Before they made Wnuf Halloween Special, Call Girl of Cthulhu and What Happens Next Will Scare You, indie filmmakers Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George made the high school slasher movie President’s Day, which is now available on Blu-ray from Terror Vision!
Loaded up with brand new special features, the 2010 slasher movie has fittingly been put up for grabs on President’s Day, and you can order your copy from Terror Vision now.
Special Features include:
All New Commentary with Chris Lamartina & Jimmy George Archival Commentary from Original DVD Release Blood On The Campaign Trail: Archival Making-Of Documentary Shocktail Hour: President’s Day w/ horror host Aurora Gorealis Retrospective Interview w/ George Stover Retrospective Interview w/ Shawn C. Phillips Kill Count: President’s Day Blooper Reel Wypr Interview and Behind the Scenes Photo Montage Trailer Reel President’s Day 2 Trailer Bonus Film: Amerikill (1999) Commentary for Amerikill with Chris Lamartina
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Loaded up with brand new special features, the 2010 slasher movie has fittingly been put up for grabs on President’s Day, and you can order your copy from Terror Vision now.
Special Features include:
All New Commentary with Chris Lamartina & Jimmy George Archival Commentary from Original DVD Release Blood On The Campaign Trail: Archival Making-Of Documentary Shocktail Hour: President’s Day w/ horror host Aurora Gorealis Retrospective Interview w/ George Stover Retrospective Interview w/ Shawn C. Phillips Kill Count: President’s Day Blooper Reel Wypr Interview and Behind the Scenes Photo Montage Trailer Reel President’s Day 2 Trailer Bonus Film: Amerikill (1999) Commentary for Amerikill with Chris Lamartina
Everyone...
- 2/19/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
If, like me, you're always on the lookout for new nightmares written by Adam Cesare, then 2024 is already looking scary good, because in addition to the upcoming Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo, Cesare has written the new horror movie Last Night at Terrace Lanes (from a story by Jenna St. John). Pitting bowlers against a bloodthirsty brigade of masked cult members, Last Night at Terrace Lanes will be released on VOD beginning January 16th from Dread, and we have a look at the trailer ahead of its forthcoming release!
Directed by Jamie Nash and written by Adam Cesare (from a story by Jenna St. John), Last Night at Terrace Lanes stars Ken Arnold, Francesca Capaldi, Wes Johnson, Christopher Walker, Rebecca J. Beaumont, Chris Lamartina, Christopher Inlow, Anita Sharma, Melissa Lamartina, and Towanda Underdue.
Synopsis: "After a bloodthirsty cult invades a bowling alley on its final night of operation,...
Directed by Jamie Nash and written by Adam Cesare (from a story by Jenna St. John), Last Night at Terrace Lanes stars Ken Arnold, Francesca Capaldi, Wes Johnson, Christopher Walker, Rebecca J. Beaumont, Chris Lamartina, Christopher Inlow, Anita Sharma, Melissa Lamartina, and Towanda Underdue.
Synopsis: "After a bloodthirsty cult invades a bowling alley on its final night of operation,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
From Writer/Director/Producer Chris Lamartina and Writer/Producer Jimmy George, the duo behind Wnuf Halloween Special and Call Girl of Cthulhu, comes the clickbait horror satire What Happens Next Will Scare You, a horror anthology that has been flying under the radar the last couple years due to the lack of a high profile home video release.
But Terror Vision is here to save the day, with the Blu-ray debut of What Happens Next Will Scare You now available for pre-order! It’ll begin shipping out in January 2024.
What Happens Next Will Scare You includes a wrap around story and eight spooky anthology segments.
“Working late on their Halloween feed, a motley crew of clickbait journalists share their top thirteen scariest viral videos. When an early entry curses the snarky hipsters, they must distinguish fact from fiction before a tidal wave of terrifying supernatural activity leads to real-life murder.
But Terror Vision is here to save the day, with the Blu-ray debut of What Happens Next Will Scare You now available for pre-order! It’ll begin shipping out in January 2024.
What Happens Next Will Scare You includes a wrap around story and eight spooky anthology segments.
“Working late on their Halloween feed, a motley crew of clickbait journalists share their top thirteen scariest viral videos. When an early entry curses the snarky hipsters, they must distinguish fact from fiction before a tidal wave of terrifying supernatural activity leads to real-life murder.
- 12/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Growing up there was a stack of VHS tapes that sat in the built-in cabinet beneath our 27 inch living room television. The large white clamshell cases housing Disney tapes were propped against the side to the left while my brother’s wrestling tapes were stacked to their right, as though there to keep the Disneys in line. Beside them sat my mom’s Christmas videos as well as the handful of movies my parents saw fit to own. Finally, in a messy pile at the end, were my tapes. No clamshells or box art, these cassettes bore nothing but a white label marked with the sloppy penmanship of my own hand.
Still, despite the crossed out titles and unintelligible scribbles vaguely describing the contents within, the fragmented, commercial laden videos carried a sense of discovery with them. A tangible feel of date, time and place that no other form of...
Still, despite the crossed out titles and unintelligible scribbles vaguely describing the contents within, the fragmented, commercial laden videos carried a sense of discovery with them. A tangible feel of date, time and place that no other form of...
- 10/16/2023
- by Paul Farrell
- bloody-disgusting.com
A while back, we shared the news that director Chris Lamartina had unveiled a poster for his new movie Out There Halloween Mega Tape, the long-awaited sequel to Wnuf Halloween Special (buy it Here). Out There Halloween Mega Tape is now making the festival rounds, and is also available to purchase on DVD and VHS! You can secure your copy of the movie at This Link.
If you’re not familiar with Wnuf Halloween Special, that movie was made to look like it was a VHS recording of a TV station’s long-lost 1987 Halloween special… a special that had gone terribly wrong. Between segments of a reporter investigating a haunted house, the movie was packed with faux commercials that perfectly captured the feeling of watching commercial TV in the 1980s
Out There Halloween Mega Tape has the following synopsis:
Available officially for the first time ever. It’s Halloween in your Vcr!
If you’re not familiar with Wnuf Halloween Special, that movie was made to look like it was a VHS recording of a TV station’s long-lost 1987 Halloween special… a special that had gone terribly wrong. Between segments of a reporter investigating a haunted house, the movie was packed with faux commercials that perfectly captured the feeling of watching commercial TV in the 1980s
Out There Halloween Mega Tape has the following synopsis:
Available officially for the first time ever. It’s Halloween in your Vcr!
- 9/7/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Since its release in 2013, the Wnuf Halloween Special has become a festive favorite in many horror fans' spooky season movie marathons. Nearly a decade after the first film's release, a sequel to the beloved movie is coming to bring more tricks and treats to the Halloween season, and director Chris Lamartina has revealed the official title and poster for the anticipated sequel!
Titled Out There Halloween Mega Tape, the sequel to the Wnuf Halloween Special will have its world premiere this Friday, July 29th, at Long Beach's Midsummer Scream, followed by an August 20th screening in Baltimore.
Chris Lamartina unveiled the official poster for Out There Halloween Mega Tape on Twitter, featuring a faux magazine ad for a film that was sold by Trader Tony's Tape Dungeon in the 1990s. The artwork for the poster was created by Marc Schoenbach.
Plot information for Out There Halloween Mega Tape is currently under wraps,...
Titled Out There Halloween Mega Tape, the sequel to the Wnuf Halloween Special will have its world premiere this Friday, July 29th, at Long Beach's Midsummer Scream, followed by an August 20th screening in Baltimore.
Chris Lamartina unveiled the official poster for Out There Halloween Mega Tape on Twitter, featuring a faux magazine ad for a film that was sold by Trader Tony's Tape Dungeon in the 1990s. The artwork for the poster was created by Marc Schoenbach.
