Blind Date
Looks like Siko Mike is up to no good again and has got a new flick coming soon…Blind Date. Check out the synopsis below and head over to the official MySpace page at the end.
Who is SIKO MIKE you ask? Check out the interviews with him here and here!
Blind Date:
BLIND DATE is the second short horror film from aspiring filmmaker/movie critic Siko Mike.
It tells the story of a fraternity that sexually assaults a college freshman at their annual Winter Break party.…
Cheap Scares
Fredonia-born author and director Gregory Lamberson combined his two biggest passions for his latest literary project - “Cheap Scares! Low Budget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets.”
This Wednesday, Lamberson, who wrote and directed three low budget horror films himself in the ’80s and ’90s, will launch a new filmmaking book at Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo with the only area book signing from 7 to 9 p.m. “Cheap Scares!” - available now through McFarland & Company, a leading U.S. publisher of…
Salvage
LIVERPOOL is to stage two world premieres in the space of a week for feature films made on Merseyside using almost entirely local talent.
The first, a horror film called Salvage set on the old set of the Brookside soap in West Derby, premieres tonight at Fact in Wood Street while the other red carpet event for Kicks, about two girls obsessed with a Premiership footballer, takes places next Monday at the Odeon Liverpool One.
They are both winners of the Digital…
Lynn Lowry - Splatterific!
Lynn Lowry: Splattering with the Best Supporting Actress! By Brian Kirst
The amazing Lynn Lowry (star of George Romero’s seminal The Crazies and David Cronenberg shocker Shivers) is having an incredible month. The week of October 25th, Lowry won Best Supporting Actress at the Terror Film Festival in Philadelphia for her work in the well regarded slasher Basement Jack. As Mrs. Riley, a mother with an ‘electric’ way of showing her affection, Lowry delivers an intense, psychologically charged performance. Indeed, for Lowry, who has been…
REVIEW: Rest Stop: Don?t Look Back
Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back (2008) : Reviewed by BRYAN SCHUESSLER
Director Shawn Papazian takes over the reigns and directed this better than original sequel. I was not a big fan of John Shiban’s Rest Stop, with its B-Movie quality production values and acting, but things could have been far worse. It was better than a fair amount of films that had come out. I just wished it was gorier. This brings me to talk about the sequel, which was far gorier.
I went…
WildClaw and The Witch House
*** THE WITCH HOUSE OPENS ITS DOORS TO YOU ***
Continuing our mission of bringing horror to the Chicago stage, we are very proud to present H. P. LOVECRAFT’s chilling tale of cosmic terror, "The Dreams in the Witch House." The production opens this Sunday, November 16th, 2008, at 7:00pm at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theater, 2936 Southport Avenue, and runs through December 21st, 2008.
In the haunted town of Arkham, a young student arrives to study geometry at the infamous Miskatonic University. He…
Tura Satana
Tura Legend: A Goddess’ Adventures in the Windy City. By Brian Kirst. Photos by Coye Vega.
Halloween couldn’t have gotten much better for horror and cult film lovers in Illinois. Tura Satana – famed for her no shit performances in Faster Pussycat Kill, Kill, Kill and the horror- science fiction oddity Astrozombies – was in town for a number of events, livening things up with her life-lusting, sweetly admirable ways.
First off, Satana went the q and a route with Movieside Productions’ Rusty Nails and…
REVIEW: Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta
Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta (2004) : Reviewed by BRYAN SCHUESSLER
The film was directed by Paco Plaza, most notable for directing the Spanish horror film [REC] (Quarantine is the American remake) and is now working on its sequel. (On a side note, I got nauseous during [REC], as I did during Cloverfield and hope this documentary/news footage of cinema verite is soon over!)
I had very low expectations going into this movie, and I was pleasantly surprised. The Werewolf Hunter is a film based upon…
Among The Insane, Inside The Asylum House
43 Minutes
Directed by: James Mannan
Pink And Blue Films
When the leaves turn from vibrant green to shades of red, yellow, and brown you know that fall along with Halloween is well on it’s way. Some people like to stroll thru the park, others like to carve up their pumpkins and eat their toasted salty seeds. But then there are others like myself who want to go sample some of the spooky haunted houses that are set up for about a month or…
REVIEW: Severence
Severence: Reviewed by Bryan Schuessler
Director Christopher Smith did a very nice job of balancing the horror and black comedic elements in Severance (2006). I enjoyed this film and have noticed that a large number of films that have been put out by Magnolia Pictures have been very good films. With a large number of horror films having cliche plots and scripts, or just remakes of foreign fare (why can’t Americans just quit being lazy and read subtitles in films!!!) that have…
Zombie Otis and Lakeshore Theater
Raising the Dead with Lakeshore Theater and LaBruce’s Otis by Brian Kirst
Once again, Chicago was the zombie capital of the world this weekend. The magnificent Lakeshore Theater (3175 N. Broadway – www.lakeshoretheater.com ) not only hosted (as part of the Reeling Festival) the Midwest premiere of controversial director Bruce LaBruce’s gory zombie epic Otis or Up with the Dead People on Sunday, November 9th– but they also provided the stage for a flesh peeling zombie contest hosted by the amiable Santa Zombie…
Submit your Horror Script
“Low budget horror film production and distribution company Finney/Thompson Entertainment (frequent visitors to this site) sent us word that they are actively looking for completed high concept (catchy, original) low budget horror/sci fi/fantasy scripts to produce and completed films/documentaries to distribute.
