Tuesday 30 January 2024

The Rotting Zombie's News Anthology for January 2024


This month has continued the trend of passing by super quick. It is often stated that the older you get the faster the years seem to go by, and this does seem to be the case now I'm approaching my forty second birthday. Onwards to the news, and with a bursting rotted mail sack there should be plenty (time willing)...turns out I ran out of time, so just the six news pieces!

Found footage horror The Woodmen has come to Amazon Prime. Directed by Joshua Brucker, and starring Anna Clary, Dan Grogan, Hunter Nino, L.C Holt, Bailey Harrington, Connor Flynn, Nancy Anne Ridder, and Leonora Scelfo, this is about three friends attempting to escape from a clan of feral humans up in the Great Smoky Mountains. Apparently, this is the first movie set in 'The Cryptidverse', which is a shared cinematic universe created by Horror Dadz Productions.


FrightFest has confirmed its return to the Glasgow Film Festival for its 19th year. During the event (that takes place from Thursday 7th March to Saturday 9th March), twelve films from eight countries will be shown, including two world and eight UK premieres. UK premieres include You'll Never Find Me, The Deep Dark, The Invisible Raptor, Wake Up, Kill Your Lover, The Well, All You Need Is Death, and The Soul Eater. World premieres include Mom and Custom. Other films include the Scottish premiere of The Funeral, and premieres of two Scottish short films, Mouse and Subject 73. Tickets can be purchased here.

Horror themed thrash metal group Scarefield released latest single 'Ancient Evil' towards the end of December. The track is taken from their EP, Nightmare Tales, something that is inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft. The single features an animated music video created by Andrea Mantelli. In addition to 'Ancient Evil', Nightmare Tales features four previously released singles remixed and remastered, with the EP said to be paving the way for the group's upcoming album, A Quiet Country.


Skate To Hell is an eighties inspired comedy horror film that has a campaign running on Indiegogo. This comes from director Shawn C. Phillips and is about a cursed skateboard created by the devil for his son to visit Earth. Any human who steps on the board are transported to their own personal Hell. For more details check out the Indiegogo page here.


Short horror film Sorority Babes is due to release on VOD by March 31st, with production starting in the middle of January. Directed by Angel Nichole Bradford in her solo directorial debut, and starring her alongside Lynn Lowry, Ann Myrna, Jessa Flux, Morrigan Thompson, Kelsey Livengood, Mia Katz, Ashleigh Amberlynn and Samantha Hupp, this is about two people who have created a deadly sorority initiation.

Finally for today, Pinocchio Strings of Death is a new Disney inspired horror film that is to come from director Michael Moutsatsos. The plot has Gepetto creating his living Pinocchio doll, but unknown to him, the wood he used was cursed with the blood of the notorious Count Maurice the Impaler of Tuscany.

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