Dolph Lundgren Plus Robots Versus Zombies! Watch The English Language BATTLE OF THE DAMNED Trailer Now!
What could be better than Dolph Lundgren battling zombies in a post apocalyptic Singapore? Simple! Dolph Lundgren battling zombies in a post apocalyptic Singapore with the help of heavily armed robots! Yes, kids, it's Battle Of The Damned and while... More »
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Dolph Lundgren Confirms Tony Jaa Aboard For SKIN TRADE
Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa are making it a pair. Lundgren made headlines back in April when he joined the Tony Jaa directed retro-western A Man Will Rise - that film already listed as in post production, by the way,... More »
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He's Like Dirty Harry, Only Hairier. Here Comes The WOLFCOP.
Some things are just meant to be. And Lowell Dean's Wolfcop appears to be one of those things. Wolfcop has emerged victorious from Canadian 'film accelerator' project Cinecoup, which means the furry lawman takes home production financing and a guaranteed... More »
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Two Gorgeous New Posters For LAFF Selected Doc TAPIA
A selection of the now-running Los Angeles Film Festival, Eddie Alcazar's Tapia has just released a pair of stellar new posters for the sports documentary.Albuquerque-born boxer Johnny Tapia's life was a maelstrom of turmoil. The glory of his punishing ring... More »
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Exclusive: ABSENCE Debuts A Wonderfully Creepy Teaser
Dropping on audiences from Cinedigm on July 5 is Jimmy Loweree's intriguing pregnancy thriller Absence. We've got an exclusive first look at the wonderfully creepy teaser for you to check out. Expectant mother Liz wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy... More »
  

Watch The First Teaser For LA Selected Horror Flick DELIVERY
Kyle and Rachel have a baby coming. And maybe that's not such a good thing. Welcome to the basic premise for Delivery, Brian Netto's indie horror flick about to premiere at the LA Film Festival.In this unnerving chiller, Kyle and... More »
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Hey, Canada! Win Tickets To See Kitamura's NO ONE LIVES On The Big Screen June 19th!
Hey, Canada! Kitamura Ryuhei's blood soaked slasher No One Lives hits screens across the nation for one night only as part of Raven Banner Entertainment's Sinister Cinema series on June 19th and you could be there for free! We have... More »
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New To Netflix: Twitch Picks The Best Of The New Stuff
Welcome to a brand new column highlighting, well, what is New To Netflix.  Not that we are actually new to Netflix, we're just happy, able, willing to help you find out what kind of 'Twitch-y' material is coming to the... More »
  

Check A Trio Of VHS 2 Episode Posters
With horror anthology VHS 2 now available on VOD in the US distributors Magnet Releasing have been teasing audiences with poster art devoted to individual short films included in the project. Things got rolling with posters for Adam Wingard's Clinical... More »
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The Creators Of ATROCIOUS Return For 21 DAYS
The creators of Atrocious are getting creepy once again, and this time in English. Atrocious director Fernando Barreda Luna and Jessica Villegas will serve as producers on 21 Days, the debut feature by writer director Kathleen Behun.Three filmmakers embark on... More »
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Opening: THE BLING RING, Robbing Celebrities And Falling Flat
"A somewhat alarming portrayal in a rather unassuming guise," Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring opens in limited release in the U.S. on Friday, June 14. The film stars Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Katie Chang, and Israel Broussard, and is based... More »
  

Spoilery New Clip From Gareth Evans and Timo Tjahjanto's SAFE HAVEN Segment From V/H/S/2
Over here in Australia we're going to have to wait a little longer for Roadshow to release V/H/S/2 but across the Pacific in the US audiences are able to watch it right now dammit! Directed by Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard,... More »
  

Watch Wes Benscoter's Award Winning Short HOLD YOUR FIRE
War is hell, sometimes more literally than others. This is the basic premise of acclaimed horror artist Wes Benscoter's short film Hold Your Fire. The film made a lengthy festival run a couple years back - it won best live... More »
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XLerator Media Picks Up Fantastic Fest Hit THE CONSPIRACY For Late Summer 2013 Release
Ever since its premiere at Fantastic Fest last year The Conspiracy has been pretty close to the top of my must-see list. The is-or-isn't it real assembled footage story of two documentary filmmakers who track down a crazed conspiracy theorist... More »
  

Skip Your Daily Coffee, Buy JT Petty's SOFT FOR DIGGING Instead
It was twelve years ago that a young director named JT Petty first made an impression on the world when his debut feature, Soft For Digging, was unleashed at Sundance. Petty has charted an unusual, challenging career since with his... More »
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An Exclusive First Look At Gritty Fight Flick BARRIO BRAWLER
Put aside your preconceptions about independent production house The Asylum for just a moment. Because while, yes, a sizable percentage of their output is given over to made for television creature features and the 'mockbusters' they made famous, they're doing... More »
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BRAINGASM Teaser Puts The Documentary Spotlight on ASMR
I have always wondered if the two signature scenes in The Pang Brother's The Eye -- one involving a ghost in a classroom, the other involving an elevator -- came about because the filmmakers did some kind of scientific research... More »
  

Fresh Trailer For LA Selected Boxing Doc TAPIA
Soon to premiere at the LA Film Festival, Eddie Alcazar's documentary Tapia chronicles the turbulent life of champion boxer Johnny Tapia as told in his own words via the final interviews granted before his untimely death.Albuquerque-born boxer Johnny Tapia's life... More »
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SPOOK CENTRAL Threatens To Do For GHOSTBUSTERS What ROOM 237 Did For THE SHINING (Or Is It Just Taking The Piss?)
It is unclear at the moment whether or not Spook Central is a brilliant YouTube parody of Rodney Ascher's compulsively watchable Room 237 or a bonafide doc. I suspect the former -- the direct nods in text and structure certainly... More »
  

Indie Beat: Much Ado About Summer Movies (But Not Those Kind!)
My summer movie season started two weekends ago when I saw Before Midnight twice in two days, and continued in earnest this past Sunday with Carlos Reygadas beguiling Post Tenebras Lux (which, if you live in LA, and want something... More »
  
 
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