They produced CARVER and THE 8TH PLAGUE (photos below). They also are interested in hearing about low budget films in production that might need financial assistance to complete.
Writers/directors/producers can contact director of development Dean Loftis at dean@finneythompsonentertainment.com.
Just send loglines/short synopsis…
Wannabe (2008)
18 Minutes
Directed by: James Mannan
Liberty Or Death Productions
Viola is not like other girls, she has a need to fit in with a certain group of individuals and decides to follow their strict rules and meet at the house as planned. Andrew opens the door and asks her if she parked the car down the street like she was told and did she make sure not to tell a single soul where she was going to be tonight? After reassuring him…
ASPK 3D Inside the Head
While they may not be gore galore, check out some new images from “Amateur Porn Star Killer 3D Inside the Head”, featuring, get this, blood!
The parody on the APSK trilogy is offering something the entire trilogy did not. Not only is the trilogy known for being the cheapest 3 films ever made in history to receive distribution, but it’s also known for being the only horror trilogy to feature not one drop of blood, which many critics claimed actually made…
John Everson (Covenant) Interview
John Everson: Making a Covenant with Illinois’ Dark Lord of the Arts. By Brian Kirst
Talented horror author John Everson is currently shouting about the ‘dark arts’ from the highest cliffs with his Bram Stoker Award winning splash The Covenant (Leisure Fiction). A twisted, nerve rattling excursion into the wicked wiles of a controlling demon and the handful of small town lives he corrupts and destroys, The Covenant is truly deserving of all it’s recent exposure and praise. The prolific Everson…
Horror 101(Merlo) and Repo, Wednesday; WildClaw, Sunday
DR. AC and THE BOUSMAN: A Wicked Wednesday and a WildClaw Sunday! By Brian Kirst
Once again, Chicago is proving itself to be the Horror Capital of the world! Not only will WildClaw Theatre, the Midwest’s amazing theatrical company devoted to staging works of bone chilling horror, be premiering their third production (where does the time go?) The Dreams in a Witch House on Sunday, November 16th – BUT - WildClaw founding member DR. AC with be sharing (in a manner…
MindFlesh (2008)
75 Minutes
Directed by: Robert Pratten
Zen Filmshttp://www.mind-flesh.com
http://www.myspace.com/mind_flesh
What do you do when your life becomes consumed by an unhealthy obsession? Chris Jackson has come to this point in his life and he is really starting to wonder if he is starting to lose his freakin mind, or did he lose it along time ago? His work as a taxi driver is suffering and his friends and lover notice the erratic changes that have been made in his appearance and his character.
Slowly life as he…
CottonMouth- Horror short from Christopher Gaetano
Directed by: Christopher Gaetano
Fortuneteller Films
A man who invented a certain luxury for women is being sought after and slowly tortured by angry deceased patients who feel they shouldn’t of had to die from that unnecessary infection. Didn’t he know what could happen from the use of this blood soaker? Death shouldn’t have been an option for these poor women. Grief has caused these relentless broken souls to harvest such anger that it boils them down to a crazed entity. Was this…
Meat- book Review
ISBN: 9781905636150
Author: Joseph D’Lacey
In the slowly fermenting town of Abyrne the towns people depend on meat for their sole existence. Magnus is the meat barren who rules all and doesn’t seem to have a moral or decent bone in his disgusting wasted soul. Richard “icepack” Shanti has been the top dog on the chain speed for the chosen. He is the only man who seems to not be affected by being the man behind the stun gun.
Reading about how the…
Dread (2008)
Directed by: William Victor Schotten
Schotten Films
Let’s just set this straight right out of the gate here, Dread is a low budget Horror movie that some people won’t even give a chance and that’s a shame. So it doesn’t have state of the art visual effects but I will tell you this, the sound that the two demons make are enough to send chills down your spine. Honestly their green and black makeup works in making them seem uber creepy.
A familiar…
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