Some critics believe that “cult movies” no longer exist. After all, how do you define an underground cult following in an age when independent films are more easily accessible than ever and you can instantly discuss movies with anyone in the world? It’s now possible to stream nearly any picture at the touch of a button, so it makes sense that the days of underground screenings and traditional word-of-mouth are long behind us.
That being said, there’s an argument to be made about a modern-day equivalent to the cult classic. The fickle tides of online engagement mean that some truly great media often slips through the cracks of the distribution system, resulting in notable works of art becoming lost in online limbo because they didn’t please the all-knowing algorithm or were just released at the wrong place and the wrong time. Hell, some of these movies can...
That being said, there’s an argument to be made about a modern-day equivalent to the cult classic. The fickle tides of online engagement mean that some truly great media often slips through the cracks of the distribution system, resulting in notable works of art becoming lost in online limbo because they didn’t please the all-knowing algorithm or were just released at the wrong place and the wrong time. Hell, some of these movies can...
- 12/12/2022
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
You can’t really talk about indie horror without talking about Dr. Rebekah McKendry. She has become synonymous with the genre, first as a journalist, then as a podcaster, and now as a filmmaker with multiple shorts and two features, All the Creatures Were Stirring and Psycho Granny, to her credit so far. She is what those douchier than myself might refer to as a “tastemaker” or an “influencer”—a lifelong fan of horror with a large platform from which to educate and enlighten. She’s a rare breed in the genre, both a creator and professional appreciator, deeply entrenched in all aspects of the genre. She has been and continues to be one of horror’s greatest champions.
Her debut feature, All the Creatures Were Stirring, a Christmas horror anthology co-written and directed alongside her husband David Ian McKendry, might as well be called “Indie Horror: The Movie,” seeing...
Her debut feature, All the Creatures Were Stirring, a Christmas horror anthology co-written and directed alongside her husband David Ian McKendry, might as well be called “Indie Horror: The Movie,” seeing...
- 4/30/2021
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
The first death occurs about midway through “I Blame Society,” Gillian Wallace Horvat’s very mean-spirited and very funny feature debut. After the deed, Horvat, who also stars (as a sociopathically dedicated filmmaker called Gillian Wallace Horvat) stares at her tear-streaked reflection in the ugly light of her bathroom mirror, and confesses to the GoPro strapped to her head that it has “precipitated a very drastic tone change” in her film.
To that point, she’s been shooting a relatively light-hearted if deeply self-involved documentary, riffing chirpily on the “compliment” some friends once paid her that she would make a pretty good murderer. Sure enough, the second half of “I Blame Society” skews ever bleaker and nastier as the body count climbs: Aside from all its other virtues, this film is a truly inspiring example of committing to the bit.
On its surface, it’s a bit we’ve seen before.
To that point, she’s been shooting a relatively light-hearted if deeply self-involved documentary, riffing chirpily on the “compliment” some friends once paid her that she would make a pretty good murderer. Sure enough, the second half of “I Blame Society” skews ever bleaker and nastier as the body count climbs: Aside from all its other virtues, this film is a truly inspiring example of committing to the bit.
On its surface, it’s a bit we’ve seen before.
- 2/12/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Genuine compliments are in short supply in Hollywood, so it’s easy to understand why struggling filmmaker Gillian (Gillian Wallace Horvat) can’t shake the ones she does receive — even the strange ones that might creep other people out, like that she’d “make a good murderer.” Gillian is so taken with this little piece of praise — and that she considers it praise is perhaps the first thing you need to know about her — that she opts to turn it into the driving force behind her next project, a mockumentary following her exploits to become a (fake) murderer in a town built almost entirely on artifice. What follows is that sees Horvat gamely tackling everything from bad pitch meetings to true crime obsessions and the corrosive power of creativity, all in one original package.
Strapped for work and eager for someone (anyone) to understand her ideas, Gillian can’t forget...
Strapped for work and eager for someone (anyone) to understand her ideas, Gillian can’t forget...
- 2/9/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Scare Package, from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Scare Package releases on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on October 20, 2020. The horror comedy stars Jeremy King (The Pale Door), Noah Segan (Knives Out), Toni Trucks (“Seal Team”), Chase Williamson (The Guest), Baron Vaughn (“Grace and Frankie”) and Joe Bob Briggs (“The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”). Rlje Films will release Scare Package on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96.
Now you can win the Win the DVD of Scare Package. We Are Movie Geeks has two DVDs to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite horror anthology movie. (mine’s Tales From The Crypt. It’s so easy!)
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Now you can win the Win the DVD of Scare Package. We Are Movie Geeks has two DVDs to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite horror anthology movie. (mine’s Tales From The Crypt. It’s so easy!)
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- 10/7/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Following its release on the streaming service Shudder this past summer, the horror comedy anthology Scare Package is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, VOD, and Digital HD on October 20th via Rlje Films.
We have the official press release with full details below, and visit our online hub to catch up on all of our Scare Package coverage.
Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Scare Package, from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Scare Package releases on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on October 20, 2020. The horror comedy stars Jeremy King (The Pale Door), Noah Segan (Knives Out), Toni Trucks (“Seal Team”), Chase Williamson (The Guest), Baron Vaughn (“Grace and Frankie”) and Joe Bob Briggs (“The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”). Rlje Films will release Scare Package on DVD for an Srp of...
We have the official press release with full details below, and visit our online hub to catch up on all of our Scare Package coverage.
Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Scare Package, from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Scare Package releases on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on October 20, 2020. The horror comedy stars Jeremy King (The Pale Door), Noah Segan (Knives Out), Toni Trucks (“Seal Team”), Chase Williamson (The Guest), Baron Vaughn (“Grace and Frankie”) and Joe Bob Briggs (“The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”). Rlje Films will release Scare Package on DVD for an Srp of...
