‘There is no God. There is only Jezebeth’

Jezebeth is a 2011 American horror film written, produced and directed by Damien Dante (Jezebeth 2: Hour of the Gun). It stars Bree Michaels (Mother’s Milk; Waterfront Nightmare), Katie Auerbach and Colleena Corrigan (Dark Hallways).

In the attic of her ancestral home, Jezebeth, at war with God, unwittingly discovers a nineteenth century diary that details the summoning of a demon.

Jezebeth succeeds in breaking a satanic code inside her hell room which creates for her two realities. Lenora Blandy (Madeline Maser), a devout Catholic, endlessly tortured at the hands of Jezebeth, has come to the end of her rope. Nowhere to run, nor hide. She’s forced to confront her demons…

Main cast:

Bree Michaels, Katie Auerbach, Colleena Corrigan, Galina Emmerich, Baby D. Frost, Amanda Jean, Kelsey Kozak, Madeline Maser, Wolf McKinney, Drake Mefestta, Jeff Swan, Adrian Willoughby.

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Reviews:

” …the story is lost somewhere along the way when we get 5 to 10 minute segments scattered throughout the film filled with generic hard rock and gothic imagery. The acting in this film is very amateurish and very over-dramatic by the entire cast. The film tries to be serious in tone but turns into an unintentional comedy when each scene becomes laughable by how the cast acts with each other.” Blacktooth, Horror Society

“This isn’t a film. It tries to be a film by having a very thin strand of plot lacing through the guitar solos, but for the most part, this is an extended collection of bad metal music. There’s no interest in making the plot work. The film is cast with five girls with long dark hair who look almost identical, so you don’t know who is who and given that none of the characters really have personality, it doesn’t really matter.” Ambush Bug, Ain’t It Cool News

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Spaceship Terror is a 2011 science fiction slasher horror film written and directed by Harry Tchinski (Grimises Rising). It stars Kristen Springer, Jay Wesley Cochran (Buzzard Hollow Beef) and Lacey Blair.

Marooned on a deserted planet, and then picked up by a old, nearly derelict spaceship, five women and one injured man slowly fall victim to the horrific bloodlust of a deranged killer…

SGL Entertainment (Sugar Skull Girls; Voodoo Rising; The House of Evil) have acquired the rights to the film and intend to release it later this year on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD.

Main cast:

Kristen Springer, Jay Wesley Cochran, Lacey Blair, Stephen Lestat, Emma Lee Nguyen, Ronda Olshefski, Yulia Hancheroff and Jenny Lin (The Burning Dead; Dexter; Night Out: Vampires).

Filming locations:

Bonney Lake and Graham, Washington, USA

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‘Would you stay or move out if your neighborhood had ghosts?’

LaddaLand aka Ladda Land – Thai: ลัดดาแลนด์ – is a 2011 Thai horror film directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit (ThirTEEN Terrors TV series; Coming Soon; writer of 2004 Shutter) from a screenplay co-written with Sopana Chaowwiwatkul (Phobia 2). It stars Saharat Sangkapreecha, Piyathida Woramusik and Sutatta Udomsilp.

The film is based on an urban legend, believed by many locals to have taken place in Chiang Mai late last century, about a family who moves into a new house where they gradually begin to encounter paranormal events. It was very successful in Thailand where it was the number one film in the country on its opening week.

Forty-ish marketer Thee (Saharath Sangkapreecha), his wife Parn (Piyathida Woramusik), his rebellious teenage daughter Nan (Suthatta Udomsilp) and lively young son Nat (Apipich Chutiwatkajornchai) moving from Bangkok to Laddaland, an upmarket housing estate.

Convinced his new job with a company that sells dietary supplements is the answer to all his troubles, Thee ignores Parn’s legitimate concern over hefty mortgage payments; he also believes the move will lift Nan’s deep-seated resentment of him and his wife, who left the girl with her grandmother for much of her childhood.

Following the grisly murder of a Burmese housemaid and Thee’s unpleasant encounter with wife-beating next-door neighbour Somkiat (Sahajak Boonthanakit), ghosts start appearing before Nan, who is unable to convince her parents that she’s making up these supernatural incidents…

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Reviews:

” …Thai horror Laddaland is hiply designed and assembled, cost-effective, functional and cozily familiar. Director Sophon Sakdaphisit (who co-wrote The Shutter and directed another clever horror Coming Soon) fuses stock genre conventions with kitchen sink drama in a credible and moving way… Maggie Lee, The Hollywood Reporter

“Like Dream Home, it presents a horror-veiled satirical take on the plight of regular folk hoping to own real estate in today’s economy, but its humanistic heart echoes Kurosawa’s depiction of overwhelming external forces dismantling the unity of an otherwise loving family. Laddaland is good enough to overcome its aggressively sentimental final act…” Teresa Nieman, Screen Anarchy

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“Keeping gore to a minimum, the pic maintains a consistent air of malevolence, and is well served by a precision-tooled soundscape that raises goosebumps with perfectly timed whooshes and ear-splitting screeches. Classy widescreen lensing by Kittiwat Semarat varies impressively from glossy magazine-like imagery of the Laddaland when Thee and family arrive, to moody pictures of interiors where menacing creatures hold sway.” Richard Kuipers, Variety

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‘We are going to flush you!’

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead – original title: ゾンビアス Zonbi asu – is a 2011 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl; Dead Sushi; The ABCs of Death). It stars Arisa Nakamura, Asana Mamoru, Mayu Sugano, Asami Sugiura.

Wracked with guilt over the suicide of her bullied sister, young karate student Megumi accompanies four older friends on a trip into the woods: smart girl Aya, her druggie boyfriend Také, full-figured model Maki, and nerdy Naoi.

Things start to go badly when Maki finds a parasitic worm inside a fish – and eats it down, in the hope that it will keep her skinny. Her stomach later feels horrible and she relieves herself in an outhouse toilet.