Plot information for Out There Halloween Mega Tape is currently under wraps,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
All of us here on Bloody Disgusting are big fans of Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George’s Wnuf Halloween Special, a 2013 movie that plays out like a spooky cable access broadcast from the 1980s. Complete with fake commercials, the brilliant Wnuf Halloween Special is an annual watch for many of us here in the horror world, and a […]
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- 7/26/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
From Writer/Director/Producer Chris Lamartina and Writer/Producer Jimmy George, the duo behind Wnuf Halloween Special and Call Girl of Cthulhu, comes the brand new horror anthology What Happens Next Will Scare You, described as a “clickbait horror satire.” After hitting the festival circuit last year, What Happens Next Will Scare You is now available on VHS from Lunchmeat, and you can grab a […]
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- 6/7/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
All of us here on Bloody Disgusting are big fans of Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George’s Wnuf Halloween Special, a 2013 movie that plays out like a spooky cable access broadcast from the 1980s. Complete with fake commercials, the brilliant Wnuf Halloween Special is an annual watch for many of us here in the horror […]
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- 5/17/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Kalima Young, Melissa Lamartina, Paul Fahrenkopf, John Bennett, George Stover | Written by Chris Lamartina, Jimmy George | Directed by Chris Lamartina
What Happens Next Will Scare You is the latest film from Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George who also gave us the Wnuf Halloween Special and Call Girl of Cthulhu among other films. It’s been taking a tour of the festival circuit and made a stop in Atlanta for this year’s edition of the Buried Alive Film Fest.
The plot, or should I say framework for What Happens Next Will Scare You is simple enough. Click Clique, a website formerly devoted to actual news has fallen into poverty and click-baiting to draw viewers. Now the word has come down from the top that staff cuts are needed, so June (Kalima Young) has assembled them a few days before Halloween the assignment is to compile a list of “The...
What Happens Next Will Scare You is the latest film from Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George who also gave us the Wnuf Halloween Special and Call Girl of Cthulhu among other films. It’s been taking a tour of the festival circuit and made a stop in Atlanta for this year’s edition of the Buried Alive Film Fest.
The plot, or should I say framework for What Happens Next Will Scare You is simple enough. Click Clique, a website formerly devoted to actual news has fallen into poverty and click-baiting to draw viewers. Now the word has come down from the top that staff cuts are needed, so June (Kalima Young) has assembled them a few days before Halloween the assignment is to compile a list of “The...
- 4/8/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
As someone who has been a big fan of their previous collaborative efforts, I was extremely excited once I learned that Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George had yet another film project for us horror fans to enjoy. Their latest is entitled What Happens Next Will Scare You, and while I won’t give much away about it (because really half the fun of the film are all the little surprises), what I can say is that if you’re someone who has enjoyed the Wnuf Halloween Special and Call Girl of Cthulhu, then Whnwsy is going to be precisely your jam (as the kids say).
Currently, Lamartina and George have taken to Kickstarter to self-distribute What Happens Next Will Scare You, putting the film directly in the hands of viewers, and I thought the time was right to catch up with the duo to talk about their long journey of making Whnwsy,...
Currently, Lamartina and George have taken to Kickstarter to self-distribute What Happens Next Will Scare You, putting the film directly in the hands of viewers, and I thought the time was right to catch up with the duo to talk about their long journey of making Whnwsy,...
- 4/30/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Your next click might be your last… From Writer/Director/Producer Chris Lamartina and Writer/Producer Jimmy George, the duo behind Wnuf Halloween Special and Call Girl of Cthulhu, comes the brand new horror anthology What Happens Next Will Scare You, described as a “clickbait horror satire.” What Happens Next Will Scare You is now available for pre-order via Kickstarter through May 19th, and the […]...
- 4/19/2021
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The following contains spoilers for Wnuf Halloween Special.
In 1987, local news station Wnuf held a special publicity stunt on Halloween night. Reporter Frank Stewart, joined by paranormal investigators and a priest, entered the infamous (and presumably haunted) Webber House, an empty home that was the site of a gruesome double murder. Hoping to get some ratings by doing a live call-in séance and an exorcism, Stewart and the others bit off more than they could chew as the event went completely awry. While the televised special ended in confusion, a special VHS tape was discovered years later that showed what really happened that Halloween.
That’s the plot of Wnuf Halloween Special, released in 2013 by director Chris Lamartina. Told in the form of a news broadcast and follow-up special that were taped off TV, the found footage movie has garnered a cult following due to its unique 80s throwback style,...
In 1987, local news station Wnuf held a special publicity stunt on Halloween night. Reporter Frank Stewart, joined by paranormal investigators and a priest, entered the infamous (and presumably haunted) Webber House, an empty home that was the site of a gruesome double murder. Hoping to get some ratings by doing a live call-in séance and an exorcism, Stewart and the others bit off more than they could chew as the event went completely awry. While the televised special ended in confusion, a special VHS tape was discovered years later that showed what really happened that Halloween.
That’s the plot of Wnuf Halloween Special, released in 2013 by director Chris Lamartina. Told in the form of a news broadcast and follow-up special that were taped off TV, the found footage movie has garnered a cult following due to its unique 80s throwback style,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Gavin Jasper
- Den of Geek
Shudder has plenty of treats for horror fans to dig into this Halloween season, with a jam-packed October release schedule that includes an animated Creepshow Halloween Special, Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, Timo Tjahjanto's May the Devil Take You Too, "The Price of Fright" Vincent Price collection, Chris Lamartina's Wnuf Halloween Special, and much more!
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. this October, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"New Shudder Specials
2020’s All-new Ghoul Log — October 1
Halloween’s answer to the Christmas Yule Log, the Ghoul Log is: a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern (available on demand as a Shudder TV feed ‘round the clock) that offers the perfect ambience for all your Halloween festivities. This year’s edition has been lovingly crafted...
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. this October, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"New Shudder Specials
2020’s All-new Ghoul Log — October 1
Halloween’s answer to the Christmas Yule Log, the Ghoul Log is: a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern (available on demand as a Shudder TV feed ‘round the clock) that offers the perfect ambience for all your Halloween festivities. This year’s edition has been lovingly crafted...
- 9/24/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
We’re in the last remaining days of October, meaning many of us will be trying to cram in as many horror movies as possible between now and Halloween. For my last round of Shudder picks this month, I thought I’d go with a much looser theme: there’s nothing that ties these titles together except that they’re really good movies I think you should watch. Some you may recognize, others may be less familiar to you. All of them are worth streaming on Shudder.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) It’s not officially October without the Universal Monsters, so big thanks to Shudder for adding most of the big ones to their expanding library of streaming options. There’s no wrong choice when it comes to the classics, but I’ll make the case that Universal never got better than The Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale...
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) It’s not officially October without the Universal Monsters, so big thanks to Shudder for adding most of the big ones to their expanding library of streaming options. There’s no wrong choice when it comes to the classics, but I’ll make the case that Universal never got better than The Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale...
- 10/27/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Other than Justin Russell’s 2012 effort, The Sleeper, and the brilliant Wnuf Halloween Special from Chris Lamartina and company, few films have been able to pull off that true 80s vibe. The filmmaker trying to recreate this era of slasher… Continue Reading →
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- 7/5/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Similar to the famed Sundance Labs that have helped foster the careers of such future A-list filmmakers as Quentin Tarantino and Cary Fukunaga, Shudder Labs -- which held its inaugural edition earlier this month -- invites a group of select filmmakers to attend a week-long retreat with established industry names to take their works-in-progress to the next level. The difference? Shudder Labs focuses its mentorship efforts on filmmakers working in the horror genre, providing them with the guidance of such genre vets as writer/director Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter), Snowfort Pictures CEO Travis Stevens and Lindsay Peters, Industry Director of the genre-centric Fantasia Film Festival and Director of the Frontières International Co-Production Market. Shudder, for those unfamiliar, is a streaming service that focuses exclusively on horror films, and at $4.99 a month it's an agreeably cheap way for fans of the genre to gain streaming access to films they probably won't find on Netflix.
- 6/28/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
There are countless programs that support emerging filmmakers in their development and now up-and-coming horror directors have one of their own. Shudder, a streaming service backed by AMC Networks that specializes in horror content, has just announced the first 11 participants of their inaugural Shudder Labs. Selected from a pool of over 300 applicants, directors are taking part in a week long workshop designed to develop, add and hone their skills as they get ready to take the next step in their careers working in the genre.
