‘Terror is relative’

Caesar and Otto’s Paranormal Halloween is a 2015 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dave Campfield. It is the sixth film in the Caesar and Otto series.

The film references The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, Paranormal Activity, Sinister, Insidious, The Conjuring and many more.

Main cast:

Dave Campfield, Paul Chomicki, Ken MacFarlane, Deron Miller, Scott Aguilar, Avi K. Garg, Samantha Barrios, Josephine Iannece, JamieLee Ackerman. Scream queens such as Felissa Rose, Brinke Stevens, Tiffany Shepis, Monique Dupree, and Debbie Rochon have cameo roles.

Plot:

Half-brothers Caesar and Otto live out some of horror’s most terrifying scenes when they agree to house-sit a home filled with ghostly visions, levitating objects and possessions…

Reviews:

“While Paranormal Halloween is yet another funny and clever look at the wacky brothers that happen to walk into a horrific situation time and time again, Campfield also provides a biting satire on Hollywood, and the ongoing struggle of the horror filmmaker to keep up with trends and gain some success out of an ever fickle audience.” Felix Vasquez, Cinema Crazed

“Goofball parody humour isn’t everyone’s thing, but at the very least there’s some heart and thought behind much of the gags. I did have a problem with the use of unnecessary characters and scenes, all of which could’ve easily been left on the cutting-room floor, as they interrupted the pacing.” Pat Torfe, Bloody Disgusting

” …this isn’t some lame sub-Scary Movie comedy that thinks just referencing something makes it a joke. Dave crafts funny gags out of this intertextuality and self-referentiality, weaving it into the character-based farce that is the brothers’ lives.” MJ Simpson, Cult films and the people who make them

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Cast and characters:

• Dave Campfield as Caesar Denovio
• Paul Chomicki as Otto Denovio
• Scott Aguilar as Fred Denovio
• Deron Miller as Father Jason Steiger
• JamieLee Ackerman as Kyla
• Beverly Randolph as Shari Hartlin
• Brinke Stevens as Sashi
• Josephine Iannece as Gilda
• Ken Macfarlane as Jerry
• Samantha Barrios as Roberta
• Felissa Rose as Lakota
• Tiffany Shepis as Jamie tremain
• Andre Gower as Sam Wellner
• Vernon Wells as Guy Hunsinger
• Sean Whalen as Monsignor Winston

Filming locations:

13780 Rayen Street – Arleta, California, USA

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‘The world will quake in fear’

Arachnoquake is a 2012 American made-for-television horror film directed by prolific Griff Furst (I Am Omega; Wolvesbayne; Mask Maker; Lake Placid III; Swamp Shark) from a screenplay by Eric Forsberg (Ghost Shark; Mega Piranha; Snakes on a Train) and Paul A. Birkett (Night Wings; Haunted High; Hellhounds).

The Active Entertainment production premiered on the Syfy cable television channel on 23rd June 2012.

Main cast:

Megan Adelle (Straw Dogs), Gralen Bryant Banks (Beast of the Bering Sea; American Horror House), Paul Boocock, Edward Furlong (The Zombie King; Brainscan), Tiara Ashleigh, Tracey Gold, Bug Hall, Olivia Hardt, Grant James, Ethan Phillips, Lucky Johnson, Earl Maddox.

Plot:

A massive earthquake unleashes hordes of fire-breathing albino spiders and they embark on a murderous rampage through New Orleans. Worse still, some of the spiders are becoming bigger and bigger…

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Reviews:

“While the effects aren’t as terrible as the usual Syfy CGI, the are certainly cheesy enough to laugh at. That’s the point though. This isn’t a movie that was made to be serious. This was made to be fun and it really is a success on that factor. It’s one of those rare B-movies that is just as enjoyable without a group of drunk friends making fun of it.” Dead Derrick’s Horror Movie Reviews

“Unrealistic endings are commonplace in films, but the plan which eventually brings down the spiders is perhaps the most ridiculous in the history of motion pictures … Arachnoquake has its problems, but if you’re searching for the worst film ever you won’t find it here. You might even enjoy it, so it back and prepare for 86 minutes of jumping, fire-breathing mayhem.” Alex Morrison, That Film Guy

“It’s broad, dumb, obvious, and (almost) entirely predictable. It’s nothing more than yet another Saturday night cable TV time-filler, and it’s quite possibly the silliest movie you’ll see all month — and yet, if you’re a monster movie enthusiast (and I’m guessing you are), you may just find a few stray threads of relative amusement here.” FearNet

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“In the wake of Speed and The Faculty, there are few bus-based action possibilities that have not been explored, and Arachnoquake doesn’t even try. Things perk up briefly during a doomed attempt to defend a supermarket with bug spray, and there’s an entertaining water-based chase, but little else to get excited about.” Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film

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‘Beyond time, love never dies.’

Curse of the Phoenix is a 2014 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Young (Bloodmonkey; Hammer House of Horror: ‘Charlie Boy’; Vampire Circus) from a screenplay by Hugh Janes. It was filmed with the working title The Wraithe.

The film will be released on DVD in the UK as Ghost Ship by High Fliers Films on 20 March 2017.

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Main cast:

Joseph Sentance, Sheena May, Kate Young, James Kennan, Fawn James, Lizzie Stables, Kevin Horsham (Theatre of Fear), Kevin Johnson.

Plot:

A romantic young man, Josh (Joseph Sentance), is haunted by a strange, beautiful apparition – The Wraithe. She believes Josh is her lost true love and tries to claim him for herself, therefore putting Josh and any woman close to him, in mortal danger…

Reviews:

“Likable, down to earth characters that act somewhat like real people. Spooky scenes on the ship are well shot and has a great ambiance. An interesting paranormal mystery that has an air of classic literature to it. A slow burn, but has a good enough momentum to keep you engaged.” Geek Legion of Doom

Filming locations:

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Cornwall, England, UK

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Honeymoon is a 2014 American science fiction horror film directed by Leigh Janiak (her feature film debut) from a screenplay co-written with Phil Graziadei.

