Supernatural Terror is Unleased with "The Possession Experiment"

Momentum Pictures recently send us over stills for their latest release "The Possession Experiment". The film stars Chris Minor, Jake Brinn, Nicky Jasper with KT Fanelli and Bill Moseley.

"The Possession Experiment" hits DVD on December 5th.

Plot Synopsis:

THE POSSESSION EXPERIMENT tells the story of Brandon (Minor), who has always been drawn to the supernatural. So when asked to pick a topic to base his final world theology class project on, he decides to explore the dark world of exorcisms. Teamed up with three classmates, the group investigates a multiple homicide that they eventually discover was an exorcism gone horribly wrong. Brandon becomes obsessed with the event, and in a strange turn of events, decides the only way to research this topic is to undergo an exorcism himself.

First Look and IndieGoGo Information for Upcoming CG Film "Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn"

Simon West Productions recently send us information for their IndieGoGo campaign to give their film "Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn" a wide theatrical release that would include outdoor and drive in theaters. It will be making its world premiere on July 11th at  Walker Stalker Fan Fest at Petco Park during San Diego Comic Con with cast (and zombies) in attendance. The film stars Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, R. Madhaven, Joseph Pilato and Tom Sizemore.

The filmmakers are looking to raise $200,000 in 24 days. This is a flexible funding campaign meaning the filmmakers will get the amount they raised once the campaign is over. 

To contribute or find more information on this campaign, you can goto : http://igg.me/at/NightOfTheLivingDead

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: http://www.theyeatbrains.com/

Press Release:

1st Looks at NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: DARKEST DAWN + Tony Todd Zombie-Smashing Indiegogo Video

The modernized "graphic novel come to life" version of the original zombie classic is currently raising funds on Indiegogo to help widen their theatrical release, including many outdoor and drive-in theaters, following a very special premiere screening July 11th at Walker Stalker Fan Fest at Petco Park during San Diego Comic Con with cast (and zombies) in attendance!

Hope you had a great weekend! We wanted to share these first looks at NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: DARKEST DAWN (formerly titled NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ORIGINS 3D) starring Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, R. Madhaven, Joseph Pilato, Tom Sizemore, Alona Tal, Sarah Habel, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Audrey Grace Davis, and Nazhi McCullough. Additional theatrical/VOD release details coming soon, but first the filmmakers are releasing the first trailer and stills, as well as a video message from Tony Todd (including some live-action zombie bashing) in conjunction with the launch of the film's Indiegogo campaign which will help bring the film to more theaters across the country.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: DARKEST DAWN is a new fully CG take on the 1968 classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” This is the story of a group of survivors fighting to stay alive when a mysterious plague unleashes the undead on New York City. Barricaded in an abandoned apartment building, the characters from the original film face new terror and question each other’s compassion and sense of humanity as they fight to stay alive against the army of the walking dead...It was directed by Krisztian Majdik, Zebediah Y. Desoto, and written by David Schwartz, Zebediah Y. De Soto, Jib Polhemus, and Mario Goldstein. It is a film by the fans for the fans and they are giving the fans a chance to get involved.

"Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Hour": Campaign Video

Anthony T's #TBT: Repo!: The Genetic Opera

Welcome to another edition of Anthony T’s #TBT. This week I decided to revist an old DVD review of a cult classic. When I think what are my favorite musically. One will always be “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” after loving since seeing it in 2012, but my number two favorite musical is “Repo: The Genetic Opera”. I remember back in 2008 when I first heard about the film. I couldn’t wait to see it in theaters. But that never happened, as it had a very limited theatrical release. I finally got my chance to watch and review the film in the beginning of 2009 when the DVD release of the film came out. After watching it, I felt like I just watched a film that felt something special. Fast forward six years later, I still love and enjoy this film to this day as I have the same love for this film, as I do for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. Without further ado, here is my 2009 review of “Repo” The Genetic Opera”.

Please note: This is film review portion of the DVD review. Repost from 1/24/09 DVD review with minor changes.

Repo! The Genetic Opera" is a film that have I’ve been personally been looking forward to as a fan of the horror genre. But what made me more curious about the film, when Lionsgate decided to release this film on a few screens back in November. I couldn’t understand why because it’s received the kind of positive buzz on the Internet from a lot of major horror sites like Dread Central and Bloody Disgusting. The film was also gaining a cult following online before the movie is even released.

