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Directed By: Gerald Kargl
Written By: Gerald Kargl & Zbigkniew Rybczynski
Cinematography & Editor: Zbigkniew Rybczynski
Cast: Erwin Leder, Silvia Rabenreither, Edith Rosset, Rudolf Gotz, Claudia Schinko
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
Written & Directed By: Rob Zombie
Cinematography By: Brandon Trost
Editor: Glen Garland & Joel Pashby
Music by: Tyler Bates
Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Caroline Williams, Octavia Spencer, Margot Kidder, Richard Riehle, Sean Whalen, Brea Grant, Mary Birdsong, Angela Trimbur, Howard Hesseman, Duane Whitaker, Mark Boone Junior, Daniel Roebuck, Chris Hardwick, Weird Al Yankovich
Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn’t too far off and will continue his murdering ‘Halloween’ rampage until he gets his sister all to himself
Directed By: Tyler MacIntyre
Written By: Chris Lee Hill & Tyler MacIntyre
Based on an Original Screenplay By: Justin Olson
Cinematography By: Pawel Pogorzelski
Editor: Martin Pensa Continue reading “TRAGEDY GIRLS (2017)”
Written & Directed By: Nicolas Pesce
Cinematography By: Zach Kuperstein
Editor: Connor Sullivan & Nicolas Pesce
Cast: Kiki Magalhaes, Clara Wong, Will Brill, Flora Diaz
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form.
Written & Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Editor: John Gilroy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton, Rene Russo, John Malkovich, Tom Sturridge, Toni Colette, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Digs, Billy Magnussen
A satire set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.
Directed By: Gilbert Adler
Written By: A.L. Katz & Gilbert Adler
Story By: Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis
Based on the Comic Books “TALES FROM THE CRYPT: By: William M. Gaines Cinematography: Tom Priestley
Editor: Stephen Lovejoy
Cast: Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak, Chris Sarandon, Corey Feldman, Aubrey Morris, Phil Fondacro, John Kassir, William Sadler, Robin Douglas
The old bag of bones ‘Cryptkeeper’ returns for his second full length feature flick about a funeral home that’s a front for a whorehouse run by vampires
Continue reading “TALES FROM THE CRYPT: BORDELLO OF BLOOD (1996)”
Directed By: Vincente Aranda
Written By: Vincente Aranda
Based on The Novella “Carmilla” By: Sheridan Le Fanu
Story By: Matthew Lewis
Cinematography By: Ferando Arribas
Editor: Pablo G. Del Amo
Cast: Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo, Rosa Rodriguez A young husband’s sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.
Directed by: Greg McLean
Written By: James Gunn
Cinematography by: Luis David Sansas
Edited By; Julia Wong
Cast: John Gallagher Jr., Adria Arjona, Tony Goldwyn, John C McGinley, Melonie Diaz, Sean Gunn, Owain Yeoman, Josh Brenner, Michael Rooker, Abraham Benrubi, Brent Sexton, Gregg Henry, Rusty Schwimmer, James Earl
In a twisted social experiment, eighty Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company’s intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
Directed By: Joe Lynch
Written By: Matias Caruso
Cinematography By: Steve Gainer
Editor: Josh Ethier
Cast: Steven Yuen, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Dallas Roberts, Kerry Fox, Mark Frost, Caroline Chikezie, Annamaria Serda, Nina Senicar
Mayhem tells the story of a virus that infects a corporate law office on the day attorney Derek Cho is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out their wildest impulses. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life.
Written & Directed By: Eric England
Cinematography By: Mike Testin
Editor: Josh Ethier
Cast: Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Alice MacDonald, Matt Mercer, Katie Stegmen, Dave Holmes, Simon Barrett, Charley Koontz
A young girl is date-raped by a stranger at a party and contracts what she thinks is a sexually-transmitted disease – but is actually something much worse. This film has a bunch of original ideas and really takes a different approach to the type of story it is telling.
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