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Director Alexandre Aja, who was also behind The Hills Have Eyes and High Tension, has announced that his creature feature Crawl has a new release date. Produced by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) and co-written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, Crawl stars Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as a young woman trapped in a house during a Catagory 5 hurricane. If that wasn’t bad enough, she must face Florida’s most savage predators, alligators. Originally set to open in theaters this August, Crawl is coming early, on July 12, 2019.
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You want to know about the state of radar in late 1950’s america? Well The Deadly Mantis has your ass covered bro! The opening gives us this lesson as well as an excuse as to just what the hell our soldiers and boats would be doing the absolute middle of nowhere…not sure if the audience for a film about a giant insect needs this level of world building, but whateves. After a mammoth “bone” is discovered at the North Pole, scientists do their science bag and determine a frickin’ giant (and if the title of this baby is to be believed…deadly) prehistoric mantis has woken up from centuries of slumber and is on the loose…and if our stock-footage (of which this film contains an inordinate amount) military might, along with Paleontologist Dr. Nedrick Jackson (William Hopper) and his photo-journalist gal pal Marge Blaine (Alix Talton), can’t punch him a new asshole, civilization could very well be doomed as the creature
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During World War II, a murdering, raping, shit heel of a human named Langdon (John Ashley) encounters Satan (Vic Diaz) in the woods, and pleads for his life. Ol’ Scratch spares him as long as L-dawg becomes his servant, which he does…I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? Well, Langdon becomes a pseudo-werewolf eventually, so there’s that. Before all that mangy madness though, Langdon inhabits the bodies of various people over a quarter of a century, making them be the worst they can be to give the Devil his due. Eventually Langdon ends up in the body of a dude named Phil…who just so happens to look just like our “hero” (confused yet)? anyway, langdon has enough of Satan’s shit and try’s to enforce his own will into his existence…and that’s where the werewolf comes in as he turns willy-nilly into a mass murdering monster mutt-man. Before long Inspector de Santos (Leopoldo Salcedo) recognizes Langdon and is hot on
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After a quick actual science/history lesson we are presented with the unbelievable made-up bullshit mortal men hath named; The Mole People! In “Asia” (by way of some rando California canyon), archaeologists (who’s ranks include Ward Cleaver himself; Hugh Beaumont) are involved in a little soundstage based mountain climbing, a veritable ass-ton of stock footage, and “oh fuck me, when is it ever going to end” spelunking…all of which are pistol-hot to the kids today, before discovering an ornery race of subterranean-dwelling albino Sumerians who keep mole/human hybrids as slaves utilized to harvest their overlord’s primary food source; giant mushrooms (and you thought I was fucking around in that first sentence didn’t ya boils n’ ghouls?). Will our heroes make it back to the surface, or will they meet their end deep under the surface of the Earth? While a bit slow paced at times (especially during the first act), The Mole People is never-the-less an effective tale of high adventure,
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Sick of goofy shark movies like Sharknado? Award-winning filmmaker Dustin Ferguson aims to make sharks scary again with his upcoming film Los Angeles Shark Attack. The beaches of Los Angeles have been the scene of several recent grisly mutilations. With the bodies drenched with water and scars not resembling any modern street weapon, the Police begin to suspect it’s a rogue Shark. With the Grand Opening of a new beachside resort quickly approaching and the bodies beginning to pile up, it’s up to Marine Biologist Rebecca Mattei (Brinke Stevens, “Slumber Party Massacre”) to crack the case and help local authorities capture the animal before it’s too late. The director who is behind over 60 horror films, has multiple other films coming out this year including the documentary The Party’s Just Begun: The Legacy of Night of the Demons, Home Videos 2, RoboWoman, Ghosthouse, and Nemesis 5. Los Angeles Shark Attack is currently running an Indiegogo campaign featuring killer perks like
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A Native American legend comes to life in the brutal creature feature Beast of Water from director Rashaad Santiago. Starring Gigi Edgley, Steve Cardenas, Santiago Cirilo, Jason Faunt, Michael Hutter, and Tyrus, the film centers on a research group who makes a curious discovery that may lead to the fountain of youth. Meanwhile, an ancient Native American legend may be very real. The group gets an ominous warning that those who disrespect nature will learn to fear the rain. Nature’s law has no mercy. Written by Rick Prince, Beast of Water, originally named ENUATTI, is now available on DVD and iTunes, from Gravitas Ventures.
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A few days ago…or longer if you are reading this from the far flung future, or next week (I’m a regular Criswell!) I reviewed one of my fav flicks I’ve laid eerie eyeballs on in a damn sight; namely Joe Meredith’s Teratomorph (which you can read my wicked words concerning said picture right here). In that revoltin’ review I mentioned there was more to the story contained in another film titled South Mill District…guess what I’m reviewing (here’s some hints…read the damn title of the review…now read the three words before “guess”…) South Mill District details the story of two former test subjects (played by Meredith and Cidney Meredith) that were part of a program to combine human and alien DNA (via using mutated symbiotic giant spiders) courtesy of a shady organization known as EonCorp. A decade after an interplanetary war, these two wander the desolate landscape waiting for the final stage of the mutation raging within them to manifest.