- 9/14/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: Chase Williamson, Lauren Ashley Carter, Jerry G. Angelo, Matt Mercer, Gavin White, David Robbins, William Ward, Kari White, Keefe Stone, Chris Tapia | Written and Directed by Tom Botchii
The titular Artik (Jerry G. Angelo) is a comic book obsessed serial killer who spends his days sketching and his nights teaching his son Adam how to get away with murder, literally, until the boy befriends a mysterious man, Holton (Chase Williamson), who threatens to expose their horrifying family secret.
I’m not going to lie. There’s no way these days that I can give Any film starring Chase Williamson an unbiased review… The actor has been a solid performer for years, appearing in a myriad of genre films, including two of my favourite modern horrors: Sequence Break and John Dies at the End. As such I find myself enjoying films on his performance alone – and Artik is no different.
The titular Artik (Jerry G. Angelo) is a comic book obsessed serial killer who spends his days sketching and his nights teaching his son Adam how to get away with murder, literally, until the boy befriends a mysterious man, Holton (Chase Williamson), who threatens to expose their horrifying family secret.
I’m not going to lie. There’s no way these days that I can give Any film starring Chase Williamson an unbiased review… The actor has been a solid performer for years, appearing in a myriad of genre films, including two of my favourite modern horrors: Sequence Break and John Dies at the End. As such I find myself enjoying films on his performance alone – and Artik is no different.
- 9/9/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Cranked Up Films has secured the North American distribution rights to Gillian Wallace Horvat’s feature debut “I Blame Society.”
The indie festival favorite follows a struggling filmmaker’s descent into psychopathy. Based on a fictionalized version of herself, Wallace Horvat plays a director looking for her big break by exploring an odd compliment from her friends saying that she would make a good serial killer. As she begins her research and interviews, it becomes morbidly clear that her friends were right, and the lines between art and murder blur as her body count builds up.
In addition to directing, Wallace Horvat also stars in the film, alongside Keith Poulson, Chase Williamson, and Alexia Rasmussen. Wallace Horvat co-wrote the film with Williamson. The film was produced by Michelle Craig, Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, with Monte Zajicek also producing. Executive Producers are Brent and Brett Brewer for Brewer Media,...
The indie festival favorite follows a struggling filmmaker’s descent into psychopathy. Based on a fictionalized version of herself, Wallace Horvat plays a director looking for her big break by exploring an odd compliment from her friends saying that she would make a good serial killer. As she begins her research and interviews, it becomes morbidly clear that her friends were right, and the lines between art and murder blur as her body count builds up.
In addition to directing, Wallace Horvat also stars in the film, alongside Keith Poulson, Chase Williamson, and Alexia Rasmussen. Wallace Horvat co-wrote the film with Williamson. The film was produced by Michelle Craig, Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, with Monte Zajicek also producing. Executive Producers are Brent and Brett Brewer for Brewer Media,...
- 6/25/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Looking to heat up your summer from the air-conditioned confines of your own home? Shudder has you covered this June with an eclectic set of horror films both old and new, including the Mark Patton documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, the horror anthology Scare Package, and much more!
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this June, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street
Some have called it the 'gayest horror movie ever made,' but for Mark Patton, the star of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, it was anything but a dream come true. 30 years after its initial release, Patton sets the record straight about the controversial sequel...
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this June, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street
Some have called it the 'gayest horror movie ever made,' but for Mark Patton, the star of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, it was anything but a dream come true. 30 years after its initial release, Patton sets the record straight about the controversial sequel...
- 5/26/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Horror tropes are celebrated and subverted in Scare Package, the new horror anthology created by Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns of Paper Street Pictures. Following its well-received run on the festival circuit (which was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic), Scare Package has been acquired by Shudder and will be released on the streaming service in U.S., Canada, and UK beginning June 18th.
Press Release: May 13, 2020 — Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to horror comedy Scare Package, from creators Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns. The anthology film, which delighted audiences at numerous festivals including the Sitges Film Festival in Spain, features seven gleefully ghoulish tales from a range of horror subgenres. Scare Package will premiere on Shudder in the U.S., Canada and the UK on June 18.
“We are...
Press Release: May 13, 2020 — Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to horror comedy Scare Package, from creators Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns. The anthology film, which delighted audiences at numerous festivals including the Sitges Film Festival in Spain, features seven gleefully ghoulish tales from a range of horror subgenres. Scare Package will premiere on Shudder in the U.S., Canada and the UK on June 18.
“We are...
- 5/13/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With a release planned for this summer, we have the first trailer for Scare Package, an anthology movie featuring seven tales of hilarious horror:
Austin, TX --- February 26, 2020 --- We’re thrilled to present the first trailer for Scare Package, a new horror-comedy anthology that brings together some of the brightest rising stars in horror filmmaking today. This splatter-packed, deviously clever throwback pays homage to horror classics with seven hilarious, meta tales of terror, each exploring—and subverting—different genre tropes. All wrapped around every horror fan’s beloved stomping grounds: an old school video store.
Chad, the owner of Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattering, and gleefully ghoulish tales in an effort to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee. Each story takes aim at different tropes, paying homage to and subverting the timeless clichés of the beloved genre with...
Austin, TX --- February 26, 2020 --- We’re thrilled to present the first trailer for Scare Package, a new horror-comedy anthology that brings together some of the brightest rising stars in horror filmmaking today. This splatter-packed, deviously clever throwback pays homage to horror classics with seven hilarious, meta tales of terror, each exploring—and subverting—different genre tropes. All wrapped around every horror fan’s beloved stomping grounds: an old school video store.
Chad, the owner of Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattering, and gleefully ghoulish tales in an effort to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee. Each story takes aim at different tropes, paying homage to and subverting the timeless clichés of the beloved genre with...
