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Movie Review: Lilith’s Hell is a Devilishly Good Found Footage Flick

Two words for ya: found footage. All right, who’s still with me…hmm, a lot less of you then before that’s for damn sure. Now while the genre definitely is showing signs of fatigue, I for one think there are new and creative (or at the bare bones minimum “entertaining”) things you can do with the formula…let’s see if the maker’s of today’s review Lilith’s Hell managed to work any magic with the ol’ hoary chestnut… Three film makin’ pals traverse the countryside just outside of Rome to arrive at a remote house with the goal of making an artsy fartsy fright flick. After the arrival of Michelle, the lead actress of their piece, and her make-up artist, events begin going supernaturally south with alarming speed, as things begin to go bump (and moan) in the night. Our gang investigates with the end result of Michelle becoming the Devil’s concubine and playing host to a demonic entity that begins tearing into

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Nov 19, 2017
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Movie Review: Be My Cat: A Film for Anne Will Scratch Your Found Footage Itch

Do you like found footage flicks? How about Anne Hathaway? I just know you answered “yes” to those, so let me tell ya my creeps, the picture I’n going to look at should really float your ol’ beastly boat as it definitely gets the FF chocolate dipped well in good in that Annie peanut butter…wait, that sounds off…anyway; review! Be My Cat: A Film for Anne tells the story, via a series of video diaries, of an enthusiastic young film maker named Adrian who gets it in his nutty noggin that he can score Anne Hathaway to star in his pending motion picture. In order to convince her, he shoots some footage of a few local thespians performing what he wants Anne to do in the finished picture. Well, as you would guess, it’s just ninety minutes of comely young ladies reading sides on camera…the end. Oh, wait, there’s chloroform, ropes, knives, and a plan to change the world by

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Nov 12, 2017
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‘The Poughkeepsie Tapes’ Finally Seeing Release After 10 Years Of Controversy

After nearly a decade, the brutal, previously banned film The Poughkeepsie Tapes will finally see release. Pulled from release in 2008, the film earned a cult following. The gore-filled documentary-style film was directed by John Erick Dowdle who later went on to make Quarantine. The Poughkeepsie Tapes follows a group of police as they raid a home in New York, only to discover VHS tapes filled with snuff films made by an unknown serial killer. Each video features tortured victims, murder, and the disposal of victim’s mutilated corpses. The white masked killer dressed as a plague doctor appears in over 800 tapes that law enforcement must investigate. The film, loosely based on a real serial killer from Poughkeepsie along with other notorious killers. The brutal film has been pulled from release not once, but twice due to its content. Originally released in 2008, MGM canceled its release. In 2014, it was released again on VOD only to be pulled after

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Oct 16, 2017
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‘The Gracefield Incident’ To Be Declassified This July

The chaotic new trailer has been unleashed for Mathyieu Ratthe’s upcoming film The Gracefield Incident which takes POV to a new level. The film, which took three years to complete, is seen through a prosthetic eye with a camera embedded inside. Not only did Ratthe direct the film, he wrote, produced and edited it as well. Ratthe stars along side Laurence Dauphinais, Lori Graham, Kimberly Laferrire, Juliet Gosselin, Alex C. Nachi and Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles. In The Gracefield Incident Matt, a video game developer, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record a weekend getaway with friends to a mountaintop cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes nearby, forcing everyone to face their darkest nightmares. The Gracefield Incident we be declassified on July 21, 2017. Follow to film on Twitter and on Facebook for regular updates.

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Movie Review: CHUPACABRA TERRITORY Is Territory Best Undiscovered

The Chupacabra (that’s “goat sucker” to you and me, Rusty) has been a cryptozoological legend for decades with some of the first reported attacks occurring in Puerto Rico in the spring of 1995. Since then, there have been dozens of sightings of this cryptid creature. It’s that king of curiosity that will motivate a group of four friends to journey out in search of the elusive sanguine sucker. They meet with resistance, as a park ranger initially tries to shoo them away from their intended destination. But they will not be denied and find their way back into the off limits wilderness area. Along the way they encounter another group of folks, as well as a creepy gas masked biologist. But will they discover their intended quarry – the chupacabra? And if they do, will they live to tell the tale or at least have the footage to prove it? Found footage has become an increasingly popular method of movie

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May 10, 2017
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WEBCAST Is an Intriguing and Compelling Film, Steeped in Homage