The parasitic worm Maki ate had apparently laid eggs in her stomach and these emerge via her diarrhea. Soon after, they are attacked by a mob of faeces-covered zombies who emerge from the outhouse toilet Maki used…

Reviews:

” … Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead is somehow worth only a few laughs. A cheap parasitic offshoot of Nikkatsu’s Sushi Typhoon series, gore effects specialist Yoshihiro Nishmura is at his most slapdash, while helmer Noboru Iguchi doesn’t care to clean up the pic’s narrative and visual mess of repetitive fart and turd gags.” Maggie Lee, Variety

“And give Igushi credit for this much, at least: As basic as his fixations may be he presents them with an absolutely bizarre sense of ambition […] Simultaneously as silly and disgusting as it can possibly be Zombie Ass is one for those who have never stopped finding farts funny even as they’ve grown enough to develop a fondness for a bit of T&A.” Todd Brown, Screen Anarchy

“Just when you think this film has bottomed out (hee hee) it manages to delve deeper into a Freudian cache of poop humor … excessive farting to the point where a character takes flight, and ultimately a fight with the Queen Parasite that ends poorly for everyone involved.” Scott Shoyer, Twisted Central

“It’s pretty much at the time were she exposes her fine air-expelling behind for a “sexy” close up inside a hillbilly cesspool in the middle of the forest, that this movie really starts to show its “cinematic prowess.” …On that note, I really, really do hope you love fart jokes more than anything in your life, because the rest of the movie pretty much revolves entirely on gas-leaking shticks…” Screw Attack

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” …a film driven by the craziness of its imagery – like hordes of zombies all stumbling along being made to walk backwards and hunched over by the parasites protruding out of their asses. There is the perverse image – a familiar one to anybody who has watched any hentai anime – of Mayu Sugano bound by parasite tentacles that penetrate her mouth, ass and vagina while being held prisoner in mid-air.” Richard Scheib, Moria

Cast and characters:

• Arisa Nakamura as Megumi
• Asana Mamoru as Maki
• Mayu Sugano as Aya
• Asami Sugiura as Female Zombie
• Yûki as Ko
• Danny as Naoi [credited as Danî]
• Kentarô Kishi as Take
• Demo Tanaka as The Shit Zombie
• Sayuri Yajima [credited as Yuri Takayama]

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‘A killer party you’ll want to miss…’

Death’s Door is a 2015 American horror film written and directed by Kennedy Goldsby (If I Tell You I Have to Kill You). The film is a slightly re-edited, retitled version of Goldsby’s 2011 movie The Trap Door. It stars Obba Babatundé, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, and Chico Benymon.

It all begins with a text message. An anonymous message sent to the cell phones of a dozen young men and women. The message is an invitation to attend one killer of a party. Nobody knows who sent the message but it turns out to be an invitation that no-one can refuse, yet everyone will regret.

Inside the doors of a dilapidated mansion, they gather, eat, drink, party, and have the time of their lives – that is, until it’s time to go. The front door doesn’t open; the back door doesn’t open. Doors that once led to familiar rooms now lead to new ones; some doors open to yet other doors and some go straight to dead ends. Only one thing remains constant: every door is a trap, leaving only one way out…

Reviews:

the partygoers spend their time trying every door in the house, yelling at each other, getting tired, lounging, falling asleep, having hallucinations with terrible CGI, trying some more doors, yelling again, lounging some more, staring off into the distance and maybe trying another door or two.” Mark Harris, Black Horror Movies

“Annoying characters that spend most of the time screeching, hollering, bickering, screaming, whimpering, and babbling to the point where you want them to get killed […]  No gore/exploitation for fans of this kind of horror movies. No suspense, tension, drama, or interesting characters for fans of psychological horror. This movie features many victims but no on-screen kills.” Davanna Carter

“Characters are put into situations with no reason or warning. There could be a scene in which all the party guests are together followed by a scene with character wandering through the house alone only to be back with the group again in the following scene. Like I already mentioned, this just shows a lack of care and patience by the filmmakers.” Andrew Swope, Rock! Shock! Pop!

Main cast and characters:

• Obba Babatundé … Mesmer – Dolls of Voodoo; Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire; The Eye (2008); Necronomicon; Tales from the Crypt TV series; The Silence of the Lambs 
• Chico Benymon … Bruce – The Haunted Hathaways TV series; Nite Tales: The Movie
• Andrew Cappelletti … Emcee
• Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister … Jomo – Hauntsville; If I Tell You I Have to Kill You; The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence); Nite Tales: The Series; Vegas Vampires; Dracula 3000; Hellborn; Soulkeeper; Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies; Midnight (1989); Prison; 
• Evelyn Badillo …Elena
• Michael Bernardi … Marc
• Francis Hamilton … Gary
• Maria Ines … Alexis
• Molly Johnson … Kendra
• Danielle Lilley … Suzanne

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‘If you are what you eat, then Chef Ronnie is all woman!’

The Craving is a 2011 comedy horror film written and directed by Valerie R. Castro. It stars Mariel Ala Mode, Velocity Chyaldd, and Anna Curtis.

Chef Ronnie is a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines in her everyday life as owner and proprietor of Diabla Pica; a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco.

Leading a double life, lesbian Chef Ronnie cooks internationally award-winning meals by day and her nights are spent in ways too gruesome to fathom. As Chef Ronnie and Diabla Pica’s reputation scorch up the top social circles, San Francisco’s murder count hits a record high.

Being haunted by her past in the form a vengeful lover, and being caught in the seductive cross fire of an increasingly serious relationship, Chef Ronnie has bitten off more than she can chew…

Reviews:

“The first half is a wild ride of Eating Raoul meets Maniac (there’s even a frying pan murder!), great for those with a healthy appetite for pure sleaze. But no Michelin stars are awarded later, as things begin to unravel.” Really Awful Movies

“Despite the repulsive subject matter this is anything but disturbing, featuring poor acting from the leads, ketchup-style gore, and a cheap digital filming style that renders it near unwatchable. Half of it seems to be padded out with random lesbian couplings.” Leofwine_draca

Cast and characters:

• Mariel Ala Mode … Kayla
• Velocity Chyaldd … Celeste Von Wilder
• Anna Curtis … Chef Ronnie Sixtos
• Natasha Estrada … Bathtub Girl
• Fudgie Frottage … Scarlett’s boyfriend
• Sunshine Jones … Detective Dani O’Day
• Val Killmore … Chef Reza
• Jamie Lauren … Herself
• Brian Levy … George
• Tuck Mayo … Austin
• Lady Monster … Fireball
• Johnnie Rodriguez … Arthur Hines
• Kate Rohan … Scarlett
• Michael Soldier … Boris
• Mia Vixen … Lexi

Trivia:

Not be confused with the 1981 Paul Naschy vehicle Night of the Werewolf, which was also released as The Craving, or the 2008 movie of the same name directed by Sean Dillon.

