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Ted Levine Joins Jurassic World Sequel

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No what would make us happy? If in some Bizarro world the dinosaurs in Jurassic World began to speak and actor Ted Levine voiced every one of them. Now, it could be the Friday bottle of wine talking, but wow… in a perfect world, right?

In any event… Variety is reporting that Silence of the Lambs actor Ted Levine has rounded out cast of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s next Jurassic World film.

Rafe Spall, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones, and “The Get Down” actor Justice Smith have also recently joined returning stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, including who Levine will be playing in the sequel to the 2015 hit.

J.A. Bayona is on board to direct with Frank Marshall producing along with Pat Crowley and Belén Atienza. Colin Trevorrow, who helmed Jurassic World, penned the script with his writing partner, Derek Connolly.

Trevorrow will also executive produce with Steven Spielberg. VP of production Sara Scott is overseeing production on behalf of Universal.

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Toy Fair 2017 – Mezo Resurrects New Dawn of the Dead Figures

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There have been a variety of figures based on George A. Romero’s classic film Dawn of the Dead, but they’ve all been missing a little something. This new line of Mezco figures though? They fuckin’ nail it!

Below you’ll find their 6″ iterations of the famed “plaid” and “Flyboy” zombies which are part of their recently-launched One:12 Collective line of 6″ figures that “bring quality & detail to a scale that was previously only found in 12″ figures.” You know… Mezco… we really wouldn’t mind having 12″ figures of these… Just sayin’.

These badboys will be on full display at this year’s Toy Fair which begins Saturday, February 18th. Stay tuned for more from the show.

Mezco Dawn of the Dead

Mezco Dawn of the Dead

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EFM 2017: Alexandra Daddario, Henry Cavill, and Ben Kingsley Scare up Online Mayhem in Nomis

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Internet predators. You’ve gotta be really careful while messing around online, man. Seriously, you just have no idea what kind of loonies are sitting there behind the anonymity of their computer screens… or even scarier… what they are capable of. Enter Nomis.

Deadline is reporting that Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, and Alexandra Daddario (pictured) are set to star in David Raymond’s psychological thriller.

Fortitude International will introduce the film to buyers in Berlin this week. Raymond writes and directs the project and will also produce alongside Fortitude’s Robert Ogden Barnum, Arise Pictures’ Chris Pettit, and Buffalo Gals’ Jeff Beesley. Rick Dugdale will also produce while Fortitudes’ Nadine De Barros will serve as exec producer.

The story follows an American police force who trap an online predator, only to realize the depth of his crimes goes far beyond anything they had anticipated. Production is expected to begin at the end of the month in Winnipeg, Canada.

More as we get it!

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Make a Date With Mike Mendez’s Don’t Kill It

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The new flick from Mike Mendez Don’t Kill It (reviews here and here) has gotten itself a release date, so read on to find out when you’ll be able to witness the majesty of Dolph vs. Demons!

Archstone Distribution will release Don’t Kill It in limited theaters on March 3rd and Digital VOD via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the same day.

Written by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, the film stars Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe, Michael Aaron Milligan, and Miles Doleac.

Synopsis:
An ancient evil is unleashed in a small Alaskan town, leaving a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter (Lundgren) who has faced this terror before. Together with a reluctant FBI agent he has to figure out how to destroy a demon with the ability to possess its killer.

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EFM 2017: The Quake Rocks Berlin

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Recently The Wave made a big splash here on U.S. soil, and for good reason… It was probably one of the most intense and frightening disaster flicks ever made. Now its makers are heading to the well again to bring us more Mother Nature-brewed chaos.

Screen Daily reports that Scandinavian powerhouse TrustNordisk has already closed a slew of deals on new disaster film The Quake, which it is introducing at this week’s European Film Market.

The film, set to shoot this autumn for director John Andreas Andersen, has been pre-sold to German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (DD Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), the Middle East (Gulf), and South Korea (AtNine).

The $6.4M project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave, this time inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo.

It will be released in Norway on August 30, 2018, and will hopefully head Stateside soon thereafter.  Stay tuned!

The Quake

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Dig it! #Brainwaves Episode 33 Guest Announcement – Paranormal Investigators Greg Newkirk and Dana Matthews: Is Bigfoot a Ghost?

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A couple of weeks ago on Brainwaves Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio, our own Mr. Dark brought to our attention the following completely strange theory of paranormal investigators Greg Newkirk and Dana Matthews: Is the reason no one has been able to capture definitive physical or clear photographic evidence of Sasquatch because it is actually a ghost haunting the forests?

That’s all we needed to hear as this is a topic for an entire show for sure. That being said, Greg and Dana of Week in Weird will be joining us for a howling mad night of Sasquatchploitation and who knows what else! Strap in! This one is likely to be fucking epic.

