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Shorts Reviews: Starf*ckers, Letter to a Pig, and Censor of Dreams (SLASH Film Festival)

The following three shorts were part of SLASH Film Festival’s Fantastic Futures competition, which consisted of nine shorts from student filmmakers or first-time filmmakers. Starfuckers Writer/director/star Antonio Marziale delivers a gripping revenge thriller of a decidedly different kind with his short film Starfuckers (2022). The short begins with genre elements such as plastic sheets covering a floor and an atmosphere thick with tension as a young man (Cole Doman) meets a middle-aged man (Jonathan Slavin) with power dynamics obviously skewed toward the older man, who happens to be a film director. The director seems to make a habit of promising male escorts roles in his films that never come about, and a second young man (Marziale) shows up unexpectedly to make his feelings known in an unforgettable way. Marziale gives a jaw-dropping, star-making drag performance that lingers long after the short ends, and is reason enough to seek out this powerful take on Hollywood corruption, though there are plenty of

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Joseph Perry
Oct 17, 2022

This October The Director Of ‘The Descent’ Is Back With ‘The Lair’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Neil Marshall, the brilliant filmmaker behind The Descent comes a new tale of terror, The Lair, out this October. In the film, “When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half human, half alien – are awakened.” Co-written by Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning), The Lair stars Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Eight), Jonathan Howard (Thor: The Dark World), and Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”). RLJE Films will unleash The Lair in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on October 28, 2022, with the film heading to Shudder early next year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 7, 2022

The New Gameplay Trailer For ‘Dead Space’ Will Make You Whole…

Electronic Arts today has rekindled the fire in fans with the release of a new gaMeplay trailer for the upcoming remAke of the cult classic space survival horror game, Dead Space. Players will return to the USG Ishimura as Isaac ClarKe, an engineEr tasked with making repairs on the floating ghost ship where his girlfriend worked. Soon Isaac learns that the ship was overrUn by an infection turning the crew into nightmarish creatureS called the Necomorphs. Isaac must make his way through the ship to find survivors and uncover the mystery behind a strange alien artifact and the cult that worships it. Dead Space Was rebuilt from the ground up to make the claustropHobic atmosphere more immersive than befOre with new graphics and sound design. Returning fans shouLd be warned that the story may be the same but nEw narrative elements have been added to this remake to add a new layer of terror in the cold vacuum of space.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Oct 4, 2022

The New ‘Callisto Protocol’ Trailer Hints At The Truth Of Black Iron Prison

Today Striking Distance Studio has released a brand-new trailer that gives a sneak peek at The Callisto Protocol’s main setting: Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security facility located on Jupiter’s moon Callisto, where something has gone terribly wrong. From the original creators of Dead Space, the game stars Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Blade Runner: Black Lotus) and Karen Fukuhara (Suicide Squad, The Boys) who are fighting for survival as well as seeking answers to what exactly is happening on the Callisto moon along with what happened to a lost colony that was present on the moon before the Black Iron Prison was constructed. The Callisto Protocol will be coming out on December 2nd for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Sep 29, 2022

New ‘Slash/Back’ Trailer Teases An Alien Invasion

A young girl and her friends discover that there is an alien invasion coming for their small town in Slash/Back and we’ve got the new trailer. The movie is, “Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f*** with the girls from Pang.” Directed by Nyla Innuksuk, Slash/Back stars Tasiana Shirley, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Alexis Vincent-Wolfe, and Chelsea Prusky. The film is from Mixtape VR, Stellar Citizens, Scythia Films, and Red Marrow. Producers include Nyla Innuksuk, Daniel Bekerman (The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2022

Family Friendly Flick ‘Kids Vs. Aliens’ Lands New Trailer

RLJE Films and Shudder have teamed up for the anticipated horror/sci-fi film, Kids VS. Aliens which makes its World Premiere today at Fantastic Fest. To mark the occasion, the first teaser trailer has been released, The family-friendly flick is directed by Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun, V/H/S/2, and Vice TV’s hit Dark Side of the Ring franchise), who co-wrote the film with John Davies (Hobo with a Shotgun). In the movie, “all Gary wants is to make awesome home movies with his best buds. All his older sister Samantha wants is to hang with the cool kids. When their parents head out of town on Halloween weekend, an all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night.” Kids VS. Aliens stars Dominic Mariche (“Are You Afraid of the Dark?,” “Team Zenko Go”), Phoebe Rex (“The Last Divide”), Calem MacDonald (“The Umbrella Academy”), Asher Grayson Percival

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 24, 2022

‘Scorn’ Shows Off In New 8 Minute Gameplay Video

Developer Ebb Software and publisher Kepler Interactive today released new footage for their upcoming horror FPS Scorn. The 8-minute video will take players into the Gigeresque bio-labyrinth where grotesque horrors await. In Scorn, players will explore a surreal, nightmarish world where players will come to understand the character they’re guiding, if only slightly. Tasked with exploring this hellscape, players must learn its rules and master its puzzles without any guidance or support, being left to fend for themselves in a totally immersive experience. By uncovering these secrets and gathering the strange bio-mechanical tools that seem to have been used by the civilization that previously called this world home, surviving might just be possible. Finding the truth, however, is an entirely different question. Scorn will be coming out October 21 for PC, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Sep 21, 2022