- 2/26/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"What would happen in a horror movie now?" Paper Street Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for an indie horror anthology film titled Scare Package. This premiered at the Sitges Film Festival last year, and also played at the Telluride Horror Show and FrightFest London. This new horror-comedy anthology with seven different stories "brings together some of the brightest rising stars in horror filmmaking today. This splatter-packed, deviously clever throwback pays homage to horror classics with seven hilarious, meta tales of terror, each exploring—and subverting—different genre tropes. All wrapped around every horror fan's beloved stomping grounds: an old school video store." Starring Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn, Chase Williamson, Jocelyn DeBoer, Jeremy King, Dustin Rhodes, Zoe Graham, Hawn Tran, Chelsey Grant, Jon Michael Simpson, Josephine McAdam, and more. Looks like some crazy good fun! Enjoy. Here's the official trailer (+ rad poster) for Paper Street Pictures' Scare Package, direct from YouTube: Seven directors.
- 2/26/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Greenlight is an indie horror film from the Horror Collective. Centrally focused on Jack (Chase Williamson), this filmmaker will do whatever it takes to make a film. But, some of the cast and crew on Jack's next production might have taken their roles a little too far. This feature has won an Audience Award for "Best Suspense Film" at the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. Now, Greenlight is getting set to leave the film festivals behind in favour of the Digital marketplace. From director Graham Denman, Greenlight also stars: Shane Coffey (Starry Eyes), Caroline Williams (Tales of Halloween), Nicole Alexandra Shipley and Evanne Friedmann. The film's release date is scheduled for the end of the month. Greenlight is the filmmaking term in which a film is given the go-ahead - for production. Usually a script is greenlit by studios or production companies, with the studio head giving the final thumbs up.
- 2/14/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Ahead of its February 25th release, a new trailer has been released for the Graham Denman-directed film Greenlight. Continue reading for more details. Also in today's Horror Highlights: release details for Blood Widow, graphic novel Obscura, and the soon-to-be-screened at the 2020 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, Road Head.
Watch the New Greenlight Trailer: "Pre-orders are now available via iTunes for the award-winning thriller Greenlight, director Graham Denman’s debut feature! The film, which was produced by Talk Story Pictures and is being distributed by The Horror Collective, will be released on February 25th, 2020 on VOD and digital platforms.
The film had its world premiere at Los Angeles’ Shriekfest Horror Film Festival, where it won Best Thriller Feature Film and Best Male Performance in a Feature Film (Chase Williamson). The film also recently won the Audience Award for Best Thriller Feature at San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival.
Watch the New Greenlight Trailer: "Pre-orders are now available via iTunes for the award-winning thriller Greenlight, director Graham Denman’s debut feature! The film, which was produced by Talk Story Pictures and is being distributed by The Horror Collective, will be released on February 25th, 2020 on VOD and digital platforms.
The film had its world premiere at Los Angeles’ Shriekfest Horror Film Festival, where it won Best Thriller Feature Film and Best Male Performance in a Feature Film (Chase Williamson). The film also recently won the Audience Award for Best Thriller Feature at San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival.
- 1/29/2020
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Genre fans are preparing to battle back against evil with the upcoming distribution of the sci-fi movie, ‘Sequence Break.’ Rlje Films has partnered with Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, to distribute the drama on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. In honor of ‘Sequence Break’s digital release, ShockYa is offering two […]
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- 12/27/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
A director looking for his big break finds himself making a real-life nightmare when he's cornered into filming an actual murder in the new movie Greenlight. Directed by Graham Denman and starring Chase Williamson and Caroline Williams, Greenlight is coming to VOD and digital platforms in February from The Horror Collective, and we've been provided with the exclusive teaser trailer as a special treat to share with Daily Dead readers!
You can get a taste of how making a movie can be murder in our exclusive teaser trailer below, and keep an eye out for Greenlight when The Horror Collective releases it on VOD and digital platforms beginning February 25th, 2020.
We also have the poster and official press release with full details on Greenlight, which will screen at Panic Fest in January.
Press Release: [Los Angeles, CA] The first teaser trailer for the upcoming award-winning thriller Greenlight has been released! The film, which...
You can get a taste of how making a movie can be murder in our exclusive teaser trailer below, and keep an eye out for Greenlight when The Horror Collective releases it on VOD and digital platforms beginning February 25th, 2020.
We also have the poster and official press release with full details on Greenlight, which will screen at Panic Fest in January.
Press Release: [Los Angeles, CA] The first teaser trailer for the upcoming award-winning thriller Greenlight has been released! The film, which...
- 12/17/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Producer Shaked Berenson has teamed with former Dread Central Editor-in-Chief, Jonathan Barkan to launch the new genre distribution label The Horror Collective. The banner will be under Berenson’s production/distribution outfit Entertainment Squad and Barkan will head the venture which plans to release 10-12 films per year.
Like the name of the distribution label suggests, The Horror Collective is building itself to become a destination that fosters independent horror filmmakers and connect their films to fans. It will also finance and produce original content. The outfit’s inaugural film will be Elza Kephart’s Slaxx, which was the first project financed Entertainment Squad and will be released by The Horror Collective and enter the festival circuit in Q1 2020. Berenson financed and executive produced the Slaxx with long collaborator, Anne-Marie Gélinas of Ema Films.
“I want to make a home for genre creators...
Like the name of the distribution label suggests, The Horror Collective is building itself to become a destination that fosters independent horror filmmakers and connect their films to fans. It will also finance and produce original content. The outfit’s inaugural film will be Elza Kephart’s Slaxx, which was the first project financed Entertainment Squad and will be released by The Horror Collective and enter the festival circuit in Q1 2020. Berenson financed and executive produced the Slaxx with long collaborator, Anne-Marie Gélinas of Ema Films.
“I want to make a home for genre creators...
