Stars: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman | Written by Chris Thomas Devlin | Directed by Samuel Bodin
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman | Written by Chris Thomas Devlin | Directed by Samuel Bodin
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
- 7/21/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening?
Barbenheimer.
When the dust settles, no matter which film wins the box office, the word "Barbenheimer" will probably stick with us. Dictionaries will eventually have to adopt "Barbenheimer" into the official linguistic canon as a reference to two seemingly diametrically opposed pop culture events debuting simultaneously.
For you see, two of the most anticipated and publicized movies of 2023 — Greta Gerwig's comedy "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's biopic "Oppenheimer" — come out the exact same weekend. Some folks are looking forward to just one film, some folks the other, but many avid cinephiles are planning to see both. And they're taking those plans so seriously that the question of which movie to see first is literally making headlines.
Yup, it seems like everyone in the world is planning to see "Barbie" and/or "Oppenheimer" this weekend.
Barbenheimer.
When the dust settles, no matter which film wins the box office, the word "Barbenheimer" will probably stick with us. Dictionaries will eventually have to adopt "Barbenheimer" into the official linguistic canon as a reference to two seemingly diametrically opposed pop culture events debuting simultaneously.
For you see, two of the most anticipated and publicized movies of 2023 — Greta Gerwig's comedy "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's biopic "Oppenheimer" — come out the exact same weekend. Some folks are looking forward to just one film, some folks the other, but many avid cinephiles are planning to see both. And they're taking those plans so seriously that the question of which movie to see first is literally making headlines.
Yup, it seems like everyone in the world is planning to see "Barbie" and/or "Oppenheimer" this weekend.
- 7/21/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
AMC Networks’ horror SVOD service Shudder is extending to Australia and New Zealand. The genre label is already available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, the UK and Ireland.
Recent Shudder Originals include Zoom-based chiller Host, eco-horror The Beach House, Blood Machines, Blood Quantum, Impetigore, Lake of Death, Random Acts of Violence, Scare Package, The Room, Yummy and Z.
Shudder Original Series include Creepshow from showrunner/executive producer Greg Nicotero, supernatural action series The Dead Lands (in Australia only) and Shudder exclusive Missions.
“We’re thrilled to share our unrivaled collection of curated horror and supernatural movies and series with Australian and New Zealand audiences just in time for Halloween season, where we feature our biggest and best programming of the year,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager. “These new launches continue our growing international expansion and our commitment to offer premium genre entertainment to a global audience.”...
Recent Shudder Originals include Zoom-based chiller Host, eco-horror The Beach House, Blood Machines, Blood Quantum, Impetigore, Lake of Death, Random Acts of Violence, Scare Package, The Room, Yummy and Z.
Shudder Original Series include Creepshow from showrunner/executive producer Greg Nicotero, supernatural action series The Dead Lands (in Australia only) and Shudder exclusive Missions.
“We’re thrilled to share our unrivaled collection of curated horror and supernatural movies and series with Australian and New Zealand audiences just in time for Halloween season, where we feature our biggest and best programming of the year,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager. “These new launches continue our growing international expansion and our commitment to offer premium genre entertainment to a global audience.”...
- 8/17/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
When a space vessel goes rogue, fleet commander Galdor (Walter Dickerson) tasks Captain Vascan (Anders Heinrichsen) and his co-pilot/mechanic Lago (Christian Erickson) with retrieving it. Shooting it down from space to crash land on an unknown planet proves this story’s beginning rather than its end as we discover the destination was hardly some random accident. No, it’s exactly where the ship was headed because it is the only place with inhabitants who know its plight. Unlike Vascan’s crude sadist who’s all too happy to destroy it, Bald (Natasha Cashman) understands there’s more to its machinery than metal and her ritual to free its soul can commence as the sun becomes eclipsed. Once dismissed as “artificial intelligence” by its creators, Mima (Joëlle Berckmans) is granted human form.
Directors Seth Ickerman (who co-write with Paul La Farge) channels the visceral aesthetics of H.R. Giger and Clive Barker...
Directors Seth Ickerman (who co-write with Paul La Farge) channels the visceral aesthetics of H.R. Giger and Clive Barker...
