Kingdom Come Gets A Poster to Sell at Cannes

Matchbox Pictures, the studio behind one of the most surprising  films of 2012 Devil Seed, are back with Kingdom Come. This is Greg A. Sager's follow up to Devil Seed and the sales art poster was just released and damn, it looks bad ass I must say. This film will be screening at the Cannes Film Festival thanks to Imagination WorldWide.

Plot Synopsis
"A group of strangers awake, trapped inside an old abandoned mental hospital. With no apparent way out and no one being able to remember how they even got there they begin searching for a way to escape. As they explore the cold, dark maze of corridors they realize they are not alone and that they are being stalked by supernatural forces with sinister intentions.
For Sam (Ry Barrett) and Jessica (Camille Hollett-French) keeping Celia, (Ellie O'Brien) the youngest member safe proves to be just as difficult as keeping the group together as hostilities grow between them. Everyone begins to question each others motives as secrets linking their pasts are revealed and that someone within the group is not who they say they are. One by one they begin to disappear, all that is left behind to be found by the others is the devastation and carnage of their demise.
As everything and everyone unravels they start to understand that all the windows that have been boarded up from the inside is not so much to keep them in, but keep whatever evil lurks outside…out. In this place nothing is as it seems and the decisions they make here will seal their fate forever."

The ABC's of Death Is Hoping Next Time You Will Sing With Them (Updated Story)

The unique and artistic anthology horror film The ABC's of Death is getting a sequel. Variety is saying that the producers of the original film have plans for a sequel to be released at Cannes. The only directors that have been announced for this installment is Alex de la laglesia and the director from Room 237 Rodney Ascher as well as animator Bill Plympton. We also have just learned that Twisted Twins Jen and Sylvia Soska will be attached and so will Marcus Dunstan director of The Collector and The Collection.
Art Timpson producer had this to say:

"This time around we're all determined to expand the concept to even more hyperkinetic, comically deranged and mortally dizzying heights of someone can shuffle off this mortal coil." - Art Timpson 

I still think it would be better as a TV show and instead of giving the directors 5 minutes of screen time they can give them an hour and each episode is another letter of the alphabet.

Crystal Lake Memories Documentary Finally Has A Release Date

The long awaited Friday The 13th documentary from the people that did the incredible Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy has a release date. Yesterday it was announced that Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday The 13th will be released August,
27th, 2013 with the presale starting July, 8, 2013.

From the official Facebook page
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th promises to give horror fans a unique insider’s look into the iconic horror series, featuring over 100 interviews with cast and crew spanning all twelve films and the television series, many of whom have never before publicly discussed their involvement in the long-running franchise. The documentary is written and directed by Daniel Farrands and produced by Thommy Hutson, who previously combined forces on the most acclaimed horror franchise documentary ever made, 2010’s Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, an epic four-hour journey that chronicled the making of director Wes Craven’s seminal 1984 shocker and its seven sequels. Independently produced, financed and released by Farrands and Hutson, Never Sleep Again won The Academy of Science Fiction and Horror’s prestigious Saturn Award in 2010 for “Best DVD Release” as well as two Home Media Magazine Reaper Awards for “Best Direct-to-Video Release” and “Best of Show.”

For updated information as it comes stay tuned to http://www.crystallakememories.net/

Aftershock (2012)

Eli Roth’s second film released this year is better then The Last Exorcism Part 2 but nothing special as Aftershock plays out as your standard run of the mill disaster film with more gore and violence. But more gore and more violence don’t make up for bad writing and bad acting. 

The film begins with three friends touring Chile. Eli Roth’s character named Gringo...yeah, they couldn't give him an American name, is the American who doesn’t speak Spanish while his three friends Ariel played by Ariel Levey and Pollo portrayed by Nicolás Martínez do. These characters are put through mind numbing scenes of tourism that are so slow you will be banging your head off the ground out of how slow it is. There is some character development but nothing interesting and the one looks like want-to-be Zach Galifianakis from The Hangover, which takes you out of the film. We really have no reason to care for any of the characters. 

The earthquake scene is gory and people are getting crushed but it dare I say it boring. We have seen it all it before and there is nothing special about it.  One of the main plot points of the film is that when the earthquake hits it destroys a prison and all the psychos and prisoners get out. It’s an interesting take on the disaster genre that we really haven’t seen before. I just wish they could have done more with it. Yeah, these guys cause trouble and yeah, they are brutal but it only seems that there only after the main characters. I would have liked to see the criminals on a larger scale, causing havoc and hell through the entire town and not just where the main characters are. 

As the movie goes on it gets really predictable, except for an added twist and a few other surprises that you may not see coming. The acting here is pretty bad, it’s a good thing Eli Roth is a producer/director because holly fuck, he cannot act worth shit.  You want to talk about hammy, hallow and forced. Everyone else really doesn’t act that well either. Even the psychos fall flat.

It’s an average disaster thriller with Eli Roth’s gore and grisly violence thrown in it and adding the escaped prisoner adds a nice twist. But, the prisoners are not expanded enough and the gore and violence just feels really gimmicky. You take all the violence and psychos this movie would have been boring as hell.

2.5 out of 5 

Blu-ray Releases Tuesday, May, 14th 2013

We only have 1 Blu-ray that's horror coming out today, Texas Chainsaw 3D (Review Here). Though the film may have been lacking in pretty much everything, the second disc is AMAZING. Personally, I think its worth a purchase for that disk alone. Edited by Andrew Kasch, who has done some amazing work with the Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy documentary as well as doing a kick ass job on the special features on our favorite Blu-rays like Evil Dead 2, Friday the 13th and Halloween. 
Other release include Cloud Atlas and Charlie Sheen's disappointing return to film in A Glimpse inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.  

Scream Factory Releasing John Carpenter's Body Bags

The good folks at Scream Factory have just announced their plans on their Facebook page to release John Carpenter's Body Bags on Blu-ray before the end of 2013.
No further details were released but more information will be revealed during July and August.

Source: Scream Factory Facebook Page

American Horror Story: Coven Gets Big Name Stars

American Horror Story: Coven is packing a lot of punch with the name actors and actresses they are getting and these next two are no exception.
Ryan Murphy, co-creator of the series took to twitter to announce two new faces that will be in Coven.
Ryan Murphy's Tweet: "Two legends are joining the cast of American Horror Story: Coven -- Oscar nominee Angela Bassett and Tony winner Patti LuPone!"
No details were released to who they would be playing on the show.