- 11/12/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Chase Williamson, Lauren Ashley Carter, Jerry G. Angelo, Matt Mercer, Gavin White, David Robbins, William Ward, Kari White, Keefe Stone, Chris Tapia | Written and Directed by Tom Botchii
The titular Artik (Jerry G. Angelo) is a comic book obsessed serial killer who spends his days sketching and his nights teaching his son Adam how to get away with murder, literally, until the boy befriends a mysterious man, Holton (Chase Williamson), who threatens to expose their horrifying family secret.
I’m not going to lie. There’s no way these days that I can give Any film starring Chase Williamson an unbiased review… The actor has been a solid performer for years, appearing in a myriad of genre films, including two of my favourite modern horrors: Sequence Break and John Dies at the End. As such I find myself enjoying films on his performance alone – and Artik is no different.
The titular Artik (Jerry G. Angelo) is a comic book obsessed serial killer who spends his days sketching and his nights teaching his son Adam how to get away with murder, literally, until the boy befriends a mysterious man, Holton (Chase Williamson), who threatens to expose their horrifying family secret.
I’m not going to lie. There’s no way these days that I can give Any film starring Chase Williamson an unbiased review… The actor has been a solid performer for years, appearing in a myriad of genre films, including two of my favourite modern horrors: Sequence Break and John Dies at the End. As such I find myself enjoying films on his performance alone – and Artik is no different.
- 10/11/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Imagine if Leatherface had a comic book obsession and you'll start to get a finger on the deadly pulse of Artik. Starring Jerry G. Angelo, Chase Williamson, Lauren Ashley Carter, Gavin White, and Matt Mercer, Artik takes viewers to a sunflower farm where sadistic things happen in the barn at night. The feature film debut of Tom Botchii, Artik recently had its world premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Fort Lauderdale, and while at the festival, Daily Dead had the chance to speak with Botchii about his film's talented cast, unique story, and surprises that sprang up from his filming location.
Thanks for taking the time to chat ahead of Artik's world premiere at Popcorn Frights. This is your first feature film. How long has this idea been percolating? How'd it go from an idea to the film? Was it a multiyear process for you?
Tom Botchii: Honestly,...
Thanks for taking the time to chat ahead of Artik's world premiere at Popcorn Frights. This is your first feature film. How long has this idea been percolating? How'd it go from an idea to the film? Was it a multiyear process for you?
Tom Botchii: Honestly,...
- 8/15/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A sunflower farm is home to unimaginable horrors at the hands of a serial killing comic book lover in Artik, the feature film debut from Tom Botchii. Ahead of the movie's world premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival, we've been provided with the film's official trailer and key art to share with Daily Dead readers.
Following its world premiere at Popcorn Frights in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, August 11th at 3:00pm Est, Artik will be released in theaters on September 6th and on VOD and Blu-ray beginning September 10th from Epic Pictures and Dread.
Daily Dead is thrilled to attend and be one of the media sponsors of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival! In case you missed it, check here to catch up on our previous coverage of the festival, and visit their website for additional details on all of the movies that will be screened, including the world premiere of Artik.
Following its world premiere at Popcorn Frights in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, August 11th at 3:00pm Est, Artik will be released in theaters on September 6th and on VOD and Blu-ray beginning September 10th from Epic Pictures and Dread.
Daily Dead is thrilled to attend and be one of the media sponsors of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival! In case you missed it, check here to catch up on our previous coverage of the festival, and visit their website for additional details on all of the movies that will be screened, including the world premiere of Artik.
- 8/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Tom Botchii's feature film debut, Artik, will have its world premieres at Popcorn Frights Film Fest in Florida this week. Then Artik will be released in Us cinemas on September 6th, and on VOD/Blu-ray on September 10th. Yesterday, Epic Pictures and Dread released the new trailer and fresh keyart for Botchii's flick. If you think the keyart style looks familiar that is because it came from poster artist Christopher Shy who illustrated the poster for Panos Cosmatos' Mandy. A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything. Artik stars Chase Williamson,...
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- 8/6/2019
- Screen Anarchy
"I've always found myself gravitating towards chaos." Epic Pictures + Dread have unveiled the first official trailer for a new serial killer thriller titled Artik, which just premiered at the Popcorn Frights Film Fest in Florida. This indie film is a "shockingly violent and very engaging" serial killer horror about a comic book obsessed murderer who teaches his son how to get away with all the killings. That is, until he befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything. Chase Williamson stars as Holton Shudcase, with Jerry G. Angelo as "Artik", plus a small cast including Lauren Ashley Carter, Matt Mercer, David Robbins, and Gavin White. This definitely looks like it's only for die-hard horror fans who can stomach this kind of violence. Featuring a very colorful poster by artist Christopher Shy - which you can see below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Tom Botchii's Artik, direct from...
- 8/5/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
From a frightening fixer-upper to a home haunted by an eight-legged terror, Popcorn Frights Film Festival is bringing a wide range of horror movies to life on the big screen in Fort Lauderdale this August. Daily Dead is thrilled to attend and be one of the media sponsors of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival, and following the festival's exciting first wave of programming, the second wave of films has now been announced, including Travis Stevens' Girl on the Third Floor, Blumhouse's Bloodline, and the world premiere of Itsy Bitsy (co-written by Daily Dead contributor Jason Alvino).
Press Release: Fort Lauderdale, Fl – Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns bigger, bolder, bloodier with its second wave of programming that promises more thrills than ever before. In its fifth year, Popcorn Frights will premiere 73 films (including 10 world premieres), embracing 16 countries, and bringing together established filmmakers and emerging new voices to its annual...
Press Release: Fort Lauderdale, Fl – Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns bigger, bolder, bloodier with its second wave of programming that promises more thrills than ever before. In its fifth year, Popcorn Frights will premiere 73 films (including 10 world premieres), embracing 16 countries, and bringing together established filmmakers and emerging new voices to its annual...