Adam Driver Heads Back To Outer Space For Sam Raimi’s Sci-Fi Thriller ’65’

Star Wars actor Adam Driver is heading back to outer space in 65. Sam Raimi has teamed up with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers of A Quiet Place, for the sci-fi thriller. After being in limbo for several years the film that also stars Ariana Greenblat (Avengers: Infinity War), and Chloe Coleman (My Spy), finally has a release date from Columbia Pictures, March 10, 2023. In 65, an astronaut who crashes lands on a mysterious planet and discovers that he is not alone. Zainab Azizi and Debbie Liebling are producing along with Raimi. We’ll update you when we know more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 17, 2022

Netflix Unleashes New Series ‘The Imperfects’ Today! (Trailer)

Netflix’s series “The Imperfects,” premiering today, combines Mexican folklore, superheroes, and horror, and features a group of kids being experimented on leading them to become hybrids. The new trailer introduces us to kids transformed into a banshee, a chupacabra, and a succubus. “The Imperfects” combines aspects of Mexican folklore and element of the superhero genre. The official synopsis goes like this: “After undergoing an experiment that gives them monstrous side effects, Abbi, Tilda, and Juan join forces to find the scientist responsible – and a cure. For fans of quirky super squads ready to take on the world, think “The Umbrella Academy” meets “The Boys”. The cast of the sci-fi action series includes Italia Ricci, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Rhianna Jagpal, Iñaki Godoy, Rhys Nicholson, Kyra Zagorsky, Celina Martin, and Jedidiah Goodacre. Shelley Eriksen and Dennis Heaton (“The Order”), as well as the creative minds behind “Fargo” and “Van Helsing” executive produce. “The Imperfects” premieres on Netflix today, September 8, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 8, 2022

Tessa Thompson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Are Heading Into Space For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Ash’

Musician-turned-filmmaker Flying Lotus (Kuso) not only has a segment in the upcoming horror anthology V/H/S/99, but he also has a new feature film on the way, the sci-fi thriller Ash, starring Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden). Deadline reports that the film centers on ”a woman (Thompson) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed and must then decide if she can trust the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, he begins to wonder how innocent she really is.” Flying Lotus will also create the score for Ash which is being executive produced by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie). Jonni Remmler penned the original script. XYZ Films and GFC Films are producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022

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Shorts Reviews: Starf*ckers, Letter to a Pig, and Censor of Dreams (SLASH Film Festival)

The following three shorts were part of SLASH Film Festival’s Fantastic Futures competition, which consisted of nine shorts from student filmmakers or first-time filmmakers. Starfuckers Writer/director/star Antonio Marziale delivers a gripping revenge thriller of a decidedly different kind with his short film Starfuckers (2022). The short begins with genre elements such as plastic sheets covering a floor and an atmosphere thick with tension as a young man (Cole Doman) meets a middle-aged man (Jonathan Slavin) with power dynamics obviously skewed toward the older man, who happens to be a film director. The director seems to make a habit of promising male escorts roles in his films that never come about, and a second young man (Marziale) shows up unexpectedly to make his feelings known in an unforgettable way. Marziale gives a jaw-dropping, star-making drag performance that lingers long after the short ends, and is reason enough to seek out this powerful take on Hollywood corruption, though there are plenty of

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Oct 17, 2022

This October The Director Of ‘The Descent’ Is Back With ‘The Lair’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Neil Marshall, the brilliant filmmaker behind The Descent comes a new tale of terror, The Lair, out this October. In the film, “When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half human, half alien – are awakened.” Co-written by Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning), The Lair stars Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Eight), Jonathan Howard (Thor: The Dark World), and Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”). RLJE Films will unleash The Lair in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on October 28, 2022, with the film heading to Shudder early next year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 7, 2022

The New Gameplay Trailer For ‘Dead Space’ Will Make You Whole…

Electronic Arts today has rekindled the fire in fans with the release of a new gaMeplay trailer for the upcoming remAke of the cult classic space survival horror game, Dead Space. Players will return to the USG Ishimura as Isaac ClarKe, an engineEr tasked with making repairs on the floating ghost ship where his girlfriend worked. Soon Isaac learns that the ship was overrUn by an infection turning the crew into nightmarish creatureS called the Necomorphs. Isaac must make his way through the ship to find survivors and uncover the mystery behind a strange alien artifact and the cult that worships it. Dead Space Was rebuilt from the ground up to make the claustropHobic atmosphere more immersive than befOre with new graphics and sound design. Returning fans shouLd be warned that the story may be the same but nEw narrative elements have been added to this remake to add a new layer of terror in the cold vacuum of space.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Oct 4, 2022

