Time Traveling Sci-Fi Dark Comedy "Counter Clockwise" Hits DVD

Artsploitation Films recently send us information for the upcoming DVD release of the sci-fi dark comedy "Counter Clockwise". The film has won Best Science Fiction Film at Eugene International Film Festival, The Philip K. Dick Film Festival and Action on Film International Film Festival.

No special featueres were announced at this time.

"Counter Clockwise" hits retail on December 13th.

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Part mind-bending science fiction and part dark comedy, COUNTER CLOCKWISE delivers a thriller about a befuddled scientist who stumbles into inventing a time machine and recklessly zaps himself six months into the future. But in that future, he is a wanted man and accused murderer. He tries to return to the point right before everything went wrong. An inventive, head-scratching, fast-paced American Indie time-travelling gem from first-time director George Moise.

"Vampyres" Review by Anthony T

Jose Ramon Larraz’s “Vampyres” is a film that I personally consider as one of the great vampire films of all time. When I heard about this remake, it caught me by surprise. I didn’t think that this would be remade because of the content and the fact that it’s an obscure horror film.

The film is about trio of campers who camping in the woods. They discover an old house that is full of dark secrets. Soon, they find a couple of sexy vampires who is hiding a man in their basement. They have the taste of sado-masochism and blood. Now the campers must find a way out their sadistic rampage before it’s too late. The film stars Caroline Munro.

Going into this film, I was expecting the worst as remakes usually don’t work. But I have to say, I was surprised that “Vampyres” was very gothic and one of the better remakes that I’ve seen.

One of things that makes this remake very good was its direction. Writer/director Victor Matellano does a very good job making sure the film has the same feel that the original did. Whether it’s the way he handles the gore to making sure the images has a sense of dread, he’s able to create the same atmosphere that the original did. It made everything from the blood to the eroticism feel so gothic. It was the type of movie I was hoping for. Matellano also does a very good job making sure that the cast’s performances fit the film’s dark tone including the performances from Marta Finch and Almudena Leon as the seductive vampires in the film. They did a very good job making sure their performances stand up to the performances of Marianne Morris and Anulka Dziubinska from the original film. It stood out from the rest of the film.

The screenplay written by Matellano also does a good job making sure that it’s faithful to Jose Ramon Laraza’s classic. Whether it was the way that it handles the eroticism to making sure the film has a complete dark tone, everything is done so well that it doesn’t leave you complaining about the original is better or why it was made in the first place. The other thing that makes its screenplay very good was the fact it builds up the tension. Whether it’s the relationship of the vampires to the final act, everything is built to the point that it makes you interested with the story. If that wasn’t the case, then this film wouldn’t work at all and I would be angry at this remake. Thankfully that wasn’t the case, as I like this film as much as the original.

“Vampyres” is truly one of the recent remakes that has stayed true to the original. With its very good directing and its gothic tone, “Vampyres” truly up there with “Evil Dead” as one of the best remakes ever done. Fans of the original will enjoy this one alongside with the original.

Review Rating: Five Stars

Take a Bite With These Official Stills for the Upcoming Remake of the Cult Classic "Vampyres"

Artsploitation Films recently send us over stills for their upcoming release of "Vampyres". The film is a remake of Joseph Larraz's 1974 cult classic. "Vampyres" stars Caroline Munro, Christian Stamm, Veronica Bacorn, Marta Flich and Almudena León.

"Vampyres" hits retail on October 18th.

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Faithful to the sexy, twisted 1974 cult classic by Joseph Larraz, Vampyres is an English-language tale that pulsates with raw eroticism, wicked sado-masochism and bloody, creative gore. Director Victor Matellano (Wax, 2014; Zarpazos! A Journey through Spanish Horror, 2013) sets his story in a stately English manor inhabited by two older lesbian vampires and with their only cohabitant being a man imprisoned in the basement. Their lives and lifestyle are upended when a trio of campers come upon their lair and seek to uncover their dark secrets, a decision that has sexual and blood-curdling consequences. The film is infused with eloquent and atmospheric cinematography, impressive special effects makeup from master Colin Arthur (The Neverending Story, Conan the Barbarian, 2001: A Space Odyssey) and stars screen genre icon Caroline Munro (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, At the Earth's Core, The Spy Who Loved Me, Maniac, Slaughter High).

Bloody Sexy Erotic Thriller "Meat" Makes Its VOD Debut

Artsploitation Films recently send us information that the 2010 erotic thriller "Meat" will be making its VOD debut. The film stars Ali Sultan, Elvira Out and Hugo Metsers..

"Meat" hits Amazon, Vimeo and YouTube platforms on September 20th..

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Obsessed with discovering and promoting the most challenging of international genre films, Artsploitation presents the 2010 Dutch film, Meat (Vlees) co-directed by Maartje Seyferth and Victor Nieuwenhuijs. The film has been described as “Bizarre, chilling… a haunting, unsettling piece of work." by Screen Anarchy; “A stunningly rich study of sex and death, pleasure and pain, fantasy and reality." by Quiet Earth; a “Surreal Dutch neo-noir…A carnal film, both literally and viscerally, with its heart not so much on its sleeve, as on its plate." by Electric Sheep Magazine; and “Meat explores issues of sex, carnality and guilt…Meat is an orphan that needs your love.” by 366WeirdMovies. The film enjoyed festival screenings at Rotterdam, Sitges, Paris L'Etrange and New York International.

The film is a surreal erotic thriller set in a flesh-filled and violence-prone butcher shop. A large, lustful butcher, used to living out his sexual fantasies in the shop, becomes interested in his young female apprentice. The girl, documenting everything with a video camera, enthusiastically gets involved with him. But when the butcher is murdered and a police inspector, who looks exactly like the dead butcher, investigates the crime, the story takes on a dreamlike quality. A visually explicit, beguiling tale - think Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, meets Gaspar Noé's Carne by way of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen.