As I get older, I find it harder and harder to find horror movies from the 80s and even 90s to qualify for a recommendation towards a best horror movie you never saw. First is the influx of all these great companies like Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow, and Severin Films, not to mention Kino and Scream Factory, who pull out all the stops finding the most hidden of hidden gems to clean up and release. Second, we have a ludicrous amount of streaming services, and the free ones typically can find these smaller movies that cost way less to license a streamable version. Between my generation recommending everything under the sun to their coworkers, friends, and family as well as newer generations being willing to stream something if its easy to find, the 80s is well represented, for better and for worse. The 2000s are Chock Full of movies that came...
- 2/6/2024
- by Andrew Hatfield
- JoBlo.com
We all dig psychological thrillers so when word of a new one being produced comes down the pipe, we've got to share it with you. This one comes from the East Coast in the form of a film called Blessid.
Written and produced by Robert Heske and directed by Rob Fitz, Blessid stars David Fine, Rachel Kerbs, Gene Silvers, and Chris Divecchio. Dig the teaser trailer and movie poster below, and be sure to look for Blessid updates as its release comes closer.
For more visit the official Blessid website, "like" Blessid on Facebook and follow Blessid on Twitter (@BlessidTheMovie).
From the Press Release
A violent, dark, funny, and − ultimately − inspirational story, Blessid is about a pregnant woman with a cursed past who forms a bond with a man who is immortal. Why does he appear at her most desperate hour? And what can she − a person who struggles to...
Written and produced by Robert Heske and directed by Rob Fitz, Blessid stars David Fine, Rachel Kerbs, Gene Silvers, and Chris Divecchio. Dig the teaser trailer and movie poster below, and be sure to look for Blessid updates as its release comes closer.
For more visit the official Blessid website, "like" Blessid on Facebook and follow Blessid on Twitter (@BlessidTheMovie).
From the Press Release
A violent, dark, funny, and − ultimately − inspirational story, Blessid is about a pregnant woman with a cursed past who forms a bond with a man who is immortal. Why does he appear at her most desperate hour? And what can she − a person who struggles to...
- 10/18/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 Chicago – “Splinter” has been steadily building buzz since audiences first had a chance to see this twisted creature feature and now it’s destined to become a cult phenomenon on Blu-Ray and DVD. The film won six awards at Screamfest 2008 and earned praise from Variety, CBS-tv, Entertainment Weekly, and New York Magazine on its theatrical run. Horror fans are going to love this film for years to come.
Why? What does director Toby Wilkins do with “Splinter” that so many horror directors miss? He understand how to build tension and the power of the unseen. “Splinter” works because it places the focus on the well-rounded, believable characters instead of just their trap or their enemy. It’s a modern film take on what filmmakers have been doing for years and feels like a movie John Carpenter and Sam Raimi would love.
There are major echoes of both Carpenter...
Why? What does director Toby Wilkins do with “Splinter” that so many horror directors miss? He understand how to build tension and the power of the unseen. “Splinter” works because it places the focus on the well-rounded, believable characters instead of just their trap or their enemy. It’s a modern film take on what filmmakers have been doing for years and feels like a movie John Carpenter and Sam Raimi would love.
There are major echoes of both Carpenter...
- 4/16/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Making a low-budget horror feature that neither succumbs to nor strains to transcend its financial restrictions is harder than it appears, but the people behind Splinter make it look easy. Modest but not unambitious and put together with care on every level, it’s smart, scary and altogether satisfying creature feature of the type we don’t see enough of these days.
Director Toby Wilkins and screenwriters Kai Barry and Ian Shorr do have a bit of fun with genre expectations in the early scenes, as young lovers Seth (Paulo Costanzo) and Polly (Jill Wagner) set out for a camping trip in a rural area that we know is the hunting turf of a small, vicious creature that mauls a gas station attendant in the opening scene. The couple, however, is defeated by their tent, and they seem to be heading back to the safety of civilization when they’re...
Director Toby Wilkins and screenwriters Kai Barry and Ian Shorr do have a bit of fun with genre expectations in the early scenes, as young lovers Seth (Paulo Costanzo) and Polly (Jill Wagner) set out for a camping trip in a rural area that we know is the hunting turf of a small, vicious creature that mauls a gas station attendant in the opening scene. The couple, however, is defeated by their tent, and they seem to be heading back to the safety of civilization when they’re...
- 4/10/2009
- Fangoria
The limited theatrical release "Splinter" has a DVD date of January 27, and cover art has just been revealed. Directed by Toby Wilkins, "Splinter" had a limited theatrical release on October 31, 2008 and stars Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner, and Rachel Kerbs. "Splinter" won six awards at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival: Best Editing, Best Score, Best Special Effects, Best Make-Up, Best Directing and Best Picture. . . . .
- 11/27/2008
- ESplatter.com
Splinter is my idea of a great little low-budget horror movie. Working with one basic location and four actors, writer/director Toby Wilkins (a visual FX veteran making his happily non-cgi-dependent feature filmmaking debut) has crafted a taut, suspenseful and eerie story, delivering some interesting characters, a simple premise, a whole heap of gore and an original and thoroughly creepy new monster.
Splinter doesn’t hide its influences, and it’s not going to change the world, but it’s one of the best independent horror films I’ve seen this year (and apparently others agree, since it snagged five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Makeup, at the recent Screamfest in Los Angeles).
Seth (Paulo Costanzo) and Polly (Jill Wagner from Blade: The Series) are going camping in the wilderness when they and their vehicle are hijacked by escaped convict Dennis Farrell (Shea Whigham, Wristcutters: A Love Story...
Splinter doesn’t hide its influences, and it’s not going to change the world, but it’s one of the best independent horror films I’ve seen this year (and apparently others agree, since it snagged five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Makeup, at the recent Screamfest in Los Angeles).
Seth (Paulo Costanzo) and Polly (Jill Wagner from Blade: The Series) are going camping in the wilderness when they and their vehicle are hijacked by escaped convict Dennis Farrell (Shea Whigham, Wristcutters: A Love Story...
- 10/27/2008
- Fangoria
By Neil Pedley
Halloween week offsets some of the recent nice with a little bit of nasty that duly chucks the blood around. Kevin Smith's also back, along with a culture clash rom-com and an eclectic mix of docs.
"Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"
As anyone who's seen this documentary as it's collected audience awards on the festival circuit can attest, the less one knows, the better -- but if we must, composer and filmmaker Kurt Kuenne channels his grief over the murder of his best friend Andrew Bagby into a cinematic celebration of Bagby's life so that his son might have something of the father he will never know. Inviting loved ones to share memories and experiences, Kuenne assembles this memorial to his friend's memory while Andrew's parents enter into a bitter custody dispute with their son's murderer, who's out on bail in...
Halloween week offsets some of the recent nice with a little bit of nasty that duly chucks the blood around. Kevin Smith's also back, along with a culture clash rom-com and an eclectic mix of docs.
"Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"
As anyone who's seen this documentary as it's collected audience awards on the festival circuit can attest, the less one knows, the better -- but if we must, composer and filmmaker Kurt Kuenne channels his grief over the murder of his best friend Andrew Bagby into a cinematic celebration of Bagby's life so that his son might have something of the father he will never know. Inviting loved ones to share memories and experiences, Kuenne assembles this memorial to his friend's memory while Andrew's parents enter into a bitter custody dispute with their son's murderer, who's out on bail in...
- 10/27/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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