-10-06T21:44:27.580-07:00Redrum is Murder Spelt Backwards Contest - Win Blu Ray Copy of Room 237***If you'd like to skip my rantings, which consists of the first three paragraphs in this post, scroll below to go straight to rules and details of the contest.<br />
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Recently I purchased a copy of Room 237 on Blu Ray by mistake. I wanted the DVD as I'm really interested in seeing the documentary that reads between the lines (and then some, from what I've heard) about Kubricks horror classic but picked up the Blu Ray by accident. When I went to return it to store I was denied. Their reasons being that it was first off brand new and they didn't accept returns on new films and also because I opened it out of the package. They gave me two options, switch it out for the DVD or sell it back to them for eight bucks (a really take it up the ass deal, excuse my language, considering I purchased it from them for three times that worth). The DVD sounds like the appealing option right? If only Netflix didn't put it up the day after I bought it. Now I'd like to watch it before I decide if I want to add it to my collection. Since I'm just indecisive like that.<br />
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So I'm left with this useless Blu Ray copy as I don't own a Blu Ray. I could sell it to another trades store but its rather out of my way and I may not get much more for it. I could sell it online but again at most I could gain ten dollars more in profit than what they offered to me. And since I'm feeling generous and it massive horror movie watching month and I'd like to stick it to that DVD store I purchased it from with Karma I've decided it'll have better use in the hands of one of my readers. But I'm not just going to give it away, that would be absurd. So contest time.<br />
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In the past the contests on this blog have more or less failed with my first gaining all of four entries and my last generating a single entry with the winning recipient never claiming his prize. I'm not really sure how to go about fixing this problem. I've used Promote Horror in the past to help get the word out but still I'm rather unlucky when it comes to this aspect of the blogging community. Maybe my contests aren't all that appealing or maybe the prizes have been less than motivating. I hope this time I see at least more than four entries as the prize is good and the contest fairly simple.<br />
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<b>CONTEST RULES AND OTHER STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW: </b><br />
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- Write a review for the 1980's classic horror film The Shining.<br />
- Review will be judged by me and winner will be picked from the content and strength of the review.<br />
-There's no good or bad opinion, love or hate the film it will be based on how well your point is argued and how adequately you present your opinion.<br />
- Indifferent to length. It can range from a single sentence to an essay, but I'm much rather prefer something in the middle such as three to four paragraphs.<br />
- You have until October 30th to submit you review.<br />
- Submit ALL reviews to bleedingdead22@yahoo.com with the subject line Room 237 Contest or Shining Contest, or something of the likes. Just please don't leave it blank.<br />
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<b>WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING AWESOME AND WINNING:</b><br />
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- Brand New Room 237 Blu Ray.<br />
- Your review posted on my site on Halloween as a special guest review.<br />
- A chance to promote your own site to gain traffic.<br />
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<br />Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-28512639647435238732013-10-04T09:18:00.002-07:002013-10-04T09:18:49.085-07:00Press Release: The Seventh Annual B Movie Celebration Comes to The Chicago Area<br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1380901825706_3144" style="font-family: inherit;">“We’re pleased to be able to bring <i>TRICK ‘R TREAT </i>to our VOD subscribers for the first time,” said Sarah Shannon, <span class="yiv7539294583MsoHyperlink" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1380901825706_3191"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1380901825706_3190" style="color: windowtext;">Vice President, Programming & Network Operations, FEARnet. “The Network has a large VOD following, so </span></span>it’s important for our VOD content to mirror our linear content as much as possible, to give all of our viewers an opportunity to enjoy the content we have to offer each month.”</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1380901825706_3147" style="font-family: inherit;">The cult classic stars <b>Anna Paquin</b> and <b>Brian Cox</b> in an anthology setting, featuring four interlocking stories about people celebrating, or shunning, the infamous holiday, and the bloody consequences they face for their actions. <i>TRICK ‘R TREAT</i> is the perfect complement to the Halloween season, and FEARnet is the only place you can watch it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Ojala Productions, a Hollywood Special Makeup/Creature Effects company is actively pursuing funding on Kickstarter for the upcoming Eco-Thriller feature film Strange Nature by writer/director Jim Ojala. This is the first film to confront real unsolved frog deformity outbreaks in the U.S. and where they may lead.