It stars Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway as a newly-married couple whose honeymoon ends up being ruined by a series of strange events.

The movie had its world premiere on March 7, 2014 at South by Southwest. It should not be confused with the 2015 Mexican horror thriller Honeymoon, directed by Diego Cohen.

Opening plot:

Bea (Rose Leslie) and Paul (Harry Treadaway) are newly married and off to have a romantic honeymoon in a rustic cabin set in a secluded forest.

During their stay there, they go to a small restaurant where Will, the owner, initially acts hostile and asks them to leave, but later calms down, realizing he was Bea’s childhood friend. Will’s wife then comes in, acting strangely and saying they need to get away.

Afterwards, everything goes normally until their wedded bliss is cut short when Bea goes missing. Paul finds her naked and disoriented in the woods with no evidence as to how she got there or why she was there in the first place. He takes her back to the cabin, where she claims she was sleepwalking due to stress, and tells him to make nothing of it.

As time passes, Bea’s behavior becomes increasingly distant and strange. At first, Paul blames Bea’s strange behaviour on some encounter with Will, but soon he realizes there’s more going on…

Reviews:

“Janiak demonstrates some wonderfully confident direction for a first-timer, utilizing space, sound design and two very good lead actors as her tools to slowly amplify the tension and mess with your head. The situations she present before the discovery of Bea in the woods and after ring true and Paul’s reactions are justified, making it all the easier for the us to be affected by the grotesqueries that await in the latter half of the film.” Ryan Turek, ComingSoon.net

“The story comes first and foremost, and it’s the story that empowers the scares, not special effects, an escalating score or the boogeyman popping into frame from nowhere. To be succinct, Honeymoon is a beautifully crafted mystery that culminates in an unforgiving but not offensive finale.” Matt Molgaard, Horrorfreak News

“Janiak does an admirable job of keeping the audience off guard without letting things feel manipulated. She is obviously a student of horror, but uses this to know what not to do, just as much as what works. But don’t be scared away by thinking this is a kind of movie like Cabin in the Woods that riffs on the tropes of the horror genre. Honeymoon is very much its own beast; a good story, excellently told, and very, very scary.” Ryland Aldrich, Screen Anarchy

Main cast and characters:

• Rose Leslie as Bea
• Harry Treadaway as Paul
• Ben Huber as Will
• Hanna Brown as Annie

Filming locations:

North Carolina, USA

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Matinee is a 1993 comedy film directed by Joe Dante (Burying the Ex; Trapped Ashes; Gremlins; The Howling; Piranha) from a screenplay by Jerico Stone (My Stepmother Is an Alien) and Charlie Haas (Gremlins 2: The New Batch; Martians Go Home), the latter also portraying a schoolteacher.

The film is an ensemble piece about a William Castle (13 Ghosts; The Tingler; Mr. Sardonicus)-type independent filmmaker, with the home front in the Cuban Missile Crisis as a backdrop.

Joe Dante has said that the financing of the movie was difficult:

“Matinee got made through a fluke. The company that was paying for us went out of business and didn’t have any money. Universal, which was the distributor, had put in a little money, and we went to them and begged them to buy into the whole movie, and to their everlasting sorrow they went ahead and did it. [Laughs.]” (the film took $9,532,895 at the box office in the United States)

Main cast:

John Goodman (Kong: SkullIsland; 10 Cloverfield Lane; Arachnophobia), Cathy Moriarty (Casper; White of the Eye), Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, Robert Picardo and Kellie Martin. Genre regulars Dick Miller and Kevin McCarthy have cameo roles.

A then-unknown Naomi Watts (Shut In; King Kong; The Ring) has a small role as a character in film within the film, The Shook-Up Shopping Cart.

Opening plot:

In Key West, Florida in October 1962, boys Gene Loomis (Fenton) and his brother Dennis (Lee) live on a military base (N.A.S. Key West); their father is away on a nearby submarine.

After hearing the announcement of an exclusive engagement of Lawrence Woolsey’s (Goodman) new sensational sci-fi horror film Mant! (“Half man! Half ant!” “in Atomo-Vision and Rumble-Rama!”), including Woolsey’s appearance in-person, they arrive home to President Kennedy’s television interruption, stating the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Woolsey concludes that this atmosphere of fear and paranoia is the perfect environment in which to open his atomic-radiation-themed film…

In the UK, the film was released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video on 12th September 2016

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• High definition digital transfer supplied by NBC Universal
• Lossless stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Paranoia in Ant Vision, a discussion with director Joe Dante about the making of the film
• Mant!, the full length version of the film-within-a-film
• Discussion with Joe Dante on the effects of Mant!
• Vintage making of featurette
• Rare on-set footage, sourced from Joe Dante’s personal collection
• Original theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

Reviews:

“Joe Dante has always been a clever, witty and subversive film-maker, and Matinee is one of the best of his films to display these talents. His love for the cinema of the period means that Mant!, our film-within-a-film is spot-on for a 1950s monster movie…” John Llewellyn Probert, House of Mortal Cinema

“There are a lot of big laughs in Matinee, and not many moments when I didn’t have a wide smile on my face” Roger Ebert

“The scenes from “Mant”, shot in black and white, that Dante and Haas have cooked up are some of the best movie satires on film. It’s not easy to parody a genre that’s already close to self-parody but the filmmakers triumph again and again. Actors such as Kevin McCarthy turn up in cameos for that all important deja-vu effect, and the special-effects are imperially tacky.” Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times

“Matinee, which devotes a lot of energy to the minor artifacts of American pop culture circa 1962, is funny and ingenious up to a point. Eventually, it becomes much too cluttered, with an oversupply of minor characters and a labored bomb-and-horror-film parallel that necessitates bringing down the movie house…” Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“The charm of Matinee, a witty and affectionate homage to the sci-fi trash of yesteryear, is that director Joe Dante (Gremlins) appreciates both the tackiness and the awe.” Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

“At the same time that Dante has a field day brutally satirizing our desire to scare ourselves and others, he also re-creates early-60s clichés with a relish and a feeling for detail that come very close to love.” Jonathan Rosenbaum

“Dante’s movie is a romp, no doubt, but its nostalgia is a heartier variety than what we usually get, and it leaves us with an undercurrent of uneasiness that is unusual for a genre most often content enough to look back through amber. Woolsey’s words resonate for every youngster who has searched for reasons to explain their attraction to the scary side of cinema and memories of the places where those images were first encountered, but in Matinee there’s another terror with which to contend, one not so easily held at bay.” Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule

Interview:

Director Joe Dante interviewed by Glenn Erickson for DVD Savant

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Music:

The original score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith (Poltergeist; Alien; The Omen).

