The Rotting Zombie's Round-up of Horror News for July 2023

It's that time of the month again. With my best friend staying over every other weekend, I am struggling to find a good way to write my blog without seeming rude, as such, this week there is a reduced output.
In a few weeks I'm off to Belgium for a week with my father to visit the location of the battle of Waterloo, hoping that will give me so time to watch through a bunch of films, though also means probably won't be any posts that week.
In other non-horror news, I saw Oppenheimer, it lived up to the hype even if it did feel a tad overlong. To balance that I am off to see Barbie with my friend and her daughter in a few days (at the time of typing), hopefully will soak up some of the heaviness I'm currently feeling, though really isn't my type of film! (update: it wasn't terrible). Onwards to the news.

The 70th Anniversary Restored Edition DVD and Blu-ray of Robot Monster is now available from Bayview Entertainment. In the film, humanity has been obliterated by a 'cosmic catastrophe' and the final six survivors must work together to survive against the titular foe. This includes the 3D version of the film that can be played on 3D TVs, a version that you can play on any system or monitor using included glasses to watch, and a traditional 2D version. The Blu-ray includes over two hours of bonus content.

The Dark Room has had a second trailer released for it. Directed by Jake C. Young and Kenny Scott Guffey, and coming from the company that brought you Skinamarink and Duo of the Night, this is about a small town that is being rocked by a series of murders, with a photographer getting caught up in events after finding something troubling while developing photos for a local religious leader.

Crime thriller Rub comes to Cable VOD and Digital HD from Entertainment Squad on August 1st. Described as a '...erotic psychological thriller...', and written and directed by Christopher Fox, this is about a lonely incel whose life takes a turn for the unexpected after visiting a massage parlor. Rub had its world premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival, and the director won the Best Director Award at the 2023 Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid.

New practical FX Japanese monster movie Bakemono currently has a Kickstarter campaign running. Inspired by John Carpenter's The Thing, and shot in Tokyo, this takes place in a cheap Tokyo rental apartment in a which a horrific creature resides. Directed by Doug Roos (The Sky Has Fallen, Rearranged), the film follows a non linear path, with the story told out of order. For more info check out the campaign page here.

Lesions is a new home invasion/monster movie that is due to be filmed between July 24th to August 11th in Lynchburg VA. A young couple flee a city to escape social unrest, but soon find themselves the target of a roving band of killers. The tables are turned when a killing machine is unleashed upon the killers. This stars Elsa Ames and Alexander McPherson (Scorn), and comes from writer/director/producer Codey Wilson.

Finally for this month's round-up, horror/thriller Fatal Justice and Scary Tales have both come to Tubi TV. The former sees a man in prison for murder released early due to police misconduct. Unfortunately for him, the murder victim's family are not best pleased and decide to capture the man and hold their own trial. The later was apparently a film thought lost, made in 2008, the horror includes zombies, demons and a werewolf.