Tune in this coming Wednesday, February 15th, at 8:00PM PT/11:00PM ET for all the shenanigans fit to be had! It’s radio without a safety net, kids. It’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio.

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Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is available to subscribe to on iTunes. Not an iTunes user?  You can also listen right here on the site.

Spooky, funny, touching, honest, offensive, and at times completely random, Brainwaves airs live every Wednesday evening beginning at 8:00 PM Pacific Time (11:00 midnight Eastern Time) and runs about 3 hours per episode.

Knetter and Creepy will be taking your calls LIVE and unscreened via Skype, so let your freak flags fly! Feel free to add BrainWavesTalk to your Skype account so you can reach us, or call in from a landline or cellphone – 858 480 7789. The duo also take questions via Twitter; you can reach us at @BrainwavesRadio or @UncleCreepy and @JoeKnetter using the hashtag #BrainWaves.

Have a ghost story or a paranormal story but can’t call in? Feel free to email it to me directly at UncleCreepy@dreadcentral.com with “Brainwaves Story” in your subject line. You can now become a fan of the show via the official… BRAINWAVES FACEBOOK PAGE!

Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is hosted live (with shows to be archived as they progress) right here on Dread Central. You can tune in and listen via the FREE TuneIn Radio app or listen to TuneIn right through the website!

For more information and to listen live independent of TuneIn, visit the Deep Talk Radio Network website, “like” Deep Talk Radio on Facebook, and follow Deep Talk Radio on Twitter. And don’t forget to subscribe to Brainwaves on iTunes.

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Synapse Films Releasing a Collection of Violent Shit

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Well, just typing out that headline pleases me. If you’re a fan of Violent Shit, this story is gonna make your entire day, if not your weekend! Read on!

From the Press Release:
A legendary and notorious staple of the underground tape-trading scene of the 1990s, Andreas Schnaas’ VIOLENT SHIT trilogy were landmarks of the early shot-on-video horror boom that would go on to have a profound impact on extreme genre filmmakers the world over. Proving that you could bring new excesses to genre cinema, these films represented a new high in lowbrow entertainment whose impact can still be felt today on Synapse Films’ remastered DVD box set just ripe for rediscovery for a new generation of fans!

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: $29.95 — STREET DATE: APRIL 11, 2017
ALL-REGION/REGION FREE

In 1980s Germany, horror film censorship was a huge problem. The government rarely let classic horror films pass without severe cuts when they were released on home video. To combat this unfortunate situation, many German horror fans scraped together a few bucks, rented video cameras and created their own ultra-violent, gory, splatter film epics. Arguably the most famous of these micro-budget German gorefests are the VIOLENT SHIT films from director Andreas Schnaas. Shot on standard definition video cameras, these films are a sight to behold. Although they are amateurishly made, choppily edited and loaded with ridiculous low-budget gore, these films have an undeniably offensive charm that has kept horror fans entertained for over 25 years!

Synapse Films is proud to present the original VIOLENT SHIT trilogy, along with 2010’s VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE on DVD for the first time in North America, in versions completely remastered by the original owners. Also includes the crazy English language dub version of ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE on a Bonus DVD, along with liner notes and additional VIOLENT SHIT 4.0 Bonus Features.

VIOLENT SHIT
The legend of “K. the Butcher Shitter” is born in this German DIY video roughie, shot on the low-fi Video-8 format. A demented killer escapes the police and leaves a trail of blood and gore in his wake. Newly re-mastered by the film’s original producer.

NOT RATED / 1989 / 73 MINS. / COLOR
Video: Anamorphic (1.78:1) Widescreen Presentation / NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital German 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English (Optional)

VIOLENT SHIT II: MOTHER HOLD MY HAND
Set twenty years after the original film, Karl the Butcher Jr. continues his late father’s legacy. After receiving a machete as a birthday gift from his mother, Karl Jr. turns into a maniacal killer slashing, chopping, shooting and disemboweling his way through the German countryside. Newly re-mastered by the film’s original producer.

NOT RATED / 1992 / 74 MINS. / COLOR
Video: Anamorphic (2.35:1) Widescreen Presentation/ NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital German 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English (Optional)

VIOLENT SHIT III: INFANTRY OF DOOM (aka ZOMBIE DOOM)
A group of friends get lost at sea and land on a remote island, but they are not alone! Captured by Karl the Butcher Jr. and his father, these men are subjected to a sadistic version of “The Most Dangerous Game” brought on by the Butcher Shitters and their army of metal-masked killers! Newly re-mastered by the film’s original producer.