“Like a vampire, I feed off of the enthusiasm of young talent; it is invigorating to encounter new voices in the horror genre and to find out what motivates young minds to explore the art of the macabre,” said director and Master-in-Residence Larry Fessenden.
Throughout the course of the program, the fellows will be able to learn from and work with a team of Masters-in-Residence, headed by Shudder curator Sam Zimmerman, Fessenden, writer Clay McLeod Chapman and AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan. The program’s benefits, however, aren’t contained to the program alone. After the filmmakers have left the lab, they will each receive $5000 in grants and be mentored by a Master-in-Residence for an additional year.
Shudder Labs is currently running from June 13th to June 18th at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
The filmmakers, and their projects, of the first ever Shudder Labs are:
“As the Dust Settles,” Mike Olenick
An asteroid carrying the seeds of alien life crashes down in the neighborhood where a young couple is buying a house from a dishonest realtor. When the couple settles into their new home, they unpack a secret that will change the lives of everyone in the neighborhood: the truth about what happened to the home’s previous owner.”Mike Olenick focuses on forbidden desire, reproduction, transformation, and outer space in his projects. Mike’s films have streamed on Mubi, aired on Dutch television, and won awards at the Slamdance Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival. He studied photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and has edited films and videos with Guy Maddin, the Quay Brothers, Kelly Reichardt, Sadie Benning, and Jennifer Reeder.”“Beyond the Darkness,” Shane Wheeler
A modern sorcerer must save his friends from a dark dimension, but to succeed he must overcome his own suicidal depression.
“Trained as a biologist, Shane Wheeler wrote his first screenplay while working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea. Since then, he’s written, directed, and produced a number of award-winning shorts, as well as features Captive of a Death Mask (2012) & Stabbing with Frank (2016). Wheeler is a filmmaker raised in Brownstown, Michigan.”
“Black Bats,” Rick Spears
Feeling cast out from society, two teens begin a relationship under the belief that they’re transforming into monsters. What begins as a fantasy ends with horrific consequences as they both lose touch with reality.
“Rick Spears is mostly known for his comic book writing, having published eleven graphic novels and numerous comics including Teenager from Mars and Dead West. Rick has also written and directed a handful of award-winning short films. Black Bats will be his first feature.”
“In the Night,” Joshua Erkman
A 24-year-old running from his past starts a new job picking up the dead for a mortuary and begins to suspect powerful sinister forces are closing in on him.
“Joshua Erkman is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, a USC graduate, and drummer for La punk band Lamps.”
“Lovespell,” Courtney and Hillary Andujar
A teenage girl in Hawaii casts a dark spell that unlocks something sinister within herself.
“Courtney and Hillary Andujar are identical twins who grew up at punk shows and in diners in Texas. Courtney is a writer and designer who has collaborated with artists and activists such as Yoko Ono, Paul Chan, and Julian Assange. Hillary is an art director who has worked internationally with Tim Burton, David Lynch, and The Wachowskis.”
“Polybius,” Hunter Stephenson
It’s the summer of 1984 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The only thing booming louder than the arcades is the aircraft over Fort Bragg. A hip babysitter named Tiffany is determined to show the brothers Carmack the parent-free weekend of their lives. But her reality is bleeped when the younger brother, a vidiot ‘sperger named Palmer, is snatched after encountering a pylon-like arcade cabinet. Joined by a skeleton crüe, it’s up to Tiffany to kick ass, chew bubblegum and fore’s destroy this trippy gamer-gateway to hell.
“Hunter Stephenson is a Scottish punk. He is also a writer/producer based east of the Rockies. His recent Noisey doc-series Hot Sugar’s Cold World received the Honorable Mention at Hot Docs 2015, and was executive produced by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, and Danny McBride.”
“The Eyes,” Will Forbes
In 1970’s Upstate New York, there is a local legend of The Eyes, a spirit in the woods of the Catskill Mountains that consumes the souls of the lost and weary. When the favorite uncle of three local kids dies suddenly and under mysterious circumstances at the edge of those woods, the kids set out on a mission to discover the horrifying truth.
“Will Forbes has been composing and producing music for visual media for nearly a decade, until he realized the best way to achieve his goal of scoring horror films was to start making them himself. Originally from Upstate New York, he currently lives in Inglewood, CA with a cat and a tortoise.”
“The Sound of Darkness,” Melody Cooper
A blind musician and a deaf sculptor are haunted by a woman only they can see and hear, who leads them to take on an epic battle against terrifying legacy of racial violence and evil.
“Melody Cooper is a screenwriter, director and producer of Horror and Afrofuturism, and Winner of the 2016 Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition with her horror feature Monstrous, which also won Third Place at Slamdance. She is directing the supernatural thriller The Sound Of Darkness this summer.”
“Un-Seen,” Lucy Cruell
Some things once seen, cannot be unseen.
“Lucy Cruell is a graduate with honors from Duke University and Harvard Law School. Lucy has also been a published short story author, film critic for multiple publications, and entrepreneur. Her screenplays and pilots have won over three dozen awards and festivals including Shriekfest. She is now a full time writer, director, and starving artist.”
“What Happens Next Will Scare You,” Chris Lamartina
On the verge of losing their jobs, a group of click-bait journalists struggle to compile their scariest viral videos for a Halloween listicle, but when a cursed entry brings malevolent forces into their reality, our social media junkies must figure out they’re sharing harmful content before they become victims of their own monsters. “Chris Lamartina is a Baltimore filmmaker and has been delivering high concepts on low budgets, blending horror and comedy with such films as “Call Girl of Cthulhu” and “Wnuf Halloween Special” since 2007. With a curious knack for finding humor in the weird, Lamartina’s films have been critically acclaimed-playing film festivals across the globe, and garnering coverage by NPR, the New York Times, and MTV.” Related stories'31' Trailer: Rob Zombie Returns With Carnies Who Have Twelve Hours To Survive10 Horror Filmmakers Overdue to Make New FeaturesThe 20 Best Horror Films of the Last 20 Years...
“Like a vampire, I feed off of the enthusiasm of young talent; it is invigorating to encounter new voices in the horror genre and to find out what motivates young minds to explore the art of the macabre,” said director and Master-in-Residence Larry Fessenden.
Throughout the course of the program, the fellows will be able to learn from and work with a team of Masters-in-Residence, headed by Shudder curator Sam Zimmerman, Fessenden, writer Clay McLeod Chapman and AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan. The program’s benefits, however, aren’t contained to the program alone. After the filmmakers have left the lab, they will each receive $5000 in grants and be mentored by a Master-in-Residence for an additional year.
Shudder Labs is currently running from June 13th to June 18th at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
The filmmakers, and their projects, of the first ever Shudder Labs are:
“As the Dust Settles,” Mike Olenick
An asteroid carrying the seeds of alien life crashes down in the neighborhood where a young couple is buying a house from a dishonest realtor. When the couple settles into their new home, they unpack a secret that will change the lives of everyone in the neighborhood: the truth about what happened to the home’s previous owner.”Mike Olenick focuses on forbidden desire, reproduction, transformation, and outer space in his projects. Mike’s films have streamed on Mubi, aired on Dutch television, and won awards at the Slamdance Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival. He studied photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and has edited films and videos with Guy Maddin, the Quay Brothers, Kelly Reichardt, Sadie Benning, and Jennifer Reeder.”“Beyond the Darkness,” Shane Wheeler
A modern sorcerer must save his friends from a dark dimension, but to succeed he must overcome his own suicidal depression.
“Trained as a biologist, Shane Wheeler wrote his first screenplay while working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea. Since then, he’s written, directed, and produced a number of award-winning shorts, as well as features Captive of a Death Mask (2012) & Stabbing with Frank (2016). Wheeler is a filmmaker raised in Brownstown, Michigan.”
