‘No one here gets out alive‘

Making Off – aka The Devil’s Weekend – is a 2012 French found footage horror film written and directed by Cédric Dupuis. It stars Céline Berti, Olivier Bureau, Mickaël Collart, Jérôme Thevenet, Nathalie Van Tongelen and Sébastien Ventura.

Cédric Dupuis, a fledgling independent filmmaker, has set out to make the most terrifying horror film of all time. But shooting without any budget to speak of and a cast of his friends, Cédric soon realizes the frustration of indie film-making.

The only way for Cédric to get the realism he wants is to actually murder his cast on camera. This is his documentary of the events that unfolded during the making of his opus…

Wild Eye Releasing is issuing the film on DVD in the United States as The Devil’s Weekend on May 22 2018. Pre-order from Amazon.com

Reviews:

“Making Off is a French found-footage horror flick that aims to take the sub-genre into new and repulsive levels of extreme horror. Does it achieve that? Well yes, and no. The extreme aspects of it are certainly that. It’s disgusting and nasty with a decidedly vile feel. It’s rarely ever fun, and for the most part, it’s deadly serious. Though, there are moments of very dark, jet-black humor, some of which are perversely funny.” Giovanni Deldio, Horrorfreak News

“The level of gore is medium, the special effects range from adequate to disturbingly good, and the brutality and sadistic torture level is pretty high. But it’s all just pointless sickness.” The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre

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House of Horrors: The Gates of Hell is a 2012 American supernatural horror film written, produced and directed by Daniel Monroe (House of Horrors: The Movie). It stars Danielle Tewell, Codie Kremblas, Doug Bruch, Steve Podosek and Kaitlyn Salamone.

An ancient resurrected evil is loose at Western New York’s largest and most terrifying haunted attraction: the House of Horrors. It’s goal – to forever open the gates of Hell on Earth!

Reviews:

” …some slasher mainstays, a dose of self-irony that’s just enough to not turn the movie into a farce, and plenty of haunted house attraction elements, puts them into a blender, mixes them up quite a bit … and the outcome is a light-footed horror movie with plenty of shocks and creepiness, gory bits and monsters…” Mike Haberfelner, Search My Trash

“If this movie tried to do anything, it was hit upon every key component of the classic horror movie. Children creepily laughing, a masked unknown killer, lots of tits and ass, and demonic interjection saturate the hour and a half film. Yet, this is what cheapens it and makes it stale.” Caitlin Huggins, HorrorNews.net

“Monroe’s film does have issues, and some that can’t be dismissed or even overlooked rather the scare factors lose to the comic displays, from the ridiculous usage of CGI, when regarding the fires of hell, so misplaced, overdone and just sadly awful. The acting is fair, not heeding to Shakespearean, after all the cast and tryouts are just seeking a season job…” Baron Craze, Rogue Cinema

Choice dialogue:

“C’mon, who doesn’t love a crucified nun?”

Trivia:

The film is titled House of Horrors: Gates of Hell on publicity material.

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‘Heads are gonna roll’

Slumber Party Slaughter is a 2012 American horror film written, co-produced and directed by Rebekah Chaney. It stars Tom Sizemore, Ryan O’Neal and Robert Carradine.

On a secretive outing to a bizarre strip club, Tom Kingsford (Tom Sizemore) is unaware that his life is about to take a dramatic turn. Club owner and real estate mogul, William O’Toole (Ryan O’Neal) is a sadistic voyeur whose desire for fear and torture is put to the test as the night’s dirty deeds return to haunt him.

Tom hires a few sexy dancers: Casey Reitz (Rebekah Chaney), Victoria Spencer (Stephanie Romanov), Nicole and Nadia, from the Lingerie Lounge, to accompany him for the evening; while, unbeknownst to them, the group is secretly followed by a psychotic, obsessive club-patron, known only as Dave (Robert Carradine).

Things quickly turn dark when, what seems like an innocent shortcut through a haunted cemetery is actually a set up, and the group is placed in the middle of an existing crime scene. Panic and fear escalates and tragedy befalls Tom when he is accidentally killed and buried in the supernatural cemetery. The girls make a pact of silence: agreeing to start new lives.

One year later, on the anniversary of Tom’s death, one of the strippers is found decapitated, prompting the others to reunite at a slumber party and wait out their worst fear; vengeance…

Reviews:

“The characters they play are drawn better than is the norm but none of them are drawn well enough to be a real focus. The various subplots are worthy but distracting from the bigger picture. Rebekah Chaney can write and she seems to have a lot to say, but she doesn’t seem to be able to stand back and see her script at a distance.” Hal C F Astell, Apocalypse Later

“The kills are gory, creative, and funny. I was pleasantly surprised by the plot. It wasn’t high art but there were actually some solid story threads tying the film together, unlike most parodies of late. There were parts during my screening that were unclear, confusing, or glossed over…” Horror Digital

Main cast:

• Tom Sizemore – Central Park Dark; Halloweed; Paranormal Movie; Bottom Feeder
• Ryan O’Neal – Bones TV series
• Robert Carradine – Specter; Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda; The Terror Experiment; Tooth and Nail; Monster Night; Ghosts of Mars; Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire; et al
• Tyler Jacob Moore
• Stephanie Romanov
• Rebekah Chaney
• Michael Bowen
• Elyse Levesque
• Caroline Macey
• Jarrod Bunch
• JC Gonzalez
• Casey Thomas Brown
• Marissa Skell
• Scott Reitz
• Robert Allen Mukes

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‘Where he goes, death follows’

The Traveler – aka The Traveller – is a 2010 American horror film directed by Michael Oblowitz (Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy; The Breed) from a screenplay by Joseph C. Muscat, and starring Val Kilmer and Dylan Neal.

A stranger walks into a small town’s police station during a rainstorm on Christmas Eve. He tells the desk sergeant that he wishes to confess to murder, after which the desk sergeant points a handgun at him and calls for his colleagues to restrain him with handcuffs.

The stranger refuses to reveal his name, preferring to be known as “Mr. Nobody.” After the stranger provokes them, the officers are about to assault him as detective Alexander Black walks in.