NOT RATED / 1999 / 79 MINS. / COLOR
Video: Anamorphic (2.35:1) Widescreen Presentation / NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital German 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English (Optional)

VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE
The year is 2023, and the world has become a desolate wasteland with gangs taking over the streets. Karl the Butcher Jr. returns from the bowels of Hell, on a mission to kill a new mass murderer named Axe. Original English Language Version.

NOT RATED / 2010 / 78 MINS. / COLOR
Video: Anamorphic (1.78:1) Widescreen Presentation / NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital English 2.0 Stereo

BONUS FEATURE: ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE
Shot for a reported $2000 between the filming of VIOLENT SHIT 1 & 2, ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE follows two bumbling doctors as they investigate a zombie outbreak. After a military plane crash releases strange chemicals into the German countryside, the dead rise to attack the living! Can they be stopped? Transferred from an original PAL 1” master given to us by Cinematographer Steve Aquilina.

NOT RATED / 1991 / 76 MINS. / COLOR
Video: Full-Frame (1.33:1) Presentation / NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital English 2.0 Stereo

Special Features:

  • The first three VIOLENT SHIT films, remastered by the original owners, plus VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE
  • Liner notes from Ted Geoghegan (Screenwriter of NIKOS THE IMPALER, and Writer/Director of WE ARE STILL HERE)
  • A Special BONUS DVD, including the English dub version of ZOMBIE ’90: EXTREME PESTILENCE, and VIOLENT SHIT 4.0: KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE Trailers, Behind-the-Scenes Footage, and Premiere Footage

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EFM 2017: First Image – The House That Jack Built

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Feel-good filmmaker Lars Von Trier is back at the European Film Market with a new project starring Matt Dillon entitled The House That Jack Built, and we have your first look at what’s to come.

According to Variety (who also landed the still you see below) TrustNordisk has inked several pre-sales for Danish auteur Lars von Trier’s serial-killer thriller which stars Dillon alongside Bruno Ganz.

TrustNordisk is shopping the project at Berlin’s EFM and has pre-sold The House That Jack Built’s German and Austrian distribution rights to Tele München, one of Germany’s biggest distributors. The sale to Tele München was made on behalf of Zentropa Køln.

Other new deals were signed with Les Films du Losange for France, Seven Films for Greece, Leopardo Filmes for Portugal, Shani Film for Israel, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Sundream for Hong Kong, Russian World Vision for Russia/CIS, Vertigo Media for Hungary, Euro Films for Bulgaria, and Estin Film for the Baltic States.

‘The House That Jack Built’ has an intriguing cast and coupled with the extraordinary vision of Lars von Trier, the film promises to be something very special and exciting. We have admired Lars von Trier’s work for a long time and already brought many of his films, such as ‘Dogville,’ ‘Melancholia,’ and ‘Nymphomanic’ to theaters in Germany,” said Herbert L. Kloiber, managing director of Tele München Group.

The House That Jack Built follows the highly intelligent Jack (Dillon) over the course of 12 years and introduces the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer.

Von Trier told Variety, “On the occasion of the shooting of ‘The House That Jack Built,’ I have made an evocative photo with a cinematic reference,” commenting on the the below image.

Produced by Louise Vesth at Zentropa Group, The House That Jack Built will shoot in Trollhättan, Sweden, and in Copenhagen.

TrustNordisk previously pre-sold the film to the U.K. and Ireland (Curzon Artificial Eye), Latin America (California Filmes), Benelux (September film), China (DD Dream), South Korea (Atnine Film), Poland (Gutek), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania group), Czech Republic (Aero film), and Romania (Independenta Film 97).

The film is co-produced by Film i Väst, Copenhagen Film Fund, Slot Machine, with support from Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, CNC, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Eurimages and The Media Programme of the European Union.

The House that Jack Built

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New International Trailer for Life Reminds Us We Were Better Off Alone

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If the thought of meeting an extraterrestrial has always been appealing to you, you might want to think again… at least that’s what this new international trailer for Life tells us!

Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Ryan Reynolds star in Life, the new film from Daniel Espinosa (Safe House, Child 44).

The film arrives in theaters on March 24th.

Synopsis:
Life is a terrifying sci-fi thriller about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.

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Giant Monsters Invade Japan Again in New Earth Defense Force 5 Trailer

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You know, if aliens ever do decide to invade our planet, I sure hope they make it as cool as the invasion of the aliens in Earth Defense Force 5. A new trailer’s been dropped that shows everything from flying saucers, dinosaurs, giant bugs, and frogs the size of of office buildings making mincemeat of the cities of Japan. For added effect, the entire trailer’s presented in the form of an emergency news broadcast, and even fades into static when one of the reporters gets eaten.

If you played any of the other Earth Defense Force games you’ll be familiar with how they perfectly invoke the spirit of classic giant monster B-movies, something that 5 looks like it will excel at when it arrives on PS4 this year.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 2ndPV:UFO Invation
Humanity, rise up and oppose your fate!