- 5/28/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The month of May officially kicks off today, and that means we have a new batch of films headed to the small screen over the next few weeks to keep you entertained. Everything kicks off today with The Wretched from the Pierce Brothers, which is a super fun witch-tastic time, and then next week, digital releases amp up with a handful of releases hitting on Cinco de Mayo: Arkansas, Cry Havoc, Exorcism at 60,000 Feet, and the new Creepshow series as well.
A few days later, Z from writer/director Brandon Christensen arrives exclusively on Shudder on May 7th, and the 8th looks to be a very busy day with the digital releases of A Good Woman is Hard to Find, Vampire Burt’s Serenade, and the next installment of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark series, Delivered. On May 12th, you can finally own Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man...
A few days later, Z from writer/director Brandon Christensen arrives exclusively on Shudder on May 7th, and the 8th looks to be a very busy day with the digital releases of A Good Woman is Hard to Find, Vampire Burt’s Serenade, and the next installment of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark series, Delivered. On May 12th, you can finally own Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man...
- 5/1/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Okay. Technically, tomorrow is the beginning of May. We know it doesn't feel like it. What with 2020 being the longest January on record getting through the days, weeks and months has been a challenge. Fortunately the good folks at Shudder are doing their darndest to ensure that May goes a little better. The big four titles that Shudder is touting this month are Canadian horror flick Z, Korean creature featurs Monstrum, the complete cut of Seth Ickerman's Blood Machines with a rip-roaring soundtrack from Carpenter Brut and talking head thriller Confessional from Brad T. Gottfred. And you paruse the rest of the titles coming to the streaming service this month you can see that there are more great titles in...
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- 4/30/2020
- Screen Anarchy
With May right around the corner, Shudder is making sure horror is in full bloom with another month of movies both old and new, with their upcoming titles including Brandon Christensen's Z, the second season of Wolf Creek, Dario Argento's Tenebrae, and the ’90s slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us in May, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"Z
Winner “Scariest Film” – Popcorn Frights
Audience Award Winner – Calgary International Film Festival
A couple is shaken to the core when their eight-year-old son begins hanging out with a creepy and ominous imaginary friend. Starring Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool), Written...
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us in May, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"Z
Winner “Scariest Film” – Popcorn Frights
Audience Award Winner – Calgary International Film Festival
A couple is shaken to the core when their eight-year-old son begins hanging out with a creepy and ominous imaginary friend. Starring Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool), Written...
- 4/23/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"A hallucinogenic journey through space!" Shudder has released one final epic trailer for the crazy indie sci-fi project Blood Machines, written and directed by Seth Ickerman – we've featured two other trailers previously. Which will finally be available to watch on Shudder in May. This French lo-fi sci-fi is actually a "medium-length" film coming in at 50 minutes, making it still a worthy watch. The film tells the story of an A.I. escaping its spaceship as a female ghost and challenging two blade runners into an galactic chase. Featuring a score by the synthwave artist Carpenter Brut kicking this up a few notches. The project is a sequel to the music video Turbo Killer, the first collaboration between Brut and Ickerman. The full-length Blood Machines stars Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Noémie Stevens, Christian Erickson, Joëlle Berckmans, and Natasha Cashman. This is easily the best trailer yet, and I can't wait to watch this.
- 4/17/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It's been a long time coming, kids, but Seth Ickerman's cosmic opera Blood Machines is almost here! Not only has a brand new trailer arrived confirming their May 21 release date on Shudder but the original score from Carpenter Brut has just been released as well. Blood MacHines follows two space hunters tracking down a machine trying to free itself. After taking it down, they witness a mystical phenomenon: the ghost of a young woman pulls itself out of the carcass, as if the spaceship had a soul. Trying to understand its nature, they start chasing the woman through space... Early 2017, after a decade creating stunning imagery in their garage with no budget, Seth Ickerman are kicking into high gear with Blood MacHines, an...
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- 4/16/2020
- Screen Anarchy
As the calendar changes from October to November, Mexican horror fans will ascend for the twelfth year on Morbido Fest, a Mexico City-based festival dedicated to all things macabre, organized and executed by Morbido Group CEO and founder Pablo Guisa Koestinger.