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‘There’s a bad moon blazing’

Weed Wolf – aka Weed Wolf – is a 2011 American comedy horror film directed by Calvin Hall from a screenplay co-written with Tommy Slama (director of American Freakshow). The Rat Bastards Films production stars E. Lee Smith, A.J. Germaine and Phillip Tolle.

The residents of small-town Normal, Texas find themselves threatened by a mysterious werewolf who likes to eat stoners.

All that stands in the way of total mayhem is Grass County Sheriff Hardwood, his son, Bumper, and his deputy, Rodriguez. They’ll find some help from Mary Jane, hippies, survivalists, and even a Sasquatch…

Weedwolf is released on DVD on September 25, 2018, via Wild Eye Raw and Extreme.

Cast and characters:

• E. Lee Smith … Sheriff Hardwood
• A.J. Germaine … Junebug
• Phillip Tolle … Jimby Bumgardner
• Tommy Slama… Bumper Hardwood
• Guy Rodriguez … Deputy Rodriguez
• Kaitlyn Colunga … Mary Jane
• Joanna Smith … Gloria / Jeannie Bundick
• Steven Galvan … Steve
• Justin Guthrie … Justin
• Larry McAdams … Butch / Punk Wolf
• Michael Moore … Willie
• Haley Slama … Ida Claire Buttfield
• Jeannie Stroumpos … Chastity Saint Cloud
• M.C. Money … M.C. Money
• Dylan Lynch … Stretch

Filming locations:

Ennis, Texas, USA

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The Cat is a 2011 South Korean horror feature film directed by Byun Seung-Wook.

So-yeon (Park Min-yeong) works at a small pet-grooming shop called Kitty N Puppy. Unfortunately, So-yeon sufferers from claustrophobia and begins seeing apparitions of a ghostly young girl with cat-like eyes (Kim Ye-ron)…

The original titles for the film in Hangul are: 고양이: 죽음을보는 두개의눈 and Goyangyi: Jookeumeul Boneun Doo Gaeui Noon.

Reviews:

“…the scares themselves are fairly obvious and telegraphed, but Byun does a good job of creating an ominous atmosphere and manages to throw in enough spooky action to keep genre fans happy. There are also a few gruesome moments and effective jolts scattered throughout, with some pretty decent death scenes as the more unlikeable cast members get bumped off in satisfying manner.” Beyond Hollywood

“Park Min-Young is fine as the lead, but cutting between her visions, psychiatry sessions and just another day in the shop, we never get a feel for her as a real character. It’s almost as if a double bluff was intended, and then abandoned. Indeed the acting is fine, but in terms of story the pieces never truly come together.” Andrew Heskins, Eastern Heroes

“The acting from all concerned is very good, especially from Park Min Young and Kim Dong Wook, and the style mixes in some strange effects with the shadows and darker colours to make things easier on the patchy CGI. It’s just a shame that everything starts to go downhill in the second half and viewers of the many great horrors from places like Korea and Japan will start to get a definite feeling of deja vu.” Kevin Matthews, For It Is Man’s Number

“Some of the film is a little typical of Asian horrors with the creepy little girl. But mixing it with the cats is new and fresh, and it’s used in a way that doesn’t feel over played. The film also has a good mystery feel to it, almost like The Ring, which really draws you in to the story until the very end when you discover what has been taking place and why.” Temptasian

Cast and characters:

• Park Min-young as So-yeon
• Kim Ye-ron as Hee-jin
• Kim Dong-wook as Jun-seok
• Shin Da-eun as Bo-hee
• Lee Sang-hee as animal pound doctor
• Jo Seok-hyun as Park Joo-im
• Park Hyun-young as Kim Soon-kyung
• Baek Soo-ryun as grandmother with dementia
• Lee Han-wi as pet shop owner
• Lee Jung-ok as Police chief Lee
• Seo Yi-seok as psychiatrist
• Lee Ji-hyun as veterinarian
• Kim Min-jae as animal rescue staff
• Jo Han-hee as women’s association head
• Song Moon-soo as manager
• Lee Jung-gu as asylum doctor
• Kim Gye-seon as asylum receptionist
• Kim Ik-tae as So-yeon’s father
• Lee Cheol-min as son of demented grandmother
• Lee Sung-min as Bidan’s “papa”
• Yoon Ga-hyun as Bidan’s “mom”

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‘War is Hell’

The Devil’s Rock is a 2011 New Zealand supernatural horror war film produced by Leanne Saunders, directed by Paul Campion from a screenplay co-written with Paul Finch, and Brett Ihaka.

Main cast:

Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, and Karlos Drinkwater.

Plot:

On 5 June 1944, commandos are sent to the Channel Islands on sabotage and distraction raids, to draw Hitler’s attention away from Normandy.

Two New Zealand soldiers, Captain Ben Grogan (Craig Hall) and Sergeant Joe Tane (Karlos Drinkwater), paddle to Forau Island. They approach a German fortification and hear what they think is a man being tortured. They are disturbed when a German soldier (Luke Hawker) runs out of a tunnel pleading for help. Grogan stabs the soldier in the back of the neck and kills him. They hear a woman screaming…

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Reviews:

“By keeping the action confined to the tunnels and cells of the blockhouse, Campion creates a claustrophobic setting, but for all the gore and demonic transmogrification, there’s a distinct lack of chills and frights.” Michael Hann, The Guardian

“There’s not much in the way of flaws in The Devil’s Rock. The film does suffer a little technically. But, then…it is a low-budget affair. Some of the CGI is a little dodgy and perhaps you could argue that there was a lack of grue for a film about conjuring gore-eating demons. However, I felt that the lack of gore let you take in the wonderful performances without distraction.” Bryan, Film Deviant

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” … they have a little fun with the historical touches; amidst all the real actions mentioned, the Nazi mentions Hitler’s near-possession of the Ark (Raiders) and attempt to raise the Old Ones (Hellboy). Pretty cool, and not distracting if you don’t get the reference. The demon makeup is also terrific…” Brian W. Collins, Horror Movie a Day

“Eventually, after what feels like an agebut what was actually only about half an hour, The Devil’s Rock gets to the meat of its story, which turns out to be some disappointing and mass produced packet ham available from any cut price supermarket. There is nothing fresh or creative about the taste of this film once it shows its hand.” Flickering Myth

Cast and characters:

• Craig Hall as Captain Ben Grogan
• Matthew Sunderland as Colonel Klaus Meyer
• Gina Varela as Helena/The Demon
• Karlos Drinkwater as Sergeant Joe Tane
• Luke Hawker as Private Muller
• Jonathan King as Suicide German
• Hadyn Green as Dead German
• Jessica Grace Smith as Nicole
• Geraldine Brophy as the Voice of the Demon

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‘Fear the skies!’

