Sad that the Halloween season is over already? Have no fear, it has been extended! Check out the new Halloween shirts revealed by Terror Threads that get this edition of Horror Highlights rolling. Also: Kaleidoscope release details and trailer, Ghost Box short story collection edited by Patton Oswalt, a clip and trailer for My Little Sister, TV4 Entertainment and The Asylum's new Apocalypse streaming service, Beneath Us acquisition details, info on the new comic Rusty Revolver, and info on Christopher Michael Carter's new horror novels.
New Halloween Shirts from Terror Threads: Press Release: "Death has come to your little town! Terror Threads celebrates the night he came home with a collection of John Carpenter's Halloween apparel.
A whopping 16 exclusive, officially-licensed Halloween shirts are for sale, ranging from newly commissioned artwork to vintage production stills turned into unique shirt designs.
Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, the Myers house, and more...
New Halloween Shirts from Terror Threads: Press Release: "Death has come to your little town! Terror Threads celebrates the night he came home with a collection of John Carpenter's Halloween apparel.
A whopping 16 exclusive, officially-licensed Halloween shirts are for sale, ranging from newly commissioned artwork to vintage production stills turned into unique shirt designs.
Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, the Myers house, and more...
- 11/9/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Stars: Johnny Rey Diaz, Christina Licciardi, Lindsay Sawyer, Talia A Davis, Trae Ireland, Isaac Reyes, Fiona Rene, Joseph Michael Harris, Nick Principe, Aaron Moses, Randall Yarbrough | Written and Directed by Jeremy M. Inman
To be fair, you know what you’re in for with any Asylum movie that is homaging a bigger-budget Hollywood flick… After all it’s become de rigueur for David Michael Latt and co. to produce what have been affectionately dubbed “mockbusters” for all the big Summer blockbusters: films such as Transmorphers, American Battleship, The Terminators, Almighty Thor, Battle of Los Angeles, and Avengers Grimm. But watching a mockbuster from The Asylum doesn’t neccesarily mean audiences are in for a terrible time, there are often sparks of genius within their films – be it some great casting or an inspired plot.
Case in point: the aforementioned Avengers Grimm, which used the Avengers film format to tell a...
To be fair, you know what you’re in for with any Asylum movie that is homaging a bigger-budget Hollywood flick… After all it’s become de rigueur for David Michael Latt and co. to produce what have been affectionately dubbed “mockbusters” for all the big Summer blockbusters: films such as Transmorphers, American Battleship, The Terminators, Almighty Thor, Battle of Los Angeles, and Avengers Grimm. But watching a mockbuster from The Asylum doesn’t neccesarily mean audiences are in for a terrible time, there are often sparks of genius within their films – be it some great casting or an inspired plot.
Case in point: the aforementioned Avengers Grimm, which used the Avengers film format to tell a...
- 10/10/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
By Robert J. Thompson II
MoreHorror.com
What do you get when you cross bio-engineering, strippers, deadly fish, gold-flake cinnamon drank, and lovable losers? You get awesome, is what you get. This particular serving of awesome is called 'Piranha Sharks', and it comes to you from the mind of one Leigh Scott. Sigh. Yes, 'Transmorphers' Leigh Scott. No, this is not 'Transmorphers'. Relax.
Piranha Sharks are bio-engineered creatures, that are repackaged, and targeted towards kids, as the year's hot new Christmas item. However, when the animals make their way into the New York water system, it falls on Jackson (Collin Galyean), and his pest-killing buddies (John Wells, and Josh Hammond) to get rid of them, before they destroy the city.
The writing works first, to set this film apart. It takes a shot at many of the cheesy indie cliches, with hilarious class, and accuracy.
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What do you get when you cross bio-engineering, strippers, deadly fish, gold-flake cinnamon drank, and lovable losers? You get awesome, is what you get. This particular serving of awesome is called 'Piranha Sharks', and it comes to you from the mind of one Leigh Scott. Sigh. Yes, 'Transmorphers' Leigh Scott. No, this is not 'Transmorphers'. Relax.
Piranha Sharks are bio-engineered creatures, that are repackaged, and targeted towards kids, as the year's hot new Christmas item. However, when the animals make their way into the New York water system, it falls on Jackson (Collin Galyean), and his pest-killing buddies (John Wells, and Josh Hammond) to get rid of them, before they destroy the city.
The writing works first, to set this film apart. It takes a shot at many of the cheesy indie cliches, with hilarious class, and accuracy.
- 12/11/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Yep. We have reached the point when mockbusters are mockbusting the original mockbusters. Are you ready for Piranha Sharks to get unleashed on the Internet? Wondering why they chose that title instead of Piranhado, which is infinitely better? Read on for details.
The Us release of Piranha Sharks will happen this Friday, August 8th, exclusively on Vimeo OnDemand. Jose Canseco, Kevin Sorbo, David Shuster, and many other familiar faces star.