In 2013, 7 years after EARTH DEFENSE FORCES 3, the long-awaited sequel EARTH DEFENSE FORCES 4 arrived on the scene bringing the ultimate in despair and exhilaration. In 2015, new missions were added and the game took the battle to the PS4 with more content and intensity than ever before as EARTH DEFENSE FORCES 4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR.

Now, in 2017, prepare yourself for a whole new fight in EARTH DEFENSE FORCES 5, an all-new tale of invasion by unknown alien forces and humanity’s confrontation against them.

The 5th installment in the series brings with it the shocking arrival of a humanoid enemy! Is humanity destined for destruction in the face of this unprecedented threat?

Humanity, rise up and overcome your despair! Oppose your fate!

 

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Team Halloween Talk New Film – Stage Set by the Original Halloween 2

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Shortly after John Carpenter’s Halloween announcement, Twitter lit up like the world’s brightest Jack-o-lantern with fans giving their various opinions to the news.

Some of the principals of the new film also hit various places on the Interwebs with their comments…

Director and co-writer David Gordon Green – “John Carpenter’s Halloween was a monumental horror film experience for me and millions of film fans. It’s an honor to be working with this creative team to carve a new path in the tale of Michael Myers.

Co-writer Danny McBride: “David and I are thrilled to step outside of our comedic collaborations and dive into a dark and vicious horror. Nobody will be laughing.

Cinemablend also caught up with McBride and got some great stuff out of him… “You know, it’s not a remake. It’s actually… it’s gonna continue the story of Michael Myers in a really grounded way. And for our mythology, we’re focusing mainly [on] the first two movies and what that sets up and then where the story can go from there. Green and I are definitely going to [do] a straight-up horror. Halloween has always been one of my favorite movies of all time. There’s a simplicity and an efficiency to that first one that I think allows the movies just to be scary as hell. And so Green and I… our approach is to get back to that.

Halloween producer Malek Akkad: “It’s been a long journey with many starts and stops, but I can honestly say that I’ve never been more excited than by the team that we have assembled for the new Halloween. I truly feel this film will thrill fans, old and new, as well as being a high point in this legendary franchise.

Then to cap things off Jason Blum shared the following image…

Halloween will return to theaters October 19th, 2018.

Team Halloween

(L-R) Jason Blum, Malek Akkad, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride

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Don’t Kill It – New Images and Poster!

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A few hours ago we told you that Archstone Distribution will release Mike Mendez’s Don’t Kill It (reviews here and here) in limited theaters on March 3rd and Digital VOD via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the same day. Now we have an image gallery and one-sheet to drop on you cats!

Directed by Mike Mendez and written by Dan Berk along with Robert Olson, Don’t Kill It stars Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe, Tony Bentley, James Chalke, and Miles Doleac. The film is produced by Scott Martin, Robert Yocum, and Michael Thomas Slifkin. Cinematography by Jan-Michael Losada.

Synopsis:
An ancient evil is unleashed in a small Mississippi town leaving a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter (Dolph Lundgren) who has faced this terror before. Together with a reluctant FBI agent (Kristina Klebe) he has to figure out how to destroy a demon with the ability to possess its killer.

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Stranger With My Face and Monster Fest Film Festivals Now Open for Submissions!

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We have word for you today about two Southern Hemisphere film fests that have announced dates, revealed details, and are now open for submission.  If you’re a budding filmmaker, this news is for you!

Stranger With My Face International Film Festival
Tasmania’s Stranger With My Face International Film Festival will return for its fifth edition from May 4-7, 2017.

Named after the dark YA novel by Lois Duncan, Stranger With My Face focuses on female perspectives in genre film, with an emphasis on showcasing the work of women directors. Held over four days in Hobart, Tasmania’s picturesque capital city, the festival hosts screenings, conferences, workshops, and exhibitions as well as satellite events year-round.

Stranger With My Face has become a key platforms for genre film in Australia, and it is proudly connected to the larger women-in-horror movement worldwide.

The call for submissions is now open, with both feature-length and short films made after January 1, 2016, eligible for consideration. The festival takes a broad approach to horror with dark fantasy, Gothic melodrama, horror comedy, dystopian sci-fi, animation, documentary, and experimental hybrids all qualifying for the selective festival lineup.

While submissions are open to filmmakers of all genders, only films by those who identify as women are eligible for awards. Visit strangerwithmyface.com/submit for more information.

“Events like this are needed more than ever, with women’s rights under threat around the world,” says Festival Director Briony Kidd. “Women are angry, and they have a lot to say. Genre filmmaking is enriched by that sense of urgency and energy, and we’re seeing more and more extraordinary films directed by women emerging from the indie scene. But they’re often not as visible as they deserve to be, and that’s where Stranger With My Face comes in. Our mission is to celebrate these films and bring them to a broader audience.”