The film takes place in the future where there is a worldwide epidemic of organ failure, until a biotech company finds a cure. But it’s comes at a price and if you don’t pay, your body parts and organ can be reposed by the repo man.

The film follows Shilo Wallace (Alexis Vega), a young girl who is forced to stay at her father in a gothic house after inheriting a genetic disease at childbirth. Her father Nathan Wallace (Anthony Steward Head) is very protective and is hiding a dark and murderous secret from her. She then begins to discover something from her mother’s past when Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino) offers her the chance to be cured from her disease. She will then journey out of the house to find her cure. During that journey, she runs into formerly blind opera singer (Sarah Brightman) that wants out of her contract with Genco after signing her life away to see again. While Shilo is away, Nathan is struggling with demons of his own while doing the bidding of his boss Rotti Largo. Largo is also having problems as he’s diagnosed with terminal cancer and can’t find a worth heir to his throne, as all of his three children are failures to him, because one is a murderer (Bill Moseley), the other is a rapist (Ogre from “Skinny Puppies"), and their sister (Paris Hilton) is hooked on a drug known as Zydrate and is addicted to surgery. Soon all of these characters will collide at Genco’s opera, where every secret and power struggled will be revealed as it’s sure to be one fun and bloody time at the opera tonight.

There are some films that you get a sense that you’ve just seen something special after seeing it for the first time. The last time that I’ve felt this way was back in early 2007, when I saw “Pan's Labyrinth" for the first time on the big screen. On that occasion, it was the fairy tale like atmosphere that made me coming out of theater thinking that was special. Fast forward to today after watching “Repo!: The Genetic Opera”, I felt that same way after watching it. The reason that I felt that way after seeing it was the vision and the originality the film has and it was a shame that it didn’t get a proper theatrical release that it deserves.

Darren Lynn Bousman’s direction was great. He achieves in making the direction good, by making the film feel frightening and its dark visionary look at the future. The atmosphere fits with the dark subject matter that this film tackles. Another thing that Bousman does very well was the way he tackles the back stories by using comic bookish storyboards and various types of film to give background on the main characters. It makes it very stylish and makes you pay attention to the character’s background. It’s very acceptable here, as this is a rock opera not a movie. Bousman also directs the musical sequences very well. I liked how the music sequences were non-stop as the film never slows down, which makes this very entertaining. The acting was great, as he makes sure that the performances fit the tone to what song each actor is singing. This is usually a hard thing, as the actors are singing the songs before and having to match the same intensity when lip-sync it on camera. Bousman achieves that very well, as it has the energy that cult-classics are made off.

The screenplay written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich was very good. One of things that the screenwriters did very well was to make the music non-stop. They did that because they wanted the viewer to come out of the film and say that they saw an event, not a movie. The songs were also great. I liked how all the songs made sense with the film’s main plotline. It makes you very invested with the story. Their character development was very good, as they took their time and develop them in a way that you become interested with the characters. This helps makes these characters so loved by fans and devotees of this film.

“Repo! The Genetic Opera” blends elements of such classical films like “Blade Runner” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” into a dark and gothic rock opera that is sure to be talked about for years to come. Please support this film on DVD or Blu-Ray, so we can get the special edition and director’s cut that lovers of the film truly deserved.

Film Rating: Five Stars

"House of the Witchdoctor" Review - Written by Maynard M

Review:
HOUSE OF THE WITCHDOCTOR

When I first heard of that film, I thought "Dayum, House of the Witchdoctor - that's a fantastic title!", and immediately started to hum that old "Witch Doctor" song by the Chipmunks ("Ooh eeh ooh ah aah..."), which isn't exactly a good sign because I actually hate that song - and as if it was a bad omen, the movie itself turned out to be quite a turd, and that sucks because there is definitely a good film hidden inside this turd.

"House of the Witchdoctor", the feature debut of New-York-based filmmaker Devon Mikolas follows a young girl who spends the weekend with her friends at her parents' home to mourn the anniversary of her boyfriend's murder. Things take a turn for the worst when two vicious drug-addicted criminals break into the house, attempting to rape and/or kill the five boys and girls, not knowing that there's something evil hidden in the basement...

The movie has a certain 70s or 80s feeling to it, a feeling that reminded me of rape'n'revenge classics like "Last House on the Left" or "I Spit on your Grave", as well as of low-budget slashers like "Iced" or "Home Sweet Home". Actually, "House of the Witchdoctor" could have been a fabulous little low-budget chiller if made in the early 80s, maybe by an imaginative director like Tony Maylam or Joseph Ellison.