The stranger states that he will confess to six murders, and when he describes each murder, the officers graphically die in the same way he explains though the stranger himself remains incarcerated…

Reviews:

“There’s just never a point at which the viewer is able to work up even a hint of interest in any of the characters’ exploits, and it is, in the final analysis, impossible not to wonder just what drew Kilmer and his relatively talented costars to this hopelessly misbegotten piece of work in the first place.” David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

“This isn’t Camus; it’s Rod Serling by way of Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter. But Eastwood had a firm grasp on how to casually allow existential ideas to emerge from the Western myth. The Traveler begins as a moralistic Twilight Zone episode and ends as a nonsensical Tales from the Darkside.” Brian Holcomb, Cinema Blend

“Even though he looks fresh out of rehab (or a lack thereof) Val possesses acting/presence skills, and they tend to rise to the occasion regardless. The gore was all over the walls and floors and nailed this into the horror genre for sure.” John Marrone, Bloody Disgusting

“If it sounds mildly interesting, I assure you it isn’t, as Oblowitz doesn’t have a cast experienced enough to accurately sell the mental ambush, while his fondness for bloody money shots quickly turns the film into a Troma production.” BrianOrndorf.com

“The Traveler is yet another feature film with only a half-hour Twilight Zone episode materials’ worth in it. That’s not to say it’s not worth a look, but don’t expect too much. Val Kilmer is surprisingly good in it, given his recent penchant for sleepwalking through roles…” Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

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Cast and characters:

• Val Kilmer as Mr. Nobody – The Snowman; Twixt; Thaw; The Island of Dr. Moreau
• Dylan Neal as Detective Alexander Black
• Paul McGillion as Deputy Jerry Pine
• Camille Sullivan as Deputy Jane Hollow
• Nels Lennarson as Deputy Toby Sherwood
• Chris Gauthier as Desk Sergeant Gulloy
• John Cassini as Deputy Jack Hawkins
• Sierra Pitkin as Mary Black
• Panou as Trooper Vitelli
• Denyc as Trooper Velasquez

Filming locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Release:

The film was first shown at the Aruba International Film Festival in June 2010 before its release in the United States in October 2010 by Paramount Pictures. It was released on home video on January 25, 2011.

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‘You’ve been warned!’

Beware is a 2010 American slasher horror film Jason Daly (Creepy Crawly short; Scary Tales: The Return of Mr. Longfellow) from a screenplay co-written with Shawn Copenhaver. It stars Adam Leadbeater, Alex Livinalli, Lorena King, and Cecilia Huete.

The town of Shady Grove holds many dark secrets. Amongst those secrets is the sadistic tale of “Shane”, a boy who was tortured and chained to a tree as a youngster. Legend has it that for years he survived in the woods all alone until one day he managed to escape.

Now, damaged and broken, he wanders those woods in search of blood, with his trademark chains fused to his wrists. Despite years of tales and urban myths, no proof of his existence has ever been discovered, until five unsuspecting teens reveal the truth on an ill-fated trip…

Reviews:

“Fans of Friday the 13th films will most definitely get a kick out of this one with its pretty successful attempts to make both the killer and the kills iconic as well as gratuitous T & A. Beware doesn’t blaze new trails, but it does skip down well tread paths in an energetic and stylish manner.” Mark Miller, Ain’t It Cool News

” …I couldn’t help but wonder why Daly thought that we’d be even remotely interested in these people. Static scenes, characters who come and go at random, lousy gore, and a head-scratcher of a story result in a movie which will have you wearing out your fast-forward button. Beware indeed.” Mike Long, DVD Sleuth

“Beware is overall a fun, old-school style slasher flick where you can just sit back and enjoy the carnage.  The kills are creative and the scene where Shane kills the girl wearing the walkman is extremely well-shot (it’s rather stylish and reminded me a bit of Brian De Palma circa Dressed to Kill).” Scott Shoyer, Anything Horror

” …there is always something of interest happening coupled with a few death scenes for good measure. The final act of the film provides viewers with the murder and mayhem expected and from a low budget film; the deaths are quite creative and graphic, the standout being death by Guitar Hero.” Troy Escamilla, Fright Meter

Main cast:

• Adam Leadbeater
• Lorena King
• Cecilia Huete
• Vivi Pineda
• Eddy Acosta
• Alex Livinalli
• Fernando Vieira
• Edward Madera
• Víctor González
• Omar Caraballo

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‘Unleashed and hungry’

Bio•Slime – aka Bio-Slime – is a 2010 American science fiction horror film directed by John Lechago (Killjoy’s Psycho Circus; Feast of Fear; Blood Gnome; et al). It stars Vincent Bilancio, Victoria DeMare and Kelli Kaye.

Trapped in a room with one door and no windows, where cell phones do not work and no one outside can hear their calls for help, a group of seven people is under siege as a shape-shifting creature tries to enter…

The film was released in the UK on DVD by Second Sight Films on 19 February 2018 as Alien Contagion.

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Reviews:

” …Lechago’s movie succeeds thanks to the director’s energy and attention to detail. Undeterred by the pressure of a short schedule, the number of set-ups Lechago manages is impressive, and when blended with his brisk editing style, it creates the illusion of a picture that cost ten times the budget of Bio Slime.” Dave Wain, The Schlock Pit

” …the film does not really entertain and the reliance on nudity and gore takes away from the characters and the journey with them. Tom Devlin’s effects (Silent Night, Zombie Night) are truly remarkable; yet, more time needed to be spent on developing the sentient side of this dark gooey force. This floating tar thing had more to offer than just a few lines.” Michael Allen, 28 Days Later Analysis

“The creature FX design, it appears in different forms (from simple slime to grotesque creatures), ranges from pretty ok to really impressive. Some of the FX looks awesome and I guess the filmmakers spent most of the budget on special effects. There is gratuitous T&A, including female full frontal nudity, and a prolonged sex-scene.” Jorgen Lundin, Independent Flicks

“The blob effects are simple but effective without too much resorting to bad CGI, which makes me rate the movie higher. You also have to give the filmmakers credit for managing make a decent movie that is basically set in one room. It takes at least some talent to pull that off.” Joachim Andersson, Rubbermonsterfetishism

Main cast and characters:

• Vinnie Bilancio … Troy
• Victoria De Mare … Mary
• Ronnie Lewis …Hal
• Kelli Kaye … Shannon
• Gia Paloma … Annie
• Magic J. Ellingson … Jack
• Micol Bartolucci … Constanza
• Al Burke … Landlord
• Monique La Barr … Donna
• Tai Chan Ngo … David
• Ron Fitzgerald … Creature (voice)

Trivia:

The film was originally titled Contagion.

