by Marc Patterson Always enjoyable is when we are given access to the inner workings of a new young director. Nicholas Humphries, a student of the Vancouver Film School, one of the best film schools in North America, is a new director with an eye for style. The Little Mermaid is a fantasy-filled dark re-imagining [...]

Deus Irae (2010) Written/Directed by: Pedro Cristiani, Simon Ratziel Edited by: Guillermo Gatti Special Effects by: Simon Ratziel / Rabbid EFX Cast: Gastón Ricaud, Bernarda Pagés, Julia Perette, Simon Ratziel, Ana Pauls Review by Marc Patterson If you think Hollywood has re-invented and re-hashed the exorcism/demon possession film in nearly every way they possible then [...]

Horror in Short: Date Night Directed by Joops Fragale Produced by Michael Long Starring: Erin Nicole Cline, David Fuit Runtime: 14:52 Review by Marc Patterson Director Joops Fragale (Simone) has finished his new short film Date Night, the fourth installment in his four part “Love Gone Bad” series. As fair warning (the same warning Joops [...]

Brutal Talk: Chatting with Drew Daywalt Interview conducted by Marc Patterson, May 2011 It’s always really awesome for us when we get to talk to figures in the horror community who we love, and whose work we admire on a personal level. Drew Daywalt is one of those guys. A talented filmmaker and director he [...]

We received the following note from the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin TX and thought it was worthy enough to pass on just “as is” – It’s a rather cool project that we’re excited to see develop… Animal attacks. Beheadings. Cannibals. Etc. Twenty-six individual chapters that showcase death in all its strange and [...]

Récompence (2010) Studio: Film Bizarro Release Date: September 2010 Directed By: Ronny Carlsson Cast: Mariette Lilja, Sven-Erik Andersson, Ronny Carlsson & Nathalie Bergenstråhle Review By: Annie Riordan Swedish filmmaker Ronny Carlsson is a masochist. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. After reading one of the nastier and more blatantly asshole-ripping reviews that [...]

by Marc Patterson I always enjoy watching Drew Daywalt’s short films. Every time he premieres a new one I make sure I can take a quiet moment in a dimly lit room to soak every frame in. He is a true master of horror, packing more suspense and fear into his shorts than some “horror” [...]

by Marc Patterson While cruising through the net looking for something else entirely I found the trailer for a really wild looking film from alternative art-house gore-meister Calvin Reeder that will be screening at Sundance called The Oregonian. For those who haven’t been paying close attention, Sundance is right around the corner – starting up [...]

by Marc Patterson – Editor-in-chief After talking about the best of the larger studio based horror films and giving an overall picture of the genre in my first two parts of this year in review it’s time to turn to the best of independent horror and non-Hollywood productions. For me, this is where the most [...]

Frazer Lee Interview Conducted by Keri O’Shea – December 2010 UK horror director and writer Frazer Lee started big, bold and nasty with his film career: On Edge (1999) cast Doug ‘Pinhead’ Bradley as a dental phobic’s worst nightmare – and Doug returned to work with Frazer in his next short, Red Lines, in 2002. [...]

by Marc Patterson I have to admit, I feel pretty lucky. I’ve been on a fairly solid streak of getting some decent films tossed my way as of late. I know I’ve just cursed myself, but hey… it’s all good. The latest bit of original horror is a short twenty-minute film from young filmmaker Zach [...]

by Marc Patterson It’s the annual Ariescope Halloween short featuring Joe Lynch, Adam Green, and our favorite, Mr. Paul Solet back as Nicolo. This year the boys are out for a little trick or treatin’ fun and come across “the honorable”. You know, the big ass bowl of candy left out by lazy Halloween hating [...]

Horror in Short: Candy Directed by Sage Hall Starring: Sage Hall, Jesse Kozel, Jenny Beres Runtime: 8:09 Review by Marc Patterson This past week I got to sit down to view a retro-flavored horror comedy that runs in the vein of John Waters’ Serial Mom meets Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. The story is centered on eccentric [...]

Simone (2010) Runtime: 16:50 Directed by: Joops Fragale Written by: Frazer Lee Cast: Jennifer Ward, Erin Nicole Cline I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – short films are some of my favorites. The longer I’ve been reviewing films the less tolerance I seem to have for films filled with fluff for the [...]

by Marc Patterson Sometimes good timing is everything. Morning cup o’ joe in hand I log on to the ol’ interwebs and find that not but a half hour ago Drew Daywalt has posted his newest short to the web. Happy Thursday to me! If you’re not familiar with Drew Daywalt, there’s no better time [...]

by Marc Patterson Last Friday we provided a teaser trailer for Mike Pecci’s newest grindhouse short featuring The Suicide Girls. Well it looked like a little press worked because this week he got word that the short has officially been picked up by Suicide Girls and is slated to premiere exclusively on Suicide Girls on [...]

by Marc Patterson A little over a year ago we provided a review of Adam Wingard’s pill popping, psychotropic nightmare Pop Skull. (You can read that review here). Since then Adam’s been busy at work with a variety of projects. One of those is a series of short films known as “Forgot My Meds”. These [...]