CLOSET SPACE (2008 dir Mel House)

*Pre-Release Festival Edition Review

A professor and his students doing research in a house out in rural Texas believe they have a found a doorway to the other world in a closet inside the house. After the professor and the students mysteriously disappear into the closet, a group of highly experienced researchers take a trip out to the house to find out what happened to the group. Behind the closet door is a dark tunnel with different passageways. The group gears up to go on an expedition through the tunnel to find the professor and students. Soon enough, the group is beset by bizarre occurrences and eventually they have run-ins with slimy, tentacled ... (more…)

From the wilds of West Virginia comes HATCHET JACK, an independent slasher film from director Eddie Mahalick. Inspired by true events, this 46-minute thriller is an atmospheric, often disturbing film that deserves to be seen by a wide audience.

Working from a screenplay by Justin Sago, JACK is essentially a frame story, as a rural bartender (Mahalick, in one of several bit parts) warns a group of deer hunters about the legend of Hatchet Jack, a solitary madman with a grisly past who roams the woods of the Mountain State. Thus begins the story proper, as a group of Pittsburgh-area youths head to the town of Rivesville in search of the titular figure (though exactly why is never made clear).

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After delays that pushed the release date back; WITCH HOUSE: THE LEGEND OF PETRONEL HAXLEY opened in U.K. cinemas on April 12, 2008. Being a largely home-grown effort; the film's opening was covered by the BBC, and a segment of the audio interviews with the cast is available here.

The film was a joint effort between English film mavericks IRONOPOLIS FILMS and U.S.- based DARKSIDE FILMS, with the original score composed by none other than Fear Zone audio columnist, Mars of DEAD HOUSE MUSIC.

The story follows a group of young people who become trapped in the middle of nowhere. Sadly for them; it just so happens that this particular nowhere serves as the killing grounds for the resurrected ... (more…)

New Nazisploitation Flick BLITZKRIEG: ESCAPE FROM STALAG 69 Seiges The U.S. With Theatrical Playdates!

From Keith Crocker, director of 1997's THE BLOODY APE, comes a brand-new Nazi exploitation flick for 2008! For nearly 30 years no one has dared tackle the genre, leaving us rerunning ILSA in our DVD players. Now, in period costume and refashioning New York, Long Island locales, Crocker has fathomed a return to the glorious '70s when the Nazi genre was more grindhouse fodder rather than a political nod. Handing his feature opus over to Wild Eye Releasing, the film has been pistol-whipped into shape for a limited theatrical release.

During the final days of World War II, Helmut Schultz and ... (more…)

Long Island filmmaker Glenn Andreiev's new film THE DEED TO HELL will hold its World Premiere at the Long Island Cinema Arts Centre at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, April 16th. The film features Fear Zone friend Roy Frumkes (STREET TRASH, THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD) in a role.

From the Cinema Arts Centre website:

Legendary Long Island filmmaker Glenn Andreiev (SHARP AND SUDDEN, SILVER NIGHT, EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, VAMPIRE'S EMBRACE) returns to the Cinema with his biggest and boldest film yet! Filmed on location in France, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Huntington, and HELL, Andreiev has created a dazzling fire-and-brimstone tale of suburbanites behaving badly, and paying a devastating price.

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MICHAEL BERRYMAN, DEBBIE ROCHON AND AUTHOR MAX BROOKS JOIN THE CAST
OF SATAN HATES YOU

The list of names appearing in the upcoming SATAN HATES YOU continues to grow with the addition of Michael Berryman (THE HILLS HAVE EYES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS) and Debbie Rochon (TERROR FIRMER, TROMEO AND JULIET) to the cast.

SATAN HATES YOU, inspired by films from the golden age of religious "scare" cinema, is the latest feature film from producer Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix and writer/director James Felix McKenney's MonsterPants Movies. Shooting is scheduled to be finished in late June.

"We're all pretty excited to be working with Michael Berryman." says the director. "I know people say that all ... (more…)

Post production has wrapped on the horror thriller PHOTO MANIPULATION, directed by T.M, Langseth, who co-wrote the screenplay with his wife and producer, Marie-Helene Tremblay. Marc J. Makowski of South Bronx EFX Works served as executive producer on the film, which was shot at Canadian locales, including Quebec, last year.

PHOTO MANIPULATION tells the story of two couples who are stalked by a former crime scene photographer who has gone insane. A new poster and trailer have been posted on the re-designed Official Website. The filmmakers are lining up premiere screenings in New York City and Canada, and plan to play the film festival circuit while pursuing distribution.

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One of the great aspects of the hugely successful Texas Frightmare Weekend conference in Dallas, Texas is the slew of movie screenings that happen throughout the weekend. Or at least, attempt to happen. After a lengthy two-hour delay today due to a cancellation of one of the scheduled films, sending hundreds of black-clad, zombie makeup covered horror fans milling around looking confused and lost and scaring the conservative looking attendees of the coinciding accounting conference, the ballroom for screenings finally opened its doors. There was a collective sigh of relief at this point. One thing you do not want to happen at a horror convention is to allow your attendees to become bored ... (more…)

EVIL EVER AFTER (2006 dir Brad Paulson)

Cryptkeeper Films U.S. DVD

Randal Malone stars as Bernie Grisso, a mortician whose parents were cannibals. When Bernie was a young lad, he discovered his mom and dad removing organs from a dead body in their basement. They wanted to keep it a secret from Bernie, but once they saw that he caught them, they decided they should let him have a taste of human flesh and show him what it takes to be a cannibal. Once dad taught Bernie how to kill, he seemingly developed superhuman strength as he chews the throat out of a young girl sitting by a tree and rips the heart out of a drug dealer with his bare hands.

Things soon changed Bernie forever once he saw his ... (more…)

Fear Zone contributor Jason Mager sent along this pic from his upcoming production, THE PIGMAN.

The film--loaded with gratuitous violence and gore, just the way we like it, films in the Buffalo area in April.

The mask you see was sculpted by Matt Patterson of Matty Mask, and the traditional blood and guts will be supplied by Rod Durick of Zombified Studios.

OINK! OINK! Stick an apple in that sucker and roast him! (more…)