All hail Film Ventures International. Long-time purveyors of cinematic sleaze and genre enchantment, they’ve produced or at least distributed some of my very favorite low budget wonders: Beyond the Door (1974), Grizzly (’76), The Incubus (1981), and Pieces (’82) are only some of their titles that have provided hours of entertainment, from the goofy to the sublime (which in their case, is often one and the same). One of their final releases, The Power (1984), is a good example of their often heady mix, and a solid springboard for directors Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow on their way to their demented mutant mash The Kindred (’87).
Released in late January, The Power (Aka Evil Passage) didn’t do much business; playing in theatres for one weekend and bringing in just under a million dollars, head honcho Edward L. Montoro surely heading out the back door with a bagful of cash on his way to bankrupting the company.
Released in late January, The Power (Aka Evil Passage) didn’t do much business; playing in theatres for one weekend and bringing in just under a million dollars, head honcho Edward L. Montoro surely heading out the back door with a bagful of cash on his way to bankrupting the company.
- 12/16/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
After seeing the small trunk where 10-year-old Ame Deal suffocated to death in 2011, an Arizona jury on Wednesday convicted a relative of her murder – the last of five people to be found guilty in connection with her death, People confirms.
John Allen, 29, was convicted of first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and conspiracy to commit child abuse, a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesperson announced Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Allen, 29, stuffed the child — who is his wife’s cousin — inside the small storage box to punish her for stealing a popsicle. She suffocated after she was padlocked overnight in the container in the sweltering summer heat,...
John Allen, 29, was convicted of first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and conspiracy to commit child abuse, a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesperson announced Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Allen, 29, stuffed the child — who is his wife’s cousin — inside the small storage box to punish her for stealing a popsicle. She suffocated after she was padlocked overnight in the container in the sweltering summer heat,...
- 11/9/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
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