The New ‘Callisto Protocol’ Trailer Hints At The Truth Of Black Iron Prison

Today Striking Distance Studio has released a brand-new trailer that gives a sneak peek at The Callisto Protocol’s main setting: Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security facility located on Jupiter’s moon Callisto, where something has gone terribly wrong. From the original creators of Dead Space, the game stars Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Blade Runner: Black Lotus) and Karen Fukuhara (Suicide Squad, The Boys) who are fighting for survival as well as seeking answers to what exactly is happening on the Callisto moon along with what happened to a lost colony that was present on the moon before the Black Iron Prison was constructed. The Callisto Protocol will be coming out on December 2nd for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Sep 29, 2022

New ‘Slash/Back’ Trailer Teases An Alien Invasion

A young girl and her friends discover that there is an alien invasion coming for their small town in Slash/Back and we’ve got the new trailer. The movie is, “Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f*** with the girls from Pang.” Directed by Nyla Innuksuk, Slash/Back stars Tasiana Shirley, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Alexis Vincent-Wolfe, and Chelsea Prusky. The film is from Mixtape VR, Stellar Citizens, Scythia Films, and Red Marrow. Producers include Nyla Innuksuk, Daniel Bekerman (The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2022

Family Friendly Flick ‘Kids Vs. Aliens’ Lands New Trailer

RLJE Films and Shudder have teamed up for the anticipated horror/sci-fi film, Kids VS. Aliens which makes its World Premiere today at Fantastic Fest. To mark the occasion, the first teaser trailer has been released, The family-friendly flick is directed by Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun, V/H/S/2, and Vice TV’s hit Dark Side of the Ring franchise), who co-wrote the film with John Davies (Hobo with a Shotgun). In the movie, “all Gary wants is to make awesome home movies with his best buds. All his older sister Samantha wants is to hang with the cool kids. When their parents head out of town on Halloween weekend, an all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night.” Kids VS. Aliens stars Dominic Mariche (“Are You Afraid of the Dark?,” “Team Zenko Go”), Phoebe Rex (“The Last Divide”), Calem MacDonald (“The Umbrella Academy”), Asher Grayson Percival

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 24, 2022

‘Scorn’ Shows Off In New 8 Minute Gameplay Video

Developer Ebb Software and publisher Kepler Interactive today released new footage for their upcoming horror FPS Scorn. The 8-minute video will take players into the Gigeresque bio-labyrinth where grotesque horrors await. In Scorn, players will explore a surreal, nightmarish world where players will come to understand the character they’re guiding, if only slightly. Tasked with exploring this hellscape, players must learn its rules and master its puzzles without any guidance or support, being left to fend for themselves in a totally immersive experience. By uncovering these secrets and gathering the strange bio-mechanical tools that seem to have been used by the civilization that previously called this world home, surviving might just be possible. Finding the truth, however, is an entirely different question. Scorn will be coming out October 21 for PC, and Xbox Series X/S.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Sep 21, 2022

Adam Driver Heads Back To Outer Space For Sam Raimi’s Sci-Fi Thriller ’65’

Star Wars actor Adam Driver is heading back to outer space in 65. Sam Raimi has teamed up with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers of A Quiet Place, for the sci-fi thriller. After being in limbo for several years the film that also stars Ariana Greenblat (Avengers: Infinity War), and Chloe Coleman (My Spy), finally has a release date from Columbia Pictures, March 10, 2023. In 65, an astronaut who crashes lands on a mysterious planet and discovers that he is not alone. Zainab Azizi and Debbie Liebling are producing along with Raimi. We’ll update you when we know more.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 17, 2022

Netflix Unleashes New Series ‘The Imperfects’ Today! (Trailer)

Netflix’s series “The Imperfects,” premiering today, combines Mexican folklore, superheroes, and horror, and features a group of kids being experimented on leading them to become hybrids. The new trailer introduces us to kids transformed into a banshee, a chupacabra, and a succubus. “The Imperfects” combines aspects of Mexican folklore and element of the superhero genre. The official synopsis goes like this: “After undergoing an experiment that gives them monstrous side effects, Abbi, Tilda, and Juan join forces to find the scientist responsible – and a cure. For fans of quirky super squads ready to take on the world, think “The Umbrella Academy” meets “The Boys”. The cast of the sci-fi action series includes Italia Ricci, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Rhianna Jagpal, Iñaki Godoy, Rhys Nicholson, Kyra Zagorsky, Celina Martin, and Jedidiah Goodacre. Shelley Eriksen and Dennis Heaton (“The Order”), as well as the creative minds behind “Fargo” and “Van Helsing” executive produce. “The Imperfects” premieres on Netflix today, September 8, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 8, 2022

Tessa Thompson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Are Heading Into Space For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Ash’

Musician-turned-filmmaker Flying Lotus (Kuso) not only has a segment in the upcoming horror anthology V/H/S/99, but he also has a new feature film on the way, the sci-fi thriller Ash, starring Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden). Deadline reports that the film centers on ”a woman (Thompson) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed and must then decide if she can trust the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, he begins to wonder how innocent she really is.” Flying Lotus will also create the score for Ash which is being executive produced by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie). Jonni Remmler penned the original script. XYZ Films and GFC Films are producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
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