Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New Clip Has Hercules Storming The Gates


HerculesCheck out the new clip for “The Legend Of Hercules” which has the mythical hero storming the gates. “The Legend Of Hercules” hits theatres January 10th 2014 and stars hottie Kellan Lutz along side Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee, Liam McIntyre and Johnathon Schaech.

The origin story of the the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.

In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.

Monday, December 30, 2013

International Distribution Struck For Australian Slasher “Charlie’s Farm”


CharliesFarmAustralian horror company Slaughter FX has struck an distribution deal with Shoreline Entertainment for “Charlie’s Farm”. The film isn’t scheduled to be release until 2015. “Charlie’s Farm” is directed by Chris Sun who also snagged an entertainer’s deal with the company to manage the award winning writer and director’s career.

 To date Chris Sun, cast and Crew have won over 35 awards, their latest film "Daddy's Little Girl" has received 25 awards from 29 nominations. “Charlie’s Farm” stars Nathan Jones, Cameron Caufield, Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder and Tara Reid.

charliesfarmartworkThe film brings the violent history of Charlie’s Farm to life with brutal grit, giving life to the story of four horror seeking youths who stumble across a legend that refuses to die. In an effort to do something different, four friends head into Australia’s outback to explore Charlie’s Farm, the site where a violent family met their end at the hands of an angry mob. Despite all warnings, they persist in their horror-seeking adventure.

Once there, the four friends meet other transients and find Charlie’s Farm to be anything but horror inspiring. They are unaware that they are being watched. While exploring the property to prove the myth, they encounter Charlie, who shows them that some legends never die.


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Pagan Festival Shout Out: Hogmanay/New Year’s Celebration/Modraniht/Yule 12th Night


DECEMBER 31ST/ JANUARY 1ST

hogmanayAs we get ready to celebrate the new year, we think of our favorite moments from the past one as we set upon the winds our wishes for the next. It is a truly mystical time during the winter solstice period that for me unofficially begins on the Autumn Equinox which starts my love of holiday festivities from Samhain until Hogmany (New Year’s Day). Hogmanay is the Norse festival that is still to this day the Scottish celebration of New Year’s. All the elements are there as far libation, feasting, and merriment. Observed on December 31, festivities typically spill over into the first couple of days of January. In fact, there's a tradition known as "first-footing", in which the first person to enter a home brings the residents good luck for the coming year. The guest preferred being dark-haired and preferably male. Gifts are exchanged, and one of the popular food items on the Hogmanay menu is the black bun, which is a really rich fruitcake.


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Drinking and positive revelry are crucial for me on New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay because the mood and feelings that you end the old year and begin the new year provide the positive energy that will carry you through the entire year. Drinking and having wonderful company with family and friends that ring in the new year with the traditional singing of "Auld Lang Syne". But for my personal empowerment when beginning the new year is my traditional midday feast of ham, collard greens, black-eyed peas, cornbread and mashed potatoes. The roots of Hogmanay perhaps reach back to the celebration of the winter solstice among the Norse, as well as incorporating customs from the Gaelic celebration of Samhain.










modranihtMost people celebrate Modraniht, old English for Mothers-Night, on December 24th but the original time of this festival was New Year’s Night, January 1st. In my family it was celebrated midday on the 1st with a big feast held at my grandmother’s house and all the families would gather around or visit throughout the day to eat. It was a lovely time that allowed our family to “unofficially close the fall and winter holiday season with one last feast which is where I gained my tradition of my New Year’s Day lucky food feast. Modraniht for me is a New Year’s Day festival just as it was in it’s original time. Mōdraniht was, and still is to some considered a Heathen festival that marks the Anglo-Saxon New Year. Others argue that it has it is not a Heathen festival. Either way it is a day to honor mothers and those mother/matron deities depicted on votive objects and altars that bear images of goddesses, depicted almost entirely in groups of three.




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Yuletide festivities conclude on Twelfth Night. The festival day that ends Yule will sync  with New Year’s Eve. A last big festival to celebrate a new year, celebrate the passing of the darkest and to look forward to the lengthening days and warming temperatures. The Yule nights end on Twelfth night when we burn a Yule log, give gifts, and feast (especially on ham and pork) We swear our oaths for the coming year  on the sacred boar on Twelfth Night. Now, it is tradition to swear our oaths on a sun-wheel, and then toss it into the fire as a part of our yearly Yule celebration. On Twelfth Night, we take down our Yule trees and pack up our Yule decorations for the year. This is the end of Yule and the old year. If you use a real tree then save the trunk for next year’s yule log.

All these festivals share the same themes of remembrance, resolution built on the tradition of celebrations, feasts and good luck for the coming year. Whether you celebrate one or do as I and incorporate all the spirit and tradition from the many to make one colorful tradition the point is to end the year with a wonderful, positive energy filled with a reverence for the old and a great outlook for the coming of the new. Friends, Family, Food and Fun will carry you throughout the Year and throughout your life if you allow it.

Sundance Teaser For “Dead Snow: Red Vs Dead”


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Check out the Sundance teaser trailer for “Dead Snow: Red Vs Dead”. The sequel to the fan fave zombie Nazi horror premieres at Sundance on January 19th 2014. “Dead Snow: Red Vs Dead” brings back Director Tommy Wirkola for the zombie flick that has the undead Nazi horde following the sole survivor of the vacation attack back to civilization to finish their mission. The film stars Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Martin Starr, Ørjan Gamst, Ingrid Haas, and Jocelyn DeBoer.

The sequel picks up from the instant the first movie left off as Martin, the sole survivor of the mayhem makes his way back to civilization with the evil Nazi zombies right behind him. He will need an army of his own to battle this undead force.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

My Review Of Black Star Canyon: Episode 1 By Creep Creepersin


black star canyonBlack Star Canyon: Episode 1 by Creep Creepersin begins the foreboding events that unfold just as the body of a young Jane Doe is found brutally murdered not far from a prominent neighborhood nestled in the Black Star Canyon community. The story continues each week in episodes much like a television series. Here it is honored in a thrilling, well written, very descriptive narrative that is mature psychological horror befitting any cable show.

Black Star Canyon is a town shrouded in darkness, fulled by malice and nestled in horrors. Creep Creepersin has set out to create a written thriller drama series as wicked as any television show, and as well written too. The characters are skewed somewhere between quirky offbeat and lethal sociopaths. "Episode 1" sets up a thrilling story with a tense and ominous arch that I am sure will have me on the edge, begging for more episodes. The characters, their questionable nature and the over all shadiness of it all coddled within this town of Black Star Canyon is an American Gothic that is has me engaged in a series that is sure to be entertaining.

“Captain America:The Winter Soldier” On Cover Of Empire Mag

Empire Mag has revealed their February Cover featuring “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”. Check out the two cover variations and first image from the February issue. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is due out April 4th 2014. The film is directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo and stars Chris Evans, Frank Grillo, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson,  Emily VanCamp and Samuel L. Jackson.

As Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), aka Black Widow, to battle the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), a powerful yet shadowy enemy, in present-day Washington.

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Three New Clips For “The Legend Of Hercules”

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Three new clips have been released that show why Kellan Lutz as Hercules is the hottest thing ever. Check ‘em out below and get ready for some epic ass kickin’ on a mythological scale. “The Legend Of Hercules” is due out January 10 2014. The film is directed by Renny Harlin and also stars Scott Adkins, Gaia Weiss, Roxanne McKee, Liam McIntyre and Jonathan Schaech.

In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.





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