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‘If I die before I wake’

The Sleeper is a 2011 [released 2012] American slasher horror film written, photographed, edited, co-produced and directed by Justin Russell (Bong of the Living Dead; Death Stop Holocaust; The Gremlin). The Gamma Knife Films production stars Ali Ferda, Paul Moon, Eric Sarich, and in a cameo role, Jessica Cameron.

In 1979, a giggling man with milky white eyes (credited as “The Sleeper”) breaks into a bedroom in the Alpha Gamma Theta sorority house in the middle of the night, killing a resident with a hammer.

Two years later, the sorority is organizing a party to welcome new pledges, an event that prompts the return of the Sleeper, who has been living on the campus in secret, spying on the Alpha Gamma Thetas, and threatening them over the phone…

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Reviews:

“The lack of a motive or explanation makes it less of what could be a perfect homage to the creepiness and unease of the original Black Christmas. With a senseless killer, it’s just trying too hard to be so. And I find that it’s actually missing that little unique something that could make it grand, and replacing it with too many in-your-face 80’s references!” Bloody Disgusting

“The film manages to move at a brisk clip (filmed during the Winter season), but everything on screen is just deja-vu all over again. While the gore is handled pretty well (especially Cindy’s graphic face smashing and the eyes on Stacy’s [obviously fake] decapitated head still moving back and forth, looking at her headless body), there is little else to recommend.” Fred Adelman, Critical Condition

” …it gets everything right: the pacing, the atmosphere, the settings… Russell nails it. Here’s a guy who understands the slasher film, and I look forward to his next outing as a result” Matt Serafini, Dread Central

“The atmosphere is good, the acting is tolerable, a few nice violent death scenes, and some great cinematography (there is some actual depth to the shots). The only thing that I consider to be bad is that the 80’s style that Justin was going for became too much and basically stood out from the rest of the movie instead of helping to blend everything together.” Preston Carnell, Film Bizarro

” …even if you ignore all the homage stuff, it’s just a straight up effective little slasher movie. You won’t often forget that it was low budget (30 grand, much less than most of the films it honors even before you factor in inflation), but it moves well, has some nice scares, a variety of kills (he favors a hammer, but an axe and some rope get some play), and a very likable heroine in Brittany Belland, who is refreshingly not mousy (she’s the one who urges her friend to go to the sorority party) and has a great scream.” Brian W. Collins, Horror Movie a Day

“Amazingly the only characters that have any real defining roles and any emotional attachment are killed off-screen. This leads me to believe that The Sleeper is actually a string of death scenes wrapped up in a second-hand storyline, which in itself is nothing new and so can’t be criticised for it. Maybe this is it’s homage to the 80s slasher; the misogynistic ‘bad’ ones like Pieces and Slumber Party Massacre.” Ilan Sheady, Horror Talk

” …homage to a certain type of 1980s slasher film – in specific, the sorority house slaughter. We even get a cheap John Carpenter-soundalike score. Russell provides mostly clothed sex scenes among the co-eds and a liberal degree of cheap gore. Beyond that, there is not much to The Sleeper.” Richard Scheib, Moria

“Tries to come off as a throwback to ’80s slashers, but mostly duplicates the faults that ruin films of any decade. Poorly acted, completely illogical, and with the worst line dancing since The Howling: New Moon Rising.” David Andreas, Splatter Critic

“The death scenes were cheesy, the acting is wooden and we never do find anything out about any characters. There are no backstories,, we have no idea why The Sleeper is killing or indeed who the hell he is, but that’s fine – I don’t want to know and I don’t care. If you love or have any knowledge of slasher films from the late 70’s to the early 80’s then The Sleeper is a massive recommend.” Andy Deen, UK Horror Scene

“The dismal IMDb rating of The Sleeper is reflective of a generation used to frenetic edits, silicone-clad babes and exposition from an audience who say they want retro slasher films and then moan when they get one. I would say that the film does play like one of the less ‘classic’ examples of the era to which it pertains, somewhat subtracting from its appeal in the grand scheme of things.” Hudson Lee, Vegan Voorhees

Cast and characters:

• Brittany Belland as Amy
• E. Ray Goodwin as Detective Drake
• Jason Jay Crabtree as The Sleeper
• Elizabeth Lane as June
• Jenna Fournier as Laura
• Riana Ballo as Stacy
• Jessica Cameron as Cindy
• Tiffany Arnold as Rebecca
• Ali Ferda as Ava
• Kendra Stevenson as First Sister
• Beverly Kristy as Miss Joy
• Paul Moon as Bobby
• Eric Sarich as Derek
• Aaron Russell as Matt Matheson
• Joe Bob Briggs as Doctor Briggs [cameo role by film critic]

Production:

The Sleeper was filmed in Springfield, Ohio, over thirteen days in February 2011.

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Mega Piranha is a 2010 science fiction disaster horror film produced by The Asylum. It was written and directed by Eric Forsberg (Monster; Torture Room; Night of the Dead: Leben Tod) and stars Tiffany, Paul Logan and Barry Williams.

The film is a mockbuster of Piranha 3D.

On the Orinoco River in Venezuela, a strain of genetically modified piranha have escaped into an isolated tributary of the river.

Through human interference of the local environment, the deadly mutated fish swim downstream, killing all that crosses their path. The mega piranha gradually head towards Florida at the height of the tourist season…

Reviews:

“Mega Piranha will definitely rock your cinematic socks off, even if you intentionally warped motion pictures aren’t necessarily your thing. As bad as it is, I can’t say that I wasn’t thoroughly entertained.” Bloody Good Horror

“These movies are bad. Horribly, terribly bad. But they’re also fun. Oddly, painfully, wince-inducingly fun and you’re either kind of person that likes having this kind of fun (and you’ve made Roger Corman an incredibly wealthy man) or you’re not (and probably don’t understand “The Three Stooges” either).” Depressed Press

“There is a lot of material that works in the film and yet it appears saddled with a pre-approved formula that forces certain elements to occur at a pre-determined moment in the running time […] Despite the limitations, Mega Piranha is an entertaining film that will please most audiences looking to pass an evening with a goofy monster movie.” Horror Talk

“What’s less frightening than a school of fish that can strip a man to the bone in less than a minute? Most things, I would say. However, someone should have told the writers that if you make the fish large enough to swallow you whole – and give them retarded-looking teeth to boot – the whole concept becomes unintentionally hilarious.” Juggernaut of Stupidity