- 7/2/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
This Fall, Dread is excited to take you into the world of a serial killer when we release the directorial debut of Tom Botchii, Artik! The film stars Chase Williamson of John Dies at the End and The Guest fame as well as Lauren Ashley Carter, who appeared in our own films Black Site and […] The post Dread Presents: Our House of Horror Expands With Artik appeared first on Dread Central.
- 4/24/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
A Blair Witch Project producer is pioneering another reality-bending experience with Shudder’s first original podcast, Video Palace! Shudder is making a foray into the arena of scripted podcasts with a new series that blurs the line between fiction and reality. Horror collector Mark Cambria, played by Chase Williamson […]
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- 10/23/2018
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
We recently shared details on Artik, a film following a serial killer who loves comics, sunflower farming, his family, and most likely killing. Now, we have a new featurette for the movie eyeing a theatrical and streaming release in the near future. We also have details on What Still Remains and Parlour Tricks.
Watch the New Artik Featurette: "Comic Book fandom meets Punk Rock with a bloody twist in new horror thriller, Artik.
The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them.
Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s feature film debut and marks the first joint release from Tlg Motion Pictures and Have Not Films.
Watch the New Artik Featurette: "Comic Book fandom meets Punk Rock with a bloody twist in new horror thriller, Artik.
The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them.
Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s feature film debut and marks the first joint release from Tlg Motion Pictures and Have Not Films.
- 7/18/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
BrokeHorrorFan.com is releasing of a number of current horror films on the VHS format. The first up in a line of horror gems to get this treatment is Adam Green's Victor Crowley. Continue reading for release details and a look at the VHS cover artwork. We also have a DVD Contest for Dead House, details on Cynthia and the film's cast signing at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, and Full Moon Comix's booth at Sdcc 2018.
Victor Crowley Limited Edition VHS Release Details: "BrokeHorrorFan.com presents contemporary horror favorites on VHS! Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment have teamed up to set modern monsters loose in a nostalgic format. Each release serves as both a limited edition collectible and a fully-functional VHS tape.
The premiere installment in the BrokeHorrorFan.com Presents line is Adam Green's Victor Crowley, the fourth installment in the Hatchet franchise. It's on sale now at WitterEntertainment.com.
Victor Crowley Limited Edition VHS Release Details: "BrokeHorrorFan.com presents contemporary horror favorites on VHS! Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment have teamed up to set modern monsters loose in a nostalgic format. Each release serves as both a limited edition collectible and a fully-functional VHS tape.
The premiere installment in the BrokeHorrorFan.com Presents line is Adam Green's Victor Crowley, the fourth installment in the Hatchet franchise. It's on sale now at WitterEntertainment.com.
- 7/16/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
BrokeHorrorFan.com presents contemporary horror favorites on VHS! Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment have teamed up to set modern monsters loose in a nostalgic format. Each release serves as both a limited edition collectible and a fully-functional VHS tape.
The premier installment in the BrokeHorrorFan.com Presents line is Adam Green’s Victor Crowley, the fourth installment in the Hatchet franchise. It’s on sale now at WitterEntertainment.com.
The 2017 slasher movie makes its VHS debut in a retro-style clamshell case with original artwork by Dark Horse Books artist Will Perkins. The release is officially licensed from Dark Sky Films and ArieScope Pictures, and it is been approved by writer-director Adam Green.
There are three covers to choose from: standard edition (limited to 300), bloody variant (limited to 150), and line art variant (limited to 50; hand-numbered and signed by the artist). Variant editions include a blood-splattered letter from Adam Green to the Hatchet Army members.
The premier installment in the BrokeHorrorFan.com Presents line is Adam Green’s Victor Crowley, the fourth installment in the Hatchet franchise. It’s on sale now at WitterEntertainment.com.
The 2017 slasher movie makes its VHS debut in a retro-style clamshell case with original artwork by Dark Horse Books artist Will Perkins. The release is officially licensed from Dark Sky Films and ArieScope Pictures, and it is been approved by writer-director Adam Green.
There are three covers to choose from: standard edition (limited to 300), bloody variant (limited to 150), and line art variant (limited to 50; hand-numbered and signed by the artist). Variant editions include a blood-splattered letter from Adam Green to the Hatchet Army members.
- 7/15/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The first images & trailer for dark hybrid, action-horror-thriller Artik have arrived. The story c enters around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton (Chase …
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- 7/8/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
A serial killing, lover of comics who runs a sunflower farm with his family of foster children? Sign me up! The trailer for Artik has been released and it leads today's feature. Also, check out the other two rad stories in the Horror Highlights. We have release details and a launch trailer for Dream Alone from WarSaw Games and Fat Dog Games, as well as production news on Bit.
Watch the New Trailer for Artik: "Comic Book fandom meets Punk Rock with a bloody twist in new horror thriller, Artik.
The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them.
Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s...
Watch the New Trailer for Artik: "Comic Book fandom meets Punk Rock with a bloody twist in new horror thriller, Artik.
The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them.
Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s...
- 7/4/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Chase Williamson teams up with Lauren Ashley Carter and Matt Mercer in horror thriller, Artik. The first images & trailer for dark hybrid, action-horror-thriller Artik have arrived. The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of …
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- 6/30/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Stars: Chase Williamson, Lyle Kanouse, Fabianne Therese, Audrey Wasilewski, Johnny Dinan | Written and Directed by Graham Skipper
Note: With Sequence Break finally hitting DVD this week, here’s a reposting of our review of the film from its Fantasia screening last summer.
Oz (Williamson) is an antisocial loner who only finds solace in his love for ’80s arcade games, refurbishing and restoring them to their former glory. That is, until he meets Tess (Therese). The two quickly become romantically entwined, but their budding romance is slowly threatened by a mysterious game that seems to be drawing the two deeper and deeper into its void of slime and Cronenbergian horror. Amid the strange occurrences, a cryptic vagabond also appears, lurking around the arcade workshop at night. The dilapidated madman shouts about doom and destruction as the couple cling to the remnants of their normal lives. Oz soon finds himself facing off...