From the Press Release
Angry Armadillo, Inc., an innovative new distribution company, has announced that they will release Leigh Scott's Piranha Sharks in the United States on August 8. The film will be available for rent or purchase through a strategic partnership with the video hosting company Vimeo. Audiences can also enjoy an extended ten-minute clip for free starting Wednesday, August 6th.
Directed by Leigh Scott, who produced and/or directed fifteen films for The Asylum including Transmorphers in 2007, Piranha Sharks...
The Us release of Piranha Sharks will happen this Friday, August 8th, exclusively on Vimeo OnDemand. Jose Canseco, Kevin Sorbo, David Shuster, and many other familiar faces star.
From the Press Release
Angry Armadillo, Inc., an innovative new distribution company, has announced that they will release Leigh Scott's Piranha Sharks in the United States on August 8. The film will be available for rent or purchase through a strategic partnership with the video hosting company Vimeo. Audiences can also enjoy an extended ten-minute clip for free starting Wednesday, August 6th.
Directed by Leigh Scott, who produced and/or directed fifteen films for The Asylum including Transmorphers in 2007, Piranha Sharks...
- 8/4/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
"Transmorphers" director Leigh Scott is back with a new film, a horror comedy called "Piranha Sharks," starring Kevin Sorbo. And today we have a trailer for the movie. Check it out below. Plot: Great white sharks bio-engineered to be the size of piranhas with the purpose of living in rich peoples exotic aquariums, terrorize New York City when they get into the water supply and do what great white sharks do best. At this point it's unclear if "Piranha Sharks" will be released on TV or DVD. Or if it will ever be released. Trailer:...
- 5/21/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Thanks to Fangoria, we now have the trailer for "Avalanche Sharks," which continues the obsessions of making ridiculous shark movies. This one happens to be a sequel to "Sand Sharks" that was released recently and had sharks attacking people in sand. Check out the trailer for "Avalanche Sharks" below. Plot: After a massive avalanche, the staff of Twin Pines Ski Resort begin to receive reports of missing people and creatures that move beneath the snow. As the body count slowly begins to pile up, the management tries to cover up the situation, which eventually leads to disaster on their busiest day of the year: Bikini Snow Day. "Avalanche Sharks" is directed by Scott Wheeler (Transmorphers) from a script by Keith Shaw (Malibu Shark Attack). Trailer:...
- 10/9/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Proving nowhere is safe from the clutches of the Great White – not the ocean, nor air, nor land, and now not even mountainside – is Avalanche Sharks. For now, because God is a cruel and unpredictable force, he has given our greatest enemy the ability to appear out of water, without warning to swim through the snow and rain chaos down upon our snowboarding trips. If a normal avalanche wasn’t enough, the staff at this ski resort is receiving reports of missing persons (and blooood) that they keep trying to cover up to save face for their busiest day of the year. You have to guess what that is. It’s Bikini Snow Day, obviously. With the mountainside covered in drunk, horny co-eds, the ancient snow sharks have awakened their taste for human flesh, and now must feast. Cue an hour and a half of frantic, bikini-clad sprinting through the snow as it gets sprayed with blood...
- 10/8/2013
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Riding the social media wave generated by last summer’s surprise success Sharknado comes Avalanche Sharks (a.k.a. Sharkalanche)! Fango just reeled in an exclusive trailer to the upcoming Syfy-style fishy saga, directed by Transmorphers Scott Wheeler and written by Malibu Shark Attack’s Keith Shaw. Starring Fear Clinic’s Kate Nauta, Avalanche Sharks is reportedly more of a […]...
- 10/7/2013
- by Fangoria Staff
- Fangoria
Sharks are having the best decade ever. Although Steven Spielberg made you want to stay out of the water, a whole new generation of filmmakers is interested in making you afraid of sand, Malibu, and, now, ski resorts. It seems like the next logical step in the subgenre’s progression if you ask me. After all, someone is already stuck them in a tornado, so why not have them flopping around inside an avalanche? It’s all about moving forward. “Transmorphers” director Scott Wheeler and “Malibu Shark Attack” writer Keith Shaw are hoping you’re ready for “Avalanche Sharks,” a film which finds these massive oceanic killers attacking scantily-clad individuals at a ski resort during Bikini Snow Day. Yes, Bikini Snow Day. I swear I haven’t had anything to drink this morning. I wouldn’t believe me, either. Here’s the official synopsis: After a horrific avalanche, the staff...
- 4/28/2013
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Distribution company Odyssey Media looks to be getting in on the b-movie market in a big way with four Syfy-ish flicks that showcase snow sharks, volcanic dragons, crimefighting teen vampires, and Battle Royale at the bottom of a sinkhole.
Avalanche Sharks – After an horrific avalanche, the staff members at Twin Pines Ski Resort start to receive reports of missing people and creatures that move beneath the snow. As the body count piles up, the management tries to cover up the situation, which leads to disaster on their busiest day of the year: Bikini Snow Day.