A new addition to the festival in 2016 was the Attic Lab, a program to mentored and support women directors, giving them an opportunity to pitch new projects at the festival. The Lab will return in 2017, with details to be announced soon.

Monster Fest
Monster Fest, Australia’s premier genre film festival celebrating cult, horror, and the fantastic, returns for its seventh edition November 22-26, 2017, at the Lido Cinemas in Melbourne, mounted with the support of Screen Australia. These dates include the festival’s industry component, The Swinburne University Media and Communication Monster Academy, which will kick off the festival November 22 and 23.

Submissions are now open for Features, Short Films, and Expanded Cinema Projects, with an Early Bird Deadline of April 21, a Regular Deadline of June 16, and a final, Extended Deadline of August 4, 2017.

Founded in 2011, Monster Fest is a genre film festival that showcases films and events that fall into the broadly-defined categories of horror, science fiction, action, crime, noir, animation, dark drama, black comedy, Gothic western, erotica, and more. Its programming is a mix of premieres, international festival favourites, challenging new discoveries, and curated repertory sidebars alongside industry-focused events such as panels and masterclasses with renowned international guests and a special emphasis on supporting emerging Australian genre film talent through the festival and beyond.

“We had a huge increase in submissions in 2016,” says Festival Director Kier-La Janisse, “and it really diversified our approach to programming. In addition to horror, which is always a staple at Monster Fest, we brought in more crime films, westerns, documentary, and animation than ever before; and our audience really went with it – we ended up having our most successful year to date.”

Submissions for Monster Fest 2017 can be processed via Film Freeway or Without a Box. Details and submission guidelines are available at monsterfest.com.au/submit.

What’s more, Sydney-based genre fans will get a taste of Monster Pictures’ annual Melbourne-based festival this March, thanks to a unique partnership with Australia’s largest cinema chain, Event Cinemas, to present The Monster Fest Travelling Sideshow, beginning at the prestigious George Street Cinema in Sydney March 9-11, 2017, with subsequent dates in Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.

The Monster Fest Travelling Sideshow will be a mix of horror-centric highlights from Monster Fest 2016 (see the archive of 2016 films and events HERE) and select premieres, including the Australian Premieres of Jordan Peele’s acclaimed racial horror GET OUT and the highly-anticipated all-female horror anthology XX (which is distributed in ANZ by Monster Fest parent company Monster Pictures) as well as the World Premiere of Nik Kacevski’s Sydney-made SKINFORD, with cast and crew in person for a hometown red carpet debut.

The 10-film touring satellite event will open on March 9th with the Sydney Premiere of Julia Ducournau’s controversial “Golden Monster”-winning feature debut RAW, about a young vegetarian whose dark urges are awakened after she is forced to undergo a carnivorous college hazing ritual. The fright-filled weekend will also include the hometown premiere of Sydney-made KILLING GROUND (fresh off raves at Sundance), Ben Wheatley’s explosively funny shootout actioner FREE FIRE, a new 4K restoration of Italo-horror maestro Dario Argento’s 1977 masterpiece SUSPIRIA, Sydney director Jai Love’s moving and morbid documentary DEAD HANDS DIG DEEP about the traumatized frontman of extreme metal band Kettle Cadaver, Nicholas Pesce’s Gothic Sundance midnighter THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (which Rolling Stone called “curdled Americana at its most gruesome and brilliant”), and André Øvredal’s award-winning THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, recently praised by none other than Stephen King himself, who called it “visceral horror to rival ALIEN and early Cronenberg” and warned: “Watch it, but not alone.”

Monster Fest Director Kier-La Janisse says the Sydney weekender will be just the first of many ‘Monster Fest Presents’ events to be mounted by Monster Pictures over the coming year. “This touring sidebar is an incredibly exciting initiative for us,” she says. “It’s always been Monster Pictures’ goal to bring the most pioneering and challenging new genre cinema to fans all over the country, and to create a wider platform for its appreciation.”

Tickets for The Monster Fest Travelling Sideshow are on sale now here and here.

Event Cinemas George Street
505-525 George Street
Sydney, Australia
+61 (0)2 9273 7300
Single Session Tickets: Adult $21 / Concession $17.50
5-Film Multi-Pass: Adult $82.50 / Concession $71.50
10-Film VIP Pass: Adult $132 / Concession $110

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Full Moon Valentine’s Day Sale in Full Swing

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If the person who holds a special place in your heart this Valentine’s Day happens to be a fan of Full Moon Features, then head over to the Full Moon Valentine’s Day Sale and treat them to something special.

And if they don’t like Full Moon, you might want to consider spending some time apart.