Note: With Sequence Break finally hitting DVD this week, here’s a reposting of our review of the film from its Fantasia screening last summer.
Oz (Williamson) is an antisocial loner who only finds solace in his love for ’80s arcade games, refurbishing and restoring them to their former glory. That is, until he meets Tess (Therese). The two quickly become romantically entwined, but their budding romance is slowly threatened by a mysterious game that seems to be drawing the two deeper and deeper into its void of slime and Cronenbergian horror. Amid the strange occurrences, a cryptic vagabond also appears, lurking around the arcade workshop at night. The dilapidated madman shouts about doom and destruction as the couple cling to the remnants of their normal lives. Oz soon finds himself facing off...
- 6/11/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
You may have seen Graham Skipper in one of a billion indie horror films, such as Beyond the Gates, The Mind's Eye, of Almost Human. If you were lucky, you saw him star as Dr. Herbert West in Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator the Musical. In addition to acting, he's slipped into the director's chair, most notably with Sequence Break. The film is now exclusively on the rad, all-horror streaming service Shudder, and reunites Chase Williamson and Fabianne Therese, both of John Dies at the End, among other hot indie films. I spoke to Skipper on the challenges of making Sequence Break, his new feature in which Williamson plays Oz, am introverted arcade game repair man and designer who finds himself way too connected to a particular game...
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- 5/27/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Graham Skipper's directorial debut Sequence Break begins its exclusive run on Shudder on May 27th. The trailer for his techno body horror film debuted yesterday and we have it now to share with you below. A reclusive video arcade repairman (Chase Williamson) experiences bizarre biomechanical mutations and Cronenbergian hallucinations when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop. Reality itself threatens to fracture as the young man works to solve its mystery - and overcome the new chaos that has entered his life. Known up to now for his roles in horror indies like The Mind's Eye, Almost Human, and Beyond the Gates- as well as starring in Stuart Gordon's acclaimed stage show, Re-Animator: The Musical- Skipper's first film had...
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- 5/10/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Graham Skipper's directorial debut is Sequence Break. A trailer for this sci-fi thriller was released late last year. In the film, a video arcade repairman, becomes trapped within one of the games he is working on. Sequence Break stars: Chase Williamson (The Guest), Fabianne Therese (Southbound), Lyle Kanouse, and Audrey Wasilewski. This title will debut exclusively on the horror subscription service Shudder, this May. A preview of the film's upcoming launch is hosted here. There are similarities between the promotional material of Sequence Break and David Cronenberg's Existenz (1999). Both films deal with video games and characters being pulled into the game's story. Reality is altered. And, both films involve characters having their bodies melded with a game. Biology and technology join together in Skipper's debut film! Sequence Break will show on Shudder, this May 24th. Horror fan can sign up for a Shudder subscription nearly pain free, at the link below.
- 5/1/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
In Sequence Break, the mind-bending directorial debut of Graham Skipper, a reclusive video arcade repairman (Chase Williamson) experiences bizarre biomechanical mutations and Cronenbergian hallucinations when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop.
Reality itself threatens to fracture as the young man works to solve its mystery - and overcome the new chaos that has entered his life.
Sequence Break stars Chase Williamson (The Guest), Fabianne Therese (Southbound), Lyle Kanouse (HBO's "Big Love"), and Audrey Wasilewski (AMC's "Mad Men").
The film...
Reality itself threatens to fracture as the young man works to solve its mystery - and overcome the new chaos that has entered his life.
Sequence Break stars Chase Williamson (The Guest), Fabianne Therese (Southbound), Lyle Kanouse (HBO's "Big Love"), and Audrey Wasilewski (AMC's "Mad Men").
The film...
- 5/1/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Ever since “oldies” like Scream entered their “retrospective anniversary articles” phase, slasher cinema has failed to regain control of genre airwaves like those 80’s mainstays of pulp and cultural circumstance. Your still-relevant Friday The 13th or Child’s Play franchises. To that, I’ve always considered Adam Green’s Hatchet an exception to trends. My first taste of Victor Crowley’s bayou legend struck me as – pound for pound – one of the post-2000 era’s gnarliest slasher rebirths. Hatchet II and Hatchet III, two underrated indie continuations, only strengthened my arguments. Count me a ranking axe-wielder in the Hatchet Army, and a continual fan of Green’s work (Frozen chills to the core, Digging Up The Marrow blasts creativity).
Unfortunately, this just makes 2018’s Victor Crowley a bigger disappointment in my eyes.
Parry Shen returns as Andrew – the lone survivor of Hatch III’s massacre – and is duped into returning...
Unfortunately, this just makes 2018’s Victor Crowley a bigger disappointment in my eyes.
Parry Shen returns as Andrew – the lone survivor of Hatch III’s massacre – and is duped into returning...
- 2/8/2018
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Review by Mark Longden
Fans of slasher cinema will probably be aware that this is the fourth movie in the “Hatchet” series, written or directed or both by Adam Green. He’s been going for a while, making TV (Fear.Net’s “Holliston”, and a few horror documentary shows) and movies – a handful of thrillers and short films, as well as this.
“Hatchet” is a comedy-horror series about Victor Crowley, a deformed fellow who lives in the swamps outside New Orleans, and kills people with a…well, you know. If you’re like me, and this is your first toe dipped into the waters of Mr Green and his cinematic universe, well, I don’t think there’s a lot of backstory to worry about. Large mute monster, completely indestructible, laughs, gore, slasher movies. So let’s get into it!
As you might be able to guess from the name,...