This sequel to last year’s Sand Sharks was also supposed to star Brooke Hogan, but she had to back out due to a scheduling conflict. Instead Kate Nauta, Erika Jordan, and Emily Addison will have to serve as attractive snow shark bait in this frozen nature gone amok flick from Scott Wheeler, director of...
Avalanche Sharks – After an horrific avalanche, the staff members at Twin Pines Ski Resort start to receive reports of missing people and creatures that move beneath the snow. As the body count piles up, the management tries to cover up the situation, which leads to disaster on their busiest day of the year: Bikini Snow Day.
This sequel to last year’s Sand Sharks was also supposed to star Brooke Hogan, but she had to back out due to a scheduling conflict. Instead Kate Nauta, Erika Jordan, and Emily Addison will have to serve as attractive snow shark bait in this frozen nature gone amok flick from Scott Wheeler, director of...
- 4/12/2013
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Fairy tales and folklore seem to be all the rage lately, and speaking of rage, what could be more horrifying than a pissed off and gigantic killer swinging an axe big enough to take down a building?
Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones.
Synopsis
The movie is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur the wrath of the 15-foot monstrous giant, who was banished from town 100 years ago and thought dead.
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Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones.
Synopsis
The movie is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur the wrath of the 15-foot monstrous giant, who was banished from town 100 years ago and thought dead.
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- 12/17/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Here is your early warning that The Asylum will be trying to capitalize on another blockbuster release. This time Darren Lynn Bousman's 11-11-11 is being clearly copied to swindle wayward buyers out of their hard earned dollars. The Asylum's doppelganger this time is 11/11/11 and unbelievably, they have another title copying Bousman's film called 11/1/11. Notice the removal of one digit here folks. All three films involve themes of a spiritual apocalypse, with The Asylum's version much lower budgeted.
This reviewer would love to interview someone at The Asylum to find out how well these copies perform financially. Apparently they are successful as this film production and distribution company has created dozens of films that copy blockbustes. To test your film knowledge, try to identify the films copied in the following titles: Battle of Los Angeles, Paranormal Entity, Transmorphers, Titanic II, The Terminators and The Day the Earth Stopped. How well did yo do?...
This reviewer would love to interview someone at The Asylum to find out how well these copies perform financially. Apparently they are successful as this film production and distribution company has created dozens of films that copy blockbustes. To test your film knowledge, try to identify the films copied in the following titles: Battle of Los Angeles, Paranormal Entity, Transmorphers, Titanic II, The Terminators and The Day the Earth Stopped. How well did yo do?...
- 9/20/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The Asylum is currently producing an apocalyptic world of zombies with actors Ving Rhames (Dawn of the Dead), Taryn Manning (The Speed of Thought) and Gary Weeks (Deadland). This latest from this mockbuster production company is called The Last Stand or simply Zombie Apocalypse. Fans of the post-apocalyptic zombie thriller can have a look at several photos for this feature below, which shows actor Ving Rhames golfing with zombies and other photos show the zombie make-up effects. This title is slated for a Fall release on DVD.
The Asylum is notorious for creating lower budgeted features based closely on upcoming blockbusters. For instance, they created Battle of Los Angeles to release close to the multi-million dollar feature
Battle: Los Angeles. They created Transmorphers to satirize or capitalize on the success of Transformers. Now, they seem poised to strike at the looming success of World War Z, starring Brad Pitt. Or,...
The Asylum is notorious for creating lower budgeted features based closely on upcoming blockbusters. For instance, they created Battle of Los Angeles to release close to the multi-million dollar feature
Battle: Los Angeles. They created Transmorphers to satirize or capitalize on the success of Transformers. Now, they seem poised to strike at the looming success of World War Z, starring Brad Pitt. Or,...
- 8/14/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
2010: Moby Dick
Stars: Barry Bostwick, Renée OConnor, Matt Lagan | Written by Paul Bales | Directed by Trey Stokes
The imaginatively named 2010: Moby Dick is yet another outing from low-budget production company The Asylum – well-known to SyFy viewers for their cult vein of ridiculously-gigantic-monster movies of the Megashark and Crocosaurus variety, and anyone who’s wandered into Blockbusters and wondered why anyone would make a rip-off Transformers movie, and call it Transmorphers - and if you understand what that pedigree means, you’ll know to avoid it like the plague.
A relatively new concept for the company, Moby Dick is an adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel rather than a rehash of blockbusters produced seemingly scant minutes after the originals are released. The action, as you may glean from the title, is moved to the present day, but with most of the original characters (and the vessel, now a submarine,...