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />North Hollywood, CA) Wednesday September 25, 2013- Writer/Director, Jim Ojala, President of Ojala Productions set to direct Strange Nature. The Eco-Thriller feature film is based on a true unsolved ecological mystery, where thousands of hideously deformed frogs have turned up in the waters of Minnesota and beyond.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Jim Ojala, a Duluth, Minnesota native said that he was intrigued by the Minnesota mutant frog outbreak when he saw the news story on ABC Nightline in 1996. (See Story). After watching the newscast, Jim’s first thought was what if the deadly mutations went beyond the frogs?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Ojala followed the story over the next few years, to find that thousands of hideously mutated frogs were still being discovered. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigated the mutation problem and derived several possible theories for the cause, but no conclusion was determined. In 2001, the U.S. Government pulled all research funding. The malformations have since spread to other states and even other countries-- most recently, reports from Argentina, China, and India.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the current state of U.S. frog deformities, Ojala consulted with Dr. Pieter Johnson an Ecologist at the University of Colorado and discovered a shocking revelation. Dr. Johnson explained, “Despite reduced coverage in the media, deformed amphibians continue to be widespread and abundant in many areas. In our research in the western USA, we have described several thousand severely malformed frogs in the last three years alone, including animals with missing legs, extra limbs, and misshapen limbs. The percentage of abnormal animals at a wetland often exceeds 15% and at several sites we consistently find >80% malformed. At one pond in Oregon, every single emerging frog suffered from one or more deformities, with many animals dying before they could complete metamorphosis.” -Dr. Pieter Johnson Ecologist, University of Colorado- August, 28, 2013<br /><br />The true events are the basis for Strange Nature. “It is both a thriller and a drama film of sorts”, explains Ojala, “seen through the eyes of a single-mother and her 11-year old son as the drama unfolds on a small Minnesota town which struggles to survive when the deadly mutations move beyond the ponds.” Ojala passionately believes this is a critical time for this film to be made, “it exposes a true environmental issue that has been swept under the carpet far too long”.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />With the hope of attracting more attention to the ongoing deformed frog cases some U.S. Ecologists have supported Strange Nature to the extent that they have even provided live severely deformed frogs to be featured in the film which you can see in the Kickstarter pitch video.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Ojala’s goal in making this film is two-fold: 1) to bring the story to the public attention after eighteen years and 2) to trigger further research funding which could lead to finding the cause and prevent the mutations from spreading to other species.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Once production funding is secured for Strange Nature, Ojala will move forward with principal photography which will shoot in Minnesota. Currently, a fundraising campaign for the film is on Kickstarter until October 10th.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />So far the film has attracted the likes of Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911) and WWE Superstar Wrestler, John “Nitro” Hennigan. Both actors are set to co-star in the film.<br />About Jim Ojala and Ojala Productions<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After graduating high school from Duluth, MN in 1995 Jim Ojala joined the local Public Access Station where he was given the opportunity to learn all aspects of video production. He collaborated with friends to create and direct a local cable-TV series, My Three Scums, a notorious horror/comedy series revolving around a family of misfits, freaks and monsters which continued for 3 years and garnered a large local following.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The success of My Three Scums, opened the door to Ojala’s first film job with Troma Studios in New York on the film, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger 4.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Following Citizen Toxie, Ojala went on to work with Tim Considine of Direct Effects in the special makeup effects department. There he worked on features, commercials, photo shoots and theatre productions. While in New York, Jim also attended the Millennium Film Program under the mentorship of experimental filmmaking pioneer, Michael Kuchar.