As always another month has flown by. Lately I have been getting far less time at the weekends to do my blog. It can be a challenge to balance a social life with doing this, especially when I do not have much time during the week to do anything due to working over ten hours a day four days a week (I do love the three day weekend this gives me though). On to the news.
Freestyle Digital Media have acquired Japanese fantasy-thriller The Divine Protector - Master Salt Begins. This is available to rent/own on all North American digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms, as well as DVD from August 27th. The film is about an occult club at a girls high school in Tokyo who plan to summon a being known as 'Master Salt' in order to deal with a girl who has been cursed by an evil spirit.
Killer Tales is a three part anthology about normal people who are transformed into killers by circumstance. Directed by Frank Palangi and starring Aaron Lambert, Palangi, Teresa Tuttle, Erin Englehart, and Lori Tucker, this is now streaming on Tubi from Cinema Epoch.
Cryptid documentary Cursed Waters: Creature of Lake Okanaga debuted exclusively on Prime Video on August 13th and Blu-ray/DVD from Small Town Monsters. This looks at the British Columbia based lake and the legends surrounding a mysterious creature that has been sighted by many witnesses there over the decades.
Ripped to Shreds is a graphic novel adaptation of Michael Johnson's lost slasher screenplay from 1980. It was originally meant to be filmed that year, but after years of development hell the funding fell through and the production collapsed. Some forty five years later the story is finally getting told in graphic novel form, with the look designed to echo the eighties feel. The story has a group of friends searching Shadow Hills for a legendary maniac with a metal claw who they believe was responsible for the death of their friend. A Kickstarter for Ripped to Shreds is due to launch soon, details can be found here.
Coming from Scream Team Releasing is Worst Laid Plans, now available on collector's edition Blu-ray and VHS. This features three stories of vacation themed horror which has been adapted from the bestselling book by Grindhouse Press. 'Deep in the Heart' has a troubled family trying to reconnect while touring a cave system. 'You've Been Saved' is about two reunited friends whose road trip turns dangerous after one of them receives a cryptic note by a young girl. Finally, 'Taylor Family Vacation '93' is about a father who is trying to discover the identity of the person stalking his family, with the secret revealed within his video camera.
Z Dead End is a new horror film that comes from director Robert Resto and stars Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th series), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Robert LaSardo (The Mule), Dave Sheridan (The Devil's Rejects) and John Fiore (The Sopranos). A deputy sheriff and a bunch of eclectic characters must survive against an onslaught of zombies who have came from the skies.
Finally for today, Mikki The Butcher begins production January 2025 and comes from Michael Moutsatsos. This horror is about a brutally disfigured man who having been tormented and bullied his whole life snaps, donning a mask of his favourite childhood cartoon character and heading out on a brutal rampage.
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