There’s a ton of toys, merchandise, and replicas being sold at slashed prices, and best of all… the DVDs and Blu-rays included in the sale are shipped for FREE within the US.

But hurry! The sale ends at 11:59 PM PT on February 15, 2017.

If you’re feeling extra generous, there’s also just over two weeks left in the Evil Bong 666 Indiegogo campaign.

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Get Even on May 26

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Prepare to get even when Bandai Namco’s upcoming psychological thriller Get Even launches on PC and consoles on May 26. The new trailer and images below will screw with your mind.

From the Press Release:
GET EVEN is coming May 26th on PS4, XB1 and PC. As Cole Black, you’re in an old abandoned asylum with only your memories. Or whose memories are they? You have to save the girl. Focus on the details. She has a bomb. Wait, what? Get ready and explore the surrealistic and unconventional world of GET EVEN. What is real? Don’t make assumptions. Don’t even think. Just focus and breathe. You’re so close now…and the master is on his way.

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The Best Dystopian Novels that Could Predict our Future World

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No matter which side of the political fence you fall on, you can’t deny that current events are unlike any we’ve seen before. Today’s polarized climate, both in the U.S. and worldwide, has many people asking, “What will this lead to?”

Book companies have seen a massive spike in sales of George Orwell’s 1984, indicating that citizens could very well be wondering how the Trump administration, Brexit, Russia’s boldness, the rise of far-right parties in Europe, etc., will shape our future, possibly post-apocalyptic, world.

Audiobooks.com has put together a list of eleven of the best dystopian books in its catalogue, offering readers an escape from reality… or a clue to our futures. Many are classics that should be instantly recognizable if you were paying attention in English class (or saw the movie), but a few were new to me and might be to you as well.

Check it out below – several of the narrators’ names should be familiar also, and let us know your picks for the best dystopian book, film, or whatever!

1984 by George Orwell
Narrated By: Simon Prebble
Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this dramatically popular book.

George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the Thought Police, a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities’ will and people live tepid lives by rote.

Winston Smith, the hero with no heroic qualities, longs only for truth and decency. But living in a social system in which privacy does not exist and where those with unorthodox ideas are brainwashed or put to death, he knows there is no hope for him.

The year 1984 has come and gone; yet; George Orwell’s nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is still the great modern classic of negative Utopia.

Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick
Narrated By: Scott Brick
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill.

Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard’s assignment–find them and then…”retire” them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn’t want to be found!

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Narrated By: Stephen Hoye
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden.

Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. And he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs or the joy of watching pages consumed by flames, never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then Guy met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do.

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Narrated By: Ron Rifkin
Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions: Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

Jonas’ world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Narrated By: Wil Wheaton
At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut–part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.

It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune–and remarkable power–to whoever can unlock them.

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved–that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.

Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt–among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life–and love–in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.

A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?

Americana by Don DeLillo
Narrated By: George Newbern
At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surviving office purges and scandals to become a high-powered television executive. David’s world is made up of the images that flicker across America’s screens, the fantasies that enthrall America’s imagination. And then the dream–and the dream-making–become a nightmare.

At the height of his success, David sets out to rediscover reality. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a mad and moving attempt to capture a sense of his own and his country’s past, present, and future.

Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
Narrated By: Kirsten Potter
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of King Lear. Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. A child actress named Kirsten Raymonde watches in horror as Jeevan performs CPR, pumping Arthur’s chest as the curtain drops, but Arthur is dead. That same night, as Jeevan walks home from the theater, a terrible flu begins to spread. Hospitals are flooded, and Jeevan and his brother barricade themselves inside an apartment, watching out the window as cars clog the highways, gunshots ring out, and life disintegrates around them.

Fifteen years later, Kirsten is an actress with the Traveling Symphony. Together, this small troupe moves between the settlements of an altered world, performing Shakespeare and music for scattered communities of survivors. Written on their caravan and tattooed on Kirsten’s arm is a line from Star Trek: “Because survival is insufficient.” But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave.

Spanning decades, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, this suspenseful, elegiac novel is rife with beauty. As Arthur falls in and out of love, as Jeevan watches the newscasters say their final good-byes, and as Kirsten finds herself caught in the crosshairs of the prophet, we see the strange twists of fate that connect them all. A novel of art, memory, and ambition, Station Eleven tells a story about the relationships that sustain us, the ephemeral nature of fame, and the beauty of the world as we know it.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Narrated By: Tom Stechschulte
New territory for McCarthy: a post-apocalyptic landscape where readers meet a man who recalls a better world and a boy who doesn’t. With all the trademarks of vintage McCarthy–a man and his young son, a blasted American landscape, sparse prose that is at once brutal and tender–The Road further cements McCarthy’s stature as one of America’s greatest living novelists.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Narrated By: Michael York
On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media–has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future?

