Back in 2008, a little original short film named This Side of Nightmare started making it’s rounds through the underground. Years later, the eleven minute film from writer and director Peter Grendle finds new life in a 2014 full-length feature remake titled Blood Soaked. After finding a great deal of success in various festivals including official selection at both Dark Matters Film Festival and Pollygrind Film Festival, it was only a matter of time before someone picked up this Red Letter Cinema (also known as Red Letter Media) release. And who else could better play host to such an offering than the highly impressive Wild Eye Releasing? But is this actually something worth sitting down to watch, or is the little over one hour length simply a test of patience?
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Movie Review - Scream Park
Scream Park was initially shot back in 2012, but it wasn’t until early January of 2013 that it started making its rounds. The film was put together on an estimated forty thousand dollar budget and filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Conneaut Lake Park. What once was kind of an obscure modern Horror flick has become readily available thanks to distribution from the quickly growing Wild Eye Releasing at a decent a price. But does this love letter to the eighties slasher end up an enthralling experience, or is it nothing but poorly executed rehashings of everything we’ve seen many times over?
Movie Review - Odd Thomas
Back in 2003, Dean Koontz published a book titled Odd Thomas. It is the first in a growing line of novels about the character with the same name and his ability to understand and help the dead. Ten years after its publication, Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapted it into a screenplay, as well as helmed directorial duties for this venture. It didn’t take long for the film’s late February release to earn a mixture of moderate praise and scathing negativity from viewers and critics alike. But is this representation of the first entry into the series a worthy one to fans and newcomers alike, or is it a major flop that singles one or both groups out?
Movie Review - Blood Shed (2014)
With the sudden surge of storage bidding and the life it weaves thanks to “reality” programs like Storage Wars and the less popular Storage Hunters, it was only a matter of time before a film about storage units became the premise of a major motion or independent Horror flick, the latter more probable than the first. Well, whether directly related to the recent success or not, that’s what writer and director Patrick Hasson (Waiting) presents with Blood Shed. The entire production was given an estimated two million dollars (US) to be shot in Los Angeles, California, and took on a cast mixed with relatively known and unknown members. But does the story of a homeless man struggling to learn more about his family amid a bunch of squatters and murderous spirit stand as a suitable late night flick, or does this film completely miss the mark?
Raw - Fields of the Dead
Fields of the Dead follows a group of kids that venture out to a remote abandoned farm. It was the site of murder and occult rituals in the past, something highlighted as an introduction to the film before the credits even begin. Everyone is there as part of a school project, and for the most part don’t know the grizzly history of the place…
Crossfire: Alex Valentovich and Apoch on Friday the 13th 2015
Recently, it was announce that the production team behind the reboot of Friday the 13th is back at the helm of the upcoming 2015 sequel to the series. It was also revealed that they are not sure which Jason they want to use, or if they’ll even have the iconic Jason in the movie at all. Tack on the fact that rumors are hinting at a potential found footage release, and all the dedicated fans of the series threw their arms up in butt-hurt disgust. As a loyal fan who has seen all the films, I welcome this concept. But, as I learned, not all my friends feel this way either, which includes Alex Valentovich of the site Apocalyptic Demise.
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