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In 2001, Jim made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles. One of his first jobs in LA, was working on the makeup/creature effects for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Shield. Subsequently, he has also worked on numerous commercials, and features including Where the Wild Things Are and Hellboy 2 The Golden Army. Ojala’s makeup/creature effects skills continue to be a strong force in the independent film world providing makeup effects for the critically hailed, Deadgirl, as well as working with Legacy Studios on Pacific Rim.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Jim’s directing credits range from short films, TV Pilots, to music videos including: The viral hit Marvel Zombies the Movie Fan Film, Harvest- a TV pilot based on a one hour Sci-fi Thriller TV series, and Deviled Egg, a music video for the popular Los Angeles Band, The Radioactive Chicken Heads just to name a few.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">The film will begin promptly at 8:00pm PDT with a brief introduction by Director Oklahoma Ward and Actor Nicole Alonso. Following the screening - there will be a 30 minute Q&A with Writer/Director Oklahoma Ward and Lead Actor Nicole Alonso.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><strong>SWAG:</strong> For a $20.00 donation - you can get a LIMITED EDITION poster after the screening signed by the Writer/Director Oklahoma Ward and Lead Actor Nicole Alonso. Cash only(No change will be available)! There will be a limited number of posters - once they are gone - that's it.</span></div>
Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-30620033419874162202013-09-22T17:10:00.003-07:002013-09-22T17:16:31.535-07:00Press Release: "Welcome To Nowhere" Streaming for Free<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1379894928272_1941">
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-52994950907326264422013-09-13T10:23:00.003-07:002013-09-13T10:24:26.799-07:00Press Release: FEARtober: 31 Days of Treats<div align="center" class="yiv3608160725MsoNormal" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1379092790244_2844" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
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short films, exclusive downloadable content, polls, and prizes, highlighted by the fan-favorite 24-hour
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a unique twist on holiday traditions, FEARnet has created an online
advent calendar detailing the multitude of offerings
fans can enjoy as they count down to Halloween. Throughout the month,
fans will be able to head to FEARnet.com for Halloween polls, free
themed movies, and downloadable content featuring
<i>TRICK ‘R TREAT</i> and <i>TALES FROM THE CRYPT</i>-themed pumpkin carving stencils, as well as e-cards and paper dolls depicting
<i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1379092790244_2856">TRICK ‘R TREAT</i>’s iconic
pint-sized mascot, Sam. The website will also be streaming a variety of
short films, including a series of shorts made exclusively for FEARnet
by
<i>TRICK ‘R TREAT </i>creator Michael Dougherty, illustrating the rules
of Halloween, and the gruesome consequences that await those who choose
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with the Free Stuff FEARtober Sweepstakes, fans will be able to enter
for a chance to win daily giveaways, with prizes
such as DVDs of <i>TALES FROM THE CRYPT </i>(Oct. 2), the <i>FRIDAY THE 13th</i> Collection (Oct. 13), and the
<i>SAW</i> Box Set (Oct. 26); <i>GEARS OF WAR 3</i> and <i>BIOSHOCK</i> videogames (Oct. 24); a special
<i>TRICK ‘R TREAT</i> giveaway (Oct. 31); and much more! There will also
be a “Day of the Dead” Sweepstakes from Tuesday, Oct. 1 to Monday, Nov.
4, with a loaded prize pack featuring a 40” LED EX620 Smart TV and a
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FEARnet’s linear channel, viewers will be able to enjoy a crop of genre
hits to get them into the Halloween spirit. Featured films
include the beloved ‘80s classic <b><i>THE MONSTER SQUAD</i></b> (Oct.
6), as a group of preteens must save their town—and the world—from a
team of horror’s greatest villains; the found-footage shocker
<b><i>THE LAST EXORCISM</i></b> (Oct. 16), about a fraudulent preacher who finds the Devil in the details;
<b><i>DETENTION</i></b>, starring <b>Dane Cook</b> and <b>Josh Hutcherson</b>, a genre-bender that mixes high school drama with slasher flick thrills and time travel; the supernatural smash,
<b><i>INSIDIOUS</i></b>, about parents (<b>Patrick Wilson </b>and <b>Rose Byrne</b>) whose son is trapped in the realm of the dead known as “The Further”; and
<b><i>TRICK ‘R TREAT</i></b> (Oct. 31), the acclaimed anthology series where killers, ghouls, and werewolves converge for Halloween night mischief.</span></span></span></div>
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is a multi-platform programming service delivering original and
acquired horror, thriller and suspense content as a cable TV movie
network, a video-on-demand outlet and web portal.
