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Frightfest 2020: ‘Heckle’ Review

Frightfest 2020: ‘Heckle’ Review
Stars: Guy Coombes, Steve Guttenberg, Clark Gable III, Toyah Wilcox, Nicholas Vince, Madison Clare, Louis Selwyn, Stephanie Leigh Rose, Natasha Starkey, Helena Antonio | Written by Airell Anthony Hayles | Directed by Martyn Pick

Airell Anthony Hayles, who penned and co-directed They’re Outside, the found-footage meets YouTube, pagan-eqsue horror which screened at Frightfest in August, is back at Frightfest again with Heckle – a film which channels Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy by way of 80s slasher movie; an odd combination on paper but one that on screen works remarkably well.

Opening with the death of comic Ray Kelly (a cameoing Steve Guttenberg), shown in the opener and throughout flashbacks to be a total unlikeable bastard, Heckle tells the story of another unlikeable bastard and stand-up comic, Joe Johnson, who’s at the top of his stand-up comic game, so much so that he’s tapped to play Ray Kelly
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Tanya’s Island

Tanya’s Island
New Jersey native Alfred Sole caught some critics’ eyes with his creepily Hitchcock-influenced but poorly distributed Alice Sweet Alice (aka: Communion), and soon gave up directing for a more productive career as a production designer. His penultimate directorial effort is this even more obscure and bizarre pseudo-sexploitation fantasy starring sexy model Vanity (billed as Dd Winters), marooned on an imaginary tropical island with an amorous ape man played by Don McLeod, best known as Elizabeth Brooks’ feral brother in The Howling. Nsfw!

Here’s Mick Garris on Alice Sweet Alice. And here’s Josh Olson on The Howling.

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Film Review: Alice, Sweet Alice (1977) – Review #2

Film Review: Alice, Sweet Alice (1977) – Review #2
Synopsis: Karen Spages is murdered on the day of her first Holy Communion and all eyes point to her older and jealous sister, Alice, who wants a Communion of her own but is ineligible since she was born out of wedlock. As the body count starts to mount, Alice becomes the prime suspect. Review: Alfred …

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Wamg Giveaway: Win the Redbox Downloadable Codes of Villain starring Craig Fairbrass

Wamg Giveaway: Win the Redbox Downloadable Codes of Villain starring Craig Fairbrass
Saban Films will release the crime thriller Villain On Demand and Digital on May 22, 2020. Check out this exciting trailer:

Villain stars Craig Fairbrass (Avengement, Cliffhanger), George Russo (My Name is Lenny, Turnout), Izuka Hoyle (Mary Queen of Scots), Mark Monero (Sid and Nancy), and Robert Glenister (“Doctor Who”). The film is directed by Philip Barantini (“Boiling Point”) from a script by George Russo and Greg Hall.

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After being released from prison, ex-con Eddie Franks (Craig Fairbrass) wants nothing more than to start a new life. However, his dreams of normalcy are tested when he
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Alice, Sweet Alice

Alice, Sweet Alice
Director Alfred Sole courted controversy on a couple of fronts with this 1976 shocker – the Catholic Church took umbrage over its subject matter (the original title was Communion) and a 1977 re-release threw more gasoline on the fire by exploiting the then 13 year-old Brooke Shield’s semi-scandalous performance in 1977’s Pretty Baby. Though there were scattered nay-sayers among the critics, most were impressed by the film’s somber tone and powerful imagery.

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‘Alice Sweet Alice’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstark, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen, Brooke Shields | Written by Alfred Sole, Rosemary Ritvo | Directed by Alfred Sole

When ten-year-old Karen is killed in church on the occasion of her first communion, her seemingly innocent older sister Alice (Paula Sheppard) becomes the prime suspect. Matters become complicated as more of Alice s family members are attacked, along with residents of her apartment building. Can a twelve-year-old girl be capable of such mayhem, or is someone else with a vicious plan destroying her family?

1970s “killer kid” proto-slasherAlice Sweet Alice comes from from director Alfred Sole – who would later go on to spoof the genre a mere three years later with Pandemonium – and is one of those horror films that has become more notorious for its cast than it’s plot. In this case it for a very
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Horror-on-Sea 2018 Interview: Chris Moore talks ‘Blessed are the Children’

  • 05 December 2017
  • by Philip Rogers
  • Nerdly
Blessed are the Children is new thriller from co-writer and director Chris Moore, which has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Friday 19th January. I got chance to ask Chris a few questions about his inspirations for making the film, his influences and what makes Blessed are the Children stand out in the horror genre.

What can we expect from the film?