With a storyteller’s genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Narrated By: Ralph Cosham
George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable.

When the animals of Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, they establish the democratic Animal Farm under the credo “All Animals Are Created Equal.” Out of their cleverness, the pigs, Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball, emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work.

The climax of the story is the brutal betrayal of Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: “But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others.”

The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Narrated By: Mark Deakins
Book One in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don’t miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers, boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out, and no one’s ever made it through alive.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.

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Lance Henriksen Wields the Needlestick on Blu-ray

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What do you get when you combine an awesome title, an awesome premise, and one of our favorite horror actors of all time? You get Needlestick (official website) starring Lance Henriksen, which hits Blu-Ray on February 21 (Amazon).

In Needlestick (I’m never gonna get tired of saying that), Henriksen plays a scientist who discovers the cure for mortality in the form of and enzyme extracted from the human heart, only there’s a catch: the subject needs to be alive at the time of the extraction. Sounds like that must be a real heart stopper.

Needlestick also stars Harry Lennix, Michael Traynor and Katie Savoy, and was directed by Steven Karageanes. Get a load of the bad-ass hand-painted poster below.

Synopsis:
Needlestick is an intense horror-thriller independent feature film about medical innovation gone wrong, when research intended to help mankind leads down a dark path of obsession, desecration and death.

Intern Everett Barnard (Michael Traynor) comes back to South Union Cardiac Hospital to lobby for a residency position under his mentor, Dr. Alexander Crick (Lance Henriksen). He has a lot to learn, as his old flame nurse Marie (Katie Savoy) still resents how he dumped her, and his best friend Ginny (Alara Ceri) is the chief resident who makes him look bad after he messes up a cardiac code.

Unknown to Everett, Crick accidentally discovered an enzyme extracted from human hearts that reverses human aging–the cure for mortality! Crick has the support of his greedy CEO Ray LeGro (Harry Lennix) to continue harvesting more enzyme. The only problem? The heart must be frozen while the human subject is ALIVE (a procedure few insurance plans cover).

Crick tries to double-cross LeGro by getting the enzyme from a younger patient and planning to take it for himself. LeGro finds out, banishes him from the hospital and threatens to report him to authorities. Crick retreats to his secret underground lab to devise a plan to destroy the hospital, obtain enough enzyme for mass production, and eliminate his enemy. He enlists the help of his ambitious lab assistant Boris (Jack Noseworthy) and a mysterious hulking mute (George Pogacich) to lock down the hospital and trap the remaining patients as subjects.

Unknown to Crick, his plan also traps Everett. He copes with the simmering tension between Marie Ginny, while a suicidal dancer (Jordan Trovillion) lies bleeding to death after her open-heart incision reopens, all while escaping the hospital’s eminent destruction and stopping his mentor’s evil plan.

 

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Visit the Valley of Ditches on VOD in March

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It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten an update on the indie feature Valley of Ditches, but now we’ve learned that 108 Media in Toronto is kicking off a VOD release of the film on March 21st. It’s hitting all the major outlets, and we have the full details below.

From the Press Release:
Feature length indie thriller Valley of Ditches will be available on five major North American platforms for purchase on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The film has partnered with Toronto-based 108 Media to secure distribution through iTunes, Amazon Google Play, Vudu, and Xbox live.

The micro budget movie premiered at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood as part of the prestigious Dances with Films festival last June and has since had a targeted festival run, screening in Florida, the Pacific Northwest, and England. Reviews have praised the lean, efficient, and effective storytelling and the solid lead performances; and one scene in particular has generated a lot of buzz for its extreme graphic nature.

A minimalist cross-genre blend co-written by director Christopher James Lang and lead actress Amanda Todisco, Valley of Ditches appeals to horror, thriller, dramatic, and crime audiences alike. Complete with some stunning cinematography and an eerie, surreal soundtrack, it’s sure to be a hit with those brave enough to check it out.

Along with Todisco, Valley of Ditches (official site here) stars Russell Bradley Fenton and Jeremy Sless.

Synopsis:
A young woman bound in the front seat of a car watches helpless as her captor digs a grave in the desert ground. The lifeless body of her boyfriend lies framed in the rearview mirror, a fate she will fight at all costs to avoid for herself. But this is only the beginning of a brutal struggle where survival could be worse than death..

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Dare You Look Inside Rolfe Kanefsky’s Black Room?

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One of favorite indie filmmakers, Rolfe Kanefsky, is back with a new fear flick entitled The Black Room and we have your very first look at what’s to come!

