“Gallery Of Fear” Anthology Available On VOD

The horror anthology “Gallery Of Fear” from Indie Director Alan Rowe Kelly is now available on VOD (limited). You can enjoy this cult classic, which is a modern tribute to four very distinct styles of cult filmmaking, right now on Youtube and Google Play, but thanks to  IndiRights Movies/Nelson Madison Films soon the anthology will be available on Amazon, amazon Prime, Roku, Digital 0-2, and many more. Plus it will be VOD in 17 countries.”Gallery Of Fear” stars Antonio Abud, Fernandez Abud, Susan Adriensen, Ashley Baity, Raine Brown, and Jerry Murdock.   Read My Review Of “Gallery Of Fear” here.

Renowned and malicious art critic Roberta Van Houten (Debbie Rochon) travels to upstate New York for a private art showing at the remote “Lunatic Gallery”. Left alone in a huge gothic manor and one mysterious draped easel, Roberta hopes to discover a new medium that will stun the art world. Instead she unveils a collection of terror more horrific than her poison penned reviews and is transported into four haunted tales of murder, monsters and mayhem. And the final tale is her own! Gallery of Fear is a collection of four twisted tales of terror and suspense titled “Critic’s Choice”, “By Her Hand, She Draws You Down”, “Down The Drain”, and “A Far Cry From Home”.

Trailer Released For Thriller “Evidence”

The official trailer has been released for Olatunde Osunsanmi’s “Evidence”. The film stars Nolan Gerard Funk, Radha Mitchell, Stephen Moyer, Torrey DeVitto and follows investigators trying solve a case based on the only evidence left on scene- a flip cam and two cell phones. This one blends live action, melodrama and found footage. So I am guessing that it is a little too late for the victims (as a horror fan, gods I hope so! as a humanist, there is always hope!). Anyway “Evidence” is due out July 19th 2013.

Three New Images From "Backmask"Possess Their Way Onto The Internet

Check out the three newest images from Marcus Nispel’s “Backmask”. The teen-angst driven, devil down below flick offers up a Satanic Wasteland of sorts. Teens partying and drugging, bored as fuck with life and shit and a strong impulse to play music backwards in order to listen to messages from the devil. “Backmask” stars Gage Golightly, Brittany Curran, Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz, Brett Dier, Nick Nicotera, Nick Nordella, and Michael Ormsby. Yeah I know- kinda sounds like the shit that preachers always squalled about during Sunday service. But this is no PSA thankfully, it is a film that is looking like a pretty eviliciously killer flick.

During a sex, drugs, and rock-fueled party, six small-town teenagers find an old vintage record and decide to play it backwards in order to listen for any subliminal/satanic messages. Lo and behold, a seemingly malevolent spirit quickly infiltrates the group, wreaking havoc as it moves from one body to another. Eventually, however, it’s revealed that the spirit in question is actually trying to convey a message….and that the real source of horror isn’t particularly paranormal, but rather something (or someone) much closer to home.

U.S. Trailer And Poster For Irish Creature Comedy “Grabbers”

“Grabbers” finally makes it’s way onto U.S. shores July 19th. The creature feature/comedy will be available VOD and in select theatres. “Grabbers” is directed by Jon Wright and stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Lalor Roddy. Check out the U.S. trailer below.

On Erin Island, an idyllic fishing village off the coast of Ireland, charming but somewhat work-shy Ciaran O’Shea, is tasked with greeting Lisa Nolan, a straight-laced young officer who has arrived from the mainland. Not that there is much for them to do, aside from dealing with the occasional drunk, and that’s usually O’Shea himself. But strange doings are afoot: the crew of a fishing boat disappears, whales start appearing dead on the shore, a local lobsterman catches a strange tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it becomes clear to O’Shea and Nolan that there’s something big out there, and that it’s hungry. It’s time to rally the villagers, arm the troops…and head to the pub.

“Delivery” To Premiere At L.A. Film Fest 2013

The supernatural horror film “Delivery” will have it’s premiere at the L.A. Film Fest which takes place June 18-21st. Directed by Brian Netto, “Delivery” is a first person account blended with testimonials from friends, of a young couple's first pregnancy, told in documentarian fashion.  The film shows on the 18th and stars Laurel Vail, Danny Barclay, Peter McGlynn, Mario Z. and Peter McGlynn.

Delivery tells the story of Kyle and Rachel Massy, a young couple who agree to document their first pregnancy for a family-oriented reality show. The production spirals out-of-control after the cameras capture a series of unexplained events, leading Rachel to believe that a malevolent spirit has possessed their unborn child.

New Clip From “Hatchet III”

Check out the new clip from “Hatchet III”. Crowley’s house is definitely a dangerous place to be! The third installment to this franchise of “new” slasher blood in the horror genre brings back Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder. They go head to head once more in one of the goriest, blood soaked “slasher-meets-final girl” sagas in modern horror. “Hatchet III” is directed by BJ McDonnell and will be unleashed on June 14th 2013.

Hatchet III continues the tale of the now-iconic villain Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder). As a search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and carnage left behind from the first two films, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) hunts down the true secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left the ghost of Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

Pagan Festival Shout Outs! Sigurdsblot & Vestalia

Today is Sigurdsblot, a festival in honor of the legendary hero of Norse mythology Sigurd (Siegfried). He is also the central figure in the Völsunga saga. Sigurd was said to have slain the dragon Fafnir, winning back the treasures of the Rhine.

Sigurd (Siegfried) was the greatest hero in Germanic legend, and central character of the Saga of the Volsungs. He was the foster-son of Regin, who sent him to recover a fabulous hoard of gold. Regin's father Hreidmar had first acquired this treasure, which once belonged to the dwarf Andvari. To get their hands on the gold Regin and his brother Fafnir had then killed Hreidmar, but Fafnir wanted the treasure for himself and turned into a dragon to guard it.

Regin wished to possess the treasure which his brother guarded, and to this end forged a great sword for Sigurd, but it broke the first time it was tested, and Sigurd had his father's sword reassembled and re-forged, and Gram stood every test. By cunningly stabbing the monster from underneath, Sigurd succeeded in slaying Fafnir, thus gaining both wealth and wisdom (by licking the blood of the slain dragon), since Fafnir was said to have understood the language of birds. When he realized that Regin intended to kill him for the gold, Sigurd slew him before carrying it away himself.

Sigurd then went to free the Valkyrie maiden Brunhilde, who lay in a magical sleep, cast there by Odin, for daring to rise above his wishes. But Brunhilde had sworn only to marry the man who could ride through the fire that surrounded her dwelling. Gunnar wanted her, but could not perform the feat, but Sigurd in Gunnar's shape did so. Thus Brunhilde agreed to marry Gunnar.

Vestalia is the ancient Roman festival to Vesta-the virgin goddess of family, hearth and home. The festival actually begins on the 7th of June and last until the 15th. On the first day of the festivities it was the only time women were allowed to make sacrificial offerings at the sanctum within Vesta’s temple. The importance of Vesta to Roman religion is indicated by the prominence of the priesthood devoted to her, the Vestal Virgins, Rome's only college of full-time priests.

It was in the house and home that Vesta was most important because she was the goddess of the hearth and of fire. Vesta is particularly important to women of the household as the hearth was the place where food was prepared and next to it the meal was eaten with offerings being thrown into the fire to seek the future from the way it burned. The degree of the importance of Vesta and the hearth in Roman times carries on into modern English, where the word focus (Latin for hearth) continues to be used in a variety of ways, both scientifically and metaphorically, that although differing from the original meaning, still carry a sense of focusing or concentration on something of importance.