Friday 24 February 2023

The Rotting Zombie's News Anthology for Friday 24th February 2023


Happy Friday, PSVR2, the very expensive virtual reality headset arrived a few days back, so that may affect my output for next week, depending how immersed I get into the virtual world. There shall be plenty of horror games out for it now doubt, so I will certainly be checking those out for future reviews here.

105ive Films have recently finished their first feature film, Invited. Described as a 'Zoom thriller', this comes from director Navin Ramaswaran. Sounding like this takes place entirely as a Zoom call, this sees a mother reluctantly attending her daughter's Zoom elopement, where her and her family begin to realise the groom is part of a Russian cult with sinister intentions. The director says of the movie "Watching our actors go through a roller coaster of emotions uninterrupted was fascinating to experience, and that energy comes through in a really fascinating way".

Comedy horror film Amityville Thanksgiving is getting a sequel, currently titled Amityville Turkey Day. This recently had a successful Indiegogo campaign where it raised over 881% of its desired goal. The original film was shot over just two days on a low budget, director Will Collazo says of the follow up "We want to give you the sequel that everyone has been asking for to continue the story. And this time we've brought out dinner, the killer turkey!". David Perry (Scream: Legacy, Camp Pleasant Lake) has been confirmed to be returning.

Finally for today, Craving has released an official trailer. This monster movie/crime thriller is about a group of drug addicts who find themselves under assault by masked figures at a rural bar, with one of the addicts hiding a terrible secret that their withdrawal may release. It stars Felissa Rose (Camp Twilight, Sleepaway Camp), Kevin Caliber, Ashley Undercuffler, Holly Rockwell and Al Gomez. Director J. Horton says of it "Craving is set in 1998. It's an homage to my young adulthood and the movies of the time. I've always loved genre mash-ups and one of my favourite is the crime thriller/horror movie." I have a screener of this, so a review will be coming around the streaming release date of March 6th.

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