“If you like awful CGI monsters and the usual products put out by The Asylum, feel free to whistle right along to the tune of Mega Piranha. Otherwise, I suggest digging up something else. Even some of the more popular Asylum flicks, like a Mega Shark or a Sharknado, would be more worth your time than this.” Gordon Maples, Misan[trope]y

“Mega Piranha is excessively overproduced even for a low budget affair. Nearly every cut to another scene is edited with a flash, the sound of a rush of wind, and tinkering with film speed. They edit the hell out of this movie. Segue senes are mercilessly repeated.” Andrew Mack, Screen Anarchy

“Mega Piranha expertly walks the line between so-bad-it’s-good and so-bad-it’s-shite. As an achievement in filmmaking it fails miserably on every possible level, but if you’re the sort who takes pleasure in laughing at bad editing and direction as much as the usual bad acting and script, then you’ll be in hog’s heaven here.” That Was a Bit Mental

” …most of Mega Piranha is just plain flat out unadulterated stupidity. From the idiotic scientific explanation for the piranha (Tiffany was trying to make them “more robust”), to the irritating Venezuelan dictator villain, to the superfluous title cards stating each character’s names and occupation; just about everything about this movie is Lamesville.” Mitch Lovell, The Video Vacuum

Main cast and characters:

• Tiffany as Sarah Monroe
• Paul Logan as Jason Fitch
• Barry Williams as Bob Grady
• David Labiosa as Colonel Antonio Diaz
• Jude Gerard Prest as Doctor Higgins
• Jesse Daly as Gordon
• Alessandro Tierno as Sargento Ayudante
• Jay Beyers as Seaman Toby
• Cooper Harris as Lt. Julia
• Gregory Paul Smith as Greg the submarine navigator
• Jonathan Nation as Mort
• Eric Forsberg as US Ambassador Arnold Regis
• William Morse as Lt. Stritch
• Clint Browning as Captain Jonas
• Lola Forsberg as Steph
• Robert Don as Rodriguez
• David Dustin Kenyon as Lt. Baker
• Sex Henderson as Submarine Crewman
• Jillian Easton as Jane Fisher/Jane the Reporter
• Matt Lagan as Submarine Captain Jim

Filming locations:

Belize, Central America

Trivia:

The film recycles short clips from other Asylum films, likely due to low production costs and a limited filming schedule. Clips were used from films such as Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus; Journey to Middle Earth; War of the Worlds and Transmorphers: Fall of Man.

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Related: Piranha (1978) | Piranha 3D (2010)

‘A killer party you’ll want to miss…’

Death’s Door is a 2015 American horror film written and directed by Kennedy Goldsby (If I Tell You I Have to Kill You). The film is a slightly re-edited, retitled version of Goldsby’s 2011 movie The Trap Door. It stars Obba Babatundé, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, and Chico Benymon.

It all begins with a text message. An anonymous message sent to the cell phones of a dozen young men and women. The message is an invitation to attend one killer of a party. Nobody knows who sent the message but it turns out to be an invitation that no-one can refuse, yet everyone will regret.

Inside the doors of a dilapidated mansion, they gather, eat, drink, party, and have the time of their lives – that is, until it’s time to go. The front door doesn’t open; the back door doesn’t open. Doors that once led to familiar rooms now lead to new ones; some doors open to yet other doors and some go straight to dead ends. Only one thing remains constant: every door is a trap, leaving only one way out…

Reviews:

the partygoers spend their time trying every door in the house, yelling at each other, getting tired, lounging, falling asleep, having hallucinations with terrible CGI, trying some more doors, yelling again, lounging some more, staring off into the distance and maybe trying another door or two.” Mark Harris, Black Horror Movies

“Annoying characters that spend most of the time screeching, hollering, bickering, screaming, whimpering, and babbling to the point where you want them to get killed […]  No gore/exploitation for fans of this kind of horror movies. No suspense, tension, drama, or interesting characters for fans of psychological horror. This movie features many victims but no on-screen kills.” Davanna Carter

“Characters are put into situations with no reason or warning. There could be a scene in which all the party guests are together followed by a scene with character wandering through the house alone only to be back with the group again in the following scene. Like I already mentioned, this just shows a lack of care and patience by the filmmakers.” Andrew Swope, Rock! Shock! Pop!

Main cast and characters:

• Obba Babatundé … Mesmer – Dolls of Voodoo; Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire; The Eye (2008); Necronomicon; Tales from the Crypt TV series; The Silence of the Lambs 
• Chico Benymon … Bruce – The Haunted Hathaways TV series; Nite Tales: The Movie
• Andrew Cappelletti … Emcee
• Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister … Jomo – Hauntsville; If I Tell You I Have to Kill You; The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence); Nite Tales: The Series; Vegas Vampires; Dracula 3000; Hellborn; Soulkeeper; Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies; Midnight (1989); Prison; 
• Evelyn Badillo …Elena
• Michael Bernardi … Marc
• Francis Hamilton … Gary
• Maria Ines … Alexis
• Molly Johnson … Kendra
• Danielle Lilley … Suzanne

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‘If you are what you eat, then Chef Ronnie is all woman!’

The Craving is a 2011 comedy horror film written and directed by Valerie R. Castro. It stars Mariel Ala Mode, Velocity Chyaldd, and Anna Curtis.

Chef Ronnie is a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines in her everyday life as owner and proprietor of Diabla Pica; a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco.

Leading a double life, lesbian Chef Ronnie cooks internationally award-winning meals by day and her nights are spent in ways too gruesome to fathom. As Chef Ronnie and Diabla Pica’s reputation scorch up the top social circles, San Francisco’s murder count hits a record high.

