Tag: Movies
Italian Director Gabriele Revives Splatter Genre of the 70′s, 80′s
by Chris on Nov.12, 2010, under Interviews
This director is going to be the next big Italian director…err well he already is. See Last House in the Woods when you have a chance.
Gabriele was born in Rome and started making movies when he was sixteen.
He was trainee as assistant director with filmmakers Antonio Manetti and Marco Manetti working on many music videos of famous Italian artists (Alex Britti, Gigi D’Alessio, 883). At the same time he was film critic and he graduated at the University La Sapienza in Rome with a degree thesis on Italian Horror Cinema. The Last House in the Woods (2006) was released by Minerva Pictures and was worldwide acclaimed in many international film festival as Montreal World Film Festival and Philadelphia Film Festival winning the prize at Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival for best lead actor (to Gennaro Diana) and the jury prize at Fantaspoa for “best bloodbath”. With the title “Italian Chainsaw” the movie became Top Ten seller in Japan and was also released in Thailandia, Malesia, Indonesia, Singapore, Russia and Spain. In 2008 The Last House in the Woods (2006) was acquired by Lionsgate
and Ghost House Underground, a horror genre company led by Sam Raimi, and nationwide released in USA and Canada with the International title “The Last House in the Woods”. The movie was hailed as one of the best DVDs of 2008 by Bloody Disgusting and brought back the world’s attention to the Italian Horror genre. (continue reading…)
“Mother’s Blood” Press Release
by Chris on Oct.19, 2010, under GutPile, News
Clockwerk Pictures, Darkrider Studios, and Muscle Wolf Productions are proud to present Mother’s Blood
The featurette is available to watch:Here
Story Synopsis:
“When attractive socialite Vivian (Kitsie Duncan) is involved in a horrible accident that
destroys her beauty, she seeks to restore it by making a “deal” with a mysterious gypsy
(Alan Rowe Kelly) who warns her that by gaining her beauty and losing her deformity,
someone close to her must lose theirs….much to her horror that “someone” happens to be
her daughter (Deneen Melody). After years of locking her daughter away, much too ashamed
for the world to see her, Vivian is once again visited by the mysterious gypsy who offers
a grisly “solution” to restore her daughter’s beauty as well….a solution that includes
murder, mutilation and cannibalism and causes Vivian’s life to spiral horribly out of
control…..The cost of staying beautiful will be payed in the flesh and blood by those
around her!” (continue reading…)
Twilight Speaks to Youthful Imaginations
by Chris on Oct.15, 2010, under Features, News
Twilight.
Now that I have your attention, I’d like to share with you my thoughts on the series that has swept across the nation practically overnight, blowing the minds of adolescent girls and boys everywhere! Keep in mind this is an opinion-based column and straight out of my extended imagination.
I am inspired to write this column while in the wonderful and mysterious city of New Orleans at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop: home of awful customer service, but incredible Voodoo Slushes!
As far as I am concerned, there is no other city that can portray and capture the unique beauty and magic of the occult quite the way that New Orleans does. If you are fascinated by dark history, vampire folklore, and restless spirits, then New Orleans will feed your soul and leave you thirsty for more history lessons. (continue reading…)
VCI to release “Dark Night of the Scarecrow”
by Chris on Jul.29, 2010, under News
VCI Entertainment will release the made for TV movie “Dark Night of the Scarecrow” on DVD on September 28th 2010. This is one of the iconic horror movies to come from the eighties. Its timeless screenplay is full of suspense and frights without having to rely on gore and violence to scare the audience. Truly one of the best television horror movies ever made.
“Dark Night of the Scarecrow”
Starring: Larry Drake, Charles Durning, Tanya Crowe, and Lane Smith
Screenplay By: JD Feigelson
Directed By: Frank De Felitta
Plot Outline:
When young Marylee Williams (Tonya Crowe) is found viciously mauled, all hell breaks loose in her small rural town. Officious postmaster Otis P. Hazelrigg (Charles Durning) leads a gang of bigots in pursuit of the suspect: her mentally challenged friend Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake). Finding him hiding inside a scarecrow, they exact brutal mob “justice”…only to discover a tragic mistake! Now a strange apparition stalks the land seeking each of them out, as the legend of the Scarecrow begins.
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