“Black Bats,” Rick Spears
Feeling cast out from society, two teens begin a relationship under the belief that they’re transforming into monsters. What begins as a fantasy ends with horrific consequences as they both lose touch with reality.
“Rick Spears is mostly known for his comic book writing, having published eleven graphic novels and numerous comics including Teenager from Mars and Dead West. Rick has also written and directed a handful of award-winning short films. Black Bats will be his first feature.”
“In the Night,” Joshua Erkman
A 24-year-old running from his past starts a new job picking up the dead for a mortuary and begins to suspect powerful sinister forces are closing in on him.
“Joshua Erkman is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, a USC graduate, and drummer for La punk band Lamps.”
“Lovespell,” Courtney and Hillary Andujar
A teenage girl in Hawaii casts a dark spell that unlocks something sinister within herself.
“Courtney and Hillary Andujar are identical twins who grew up at punk shows and in diners in Texas. Courtney is a writer and designer who has collaborated with artists and activists such as Yoko Ono, Paul Chan, and Julian Assange. Hillary is an art director who has worked internationally with Tim Burton, David Lynch, and The Wachowskis.”
“Polybius,” Hunter Stephenson
It’s the summer of 1984 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The only thing booming louder than the arcades is the aircraft over Fort Bragg. A hip babysitter named Tiffany is determined to show the brothers Carmack the parent-free weekend of their lives. But her reality is bleeped when the younger brother, a vidiot ‘sperger named Palmer, is snatched after encountering a pylon-like arcade cabinet. Joined by a skeleton crüe, it’s up to Tiffany to kick ass, chew bubblegum and fore’s destroy this trippy gamer-gateway to hell.
“Hunter Stephenson is a Scottish punk. He is also a writer/producer based east of the Rockies. His recent Noisey doc-series Hot Sugar’s Cold World received the Honorable Mention at Hot Docs 2015, and was executive produced by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, and Danny McBride.”
“The Eyes,” Will Forbes
In 1970’s Upstate New York, there is a local legend of The Eyes, a spirit in the woods of the Catskill Mountains that consumes the souls of the lost and weary. When the favorite uncle of three local kids dies suddenly and under mysterious circumstances at the edge of those woods, the kids set out on a mission to discover the horrifying truth.
“Will Forbes has been composing and producing music for visual media for nearly a decade, until he realized the best way to achieve his goal of scoring horror films was to start making them himself. Originally from Upstate New York, he currently lives in Inglewood, CA with a cat and a tortoise.”
“The Sound of Darkness,” Melody Cooper
A blind musician and a deaf sculptor are haunted by a woman only they can see and hear, who leads them to take on an epic battle against terrifying legacy of racial violence and evil.
“Melody Cooper is a screenwriter, director and producer of Horror and Afrofuturism, and Winner of the 2016 Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition with her horror feature Monstrous, which also won Third Place at Slamdance. She is directing the supernatural thriller The Sound Of Darkness this summer.”
“Un-Seen,” Lucy Cruell
Some things once seen, cannot be unseen.
“Lucy Cruell is a graduate with honors from Duke University and Harvard Law School. Lucy has also been a published short story author, film critic for multiple publications, and entrepreneur. Her screenplays and pilots have won over three dozen awards and festivals including Shriekfest. She is now a full time writer, director, and starving artist.”
“What Happens Next Will Scare You,” Chris Lamartina
On the verge of losing their jobs, a group of click-bait journalists struggle to compile their scariest viral videos for a Halloween listicle, but when a cursed entry brings malevolent forces into their reality, our social media junkies must figure out they’re sharing harmful content before they become victims of their own monsters. “Chris Lamartina is a Baltimore filmmaker and has been delivering high concepts on low budgets, blending horror and comedy with such films as “Call Girl of Cthulhu” and “Wnuf Halloween Special” since 2007. With a curious knack for finding humor in the weird, Lamartina’s films have been critically acclaimed-playing film festivals across the globe, and garnering coverage by NPR, the New York Times, and MTV.” Related stories'31' Trailer: Rob Zombie Returns With Carnies Who Have Twelve Hours To Survive10 Horror Filmmakers Overdue to Make New FeaturesThe 20 Best Horror Films of the Last 20 Years...
- 6/15/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
The original Tales from the Crypt comics were nothing short of magnificent, so we can’t wait for the upcoming comic Burial Plots, an all-new horror anthology coming from Chris Lamartina, the director of Call Girl of Cthulhu, that will evoke… Continue Reading →
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- 4/22/2016
- by David Gelmini
- DreadCentral.com
For Jessica (Juliana Harkavy), the last shift at the precinct may be her final shift. Daily Dead is holding a contest for Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift, and two lucky winners will receive one Blu-ray copy of the film. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: Kickstarter details for Burial Plots and a trailer / release news for the Australian zombie comedy, Me and My Mates vs. the Zombie Apocalypse.
Last Shift Blu-ray Contest – Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Last Shift.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Last Shift Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on April 26th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
Last Shift Blu-ray Contest – Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Last Shift.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Last Shift Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on April 26th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
- 4/20/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
I have finally made, it fiends: this column contains a review in which I get to ramble about a talking penis. And everyone said I’d ne’er amount to nothin’…
Call Girl Of Cthulhu
Release Date: Available Now on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Written By: Chris Lamartina, Jimmy George Directed By: Chris Lamartina Starring: David Phillip Carollo, Melissa O’Brien, Nicolette le Faye
Yup, I reviewed this before, but as it now has an official Blu-ray/DVD release you creeps can finally see what I am raving about!
As I’ve mentioned before, horror comedies are a lot like a game of Battleship: there are way more misses than hits, and you just end up with those damn plastic pegs gettin’ all over the place. So, even though the trailer for Call Girl Of Cthulhu looked like one of the greatest things to e’er come my way,...
Call Girl Of Cthulhu
Release Date: Available Now on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Written By: Chris Lamartina, Jimmy George Directed By: Chris Lamartina Starring: David Phillip Carollo, Melissa O’Brien, Nicolette le Faye
Yup, I reviewed this before, but as it now has an official Blu-ray/DVD release you creeps can finally see what I am raving about!
As I’ve mentioned before, horror comedies are a lot like a game of Battleship: there are way more misses than hits, and you just end up with those damn plastic pegs gettin’ all over the place. So, even though the trailer for Call Girl Of Cthulhu looked like one of the greatest things to e’er come my way,...
- 12/31/2015
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
I’m always down for a gory H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, which means I frequently find myself re-watching Re-Animator when there are more important matters to address. And judging from the early reviews, directors Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George’s Lovecraft-inspired endeavor Call… Continue Reading →
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- 7/25/2015
- by Todd Rigney
- DreadCentral.com
Continuing to make sure that October remains the scariest month of the year, the Spooky Movie International Horror Movie Festival returns for its ninth annual edition on Oct. 9-18 at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Opening Night: It’s a double slam bang on Oct. 9 with two exciting new entries in insanely popular horror franchises. First up is V/H/S Viral, where the gruesome series goes online with startling Internet videos directed by Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo and more. Then, that’s followed by The Dead 2: India, another tale of international zombie madness once again directed by Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford.
Closing Night: It’s retro massacre time on Oct. 18 when local horror legend Count Gore De Vol hosts a special screening of Wes Craven’s classic mutant thriller The Hills Have Eyes. This special screening will be presented just like Count...
Opening Night: It’s a double slam bang on Oct. 9 with two exciting new entries in insanely popular horror franchises. First up is V/H/S Viral, where the gruesome series goes online with startling Internet videos directed by Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo and more. Then, that’s followed by The Dead 2: India, another tale of international zombie madness once again directed by Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford.
Closing Night: It’s retro massacre time on Oct. 18 when local horror legend Count Gore De Vol hosts a special screening of Wes Craven’s classic mutant thriller The Hills Have Eyes. This special screening will be presented just like Count...
- 10/6/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 7th annual Arizona Underground Film Festival will screen a smorgasbord of cult flicks, horror movies, comedies and provocative documentaries on September 19-27 at The Screening Room in Tucson, Az.