Being haunted by her past in the form a vengeful lover, and being caught in the seductive cross fire of an increasingly serious relationship, Chef Ronnie has bitten off more than she can chew…

Reviews:

“The first half is a wild ride of Eating Raoul meets Maniac (there’s even a frying pan murder!), great for those with a healthy appetite for pure sleaze. But no Michelin stars are awarded later, as things begin to unravel.” Really Awful Movies

“Despite the repulsive subject matter this is anything but disturbing, featuring poor acting from the leads, ketchup-style gore, and a cheap digital filming style that renders it near unwatchable. Half of it seems to be padded out with random lesbian couplings.” Leofwine_draca

Cast and characters:

• Mariel Ala Mode … Kayla
• Velocity Chyaldd … Celeste Von Wilder
• Anna Curtis … Chef Ronnie Sixtos
• Natasha Estrada … Bathtub Girl
• Fudgie Frottage … Scarlett’s boyfriend
• Sunshine Jones … Detective Dani O’Day
• Val Killmore … Chef Reza
• Jamie Lauren … Herself
• Brian Levy … George
• Tuck Mayo … Austin
• Lady Monster … Fireball
• Johnnie Rodriguez … Arthur Hines
• Kate Rohan … Scarlett
• Michael Soldier … Boris
• Mia Vixen … Lexi

Trivia:

Not be confused with the 1981 Paul Naschy vehicle Night of the Werewolf, which was also released as The Craving, or the 2008 movie of the same name directed by Sean Dillon.

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‘At home, at work, at play… terror is never far away!’

III Slices of Life – aka 3 Slices of Life and Slices of Life – is a 2010 American horror anthology film directed by Anthony G. Sumner (Gallery of Fear) from a screenplay co-written with Eric Richter and Alan Rowe Kelly. It stars Kaylee Williams, Marv Blauvelt, and Helene Alter-Dyche.

Mira (Kaylee Williams) awakens in front of a seedy roadside motel with amnesia. She searches for clues to her identity in the pages of three bound sketchbooks, in which each book represents a different aspect of everyday life, maybe her life.

Work of Life (‘W.O.R.M.’): A lowly clerk at a nano technology firm unleashes a deadly virus at the office headquarters, giving new meaning to the term corporate zombie.

Home Life (‘Amber Alert’): As local girls begin to disappear, a young pregnant woman is haunted by visions of evil demonic children hell bent on stealing her unborn fetus.

Sex Life (‘Pink Snapper’): A young brother and sister on the run from a sexually abusive home life, take refuge in a countryside Victorian manor- only to discover the monsters hidden in this house have been looking for a new home.

Reviews:

“Though a fair share of the folks in this film seem like non-actors or friends of the filmmakers (apart from the ‘Pink Snapper’ sequence, that is), this film delivers on every other level. Even when some of the performances fall short, the filmmakers know how to make up for it by inducing scares and splattering bodily fluids around by the barrel-full.” Ambush Bug, Ain’t It Cool News

“There’s a few spots where some of the stories seem to drag a bit and could have used some tighter editing, but this aside Sumner has given us a hugely entertaining horror anthology.  Sumner himself calls this a “micro budget horror anthology” and I for one am impressed with the level of acting and with the incredible special effects.” Scott Shoyer, Anything Horror

“All three short films within the movie have blood and gore elements, leaving ‘Pink Snapper’ as the goriest featuring a creature that comes out of a woman’s vagina and being able to dismember human body parts. ‘Amber Alert’ is creepy as it features children and adults alike with faces that morph into disfigured monsters.” Joanna Rose, HorrorNews.net

“This is a poor one with some good entertaining moments and ideas, but with a very amateurish execution and bad acting. It also features Tales-of-the-Crypt type of ironic/moralistic twists […] The deaths are gory, but the splatter only really goes over-the-top for the last one.” The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre

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Extras: Blooper Reel | “Jitters” Short Film | “The Ladies of Slices” short | Production Scrapbook Slideshow | VFX Featurette | Audio Commentary by the Cast

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‘A harmless trip finds harm’s way…’

Blood Junkie is a 2010 American horror film written and directed by Drew Rosas (Billy Club). The Surgery Room production stars Nick Sommer, Mike Johnson, and Sarah Luther.

High school senior Laura Mills’ parents are gone for  the weekend, leaving her stuck at home baby-sitting her lame little brother. When her friends invite her on a camping adventure, she decides to join the fun and drag him along.

However, what begins as a killer weekend might just become a killing one when they discover an abandoned building where evil resides…

Reviews:

“The film has so many great elements; fun protagonists, a mysterious killer, the campground setting, an awesome campfire story, it’s stylish, the score is fantastic and the acting is pretty great for a cast of relative unknowns. If it’s a deal breaker there’s also some gratuitous breast shots, too.” McBastard’s Mausoleum

” …most of the film consists of the killer (who looks to have raided Harry Warden’s closet) rushing in and capturing his prey. We eventually find out that he’s harvesting his victims’ blood, which explains the lack of actual hack and slash; that’s a unique wrinkle, but it hardly makes for a good slasher.” Brett Gallman, Oh, the Horror!

“The increasingly plotless vibe ensures that by the time the horror-oriented stuff finally kicks in at around the one-hour mark, the viewer has long-since lost the ability to care about the fates of any of these people – which effectively confirms Blood Junkie‘s place as a well-intentioned yet entirely underwhelming low-budget effort.” David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

“Blood Junkie was a pleasure to sit through and there’s enough here to prove that Rosas is an exquisite horror filmmaker. His audacious directive style makes him something of a B-movie Wes Anderson […] At 72 minutes, Junkie could never be accused of outstaying its welcome and it’s a film that I feel deserves some of your time.” Luisito Joaquin Gonzalez, A Slash Above…

“For a no-budget movie, the acting in Blood Junkie is exceptional. While the actors are purposefully adding a bit of cheese onto their lines, every character embodies their role both flawlessly and humorously. This is probably easy because the dialogue in Blood Junkie is hilarious. Filled to the brim with quotable quotes…” Take My Life, Please

” …the tone and look of the movie is spot on, as it really does feel like you are watching a slasher movie from 1989 at times. The kills are bloody, but only one is really that graphic […] the film ends up feeling too gimmicky for it’s own good, with several of the jokes and references running on nostalgia and little more.” Talk of Horrors

“As with Billy Club the tropes of the slasher and horrors of the 80s are played with, but not mocked so much as embraced. If you love watching movies like Deadtime Stories, Scalps or Killer Workout, you’ll enjoy this while scratching your head how it is so damn close to the vibe of the VHS era…” David Zuzelo, Tomb It May Concern

Main cast and characters:

• Nick Sommer … Craig Wilson
• Mike Johnson … Teddy Bender
• Sarah Luther … Laura
• Emily Treolo … Rachel
• Andrew Swant … The Creature
• Ross Bachhuber … Jef Bolstead
• Chris Chuzles … Hitchhiker
• Bobby Ciraldo … Billy the Butt
• Brady Cohen … Andy

Production and release:

Shot in Wisconsin for $6,000. The film premiered at the Milwaukee Film Festival on October 2, 2010.