Stars: Barry Bostwick, Renée OConnor, Matt Lagan | Written by Paul Bales | Directed by Trey Stokes
The imaginatively named 2010: Moby Dick is yet another outing from low-budget production company The Asylum – well-known to SyFy viewers for their cult vein of ridiculously-gigantic-monster movies of the Megashark and Crocosaurus variety, and anyone who’s wandered into Blockbusters and wondered why anyone would make a rip-off Transformers movie, and call it Transmorphers - and if you understand what that pedigree means, you’ll know to avoid it like the plague.
A relatively new concept for the company, Moby Dick is an adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel rather than a rehash of blockbusters produced seemingly scant minutes after the originals are released. The action, as you may glean from the title, is moved to the present day, but with most of the original characters (and the vessel, now a submarine,...
- 7/25/2011
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Welcome to the second installment of Blogomatic3000′s soundtrack round-up, this time focusing on the scores of Chris Ridenhour and in particular his work with mockbuster kings The Asylum.
Chris Ridenhour moved to Los Angeles in the late 90’s to work for film composer/orchestrator Todd Hayen and his wife Janice. During his tenure with the Hayens, Chris worked on the scores of Mark Isham, Lalo Schifrin, Gary Chang, John Debney, Shirley Walker, and many others.
in 2007 Ridenhour began composing for the production company The Asylum — with things taking off after he composed the music for Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008. Since that time he has worked on about twenty of their films, including the widely popular Megashark vs Giant Octopus, Princess of Mars, Mega Piranha, Dragonquest,The Hitchhiker, and Transmorphers.
Ridenhour’s Asylum oeuvre is chronicled on three CD’s from Moviescore Media: The Land That Time Forgot...
Chris Ridenhour moved to Los Angeles in the late 90’s to work for film composer/orchestrator Todd Hayen and his wife Janice. During his tenure with the Hayens, Chris worked on the scores of Mark Isham, Lalo Schifrin, Gary Chang, John Debney, Shirley Walker, and many others.
in 2007 Ridenhour began composing for the production company The Asylum — with things taking off after he composed the music for Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008. Since that time he has worked on about twenty of their films, including the widely popular Megashark vs Giant Octopus, Princess of Mars, Mega Piranha, Dragonquest,The Hitchhiker, and Transmorphers.
Ridenhour’s Asylum oeuvre is chronicled on three CD’s from Moviescore Media: The Land That Time Forgot...
- 3/31/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
What if you wanted to knock-off Jonathan Liebesman's Battle: Los Angeles and you only had 1% of the budget? Well, you would still have 700K and you could name your film something very similar like Battle of Los Angeles. This is what The Asylum is known for and 700K is not the budget of their latest.
In 2007, The Asylum tried to capitalize on the blockbuster I Am Legend, with I Am Omega. The result was a decent film (I Am Omega Review). The Asylum has copied other looming big budget films like Transformers, with Transmorphers and James Cameron's Titanic with Shane Van Dyke's forgettable Titanic II (A Titanic II Review). How will Battle of Los Angeles fare? That depends on movie watchers inability to decipher the good, Battle: Los Angeles from the arguably bad, Battle of Los Angeles. The first trailer for the latter is below, courtesy of Quiet Earth.
In 2007, The Asylum tried to capitalize on the blockbuster I Am Legend, with I Am Omega. The result was a decent film (I Am Omega Review). The Asylum has copied other looming big budget films like Transformers, with Transmorphers and James Cameron's Titanic with Shane Van Dyke's forgettable Titanic II (A Titanic II Review). How will Battle of Los Angeles fare? That depends on movie watchers inability to decipher the good, Battle: Los Angeles from the arguably bad, Battle of Los Angeles. The first trailer for the latter is below, courtesy of Quiet Earth.
- 3/24/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Moviescore Media is celebrating the works of composer Chris Ridenhour with three new releases: 2012 Supernova: The Sci-Fi Film Scores of Chris Ridenhour, The Land that Time Forgot: The Fantasy Film Scores of Chris Ridenhour, and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus: The Monster Film Scores of Chris Ridenhour. All three releases highlight the composer’s work with The Asylum.
From the Press Release:
“I think the first time I saw the now famous scene where a giant shark eats a passenger plane midair in Megashark vs. Giant Octopus,” said Ridenhour, “I knew that film would become part of pop culture, and it has!”
Mega Shark earned a cult following after it aired on SyFy in the Us, and it earned Ridenhour a fan -- Moviescore Media’s founder Mikael Carlsson. Said Carlsson, “As an homage to Decca’s classical genre-orientated Bernard Herrmann albums that presented score selections in suite form,...
From the Press Release:
“I think the first time I saw the now famous scene where a giant shark eats a passenger plane midair in Megashark vs. Giant Octopus,” said Ridenhour, “I knew that film would become part of pop culture, and it has!”
Mega Shark earned a cult following after it aired on SyFy in the Us, and it earned Ridenhour a fan -- Moviescore Media’s founder Mikael Carlsson. Said Carlsson, “As an homage to Decca’s classical genre-orientated Bernard Herrmann albums that presented score selections in suite form,...