Roadkill is a 2011 American/Irish horror feature film directed by Johannes Roberts (The Strangers: Prey at Night; The Other Side of the Door; 47 Meters Down; Storage 24; et al). The movie stars Kacey Barnfield, Oliver James, Diarmuid Noyes and Stephen Rea.

Kate (Kacey Barnfield) is traveling around Ireland in an R.V. with her ex-boyfriend Ryan (Oliver James), brother Joel (Colin Maher) and friends Hailey (Eliza Bennett), Chuck (Diarmuid Noyes), Tommy (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith) and Anita (Roisin Murphy).

After driving into the countryside, the group stop off at a small shop, where they encounter Luca (Ned Dennehy) who attempts to scam them from buying a medallion, and warns them it is dangerous before Chuck steals the medallion and the group attempt to make a quick getaway.

However, as they drive away they hit an old woman, who puts a curse on the group, telling them the mythical bird the roc will take vengeance on them, before dying.

The group quickly drive away but hit a patch of thick fog and become lost, as fears of the curse heighten. Stopping, they encounter a young boy in the road. Anita talks to the boy, but he runs away before the roc grabs Anita and drags her into the air. Her body is dropped, with half of her face mauled off before the roc returns and flies away with her…

Reviews:

“In case you’ve not realized this yet – this was a “SyFy Original” movie. I didn’t actually know that going in, but the pedigree was obvious after only a few minutes. Had it been called “Mega-Roc” I would have known before pressing “play”.  Just stay away from it.  It’s the worst kind of bad – uninspired, lazy and insipid.” Depressed Press

“Roadkill is by all accounts bad, but, as with Beneath Loch Ness, it ticks a lot of the silly monster movie boxes for me. I don’t know that it’s the best Syfy horror movie I’ve seen, but it’s probably in the top ten or so.” Devon B., Digital Retribution

” …Roadkill would’ve been reminiscent of Jeepers Creepers 2 with Ireland substituting for whichever cornfield state Victor Salva’s sequel was set in. However, screenwriter Rick Suvalle jimmies a secondary plot involving a backwoods-style killer a la Wolf Creek or Eden Lake. Here, it’s the evil gypsies who aren’t happy about the murder – but aren’t exactly altruistic in any case. The protagonists run afoul of them several times, leading to shotgun blasts and other “torture p*rn” shenanigans.” Justin Felix, DVD Talk

“Yes the bird looked kind of crappy, but that’s why we had hillbilly gypsies. Sure the movie was wildly inconsistent and erratic, but outside of Hailey the slut on occasion, most of these actors were super consistent in keeping their accents in check. What I’m saying is that ‘Roadkill’ is like another Sci-Fi epic, Pterodactyl, only entertaining. And there’s no Coolio.” Christopher Armstead, Film Critics United

” …Roadkill is just another one of those poor late night creature features which relies on cliches and uses poor CGI. The only genuinely good thing about it is that it is shot on location and the scenery is a pleasant distraction.” Andy Webb, The Movie Scene

Cast and characters:

• Keith Burke … Deputy – Boy Eats Girl
• Stephen Rea … Seamus – Out of the Dark; Asylum (2014); Werewolf: The Beast Among Us; Underworld: Awakening; The Devil’s Mercy; Feardotcom; Interview with the Vampire; The Company of Wolves; et al
• Kacey Clarke [as Kacey Barnfield] … Kate – Bayou Tales; Underworld: Afterlife
• Roisin Murphy … Anita
• Colin Maher … Joel
• Kobna Holdbrook-Smith … Tommy
• Oliver James … Ryan
• Diarmuid Noyes … Chuck
• Eliza Bennett … Hailey
• Ned Dennehy … Luca
• Stella McCusker … Fortune Teller
• Eve Macklin … Drina
• Una C. … Gypsy [uncredited]

Filming locations:

The film was shot on location in Ireland.

Release:

Roadkill was released on DVD in the UK on August 30, 2011.

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The Awakening is a 2011 British supernatural horror feature film directed Nick Murphy (The Mist TV series; Dracula TV series) from a screenplay co-written with Stephen Volk (The Guardian; The Kiss; Gothic). The movie stars Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton and Isaac Hempstead-Wright.

Plot:

In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the ‘missing’ begin to show themselves…

Reviews [may contain spoilers]:

“Cinematographer Eduard Grau maintains a healthy, overcast atmosphere throughout, even when things go indoors, helping give the ghosts, in all their forms, an expectedly welcome place to manifest themselves within.  Everything feels like a nice British chamber Guignol, mildly stodgy and claustrophobic…” Kyle Saubert, Allusions of Grandeur

” … a ghost story with a nice kick and deeply felt emotions. The surface details suggest a banal return to a formulaic haunting, yet The Awakening, while imperfect, captures an intensity of gradually eroding conviction that carries the iffy material all the way to the intriguing head-scratcher of an ending.” Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com

“The Awakening unfolds in a purposely calculated manner that matches the supernatural literature of its setting’s post-Victorian era. Some call that boring; I call it a slow ratcheting of suspense, and the lovely, headstrong Hall serves as a terrific guide through the good ol’ ghost story.” Rod Lott, Flick Attack

“I found the final, colossal revelation to be contrived, but there are some nicely creepy moments, and director and co-writer Nick Murphy interestingly dramatises some of the neuroses feeding the appetite for ghostly phenomena…” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

” …the film has a strong and well-written series of themes that run throughout about fear, loneliness and the guilts of the past. Perhaps the least satisfying section of the film is when it feels the need to have to throw in a M. Night Shyamalan-esque conceptual spin…” Richard Scheib, Moria

“The trouble was, there was a very decent ghost story that could have been drawn from this groundwork, it’s just that the filmmakers chose to plump for sensation (loud music courtesy of Daniel Pemberton overemphasising every fright) over a nice, creepy atmosphere.” Graeme Clark, The Spinning Image