Opening Night: The fest kicks off on the 19th with Killers, a dark thriller all the way from Japan and Indonesia about a psychopath and a journalist who forge an unlikely, hellish bond.
Other films to be on the look out for include documentaries like the powerful Who Took Johnny? by acclaimed filmmakers Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley and David Belinson that examines the legacy of the disappearance of young Johnny Gosch in 1982; Penny Vozniak’s Despite the Gods, about Jennifer Lynch’s struggles to make a Bollywood musical; and Gideon C. Kennedy and Marcus Rosentrater’s wild Limo Ride.
Then, there are horror movies like the Lovecraft-inspired The Call Girl of Cthulu by Chris Lamartina; the slasher flick Crazy Bitches...
Opening Night: The fest kicks off on the 19th with Killers, a dark thriller all the way from Japan and Indonesia about a psychopath and a journalist who forge an unlikely, hellish bond.
Other films to be on the look out for include documentaries like the powerful Who Took Johnny? by acclaimed filmmakers Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley and David Belinson that examines the legacy of the disappearance of young Johnny Gosch in 1982; Penny Vozniak’s Despite the Gods, about Jennifer Lynch’s struggles to make a Bollywood musical; and Gideon C. Kennedy and Marcus Rosentrater’s wild Limo Ride.
Then, there are horror movies like the Lovecraft-inspired The Call Girl of Cthulu by Chris Lamartina; the slasher flick Crazy Bitches...
- 9/19/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Washington D.C.’s frightful Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival has just announced seven new feature films — and one spectacular classic — that will screen during the fest’s nightmarish ninth annual event that will run at the AFI Silver Theatre on October 9-18.
Read about the announced films and watch their trailers below:
V/H/S Viral, dir. Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo
This third entry in the popular V/H/S anthology series enters the realm of Internet videos that capture a variety of creepy scenarios.
Exists, dir. Eduardo Sanchez
Sanchez, who co-directed The Blair Witch Project, returns to the woods for this thriller about a group of friends who cross paths with an angry and vicious Sasquatch.
The Babadook, dir. Jennifer Kent
Actress Jennifer Kent makes her feature film directing debut with this creepy tale about a young boy who...
Read about the announced films and watch their trailers below:
V/H/S Viral, dir. Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo
This third entry in the popular V/H/S anthology series enters the realm of Internet videos that capture a variety of creepy scenarios.
Exists, dir. Eduardo Sanchez
Sanchez, who co-directed The Blair Witch Project, returns to the woods for this thriller about a group of friends who cross paths with an angry and vicious Sasquatch.
The Babadook, dir. Jennifer Kent
Actress Jennifer Kent makes her feature film directing debut with this creepy tale about a young boy who...
- 9/4/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
A wonderfully weird and comedic love letter to H.P. Lovecraft, Call Girl of Cthulhu is the latest from the director Chris Lamartina, the filmmaker behind last year’s endlessly charming 80’s throwback project, the Wnuf Halloween Special. This time, Lamartina and his co-writer Jimmy George tackle modern relationships and Cthulhu mythologies, resulting in truly one of the more insanely fun and well-conceived low-budget horror movies I’ve seen all year.
Call Girl of Cthulhu follows nice guy Carter Wilcox (David Phillip Carollo), a young artist desperate to lose his virginity and even more desperate to find the perfect girl to lose it to. Carter thinks he finally has found “the one” when he meets a local call girl Riley (Melissa O’Brien), who frequents the apartment building he lives in with his cranky roommate (Nicolette Le Faye). Unfortunately for Carter (and his intended), Riley has been targeted by a group...
Call Girl of Cthulhu follows nice guy Carter Wilcox (David Phillip Carollo), a young artist desperate to lose his virginity and even more desperate to find the perfect girl to lose it to. Carter thinks he finally has found “the one” when he meets a local call girl Riley (Melissa O’Brien), who frequents the apartment building he lives in with his cranky roommate (Nicolette Le Faye). Unfortunately for Carter (and his intended), Riley has been targeted by a group...
- 7/23/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Hey, man, everyone's gotta get laid sooner or later. Preferably sooner... From the makers of the stellar Wnuf Halloween Special comes Call Girl of Cthulhu and we have your first look right here.
The film boasts performances from David Phillip Carollo, Melissa O’Brien, Nicolette Le Faye, and George Stover (John Waters’s Desperate Living), with special effects by Jason M. Koch and Kaleigh Brown of Aftermath FX Studio (Return To Nuke ‘Em High).
Call Girl of Cthulhu is the sixth film from Baltimore-based Midnight Crew Studios.
The film will be released through Camp Motion Pictures later this year.
For more info visit "like" Call Girl of Cthulhu on Facebook, and follow Call Girl of Cthulhu on Twitter.
Synopsis
When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop a...
The film boasts performances from David Phillip Carollo, Melissa O’Brien, Nicolette Le Faye, and George Stover (John Waters’s Desperate Living), with special effects by Jason M. Koch and Kaleigh Brown of Aftermath FX Studio (Return To Nuke ‘Em High).
Call Girl of Cthulhu is the sixth film from Baltimore-based Midnight Crew Studios.
The film will be released through Camp Motion Pictures later this year.
For more info visit "like" Call Girl of Cthulhu on Facebook, and follow Call Girl of Cthulhu on Twitter.
Synopsis
When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop a...
- 5/30/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
You've heard me talk enthusiastically about the Wnuf Halloween Special on The Bloodcast, now, the makers of that "broadcast" have a new film which recently made an east coast festival premiere this month. It's an indie called Call Girl of Cthulhu and my oh my does it look like some grotesque, wet, outlandish offspring of H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Henenlotter and Stuart Gordon. The producers passed a trailer along to us and I'm definitely into seeing what this is about. Chris Lamartina - one of the directors of Wnuf Halloween Special - is at the helm.
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- 5/28/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Welcome to Halloween 1987- it’s time to watch the Wnuf nightly news with Gavin Gordon (Richard Cutting) and Deborah Merritt (Leanna Chamish), who are bringing us news highlights and some of their very best ghoulish gab because after all, it’s Halloween.
After Gavin and Deborah are done with the news, they toss the broadcast over to field reporter Frank Stewart (Paul Fahrenkopf), who is about to lead a camera crew, a team of psychics and their viewers into the notorious Webber House where years before a young man named Donald went on a killing spree murdering both of his parents in what seemed to be part an occult ritual.
Things begin harmlessly enough for Frank and his ragtag team of paranormal investigators as they search the creepy house looking for answers, but when they begin to suspect they’re not alone, that’s when the Wnuf Halloween Special...
After Gavin and Deborah are done with the news, they toss the broadcast over to field reporter Frank Stewart (Paul Fahrenkopf), who is about to lead a camera crew, a team of psychics and their viewers into the notorious Webber House where years before a young man named Donald went on a killing spree murdering both of his parents in what seemed to be part an occult ritual.
Things begin harmlessly enough for Frank and his ragtag team of paranormal investigators as they search the creepy house looking for answers, but when they begin to suspect they’re not alone, that’s when the Wnuf Halloween Special...
- 3/3/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
One Halloween night in 1987 public access channel Wnuf aired a special live broadcast that took viewers on a tour of the haunted Webber House. What took place on that night was deemed so frightening that it never aired again... but now? Now it's on DVD!
From the Press Release
The film that tricked even the most clever horror connoisseur is now headed to DVD. A staged Halloween broadcast for the whole family, brought to you by Baltimore independent filmmaker Chris Lamartina. Dripping with extras including a making of, bloopers, and trailers. Prepare for flashbacks of television yesteryear.
Synopsis
Local television personality Frank Stewart leads a group of paranormal investigators including a Catholic exorcist, Father Joseph Matheson, and the prolific husband-and-wife team Louis and Claire Berger. Together, the experts explore the darkest corners of the supposedly haunted Webber House, trying to prove the existence of the demonic entities within.
Did they...