Several cues from previous films were also used, arranged and conducted by Dick Jacobs, including music from Son of Dracula (1943); It Came from Outer Space (1953); Tarantula (1955); The Deadly Mantis (1957); This Island Earth (1955), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Revenge of the Creature (1955); The Creature Walks Among Us (1956).

Cast and characters:

• John Goodman as Lawrence Woolsey
• Cathy Moriarty as Ruth Corday / Carole
• Simon Fenton as Gene Loomis
• Omri Katz as Stan
• Lisa Jakub as Sandra
• Kellie Martin as Sherry
• Jesse Lee as Dennis Loomis
• Lucinda Jenney as Anne Loomis
• James Villemaire as Harvey Starkweather
• Robert Picardo as Howard, the Theater Manager
• Jesse White as Mr. Spector
• Dick Miller as Herb Denning
• John Sayles (writer of Alligator; The Howling; Piranha) as Bob
• David Clennon as Jack
• Lucy Butler as Rhonda
• Belinda Balaski as Stan’s Mom
• Naomi Watts as Shopping Cart Starlet

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Macabre is a 1958 American horror mystery thriller film produced and directed by William Castle (Strait-Jacket; Mr. Sardonicus; House on Haunted Hill) from a screenplay by Robb White (Homicidal; 13 Ghosts; The Tingler) based on the novel The Marble Forest by Theo Durrant, a pseudonym for the group of twelve authors who each contributed one chapter.

Macabre involved one of Castle’s first forays into using the promotional gimmicks that later made him famous. For the US Allied Artists release, a certificate for a $1,000 life insurance policy from Lloyd’s of London was given to each customer in case he/she should die of fright during the film.

William Castle driving a hearse to the premiere

Main cast:

William Prince (The Stepford Wives); Inner Sanctum: ‘The Hands), Jim Backus (Kolchak: The Night Stalker), Christine White, Jacqueline Scott (Empire of the Ants; Duel) Susan Morrow.

Plot:

“Ladies and gentlemen, for the next hour and fifteen minutes, you will be shown things so terrifying that the management of this theater is deeply concerned for your welfare.”

Dr. Rod Barrett’s (William Prince) young daughter has been kidnapped by a mysterious maniac who has buried her alive “in a large coffin”.

The doctor has five hours in which to find and rescue her before her air runs out and she suffocates. The maniacal killer apparently also murdered Barrett’s wife and her sister…

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Reviews:

“Macabre is a film that kind of falls in the middle-ground between corn and truly Tingler-summoning thriller. It walks the line between the two ends of the spectrum, teetering slightly closer to the “thrills” side than to the pool of queso dip. That being said, it’s a consistently entertaining film.” Lindsey D., The Motion Pictures

“This is gloomy, serious stuff following shady and mostly unsympathetic characters around dreary locations like funeral parlors, dark forests and a foggy, rainy cemetery, where our protagonists climb in and out of graves and explore tombs. There’s an expressive noir-ish/shadowy feel to Carl E. Guthrie’s cinematography and a sparse score from Les Baxter.” Bloody Pit of Horror

“The closing credits beg viewers not to give away the surprise ending, which certainly does come as a shock, but the lead-in to that conclusion mostly falls flat, with Barrett and Polly wandering around town and poking half-heartedly at various sites where the missing child might be interred. and their efforts lack any sense of urgency.” Jennifer Garlen, Virtual Virago

” … the atmosphere is considerably thinned by a series of flashbacks laboriously explaining why various other members of the cast have been hating the doctor, followed by a crude doubletake (borrowed from H.G. Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques, 1955)…” The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror

“Genuine but unsuccessful attempt to film a horror comic; incredibly stodgy writing, acting and direction put the lid on it.” Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell’s Film Guide

Cast and characters:

• William Prince as Rodney Barrett
• Jim Backus as Jim Tyloe, the town police chief
• Christine White as Nancy Wetherby
• Jacqueline Scott as Polly Baron, Barrett’s assistant
• Susan Morrow as Sylvia Stevens
• Jonathan Kidd as Ed Quigley
• Philip Tonge as Jode Wetherby
• Dorothy Morris as Alice Barrett
• Howard Hoffman as Hummel
• Ellen Corby as Miss Kushins
• Linda Guderman as Marge Barrett
• Voltaire Perkins as Preacher

Filming locations:

Chino, California, USA

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‘Words can kill’

Muse is a 2017 English-language Spanish supernatural horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró (Sleep Tight; Fragile; [REC] and two sequels; The Nameless) from a screenplay co-written with Fernando Navarro.

Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. He has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered by a strange ritual.

Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene and there he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder. Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: The Muses…

Main cast:

Christopher Lloyd (I Am Not a Serial Killer; Piranha 3D and 3DD; The Addams Family), Ana Ularu (Werewolf: The Beast Among Us; Anacondas: Trail of Blood), Franka Potente (Anatomy; Creep), Joanne Whalley (Twixt), Elliot Cowan (The Frankenstein Chronicles; Spine Chillers), Charlotte Vega ([REC] 3: Genesis), Leonor Watling, Manuela Vellés, Yennis Cheung, Frank Cannon.

Filming locations:

Belgium, France, Ireland and Spain

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‘Evil has chosen…’

Forsaken is a 2016 American supernatural horror film written, produced and directed by Justin Price (Dark Moon Rising; The Cloth). It should not be confused with The Forsaken by J. S. Cardone (2001).

