Author and filmmaker Gregory Lamberson has announced three new theatrical screenings for Slime City Massacre, his gooey celebration of 1980s cult films which stars Debbie Rochon and Brooke Lewis and features cameos by Roy Frumkes and Lloyd Kaufman, taking place in Tampa, FL; Las Vegas, NV; and his hometown of Buffalo, NY.
After a successful tour on the horror film festival circuit, SCM was released on DVD in 2011 by Media Blasters and enjoyed a limited theatrical release from iFN, Indie Film Net.
“This is what it takes to make the audience aware of a film that defies easy categorization,” says Lamberson. “SCM is horror, it’s sci-fi, it's action, and it's bizarro comedy. It took the original Slime City about eighteen years to develop its reputation as a cult film; it needed to fade away and be re-released and rediscovered. Our goal with SCM is to keep it out there in public so that the people it was made for have a chance to see it on a big screen, with an audience. I’m glad that promoters keep contacting me to screen it, and not the other way around.”
First up, the slimy opus mucks up the Tampa Pitcher Theater in Florida on Thursday, February 9th, at 9:30 pm. Lamberson will do a Q&A with Lee Perkins, one of the stars of the film. The screening launches Cult Movie Mania’s “Screaming Cinema” series. Future entries in the series include Father’s Day, The Theatre Bizarre, and Herschell Gordon Lewis’s The Uh-Oh Show.
Romance is in the air one week later on Friday, February 17th, when Las Vegas bets on slime for “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” at Theatre7, sponsored by the PollyGrind Film Festival, which named SCM “the Biggest Baddest Mother of the PollyGrind” in 2010 and awarded author Kealan Patrick Burke with its Best Actor award.
Finally, on May 26th, the slime returns to the scene of the crime at Buffalo’s Central Terminal; SCM was filmed in abandoned buildings surrounding the historic Art Deco tower in 2009. “Beyond Ghosts ParaHorror Weekend” is a three-day event to benefit the restoration of the Terminal, and Lamberson and local cast members will screen the film. Lloyd Kaufman will be on hand to show Poultrygeist, also filmed in Buffalo.
For more on all of these events, just click the links above.
Slime City Massacre (review here) tells the tale of four squatters in a post apocalyptic NYC neighborhood who discover a supply of “Zachary Devon’s Home Brewed Elixir” and “Himalayan yogurt” in the ruins of a basement. When they ingest the concoctions, they are transformed into hideous slime creatures that prey on Slime City’s homeless population and battle cannibals and mercenaries.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Lamberson has three new horror books being published this year, including the zombie novella Carnage Road from Creeping Hemlock Press in April; his werewolf sequel The Frenzy War from Medallion Press in June; and Tortured Spirits, Book Four in The Jake Helman Files, from Medallion in October.
Director Craig Singer dropped us a line to let us know about his new video entitled Shit Zombies Say, which isn't quite a short film... more like part of a bigger event. Read on for the details (scarce though they might be) and to see it for yourself.
While it’s not Alan Smithee this time, Singer has taken the pseudonym “Jonah” for this project, which is a reference to the masked villain in his 2006 horror-thriller Dark Ride.
What we have here is a comedic look at the Hollywood undead featuring what looks to be a zombie Howard Stern portrayed by Ron Brawer — certainly an old-school zombie who doesn’t “work fast” and prefers to be shot (not in the head of course) in black and white.
Sources close to the production are saying to stay tuned, which you know we'll do. In the meantime feast on Shit Zombies Say.
The Syfy Channel is once again ready to tango with its greatest opponent - Mother Nature. Thus far this bitch has unleashed sharks of multiple sizes, gatoroids, a slew of mega-whatevers, enormous icebergs that move at super speeds, and now they're getting ready to find footage of some unlucky stormchasers.
According to Variety Syfy Films is looking to Day 38, snapping up the found footage thriller from the writing team of Gabe Scott and Chris Rossi.
The deal closed Friday, February 3rd, and the story's told from the point of view of a group of stormchasers who face a Category 5 tornado and find themselves fighting off a force even greater than Mother Nature.
Well, so much for being too literal. A set of character one-sheets in support of Buried director Rodrigo Cortes' new flick Red Lights (review here) has arrived, and let's just say they're quite shady.
Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Toby Jones, Joely Richardson, Leonardo Sbaraglia, and Elizabeth Olsen all star. Cortes produced with Adrian Guerra, while Cindy Cowan exec produced through her Cindy Cowan Entertainment banner.
Synopsis: Two paranormal fraud investigators, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson (Weaver) and her young assistant, Tom Buckley (Murphy), study the diverse phenomena of metaphysics with the intention to demonstrate its fraudulent origin. Simon Silver (De Niro), a legendary psychic, perhaps the most famous gifted of all time, returns after thirty years of mysterious absence to become the world's greatest challenger to orthodox science and professional skeptics. Tom begins to develop a dense obsession to silver, whose magnetism is enhanced dangerously with each new manifestation of inexplicable dark phenomena.