From the Press Release
The film that tricked even the most clever horror connoisseur is now headed to DVD. A staged Halloween broadcast for the whole family, brought to you by Baltimore independent filmmaker Chris Lamartina. Dripping with extras including a making of, bloopers, and trailers. Prepare for flashbacks of television yesteryear.
Synopsis
Local television personality Frank Stewart leads a group of paranormal investigators including a Catholic exorcist, Father Joseph Matheson, and the prolific husband-and-wife team Louis and Claire Berger. Together, the experts explore the darkest corners of the supposedly haunted Webber House, trying to prove the existence of the demonic entities within.
Did they...
- 11/8/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
If you're not familiar with the infamous Wnuf Halloween Special, allow me to summarize. On Halloween night, in 1987, public-access television network Wnuf ran a live Halloween special, where they sent one of their reporters and a team of paranormal investigators into the allegedly haunted Webber House - the sight of several grisly murders. The goal was to find out if the house was actually haunted, and the sights and sounds caught on film ended up being so frightening and horrifying that the broadcast was never aired again - all footage thought to be destroyed, immediately thereafter.
Over 25 years later, the footage has been found, and has just been released onto both DVD and VHS - the first time the terrifying special has ever been released, since its original broadcast in 1987. Dare you watch it?
If this sounds and looks like the set-up for a found-footage hoax, well, then you're smarter than I am.
Over 25 years later, the footage has been found, and has just been released onto both DVD and VHS - the first time the terrifying special has ever been released, since its original broadcast in 1987. Dare you watch it?
If this sounds and looks like the set-up for a found-footage hoax, well, then you're smarter than I am.
- 10/31/2013
- by John Squires
- FEARnet
It’s entirely possible that the best new movie for this Halloween season is a scrappy, Diy found-footage effort from Baltimore called Wnuf Halloween Special. Writer-director Chris Lamartina has been toiling in the no-budget horror trenches for awhile, but Wnuf (cowritten by Jimmy George and Pat Storck) could be his hot ticket to cult success. I doubt any other movie in 2013 debuted on VHS before DVD, but that’s just one of the many things that makes Wnuf Halloween Special special. The movie is presented as a taped broadcast of a late-'80s news program where some local anchors are trying their hand at getting as sensational as the big leagues by executing a live, Halloween-night investigation into the supposedly haunted Weber House where a mass murder occurred. The...
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- 10/23/2013
- by John Gholson
- Movies.com
These days, it wouldn't be hard to trip and land on a found-footage horror film. The format has really taken off in the past decade with first-time filmmakers like Oren Peli picking up a movie camera and making homemade paranormal magic happen.
The anthology series "V/H/S" recently employed the popular style with a videotape-centric frame tale, and now a new project has surfaced that also references the nostalgic era of mom and pop video stores and schlocky VHS cover art — except this film combines it with the weirdness of public-access television, Satanic panic media coverage, and all things 1980s.
Fictional found-footage film "Wnuf Halloween Special" is billed as a lost local TV program recorded in October of 1987. Boob tube host Frank Stewart takes a team of supernatural investigators into the haunted Webber House — a trope we've seen in horror cinema numerous times.
Director Chris Lamartina went to great...
The anthology series "V/H/S" recently employed the popular style with a videotape-centric frame tale, and now a new project has surfaced that also references the nostalgic era of mom and pop video stores and schlocky VHS cover art — except this film combines it with the weirdness of public-access television, Satanic panic media coverage, and all things 1980s.
Fictional found-footage film "Wnuf Halloween Special" is billed as a lost local TV program recorded in October of 1987. Boob tube host Frank Stewart takes a team of supernatural investigators into the haunted Webber House — a trope we've seen in horror cinema numerous times.
Director Chris Lamartina went to great...
- 10/17/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- MTV Movies Blog
by David Harkness, Morehorror.com
In 1980 you may have been pleasantly mortified by Charles Kaufman’s Mother’s Day. In 1993 people everywhere were mesmerized by a simple weatherman who finds himself living the same day over and over again in Harold Ramis’Groundhog Day. In 1996, July 4th was given a new name in terror when aliens invaded the U.S. in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day. In 2010 you may have cuddled up to Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, or checked out Chris Lamartina’s President’s Day. In 2013, and for every year after, you will associate the holiday that falls annually on May 7th with the horrors, humor, and startling imagery of a high school educator gone mad in Jared Masters’ Teachers’ Day, a shocking, unexpected to-be hit holiday movie.
It was on May 7th, 2013, on Teachers’ Day, nationwide, that Frolic Pictures announced wrapping principle photography on...
In 1980 you may have been pleasantly mortified by Charles Kaufman’s Mother’s Day. In 1993 people everywhere were mesmerized by a simple weatherman who finds himself living the same day over and over again in Harold Ramis’Groundhog Day. In 1996, July 4th was given a new name in terror when aliens invaded the U.S. in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day. In 2010 you may have cuddled up to Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, or checked out Chris Lamartina’s President’s Day. In 2013, and for every year after, you will associate the holiday that falls annually on May 7th with the horrors, humor, and startling imagery of a high school educator gone mad in Jared Masters’ Teachers’ Day, a shocking, unexpected to-be hit holiday movie.
It was on May 7th, 2013, on Teachers’ Day, nationwide, that Frolic Pictures announced wrapping principle photography on...
- 5/9/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
It was last November when we first told you about Witch’s Brew, the beer-soaked gross-out horror comedy about what happens when a pissed off witch lays a curse upon your lager. A new trailer proclaims this blood-battered brewski is ready for serving.
Those of you living in Baltimore, Maryland, will get first crack at Witch’s Brew when it makes its world premiere at The Charles Theater on October 19th. Here are the rest of the gory details regarding the impending fermentation of the evil that is Witch’s Brew, followed by the special premiere trailer:
Just in time for Halloween, Baltimore filmmakers Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George unleash bottles of beer and buckets of blood in the gory horror-comedy Witch's Brew.
Synopsis: When two micro-brewers screw over the town witch, she curses their latest batch of alcohol. Anyone who drinks it suffers a gruesome, ironic demise.
Written and directed by Lamartina,...
Those of you living in Baltimore, Maryland, will get first crack at Witch’s Brew when it makes its world premiere at The Charles Theater on October 19th. Here are the rest of the gory details regarding the impending fermentation of the evil that is Witch’s Brew, followed by the special premiere trailer:
Just in time for Halloween, Baltimore filmmakers Chris Lamartina and Jimmy George unleash bottles of beer and buckets of blood in the gory horror-comedy Witch's Brew.
Synopsis: When two micro-brewers screw over the town witch, she curses their latest batch of alcohol. Anyone who drinks it suffers a gruesome, ironic demise.
Written and directed by Lamartina,...
- 9/18/2011
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
2011 – 87 mins. – Not Rated
D: Chris Lamartina
C: Chris Magorian, Gary-Kayi Fletcher, Ryan Thomas, Megan Rippey, Lauren Lakis, Shawn C. Phillips, Ruby Larocca, Nicolette Le Faye
Two microbrewers find themselves up the creek after a witch curses their beer and it starts killing off anyone that drinks it.
Lately, horror films in general have been so serious in tone that they have forgotten about that sense of wonder or fun that made a lot of the horror films of yesteryear so popular with fans of the genre. Witch’s Brew harkens back to those days when horror films used to be fun, when they wanted to provide audiences with a good time. Witch’s Brew allows writer/director/producer Chris Lamartina to go full throttle in terms of creativity. He just really goes for it. Witch’s Brew is a perfect combination of modern day inventiveness while still capturing the feeling...
D: Chris Lamartina
C: Chris Magorian, Gary-Kayi Fletcher, Ryan Thomas, Megan Rippey, Lauren Lakis, Shawn C. Phillips, Ruby Larocca, Nicolette Le Faye
Two microbrewers find themselves up the creek after a witch curses their beer and it starts killing off anyone that drinks it.
Lately, horror films in general have been so serious in tone that they have forgotten about that sense of wonder or fun that made a lot of the horror films of yesteryear so popular with fans of the genre. Witch’s Brew harkens back to those days when horror films used to be fun, when they wanted to provide audiences with a good time. Witch’s Brew allows writer/director/producer Chris Lamartina to go full throttle in terms of creativity. He just really goes for it. Witch’s Brew is a perfect combination of modern day inventiveness while still capturing the feeling...