“Rarely does a horror film make the back of your neck tingle with the calibre of its performances as well as its jumps and jolts – but The Awakening, a beautifully mounted ghost story in the style of The Turn of the Screw, provides chills of both kinds.” Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

” …familiar goings-on featuring the requisite dank shadowy halls and dead children mouthing CGI-stretched Edvard Munch screams. Nick Murphy’s big screen directorial debut has good atmospherics that only go so far to prop up a mystery whose overdue explanation is convoluted and underwhelming.” Dennis Harvey, Variety

Cast and characters:

• Rebecca Hall … Florence Cathcart
• Dominic West … Robert Mallory
• Imelda Staunton … Maud Hill
• Isaac Hempstead Wright … Tom Hill
• Shaun Dooley … Malcolm McNair
• Joseph Mawle … Edward Judd
• Diana Kent … Harriet Cathcart
• Richard Durden … Alexander Cathcart
• John Shrapnel … Reverend Hugh Purslow
• Cal MacAninch … Freddie Strickland
• Lucy Cohu … Constance Strickland
• Anastasia Hille … Dorothy Vandermeer
• Andrew Havill … George Vandermeer
• Tilly Vosburgh … Vera Flood
• Ian Hanmore … Albert Flood
• Steven Cree … Sergeant Evans
• Alfie Field … Victor Parry
• Felix Soper … Julian Dowden
• Sidney Johnston … John Franklin

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‘The legend of the living dead’

The Dead and the Damned – aka Cowboys & Zombies – is a 2010 American Western horror feature film edited and directed by Rene Perez (It Hungers; From Hell to the Wild West; Playing with Dolls trilogy; The Obsidian Curse; et al) from a screenplay co-written with Barry Massoni. The movie stars David Lockhart, Camille Montgomery, Rick Mora and Robert Amstler.

Plot:

1849: During the California Gold Rush, Mortimer receives a bounty for Brother Wolf, a Native American accused of carnal crimes. Mortimer ostensibly buys a young woman, Rhiannon, as a wife but in reality as bait to lure out Wolf. However, once he meets Wolf, Mortimer becomes dubious about the charges against him.

Meanwhile, a group of prospectors unleash a zombie virus when they attempt to mine a meteorite. Mortimer, Rhiannon, and Wolf must band together to stop the zombies…

Reviews:

“With a small principal cast of solid actors, effective use of a standing frontier town set, and skilful direction that manages to be clever without pretentious, plus a well-honed script that doesn’t waste a word, Cowboys and Zombies is great viewing. Exciting, sometimes scary, never silly or self-indulgent and a commendably taught 82 minutes.” MJ Simpson, Cult films and the people who make them

“With too little plot and too little visual imagination to justify a feature runtime, we’re left with plodding scenes of predictable exposition, poorly executed action and lingering gazes at bare breasts peppered with occasional minutes of something approaching genuine entertainment.” Gareth Jones, Dread Central

” …The Dead and the Damned must get kudos for trying. The Old West town set is a bit questionable, but everything else — the horses, the gunfights, Brother Wolf — is definitely above the standard “Hey, let’s put on a show!” feel which some low-budget indies have. The acting is pretty good, most notably Lockhart, although there are some moments where I felt as if the actors were waiting for their cues.” Mike Long, DVD Sleuth

“The film’s low budget is obvious but not too much of an impediment. The sets are on par with those of a western theme park. The costumes, although far from historically accurate, serve their purpose. The dialogue is obviously not chronically correct, exacerbated further by inexperienced actors. The score is all over the place…” Alex DiVincenzo, Horror News

“Another problem with this film is the pacing and quick habit of advancing the story by way of montage or music video […] The Dead and the Damned had a lot of potential, on both sides of the camera, and it could have succeeded with a bit more experience.” Horror Talk

“Soundtrack and the usual lower budget film jitters aside, there is a certain level of fun to be had with the mix-up of genres. The western aspect supersedes the horror tangent, but it’s a nice character driven change of pace that seems iffy at first but proves to be a winning idea come climax.” Brett H., Oh, the Horror!

“Cowboys & Zombies – it has a few cowboys and it has zombies, boobies, a lot of bad CGI blood and some old-school body parts and an occasional unintentional belly laugh. In other words, it is a perfectly acceptable way to waste your life, if you like. If that sounds good enough to make you happy, then go for it… but we can’t give you our copy of the film, ’cause we already tossed it out.” A Wasted Life

Filming locations:

Near Yosemite National Park, Central California

Release:

The Dead and the Damned premiered at the Another Hole In the Head film festival on July 17, 2010. It was released on DVD in the US on July 26, 2011, and in the UK on August 1, 2011.

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‘Zombies for the holidays’

A Cadaver Christmas – aka Zombies at Christmas – is a 2011 American comedy horror feature film directed by Joe Zerull from a screenplay co-written with Daniel Rairdin-Hale and Hanlon Smith-Dorsey who also star.

Plot:

United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the professor’s work.

A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members….

Reviews:

“The film focus mostly on the slapstick comedy element and doesn’t have a lot of gory scenes. The comedy is hit or miss and I didn’t think it was very funny. It should be said that I rarely do find that horror / comedy films work very well though, so I’m not surprised that I didn’t care much for this one.” Torstein Karlsen, Cinema Terror

“Mixing elements of Braindead and Feast, with a few other splatterific titles referenced along the way, A Cadaver Christmas tries hard for most of its runtime, but it becomes clear after the first few scenes that this is a slight film built around a few set-pieces that aren’t as memorable as they were in the minds of the men writing the script…” Kevin Matthews, For It Is Man’s Number

“Co-scenarist Hale does the angry-nerd-turned-superhero to perfection, but Smith-Dorsey is particularly funny as the dimmest bulb onscreen. Feature directorial debutant Joe Zerull keeps the silly tale just pacey, deadpan and loopy enough to buoy it several degrees above Troma-style low camp.” Dennis Harvey, Variety

“There are some great scenes that get punctuated by some genuinely funny lines (“He stabbed Eddie in the neck with a desk!”) and some visual gags that actually made me laugh. Credit should also be given to Hale (who also produced as Daniel Rairdin-Hale) for his committed performance as the janitor.” William S. Wilson, Video Junkie

Main cast and credits:

• Daniel Rairdin-Hale … The Janitor (as Dan Hale)
• Hanlon Smith-Dorsey … Tom Tunninbum
• Yosh Hayashi … Sam Sheriff
• Ben Hopkins … Eddie
• Jessica Denney … Kristen Stable
• Andrew Ryan Harvey … The Perp (as Andrew Harvey)
• Michael Kennedy … Professor Hildencress
• Mark Weitzel … Zed Cadaver
• Matt Cox … Plunger Face Cadaver
• Megan Cox … Broken Foot Cadaver

Filming locations:

Blue Grass and Davenport, Iowa, USA

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Memory of the Dead is a 2011 Argentinian horror feature film directed by Valentín Javier Diment (The Owner) from a screenplay co-written with Martín Blousson, Nicanor Loreti and Germán Val. The movie stars Horacio Acosta, Raquel Albéniz, Jimena Anganuzzi and Lola Berthet.