When a Priest discovers his wife is deathly ill, he decides to go against his faith and use his knowledge of exorcisms to possess her in order to save her life.

Problems arise once he realizes his actions may have evoked the lost souls of all of the people he lost during his time as an exorcist. And now those same lost souls are out for revenge, as they seek another vessel to unleash the ultimate evil. He must now make the ultimate sacrifice or risk the emergence of the anti-Christ…

Main cast:

Michael Catalano, David E. Cazares, Deanna Grace Congo, Tony Gomez, Alex Hinojosa, Johnny R. Llanes, Okami Misuteri, Jeff Monroe, Nissa Nightmare, Michele Soza.

The film is currently distributed in North America by Uncork’d Entertainment and is available via Amazon Prime.

In the UK, it was released on DVD by Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment on 29 August 2016.

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Reviews:

“One or two moments aside, this is a dull, confusing affair with a lack of any real structure to guide viewers smoothly through the bumpier narrative moments. Potentially good ideas are squandered in rambling conversations, the acting is pretty poor, and it’s pretty impossible to care about even one of the main characters.” Kevin Matthews, Letterboxd

“Forsaken is a terrible movie with no redeeming qualities. No unintentionally funny scenes, no memorable scenes, no good performances. Painfully boring, terribly acted, poorly written. Avoid at all costs.” Kuba Grzeca, HorrorNews.net

“This is one muddled mess of a flick … The music mostly drowned out any dialogue. The dialogue sucked anyhow. The picture was grainy as well. Near the end it takes an absurd turn which doesn’t help the film’s cause.” Shawn, Letterboxd

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‘Before you are buried… be sure you are really dead!’

Mortuary is a 1981 American slasher horror directed by Howard Avedis (They’re Playing with Fire; The Fifth Floor) from a screenplay co-written with his wife Marlene Schmidt (who co-produced and appears in a small role). The other co-producer was Edward L. Montoro (The Dark; Day of the Animals; Grizzly).

The film features a hooded face-painted killer who stabs or impales his victims with/on an embalming trocar. It was released theatrically on September 9, 1983 and took $4.3 million. It was also released internationally as Embalmed and Hall of Death.

Cinematographer Gary Graver worked for Al Adamson and Fred Olen Ray and also on many genre movies such as Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973), The Toolbox Murders (1978) and The Attic (1980). He directed Moon in Scorpio (1987).

Composer John Cacavas also contributed scores for Horror Express (1972) and The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) as well as the theme for TV cop series Kojak.

It should not be confused with the 2005 film Mortuary, directed by Tobe Hooper.

Main cast:

Mary Beth McDonough, David Wysocki [as David Wallace], Bill Paxton (The Vagrant; Aliens; Near Dark), Lynda Day George (Pieces; Ants!; Day of the Animals), and Christopher George (Pieces; City of the Living Dead; Graduation Day).

Horror icon Michael Berryman appears in footage shot for the misleading US trailer as a gravedigger but is not the film itself.

Plot:

Christie Parson (Mary McDonaugh) is mourning the death of her father (Danny Rogers) by drowning. Her mother has convinced herself it was a tragic accident, but Christie is sure it was murder.

Christie suffers from nightmares in which a hooded figure, clutching an embalming trocar, pursues her. She turns detective, aided by her boyfriend (David Wallace) to find out the truth. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, whose owner, Hank Andrews (Christopher George), together with his secretly demented offspring, Paul (Bill Paxton), is guarding an odious secret…

Reviews:

“While nothing special, Mortuary basically gets the slasher job done with a minor mystery, chase scenes, a little nudity, some violent / gruesome moments and a twist ending. The cast is pretty appealing and the acting is a notch above average.” The Bloody Pit of Horror

“Fairly decent slasher flick with several jolts of suspense and gruesome deaths. Not a lot of blood and gore, but plenty of breasts both living and cadaver to enjoy. Fans of early 80’s slasher flicks should give this one a try.” Melon Farmers

“If you’ve got an 80s fetish, you’ll find more things between the feathered hair and the roller skating rinks, and the film looks and sounds very much like any other early 80s slasher movie, right down to the cornball dialogue and one hell of a nonsensical final shot. Unfortunately, it’s just not a very good one, save for the killer’s getup, the climax, the cleavage, and Mary McDonough’s body double.” Brett Gallman, Oh, the Horror!

“It’s actually a fairly slow-moving slasher film and neither Greg nor Christie are particularly interesting or likable. Still, the film features Bill Paxton skipping in a cemetery and that’s worth something.” Lisa Marie Bowman, Through the Shattered Lens

“Mortuary is an amusing movie with a lot going for it. It slows down about halfway in and leaves a few loose ends, but the good heavily outweighs the bad in this fun flick. I would recommend watching this if nothing else for the great acting of Christopher George and Bill Paxton.” Geno McGahee, Scared Stiff Reviews

“Bill Paxton is the best character in this …the lack of a decent story in Mortuary fails to hold viewer interest. Not as bad as it could be, but not recommended either.” Jim Harper, Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies

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“A wretched excuse for a movie…” John Stanley, Creature Features

“A low-budget chiller with a few good moments.” John Elliot, Elliot’s Guide to Films on Video

Release:

Following an initial uncut release on video via Hokushin, the film was passed ’18’ in 1986 as Embalmed for a Mighty Fair VHS re-release, but only after a swingeing 2m 13s of BBFC category cuts for:

• A stabbing with a surgical knife
• A murder with an axe in the back
• An embalming scene with topless nudity

In the US, the film was released on DVD on May 25, 2012, transferred with a 16×9 (1.78:1) high definition master from the original internegative. Scorpio Releasing in conjunction with Camelot Entertainment released the DVD with special features: Play with or without the “Nightmare Theater” experience, interview with composer John Cacavas and the original trailer.

On October 7, 2014, Scorpion Releasing released the film on Blu-ray a in a limited edition of just 1,200 copies.

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Filming locations:

Los Angeles, Malibu and Northridge, California, USA

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‘Evil has descended…’

The Covenant is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by Robert Conway (Krampus: Unleashed); Krampus: The Reckoning; Exit to Hell) from a screenplay co-written with Owen Conway and Christopher R. Smith.