This year’s festival will kick off Oct. 30 with a spectacle grander in its ambition than any Morbido inauguration before. Taking place within the Esperanza Iris City theater, more than 60 artists will perform six choreographed musical numbers with Guisa taking the reigns as master of ceremonies. Those familiar with Guisa and his public persona won’t be surprised to hear that his opening night wardrobe alone includes eight costumes, with more to come in the following days.
Somehow, the TV network owner, festival director, writer, publisher and radio host found time to make appearances in three high-profile films screening at this year’s fest: Paco Plaza’s “Eye for an Eye,...
This year’s festival will kick off Oct. 30 with a spectacle grander in its ambition than any Morbido inauguration before. Taking place within the Esperanza Iris City theater, more than 60 artists will perform six choreographed musical numbers with Guisa taking the reigns as master of ceremonies. Those familiar with Guisa and his public persona won’t be surprised to hear that his opening night wardrobe alone includes eight costumes, with more to come in the following days.
Somehow, the TV network owner, festival director, writer, publisher and radio host found time to make appearances in three high-profile films screening at this year’s fest: Paco Plaza’s “Eye for an Eye,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Back in 2016, Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard (under the pseudonym “Seth Ickerman”) became internet sensations after directing Carpenter Brut’s “Turbo Killer” music video. Some seven million views and three years later, “Ickerman” returns with more hyper-stylized synthwave sensationalism in the fiftyish-minute sequel Blood Machines. More intergalactic trance-pop imperialism, more Carpenter Brut nightline bass thumping, […]
The post ‘Blood Machines’ Review: It’s Sci-Fi Style Over Substance, But in a Good Way [Fantastic Fest 2019] appeared first on /Film.
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- 10/2/2019
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
We’ve got a crazy new trailer for you to watch for an awesome looking Heavy Metal style sci-fi space opera called Blood Machines. This movie has a very fun and wild tone and vibe and it looks like it’s going to be a wild ride!
Blood Machines is a 30-minute short film and sequel to the Carpenter Brut indie music video Turbo Killer, which you can watch below. It tells the story of "an A.I. escaping its spaceship then turning into a female ghost who will challenge two blade runners to a galactic chase." Here's the synopsis for Blood Machine:
Two space hunters are tracking down a machine trying to free itself. After taking it down, they witness a mystical phenomenon: the ghost of a young woman pulls itself out of the machine, as if the spaceship had a soul. Trying to understand the nature of this entity,...
Blood Machines is a 30-minute short film and sequel to the Carpenter Brut indie music video Turbo Killer, which you can watch below. It tells the story of "an A.I. escaping its spaceship then turning into a female ghost who will challenge two blade runners to a galactic chase." Here's the synopsis for Blood Machine:
Two space hunters are tracking down a machine trying to free itself. After taking it down, they witness a mystical phenomenon: the ghost of a young woman pulls itself out of the machine, as if the spaceship had a soul. Trying to understand the nature of this entity,...
- 9/20/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Toronto After Dark have announced the first ten films in this year's lineup. Tadff is the go to genre event of the Fall here in our fair city and the festival continues to bring a collection of festival favorites and potential undiscovered gems. This first wave of films includes the lauded horror comedy Extra Ordinary, terrific teen terror flick The Wretched, and Ant Timpson's Come to Daddy starring Elijah Wood. On the very pretty to look at scale be sure not to miss Seth Eckerman and Carpenter Brut's Blood Machines and the more important Paradise Hills from Alice Waddington, co-written with Brian DeLeeuw and Spanish autuer Nacho Vigalondo. All ten films can be found, most with trailers, over at the Toronto After Dark site. ...
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- 9/19/2019
- Screen Anarchy
*there are a few spoilers here. Directors/writers: Raphaël Hernandez, Savitri Joly-Gonfard. Cast: Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Noémie Stevens, Christian Erickson. Blood Machines is a film from directors: Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard; collectively, they are known by the pseudoname Seth Ickerman. Together, they also created the visually stunning music video "Turbo Killer," with composer Carpenter Brut. Fans should view this video, to know how visually stunning Blood Machines actually is. In the story for Blood Machines, two scavengers target a ship and down it on a remote planet. On the surface, these two men encounter a demonic artificial intelligence, which they pursue to ghostly ships' graveyard. The film has a spiritual element, which is very dark in tone. The many upside down crosses might clue viewers into where this film is going (to hell). Meanwhile, this film fan was reminded of a few other films and music videos, while watching this one: Event Horizon.