- 3/9/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Legend of the Red Reaper, the long awaited comic book style feature film from Indy film from the twisted brain of scream queen Tara Cardinal announces the launch of the franchise.
The feature film, which stars well known scream queen Tara Cardinal (Song of the Shattered, Delivery), David Mackey (The Sacred, Drop Dead Diva), Eliza Swenson (Witches of Oz 3D, Transmorphers), Shayne Leighton (The Incubus), Tom Nowicki (The Blind Side, Never Back Down, Letters to God) Christian Boeving (fitness model and celebrity), Legendary comic book artist George Perez (Superman, Wonderman, Spiderman, etc..) Al Snow (WWE, Tna), Joe Hollow (Blood Struck, Cut, Absentia) Devanny Pinn (Nude Nuns with Big Guns) , Lloyd Kaufman (Troma) and Barry Ratcliffe (Brothers and Sisters, Water for Elephants) has begun development on a new comic book and the film.
The story, written by Michael J. Schaefer (Joe Hollow’s “Cut”), follows a young Red Reaper (played by...
The feature film, which stars well known scream queen Tara Cardinal (Song of the Shattered, Delivery), David Mackey (The Sacred, Drop Dead Diva), Eliza Swenson (Witches of Oz 3D, Transmorphers), Shayne Leighton (The Incubus), Tom Nowicki (The Blind Side, Never Back Down, Letters to God) Christian Boeving (fitness model and celebrity), Legendary comic book artist George Perez (Superman, Wonderman, Spiderman, etc..) Al Snow (WWE, Tna), Joe Hollow (Blood Struck, Cut, Absentia) Devanny Pinn (Nude Nuns with Big Guns) , Lloyd Kaufman (Troma) and Barry Ratcliffe (Brothers and Sisters, Water for Elephants) has begun development on a new comic book and the film.
The story, written by Michael J. Schaefer (Joe Hollow’s “Cut”), follows a young Red Reaper (played by...
- 1/10/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
From the Press Release:
Hollywood, CA - January 8th, 2010 - Legend of the Red Reaper, the long awaited comic book style feature film from Indy film from the twisted brain of scream queen Tara Cardinal announces the launch of the franchise.
The feature film, which stars well known Scream Queen Tara Cardinal (Song of the Shattered, Delivery), David Mackey (The Sacred, Drop Dead Diva), Eliza Swenson (Witches of Oz 3D, Transmorphers), Shayne Leighton (The Incubus), Tom Nowicki (The Blind Side, Never Back Down, Letters to God) Christian Boeving (fitness model and celebrity), Legendary comic book artist George Perez (Superman, Wonderman, Spiderman, etc..) Al Snow (WWE, Tna), Joe Hollow (Blood Struck, Cut, Absentia) Devanny Pinn (Nude Nuns with Big Guns) , Lloyd Kaufman (Troma) and Barry Ratcliffe (Brothers and Sisters, Water for Elephants) has begun development on a new comic book and the film.
The story, written by Michael J Schaefer (Joe Hollow...
Hollywood, CA - January 8th, 2010 - Legend of the Red Reaper, the long awaited comic book style feature film from Indy film from the twisted brain of scream queen Tara Cardinal announces the launch of the franchise.
The feature film, which stars well known Scream Queen Tara Cardinal (Song of the Shattered, Delivery), David Mackey (The Sacred, Drop Dead Diva), Eliza Swenson (Witches of Oz 3D, Transmorphers), Shayne Leighton (The Incubus), Tom Nowicki (The Blind Side, Never Back Down, Letters to God) Christian Boeving (fitness model and celebrity), Legendary comic book artist George Perez (Superman, Wonderman, Spiderman, etc..) Al Snow (WWE, Tna), Joe Hollow (Blood Struck, Cut, Absentia) Devanny Pinn (Nude Nuns with Big Guns) , Lloyd Kaufman (Troma) and Barry Ratcliffe (Brothers and Sisters, Water for Elephants) has begun development on a new comic book and the film.
The story, written by Michael J Schaefer (Joe Hollow...
- 1/9/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
One horror flick that has me curious is Gary Jones' Bunyan, a reimagining of the tall tale of titanic lumberjack Paul Bunyan that brings his legend to bloody life as a 15-foot giant maniac with a very large ax. Producer Jeff Miller was kind enough to send over some news stills from the movie and word of a new cast member who's no stranger to forests.
Dan Haggerty, best known as TV's "Grizzly Adams" but forever in the heart of schlock movie fans like myself for his portrayal of a chain-smoking department store Santa battling an evil Nazi elf in the bad movie classic Elves, has joined the cast of Bunyan.
Here's the latest press release regarding the ongoing filming of Bunyan:
"Bunyan, the new horror/creature film from director Gary Jones and producer Jeff Miller, filmed for several more days in Ohio this fall.
