Airplane vs. Volcano Coming in May

 

Burbank, California: The Asylum and the Kondelik Brothers have come together to create the most exciting tale ever told -Airplane vs. Volcano! This exciting, action packed feature is set to raze DVD store shelves and several theatres in just a few weeks. Airplane vs. Volcano hosts an all-star cast, including: Dean Cain, Robin Givens and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs. From Jon Kondelik and James Kondelik (A House is Not a Home), this title reinvigorates the action thriller genre. And, fans of The Asylum or of sensational cinema can take a look at the first trailer for Airplane vs. Volcano right here!

Based on a true story, Airplane vs. Volcano takes place high in the skies. Here, an airline crew and several passengers find themselves trapped in an active volcano region. There is no escape, except to fly the plane down and no one knows if anyone will survive. Airplane vs. Volcano is a harrowing story of terror, at 30,000 feet.

Also, Airplane vs. Volcano is just like Jan de Bont’s explosive thriller Speed (1994), but in the air! This title is the most harrowing flight ever recorded in film and viewers will need their air sickness bags if they want to survive this exciting trailer. Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for the ride of your life!

*the DVD release will include a Making-of-featurette.

Official synopsis: When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive – without landing.



Release Date: May 27th, 2014 (DVD).

Directors/writers: James and Jon Kondelik.

Cast: Robin Givens, Dean Cain, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs.

http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=243

Top 5 Horror Movies of 1981

1981 was a great year for horror movies.  There are so many great ones it really is hard pressed to pick just 5 of them.  I could probably do 10 or 15 but I like the challenge of narrowing down just 5.  I do really wish I was old enough at the time to see some of these great movies on the big screen but at 1 year old I guess it wasn't appropriate subject matter.

Happy Birthday to Me

One of the many great slasher films to come out of the 80's and one that I watch regularly, especially around my birthday.  While I do love this film the reason that it is #5 is that I think the story is really good but there is a little bit too much of it and it drags at times.  Still it's always a fun watch with tons of great death scenes.

Final Exam

This one I really was not crazy about the first time I watched it.  I decided to give it another chance and really took a liking to it.  It really is not a good movie by any rights but is a good slasher for any die hard slasher movie fans.

The Prowler

The last 3 here really were difficult to put in order.  I love The Prowler and the main reason is the realistic effects and death scenes done by none other than the great Tom Savini.  The first time I ever saw this movie I really was amazed how real every death scene looked.

Friday The 13th Part 2

Instead of working on this movie Tom Savini decided to go another route and work on another slasher from 1981 that just missed this list entitled The Burning.  Still this is a stand out sequel and is the first introduction to Jason Vorhees as a killer wandering the woods of Crystal Lake avenging his mother's death.

Halloween II

John Carpenter the master comes back to direct the sequel that in my opinion is the best in the franchise.  After being shot 6 times by Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasence) Michael is still on the loose in Haddonfield hellbent to find his sister and kill her.

Horror Haiku Announces Screenwriting Competition

SERAPH FILMS, L.L.C. is pleased to announce HORROR HAIKU’s 1st Annual Screenwriting Competition.

HORROR HAIKU is a weekly horror anthology series, which airs on the company’s YouTube channel,www.youtube.com/TheSeraphFilms. Creators GENE BLALOCK and JAMES BORING aim to distill horror to its essence.

The HORROR HAIKU Screenwriting Contest opens for submissions on March 10, 2014, and closes for submissions on March 31, 2014, or when 200 submissions have been received.

Scripts must be original work by the submitter, no more than 3 pages in length and themed in the horror genre. Submitters must include a Haiku with their screenplay. The title page and Haiku do not count against the 3 page limit.

8 winners will be announced at the end of Episode 10 of Season 4, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The 8 selected scripts will be produced by Seraph Films to be aired in Season 5.

“In our continued efforts to explore the deepest and darkest corners of our imagination, we are reaching out to the collective mind of horror fans across all nations for inspiration,” says MEERA KIM, producer of the series.

Seraph Films, L.L.C is a group of dedicated filmmakers based in Los Angeles whose credo is quality, audience content.

First Official Stills from Australian Film Barrow

Perth, Western Australia- (4th March 2014) Australian Film Companies Hometown Pictures and Encryption Films are excited to reveal the first Official Images from Horror Crime film ‘Barrow’.

The film was shot in late 2013 and is slated to premiere this year. The images paint a stylish and harrowing vision for the Western Australian produced film.

Director Wade K. Savage has referred to the film as ‘Silence of the Lambs meets True Detective’. “It’s a really foreboding and tense origin story, with an incredible cast,” Savage commented. “I’m happy we’re now able to reveal these amazing images, as they give us a really good insight into the world we’ve created”. 