Fans of slasher cinema will probably be aware that this is the fourth movie in the “Hatchet” series, written or directed or both by Adam Green. He’s been going for a while, making TV (Fear.Net’s “Holliston”, and a few horror documentary shows) and movies – a handful of thrillers and short films, as well as this.
“Hatchet” is a comedy-horror series about Victor Crowley, a deformed fellow who lives in the swamps outside New Orleans, and kills people with a…well, you know. If you’re like me, and this is your first toe dipped into the waters of Mr Green and his cinematic universe, well, I don’t think there’s a lot of backstory to worry about. Large mute monster, completely indestructible, laughs, gore, slasher movies. So let’s get into it!
As you might be able to guess from the name,...
- 2/7/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
2017 has been, at least for me, a fantastic year for movies. There has been some great films in the cinema, on DVD and VOD and the film festivals we’ve covered have been jam-packed with quality movies. Which makes it Very hard to narrow down a list of the Top 10 of the year!
So, with that being said, I’ve decided that this year I’d split my picks into two distinct lists – the ten best films I saw in cinemas, be it at the local multiplex or at film festivals; and the ten best direct-to-market titles of the year, be they DVD or VOD.
Up first, my Top 10 picks of the cinematic releases of 2017 – in the order I saw them… And yes, even under this criteria, it’s still hard to pin down Just a Top 10!
The Warriors Gate
(Screened at Frightfest Glasgow 2017) The Warriors Gate sees Jack (Uriah Shelton...
So, with that being said, I’ve decided that this year I’d split my picks into two distinct lists – the ten best films I saw in cinemas, be it at the local multiplex or at film festivals; and the ten best direct-to-market titles of the year, be they DVD or VOD.
Up first, my Top 10 picks of the cinematic releases of 2017 – in the order I saw them… And yes, even under this criteria, it’s still hard to pin down Just a Top 10!
The Warriors Gate
(Screened at Frightfest Glasgow 2017) The Warriors Gate sees Jack (Uriah Shelton...
- 1/1/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We’re always on the lookout for new and, more importantly, interesting projects to get our ghosts. The new flick Artik may just do the trick. Word has come across our desk that Lauren Ashley Carter (Jug Face, Darling, The Woman) and Chase Williamson (The Guest, Bad Match, John Dies at the End) have joined the […]
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- 11/28/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
If you have been paying any attention to the independent horror scene over the last five years, you are undoubtedly familiar with the work of actor Graham Skipper. From his star-making turn as Dr. Herbert West in the stage version of the Re-Animator musical to his leading man turns in the films of director Joe Begos (Almost Human, The Mind’s Eye) to his role in Jackson Stewart’s Beyond the Gates to seemingly countless supporting roles in everything from Tales of Halloween to Carnage Park to The Devil’s Dolls, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to watch a modern independent horror movie and not have Graham Skipper show up. While I’m always delighted to see him pop up in something I’m watching—I know that for however long he’s on screen, I am in good hands—that kind of ubiquity doesn’t automatically lend itself to talent behind the camera.
- 11/7/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Living in Chicago, I spend much of my year being jealous of all the people I see online going to the various genre film festivals held around the parts of the country that aren’t here… until now.
For the first time ever, Chicago is getting its very own full-blown genre festival with Cinepocalypse, a week-long event running November 2nd–9th at the Music Box Theatre, the best place to see a movie in the entire city. Formerly the Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival (which I have attended since it began and always completely loved), Cinepocalypse now has a new venue, a larger and more ambitious slate of programming, and dozens of special guests. It’s going to be bigger and better than any festival of its kind the city has ever seen, and I can’t wait to be there as much as possible to see as many cool movies as possible.
For the first time ever, Chicago is getting its very own full-blown genre festival with Cinepocalypse, a week-long event running November 2nd–9th at the Music Box Theatre, the best place to see a movie in the entire city. Formerly the Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival (which I have attended since it began and always completely loved), Cinepocalypse now has a new venue, a larger and more ambitious slate of programming, and dozens of special guests. It’s going to be bigger and better than any festival of its kind the city has ever seen, and I can’t wait to be there as much as possible to see as many cool movies as possible.
- 11/2/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Cheap Thrills co-writer David Chirchirillo is swiping right with his directorial debut Bad Match, a new indie production from BoulderLight Pictures (Contracted) and MM2 Entertainment. Starring Lili Simmons (Bone Tomahawk), Jack Cutmore-Scott, Noureen DeWulf, Trent Haaga (Deadgirl, 68 Kill, Chop), and Chase Williamson (The Guest, John Dies at the End, SiREN), here’s the first trailer that warns of falling in love at first swipe. In the film, […]...
- 8/28/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Cheap Thrills co-writer David Chirchirillo is swiping left with his directorial debut Bad Match, a new indie production from BoulderLight Pictures (Contracted) and MM2 Entertainment. Starring Lili Simmons (Bone Tomahawk), Jack Cutmore-Scott, Noureen DeWulf, Trent Haaga (Deadgirl, 68 Kill, Chop), and Chase Williamson (The Guest, John Dies at the End, SiREN), here are some first images from the […]...
- 8/22/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Introversion and high anxiety are real and can be triggered by the tiniest of things or the lack thereof. Oz (Chase Williamson) has struggled with both his entire life, that insecurity in social situations driving him towards the world of videogames. The joy of solitude playing them and being good at them brought him into a society of like-minded individuals and ultimately a career as mechanic to dinosaurs of derelict arcades past. Was he happy? Sure. Things could always be better, but isn’t that true for everyone? Routine might propel his actions — sleep, work, beer, and repeat — but it’s that type of monotony that keeps him safe. To take a chance on more would risk his falling apart completely. Unfortunately for him, change eventually comes for us all.
Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break takes us into Oz’s mind when the inevitable occurs. His world is turned upside...
Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break takes us into Oz’s mind when the inevitable occurs. His world is turned upside...