It was released on DVD in the United States by Troma Entertainment on May 10, 2011. Special features include an audio commentary by director Rosas, deleted scenes, a slideshow, Rosas’s short film entitled Plastic Fangs, a trailer, and an introduction from Debbie Rochon and Lloyd Kaufman.

Troma has since made the film free to view online via YouTube.

Trivia:

The film’s original title was Rocky Trails

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‘In the city of dreams, a nightmare stalks’

The Los Angeles Ripper is a 2011 American horror thriller film directed by Craig J. McIntyre from a screenplay co-written with Celeste Marie Martinez and Randy Tobin. The film stars Martinez and Tobin, alongside Devanny Pinn and Ava Rose.

Kristy White moves to Los Angeles to stay with her dysfunctional aunt Peggy and her cousin Angel White to pursue her singing career and become a star. Meanwhile, a brutal serial killer is on the loose in the City of Angels…

Reviews:

LA Maniac, is not an entirely serious movie, as you will find yourself outright laughing at times, mostly at some of the unexpected moments that really just take this film to the next level and keep it from being easily brushed off and forgettable. Also notable is actor Randy Tobin’s role as Grahm in this film, he nailed that role so well, and believably that you truly felt he must be one of the most off-putting and creepy scum bags you could ever meet.” Addicted to Horror Movies

” …a shabbily put together film with poor acting, writing, music, and camera work. This film is not scary and makes no sense. It hovers around the fringes of past genre pictures but does nothing to cement itself alongside them or to even differentiate itself. Also, if one of the adjectives about a character used is “ripper” it might be ideal to make sure his primary means of killing is stabbing.” Spencer Perry, ComingSoon.net

“It just didn’t work for me. There was too much for me to get annoyed by. The randomness of some scenes, the bad music (some actual songs, mixed in with some terrible choirs), the annoying maniac character, the shitty look of the film, and even smaller facts like how a normal camera made sounds of a polaroid camera and produced a polaroid picture. Kudos to the director for making this movie, but hot damn I didn’t like it.” Film Bizarro

“L.A. Ripper is an excellent micro-budget grindhouse-style serial killer flick. There’s some pretty decent gore effects including a hatchet in the head, a bloody scalping (with the top of the head being opened up), and more. A Few Screws Loose was another sleazy gore flick which delivered the classic exploitation film elements. While that one was entertaining in its own right, L.A. Ripper is actually a step up from it in many aspects.” Horror Society

“While the body count isn’t necessarily the highest, when Grahm does reveal his sinister intentions to his victims, the intimacy of the filmmaking makes for a quite unnerving experience.  The camera is always no more than a foot away from the victim, often in a cramped room or a van […] The style is reminiscent of the ultra gory 70s exploitation flicks, with a little dab of some zombie feasting as well.” Hunter Johnson, LA Horror

“It’s not too long, and succeeds pretty well in what it set out to do, with its portrait of a serial killer’s twisted psyche, with little touches of Cinderella, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. While the movie’s tone is almost surreal at times, the plot is kinda creepy in a very real world way, in that it’s showing what could happen if by pure chance you caught the attention the wrong random person. The villain is simultaneously uncomfortable to watch, and borderline hilarious at times…” Not This Time, Nayland Smith

” …it displays the capability and ingenuity to stand out from the hordes of mediocrity and establish itself as a title to seek out. The director Craig McIntyre shows the ability to create a series of perverse and threatening scenarios, and by enveloping that with a solid cast, pumping soundtrack and sickening violence – the result is pleasing indeed.” Dave Wain, The Schlock Pit

Cast and characters:

• Celeste Marie Martinez … Kristy White [as Celeste Martinez]
• Randy Tobin … Grahm
• Ava Rose … Hooker
• Chase Monroe … Angel
• Beverley Bassette … Aunt Peggy
• Brandon Engstrom … B.C.
• Devanny Pinn … Shannon
• Marna Kay … Club Girl
• Dolores Quintana … Miss Crabtree
• Kiersten Puusemp … Sarah
• Moeko Maeda … Orange Girl
• Nekro Mistress … Hitchhiker

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‘Claudine runs an all-night diner, cannibals, witches and killers welcome!’

Open 24/7 – original title: Ouvert 24/7 – is a 2010 French dark comedy horror film directed by Thierry Paya from a screenplay by Colin Vettier.  It stars Maud Galet-Lalande, Stéphanie Kern-Siebering and Marie-Pierre Vincent. Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman has a cameo role.

Late at night in a remote back road restaurant, the customers are trying to stay awake. To keep boredom at bay, there’s nothing better than horror, cannibalism, sex and violence…

Reviews:

“The film veers between atmospheric/harrowing and extremely low-budget, poorly-framed mise-en-scènes that look like a Brazilian soap opera. Still, there’s much to recommend it: Sapphic love, cannibalism, dark, dark humor. If you’re down with Troma, it’s up your alley.” Really Awful Movies

“A mess, an absolute mess of a movie that is barely entertaining and only manages to live up to its horror tag by throwing in random flashes of extreme gore and violence. Avoid.” Games, Brains & A HeadBanging Life

“The first tale is the gory one about cannibal lesbians. They carve up men’s bodies in gory detail, except that there’s one angry cop out for revenge whom she graphically castrated in the bathroom […] The second mixes looney-tunes humor, puppets and a fairy tale about an ogress who eats children to stay young, until she meets a child that may be more than she can handle. The third is the grim, trashy and nasty one involving a German farmer…” The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre

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‘Some men are too controlling’

The Meat Puppet is a 2012 American horror thriller photographed, edited and directed by Joe Valenti from a screenplay by Billy Pepitone and Joseph Pepitone, based on a storyline by Keith Collins. The latter stars, alongside Geri Reischl, Brandon Ruckdashel and Gregg Valentino.

Andrew “Drew” Shelton appears to have it all… Looks. Money. Women. But behind that charming smile lies an unimaginable evil.

An abusive childhood has turned him into an impulsive, delusional sociopath who has developed an insatiable appetite for beautiful women’s flesh.

As the bodies pile up and a gung-ho detective starts stalking him, Andrew descends deeper into madness. His obsession with one woman might be the only chance to stop him from serving up his next victim. Or will she fall prey and become the next main course?

