Swedish Horror Comedy “American Burger” Takes Cause To Crowd Funding

Independent Swedish horror comedy “American Burger”  has taken it’s cause to crowd funding site Indiegogo. The film celebrates all that is American cliché in the dark satire that follows a busload of American students off on a grand Eurotrip when they discover that a hamburger meat factory isn’t exactly what they expected. “American Burger” will see a global release in May 2014. Head to the crowd funding page to check out all the cool fandomaniac rewards for supporters.

“American Burger” is directed by Bonita Drake and Johan Bromander. The film stars Liam Macdonald, Benjamin Brook, Aggy Kuk, Gabriel Freilich, Ben Thornton, Fredrik Hiller, Madeleine Borg, Lena Bengtson, Hanna Nygren, Charlie Petersson, Hjalmar Strid. The funds raised will go to see that “American Burger” gets stellar FX love and post-production finalization such as sound effects, music comp, mastering, translation, etc.

A bus load of American students, all jocks, cheerleaders and nerds, are on a culture trip in Europe when they stumble upon a mysterious Hamburger stand in the deep European woods, selling 100% American Burgers. A visit to the Burger Factory behind the stand, renders them trapped in this unknown territory, and they are about to realize that European notion of American Hamburgers is terrifyingly different from what they're used to... The road trip descends into a battle for survival as Americans are treated as cows. Who's going to end up in the slaughterhouse? Will the nerds ever get to score with the cheerleaders? Cliques are formed... Strategies are made... And in the midst of it all they learn a thing or two about friendship, survival, consumerism, horny teenage urges and, perhaps most importantly, to never visit a fast-food restaurant ever again. And the nerds somehow end up having the... Best. Summer. Ever.

“Feed The Gods” Distribution Deal

Creature-feature “Feed The Gods” has a distribution deal. XLrator Media has announced their U.S. distribution rights  acquisition for the film. The company will release “Feed The Gods” on their Macabre horror label. Directed by Braden Croft and starring Shawn Roberts, Tyler Johnston, Emily Tennant and Aleks Paunovic. the film follows two brothers in search of their long lost parents.The quest leads them to Tendale - a town that has a taste for tourists. No word on the actual release date yet but keep up to date with this film on the movie’s Facebook Page. Click the highlighted title above to head on over.

When slacker/aspiring filmmaker Will (Roberts) finds the parents of his adopted brother Kris (Johnston), he sees the opportunity to get some closure for his brother, as well as maybe capture a heartwarming reunion on camera. With Kris’ fiancé Brit (Tennant) in tow, the three of them head out to discover this long-lost family. What they are unprepared for though, is what exactly the cryptic small town has in store for them. Weird locals abound and rumors of a Bigfoot creature haunting the area at first seem silly… but things quickly escalate into a frantic, scary and action-packed nightmare with more than a few casualties along the way.


"Feed The Gods" - Teaser from Braden Croft on Vimeo.

U.S. Trailer For “Open Grave” Released

Check out the U.S. trailer for “Open Grave”. The film is directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego and will be released on VOD formats like iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly, VUDU, Playstation, and Google Play with an accompanying limited theatrical run in select markets. “Open Grave” stars Sharlto Copley, Thomas Kretschmann, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards and Max Wrottesley.

The haunting tale of six desperate individuals who wake up with amnesia-like symptoms next to an open grave of rotting bodies in a remote, desolate forest. With nowhere to turn, they are forced to piece together the mysterious, and ultimately horrifying, set of circumstances that brought them together -- before it's too late.

My Review Of “Ghostkeepers”

“Ghostkeepers” is a supernatural ghost thriller from director Anthony D.P. Mann. It stars Jennifer Verardi, Christian Pawlowski, Jenny Costanzo, Barry Yuen, Sherri Paterson, Declan Spellman and Anthony D.P. Mann and released through World Wide Multi Media. The story follows a group of horror fans and paranormal adventurers who set up a reunion between the two main actors from the fans’ favorite horror film for an internet podcast station.  When a podcast host organizes a celebration of his favourite horror classic, The House Where Evil Was Born, all hell breaks loose at Marlow House, the film's location and a property with a dark and sordid history. Enter a faded horror star, a washed-up scream queen, a local medium, and a girl with her own terrifying secrets.