I think you can expect a slasher film that’s fun, has something to say, and characters you actually care about. It’s one of the most important things in a horror film, but a lot of people seem fine with just throwing in a gaggle of busty 20-somethings and calling it a day. I want you to actually feel something when these people are terrorized. I never want you rooting for the killers. I usually come up with a story or concept first
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It Came From The Tube: Home For The Holidays (1972)

The Christmas season is a special time for many. A chance for friends to gather and spread cheer, or clans to gather in the warm glow of familial love. Sometimes, however, the warm glow cools down, love turns to hate, and the carving knife is put to more insidious uses. Welcome to ABC’s Home for the Holidays (1972), a fun murder mystery filled with proto-slasher goodness.

Originally broadcast November 28th as part of the ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week, Home for the Holidays was up against CBS’s Hawaii Five-o and NBC’s The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (whatever that was) and had a solid showing, as ABC often did with this particular brand. However, you won’t find any Snoopies or undernourished trees in this Holiday special.

Let’s open our eggnog soaked TV Guide and see what’s going on around the tree:

Home For The Holidays (Tuesday,
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Halloween 2017: 31 Horror Films You Can Stream on Amazon Prime This October

Since I showed some love to Netflix yesterday, I thought it was only proper today to put the spotlight on Amazon Prime and their vast streaming library that features hundreds of genre titles.

There’s no denying that it can be an overwhelming experience to try and navigate your way through over 200 different pages of movies, so I went ahead and put together a list of 31 different films that should help you get into the Halloween spirit throughout the month of October. And since variety is the spice of life, I tried to give you guys an assortment of different sub-genres, so that you should be able to find something to fit any horror-loving mood! Happy October and happy viewing, everyone!

Madman

At a summer camp for youths, a cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various
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Marc Alan Fishman: Can I Love the Art But Not the Artist?

I’ve been perplexed. As I’m sure so many of you have been paying at least a modicum of attention to the comings and goings of our President, no doubt you’ve seen a rise of discourse throughout your social feeds and TV screens concerning the separation of art and the artist.

Ok, it’s really an argument about whether using the national anthem as the background for non-violent protest is offensive. Okay. Follow me here, kiddos.

Among the master debaters I’ve followed, one argument floated to the top of my gaze. It was the notion that professional athletes are in fact paid to entertain and therefore should be reprimanded and subjugated to dismissal from their jobs if their actions fail to entertain the fanbase of said sports team from which they hail. In short, I think that argument is hilariously off-base. Professional athletes are in fact paid to play a game.
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Batman: Frank Miller on why the movies should be smaller

Mike Cecchini Oct 30, 2016

The man who brought us Dark Knight Returns has some smart thoughts on what Batman movies should be like.

Frank Miller's status as a legendary comic creator was locked in stone 30 years ago, with character-defining work on Daredevil and his industry changing The Dark Knight Returns (with Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley). So much so that the mixed reactions to his more recent work on Batman, such as the possibly unnecessary sequels to The Dark Knight Returns or the unintentionally hilarious All-Star Batman and Robin (not to mention the tone deaf Holy Terror, which was bizarrely intended to be a post-9/11 Batman story before thankfully becoming something else) will never be able to tarnish that.

But make no mistake, Miller still knows his Batman, and he recently revealed where he thinks the Batman franchise should go in order to evolve and set itself apart from the pack.
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Vintage Halloween Inspired Meme's

Every Halloween season we try to have a little fun and share some things that might be of interest to horror fans.

In case all of the Halloween sweets and costume planning hasn’t given it away, Halloween is coming up at the end of the month.

This year, Paddy Power online casino has been reliving the heroes of Halloween’s past with some vintage inspired Halloween Meme’s.

From Frankenstein’s daughter to Alice Sweet Alice, it’s time to relive your scariest childhood movies with a casino themed twist.

Below you'll find some fun vintage horror memes. Feel free to share them, save them or print them out. Have a safe a fun Halloween!
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Watch: First International Trailer For Horror 'February' Starring Emma Roberts And Kiernan Shipka

As A24 showed last month, they know how to conjure a horror hit, with "The Witch" sparking their biggest opening ever. That said, the picture was riding on a wave of buzz all through 2015, but with "February," the distributor has less to work with, as the picture premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival without much fanfare. Read More: Sundance Review: The Exquisite Holy Terror Of 'The Witch' Will Chill Your Bones & Haunt Your Soul Written and directed by Osgood Perkins, making his directorial debut, and starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka, the movie follows two girls in a boarding school who are bonded by some freaky events. Here's the synopsis from the Tiff:  In February, beautiful and haunted Joan makes a bloody and determined pilgrimage across a frozen landscape toward a prestigious all girls prep school, where Rose and Kat find themselves stranded after their parents mysteriously fail to retrieve them for winter break.
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'The Witch' Director Robert Eggers Conjures Rasputin TV Series