In other news,...
Dan Haggerty, best known as TV's "Grizzly Adams" but forever in the heart of schlock movie fans like myself for his portrayal of a chain-smoking department store Santa battling an evil Nazi elf in the bad movie classic Elves, has joined the cast of Bunyan.
Here's the latest press release regarding the ongoing filming of Bunyan:
"Bunyan, the new horror/creature film from director Gary Jones and producer Jeff Miller, filmed for several more days in Ohio this fall.
In other news,...
- 12/17/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
The Asylum is up to its usual hijinks with the science fiction thriller Battle of Los Angeles. The Asylum is know for their instant classics like Transmorphers, Milf, 8213: Gacy House and many more. Their films are often seriously toned satires and their latest film looks unusually similar to Jonathan Liebesman's World Invasion: Battle La, which was originally titled Battle Los Angeles. Coincidentally, both films release very near the same date, with the Battle of Los Angeles releasing first (February 22nd). Fans of the bizarre can check out another still from The Asylum's latest below and viewers are highly encouraged to view all of the The Asylum's photos for this project, as there is a Michelle Rodriguez lookalike. More details inside.
The in-depth synopsis for Battle of Los Angeles (sarcasm, wink-wink, nudge, nudge):
"In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later,...
The in-depth synopsis for Battle of Los Angeles (sarcasm, wink-wink, nudge, nudge):
"In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later,...
- 10/29/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Bleeding Cool has posted the trailer for The Witches of Oz. The film (which appears to be a sequel of sorts to the original The Wizard of Oz story) is directed by one Leigh Scott, a veteran filmmaker from Hollywood knock-off masters Asylum. Transmorphers is amongst the number of features he’s made for the company (no prizes for guessing which franchise was being paid “homage” to there) .
Wonder if Oz is any good? It looks well shot and the effects work appears to be more than adequate for this type of low-budget fantasy flick. This has been produced by an independent company called MarVista Entertainment Inc, who seem to have a little more money then Asylum, as the ensemble cast proves. B-movie regulars like Christopher Lloyd, Lance Henrikson and Jeffrey Combs are all present and correct, and it’s also a shrewd move on the company’s behalf to...
Wonder if Oz is any good? It looks well shot and the effects work appears to be more than adequate for this type of low-budget fantasy flick. This has been produced by an independent company called MarVista Entertainment Inc, who seem to have a little more money then Asylum, as the ensemble cast proves. B-movie regulars like Christopher Lloyd, Lance Henrikson and Jeffrey Combs are all present and correct, and it’s also a shrewd move on the company’s behalf to...
- 9/22/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Maybe this will help us get the taste of 'Tin Man' out of our mouths. Finally.
Not since 1987's made-for-tv Return to Oz have I been this excited about an Oz film. Let's face it - the original musical 1939 version with Judy Garland reduced the menacing, opium-induced political propaganda originally created by L. Frank Baum to so much MGM glitter and Oscar romance. But Fairuza Balk's first starring role, as Dorothy Gale who returns to Oz to face an evil Nome King, a headless princess, wheeled human punk rockers who chase you through the streets of the broken Emerald City, and talking chickens, was awesome. And since then?
Just more gibberish in musical form and a really bad made-for-tv SyFy Channel Dorothy movie that I think we'd rather all forget.
But now comes The Witches of Oz, directed by Leigh Scott (he of the many many many...
Not since 1987's made-for-tv Return to Oz have I been this excited about an Oz film. Let's face it - the original musical 1939 version with Judy Garland reduced the menacing, opium-induced political propaganda originally created by L. Frank Baum to so much MGM glitter and Oscar romance. But Fairuza Balk's first starring role, as Dorothy Gale who returns to Oz to face an evil Nome King, a headless princess, wheeled human punk rockers who chase you through the streets of the broken Emerald City, and talking chickens, was awesome. And since then?
Just more gibberish in musical form and a really bad made-for-tv SyFy Channel Dorothy movie that I think we'd rather all forget.
But now comes The Witches of Oz, directed by Leigh Scott (he of the many many many...
- 9/6/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Producer Jeff Miller sent over some info and production stills from his new horror flick Bunyan, which puts a spin on Paul Bunyan, the mythological mountain of a man lumberjack of folk tales, by transforming him into a monstrous maniac ready to put the axe to a camp full of troubled teens.
Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones. A few extra days of filming are scheduled in the fall with the possibility of a recognizable genre name or two being added to the cast.
Robert Kurtzman's Creature Corps is handling the bulk of the effects work. Hopefully that means Mr. Bunyan won't just be some hulking Syfy movie digital effect that looks like S.S. Doomtrooper dressed in flannel.
The press release describes the plot of...
Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones. A few extra days of filming are scheduled in the fall with the possibility of a recognizable genre name or two being added to the cast.
