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Indie film company Slaughtered Lamb Productions has released the first set of stills from Killer Rack, a horror comedy shooting at the Pierce Arrow Film Arts Center in Buffalo, New York. Check 'em out right here!

The film, written by Paul McGinnis, is directed by Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, Dry Bones) and is co-produced by Lamberson, McGinnis, and Rod Durick (Filming the Undead: How to Make Your Own Zombie Movie).

Newcomer Jessica Zwolak stars as Betty, a young woman who discovers her new breast implants are man-eating monsters. Debbie Rochon co-stars as Dr. Cate Thulu, Lloyd Kaufman plays psychiatrist Howard Foin, and Brooke Lewis voices the titular monsters.

The photos depict Betty's initial examination by Dr. Thulu and a confrontation which occurs later in the film. Robert Bozek plays Thulu's nurse, Herbie East. Additional photos are behind-the-scenes shots of a disarming date between Betty and her boyfriend, Dutch (Sam Qualiana,...

by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

More details are rolling in about the upcoming horror film Killer Rack. We recently reported that scream queen Brooke Lewis joined the cast. Now add another scream queen in Debbie Rochon as well as genre icon Lloyd Kaufman.

Check out the full announcement below and follow the link under the details to help with the crowdfunding campaign.

From The Press Release:

Cult filmmakers Roy Frumkes and Brett Piper have joined Killer Rack, which Gregory Lamberson directs in Buffalo, New York later this summer. Frumkes, best known for writing and producing Street Trash and directing The Definitive Document of the Dead, has signed on as a producer and will play a role in the film, as he did on Lamberson's Slime City Massacre, and Piper, who has amassed a long list of credits as director, writer, producer and visual effects artist, including Shock-o-Rama, Bacterium and the upcoming Queen Crab,...

by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

Brooke Lewis, one of my favorite scream queens, has been tapped to become the Killer Rack!

The horror comedy is set to start filming this summer in Buffalo, New York. Check out all the titillating details below.

From The Press Release:

Author and director Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, Dry Bones) announces that actress Brooke Lewis has joined the cast of Killer Rack, the horror comedy he directs later this summer in Buffalo, New York from an award winning screenplay by Paul McGinnis. Lewis will provide the voice for the titular creature.

"Bring on the Boobs!" says Lewis, known for the film iMurders, her humorous character Ms. Vampy, and for tireless charity work on behalf of breast cancer research. "As a woman who has felt challenged by being labeled 'buxom' and 'voluptuous' since her teens, then battling constant body image issues as an actress in Hollywood,...

Author and director Gregory Lamberson dropped us a line to announce that actress Brooke Lewis has joined the cast of Killer Rack, the horror comedy he directs later this summer in Buffalo, New York, and he included some killer concept art!

Lamberson will be directing from an award-winning screenplay by Paul McGinnis, and Lewis will provide the voice for the titular creature.

From the press Release:

"Bring on the Boobs!" says Brooke Lewis, known for the film iMurders, her humorous character Ms. Vampy, and for tireless charity work on behalf of breast cancer research.

"As a woman who has felt challenged by being labeled 'buxom' and 'voluptuous' since her teens, then battling constant body image issues as an actress in Hollywood, I am overwhelmed with excitement for the opportunity to play Boobs in the absolutely hilarious and smart satirical feature film Killer Rack, written by Paul McGinnis and directed by Greg Lamberson,...

This past June filmmaker Gregory Lamberson mentioned Killer Rack as a movie he had lined up to direct once he completed a few other projects that were in the works, and now that they've wrapped, he's kicking off the horror comedy in style with a teaser poster, casting news, and more.

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Filmmaker and author Gregory Lamberson (Slime City, The Jake Helman Files) has announced the next film he'll direct is Killer Rack, a comedy written by Paul McGinnis, who has a supporting role in Dry Bones, which Lamberson co-directed with Michael O'Hear.

Lamberson is co-producing the film with McGinnis and Rod Durick, who contributed special make-up effects to Lamberson's Slime City Massacre as well as Dry Bones. The trio have tapped Debbie Rochon to play a key role in the film.

Killer Rack tells the story of Betty, a young woman who gets breast implants which...

Author and filmmaker Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, Carnage Road) has released the trailer for the new horror comedy Dry Bones, which he wrote and co-directed. The film stars co-director Michael O’Hear and Debbie Rochon, who plays three roles in the film. Kevin VanHentenryck, John Renna, Paul McGinnis and Kathy Murphy co-star. Special Make-Up Effects were created by Rod Durick and Arick Szymecki, and the band Sealcats provided the score, including two versions of the … Continue reading →...

Author and filmmaker Gregory Lamberson sent over a casting update for Dry Bones, the new horror comedy he wrote and is co-directing, along with some behind-the-scenes stills that shed a little light on what we can expect from the film. Read on for the scoop!