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Paramount Pictures has just announced that the creature feature Crawl will arrive in theaters this summer from director Alexandre Aja, who has serious horror cred. Aja was also behind High Tension, Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha, and Horns. Kaya Scodelario stars along with her fellow Maze Runner actor Barry Pepper in the movie in which Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.” Sam Raimi, the man who brought us Evil Dead, “Ash vs Evil Dead,” and several Spider-Man movies, produces alongside Craig J. Flores (Fathers and Daughters, 300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl, a Ghost House Pictures production, hits theaters on August 19, 2019.
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As World War I rages out of control; a group of doughboys find an ancient book…which gets sent back to the good ol’ U.S. of A. after the soldiers meet their end in battle. The tome ends up in the hands of the commanding officer’s widow…who teaches at a small-town orphanage populated by the kind of dumb ass kids who can’t leave an incredibly evil artifact alone, which has the undesirable side effect of unleashing everyone’s fav Germanic Christmas demon, Krampus, which they must then try and defeat! In theory, Krampus Origins has a hell of a lot going for it. It has an original premise (kids in the early 20th Century taking on a mythical demon from Europe…right fuckin’ on!), some solid performances (especially from genre legend Maria Olsen…though the young leads are rather good as well), and solid set dressing; including period accurate costumes, and a great prop in that aforementioned evil book, which is realized in a
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What appears to be a U.F.O. leaves behind some glowing goo which is found by a group of kids, one of which possesses a prize-winning dick of an older brother who just has to fuck around with the sticky shit which results in the creation of a dinosaur like creature. Before you can say “Stranger Things Season Two”, our pint-sized heroes decide to keep the thing as a pet; even as the military moves in to contain the seemingly otherworldly situation…which pits our heroes against some very dangerous dudes! You can definitely see where the filmmmkers were comin’ from with My Pet Dinosaur, but to paraphrase Maxwell Smart, they missed it by that much. This film is, if nothing else, a fascinating study in dichotomy…to expand; the film looks extremely polished visually (deserving special mention is the opening sequence; a fantastically well done Spielberg pastiche involving U.F.O.s and government agents), but some of the acting is off…especially in regards to
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Director Alexandre Aja, who was also behind The Hills Have Eyes and High Tension, has announced that his creature feature Crawl has a new release date. Produced by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) and co-written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, Crawl stars Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as a young woman trapped in a house during a Catagory 5 hurricane. If that wasn’t bad enough, she must face Florida’s most savage predators, alligators. Originally set to open in theaters this August, Crawl is coming early, on July 12, 2019.
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You want to know about the state of radar in late 1950’s america? Well The Deadly Mantis has your ass covered bro! The opening gives us this lesson as well as an excuse as to just what the hell our soldiers and boats would be doing the absolute middle of nowhere…not sure if the audience for a film about a giant insect needs this level of world building, but whateves. After a mammoth “bone” is discovered at the North Pole, scientists do their science bag and determine a frickin’ giant (and if the title of this baby is to be believed…deadly) prehistoric mantis has woken up from centuries of slumber and is on the loose…and if our stock-footage (of which this film contains an inordinate amount) military might, along with Paleontologist Dr. Nedrick Jackson (William Hopper) and his photo-journalist gal pal Marge Blaine (Alix Talton), can’t punch him a new asshole, civilization could very well be doomed as the creature
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During World War II, a murdering, raping, shit heel of a human named Langdon (John Ashley) encounters Satan (Vic Diaz) in the woods, and pleads for his life. Ol’ Scratch spares him as long as L-dawg becomes his servant, which he does…I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? Well, Langdon becomes a pseudo-werewolf eventually, so there’s that. Before all that mangy madness though, Langdon inhabits the bodies of various people over a quarter of a century, making them be the worst they can be to give the Devil his due. Eventually Langdon ends up in the body of a dude named Phil…who just so happens to look just like our “hero” (confused yet)? anyway, langdon has enough of Satan’s shit and try’s to enforce his own will into his existence…and that’s where the werewolf comes in as he turns willy-nilly into a mass murdering monster mutt-man. Before long Inspector de Santos (Leopoldo Salcedo) recognizes Langdon and is hot on
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After a quick actual science/history lesson we are presented with the unbelievable made-up bullshit mortal men hath named; The Mole People! In “Asia” (by way of some rando California canyon), archaeologists (who’s ranks include Ward Cleaver himself; Hugh Beaumont) are involved in a little soundstage based mountain climbing, a veritable ass-ton of stock footage, and “oh fuck me, when is it ever going to end” spelunking…all of which are pistol-hot to the kids today, before discovering an ornery race of subterranean-dwelling albino Sumerians who keep mole/human hybrids as slaves utilized to harvest their overlord’s primary food source; giant mushrooms (and you thought I was fucking around in that first sentence didn’t ya boils n’ ghouls?). Will our heroes make it back to the surface, or will they meet their end deep under the surface of the Earth? While a bit slow paced at times (especially during the first act), The Mole People is never-the-less an effective tale of high adventure,
