The Horrors of AutoCorrect Streaming Free on Eli Roth's Crypt TV

What happens when an old school slasher faces off with a tech-savvy teen? Find out in The Horrors of AutoCorrect!

The 6-minute horror/comedy short is now available for free viewing online exclusively from Crypt TV, the digital genre studio co-founded by Hostel and Cabin Fever director Eli Roth. It has amassed more than 20,000 views on Facebook in less than a day.

Watch The Horrors of AutoCorrect: http://bit.ly/horrorsautocorrect

The short film stars Nick Principe (Laid to Rest, Hatchet II) and Jaquelyn Fabian. It's written and directed by newcomer Alex DiVincenzo.

"The premiere of The Horrors of AutoCorrect is a long time coming," says DiVincenzo. "I owe everything to my dedicatd cast and crew for helping to make it happen. I cannot thank Crypt TV enough for believing in the project. As an admirer of Eli Roth's work, it's an honor to be working with him." DiVincenzo is currently working on his next short, a '50s throwback titled Trouser Snake.

In The Horrors of AutoCorrect, Jenny's quiet evening at home watching a scary movie is interrupted by a stalker who can't quite master the art of text messaging. The result is a "sidesplitting, clever commentary on contemporary communication" (All Things Horror) that pays homage to such genre favorites as Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2.

For more information, visit Crypt TV and Grimbridge Productions on Facebook.

Nobody Can Cool 2013 - REVIEW

Most of us like to think that there are only two categories for films... you either like them or you don't. In my experience, few films fall into that gray area. You wanna like it but there's just something missing. Or you don't like it but there's that one little spark in an otherwise dreary film.

Susan (Catherine Annette) and David (David Atlas) are a bickering young couple off on a weekend getaway to a remote cabin to no doubt strengthen their dwindling relationship. Upon arrival they discover that the cabin is already occupied by a seemingly odd couple, Len (Nick Principe) and Gigi (Nikki Bohm). After an awkward introduction, the two couples reluctantly decide to share the cabin for the night. Tensions ramp up when Susan hears is awakened by the sound of a car starting. Thinking their car is being stolen, she jolts out of bed only to find they've been locked in. As the true nature of their captors become evident, Susan and David are left to fight for their lives. Who will make it out alive?

The acting in this is about what you'd expect from a mostly green cast. The performances often come off as a bit wooden with the exception of one... Nick Principe. What is clearly a breakthrough role for him, Principe did a stellar job of bringing Len's creepy, cool and often charming personality through. He is by far the stand out in Nobody Can Cool and it's about time that his talents are highlighted in such a way. Haris Mahic, who shows up towards the end of the film as Mo, surprised me as well. I had the feeling that I'd seen in something before but after going over his IMDb, I'm not so sure anymore. In any case, for the little bit of screen time he got, he did rather well.

Ultimately, the first production from directing team known as DPYX (Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman) is one of those films that falls in the gray area for me. It has it's good points, camera direction, lighting and atmosphere. They're successful in their use of location and small cast, creating a setting where the tension is bound to boil over. At the same time, that setting doesn't seem to be nurtured enough to actually reach that boiling point. The duo drop their characters in this dangerously volatile situation without giving them the common sense to make even one good decision. There's little in the way of character development which makes it hard for viewers to root for anyone. In the end, Nobody Can Cool is worth a watch. Don't go into it expecting anything horrific and gory as there is little in the way of it.

Barbara Crampton and Nick Principe Lead the Cast of "Die, Maniacs, Die!"

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“DIE, MANIACS, DIE!”, SET TO BEGIN PRODUCTION IN 2013 WITH PRODUCERS ANDREA ALBIN AND SCOTT SPIEGEL OF FATALITY FILMS

Edgy grindhouse horror film set to begin filming in 2013 will feature over the top maniacs and a rollicking gore fest.

Producers Andrea Albin and Scott Spiegel of Fatality Films will begin production in 2013 on their latest venture “Die, Maniacs, Die!” written by Corey Schubert and Eric La Fuente.

Jourdan McClure, director of “Rogue River” and “Children of Sorrow” will helm the edgy grindhouse horror film starring new comers Blake French, Rochelle Ceilia and Joshua Raymond. Also starring in the film are horror stars Nick Principe of “Laid to Rest” fame and scream queen Barbara Crampton of “Re-Animator”.

This rollicking gore fest focuses on the town of New Thetford and the hidden secrets that it keeps, including those secrets that house themselves in the form of deranged and disfigured maniacs.

Years after the death of her parents, Amelia follows in their investigative footsteps only to find herself and her team caught in the horrifying traps of New Thetford's best kept secret. Amelia, with the help of her older brother Orlando, must now find a way to make it out alive before they too become maniacs.