Webcast Directed by Paul McGhie Starring – Samantha Redford as Chloe Webber, Joseph Tremain as Ed Dickens and Nicola Wright as Kimberly Webber “The biggest fool is the one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own.” – Amit Abraham Chloe is a young woman who has a somewhat morbid curiosity about her Aunt Amelia, who went missing many years ago. This interest has inspired Chloe to enlist her friend Ed to assist in creating a documentary about her Aunt. She decides that her grandfather’s birthday party will offer her many guests with an abundant, collective of knowledge pertaining to her subject. While some are willing to oblige her with information about Amelia’s past and her disappearance, some are equally and understandably reticent. The evening of the party, Chloe and Ed encounter a young woman screaming and running in the street. The young woman is quickly caught and subdued, by some of the neighbors, before being

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Sep 7, 2016
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The Legend Of Mothman To Be Explored In The Found Footage Film Moth

An enthusiastic lecturer and her students travel to Europe in search of the mythology and a hopeful sighting of Mothman, but soon the group is in a fight for survival. Gergo Elekes and Jozsef Gallai co-directed ‘Moth’, written by Gallai and Lidia Szabo. ‘Moth’ stars Jozsef Gallai, Lidia Szabo, Kata Tabori, Balint Egri, Rob Oldfield and Daniel Szabo. The found-footage film will be released sometime in 2016.

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Nov 10, 2015
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In ‘Hooked Up’ beware of babes in Barcelona!

‘Hooked Up’ follows two American men, Tonio and Peter, who have traveled to Barcelona for vacation. When the guys befriend two women,Noemi and Katia, on their first night in Barcelona, they have no idea what they have gotten into. The ladies lure them back to their house with the promise of some fun, but the ladies idea of fun is something very different than he guys have in mind. One of the men won’t be leaving the house alive. Director Pablo Larcuen has taken a new step in this found footage horror movie. ‘Hooked Up’ may be the only horror movie filmed with iPhones. The movie is shot as if it was actually filmed by the characters Tonio and Peter. The main characters of Tonio and Peter are played by Jonah Ehrenreich (Criminal Intention) and Stephen Ohl (If I Go). The killers in ‘Hooked Up’ are played by Julia Molins (Hope) and Natascha Wiese.

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Apr 19, 2015

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Movie Review: Lilith’s Hell is a Devilishly Good Found Footage Flick

Two words for ya: found footage. All right, who’s still with me…hmm, a lot less of you then before that’s for damn sure. Now while the genre definitely is showing signs of fatigue, I for one think there are new and creative (or at the bare bones minimum “entertaining”) things you can do with the formula…let’s see if the maker’s of today’s review Lilith’s Hell managed to work any magic with the ol’ hoary chestnut… Three film makin’ pals traverse the countryside just outside of Rome to arrive at a remote house with the goal of making an artsy fartsy fright flick. After the arrival of Michelle, the lead actress of their piece, and her make-up artist, events begin going supernaturally south with alarming speed, as things begin to go bump (and moan) in the night. Our gang investigates with the end result of Michelle becoming the Devil’s concubine and playing host to a demonic entity that begins tearing into

Continue reading →
Nov 19, 2017
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Movie Review: Be My Cat: A Film for Anne Will Scratch Your Found Footage Itch

Do you like found footage flicks? How about Anne Hathaway? I just know you answered “yes” to those, so let me tell ya my creeps, the picture I’n going to look at should really float your ol’ beastly boat as it definitely gets the FF chocolate dipped well in good in that Annie peanut butter…wait, that sounds off…anyway; review! Be My Cat: A Film for Anne tells the story, via a series of video diaries, of an enthusiastic young film maker named Adrian who gets it in his nutty noggin that he can score Anne Hathaway to star in his pending motion picture. In order to convince her, he shoots some footage of a few local thespians performing what he wants Anne to do in the finished picture. Well, as you would guess, it’s just ninety minutes of comely young ladies reading sides on camera…the end. Oh, wait, there’s chloroform, ropes, knives, and a plan to change the world by

Continue reading →
Nov 12, 2017
Horror Fuel

‘The Poughkeepsie Tapes’ Finally Seeing Release After 10 Years Of Controversy

After nearly a decade, the brutal, previously banned film The Poughkeepsie Tapes will finally see release. Pulled from release in 2008, the film earned a cult following. The gore-filled documentary-style film was directed by John Erick Dowdle who later went on to make Quarantine. The Poughkeepsie Tapes follows a group of police as they raid a home in New York, only to discover VHS tapes filled with snuff films made by an unknown serial killer. Each video features tortured victims, murder, and the disposal of victim’s mutilated corpses. The white masked killer dressed as a plague doctor appears in over 800 tapes that law enforcement must investigate. The film, loosely based on a real serial killer from Poughkeepsie along with other notorious killers. The brutal film has been pulled from release not once, but twice due to its content. Originally released in 2008, MGM canceled its release. In 2014, it was released again on VOD only to be pulled after