After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It’s not long before Sarah begins to experience supernatural phenomena of a violent and hostile nature.

Bewildered and desperate, Richard enlists the aid of a paranormal investigator who confirms that Sarah has become possessed by a powerful demon. Together, the three men will go to battle to save Sarah’s soul…

The film will be available On Demand from February 7, 2017, via  Uncork’d Entertainment. It should not be confused with 2006 film The Covenant, directed by Renny Harlin.

Main cast:

Monica Engesser (Krampus: The Reckoning), Clint James (The Encounter), Owen Conway (Exit to Hell), Sanford Gibbons (Tombstone), and Maria Olson (I Spit On Your Grave: Deja-Vu).

Filming locations:

Globe, Arizona, USA

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‘The transplant was a success. Then the donor came to take it back.’

Body Parts is a 1991 American horror thriller film directed by Eric Red (scripter of The Hitcher; Near Dark; director of 100 Feet and Bad Moon) from a screenplay co-written with Norman Snider (Dead Ringers). It was adapted from a 1965 novel, Choice Cuts, by French authors Thomas Narcejac and Pierre Boileau. The Paramount film was produced by Frank Mancuso Jr. (sequels to Friday the 13th; Species films).

Main cast:

Jeff Fahey (Atomic Shark; Beneath; Psycho III), Lindsay Duncan (Frankenstein, 2007), Kim Delaney (Nightmares & Dreamscapes; The Devil’s Child; Hunter’s Blood) Brad Dourif (Chucky series; Malignant; Spontaneous Combustion) and Zakes Mokae (Vampire in Brooklyn); Dust Devil; The Serpent and the Rainbow).

Opening plot:

Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey) is a psychologist working with convicted killers at a prison in addition to teaching classes at a university. Ray, a convict who murdered his cellmate recently, tells Bill he can’t do anything to “fix” him. At home, Bill wonders to his wife (Kim Delaney) if this is true.

The next day, while driving to work, Bill gets in a horrific car accident where he loses his arm. At the hospital, Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) convinces Bill’s wife to sign off on an experimental transplant surgery to give him a new arm from a donor they have waiting. Heavily drugged, Bill is wheeled into the operating room where he groggily notes several armed cops in hospital scrubs. The cops leave as soon as Dr. Webb removes the unknown donor’s head from his body at a nearby operating table. Bill awakens from the surgery and struggles to rehabilitate his new arm, which is covered in gruesome scars.

After some initial awkwardness between his wife with the new arm, he pleasures her with it and they make love. Just when it seems things are back to normal, Bill starts seeing flashes of horrible acts of murder (as if he is committing them). Next, he loses control of his new arm and cuts his face while shaving…

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Reviews:

“From the eerie, overly dramatic score to the beautifully executed over-the-top action sequences to the gruesome gore, Body Parts is a horror film that never lets its ambition get in the way of enjoyment, leaving you with a film that’s pure entertainment and thrills. Sure, there are subtle themes about inherent evil and more than a few Frankenstein references, but in the end, this is a film that presents a beautifully executed high-concept.” Peter Shirey, JoBlo

“What could have been a reasonably interesting thriller literally goes to pieces in last third, until the brain seems the most salient part missing … the narrative hurriedly kicks into a slasher mode, replete with car chases, dismemberment and unintentional, if rather vulgar, hilarity.” Variety

“The direction has an edgy authority, and there’s one terrifying scene where the psychologist, who gets himself fingerprinted in order to discover where his limb originated, stares in horror as the police rap sheet prints out a nauseating litany of murders. But the movie is too cold and clammy and humorless.” Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times

“Eric Red honours the story’s heritage while updating it and adding all the ingredients befitting a horror or an action movie of the time …The only misstep is an absolutely ridiculous car chase where two people are handcuffed together while sitting in different cars!” Mark Hodgson, Black Hole Reviews

“Director Eric Red, screenwriter of The Hitcher, gives a grungy new spin to a familiar genre theme in this tacky but vigorous mad doctor movie.” Time Out London

” …one helluva thriller … Give an arm and leg to see this one.” John Stanley, Creature Features

Cast and characters:

• Jeff Fahey as Bill Chrushank
• Brad Dourif as Remo Lacey
• Kim Delaney as Karen Chrushank
• Zakes Mokae as Detective Sawchuck
• Lindsay Duncan as Dr. Agatha Webb
• Paul Ben-Victor as Ray Kolberg
• Peter Murnik as Mark Draper
• John Walsh as Charley Fletcher
• Nathaniel Moreau as Bill Jr.
• Peter MacNeill as Drunk
• Arlene Duncan as Nurse
• Hal Eisen as TV Reporter
• Lindsay G. Merrithew as Roger
• Andy Humphrey as Ricky
• Sarah Campbell as Samantha
• James Kidnie as Detective Jackson

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Aakhri Cheekh – translation: “Last Scream” – is a 1991 Indian supernatural horror film written and directed by Kiran Ramsay (Shaitani Ilaaka; producer of Darwaza) with dialogue provided by Sajeev Kapoor (Dhund: The Fog; Shaitani Ilaaka).

Having had a romantic relationship with them, an evil man kills several young women. Four former friends denounce him, and so he is arrested, pronounced guilty, and electrocuted. However, his soul returns and he starts taking revenge on them and their family one by one…

Main cast:

Vijayendra Ghatge, Javed Khan, Sri Pradha, Anil Dhawan, Poonam Das Gupta, Neelam Mehra, Sujit Kumar, Vijay Arora, Kamal Kapoor, Deepak Parasher, Kanwaljit Singh, Seema Vaz.

Reviews:

“The Ramsay films had a touch of original during the early 70s and 80s, but unfortunately they didn’t give out a single cult-hit in the 90s that could hold a candle to their amazing creations. This is a sleazy film with the swarm of B-graders or so called Bollywood backbenchers, which has nothing new to promise. If you’ve already seen Craven’s Shocker, better avoid this one.” Khayaal E. Yaar, IMDb

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‘Only evil will survive’

Bornless Ones is a 2016 supernatural horror film written, edited and directed by Alexander Babaev, making his feature debut.