Unfortunately, it was made in 2013 by an unexperienced and rather unimaginative director, with a cast that ranges from so-so to horrible, and a haphazard sceenplay that tries too hard to come off as wild and clever mix of home invasion, oldschool exploitation and devil/voodoo-themed horror film, but completely falls flat because it's trite, hackneyed, way too foreseeable and totally lacks any originality.

There's lots of brutal violence, gory kills and a slightly disturbing rape scene, but there's also many way-too-cheap-looking practical effects, embarrasing CGI gunshot effects, overlong and totally unsexy sex scenes, supposed-to-be-scary-but-not-scary-at-all straw-sack masks, as well as tons of ridiculously lame dialogue ("Ah, looks delicious." - "Eeyeah." - "Oh, chicken. I love chicken." - "Who wants wine?" - "Me." - "I just have half of glass." etc. etc...).

The acting... oh well. Horror-legend Bill Moseley ("TCM 2", "House of 1.000 Corpses", "The Devil's Rejects") gives a really disappointing performance and constantly looks as if he has no idea what he's doing in this film. The scene where he's trying to do a few dance moves - unintentionally laughable. Acting legend Leslie Easterbrook ("Police Academy 1, 3-7") is equally disappointing and looks as if she was on drugs during shooting. Yet, the supporting cast is even worse, especially the unwatchable acting of Jonathan Helvey (dude, do you have any idea what you're doing?) and Summer Bills (girl, please, just shut up and go home!).

The only one who gives a plausible and rather badass performance is Allan Kayser ("Night of the Creeps"). His character is shallow and one-dimensional, just like all the other characters, but he's the only one I enjoyed seeing. Whenever he appeared, I cheered because his rude and crude manner is just fun. Also, he gets to say lots of hilarious lines like "I axed you why your girl is dressed like a two-dollar Tijuana hooker?" or "No offense, I'm sorry... sorry your bitch looks like a whore."

Also worth mentioning: the beautiful-as-always cinematography by regular-Patrick-Rea-collaborator Hanuman Brown-Eagle ("Nailbiter") and the wonderfully subtle score by Christopher Farrell ("Nightmare Man"). Other than that, "House of the Witchdoctor" is nothing but a huge letdown that doesn't live up to its fantastic title.

Oh btw, did I mention how unbelievably misleading the cover is? Oh shit, it looks more like a

Bill Moseley Joins the Cast of the Upcoming Indie Horror Film "Sisters"

Mad Z Productions recently send us over information that Bill Moseley(The Devil's Rejects, Repo:The Genetic Opera) has joined the cast of the upcoming horror film "Sisters". The upcoming film also stars Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare, Camel Spiders), Devanny Pinn (Dead Sea, the Black Dahlia Haunting), Melantha Blackthorne (A Grim Becoming) and Seregon O’Dassey (Captured Hearts). Production on the film is set to start this month.

The filmmakers are currently raising a campaign on Indie Go Go will close on August 10th. To help contribute to this film, you can goto: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sisters-the-new-film-from-mad-z-productions

For more information on the film, you can visit the film's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/MADZSisters

Press Release:

MAD Z Productions is pleased to announce that Bill Moseley has signed on to the cast of its latest project Sisters.

The veteran of such horror classics as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, the Devil’s Rejects and Repo: the Genetic Opera joins the cast of indie horror stars alongside Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare, Camel Spiders), Devanny Pinn (Dead Sea, the Black Dahlia Haunting), Melantha Blackthorne (A Grim Becoming) and Seregon O’Dassey (Captured Hearts). The project also stars Ray Hryb (Killing Brooke).

Fans can also contribute to the Sisters indiegogo campaign, where they can score some awesome perks like producer credit, tickets to the exclusive cast party (come party with Chop Top!) and even be entered into a drawing to win the 1968 Chevy Chevelle Malibu that will be used in the movie! http://igg.me/at/Sisters-Movie/x/1714

Filming is set to begin this August. Sisters is written and directed by David Zagorski (Killing Brooke, The Devil’s Nightmare), and co-produced by Zagorski and Ray Hryb.

Synopsis:

Pushed to the limits by the abusive Ray, four sisters, all witches, use their powers to get a little revenge. But when things get out of hand and they have to cover up a crime, all hell breaks, leading them to unite in their most harrowing battle yet.