- 9/10/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Broken Springs I guess horror films involving killer beer or moonshine, as is the case here, are starting to become another trend in the indie horror world. Broken Springs, from director Neeley Lawson, came first, but you also have Witch's Brew from Chris Lamartina that's in post production. And of course, how could anyone forget about Street Trash which came out in the 1980's? However, in that, everyone melted to death.
In Broken Springs, three teenage boys have their world turned upside down by tainted moonshine. They must rescue their loved ones and battle a marauding horde of zombies while fighting their way out of town.
I like how the trailer combines elements of small town nostalgia with zombies. I guess it all speaks to me growing up as a kid living out in the middle of nowhere and, of course, watching zombie films. Looking at the trailer, Broken Springs...
In Broken Springs, three teenage boys have their world turned upside down by tainted moonshine. They must rescue their loved ones and battle a marauding horde of zombies while fighting their way out of town.
I like how the trailer combines elements of small town nostalgia with zombies. I guess it all speaks to me growing up as a kid living out in the middle of nowhere and, of course, watching zombie films. Looking at the trailer, Broken Springs...
- 6/13/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Usually here at Big Daddy Horror Reviews, we stick mainly to the business of spotlighting horror film features, both short and feature length. However, whenever we think a worthwhile endeavor comes along, we just got to spotlight it. From the creative mind of micro budget horror filmmaker Chris Lamartina (President's Day) comes The Lost Trailer Park: Never Coming Attractions.
So what is "Lost Trailer Park: Never Coming Attractions"?
Chris Lamartina It's the pet project of Chris Lamartina and writer Jimmy George (frequent co-writer and co-producer). Once a month, Chris Lamartina will be producing a trailer (movie preview) for a non-existent feature-length movie. Most of the time for campy tongue-in-cheek horror flicks, but not always. If it falls into the category of exploitation or grind house flicks, then it's definitely fair game.
The trailers are just that, exercises in short form content. Chris Lamartina takes the best parts of a proposed...
So what is "Lost Trailer Park: Never Coming Attractions"?
Chris Lamartina It's the pet project of Chris Lamartina and writer Jimmy George (frequent co-writer and co-producer). Once a month, Chris Lamartina will be producing a trailer (movie preview) for a non-existent feature-length movie. Most of the time for campy tongue-in-cheek horror flicks, but not always. If it falls into the category of exploitation or grind house flicks, then it's definitely fair game.
The trailers are just that, exercises in short form content. Chris Lamartina takes the best parts of a proposed...
- 3/18/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Indie horror is alive and well and 2010 proved just that. President's Day from director Chris Lamartina had a unique premise involving a serial killer dressed in an Abe Lincoln costume killing the particpants of a high school presidential election. Adam Green stepped up and did his best work to date with Frozen. Jen and Slyvia Soska turned in the one of a kind Dead Hooker in a Trunk. Joshua Grannell balanced nostalgia with a very modern story of a theater owner killing off patrons while filming it to display the deaths as the latest entries in a short film series. Outside of 2010, indie horror has brought as the Saw series, Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project. With Kenneyville, Brooks Hunter tells the story a young woman (Kelsey Olu) who goes missing. Two private detectives are hired to find her. With undercover aliases, Charlie (Dany Gehshan) and Kelly (Vanessa Broze...
- 2/28/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
"When they ran for student council... they didn't know... they'd be running for their lives!"
From no budget indie horror director Chris Lamartina (Book of Lore) and starring destined to be cult icon Shawn C. Phillips comes President's Day. The critically acclaimed slasher deals with a high school election that turns deadly when a homicidal maniac dressed like Abe Lincoln starts killing off candidates.
According to people close to the film's distribution, President's Day is heading for a early to mid July release on both the DVD and Blu-Ray formats with a director's commentary. How patriotic it would be to see some good old slashings and beheadings at the hands of one Mr. Abe Lincolin in time for the fourth of July!
President's Day, which played at various film festivals & in Maryland at various theaters was recently deemed one of the top ten horror films of 2010 by this very site.
From no budget indie horror director Chris Lamartina (Book of Lore) and starring destined to be cult icon Shawn C. Phillips comes President's Day. The critically acclaimed slasher deals with a high school election that turns deadly when a homicidal maniac dressed like Abe Lincoln starts killing off candidates.
According to people close to the film's distribution, President's Day is heading for a early to mid July release on both the DVD and Blu-Ray formats with a director's commentary. How patriotic it would be to see some good old slashings and beheadings at the hands of one Mr. Abe Lincolin in time for the fourth of July!
President's Day, which played at various film festivals & in Maryland at various theaters was recently deemed one of the top ten horror films of 2010 by this very site.
- 2/12/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
The horror genre is known for being the genre in which plenty of up and coming talents have been discovered. Why don't we take a look: Margot Kidder and Bob Clark of Black Christmas, Cory Monteith in Killer Bash, Shannon Elizabeth in Jack Frost, Brandon Fehr in Final Destination, and so on and so on.
With this first annual edition, I wanted to bring some attention to slightly unknown talent that's been making waves or has the potential to do so in the horror community. Anybody in this talented lineup has the potential to become a breakthrough star in my opinion and I wanted to highlight that. I fully believe in the talent of each person that's here on this list. These are the ones you might not have heard of yet, but you should be keeping an eye out on them......
Veronika London - For Veronika London it isn't...
With this first annual edition, I wanted to bring some attention to slightly unknown talent that's been making waves or has the potential to do so in the horror community. Anybody in this talented lineup has the potential to become a breakthrough star in my opinion and I wanted to highlight that. I fully believe in the talent of each person that's here on this list. These are the ones you might not have heard of yet, but you should be keeping an eye out on them......
Veronika London - For Veronika London it isn't...
- 1/30/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
The Evil Dead from director Sam Raimi. The Last House on the Left or The Hills Have Eyes from director Wes Craven. Hatchet from director Adam Green. Q from director Larry Cohen. Night of the Living Dead from legendary George A. Romero. What do these films, these directors have in common with Andrew N. Shearer, you ask? See, those were all low budget films (by Hollywood standards anyway!) from a group of directors who were all passionate about the craft of horror and making statements through that medium on culture and what's going on. That same passion, that same philosophy comes across in Andrew N. Shearer's No budget horror films that take seemingly familiar horror stories and mix that with elements of Gen X New Queer (in this case, lesbian) cinema resulting in films that have distinction and stand out for there originality in what many horror fans feel...
- 1/15/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Horror was at its peak from 1973 - 1988 so much so that there was TV series based off of horror films, toys, shirts and merchandising all connected to the various films that came out around this time. So it goes without saying, that some of the most active genre fans out there are somewhere in the mid 20 to early 30's age bracket since they grew up watching the films released during this era which included the A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, The Exorcist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, The Amityville Horror, An American Werewolf in London, Hellraiser, Dawn of the Dead, etc.
Now go back and think to what made you fall in love with the genre to begin with. Was it the sense of dread of a sluggishly paced zombie sneaking upon you to eat your brains? Was it the grindhouse kind of flavor that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre embodied?...
Now go back and think to what made you fall in love with the genre to begin with. Was it the sense of dread of a sluggishly paced zombie sneaking upon you to eat your brains? Was it the grindhouse kind of flavor that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre embodied?...
- 1/2/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
When the ever vigilant Avery sent me over word of a new horror film titled Witch's Brew, I was disappointed to learn it was not based on the penny machine of the same name I once won $50 on at a local casino. This Witch's Brew is a gross-out horror comedy about the gory things that happen when beermakers piss off mistresses of the dark arts.
The possibly drunken creation of writer-director Chris Lamartina, the premise of Witch's Brew goes a little something like this:
Two microbrewers screw over a coven of witches, and in turn, the coven curses their latest batch of beer. From that point forward, anyone who drinks the cursed alcohol meets a gruesome ironic demise.
