Last week's blog output was a bit of a disaster. It's all well and good writing reviews in rough first, but when I don't actually get time to write them up and put them out, then its a bit of a pointless exercise. I currently have a lucky thirteen reviews waiting to be published, so I will need to pull my finger out and start doing more than just one post a day (if that). It is Halloween today, so happy Halloween and may all your dreams be nightmares! Onwards to the news...
Massacre Video TV have brought the complete and uncut version of controversial Murder-Set-Pieces to Roku. Coming from Nick Palumbo, this 2004 Las Vegas based horror is about a photographer who secretly has a 'murderous obsession'. Starring Sven Garrett, this also includes Tony Todd and Gunnar Hansen. This originally received a NC-17 rating in the USA, but was refused a home video classification by the British Board of Film Classification. According to the press release this was the least of the issues, with more than one film lab refusing to print the 35mm production, film festivals refusing to show it due to being too violent, and the police apparently being called over concerns the footage shown was real.
Found footage indie horror' Log 15 has arrived on Tubi, with it coming to BloodStream in the near future in a vertical format intended for modern devices. The film follows a desperate woman who is attempting to save her mother from Alzheimer's disease. She documents her attempts to 'unlock the human mind', but finds that the footage she is recording is somehow rewriting and changing her own reality. Directed by Sebastian Dove and with a screenplay by Vincent J. DeVito, this stars Meg Moynahan, Jeanne Scurek, Stephen R. Miller, and Jeff Ronan. Log 15 can be seen on Tubi here, and comes to BloodStream on November 1st.
Award-winning Groupchat premiered on October 2nd as a Found TV exclusive. The British found footage horror was written and directed by Dan Brownlie and follows a group of friends reuniting after a lengthy absence to play their role-playing game, 'Necromancer'. This new campaign starts to get more real than anyone expected. The press release describes this a 'screenlife'. I'm assuming that is a sub-genre of found footage that takes place entirely within screens? Groupchat was shot using five cameras simultaneously, with the characters isolated in separate locations, allowing the story to unfold in real time across their webcams.
Supernatural noir horror, Black Chariot is soon to come to cinemas across the UK. Filmed in black and white, the story for this one is about a botched crime that results in three men and a mysterious red case lost in woodland as they are pursued by both natural and supernatural elements. Confirmed screenings for this Lawrie Brewster directed and co-written (alongside Sarah Daly) horror sees it come to the Lumiére Cinema, Romford from 30th October to 5th November, the Peckhamplex in Peckham, London on 16th November, the Southport Bijou Cinema in Southport on 24th November, and a screening date to be announced for the Adam Smith Theatre in Fife, Scotland.
Folklore based horror, The Town That Takes comes to digital platforms on November 7th. Starring director Britt Bankhead (Insane Like Me), Miles Mussenden (Tulsa King), Grace Patterson (Slotherhouse), Mike Markoff (Hit Man), and Nico Tirozzi (The Penguin), this is about an army veteran who struggles to reconnect with his estranged son after his ex-wife dies. Their vacation intended to bring them closer together, sees them end up in a remote backwoods town that is suffering a series of violent murders.
Fright Tech Pictures have announced the world premiere of their new horror feature, It Awakens on Thursday, November 5th at 19:30 at Atlas Cinemas in Cleveland. Directed by Eddie Fright, It Awakens blends the underworld of organised crime with supernatural terror. A group of gangsters encounter ancient monsters, leading to surely a violent situation.
Horror film Undertone is now available to purchase on 4K UHD and Blu-ray at all major retailers. thanks to Visions Home Video. The film follows Evy (Nina Kiri), the host of a paranormal podcast. After she returns home to help care for her dying mother (Michelle Duquet) she falls into terror after receiving recordings from a married couple about unexplained noises they have heard in their home.
Cyberpunk action thriller, Cyber Protocol is due for a November 10th release from Studio Dome in North America. It takes place in a dystopian Los Angeles overrun by black marketeers, and follows a hacker (David Bianchi) who is plunged into danger after his neural-implant invention causes chaos. Hot on his trail is Detective Thompson (Mena Suvari). Cyber Protocol was directed by Yuri Alves, Christopher Folkens and Daniel J. Pico, from a screenplay by Bianchi and Pico.
Finally for today, Danny Trejo has joined the cast of indie horror comedy Stoned Inn as the voice of Meowchette. Coming from Different Day Pictures, this sees a stoner entering a contest that requires them to spend seven nights inside an alleged haunted house.
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