- 8/3/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break is a digital rabbit hole; an abyss of frothy goop slathered atop rubberized effects. Its very title foreshadows existential conflict, while an arcade kaleidoscope projects Skipper’s binary obsessions. Ideas emerge from Cronenbergian pools of coated wiring, heavily reminiscent of Videodrome visuals and paranoid shades of eXistenZ. Sci-fi psychedelics zap homemade Asteroid designs only to mask dimensional rifts that borrow from Under The Skin‘s vast nothingness. How do you break the “sequence” of life? Answers tend to vary, with Skipper’s latest being a ponderous retro purgatory worth wallowing in.
Chase Williamson stars as Oz (short for Osgood), a shy arcade tinkerer who brings busted-up cabinets back from the virtual dead – but not for much longer. Jerry (Lyle Kanouse) has to close shop, disrupting Oz’s safe engineering bubble. That’s when he meets Tess (Fabianne Therese), a “nerdy” girl who shows immediate romantic interest.
Chase Williamson stars as Oz (short for Osgood), a shy arcade tinkerer who brings busted-up cabinets back from the virtual dead – but not for much longer. Jerry (Lyle Kanouse) has to close shop, disrupting Oz’s safe engineering bubble. That’s when he meets Tess (Fabianne Therese), a “nerdy” girl who shows immediate romantic interest.
- 8/2/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Chase Williamson, Lyle Kanouse, Fabianne Therese, Audrey Wasilewski, Johnny Dinan | Written and Directed by Graham Skipper
Oz (Williamson) is an antisocial loner who only finds solace in his love for ’80s arcade games, refurbishing and restoring them to their former glory. That is, until he meets Tess (Therese). The two quickly become romantically entwined, but their budding romance is slowly threatened by a mysterious game that seems to be drawing the two deeper and deeper into its void of slime and Cronenbergian horror. Amid the strange occurrences, a cryptic vagabond also appears, lurking around the arcade workshop at night. The dilapidated madman shouts about doom and destruction as the couple cling to the remnants of their normal lives. Oz soon finds himself facing off against the eight-bit portal to the cosmos, to both save himself and his newfound love.
Having already appeared in Almost Human and The Mind’s...
Oz (Williamson) is an antisocial loner who only finds solace in his love for ’80s arcade games, refurbishing and restoring them to their former glory. That is, until he meets Tess (Therese). The two quickly become romantically entwined, but their budding romance is slowly threatened by a mysterious game that seems to be drawing the two deeper and deeper into its void of slime and Cronenbergian horror. Amid the strange occurrences, a cryptic vagabond also appears, lurking around the arcade workshop at night. The dilapidated madman shouts about doom and destruction as the couple cling to the remnants of their normal lives. Oz soon finds himself facing off against the eight-bit portal to the cosmos, to both save himself and his newfound love.
Having already appeared in Almost Human and The Mind’s...
- 7/18/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The FrightFest 2017 coverage continues with the first stills from the flick Good Match! Check ’em out! Director: David Chirchirillo. With: Lili Simmons, Noureen DeWulf, Chase Williamson, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Brandon Scott. USA 2017. 90 mins. An Internet-dating playboy’s life spirals… Continue Reading →
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- 7/3/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
June ended up being a particularly busy month of releases, and here’s a look at three different indie films that I had the opportunity to check out over the last several weeks:
Camera Obscura: For his feature film directorial debut, co-writer/director Aaron B. Koontz concocts his own “weird episode of Goosebumps” (to borrow a phrase from the film) in Camera Obscura, which feels like a mash-up of Shutter (the original, not the remake) and Final Destination, with a bit of a slasher twist thrown in for good measure. Koontz deftly maneuvers through familiar genre tropes to create an unexpected horror treat, anchored by a strong performance from Christopher Denham (Shutter Island, The Bay).
In Camera Obscura, we meet photographer Jack Zeller (Denham), who has been struggling with Ptsd after returning from shooting photos in the Middle East. His supportive fiancée, Claire (Nadja Bobyleva), decides to pick him...
Camera Obscura: For his feature film directorial debut, co-writer/director Aaron B. Koontz concocts his own “weird episode of Goosebumps” (to borrow a phrase from the film) in Camera Obscura, which feels like a mash-up of Shutter (the original, not the remake) and Final Destination, with a bit of a slasher twist thrown in for good measure. Koontz deftly maneuvers through familiar genre tropes to create an unexpected horror treat, anchored by a strong performance from Christopher Denham (Shutter Island, The Bay).
In Camera Obscura, we meet photographer Jack Zeller (Denham), who has been struggling with Ptsd after returning from shooting photos in the Middle East. His supportive fiancée, Claire (Nadja Bobyleva), decides to pick him...
- 7/3/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
As a producer on projects like Starry Eyes and The Sacrament, Camera Obscura co-writer/director Aaron B. Koontz has been a fixture of the indie horror film community for some time now. Koontz recently celebrated the VOD and On Demand release of his debut feature, Camera Obscura, which ambitiously blends together the psychological horror/haunted camera/slasher genres for a truly unexpected cinematic treat.
Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak to Koontz about his experiences working on Camera Obscura, and he discussed how he approached both the story of the film as well as its conflicted protagonist, Jack Zeller (portrayed by Christopher Denham), how his earlier career helped prepare him to take the directorial reins, the joy of being able to collaborate with friends, and more.
I would love to hear about what inspired you to take the story route that you did, because I thought some of...
Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak to Koontz about his experiences working on Camera Obscura, and he discussed how he approached both the story of the film as well as its conflicted protagonist, Jack Zeller (portrayed by Christopher Denham), how his earlier career helped prepare him to take the directorial reins, the joy of being able to collaborate with friends, and more.
I would love to hear about what inspired you to take the story route that you did, because I thought some of...
- 6/14/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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