Plot:

Following the sudden death of her husband, Alicia assembles all his friends at a vast country manor for a reading of his final letter. However, Alicia also has other plans in mind – helping her husband return from the grave with a spell that will put all of the gathered guests in mortal danger…

Reviews [may contain spoilers]:

“The proscenium arch peeks through its ripped black fishnets in practically every scene. Press materials frame Memory of the Dead as homage to the highly theatrical Dario Argento giallos of the 1960s and ‘70s. But that feels more like a justification for the film’s overt cheapness than any legitimate artistic intent.” Matt Warren, Battleship Pretension

For those looking for where Memory of the Dead fits in as a genre piece, I think it close in spirit to some of the films of Nobuhiko Obayashi, particularly Hausu and The Discarnates, as well as the earlier films of Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi (and I am hardy the first to note the similarities with the latter two filmmakers).” Peter Nellhaus, Coffee Coffee and More Coffee

“The movie wants us to be shocked by the twist ending, but by that point, most viewers will have long since been done with the movie. Memory of the Dead may sound titillating on the surface, as it offers some gore, some nudity, and one “how did they do that?” moment, but, in the end, the movie is boring…” Mike Long, DVD Sleuth

“It all leads up to a decent twist ending that wraps up the core plot in an unexpected way. Nicely shot and filled with some seriously slick camera work and set pieces, Memory of the Dead manages to pull from its influences and at the same time craft something fairly unconventional.” Ian Jane, DVD Talk

“Fans of darkly humorous splatterfests like Evil Dead II and Dead Alive will find plenty to love about Memory of the Dead, although they may be turned off by the lucid narrative. Conversely, foreign and independent film enthusiasts will appreciate the moody, artistic filmmaking approach but may not enjoy the sillier moments.” Alex DiVincenzo, iHorror

“The images conjured are demented and sopping with blood, the gore hounds will not be disappointed by the visceral experience but some might be a bit turned off (or maybe just confused) by the pervasive dream logic, the narrative can be a bit disjointed at times.” Ken Kastenhuber, McBastard’s Mausoleum

“It all dances on the razor’s edge threatening at any moment to spill over into mere kitsch but the screenplay, which keeps the characters confronted with a variety of personal sins and anxieties, gives a solid framework to an equally solid cast in making important moments seem heartfelt. If anything the humor makes some of the films darker observations easier to digest.” Dave Canfield, Screen Anarchy

“Argentinian horror movie that emphasizes disturbing imagery over plot coherence. Its approach to horror visuals is something like with A Nightmare on Elm Street, all nightmarish dream-logic, except without the wisecracks and driven by the characters’ traumatic pasts.”  The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre

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‘We are going to flush you!’

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead – original title: ゾンビアス Zonbi asu – is a 2011 Japanese comedy horror feature film directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl; Dead Sushi; The ABCs of Death). The movie stars Arisa Nakamura, Asana Mamoru, Mayu Sugano, Asami Sugiura.

Plot:

Wracked with guilt over the suicide of her bullied sister, young karate student Megumi accompanies four older friends on a trip into the woods: smart girl Aya, her druggie boyfriend Také, full-figured model Maki, and nerdy Naoi.

Things start to go badly when Maki finds a parasitic worm inside a fish – and eats it down, in the hope that it will keep her skinny. Her stomach later feels horrible and she relieves herself in an outhouse toilet.

The parasitic worm Maki ate had apparently laid eggs in her stomach and these emerge now that they are are out of her body. Soon after, they are attacked by a mob of zombies who emerge from the outhouse toilet Maki used…

Reviews:

” … Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead is somehow worth only a few laughs. A cheap parasitic offshoot of Nikkatsu’s Sushi Typhoon series, gore effects specialist Yoshihiro Nishmura is at his most slapdash, while helmer Noboru Iguchi doesn’t care to clean up the pic’s narrative and visual mess…” Maggie Lee, Variety

“And give Igushi credit for this much, at least: As basic as his fixations may be he presents them with an absolutely bizarre sense of ambition […] Simultaneously as silly and disgusting as it can possibly be…” Todd Brown, Screen Anarchy

“Just when you think this film has bottomed out (hee hee) it manages to delve deeper into a Freudian cache … to the point where a character takes flight, and ultimately a fight with the Queen Parasite that ends poorly for everyone involved.” Scott Shoyer, Twisted Central

Cast and characters:

• Arisa Nakamura as Megumi
• Asana Mamoru as Maki
• Mayu Sugano as Aya
• Asami Sugiura as Female Zombie
• Yûki as Ko
• Danny as Naoi [credited as Danî]
• Kentarô Kishi as Take
• Demo Tanaka as The Shit Zombie
• Sayuri Yajima [credited as Yuri Takayama]

Related: Dead Sushi | Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl | Zombie Hunter Rika

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Originally released in 2011, ANOC productions unleashed the ultimate version of the original Bunnyman film by director Carl Lindbergh on April 19, 2019. The “New” Director’s Cut is titled Bunnyman: Grindhouse Edition and features never-before-seen footage. The film has also been re-edited, to show Lindbergh’s truest vision of the film. Its release is timed specifically for Easter!

Director Carl Lindbergh: “What initially started as a simple idea of doing a director’s cut of the film, evolved into a full remake of the film. The original Bunnyman was completely recut with approx. 50% of the film being new footage (incorporating deleted scenes, new VFX etc.), and the score was completely redone. These changes go way beyond a simple directors cut, however it’s not an entirely new film either. When revisiting the film, we realized there was much more we could fix than initially anticipated. These changes make Bunnyman: Grindhouse Edition the definitive version of the original Bunnyman film. The film was remade in the spirit of grindhouse/exploitation films of the 1970’s.”