From the Press Release:

Debbie Rochon has been cast as the female lead in Dry Bones, currently filming in Buffalo, New York. The horror comedy was written by Gregory Lamberson and is co-directed and co-produced by Lamberson and Michael O’Hear, who stars. Rochon and O’Hear appeared in Lamberson’s Slime City Massacre, and O’Hear has a role in Rochon’s directorial debut, Model Hunger, on which Lamberson served as line producer and first assistant director.

Dry Bones tells the story of Drew (O’Hear), a man traumatized as a child by a monster under his bed. Decades later, after therapists have convinced...

Buffalo, NY-based Buffalo Nickel Productions is in production on a trio new feature films: Decayed, Banshee, and Frankenstein’s Patchwork Monster. Emil J. Novak, co-founder of the Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival, is the driving creative force behind all three films.

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Decayed, a quasi-anthology of four interlinked tales involving a worldwide plague of “zuvembies,” is the closest to completion, with the rough cut being fine tuned now. The stories feature characters adrift on a boat, a la Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat; members of a pirate radio station spreading information that the government wishes to contain; researchers seeking a cure to the plague; and the patrons of a bar who discover it’s sometimes better to go home early. The film showcases special make-up effects by Arick Szymecki, Andrew Lavin, and Amy Toth of Anomaly Effects, and many stills from the production appear in the new book...

The second annual Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival has announced its film selections and schedule. In all, 48 films will screen at the five-day festival, which runs from Wednesday, October 26th through Sunday, October 30th at the Screening Room Cinema Cafe in Amherst, New York.

From the Press Release:

The festival will host a 30th anniversary screening of the slasher classic The Burning, which was filmed in North Tonawanda. Other non-competition, showcase features include Street Trash, The Definitive Document of the Dead, and Swirlee, all hosted by special guest Roy Frumkes; the stoner comedy Trippin’, which will be introduced by Alternative Cinema’s Paige Davis; and the world premiere of the zombie anthology Decayed, written and directed by Emil J. Novak, who co-founded Buffalo Screams with author and filmmaker Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, “The Jake Helman Files”).

Features competing for awards include Absentia, which just won the top prize at...

The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival will honor artist Tony Mauro for his achievements as a movie poster artist at its second annual festival and has also added special make-up effects artist Rod Durick to its guest lineup. Buffalo Screams runs five days, from Wednesday, October 26th, through Sunday, October 30th, at the Screening Room Cinema Café, located in the Northtown Plaza on Sheridan Drive in Amherst, New York.

From the Press Release:

While working in Hollywood, Mauro created the posters for such studio films as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Friday Night Lights, and Zodiac. His genre credits include Black Christmas, The Village, Ang Lee’s The Hulk, Lady in the Water, The Covenant, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Beckoning. Mauro returned to his home town of Buffalo to concentrate on his fantasy art, including book covers.

Durick was the special make-up effects...

Poster artist Tony Mauro and Special Make-Up Effects Artist Rod Durick join Buffalo Screams lineup

The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival will honor artist Tony Mauro for his achievements as a movie poster artist at its second annual festival, and has added special make-up effects artist Rod Durick to its guest lineup. Buffalo Screams runs five days, from Wednesday, October 26th through Sunday, October 30th, at the Screening Room Cinema Café, located in the Northtown Plaza on Sheridan Drive in Amherst, New York.

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If there is any subject closer to a young horror filmmaker's heart than zombies, we don't know what it is. Most every horror director has touched on zombies in some way, and it remains a favorite subject to this day for aspiring filmmakers. Trust us; we see a lot of stuff come in for zombie films.

But how to make yours different? Or even get it made at all? Sure, you love horror and have a soft spot for the walking dead - but how do you get your idea in front of a camera and, eventually, in front of an audience?

Rod Durick is here to help.

Published by Barron's Educational Series (and available September 1st), Rod Durick (of Zombified Studios in Buffalo, New York) has written the instructional filmmaking book Filming the Undead: How to Make Your Own Zombie Movie. Durick promises that he will school you aspiring...

Special make-up effects artist Rod Durick reveals the secrets to making zombie films in new book.

Special make-up effects artist Rod Durick of Zombified Studios in Buffalo, New York schools aspiring filmmakers in the ways to develop, create, and produce their own walking dead films in the instructional filmmaking book Filming the Undead: How to Make Your Own Zombie Movie. The affordable trade paperback will be published by Barron’s Educational Series on September 1st, and is available for pre-order now from such online retailers as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com.

Durick has carved out a career for himself as one… More...

Filmmaker Gregory Lamberson passed along an update on Slime City Massacre, the sequel to his 1988 flick Slime City, which is gearing up to shoot next month. He additionally sent some photos of a makeup FX test session with actress Jennifer Bihl and a postapocalyptic concept image; you can see those below.

“I developed this project simultaneously with another one called Deadly Rites,” Lamberson says. “I suspected that the executive producer on Deadly Rites was jerking my chain, and when my suspicion proved correct, I had Slime City Massacre ready to go. I knew that the only way I was going to get another feature off the ground was to say, ‘I’m going to make this film come hell or high water. Somehow I’ll raise the money and begin production on July 11.’ I was only off by one day—we’re shooting on July 10!”

Slime City Massacre is set...