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14 articles from 2009

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Deadgirl (2008)

2 December 2009 6:37 PM, PST | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Starring: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Eric Podner, Jenny Spain, Candice Accola, Michael Bowen

Writer: Trent Haaga

Directors: Marcel Sarimento and Gadi Harel

The first time I watched my screener copy of Deadgirl, I silently took it out of my player, placed it in its case, and put it on my shelf. My thoughts after watching the film were so upsetting that I couldn't quite articulate my feelings about it. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. I knew I had to watch it again to organize my thoughts, but for some reason, my hand refused to pick up that disc and put it back in the player.

And when I finally did watch Deadgirl again for the purposes of this review, I remembered what it was that was keeping me from watching. Her eyes. Deadgirl is on one level a perfectly functional zombie flick (and quite literal, »

- Dan Coyle aka Deadpool

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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (Film Review)

3 November 2009 3:27 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Note: This review does contain minor Spoilers

Cheerfully gory and revolting, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever is the fun sequel to Eli Roth's cult classic that recently made it's debut on the last night of Screamfest L.A.

Starting immediately after the events of the first film, Paul (top-billed Rider Strong in a two-minute cameo) climbs out of the creek with the virus eating away at him, and he's promptly mowed down by a schoolbus (hardly a 'spoiler', having been revealed in the film's marketing materials).

The bottled water company from the first film delivers drinks contaminated with the flesh-eating virus to a local high school, where likable John (Noah Segan) and his nerdy friend Alex (Rusty Kelley) attend class. John has an unrequited crush on Cassie (Alexi Wasser), but is afraid of her angry kickboxer boyfriend.

By the plot, you can see the sequel is a classic John Hughes movie set-up, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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DVD Round Up, Sept. 29, 2009: ‘Deadgirl,’ ‘Nightwatching,’ ‘Next Day Air’

29 September 2009 9:29 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Horror, action, drama, and comedy - HollywoodChicago.com’s DVD Round-Up has it all. Where else can you read about the latest from internationally acclaimed auteur Peter Greenaway and the newest Mos Def comedy in one column? These are the recently released titles that you might have missed when you last updated your Netflix queue. See if any of them grab you enough to deal with “Very Long Wait”.

All four titles - “Deadgirl,” “Next Day Air,” “Nightwatching,” and “Triangle” - were released on September 15th, 2009.

“Deadgirl”

Photo credit: Mpi Synopsis: “Daringly original and genre-busting, Deadgirl is an odyssey into the soul of our alienated youth that takes the conventions of the horror and coming-of-age movies and turns them on their heads.

When high school misfits Rickie and Jt decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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More Dates with a Deadgirl

16 July 2009 1:26 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Dark Sky Films is set to unleash festival favorite Deadgirl in a series of midnight runs at theatres across the country. Even better, at some showings audiences will even get to hear from the film's cast and crew! We've got all the details on these events for you as this is something you just may not want to miss!

From the press release:

Dark Sky Films announced today that the film's cast members and filmmakers will be making special appearances at the film's midnight showings on July 24th and 25th. The film will be released theatrically as a simultaneous, one-weekend, midnight only, roadshow-style theatrical event, currently in 9 major markets.

Says Dark Sky's Marketing Manager Nicole Mikuzis, "The buzz on the film has been at a steady increase since its debut at the Toronto film festival, and we hope to build upon that momentum with nationwide midnight events. There is nothing »

- Uncle Creepy

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Deadgirl Limited Run

2 July 2009 7:22 PM, PDT | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »

"Deadgirl" is an independent film from Dark Sky Films and the film will begin a limited run this July 24. "Deadgirl" will make a horrifying stop in New York and La along with several other major cities. The first trailer is of a mature nature and the backdrop of an insane asylum will evoke blood curling screams from those audiences lucky enough to receive a screening. Check back for a DVD release, but for now have a look at the gorey trailer below along with two of the major stops for "Deadgirl."

The synopsis for "Deadgirl" here...

"A horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead."

Director: Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel. »

- Michael Ross Allen

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Deadgirl Midnight Roadshow Announced

1 July 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Dark Sky Films announced today their theatrical distribution plans for Gadi Harel and Marcel Sarminto's downright disturbing and perverse Deadgirl . The film will be released theatrically as a simultaneous, one-weekend, midnight only, roadshow-style theatrical event, currently in 9 major markets (more to be added), beginning July 24th. Seriously, catch this one in theaters if you can. Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen and Candice Accola star in this story of two high school misfits who cut school to explore the remains of an abandoned hospital. The gruesome discovery they make will test the very limits of their sanity and tear apart their young lives forever: A woman stripped naked and chained to a table. She.s abandoned, beautiful and dead...or is she. The »

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Rip David Carradine

4 June 2009 8:51 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The Associated Press has reported that actor David Carradine was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Bangkok, an apparent suicide. Carradine, who was in the Thai city to shoot a movie, was 72.

The actor was discovered by a hotel maid hanged with a curtain cord, and a preliminary police investigation found no signs of foul play. Further details are being withheld out of consideration for his family. Carradine’s long career ranged from the art house to the grindhouse and everything in between, with horror credits including Larry Cohen’s Q, Gary Graver’s Trick Or Treats, Robert Martin Carroll’s Sonny Boy, Anthony Hickox’s Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat (pictured) and Waxwork II: Lost In Time, Fred Olen Ray’s Evil Toons, Ethan Wiley’s Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror, Mitch Marcus’ Knocking On Death’S Door, Mark Lambert Bristol’s The Monster Hunter, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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DVD Review: 'After Dark Horrorfest III: 8 Films to Die For'

23 April 2009 8:58 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Lionsgate and After Dark Films’ recently released their third collection of “8 Films to Die For” and this year proved to be the most uninspiring octet to date. With fewer risks taken than the last two years and less extreme failures or successes, “After Dark Horrorfest III” is terrifyingly dull.