Robert Kurtzman's Creature Corps is handling the bulk of the effects work. Hopefully that means Mr. Bunyan won't just be some hulking Syfy movie digital effect that looks like S.S. Doomtrooper dressed in flannel.
The press release describes the plot of...
- 9/2/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
The other day we told you about Leigh Scott's Witches of Oz 3D and treated you to an outtake in which co-star Lance Henriksen worked with an uncooperative kitty. Today we have a promo trailer for the fantasy thriller that updates L. Frank Baum's classic kiddie tale.
Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful children's book author, as she moves from Kansas to present day New York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories and that the wonders of Oz are very, very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her.
Witches of Oz boasts quite the impressive cast: Chistopher Lloyd (as the Wizard of Oz), Lance Henriksen, Ferris Bueller's girlfriend Mia Sara, Re-Animator Jeffrey Combs, Silent Bob sidekick Jason Mewes,...
Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful children's book author, as she moves from Kansas to present day New York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories and that the wonders of Oz are very, very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her.
Witches of Oz boasts quite the impressive cast: Chistopher Lloyd (as the Wizard of Oz), Lance Henriksen, Ferris Bueller's girlfriend Mia Sara, Re-Animator Jeffrey Combs, Silent Bob sidekick Jason Mewes,...
- 3/26/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Regular Shock reader and friend Jared passed along this video that gave us a laugh. We post it because it involves horror genre vet Lance Henriksen, who we love. Here he's on the set of the upcoming The Witches of Oz attempting to do a simple take involving a phone call and a pesky cat. The cat isn't exactly grooving to being held by Lance. Witches is directed by Leigh Scott who directed Flu Birds and the Asylum knock-off Transmorphers . Paulie Rojas, Christopher Lloyd and Jason Mewes co-star.
- 3/23/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Ok, have you Tossers ever heard of “Generic Brands”? Good…Well, in movies we also have that, unfortunately for us it means that an extremely low budget film of a “Major Blockbuster” is being made. Which means the smaller, relatively unknown studios will make a carbon-copy movie in-and-around the same time-frame as the bigger, well established studios with the same idea as the Major, Big Budgeted, Hollywood Machine has done…but with a different plot.
Which brings us to the movie, “2012: Doomsday” brought to us by Faith Films. It stars Cliff Dee Young (The Craft,The Substitute), Ami Dolenz (Step Monster, Miracle Beach, The Children of Times Square), and Danae Nason (Transmorphers, Come Home, Countdown: Jerusalem). Some of these actors and actresses are better known for their roles in within the Christian Film community.
The plot of this movie is really simple, and it is quite easy to understand.
Which brings us to the movie, “2012: Doomsday” brought to us by Faith Films. It stars Cliff Dee Young (The Craft,The Substitute), Ami Dolenz (Step Monster, Miracle Beach, The Children of Times Square), and Danae Nason (Transmorphers, Come Home, Countdown: Jerusalem). Some of these actors and actresses are better known for their roles in within the Christian Film community.
The plot of this movie is really simple, and it is quite easy to understand.
- 3/3/2010
- by Jack "The Whore of Horror"
One of the great features over at the Internet Movie Database is the Bottom 100. Based on ratings viewers of the site give to various films, the worst of the worst films get put on this list. Some of them are on and off in a matter of days. Others stick around for the long haul, showing just how much suckage they truly emit.
It’s time to look at these movies and determine where they stand. Do they deserve to be on the Bottom 100 list? Are they not as bad as everyone says? Will they be off the list any time soon?
Here’s the breakdown for this week’s film:
Title: ‘King of the Lost World’
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Ranking on Bottom 100 (as of 7/15/2009): # 90 (based on 986 votes)
Why it’s Here: Is it any surprise a film from The Asylum would end up on IMDb’s Bottom 100 list?...
It’s time to look at these movies and determine where they stand. Do they deserve to be on the Bottom 100 list? Are they not as bad as everyone says? Will they be off the list any time soon?
Here’s the breakdown for this week’s film:
Title: ‘King of the Lost World’
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Ranking on Bottom 100 (as of 7/15/2009): # 90 (based on 986 votes)
Why it’s Here: Is it any surprise a film from The Asylum would end up on IMDb’s Bottom 100 list?...
- 7/15/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
No, Jaws of the Mississippi is not the title of a recently discovered Mark Twain manuscript that pits Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin in a life-or-death battle with a Great White shark ("We're gonna need a bigger raft!"). It is, however, the title of a new killer shark movie involving a radioactive Great White prowling the freshwaters of the Mississippi River.
Yes, a radioactive shark, but not of the glowing atomic age monster variety, in case you're expecting something truly outlandish. I'll let the Active Entertainment plot synopsis explain the premise:
"A massive hurricane devastates the Gulf of Mexico, with it a Us government’s top-secret anti-bioterrorism facility. When one of its highly radioactive chemicals spills into the ocean, it triggers mutations in a great white shark, enabling its adaptation to survive in freshwater. As this shark wreaks havoc on local Mississippi River towns, it poses the additional risk of...