Continue reading →
Oct 16, 2017
Horror Fuel

‘The Gracefield Incident’ To Be Declassified This July

The chaotic new trailer has been unleashed for Mathyieu Ratthe’s upcoming film The Gracefield Incident which takes POV to a new level. The film, which took three years to complete, is seen through a prosthetic eye with a camera embedded inside. Not only did Ratthe direct the film, he wrote, produced and edited it as well. Ratthe stars along side Laurence Dauphinais, Lori Graham, Kimberly Laferrire, Juliet Gosselin, Alex C. Nachi and Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles. In The Gracefield Incident Matt, a video game developer, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record a weekend getaway with friends to a mountaintop cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes nearby, forcing everyone to face their darkest nightmares. The Gracefield Incident we be declassified on July 21, 2017. Follow to film on Twitter and on Facebook for regular updates.

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: CHUPACABRA TERRITORY Is Territory Best Undiscovered

The Chupacabra (that’s “goat sucker” to you and me, Rusty) has been a cryptozoological legend for decades with some of the first reported attacks occurring in Puerto Rico in the spring of 1995. Since then, there have been dozens of sightings of this cryptid creature. It’s that king of curiosity that will motivate a group of four friends to journey out in search of the elusive sanguine sucker. They meet with resistance, as a park ranger initially tries to shoo them away from their intended destination. But they will not be denied and find their way back into the off limits wilderness area. Along the way they encounter another group of folks, as well as a creepy gas masked biologist. But will they discover their intended quarry – the chupacabra? And if they do, will they live to tell the tale or at least have the footage to prove it? Found footage has become an increasingly popular method of movie

Continue reading →
May 10, 2017
Horror Fuel

WEBCAST Is an Intriguing and Compelling Film, Steeped in Homage

Webcast Directed by Paul McGhie Starring – Samantha Redford as Chloe Webber, Joseph Tremain as Ed Dickens and Nicola Wright as Kimberly Webber “The biggest fool is the one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own.” – Amit Abraham Chloe is a young woman who has a somewhat morbid curiosity about her Aunt Amelia, who went missing many years ago. This interest has inspired Chloe to enlist her friend Ed to assist in creating a documentary about her Aunt. She decides that her grandfather’s birthday party will offer her many guests with an abundant, collective of knowledge pertaining to her subject. While some are willing to oblige her with information about Amelia’s past and her disappearance, some are equally and understandably reticent. The evening of the party, Chloe and Ed encounter a young woman screaming and running in the street. The young woman is quickly caught and subdued, by some of the neighbors, before being

Continue reading →
Sep 7, 2016
Horror Fuel

The Legend Of Mothman To Be Explored In The Found Footage Film Moth

An enthusiastic lecturer and her students travel to Europe in search of the mythology and a hopeful sighting of Mothman, but soon the group is in a fight for survival. Gergo Elekes and Jozsef Gallai co-directed ‘Moth’, written by Gallai and Lidia Szabo. ‘Moth’ stars Jozsef Gallai, Lidia Szabo, Kata Tabori, Balint Egri, Rob Oldfield and Daniel Szabo. The found-footage film will be released sometime in 2016.

Continue reading →
Nov 10, 2015
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In ‘Hooked Up’ beware of babes in Barcelona!

‘Hooked Up’ follows two American men, Tonio and Peter, who have traveled to Barcelona for vacation. When the guys befriend two women,Noemi and Katia, on their first night in Barcelona, they have no idea what they have gotten into. The ladies lure them back to their house with the promise of some fun, but the ladies idea of fun is something very different than he guys have in mind. One of the men won’t be leaving the house alive. Director Pablo Larcuen has taken a new step in this found footage horror movie. ‘Hooked Up’ may be the only horror movie filmed with iPhones. The movie is shot as if it was actually filmed by the characters Tonio and Peter. The main characters of Tonio and Peter are played by Jonah Ehrenreich (Criminal Intention) and Stephen Ohl (If I Go). The killers in ‘Hooked Up’ are played by Julia Molins (Hope) and Natascha Wiese.

Continue reading →
Apr 19, 2015