Here’s our overview of the original Bunnyman movie:

Bunnyman is a 2011 American horror feature film written, directed and produced by Carl Lindberg. In Britain, it was released as The Bunnyman Massacre.

Sequels by Lindberg, Bunnyman 2 (2012) and Bunnyman Vengeance (2016), followed.

Plot:

After showing 8mm footage of a handcuffed woman being stabbed to death, the film switches to six friends who are driving through a desolate area when they find themselves being harassed by a truck driven by a man in a rabbit costume, who refuses to communicate with or show himself to the travelers when he forces them to pull over, and parks behind them. After an indeterminate of time, the costumed man drives away, and kills a woman he was holding captive by ripping her in half with chains attached to his truck.

Eventually, the Bunnyman returns and causes the group’s car to crash, killing Jack a short while later when he rams the vehicle from behind as the man is working underneath it. The remaining five proceed to travel on foot, encountering a deranged hillbilly (whose home is surrounded by inverted crosses and bags of bones) and a woman and a man, who advise them to seek shelter in a supposedly abandoned cabin nearby, saying they will return for them after a trip to the hospital (in reality, the two are disposing of the bodies of some of the Bunnyman’s victims). En route to the cabin, two of the quintet spot the Bunnyman butchering bodies, and he kills one of them, Jennifer, with a chainsaw…

Reviews:

“The movie wasn’t terrible but it didn’t do anything enough to separate from the endless pack of slashers out there besides having a unique looking killer. It needed more gore and there were too many “oh come on” moments to make it really good.” Horrorphilia

“This movie literally has no plot. None of the characters are given a back story or motivation and none of them are properly introduced or even have generic horror movie roles such as the jock or the bimbo … a shitty movie around that flawed premise.” Bloodcrypt

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“Yep, dude in a shitty bunny costume chasing people around the woods with a chainsaw and all you get for gore is some blood spray. No severed limbs or guts falling out or decapitations. Nothing but blood spray. I get it, you have a small budget but that is no excuse to make a shitty film. It was poorly shot, the sound quality was more than atrocious and last but not least, it just didn’t make any sense.” Twisted Central

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‘This isn’t a normal shark! It swims! It kills! And its out there!’

Swamp Shark is a 2011 American action horror feature film directed by prolific Griff Furst (Nightmare Shark; Cold Moon; Trailer Park Shark; Atomic Shark; et al) from a screenplay written by Eric Miller, Charles Bolon, and Jennifer Iwen.

The Bullet Films movie for the Syfy channel was produced by Kenneth M. Badish and Daniel Lewis and stars Kristy Swanson, D. B. Sweeney, Robert Davi, Jason Rogel, Sophia Sinise, Richard Tanne, and Jeff Chase.

Plot:

It’s summer in the the gorgeous swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin. Lots of beautiful teens are at the beach the weekend before Gator Fest. That night an animal smuggling deal goes wrong and a large sea creature escapes into a swampy backwoods river. At the McDaniel’s “Gator Shack” restaurant, a local, Jackson is drunk, and gets mangled to bits.

The town sheriff blames the carnage on the McDaniel’s “escaped” pack of gators and tries hauling them off to jail. Rachel McDaniel, head of the family, claims to have seen the fin of a shark!

Rachel and her family, along with the help of a mysterious stranger, Charlie, take on the Swamp Shark and the law to clear their names, save Rachel’s kid sister Krystal and prevent the unwitting folks at the upcoming Gator Fest from being torn to shreds by a beast the likes of which no one has ever seen!

Reviews:

“One of the more consistently enjoyable and exciting SyFy Channel efforts, this one has plenty of solid elements and wholly worthwhile positives that it remains one of the shining examples of their output overall. Really give this one a shot if you’re into these types of creature features or are interested in the better end of their output…” read more at Don’s World of Horror and Exploitation

“Yes, the shark looked like ass, but we expected that. It was stupid and we expected that too. Leading the shark to the festival so it can eat more people… didn’t expect that but it was appreciated.” read more at Films Critic United

“Not a great movie, but kind of entertaining […] I’m giving the movie points for being funny in places and the Jaws shout out, some decent effects and decent acting. It’s completely watchable if you’re up for a B movie and you don’t care about the accuracies of the shark information.” Ben Riley, read more at I Spit on Your Taste

“Most of the shark attacks amount to people falling into the water as a fin approaches, leaving blood to bubble up to the surface. Despite the pretty impressive cast, the characters are resigned to the stupidity of the script, which doesn’t forget the obligatory Jaws nods…” Brett Gallman, read more at Oh, the Horror!

When the shark is hiding underwater and all you can see is its fin, then I have no problem with that. As soon as it leaves the confines of the murky water, all of its silvery, shiny skin is exposed to the world. The cast is probably the only good thing about Swamp Shark. Kristy Swanson looks terrific for her age…” Andrew Smith, read more at Popcorn Pictures

“Besides the terrible, digitally aided day for night scene, Swamp Shark looks better than it should. Even though the casting director forgot black people live in Louisiana too. Furst isn’t much of a director, but he knows what to mimic and he rips off a couple memorable moments from Jaws and, in particular, Jaws 2.” Andrew Wickliffe, read more at The Stop Button

“Swamp Shark is harmless and it isn’t terrible. All the actors seem to be having fun, none of them put in a truly terrible performance, the characters you want to die end up dying, and the ending is silly, over-the-top fun. It’s no Jaws by any stretch of the imagination but if it’s on the telly and there’s nothing else to watch it’ll pass the time.” read more at That Was a Bit Mental

“Swamp Shark’s big flaw is that it plays all of this more or less with a straight face.  I think if there was some flashes of humor or at the very least, some over the top gore, it might’ve been able to skate by with a Three Stars rating.  It does earn points for finding a fairly novel way to kill the shark though.” Mitch Lovell, read more at The Video Vacuum

Cast and characters:

• Kristy Swanson … Rachel Broussard – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Christopher Berry … Deputy Mandling
• Wade Boggs … Deputy Stanley
• Marcus Lyle Brown … Deputy Cooper (as Marcus Brown)
• Jason Rogel … Martin
• Edrick Browne … Deputy Green
• Gary Catona … Red Neck
• Richard Tanne … Tyler
• Jeff Chase … Jason ‘Swamp Thing’ Broussard
• Chris Deshazo … Emcee
• Harold Evans … Jackson
• Ron Flagge … Coroner
• Lo Graham … Laura (as Lauren Graham)
• Charles Harrelson … Noah
• Robert Davi … Sheriff Watson
• Thomas Tah Hyde III … Marcus (as Thomas Tah Hyde)

Filming locations:

Henderson and Lafayette, Louisiana

Technical credits:

85 minutes | 1.78:1

Trivia:

In Japan the movie was bizarrely named Frying Jaws

Related:

Jaws – USA, 1975

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The Taint is a 2011 American comedy horror feature film directed by Drew Bolduc (Assassinaut; Science Team; special effects on Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 and 2) and Dan Nelson from a screenplay by Drew Bolduc. The latter stars, alongside Colleen Walsh, Cody Crenshaw and Kenneth Hall.

Picked up for distribution by Troma, The Taint has been compared to an over-the-top version of the early work of Peter Jackson (Bad Taste; Braindead), or Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case; Frankenhooker).

Plot:

The water is tainted. The Taint poisons the minds of men. It turns them into raging misogynists: brainless monsters who want nothing more than to crush women’s heads with rocks (or other objects).

When society is transformed into a land of sadistic violence and horrible brutality, it is up to Phil O’Ginny and his friend, Misandra, to combat the horrible evil that is The Taint. Can they survive in a world brimming with castration and endless head crushing?!

Reviews:

“Utterly crude and rude, if you’re looking for an unapologetic gross out film, you need to look no further than The Taint. The level of disgust this film achieves is truly epic. You’ve got to have a pretty iron constitution to stomach a lot of the stuff that goes on in The Taint, but I guarantee if you like gore, you’ll laugh so hard…” Ain’t It Cool News

“The Taint is micro budget bliss, a penis-driven, crotch-oriented journey through the broken minds of some truly warped individuals. Although it’s definitely not for the easily offended, I can’t help but recommend this feature to anyone with even a passing interest in grue-encrusted, 80′s-flavored cinema.” Todd Rigney, Beyond Hollywood

” …for a certain type of viewer, it will be a completely winning gross out experience. The special effects are actually pretty well done for a film of this obviously lo-fi approach, and in fact there are several pretty gruesome shots which crop up with a fair degree of regularity that may have some viewers joining Bolduc in the real vomiting department.” Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-ray.com

“What this movie lacked in acting and story, it more than made up for in overall character and technical production.  In that respect, it reminds me a lot of Rubber.  It’s impressive to see what can be accomplished with a low budget.” Terrible Movies for Terrible People

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“Scene after scene of manhood mutilation and absurd levels of gore —  all with no real context — begin to wear thin extremely quickly. If as much creativity was put into a coherent storyline instead of inventive murder methods, there might have been something that resembled an intriguing plot somewhere in The Taint.” Vile Reviews

” …there is some serious talent behind the camera and that saves a lot of the movie. It’s not a great movie but everyone should see The Taint at least once in their lives, if anything, just so you can say that you’ve seen it. There isn’t anything out there quite like it…” Film Bizarro

Cast and characters:

• Drew Bolduc … Phil O’Ginny & Drew
• Colleen Walsh … Misandra
• Cody Crenshaw … Houdini
• Kenneth Hall … Ludas
• Gabriella Herzberg … Sandy
• Richard Spencer … Bob
• Ariel Canton … Gina
• Joey Tran … Boss
• Patrick Gaskill … Drew’s Dad
• Will Towles … Alligator F*ckhouse / Nazi Soldier / Caveman Misogynist
• Mister Lobo … C*ckzantium Spokesperson
• Giancarlo Agar … Machete Misogynist
• Mike Baker … Misogynist #1
• Natalie W. Baker … Morphina
• Frank Bergaeimer … Misogynist #2

Technical details:

75 minutes

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‘From cradle to grave.’

Fertile Ground is a 2011 American supernatural horror feature film directed by Adam Gierasch (House by the Lake; Fractured; Night of the Demons; Autopsy) from a screenplay co-written with Jace Anderson. The movie stars Leisha Hailey, Gale Harold, Chelcie Ross and JoNell Kennedy.

Plot:

Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country.

Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home…

Reviews:

“It’s a competently made, competently acted film. I will give it that. However, there’s nothing inspired about the story or how it’s brought to life.” Brandon C. Sites

“The acting is okay, I guess, but everything else is severely lacking. No logic, no tension, no atmosphere, nobody to really care about (Emily just doesn’t do enough to get herself out of the house before things get too “scary”)…” For It Is Man’s Number

“It boils down to the slow degradation of a married couple who’s got a strong case of cabin fever or a wicked case of possession. Fertile Ground does the ambiguous ending well, with enough information to fairly choose a side and your own interpretation. That’s definitely its strength…” From Black to Red

“While it’s a competently acted and reasonably well-made film, Gierasch and Anderon’s screenplay brings nothing new to the table, instead borrowing bits from the dozens of other films that have done this sort of thing much better.” Horrorview

“Well lensed with classy photography and muted performances by its relatively unknown cast (though TV fans may recognize Leisha Hailey), Fertile Ground turns on the creepy about twenty minutes in and refuses to let go.” Quiet Earth

“Leisha Hailey’s excellent turn aside, if you’ve any experience whatsoever with movies of this nature, you’ll have seen all this before. The ground may, indeed, be fertile, but it sure ain’t fresh!” 2,500 Movies Challenge

Cast and characters:

• Leisha Hailey … Emily Weaver
• Gale Harold … Nate Weaver / William Weaver
• Chelcie Ross … Avery
• JoNell Kennedy … Brittany McGraw
• Stephanie Brown … Risa
• Sigal Diamant … Sarah
• Adam Gierasch … Otto
• Clint Curtis … Felipe
• Neil Cunningham … Doug
• Rod McCullough … Sheriff Crane
• Douglas Roberts … Dr. Glasgow
• Eric Bench … Howard the Plumber
• Steve Pilchen … Manny
• Joseph Gentzler … Deputy
• David Oddy … Mover

Technical details:

• 95 minutes
• Dolby Digital
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85: 1

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