Reviews:

“The Meat Puppet is one of those hidden gems in the film underground that got criminally overlooked […] Really, this is a cannibal horror film in the vein of Manhunter and The Silence of the Lambs that works by making the police angle a simple, well thought out one to accompany a surprisingly dynamic main character and the horrific world brought with him.” Apoch’s Metal Review

“It slowly builds to a climax much in the same way old 80’s thrillers like The Hitcher would. Speaking of “climax,” The Meat Puppet is… sexy. The film features a lot of attractive women and viewers will get to see a couple sets of boobs. Hell, even the lead – Keith Collins – is a stud.” Horror Society

“The most fascinating aspect of the film is Keith Collins’ central character […] He is played as a pathologically charming predator, obsessed with seducing the ladies. Some of the best aspects of the film are the ones where he is describing in chillingly detailed voiceover monologue the various methods he is employing to inveigle women in order to kill them.” Richard Scheib, Moria

“The Meat Puppet is a clever little serial killer movie that actually manages to have the audience identify with its villain for the most part of its running time without that feeling just wrong: Sure, Andrew’s a sick bastard, but he’s also extremely vulnerable, he has had a childhood filled with violence that explains a lot about his current behaviour…” Mike Haberfelner, Search My Trash

“The violence is more implied than shown, but still packs a pretty nasty punch just the same […] However, this film’s key triumph is the way it successfully depicts Andrew as a tragic and tormented human monster that the viewer can’t help but feel more than a bit sorry for. An effective little shocker.” Woody Anders

Cast and characters:

• Keith Collins … Andrew Shelton
• Geri Reischl … Claire Thomas
• Brandon Ruckdashel … Detective Dave Benash
• Gregg Valentino … Tony Randazzo
• April Hunter … Jade
• Jamie Kovac … Katt
• Billy Sample … Captain Michael Corben
• Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal … Thunder
• Gary Garver … Gary
• Daniela Rivera … Terri Costas
• Billy Garcia … Oscar DeJesus
• Erik Chopin … Officer Desilva
• Gervase Peterson … Chris Irvine

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‘Die in silence’

Blood Widow is a 2014 American horror film directed by Jeremiah Buckhalt from a screenplay by Chad Coup and Ian H. Davis.

The movie stars Danielle Lilley (The Incubus), Brandon Kyle Peters, Christopher de Padua, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Emily Cutting (Rockabilly Zombie Weekend) and Kelly Kilgore.

Laurie and Hugh are a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to them, the neighbouring property contains the crumbling remains of a boarding school that was shuttered in the wake of an unspeakable massacre.

The sole survivor of that massacre still resides in the ruins of the school, hiding from the world and wanting only to be left alone. When Laurie and Hugh’s friends explore the property, they have no idea that they disturbed an emotionally-broken killing machine: The Blood Widow…

Reviews:

“I’d love to think of Blood Widow as an homage to eighties slashers, but eighties slashers had at least some semblance of a narrative. And they also knew how to give the villains a showcase to demonstrate how lethal they are. While Blood Widow isn’t a complete dropping of the ball, it still really has nothing to offer beside a very sleek and visually pleasing slasher villain.” Felix Vasquez, Cinema Crazed

“Blood Widow plays its story seriously, but its kills are intentionally over the top. The almost campy tone to the bloody brutality somehow works, even though it strikes a different chord than how the rest of the film is themed.  Impossible decapitations and rapidly uncoiling innards are just some of the physics-defying deaths on display in all their gory glory.” Ian Sedensky, Culture Crypt

“Maybe this would have passed muster thirty years ago? Now, not so much, with viewers far more cynically self-aware, and wanting more than an uninteresting rehash of its predecessors. Save the gender of the assailant, there’s nothing new or of note here; it isn’t enough, when it’s little more than an afterthought, and everything else we get, has been done a lot better elsewhere.” Jim McLellan, Girls with Guns

“ …as a result of relegating its namesake character for the majority of the movie the potential to be an outstanding horror film was mostly squandered. The fact the silent character didn’t exist in the minds of others throughout the movie as something to explore or satisfy their curiosity made the first half feel un-engaging, and didn’t give a context to the character. However when the Blood Widow was on the screen it was exciting…” Kareem Ali, The Hulking Reviewer

“Like with all very low-budget horror-films these days, you have to lower your expectations considerably, especially with so many being made in an already saturated genre. Blood Widow offers nothing you haven’t seen many times before, but the kills are rather novel and there are a few differences to this derivative tale to make it quite watchable. Nav Qateel, Influx magazine

“The acting overall, is dreadful, with the exception of Danielle Lilley who gives a good performance as the film’s heroine and Kelly Kilgore as stoner chick Harmony. As well as having a good story, believable actors are a must and here, 99.9% of them are just plain terrible. However, I do have to give kudos to the film’s composer John Czaban…” James McDonald, Red Carpet Crash

” …your typical slasher, with everything in place, brutal killings, a masked killer with a very clichéd and fragmented backstory, the occasional sex and nudity that always ends badly, and so on and so forth – and yet, Blood Widow works better than a whole lot of them, basically because it takes its time to develop its characters, it builds up its story organically…” Mike Haberfelner, Search My Trash

“Amateur night performances are part and parcel when your hobby is collecting slasher films, but this makes the actors in The Dorm That Dripped Blood look like Streep and Nicholson.” Hudson Lee, Vegan Voorhees

Release:

Florida-lensed Blood Widow was issued on DVD in the US via Midnight Releasing on June 3rd, 2014. It has subsequently been released via Redbox and free on YouTube via The Orchard.

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‘It’ll cost you an arm and a leg…’

Shopping Tour – original title: Shoping-tur –  is a 2012 Russian found footage horror film written and directed by Mikhail Brashinskiy. It stars Tatyana Kolganova, Timofey Yeletskiy and Tatyana Ryabokon.

A group of Russian tourists go on a shopping spree to neighbouring Finland – only to be attacked by the Finnish cannibals.