Laid To Rest 2009 - REVIEW

I finally ordered this through Amazon.  I always see it when I am looking for movies, but have never pulled the trigger on buying it.  I have always heard mixed reviews of this movie.  It is good, its bad, it sucks.  That usually does not stop me from watching a movie permanently, but it does delay it a bit.  I had a whole day off to do nothing but watch Horror movies and this was first on the list.  I did not have really high expectations on Laid To Rest. 

A girl (Bobbi Sue Luther) wakes up and is living what some people might consider their worst nightmare.  She is trapped in a coffin and fighting to free herself, or better yet figure out how she got in it to begin with.  She has a head injury and cannot remember anything, even the simplest thing of who she is.  Once she is free from the coffin she comes to find that she is being stalked by a man (Nick Principe) with a chrome skull over his face equipt with knives and a  video camera attached to his shoulder.  He is out to kill her and presumably the person who put her in the coffin.  The girl is picked up on the road by a man named Tucker (Kevin Gage) who is willing to help her.  He takes her to his house were she can get cleaned up and contact the authorities.  Little does Tucker know that picking her up now means he is also being staked by the Chromeskull serial killer.  They are in for a night they will never forget, or might not even live to tell about.

Laid To Rest was not a film that was sent to the big screen and had its day in the theatre.  It was a direct to video release that since has a nice cult following.  The quality of the movie was quite good considering most direct to video releases do lack in quality and good acting.  This did not in either category.  I enjoyed the acting and the character development of the main girl in the movie.  By the end of the movie the audience knows what her back story is, as it's revealed little by little as the movie goes on.  I think Robert Hall did a fantastic job with direction of the movie as well.  The death scenes are gruesome and creative.  If you are a true Horror fan that is important.  The more creative and complex death scenes, the more people want to watch.  The key is to do something no one as seen before or at least something that is not done often.  It's also worth mentioning the minor role by a film and  Horror genre legend Richard Lynch.  He does not really do anything of importance in the movie but is none the less effective.

I was surprised by how much I did like Laid to Rest.  Go figure J.R. likes a slasher.  It had everything I like about Horror movies.  Good characters, a creepy looking killer, and tons of blood.  It even added another factor that I like, and that is one of my worst fears being lived in this movie.  Being trapped in a coffin alive is something that freaks me out.  Not that its ever happened to me, but the thought terrifies me.  Finding a movie that truly has a terrifying element makes it even better.  Because lets face it Horror movies are really not that scary.  There are the few that can pull it off, but I am not one to scare easy.  Unless you have a needle by my arm, but lets not go there.  Laid To Rest 2 is definitely next on my list to pick up.  Hopefully I will not wait as long as I did with this one to watch it.  I kind of wish I would have met the cast now at a convention I was at and skipped over them because I did not know anything about the movie.  Stay twisted everyone!

The Summer of Massacre 2011 - REVIEW

Hold onto your barf bag. You might need it by the end of the film as you view the slicing, tearing, ripping, gashing, stabbing, impaling, beating, squishing, choking, burning, staking, cutting, hacking, dismembering, decapitating, hanging, bashing, dicing, chopping, crushing, pounding, spearing, scalping, suffocating, deaths the psychotic serial killers hand out to anyone that is in their path of vengeance. Since there are five separate stories in this anthology, I feel it only fair to split them up and review them all separately.

Chapter 1 - Rampage Chris is just an average guy, living an average life until he's attacked during a late night run, severely beaten and left for dead. He's found alive the next morning but something has changed inside him. All he can see is red and he takes out his revenge on any and everyone that gets in his way, including the woman who finds and tries to help him. Things happen so quickly in this short and there's no real character development or explanation of why Chris is doing what he does. I get it that he's mad as hell about being left for dead (I would be too!) but I didn't really get why he just took aim at everyone, killing them with whatever tool is around, including a skateboard and a remote control :/ I got the feeling that Chris was written to kill just for the sake of killing and that's not really my bag. (Yes, I am the Gore Whore but I like my gore with a little plot... sorry!) I was also expecting a gore fest like none other and I got that BUT, it was in splatters and whacks of CGI. Practical effects have always been an important part of horror to me and the ones that ARE done here, are done extremely well. It was so full of CGI that at times it was like watching my son play a video game and it was very distracting for me.