Continue reading →
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Sick of goofy shark movies like Sharknado? Award-winning filmmaker Dustin Ferguson aims to make sharks scary again with his upcoming film Los Angeles Shark Attack. The beaches of Los Angeles have been the scene of several recent grisly mutilations. With the bodies drenched with water and scars not resembling any modern street weapon, the Police begin to suspect it’s a rogue Shark. With the Grand Opening of a new beachside resort quickly approaching and the bodies beginning to pile up, it’s up to Marine Biologist Rebecca Mattei (Brinke Stevens, “Slumber Party Massacre”) to crack the case and help local authorities capture the animal before it’s too late. The director who is behind over 60 horror films, has multiple other films coming out this year including the documentary The Party’s Just Begun: The Legacy of Night of the Demons, Home Videos 2, RoboWoman, Ghosthouse, and Nemesis 5. Los Angeles Shark Attack is currently running an Indiegogo campaign featuring killer perks like
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A Native American legend comes to life in the brutal creature feature Beast of Water from director Rashaad Santiago. Starring Gigi Edgley, Steve Cardenas, Santiago Cirilo, Jason Faunt, Michael Hutter, and Tyrus, the film centers on a research group who makes a curious discovery that may lead to the fountain of youth. Meanwhile, an ancient Native American legend may be very real. The group gets an ominous warning that those who disrespect nature will learn to fear the rain. Nature’s law has no mercy. Written by Rick Prince, Beast of Water, originally named ENUATTI, is now available on DVD and iTunes, from Gravitas Ventures.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesReviews
A few days ago…or longer if you are reading this from the far flung future, or next week (I’m a regular Criswell!) I reviewed one of my fav flicks I’ve laid eerie eyeballs on in a damn sight; namely Joe Meredith’s Teratomorph (which you can read my wicked words concerning said picture right here). In that revoltin’ review I mentioned there was more to the story contained in another film titled South Mill District…guess what I’m reviewing (here’s some hints…read the damn title of the review…now read the three words before “guess”…) South Mill District details the story of two former test subjects (played by Meredith and Cidney Meredith) that were part of a program to combine human and alien DNA (via using mutated symbiotic giant spiders) courtesy of a shady organization known as EonCorp. A decade after an interplanetary war, these two wander the desolate landscape waiting for the final stage of the mutation raging within them to manifest.
Continue reading →
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Paramount Pictures has just announced that the creature feature Crawl will arrive in theaters this summer from director Alexandre Aja, who has serious horror cred. Aja was also behind High Tension, Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha, and Horns. Kaya Scodelario stars along with her fellow Maze Runner actor Barry Pepper in the movie in which Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.” Sam Raimi, the man who brought us Evil Dead, “Ash vs Evil Dead,” and several Spider-Man movies, produces alongside Craig J. Flores (Fathers and Daughters, 300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl, a Ghost House Pictures production, hits theaters on August 19, 2019.
Continue reading →
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As World War I rages out of control; a group of doughboys find an ancient book…which gets sent back to the good ol’ U.S. of A. after the soldiers meet their end in battle. The tome ends up in the hands of the commanding officer’s widow…who teaches at a small-town orphanage populated by the kind of dumb ass kids who can’t leave an incredibly evil artifact alone, which has the undesirable side effect of unleashing everyone’s fav Germanic Christmas demon, Krampus, which they must then try and defeat! In theory, Krampus Origins has a hell of a lot going for it. It has an original premise (kids in the early 20th Century taking on a mythical demon from Europe…right fuckin’ on!), some solid performances (especially from genre legend Maria Olsen…though the young leads are rather good as well), and solid set dressing; including period accurate costumes, and a great prop in that aforementioned evil book, which is realized in a
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesReviews
What appears to be a U.F.O. leaves behind some glowing goo which is found by a group of kids, one of which possesses a prize-winning dick of an older brother who just has to fuck around with the sticky shit which results in the creation of a dinosaur like creature. Before you can say “Stranger Things Season Two”, our pint-sized heroes decide to keep the thing as a pet; even as the military moves in to contain the seemingly otherworldly situation…which pits our heroes against some very dangerous dudes! You can definitely see where the filmmmkers were comin’ from with My Pet Dinosaur, but to paraphrase Maxwell Smart, they missed it by that much. This film is, if nothing else, a fascinating study in dichotomy…to expand; the film looks extremely polished visually (deserving special mention is the opening sequence; a fantastically well done Spielberg pastiche involving U.F.O.s and government agents), but some of the acting is off…especially in regards to
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