Watching the teaser trailer for this beer-soaked splatter flick, I couldn't help but think Strange Brew meets Class of Nukem High. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mr. Lamartina gets a...
The possibly drunken creation of writer-director Chris Lamartina, the premise of Witch's Brew goes a little something like this:
Two microbrewers screw over a coven of witches, and in turn, the coven curses their latest batch of beer. From that point forward, anyone who drinks the cursed alcohol meets a gruesome ironic demise.
Watching the teaser trailer for this beer-soaked splatter flick, I couldn't help but think Strange Brew meets Class of Nukem High. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mr. Lamartina gets a...
- 11/22/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
I recently saw a post on another website (http://evilontwolegs.com/) mentioning the various reasons as to why they prefer not going to the theater for the latest horror film. Reading over it, his reasons were obvious ones that I can fully understand would prevent one from heading out to the local multiplex. So in response, I wanted to state my reasons, as a loyal horror fan, for still heading out to see almost every horror movie that comes my way via the theater wreather that is Paranormal Activity 2 to Case 39 or even, dare I say it, My Soul To Take.
I guess I bleed horror films. I believe in supporting our fellow horror film makers. Imagine if Jen & Slyvia Soska (Dead Hooker In A Trunk) or Chris Lamartina (President's Day) or Brandon Slagle (Vivid) got carte blanche to make a big budget horror film. This could be...
I guess I bleed horror films. I believe in supporting our fellow horror film makers. Imagine if Jen & Slyvia Soska (Dead Hooker In A Trunk) or Chris Lamartina (President's Day) or Brandon Slagle (Vivid) got carte blanche to make a big budget horror film. This could be...
- 11/14/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Chris Lamartina, the director behind the destined to be cult classic that is President's Day (due out on DVD in early spring of 2011 complete with audio commentary), has just unleashed the trailer to what appears to be another cult classic in the making - Witch's Brew. Shawn C. Phillips, also from President's Day and Sasquatch Attack (aka Attack of the Sasquatch), co-stars. This was Maryland based filmmaker Chris Lamartina's highest budgeted film to date at around $13,000 (it's hard to believe, but President's Day was made for around $5000) and it also promises to have a body count that exceeds all of his films (Book of Lore, Grave Mistakes, Dead Teenagers, President's Day, Faces of Schlock [segment director]) combined.
Witch's Brew deals with two micro-brewers who screw over the town witch. She curses their latest batch of beer. From that point on, everyone who drinks it suffers a gruesome ironic death.
Witch's Brew...
Witch's Brew deals with two micro-brewers who screw over the town witch. She curses their latest batch of beer. From that point on, everyone who drinks it suffers a gruesome ironic death.
Witch's Brew...
- 10/25/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Miguel Rodriguez talks about his Horrible Imaginings, Horrible Imaginings film festival that is.
I have been following Monster Island Resort podcast from the beginning. It is hosted by self-proclaimed, horror enthusiast Miguel Rodriguez. The podcast itself is great, well done and very smart. It is all across the board as far as horror goes, but don't worry, he is a zombie fan though and though. Miguel Rodriguez seems to not be complacent with just being a podcaster though, he has decided to host his very own movie festival called Horrible Imaginings. I have to say that I am impressed, so I talked to Miguel Rodriguez about his new endeavor and this is what he had to say,
Haz: Tell us a little about yourself, what was your drive to start the Horrible Imaginings film festival in San Diego? I'm sure you must be excited.
Mr: My name is Miguel Rodriguez,...
I have been following Monster Island Resort podcast from the beginning. It is hosted by self-proclaimed, horror enthusiast Miguel Rodriguez. The podcast itself is great, well done and very smart. It is all across the board as far as horror goes, but don't worry, he is a zombie fan though and though. Miguel Rodriguez seems to not be complacent with just being a podcaster though, he has decided to host his very own movie festival called Horrible Imaginings. I have to say that I am impressed, so I talked to Miguel Rodriguez about his new endeavor and this is what he had to say,
Haz: Tell us a little about yourself, what was your drive to start the Horrible Imaginings film festival in San Diego? I'm sure you must be excited.
Mr: My name is Miguel Rodriguez,...
- 10/11/2010
- HugAZombie
Nicolette Le Faye is a Maryland based actress whose out to make a name for herself in the indie horror film scene while staying true to her Maryland roots and doing things her way, even if isn't the most popular choice. She stole scenes in Chris Lamartina's President's Day, a gory fun little film in which a killer in an Abraham Lincoln costume kills off those running for student body president. Nicolette was so convincing as the school bi*ch, you would think she was one in real life! She is also featured in The Chainsaw Sally Show directed by Jimmyo Burril and co-starring the legendary Debbie Rochon. We hope that Nicolette continues to take risks, push boundaries and never confirms to someone else's vision of what they think she should be. We had the chance to ask her a few questions about her work. Here is what Nicolette Le Faye had to say.
- 10/9/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
2007 - 110 mins. - Not Rated
D: Chris Lamartina
C: A.J. Hyde, Carol Randolph, Derrick Lampkins, Dan Vidor, D. Patrick Bauer
A college student's girlfriend goes missing and is later found murdered. The death bears a striking resemblance to a series of murders twenty years ago from a killer known as The Devil's Left Hand. He and his friends set out to to solve the mystery surrounding the death and get caught up in the town's history of unsolved crimes.
Chris Lamartina tackles a lot of material for a film with such a low budget and that ambition must be admired. Book Of Lore creates a realistic atmosphere. It captures the feeling of living in a small town. It captures the nostalgia of teenage years. There was always that one season in everyone's life in which they had an adventure they had to embark upon or a mystery that needed to be solved.
D: Chris Lamartina
C: A.J. Hyde, Carol Randolph, Derrick Lampkins, Dan Vidor, D. Patrick Bauer
A college student's girlfriend goes missing and is later found murdered. The death bears a striking resemblance to a series of murders twenty years ago from a killer known as The Devil's Left Hand. He and his friends set out to to solve the mystery surrounding the death and get caught up in the town's history of unsolved crimes.
Chris Lamartina tackles a lot of material for a film with such a low budget and that ambition must be admired. Book Of Lore creates a realistic atmosphere. It captures the feeling of living in a small town. It captures the nostalgia of teenage years. There was always that one season in everyone's life in which they had an adventure they had to embark upon or a mystery that needed to be solved.
- 9/22/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
America's 16th president Abraham Lincoln goes on the rampage in the independent horror film President's Day.
The film, which had an exclusive screening in Morgantown, West Virginia, last Friday, is described as "a gruesome horror-comedy that's inspired by a healthy mix of presidential politics and campy 80s slasher films, where a high school election turns deadly after a homicidal maniac dressed as Abraham Lincoln starts murdering the candidates."
The filmmakers say the result is an amalgam of Election and Sleepaway Camp Part 2. There is also social satire as all the characters have names that echo those of the last Us presidential election.
Featuring performances by George Stover (John Water's Desperate Living and Polyester), Ruby Larocca (Flesh for the Beast, Lord of the G-Strings), and Shawn C. Phillips (star of YouTube's The Don and Murph Show), President's Day made its debut at the Charles Theatre in Baltimore in February.
Chris Lamartina,...
The film, which had an exclusive screening in Morgantown, West Virginia, last Friday, is described as "a gruesome horror-comedy that's inspired by a healthy mix of presidential politics and campy 80s slasher films, where a high school election turns deadly after a homicidal maniac dressed as Abraham Lincoln starts murdering the candidates."
The filmmakers say the result is an amalgam of Election and Sleepaway Camp Part 2. There is also social satire as all the characters have names that echo those of the last Us presidential election.
Featuring performances by George Stover (John Water's Desperate Living and Polyester), Ruby Larocca (Flesh for the Beast, Lord of the G-Strings), and Shawn C. Phillips (star of YouTube's The Don and Murph Show), President's Day made its debut at the Charles Theatre in Baltimore in February.
Chris Lamartina,...
- 4/26/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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