Yes, a radioactive shark, but not of the glowing atomic age monster variety, in case you're expecting something truly outlandish. I'll let the Active Entertainment plot synopsis explain the premise:
"A massive hurricane devastates the Gulf of Mexico, with it a Us government’s top-secret anti-bioterrorism facility. When one of its highly radioactive chemicals spills into the ocean, it triggers mutations in a great white shark, enabling its adaptation to survive in freshwater. As this shark wreaks havoc on local Mississippi River towns, it poses the additional risk of...
- 4/6/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Last month we got a first look at the trailer for Bullet Films' adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror starring Jeffrey Combs. Now we've got the trailers for three more Bullet Films productions featuring werewolves, vampires, the potential end of the world, and rednecks battling robots.
The one you might be most interested in is Wolvesbayne, which I first told you about back in July. Jeremy London ("Party of Five") stars as a newly transformed werewolf recruited by a team of vampire hunters to stop a Nazi vampire cult led Yancy Butler ("Witchblade") and Marc Dacascos (Brotherhood of the Wolf).
Wolfsbayne was directed by Griff Furst (I Am Omega, 100 Million BC) from a script by Leigh Scott (Transmorphers, Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse). Dig the trailer below:
Wolvesbayne - Trailer
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The next isn't at all horror related unless you take into account the horror of the potential...
The one you might be most interested in is Wolvesbayne, which I first told you about back in July. Jeremy London ("Party of Five") stars as a newly transformed werewolf recruited by a team of vampire hunters to stop a Nazi vampire cult led Yancy Butler ("Witchblade") and Marc Dacascos (Brotherhood of the Wolf).
Wolfsbayne was directed by Griff Furst (I Am Omega, 100 Million BC) from a script by Leigh Scott (Transmorphers, Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse). Dig the trailer below:
Wolvesbayne - Trailer
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The next isn't at all horror related unless you take into account the horror of the potential...
- 1/19/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
It was back in April when I first told you about production beginning on The Darkest Evil, a new adaptation of Lovecraft's classic tale The Dunwich Horror starring Jeffrey Combs. Today we bring you the exclusive first trailer from this Lovecraftian horror!
Since I last wrote about it the Darkest Evil title has been dropped and outright changed to The Dunwich Horror. Directed by Leigh Scott (Beast of Bray Road, Transmorphers) under the banner of Bullet Films, Jeffrey Combs takes on the role of Wilbur Whateley, the diabolical man looking to free the "Old Ones" once he gets his hands on the Necronomicon. That role was played by Dean Stockwell in the 1970's film version; look for him in a different role in this version.
Talk is of a limited theatrical release in the next year. Until then, here's the first teaser trailer for this latest adaptation of The Dunwich Horror.
Since I last wrote about it the Darkest Evil title has been dropped and outright changed to The Dunwich Horror. Directed by Leigh Scott (Beast of Bray Road, Transmorphers) under the banner of Bullet Films, Jeffrey Combs takes on the role of Wilbur Whateley, the diabolical man looking to free the "Old Ones" once he gets his hands on the Necronomicon. That role was played by Dean Stockwell in the 1970's film version; look for him in a different role in this version.
Talk is of a limited theatrical release in the next year. Until then, here's the first teaser trailer for this latest adaptation of The Dunwich Horror.
- 12/15/2008
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
I've never been much of a fan of all those ghost hunting shows but if more ghost hunters looked like Charisma Carpenter I might start tuning in. Until that day arrives I'll have to settle for House of Bones, in which the former "Buffy"/"Angel"/"Charmed"/"Veronica Mars" starlet will play a ghost hunter getting more than she bargained for.
Corin Nemec (Mansquito, SS Doomtrooper) co-stars alongside Carpenter as TV ghost hunters that enter a reportedly haunted house that may prove to be the death of them. Produced by Leigh Scott (Transmorphers), Griff Furst (100 Million BC), and Ken Badish (Showdown at Area 51) under the Louisiana-based Bullet Films banner, directing duties for this paranormal scarefest fall to Jeffrey Lando, he of Decoys 2 and Insecticidal fame.
Look for House of Bones to premiere on the Sci-Fi Channel sometime in 2009.
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Corin Nemec (Mansquito, SS Doomtrooper) co-stars alongside Carpenter as TV ghost hunters that enter a reportedly haunted house that may prove to be the death of them. Produced by Leigh Scott (Transmorphers), Griff Furst (100 Million BC), and Ken Badish (Showdown at Area 51) under the Louisiana-based Bullet Films banner, directing duties for this paranormal scarefest fall to Jeffrey Lando, he of Decoys 2 and Insecticidal fame.
Look for House of Bones to premiere on the Sci-Fi Channel sometime in 2009.
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- 12/13/2008
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
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