The central focus is on a middle-aged woman and her teenage son who is shooting the film, as we watch it, on his cell-phone…

Reviews:

“The first half basically sets up the story and is quite drawn out, with lots of travelogue footage of the mother and son’s journey […] Where the film does hit its stride though is when all sorts of gooey carnage breaks out in the DIY store, and some of the attacks by the crazed locals are quite sudden and shocking.” Justin Richards, Blueprint: Review

“Brashinsky could also have given sharper emphasis to the film’s underlying critical commentary on consumerism, immigration panic and culture-clash issues between Russia and Europe. But these are fairly minor quibbles about an otherwise impressively resourceful and easily digestible genre piece…” Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter

“Both lead actors are impressive, with Kolganova doing a very fine job of displaying grief as she also struggles with her difficult son. As the camera is often on her, she has much of the screen time to herself and does not falter under the pressure […] A solid movie that manages to excite during it’s brief runtime.” James Simpson, Infernal Cinema

The film was released on DVD in the UK on 26 October 2015 by Terracotta / Sharp Teeth. Extras include trailers for Septic Man; You Are Not Alone and Asmodexia; a photo gallery with twenty-one behind the scenes shots; and a 30 minute making of documentary, ‘You Can Whittle a Hedgehog’.

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Filming locations:

Kotka and Turku, Finland

Trivia:

Shopping Tour was reportedly shot in eleven days for around $70,000.

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Margot Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018), born as Margaret Ruth Kidder, was a Canadian American actress. She is best known as Lois Lane in the Superman film series, playing alongside Christopher Reeve. Kidder began her career in the 1960s appearing in low-budget Canadian films and television series.

Horror fans mainly know Margot Kidder’s work as the twins in Brian De Palma’s Sisters (1973); as sassy Barbara “Barb” Coard in Bob Clark’s seminal slasher film Black Christmas (1974); and as Kathy Lutz in The Amityville Horror (1979).

However, Kidder also appeared in horror-themed productions such as 1973 TV movie The Suicide Club (part of The Wide World of Mystery series), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, the 1992 Tales from the Crypt episode ‘Curiosity Killed’, The Hunger TV series episode ‘The Sloan Men’ (1997), the 1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters kids’ television series (voicing Mistress Helga), slasher movie The Clown at Midnight (1999, with Christopher Plummer), supernatural anthology pic Death 4 Told (2004) and Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009).

In 2015, she won an Emmy Award for her performance as Mrs Worthington on the children’s television series R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour.

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‘There’s a bad moon blazing’

Weed Wolf – aka Weed Wolf – is a 2011 American comedy horror film directed by Calvin Hall from a screenplay co-written with Tommy Slama (director of American Freakshow). The Rat Bastards Films production stars E. Lee Smith, A.J. Germaine and Phillip Tolle.

The residents of small-town Normal, Texas find themselves threatened by a mysterious werewolf who likes to eat stoners.

All that stands in the way of total mayhem is Grass County Sheriff Hardwood, his son, Bumper, and his deputy, Rodriguez. They’ll find some help from Mary Jane, hippies, survivalists, and even a Sasquatch…

Weedwolf is released on DVD on September 25, 2018, via Wild Eye Raw and Extreme.

Cast and characters:

• E. Lee Smith … Sheriff Hardwood
• A.J. Germaine … Junebug
• Phillip Tolle … Jimby Bumgardner
• Tommy Slama… Bumper Hardwood
• Guy Rodriguez … Deputy Rodriguez
• Kaitlyn Colunga … Mary Jane
• Joanna Smith … Gloria / Jeannie Bundick
• Steven Galvan … Steve
• Justin Guthrie … Justin
• Larry McAdams … Butch / Punk Wolf
• Michael Moore … Willie
• Haley Slama … Ida Claire Buttfield
• Jeannie Stroumpos … Chastity Saint Cloud
• M.C. Money … M.C. Money
• Dylan Lynch … Stretch

Filming locations:

Ennis, Texas, USA

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The Cat is a 2011 South Korean horror feature film directed by Byun Seung-Wook.

So-yeon (Park Min-yeong) works at a small pet-grooming shop called Kitty N Puppy. Unfortunately, So-yeon sufferers from claustrophobia and begins seeing apparitions of a ghostly young girl with cat-like eyes (Kim Ye-ron)…

The original titles for the film in Hangul are: 고양이: 죽음을보는 두개의눈 and Goyangyi: Jookeumeul Boneun Doo Gaeui Noon.

Reviews:

“…the scares themselves are fairly obvious and telegraphed, but Byun does a good job of creating an ominous atmosphere and manages to throw in enough spooky action to keep genre fans happy. There are also a few gruesome moments and effective jolts scattered throughout, with some pretty decent death scenes as the more unlikeable cast members get bumped off in satisfying manner.” Beyond Hollywood

“Park Min-Young is fine as the lead, but cutting between her visions, psychiatry sessions and just another day in the shop, we never get a feel for her as a real character. It’s almost as if a double bluff was intended, and then abandoned. Indeed the acting is fine, but in terms of story the pieces never truly come together.” Andrew Heskins, Eastern Heroes

“The acting from all concerned is very good, especially from Park Min Young and Kim Dong Wook, and the style mixes in some strange effects with the shadows and darker colours to make things easier on the patchy CGI. It’s just a shame that everything starts to go downhill in the second half and viewers of the many great horrors from places like Korea and Japan will start to get a definite feeling of deja vu.” Kevin Matthews, For It Is Man’s Number

“Some of the film is a little typical of Asian horrors with the creepy little girl. But mixing it with the cats is new and fresh, and it’s used in a way that doesn’t feel over played. The film also has a good mystery feel to it, almost like The Ring, which really draws you in to the story until the very end when you discover what has been taking place and why.” Temptasian

Cast and characters:

• Park Min-young as So-yeon
• Kim Ye-ron as Hee-jin
• Kim Dong-wook as Jun-seok
• Shin Da-eun as Bo-hee
• Lee Sang-hee as animal pound doctor
• Jo Seok-hyun as Park Joo-im
• Park Hyun-young as Kim Soon-kyung
• Baek Soo-ryun as grandmother with dementia
• Lee Han-wi as pet shop owner
• Lee Jung-ok as Police chief Lee
• Seo Yi-seok as psychiatrist
• Lee Ji-hyun as veterinarian
• Kim Min-jae as animal rescue staff
• Jo Han-hee as women’s association head
• Song Moon-soo as manager
• Lee Jung-gu as asylum doctor
• Kim Gye-seon as asylum receptionist
• Kim Ik-tae as So-yeon’s father
• Lee Cheol-min as son of demented grandmother
• Lee Sung-min as Bidan’s “papa”
• Yoon Ga-hyun as Bidan’s “mom”

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