Overall DVD Rating: 2.0/5.0 What makes this year’s collection rather forgettable is the lack of extremes on either side of the rating spectrum. The first two years produced some truly excellent genre gems including “Borderland,” “The Hamiltons,” and “The Abandoned.” At the same time, movies like “Dead Lake,” “Undead,” and “Nightmare Man” should be buried in a deep hole and never see the light of day again.

I have to admit that I liked the variety in quality of the last two years more than this year, when nearly every film registered as forgettable more than good or bad. There was one notable standout, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Autopsy (2008) Review #2

27 March 2009 5:09 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Directed by Adam Gierasch

Written by Adam Geirasch, Jace Anderson, E.L. Katz

Featuring Robert Patrick, Jessica Lowndes, Michael Bowen, Jenette Goldstein, Robert Lasardo, Ashley Schneider

2008, Horrorfestonline.com

"Why I Loved Autopsy" by Paula Haifley

In the interest of full disclosure I will admit that I, like Heidi, am friends with the writers and director of Autopsy. She didn’t like it. I thought it was as fun as a barrel of serial killers. Here are ten reasons why you should give Autopsy a chance:...

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- Superheidi

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Autopsy (2008) Review #1

27 March 2009 4:57 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Directed by Adam Gierasch

Written by Adam Geirasch, Jace Anderson, E.L. Katz

Featuring Robert Patrick, Jessica Lowndes, Michael Bowen, Jenette Goldstein, Robert Lasardo, Ashley Schneider

2008, www.Horrorfestonline.com

Now, I actually know the people who wrote this film, Adam and Jace. I like them. Especially Jace. But I really don’t like their film. At all. From the bad sets, the really awful nurse uniform, the cheesy, never-fully-explained plot, to the lack of cohesive narrative and any real scares (or actual autopsies of any kind) – I just didn’t like it. Autopsy is part of the Horrorfest After Dark 8 Films to Die For, out on DVD March 31st, and it seems like each year the films get worse and worse. Autopsy is the directorial debut from Adam Geirasch, who just wrapped a remake of Night of the Demons starring Tiffany Shepis and Bobby Sue Hall (For After Dark Horrorfest IV, »

- Superheidi

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Ryan Shore: Cabin Fever 2 - Spring Fever

12 March 2009 2:48 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer composer Ryan Shore is doing the original score for Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, the sequel to the 2002 horror film directed by Eli Roth and scored by Nathan Barr. The new film is directed by Ti West whose independent horror credits include The Roost and Trigger Man, both featuring scores by Jeff Grace. Cabin Fever 2 is produced by Tonic Films and should come out later this year. Cast members include Rider Strong, Michael Bowen, Giuseppe Andrews and Noah Segan. Ryan Shore has scored several horror films before, including Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, The Girl Next Door and Headspace. »

- noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)

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Autopsy (Film Review)

15 January 2009 8:04 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Autopsy, part of this year’s After Dark Horrorfest, is a collection of wet ’n’ nasty gore scenes, a couple of genuine seat-jumpers and a few black laughs, in search of a storyline to stitch them together. In his first outing as director, Adam Gierasch proves to be an enthusiastic meatball surgeon, but the movie (which he wrote with regular partner Jace Anderson and E.L. Katz) coulda used a script doctor.

After we’re introduced, under the main titles, to a group of fun-lovin’ young people at Mardi Gras via their camcorder footage (a gambit mercifully dropped once the credits end), we next see them recovering from a car wreck on a dark road in the middle of nowhere. No sooner has the hospital-gowned late-night pedestrian who caused the accident, and wound up under their vehicle, proved to be not quite dead after all than an ambulance shows up out »

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DVD Art For All The After Dark Horrorfest III "8 Films To Die For"!

12 January 2009 7:54 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Amazon has listed all the DVD artwork for all "8 Films To Die For" as part of After Dark's Horrorfest 3. All the following titles will be released on March 31st. Below you'll find a break down of each film, along with the cover art which will be linked to the Amazon link if you'd like to pre-order any of these. Enjoy!

Autopsy Synopsis:

A group of recent college grads is taking a final vacation together when an accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. An ambulance arrives and takes them to mercy hospital, an eerie, half empty place that harbors a chilling secret: a doctor conducting inhuman experiments on its helpless patients. Directed by Adam Gierasch. Written by Adam Gierasch, Jace Anderson & E.L. Katz. Starring Jessica Lowndes, Michael Bowen, Robert Patrick, Jenette Goldstein, Robert Lasardo & Ashley Schneider.

The Butterfly Effect: Revelation Synopsis:

The latest entry in The Butterfly Effect »

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Autopsy My Space Launches! Playing This Weekend As Part Of After Dark Horrorfest 3!

7 January 2009 1:18 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

An official My Space page for Adam Gierasch's directorial debut Autopsy has launched at www.myspace.com/autopsythemovie. Co-written by Gierasch with Jace Anderson & E.L. Katz, the flick will be playing in limited theatrical release This weekend as part of After Dark's Horrorfest 3! (Snuck up on us, didn't it?!)

Autopsy stars Ashley Schneider, Jessica Lowndes, Michael Bowen, Robert Patrick, Robert Lasardo and Jenette Goldstein. You can check out the Afterdark Horrorfest III trailer below, and you can see an exclusive trailer for Autopsy at Fangoria's website right Here! More details on the My Space page! Also visit www.horrorfestonline.com for more details on Horrorfest 3! Gierasch recently wrapped on Night Of The Demons, which is due for release later this year. More on that when we hear it!

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2009 | 2008

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