</span><b style="font-family: inherit;">FEARnet</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a partnership among Sony Pictures Television, Lionsgate
Entertainment and Comcast Corporation, features a robust lineup of
popular titles from major film studios and independents, encompassing
300 plus movie titles a year, including 14 world
television and 22 theatrical broadcast premieres. The Network is
distributed to U.S. cable subscribers across the country on various
systems and is often ranked as the number-one free HD VOD movie service
available in more than 27 million homes. The website,
FEARnet.com, ranks as one of the most popular sites in the genre
category among total uniques and duration per visit. Follow
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Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098753809200456008.post-17618978558555060412013-09-08T10:15:00.002-07:002013-09-09T11:21:02.185-07:00Horror Short: Ave Maria (2013)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwazYHIINswUtpO9gEWooRXd797r0WtlOqCZtnrc1uPJqkv9LZ0G5AUlJKajrRnoxg8_UnOIWUfNU5wnD4sElB9UE5SFerJE-dapi8CMo1m4XC2xcEnhN7dbVpL-MMjFm270CuJJ9IRr8/s1600/Ave+Maria+Promo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwazYHIINswUtpO9gEWooRXd797r0WtlOqCZtnrc1uPJqkv9LZ0G5AUlJKajrRnoxg8_UnOIWUfNU5wnD4sElB9UE5SFerJE-dapi8CMo1m4XC2xcEnhN7dbVpL-MMjFm270CuJJ9IRr8/s320/Ave+Maria+Promo.jpg" width="320" /></a>Written and directed by Skip Shea<br />
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A clergy man abides his sentence from three women in the woods, as a recording of Ave Maria<i> </i>drowns his screams. Skip Shea's <i>Ave Maria</i> is an eloquent twine of gore, music, and enacted karma. It's a pair to Shea's acclaimed <i>Microcinema</i> and in that the two are both lovely masterpieces that speak of violence in our society. There's no dialogue, the six minute run time a symphony of music and constructed torture. Shea as a director understands the appropriation of blood in a film and doesn't opt to show more than necessary. Though he is guilty we are never witnesses to the clergy man's crimes as Shea trusts the audience to display the revenge first and unveil the fulsome truth later. <br />
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Aurora Gabrill returns as Missy, the white masked crusader of justice, whom is our anti-heroine, if you so will. Gabrill again plays a brave part in an unconventional female character in cinema, horror and non alike. Cinematography speaks for itself as it's balefully set in midst of the woods, the beautiful view of nature to timid the cringing horror. It will make a few squeal in its single act of violence but is a simple, beautiful piece to add to a collection of interesting works. In tradition of his works <i>Ave Maria</i> will not be for everyone as the religious text and the film's bizarre approach will off-put some, but for a horror aficionado it rings unique and gorgeous, leaving enough for the viewers imagination but volunteering enough visually to leave you averse and fascinated. <i>Ave Maria</i> is a lovely edition from the director that I suggest is best watched as a double feature to its more masculine counter <i>Microcinema</i>. However the feminine side of this story stands on its own and must be seen regardless if you liked the prior.<br />
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Love has found Sebastian, it just wasn't the love he was expecting. A doleful, albeit unsettling, tale about a necrophiliacs failed marriage to his dead bride is both interesting and unnerving in its unusual portrait of the broken heart. <i>Somebody to Love</i> takes a horror body but has a romantic soul with its introspective on a human's instinct to love but how often that proves more difficult than none, as our expectations rarely align with reality. The eleven minute short is of the quieter side of horror and doesn't use any common staples of the genre. It plays out more as a drama as it shows us a life between Sebastian and his bride similar to any other marriage. The exception is Sebastian's growing unhappiness in his new life and that none of it is real. The presence of fear lies in Sebastian's actions that appear loving and normal at the exterior but are all lined with the concept that his retrieved bride is dead for the entire length of their marriage, and therefore every thing is in actuality really creepy. The happy life is the shadow that masks the true nature of Sebastian and his world.<br />
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The script is solid with a dialogue that sounds appropriate to the content and subject of the short. And directing in likes to that is strong overall. Alex Hughes as Sebastian is played well as his character is often loving and disturbed at the same time, Hughes seamlessly blends the two characteristics with ease. Though Hughes may be the lead the show is stolen by Natasha Staples who plays the wifey part all too well. She's both lovely and forceful in her right as his newlywed bride and commands most of the screen with her performance. Together both have chemistry and despite that they look like a <i>Twilight Zone</i> couple they respond off each other well and it ultimately comes off as convincing. The cinematography and music are both favorable assests to the film as they capture the tone perfectly. Between the angelic lighting on un-dead Cassandra to the weird techno score that plays as the two are with each other intimately for the first time it keeps up with every pace of the script. I have a partiality to genre films that tell real issue stories through horror and that's what <i>Somebody to Love</i> is. There's a feeling of dejection as most of us are all too familiar with the misguided love; the film comes to terms and coopes with this by telling a love story about a man who finds unhappiness even in his most dark and twisted fantasies. I fully recommend <i>Somebody to Love</i> as it's a fantastic short with a warped heart.<br />
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<i>Somebody to Love</i> is making its way around film festivals but if you'd like to watch it you can contact BraineHownd Films on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Braine-Hownd-Films/230401553642769?hc_location=timeline">facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Brainehowndfilm">twitter</a>, or at their <a href="http://brainehownd.com/">site</a>.Bleeding Deadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087330094779188187noreply@blogger.com0