Having just moved to a remote home near an institution to better care for her brother Zach, Emily invites a few friends over to help her unpack. They soon discover strange symbols etched into the boards on the windows.

In an effort to clean the house they clear them away, soon realizing the gravity of their mistake as they one by one become possessed by an evil force…

The film is distributed in North America by Uncork’d Entertainment in theaters and VOD from February 10, 2017.

Main cast:

Margaret Judson, Devin Goodsell (Bloodsucka Jones), Michael Johnston (Teen Wolf), Mark Furze, Bobby T, and David Banks.

Other titles:

Goetia – working title
Haunted House on the Hill – Malaysian title

Filming locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA
Pine Mountain Club, California, USA (cabin)

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Hotel Inferno 2: The Cathedral of Pain – aka Hotel Inferno 2 – is a 2017 English language, first person Italian supernatural horror film directed by Giulio De Santi (Taeter City; Adam Chaplin) from a screenplay co-written with Giulio De Santi. It is a sequel to Hotel Inferno (2013).

You, Frank Zimosa, are dead – brutally killed by the Mistandrian Cultists and trapped in the nightmarish Hotel Inferno: a special layer of Hell where demons co-exist with cultists, providing them dark, forbidden knowledge in exchange for endless pain and suffering.

Alongside another tormented soul, trapped in the inferno since the Middle Ages, you must locate the five elements comprising the human soul – so that you may reclaim your physical form on Earth – before your body rots away. Do you have the strength to face the hordes of hell and take the first element – The Fire – from the hands of its powerful, ancient protector?

The film is currently shooting in anticipation of a 2017 release.

Production company:

Necrostorm

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‘Be careful… she might just take your heart.’

May is a 2002 American psychological horror film written and directed by Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die; The Woman; The Woods), marking his directorial debut.

The film follows a lonely young woman (Bettis) traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her. It stars Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, and James Duval.

Plot:

May Dove Canady is an awkward, lonely young woman, who suffered from a terrible childhood due to her lazy eye. She has very few social interactions, her only “true friend” being a glass-encased doll named Suzie made by her mother and given to May for her birthday with the adage “If you can’t find a friend, make one.”

May works at a veterinary hospital, assisting with surgeries. Her optometrist fixes May’s lazy eye, first with glasses, then with contact lens. May becomes friends with Adam, a local mechanic. She has a fixation on his hands, which she considers to be the most attractive part of him, and they start dating. Meanwhile, May’s lesbian colleague Polly begins to flirt with her.

May invites Adam to her apartment and he shows her a film he made for his university titled Jack and Jill. The film reveals a story of two young lovers who go on a picnic and end up eating each other. May becomes aroused by the cannibalism in the film. During an intense make-out session, she bites Adam on the lip and it bleeds. Disturbed by her strange behavior, Adam abruptly leaves…

Reviews:

“It follows the traditional outlines of a horror or slasher film, up to a point–and then it fearlessly follows its character into full madness. We expect some kind of a U-turn or cop-out, but no; the writer and director, Lucky McKee, never turns back from his story’s implacable logic. This is his solo directing debut, and it’s kind of amazing. You get the feeling he’s the real thing.” RogerEbert.com

“ …May is a tragic and gut wrenching look at a girl who would do anything to become the ideal person for the people in her life, and eventually unwound from the aftermath of imperfection and idealistic visions of our loved ones.” – Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

“More successful when the title character finally embarks on her bloody mission than in the dawdling buildup … Mustering some psychological nuance through its comments on loneliness and rejection, this section is more entertaining than the slow setup, which too often presumes to be smarter and funnier than it actually is.” David Rooney, Variety

“The plotting itself manages to sidestep the usual slasher tropes as it slowly and inexorably unravels, all leading up to a quietly haunting conclusion that is as heart-wrenching as it is unnerving. If you haven’t seen it yet, give this one a try.” Bloody Disgusting

“With each rejection, the audience becomes more complicit in her craziness as May kills and dismembers people in an attempt to achieve the impossible: finding someone to have and to hold. Mad props to director Lucky McKee for creating a character so relatable that we want nothing more than for her to succeed.” Jovanka Vuckovic, Rolling Stone

“Whip-smart and bugnuts, May delivers grisly goods, too, with a terrifying mishap at a kids’ rec room and a scene of blood caked so thick and far up May’s arms that it resembles evening gloves. There’s nothing silly in May’s chilling final image. Like The Descent, it’s the ultimate abandonment of tough reality for the simple solace of madness.” Nick Rogers, The Film Yap

Cast and characters:

• Angela Bettis as May Dove Canady
• Chandler Riley Hecht as young May
• Jeremy Sisto as Adam Stubbs
• Anna Faris as Polly
• James Duval as Blank
• Nichole Hiltz as Ambrosia
• Kevin Gage as Papa Canady
• Ken Davitian as Foreign Doctor
• Merle Kennedy as Mama Canady
• Rachel David as Petey David
• Nora Zehetner as Hoop
• Will Estes as Chris, Adam’s roommate

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‘Once you find it. They won’t let you leave.’

The Shrine is a 2010 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Jon Knautz (Goddess of Love; Girl House; Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer) from a screenplay co-written with Brendan Moore and Trevor Matthews (Girl House).

A young American backpacker has gone missing in Poland. Three journalists link his disappearance to a remote village infamous for its bizarre cult activity and rumours of human sacrifice and go to investigate…

Main cast:

Aaron Ashmore (Fear Island; The Thaw), Cindy Sampson (Supernatural; High Plains Invaders; Swamp Devil), Meghan Heffern (American Gothic; The Fog; Insecticidal), and Trevor Matthews (Girl House; Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer).