Chapter 2 - Lump Lori (Nick Principe) is a paraplegic hermaphrodite who's body has been devastated by spina bifeda. Throw in a caring mother who's not willing to give up on her sick "daughter", a beautiful, spiteful yet very jealous sister and a step brother that's... well... I'll just say a little slow and you've got your plot. The difference between this chapter and the first is that it actually has some substance. I was extremely surprised by Principe's performance. I've only ever seen him as the "tough guy" type so I was pleased to see that he brought a softness to his character that not only made you like her but made you root for her to come out on top.

Chapter 3 - Son of the Boogieman 36 years ago, Jesse's mother was raped by his biological father. They've spent that time running and hiding in fear thinking he would come back. Now he has and he wants what it his. This was the shortest film of the bunch with a run time of 11 minutes or so, luckily it's only 11 minutes. For me, this was one of the worst and I ended up feeling the same about this one as the first one. There's absolutely no character development, way too much CGI and really no obvious plot.

Chapter 4 - Burn This one is based on the legend of two firefighters who were lovers. When the rest of the guys in the station found out, they trapped them during a forest fire and left them to burn to death. Now they haunt the woods that became their graves seeking revenge on anyone who lights a fire without saying a prayer for them first... mkay. We learn all this through the campfire tales of a church youth group who have unwittingly stumbled into the wrong part of the woods. There were a lot of practical effects in this one and they were good, damn good but again, it was riddled with so much bad CGI that it was distracting. I'm not sure I really get the whole plot of this one either... I mean I get it, I just don't think it made that much sense.

Chapter 5 took place in between the four shorts with three serial killers giving some dialogue about why they enjoy killing so much. The last scene is a stand off between them and the police after they've escaped and gone on a killing spree together. This one is where I had the most "I must be watching a video game" thoughts. It was just pointless and bad.

I know that director Joe Castro doesn't really care what bloggers have to say about his film and that's cool, I'll still give them an A for effort because I can appreciate that they were trying to bring something new to the table but it didn't quite work out for me. I don't know if it all the CGI work was done due to budget limitations or if that's what it took to get the kill quota high enough to break a record but it was just way over the top. I know I'm in the minority here, I've seen some rave reviews for TSOM, it just wasn't my thing and I'm not prepared to say I liked it when I didn't.

The Body Count Reaches World Records in Breaking Glass Pictures’ The Summer of Massacre

Philadelphia, PA — Breaking Glass Pictures/Vicious Circle Films has announced the January 10 Blu-Ray/DVD release of the horrifying gore fest The Summer of Massacre (SRP $29.99 Blu-Ray/ DVD $24.99). The Summer of Massacre sends viewers on a tour through the mind of madness, as multiple killers strive to create the biggest and bloodiest body count imaginable. Featuring 8 killers in 5 carnage-drenched stories, The Summer of Massacre lives up to its name with the highest body count ever recorded in a film by The Guinness Book of World Records.
Ungodly brutal beatings turn Chris into a fiend that sets off a bloody rampage. Beauty is truly only skin deep - Watch a young paraplegic fight for her life as her older, beautiful sister tries to murder her.

It’s been 36 years since Jesse’s biological father raped his loving mother. Now, after hiding and running their entire lives, he has found them. A group of Christian teenagers are stalked, maimed and burned by a local legend in a haunted forest.

Three legendary serial killers terrorize downtown Los Angeles and their killer plan is to go out with a real bang.

The Summer of Massacre is a 100 mph slasher ride through the sweltering heat of summer and insanity. Packed with enough gore to turn every type of stomach, The Summer of Massacre delivers a pile of corpses that The Guinness Book of World Records has awarded “biggest body count” in all of film history.
Writer-Director Joe Castro (Terror Toons 1&2, The Jackhammer Massacre) introduces another original tale -- the first ever anthology/slasher film that presents eight killers in 5 gore fest tales. The Summer of Massacre features Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Nick Principe (Laid to Rest), and Cleve Hall (Nightmare).

The Blu-Ray/DVD release will come loaded with numerous HD special features, including: a director’s commentary, a behind the scenes director’s diary, interviews with Brinke Stevens, cast audition tapes, and Joe Castro’s “Childhood of Massacre” a short film furthering the bloodshed.
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Chrome Skull: Laid to Rest 2 Trailer

A new trailer for Robert Hall’s sequel to Laid To Rest has hit the web. If you're a fan of the original, as I am, you won't be disappointed!

ChromeSkull: Laid To Rest 2 brings back Nick Principe as the villain, plus Thomas Dekker, joined by Brian Austin Green, Mimi Michaels, Danielle Harris, Angelina Armani and Gail O'Grady as well as one of my favorites from The Mentalist, Owain Yeoman

I am so psyched for this film! With a great cast, inventive kills and the effects talent of Robert Hall, I expect this one to be even better than the first!