The film is written and directed by Kanefsky (There’s Nothing Out There, The Hazing, Nightmare Man). Produced by Cleopatra Films and The Goods, Natasha Henstridge (Species, Ghosts Of Mars) stars alongside Lin Shaye (Insidious, Ouija), Dominique Swain (Lolita, Face/Off), James Duval (Independence Day, Donnie Darko), Tiffany Shepis (Nightmare Man, Night Of The Demons), Augie Duke (Bad Kids Go To Hell) Lukas Hassel, (“The Blacklist”) and Robert Donavan, (“Rod Steele 0014”). Also appearing are Julia Lehman (The Burning Dead, Pretty Cool Too!), Elissa Dowling (We Are Still Here, Cheap Thrills), Victoria DeMare (Killjoy series), Rachel Riley, (The Lighthouse) Michael Reed, (The Haunting Of Alice D.) Caleb Scott, Catherine Annette (Lucky Bastard, Sunset Society) Jill Evyn, and introducing Alex Rinehart and Milena Gorum. Even cooler? The special effects will be handled by Dread Central favorite Vincent Guastini.

Kanefsky will be attending a signing of the new Delirium Magazine at Dark Delicacies on Febuary 18th from 2-4 and will be joined by producer Esther Goodstein, and some of the cast: Augie Duke, Alex Rinehart, Julia Lehman, Elissa Dowling, and (tentatively) Natasha Henstridge.

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On March 3rd, The Black Room soundtrack will be released by Cleopatra Records featuring a wonderful score by Savant and featuring tracks by Arthur Brown “Fire” (who also appears in the film), Lynn Anderson “Rose Garden”, Brainticket “Black Sand”, ELP- Keith Emerson and Greg Lake’s “Tarkus”.

The Black Room opens theatrically on April 28th in L.A. at the Music Hall Theater. On May 9th, The Black Room will hit iTunes and VOD via The Orchard, and finally on June 18th, The Black Room hits DVD and Blu-Ray with a signing to take place at Dark Delicacies with cast and crew.

Synopsis:
A young couple (Natasha Henstridge of “Species” fame & Lukas Hassel) moves into the house of their dreams which quickly becomes a living nightmare when they discover a dark secret awaiting them in the cellar. It has been locked up for years, trapped inside “The Black Room” and it wants out now! A demon who seduces with unholy pleasures, feeds off fear, and violently kills all (Lin Shaye “Insidious” series, Dominque Swain “Lolita”, James Duval “Donnie Darko”, Augie Duke “Bad Kids Go To Hell”) who cross its’ path. You’re invited to the open house of the sexiest horror film of 2016! Enter if you dare…

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Horrible Imaginings Podcast #168: Getting In Bed with Film Festivals! A Panel at San Diego Film Week.

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Have you ever wanted to take a peek behind the curtain of film festivals to get a peek at their selection process? If you are a filmmaker, have you thought about some of the things you should do to increase your chances of acceptance into festivals? Those questions and more are what this episode is all about. This was recorded live on Saturday, February 11th during our panel at the first San Diego Film Week, an event designed to spotlight San Diego-based filmmaking and film festivals. Horrible Imaginings was invited to showcase some of our program during the event, and we were also invited to join a panel. I was joined on stage by Beth Accomando of Cinema Junkie Podcast and my partner in crime in Film Geeks SD, as well as Brian Hu from Pacific Arts Movement‘s San Diego Asian Film Festival and Moises Esparza from Media Arts Center San Diego‘s San Diego Latino Film Festival.

Photo by Leirigh Films

I am excited about two things about this panel. One, this is information we can provide not just to panel attendees, but to any aspiring filmmakers or even film lovers in general who are curious about festivals. Making this a podcast was a no brainer. Two, our audience was comprised mostly of film students, many in high school, who genuinely want to learn more about this side of the film industry. I have to thank Jodi Cilley and San Diego Film Week for encouraging young people to attend events like this. They were engaged and, as you will hear in the podcast, asked some excellent questions! As an educator myself, this was pretty damn exciting.

The outline of tips (LOTS of details in the conversation!):

  • Research festivals
  • Make sure your film fits
  • Prepare a press kit
  • Take the time to step away from your film and come back to it with fresh eyes so you can make it the BEST it can be. Show it to a test audience!
  • Rejection is an unfortunate part of the process–how to handle this difficult aspect

I hope you find this podcast informative and helpful! As always with live panels, we probably missed a lot so feel free to add your thoughts in the comments! Also, Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is now accepting submissions! We have been on Film Freeway‘s Top 100 Best Reviewed Film Festivals list for six months running now–don’t miss joining the family!

Subscribe to the Horrible Imaginings Podcast right here. You can also listen here on Dread Central or on the Horrible Imaginings website. You can help keep the podcast, the film festival, and our horror community going for only $1 per month! Become a patron at our Patreon for exclusive content and perks! Find out about San Diego horror events on our FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube, and always stay scared!

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