Producer/Writer Peter Gurbiel added: “It’s exciting to begin throwing around some hints as to what we’ve been up to. As thrilled with the performances and the mechanics of the storytelling that we’ve pulled together, the film just looks so damn gorgeous. This is a great team of some of the country’s brightest young filmmaking talent - we’re suitably proud, and impressed.”

‘Barrow’ is funded through the Film and Television Institute of WA’s LiNK Funding Scheme, with additional production support from ScreenWest.

STORY SUMMARY
Twenty years to the day that her Father murdered her Mother, Carly Jacobs is returned her childhood jewelry box that had been confiscated with the police investigation. At first providing little to unlock the mystery of that horrible night, Carly returns the box to her long abandoned family home where she finds that both time and memory are more connected than she could ever have imagined possible.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Peter Gurbiel is an award winning writer, producer and director. ‘Barrow’ is the follow up outing to previous hit ‘The Owl’ which took out Best Film at the Western Australian Screen Awards in 2013, and the People’s Choice Award after the film’s premiere at Cinefest Oz.

Wade K. Savage is an award winning theatre and film director. His most recent short film ‘The Owl’ won both Best Film and People’s Choice at the WA Screen Awards. His previous film "Fallout: Lanius" (also 2013) went viral and had press globally.

Science Team Releases Full Length Trailer

Science Team Summary

Chip returns home to find his mother brutally murdered and a sessile space alien living in her house rent free. A somewhat xenophobic and bureaucratic government agency called Science Team is brought in to eliminate the extraterrestrial threat. Drama ensues. People die. Inner and extraterrestrial demons are engaged. Men in pink suits use cool-looking technology. Events culminate in a destructive orgy of violence as people's minds are literally blown out of their heads.

Filmed in Richmond, VA with the help of many talented local filmmakers and filmmakers from around the world, Science Team represents a landmark achievement in independent cinema that pushes micro-budget film-making to heights never before reached. 

Buncom Media International
Drew Bolduc and Michele Lombardi founded Buncom Media International in 2012, a production company in Richmond, Virginia specializing in feature films. ‘Science Team’ (2014) is the first film created by their company. It was written and directed by Drew Bolduc who previously wrote and co-directed the award-winning horror-comedy feature film ‘The Taint’ (2010). Science Team is Michele Lombardi’s first feature film as producer and production designer. They both have a strong background in special effects and worked on practical and digital effects for Troma Entertainment's 'Return to Class of Nuke 'em High' Vol 1 & 2 in 2013.

‘Science Team’ has started its 2014 theatrical and festival tour. Check out the links below for information and updates about where we’re playing next!

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www.scienceteammovie.com
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www.scienceteammovie.com/showings

Haunter 2013 - REVIEW

We all know there is no shortage of haunted house movies in the horror world. We've seen it all from The Amityville Horror to Paranormal Activity (its sequels and spoofs) to Sinister and on and on. It's a never ending cycle. Personally, I'm not a big fan of paranormal films but I've certainly seen my share of good ones and abhorrently bad ones. Unfortunately, in my experience the bad outweigh the good.

Lisa (Abigail Breslin) is your average rebellious teenage girl... well not really your "average" teenager. You see, she and her entire family are dead. Trapped for eternity, in a house surrounded by a menacing fog, with her parents (Peter Outerbridge and Michelle Nolden) and brother (Peter DaCunha). As if that weren't bad enough, they're all forced to relive the same day over and over again. Did I forget to mention the menacing spirit (Stephen McHattie), known only as The Pale Man, determined to keep their souls contained in the house. Lisa must not only convince the rest of her family that they're dead but she is also challenged with finding out why. It is during this search that she discovers she is connected to the world of the living. By touching objects, she is able to channel herself into that world (present day) through young Olivia (Elanor Zichy), who now lives in the house with her family. Dead and alone, Lisa is challenged with saving the souls of her family and lives of the people now living in the house.

As you would expect, there are some outstanding performances in this movie. Breslin is beautifully compelling as Lisa. And if you're not aware of my love for McHattie, then you haven't been following for very long. He's a brilliant character actor and always a force to be reckoned with on screen giving no less than 100% at all times. There are great performances from Outerbridge and Nolden as Lisa's oblivious parents. An all around superior cast, needed to tell such an intricate story.

Haunter plays like a mix between Groundhog Day, The Others and The Amityville Horror. Director Vincenzo Natali brings life to this well written and complex story with the help of some beautiful cinematography by Jon Jofflin. Haunter is a slow burn horror that reveals itself a little at a time and comes together quite nicely in the end. If all paranormal films were like this one, I might be enticed to watch them more often. I would recommend this one to fans of the paranormal sub-genre. It's currently available on Netflix and Amazon instant.

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.