Last summer, six months after the buzz surrounding “The Witch” first got started at the Sundance Film Festival, director Robert Eggers lined up a remake of the horror classic “Nosferatu.” However, he has made it clear he wants to get a bit more experience under his belt before he makes that leap. “Well, it’s actually not what I’m doing next. I think it seems very disgusting and presumptuous and megalomaniacal and offensive for someone in my position to say they want to do 'Nosferatu' next, so I think that’s why it hit the trades in a big way. I still might do it, but not next,” he told Collider. “It’s a masterpiece and it really doesn’t objectively need to be done, but I’ve been obsessed with that film since I was a little kid. But, you know, Peter Jackson was obsessed with
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Contest: Win The Spooky Soundtrack To 'The Witch'

A year after it terrified audiences at the Sundance Film Festival, and spent the following twelve months building up serious on the festival circuit, Robert Eggers' "The Witch" comes to theaters this month. And we've got a wicked treat to share with everyone looking forward to the movie — the film's spooky soundtrack by Mark Korven. Read More: Sundance Review: The Exquisite Holy Terror Of 'The Witch' Will Chill Your Bones & Haunt Your Soul Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson, the film is set in 17th century America, and follows a family banished to live in exile outside a community in New England. And soon, they face an unnamable terror, in a series of events that begins to tear apart the family, and make them fear for their very soul. It's chilling stuff, made all the more potent by Korven's work.
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Watch: New Trailer For 17th Century Horror 'The Witch' Plays Peek-a-Boo

There's "old school," and then there's Robert Eggers' "The Witch." The distinct horror film uses 17th century colonial America for its setting, and conjures up a scare film unlike any other. And a new trailer is here to play peek-a-boo with you. Read More: Sundance Review: The Exquisite Holy Terror Of 'The Witch' Will Chill Your Bones & Haunt Your Soul Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson star in the film that follows a family banished to live in exile outside a community in New England, who are soon plagued by a series of terrifying events. It's an eerie tale, told in old tyme tongue, that offers plenty of eye-opening moments. Here's the official synopsis: In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate
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Chris Alexander’s Shock Treatment: 1976’s Alice, Sweet Alice

In this ongoing Shock column, editor Chris Alexander muses on classic and contemporary films and music worthy of a deeper discussion. I’ve been writing about and discussing co-writer/director Alfred Sole’s dark, effectively upsetting 1976 psychodrama Alice Sweet Alice for some time now. I first learned of the film when sifting through an early ’80’s edition…

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Exclusive: Listen To Mark Korven's "Caleb's Seduction" From The Chilling Soundtrack To 'The Witch'

It was a year ago that the first chills from "The Witch" were felt. Robert Eggers' film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival,where it became the talk of Park City, presenting a wholly unique horror built on a foreboding atmosphere. The movie is a welcome reprieve from the jump scares that populate most scary flicks these days, and one of the elements that enhances its haunting feeling is the score composed by Mark Korven. Read More: Sundance Review: The Exquisite Holy Terror Of 'The Witch' Will Chill Your Bones & Haunt Your Soul  Performed by Korven along with Katherine Hill, Ben Grossman and The Element Choir, the music is both operatic and sinister, with layered voices and off-kilter tones conjuring the colonial era in which the film takes place. And the exclusive track below, "Caleb's Seduction," is a nice preview not just of Korven's work, but of
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Drive-In Dust Offs: Alice, Sweet Alice

The Catholic Church (and religion in general) always seems to have a hard go of it in horror films. Whether seen as the last respite for the desperate (The Exorcist), or co-conspirators of evil (The Omen), the church has proven to be a wellspring of guilt and mistrust, useful tools for building a great horror tale. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) is a sinister example of good old Catholic retribution, and the finest American version of a giallo to boot.

The film premiered in November of ’76 at the Chicago International Film Festival under its original title Communion. Columbia Pictures was originally supposed to distribute the film, but legal issues arose and they dropped it. Allied Artists stepped in but demanded a name change so people would not think of it as a religious film (which it is – but probably not the kind people would be expecting), came up with Alice, Sweet Alice
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200 Greatest Horror Films (60-51)

Special Mention: Un chien andalou

Directed by Luis Buñuel

Written by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel

France, 1929

Genre: Experimental Short

The dream – or nightmare – has been a staple of horror cinema for decades. In 1929, Luis Bunuel joined forces with Salvador Dali to create Un chien andalou, an experimental and unforgettable 17-minute surrealist masterpiece. Buñuel famously said that he and Dalí wrote the film by telling one another their dreams. The film went on to influence the horror genre immensely. After all, even as manipulative as the “dream” device is, it’s still a proven way to jolt an audience. Just ask Wes Craven, who understood this bit of cinematic psychology when he dreamt of the central force behind A Nightmare on Elm Street, a film intended to be an exploration of surreal horror. David Lynch is contemporary cinema’s most devoted student of Un chien andalou – the severed ear at
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