- 9/19/2019
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Blood Machines is the latest sci-fi thriller from directing duo Raphael Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard. Very much in the vein of cyberpunk, the film's first trailer shows lots of space wreckage and a woman emerging from a metal structure. Set to show on Shudder at a future date, the film's score has been composed by Carpenter Brut; his musical scoring is very much synthwave, or new retro wave. This project was developed from a Kickstarter project. And, Blood Machines stars: Elisa Lasowski ("Versailles"), Anders Heinrichsen (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets), Noémie Stevens and several others. If you missed it last week, the trailer for Blood Machines is below. This title is only fifty minutes long, so story details are minimal. Revealed so far, an artificial intelligence has escaped her spaceship, only to turn into a technological ghost. Now, she is in search of two blade runners, with...
- 9/16/2019
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Ahead of its premiere at Fantastic Fest, Collider has scored the Insane trailer for Shudder‘s upcoming sci-fi film Blood Machines, which looks like visionary glory of the highest order. The site details, “Created by Seth Ickerman and Carpenter Brut, who spent a decade creating their imagery, Blood Machines is a crowd-funded English language French production that follows two space […]...
- 9/13/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The official festival tour for Seth Ickerman's Blood Machines is on its way this Saturday, with almost thirty invitations to festivals around the World. It will start at L'Etrange in Paris, the following night at Strasbourg Fantastic Fest and Motelx. The Us premiere is at Fantastic Fest. There is still Lund, Morbido, Brooklyn Horror and Toronto After Dark in the weeks to come. These are just some of the fests where you can catch the festival cut of this much anticipated follow up to Turbo Killer. And just minutes ago the official trailer was released and it is glorious! There was an email out today to backers of the crowdfunding campaign which promises the supporters that we would be getting a final 'director's cut' of...
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- 9/13/2019
- Screen Anarchy
"Bring us back the moolah, or you and Lago will be in big trouble!" This looks awesome!! A full trailer has debuted for an indie sci-fi project titled Blood Machines, written and directed by Seth Ickerman. This French lo-fi sci-fi is actually a "medium-length" film coming in at 50 minutes, telling the story of an A.I. escaping its spaceship as a female ghost and challenging two blade runners into an galactic chase. Featuring a score by the synthwave artist Carpenter Brut. The film is a sequel to the music video Turbo Killer, the first collaboration between Brut and Ickerman. The full-length Blood Machines stars Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Noémie Stevens, Christian Erickson, Joëlle Berckmans, and Natasha Cashman. I totally love the look of everything in this, from the Alien-inspired ship with gnarly teeth added, to the Blade Runner-esque grainy visuals that still have a unique style all their own.
- 9/13/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A film that we’re incredibly excited to check out at this year’s Fantastic Fest is Blood Machines, the sequel to Carpenter Brut‘s music video “Turbo Killer“. A sci-fi journey blended with elements of horror and the supernatural, the movie has already been acquired by the horror streaming service Shudder to be released in English and […]
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- 9/13/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
The guys who run the Kickstarter campaign for Blood Machines: Turbo Killer 2 are not fooling around: with more than double the target amount netted and less than 24 hours remaining on the counter, they still introduce new rewards! One of those new extras is a bigger version of the hardcover artbook which was one of the rewards already, with plenty more pages added. So Carpenter Brut and Seth Ickerman are targeting my weak spots now, are they? Don't tell me action figures and an even sexier poster are next... oh wait, they are. Blood Machines is a follow-up slash sequel slash embellishment to the magnificent Turbo Killer videoclip released last year, and in it, a couple of space bounty hunters pursue what seems to...
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- 1/4/2017
- Screen Anarchy
If you - like me - are among those who were wildly impressed by French duo Seth Ickerman's retro-futurist music video Turbo Killer and have been eagerly awaiting their reunion with musical act Carpenter Brut for their expanded sequel, Blood Machines, well ... things just got a whole lot more interesting. We wrote about the Blood Machines Kickstarter campaign - set up to raise the funds to go push the length of the sequel up to thirty minutes while also greatly increasing the scope of things - a couple weeks back and the good news comes first with word that they have already exceeded their goal with that. And what does that mean? It means we're getting more ... more may mean a further expansion...
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- 12/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
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