I am (temporarily) back in employment, my old job I was made redundant from at the end of last year having hired me back for a few months, until the end of July. Due to that, I have become a bit haphazard with this old blog. My news round-up of the month was delayed, so that appears now. I am also currently waiting delivery of a new charging wire for my
Kindle, so can't read any eBooks on my reading pile of shame for the moment. As a final rusty nail in the rotting coffin, I currently have a trapped nerve in my back, the joys of getting old! Onwards to the news...
On 21st April VCI Entertainment released the global Blu-ray debut of double-feature: The Slime People and The Crawling Hand. These are both new 4K scans from the original 35mm negatives. In The Slime People, a wall of fog has covered a city, and spear wielding slime people from beneath the ground have emerged to hunt humans. A few survivors team up to try and find a way to force the creatures back into the earth.
Meanwhile in The Crawling Hand, after a mission to the moon goes wrong, an astronaut wants his shuttle to be destroyed on re-entry to Earth. Scientists realising the man has been possessed by something on the moon, complies with his request, but a single limb survives the explosion and still possessed, it sets out to look for victims. The double feature comes with an assortment of extras including audio commentaries, poster galleries, and a collectible booklet.
BayView Entertainment has announced the worldwide acquisition of suspense thriller Sharp Obsession. Written and directed by Abraham Lopez, this is a feature length version the the award-winning short film, Hidden Lives. The film follows an aspiring singer-songwriter who is offered a place to stay after befriending a kind stranger. However, it doesn't take long for the woman to discover the dark controlling side of her new roommate.
Also from BayView Entertainment is psychedelic horror, Exophoria, which comes from Kerry McArthur. This takes place in a secluded mountain town where a young doctor encounters two comatose teenagers. She discovers their condition is due to a dangerous and almost forgotten 1970's hallucinogen that allows users to share the same drug-induced nightmares.
Back at the start of April, the first official trailer dropped for Jared Masters latest film; mermaid horror - Tropical Parasite. This follows a treasure hunter who gets caught in a love spell by a water nymph, and cursed by a sea gypsy which sees the anti-hero infected by a rapidly spreading parasite. With Masters iconic grindhouse-style sleaze, the press release states this film is '...a wild unapologetic ride filled with blood, gold, and mutated horrors that will leave you gasping for air and begging for more'.
The final post for this truncated news round-up is news of Blood Witch, which got a late April VOD release. Coming from Black Coppice Films, this new horror comes from Chris Shane Sanders (writer/director/producer). Centuries after being executed for witchcraft, a mother and daughter are resurrected in modern day, they set out on a hunt for the descendants of those responsible for their deaths.