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Reviews:

“After a rocky start, The Shrine finds its footing and delivers a tense, exciting, wacky conclusion. The final twist is satisfying and does not feel forced in any way. The film is more enjoyable than expected, but could have used a more focused and entertaining beginning. The shrine itself is creepy as hell and the final act is full on madness and possessed mayhem.” Doc Rotten, HorrorNews.net

“Its hard to throw punches at a film that’s so effortlessly entertaining, despite its inherent flaws and weaknesses. In many ways its these perceived weaknesses that actually elevate it to a higher status. The overacting, the ‘too bright’ colours, the head-scratching plot holes, (build a f*cking fence!!) and the cheesy costume designs all add to its charm.” The Horror Hotel

“Everything that is wrong here – the dull stock characters, the derivative plotting, Polish folk obviously played by non-Poles and Polish settings obviously not shot in Poland – could have been elevated by some sharp parodic writing and self-aware wit, as if to show that the filmmaker was in on the joke of how well-worn his material is. Instead we get a po-faced, poor imitation of a standard straight-to-video horror flick.” Anton Bitel, Eye for Film

“There’s a pretty solid crucifixion-style scene, some decent looking rubbery monsters, some solid in-camera no frills jump-scares, and some flat out brutality that redeems this little number by the end of its running time.” Frank Cotton, Horribly Hooched

“Even with its familiar trappings and some occasional bumps in the road, The Shrine is an enjoyable little throwback.” Scott Weinberg, FEAR.net

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“The Shrine is a lean, mean tale that recalls the fog shrouded hamlets cursed by horrific unearthly evils which were brought to life by H.P. Lovecraft. It’s plot is original and unique; a rare bird to find in this age of cinematic remakes,  bland re-imaginings, crappy reboots and horrid knockoffs. Check it out!” Bloody Whisper

Cast and characters:

• Aaron Ashmore as Marcus
• Cindy Sampson as Carmen
• Meghan Heffern as Sara
• Trevor Matthews as Henryk
• Vieslav Krystyan as Arkadiusz
• Laura DeCarteret as Laura Taylor
• Ben Lewis as Eric Taylor
• Julia Debowska as Lidia
• Monica Bugajski as Emilia
• Stefen Hayes as Aleks
• Connor Stanhope as Dariusz
• Philip Craig as Dale

Production company:

Brookstreet Pictures

Filming locations:

Pickering, Toronto and Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

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‘Our greatest threat is our only hope’

The Girl with All the Gifts is a 2016 British post-apocalyptic zombie horror drama film directed by Colm McCarthy (Doctor Who; Ripper Street) from a screenplay by M.R. Carey, adapted from his novel of the same name. It stars Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine (The World’s End; Hot Fuzz), Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) and Sennia Nanua.

The plot depicts a dystopian future following a breakdown of society after most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection and focuses upon the struggle of a scientist, a teacher and two soldiers who embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie…

Half of the film’s £4 million budget came from the BFI Film Fund and Creative England, making it the biggest investment that the latter had ever made and one of the largest ever for the BFI.

Warner Bros. bought the United Kingdom distribution rights, while the film is being distributed in the United States by Saban Films. It is released January 26, 2017 via DirecTV and on VOD on February 24, 2017.

Reviews:

“The Girl with All the Gifts is clearly influenced by the genre greats such as 28 Days Later, crafted with just a small budget and some grounded CG work, it manages to pull off a tense experience that once again puts British crafted undead movies on the map, and even create a future star with a breakout performance from Sennia Nanua.” David Robinson, Crash Landed

“The movie is a coming-of-age story, but whose age is coming? That’s the profound question we’re left with, in a stellar adaptation that balances gore with black humor, ethical quandary, hope and—yes—plenty of brains.” Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

“The best zombie-ish apocalypse in years. Sennia Nanua is a major discovery, but it’s the dense social commentary and moral dilemmas that will haunt you.” Helen O’hara, Empire

“The Girl With All the Gifts manages to deliver everything you could possibly want from a zombie movie: Tons of scares, memorable characters, creative variations of the genre’s classic tropes, and serious subtext about what it means to be alive.” Matt Singer, ScreenCrush

“What really separates The Girl with All the Gifts from the genre pack, however, is its moral intelligence, clever thematic consistency (drawing on the Greek myth of Pandora’s box) and emotional heft, the latter component rooted in the truly captivating breakout performance of young Nanua…” Charles Gant, Screen Daily

“The only one going all out is Close, whose character is a mad scientist, loquacious exposition dispenser and all-round explainer and generally a will-stop-at-nothing crazy woman. At the frustratingly vague end of the film, you realize that the zombie movie she signed up for in her head was a lot pulpier and more fun than the one she actually ended up playing in.” Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter

“Ultimately, our monster child’s coming-of-age holds more interest than slamming together science-fiction babble with the drone of more gunfire. At least the ending teases something akin to that of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, as well as a wholly better film: one where conflict has manifested into something wholly different than another fight for the future.” Ethan Vestby, The Film Stage

“Chilean composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s pounding soundtrack creates a constant sense of uneasiness, while the film’s vibrant imagery pairs immersive master shots of the empty landscapes with telling closeups that hint at divided allegiances. In the spectacular finale, the movie takes on the haunting, expressionistic dread of a Bosch painting.” Eric Kohn, IndieWire

Cast and characters:

• Gemma Arterton as Helen Justineau
• Paddy Considine as Sgt Eddie Parks
• Glenn Close as Dr Caroline Caldwell
• Sennia Nanua as Melanie
• Anamaria Marinca as Dr Selkirk
• Dominique Tipper as Devani
• Fisayo Akinade as Pvt Kieran Gallagher
• Anthony Welsh as Pvt Dillon
• Amy Newey and Elise Reed as Feral children

Filming locations:

Birmingham city centre, Cannock Chase, Dudley and Stoke-on-Trent. Aerial views of a deserted London were filmed with drones in the abandoned Ukrainian town of Pripyat, which has been uninhabited since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster

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Coffin-shaped horror wall clocks are currently being sold by Spanish company Villaoscura. Most are horror movie-themed but a few have creepy images from horror fiction, such as Cthulhu, or legends. The clocks are described on their Etsy page as follows:

“Wall clock made of wood table about 3 mm thick, cut coffin shaped. The drawing is a digital image varnished. Approximate measurements are 29.5 cm (12 inches) high and 19.5 cm (7.7 inches approx) wide. Handmade item. Ships worldwide from Spain. $26.59”

1 – Audrey 2 – Little Shop of Horrors
2 – Carrie White – Carrie
3 – Chatterer – Hellraiser

4 – Chucky – Child’s play
5 – Pinhead – Hellraiser
6 – The creature – Creature from the Black Lagoon
7 – Critter – Critters
8 – Damien Thorn – The Omen

9 – Count Dracula – Dracula
10 – Sadako/Samara – The Ring (Ringu)

11 – Monster of Frankenstein – Frankenstein

12 – Freddy Krueger – A nightmare on Elm Street
13 – Ghostface – Scream
14 – Herbert West and Carl Hill – Re-Animator
15 – Sam – Trick’r Treat

16 – Jason Voorhees – Friday the 13th
17 – Toshio and Kayako Saeki – The Grudge (Ju-on)
18 – The Bride – Bride of Frankenstein
19 – Grady Twins – The Shining
20 – Captain Spaulding – House of 1000 corpses – Devils Rejects
21 – Leatherface – Chainsaw massacre
22 – Michael Myers – Halloween
23 – Count Orlok – Nosferatu

24 – Pennywise – It

25 – Jigsaw doll – Saw
26 – Vincent Smith – Horror Motel
27 – Regan MacNeil – The Exorcist

28 – Xenomorph – Alien

29 – Tarman – The return of the living dead

30 – Kurt Barlow – Salem’s Lot
31 – Werewolf – The Wolfman

The clocks are also available in desk size.

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Dances with Werewolves is a 2016 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Dan Golden (Satanic [2006], The Haunted Sea; Burial of the Rats) and Donald F. Glut (Blood Scarab; Countess Dracula’s Orgy of Blood; The Mummy’s Kiss and sequel). The film marks the final appearance of the late Angus Scrimm (Phantasm and sequels; John Dies at the End; I Sell the Dead).

When Cassie flees an abusive relationship, and falls victim to a moon-worshipping 600-year-old Romanian Countess; a troubled paranormal investigator of Native American heritage finds himself in a deadly love triangle with a battered-woman werewolf…

Angus Scrimm’s co-stars include Aqueela Zoll, Tatiana DeKhtyar, Omar Paz Trujillo, Lauren Parkinson, Madeleine Wade, Jacqui Holland, Jim Tavare, and Jane Park Smith.

Select public screenings are being held prior to a 2017 release. The next showing will be at George R.R. Martin’s Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 27th.

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‘The most important man in a woman’s life is her father‘

The Id is a 2016 American psychological horror film directed by Thommy Hutson (writer of Animal; Elm Street and Friday the 13th documentaries, making his feature debut), from a screenplay by co-producer Sean H. Stewart. The film stars Amanda Wyss (The Graves; Black Magic Woman; A Nightmare on Elm Street), Patrick Peduto (Revelator) and Jamye Grant.

Plot:

For decades, Meridith Lane (Amanda Wyss) has felt trapped in her home. Thriving on memories of youth, she watches the years slip by while caring for her abusive father…until a figure from her past makes a surprising return.

In order to live the life she desires, Meridith must confront her father’s monstrous cruelty and attempt to escape his tyrannical grip. But the man who controls her every move won’t let go without a fight, leading father and daughter into a series of desperate and irreversible acts…

Availability:

Alongside being available via digital download, Hutson Ranch Media issued the film on Blu-ray on October 25, 2016 with the following special features:

Featurette: Needs, Wants & Desires: Behind The Scenes of The Id
Audio Commentary with Director/Producer Thommy Hutson and Actress Amanda Wyss
Deleted & Alternate Scenes
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
Audition Clips
Photo gallery
Trailers

Reviews:

“It is of course a slow burn, as we must witness the decline of Meridith’s mind and her (cliché term) descent into madness, but I felt like some of the sequences could have been tightened … The film’s oppressive mood and the painful situations the audience must endure while screening The Id; are nothing compared to the work of Amanda Wyss in the lead role.” Michael Klug, HorrorFreak News

” …there is an over-reliance on flashbacks and fugue-state fantasy sequences that are fine to begin with but become repetitive over time. Luckily, the movie is not overly long, and its lively editing style quickens the pace to the point of a gallop as the bloody climax comes to a close. The Id is a thought-provoking psychological chiller that’s well worth a look.” Staci Layne Wilson, Dread Central

“Along with the storyline, the acting was phenomenal by everyone. Patrick Peduto’s character as Meredith’s father was incredible and ruthless. You were supposed to hate him and you did. Amanda Wyss, hands down, was the perfect pick for the starring role. She gave a brilliant performance as Meredith, one worthy of an Oscar. Her acting is raw, vulnerable, and captivating as you can feel every emotion she is going through.” Tori Danielle, PopHorror

“The opening creepily sets the tone for the movie, as Meridith muses that she believes her father loved her, but “I also believe that if you love something truly, if you love something completely, you can’t help but destroy it.” Overall, I was impressed (and depressed). The more I think about it, the more fascinating the symbolism becomes. Give it a look if you’re in the mood for something thoughtful and haunting.” Lois Kennedy, Addicted to Horror Movies

“When you’re watching The Id – and you really should – then you will definitely be uncomfortable. And you will want to look away. Just like Meridith would prefer to look away from everything. Unfortunately, after years of abuse by her father, his words are constantly in her head. Even when he’s sleeping or nowhere near her, she can imagine what he would say to her.” Scream Queen, Heaven of Horror

Interviews:

Amanda Wyss talks to Legion of Leia

Cast and characters:

• Amanda Wyss as Meridith Lane
• Patrick Peduto as Father
• Jamye Grant as Tricia
• Malcolm Mathews as Ted
• Karen Leabo as Dana
• Brent Witt as Fantasy Ted and Officer McDaniel
• Stefanie Guarino as Officer Lopez
• Erin Astin as Young Meridith
• Ryan Bouton as Young Ted

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