“Ghostkeepers” story is a typical draw which hopes to bring the paranormal into the new age of fandom- the podcast and fandom blog world. The movie does a decent enough job to set up the story and give the characters enough to build from, however the attempt seems to fall a bit flat with this film. The acting is amateurish to the level of uncomfortable to watch. There is one actress who really stands out as a pretty believable talent-  Jennifer Verardi. Beyond her character the majority of this film’s human aspect seems less than.

The acting and melodrama seems to hint to some major chilling aspects of this ghost story but those moments seemed to vanish on screen and the drama just falls dead on the breath of the actors. The spooky thrills that should make any and all paranormal or horror films is almost non-existent in this pic so that was a bit disappointing. I found myself rewinding the disc thinking I missed the action, but that was just wishful thinking-there was almost no real action or chills to be had with “Ghostkeepers”. I was not happy with the film and it held little entertainment value for me personally.

Check Out The Trailer For “Mind’s Eye”

The official trailer has been released for upcoming horror “Mind’s Eye” . The film is currently in post-production and is directed by Mark Steven Grove. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Dean Cain, Natalie Distler, Aaron Perilo. “Mind’s Eye” is a sci-fi horror and will have it’s first screening on November 24th at Boedecker Theater in The Dairy Center in Boulder, Colorado. The event is public and all proceeds will benefit restoration efforts from damage suffered at Salina and The Little Church in the Pines from recent floods.

Mind’s Eye is a psychological thriller, a mind-bending film about Mattie Carver, a young high school musician who finds that space and time are collapsing around her, triggered by the resonant sound of her violin.

Mattie is further confounded by the mysterious appearance of two shadowy men in black, who attempt to instruct her on the shifting nature of her perceptions.

Aided by her high school science teacher, the school psychologist, and her closest friends, Mattie must take a journey through the looking-glass of the mind’s eye and unravel the mysteries of perception, memory, and loss. Mattie must find the truth in a constantly morphing reality, before it slips away from her forever.

Trailer Released For “The Dooms Chapel Horror”

Check out the first trailer released for Indie horror “The Dooms Chapel Horror”. The film is directed by John William Holt and stars Bill Oberst, Jr., Austin Madding, Abby Murphy, Shaun Gerardo, Josh Robinson, Josh Cornelius, Steve Crowley, Allan Walters, Wendy Keeling. “The Dooms Chapel Horror” is a found-footage horror being filmed in western Kentucky and Tennessee by A Good Size Productions, based on the short film The Hunt, which was filmed in 2009.

Crowd Funding Kicks Off For “Still”

The crowd funding campaign has kicked off for horror thriller “Still”. The film is considered as a unique psychological thriller inspired by such female-centric 70s films as "Images," "Season of the Witch," "Le Orme," "Neither the Sea Nor the Sand," and "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." Written and directed by Jason Coffman, shooting Fall/Winter 2013.

"Still" is the story of a young woman named Alice, who lives with her cousin and his girlfriend in Chicago. Alice finds a great new job, but one night she goes back into the office with a coworker and the two women are attacked, having seemingly stumbled upon a robbery in progress.

Alice is hospitalized, and when she wakes she discovers that she has an extraordinarily rare condition: akinetopsia, or "motion blindness." The part of her brain that processes motion has been damaged, even though the rest of her senses function normally. In addition to the difficulty of adjusting to life with a new kind of perception, Alice has to deal with threats both internal (strange dreams) and external (a strange figure following her). Why is she having these nightmares? Will she remember what really happened in the office the night of the attack? Who is following her, and why?