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Rodrigo Cortes' Red Lights debuted at Sundance to mixed word of mouth (Mr. Disgusting's review here). The Buried director's psychological thriller stars Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen.
Acquired by Millenium Entertainment for theatrical distro, the pic begins "when a psychologists investigation into paranormal activity focuses on whether or not a world-renowned psychic is actually a fraud, her results are far from expected."
And now some character one-sheets are beginning to emerge. I kind of like these, they're slightly derivative but look cool. And I'm still eager to see the film, hopefully I like it more than some of the other people I've spoken to.
Hit the jump to check them out as well as take another look at the trailer!
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February 3, 2012
Oh man. I can already tell that covering ATM is going to bring out the worst in me. And by that I mean bad puns. I mean, just look at the headline for the article. Not funny, but I couldn't help myself.
IFC Midnight will be releasing David Brooks' thriller on VOD and Digital Platforms (iTunes, Amazon Streaming, XBox ZUNE, PS3 Video Unlimited) on March 2nd before opening in theaters on April 6th. Penned by by Chris Sparling, whose previous credits include the Ryan Reynolds-starrer Buried, the flick stars Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Josh Peck (The Wackness), Alice Eve (Entourage).
The trio play co-workers who make a late-night visit to an ATM and find themselves fighting for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
What are some of your worst ATM related jokes? Or am I gonna have to bill you for insufficient puns? Hit the jump to let me know and check out the full poster!
Finally The CW has gotten its act together and released the "producer's preview" of "Supernatural" Episode 7.13, "The Slice Girls", ahead of its airing. (The last few were put up online after the fact.) Watch as executive producer Robert Singer lays the foundation for tonight's ep.
"Supernatural" Episode 7.13 "The Slice Girls" (2/3/12 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 PM): DEAN’S ONE NIGHT STAND HAS SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS; SARA CANNING (“THE VAMPIRE DIARIES”) GUEST STARS — Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) investigate a case where the victims’ hands and feet have been severed and each have been branded with a strange symbol.
While Sam does some research at a local university, Dean heads to one of his favorite places to investigate – the town bar. Dean strikes up a conversation with a local named Lydia (guest star Sara Canning, “The Vampire Diaries”), and the two go back to her place.
Sam discovers the symbol on the bodies is a sign of Amazon warriors.
Jerry Wanek directed the episode written by Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner.
For more be sure to visit "Supernatural" on The CW.
Some sad news has come in: Producer, director, and screenwriter Zalman King, age 69, died this morning at his Santa Monica, California, home following a six-year battle with cancer. While best known for his erotically-charged projects like 9 1/2 Weeks, "Red Shoe Diaries," and Wild Orchid, King did dip his toes into the horror genre on more than one occasion.
He got his start as an actor in the 60's and 70's (this writer being a big fan of his back in those days) but gained the most notoriety for writing, producing, and directing the aforementioned titles. His genre-related performances included appearances on the small screen in "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" back in 1964 and "The Munsters" in 1965 as well as the feature films Saint Francis, Galaxy of Terror, Blue Sunshine, and Trip with the Teacher.
In his later career King focused on documentaries about musicians, directing films about country singers Willie Nelson and Dale Watson and musician Toledo Diamond. He also directed music videos for rap groups, typically free of charge. "He loved to support artists everywhere he went," his son-in-law, Allison Burnett, said.
Actor Charlie Sheen, a longtime friend of King's, posted the following on his Facebook page today: "The world lost a brilliant and noble soul today. My dear friend of 40 years, Zalman King, just lost his battle with cancer. Fought like a recon Marine til the bitter end. Say a prayer for his amazing wife Pat and their lovely daughters. Safe travels my friend."
King is survived by his wife, Patricia Louisianna Knop, and their two daughters, screenwriter Chloe King and designer and painter Gillian Lefkovitz.
We here at Dread Central would like to offer our sincere condolences to King's family, friends, and constituents.
While we still haven't seen a domestic poster anywhere, an international one-sheet for ATM has made its way to the interwebs. Dig it!
IFC Midnight has acquired all U.S. rights to David Brooks' ATM, which stars Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Josh Peck (The Wackness), and Alice Eve ("Entourage").
ATM will be released on VOD and Digital Platforms (iTunes, Amazon Streaming, XBox ZUNE, PS3 Video Unlimited) on March 2nd before opening in theaters on April 6th.
In the flick the aforementioned trio play co-workers who make a late-night visit to an ATM and find themselves fighting for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Because it just would've made too much sense to package it with Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Capcom will be including a redeemable token to download the Resident Evil 6 demo with every new purchase of the game Dragon's Dogma.
Dragon's Dogma and the demo will be released on May 22, 2012, but Xbox 360 owners who are willing to wait will be able to download the demo on July 3, 2012. PlayStation 3 will receive the demo on September 4, 2012.
From the Official Press Release An exciting new franchise which redefines the action genre, Dragon’s Dogma is from the team that produced some of Capcom’s greatest action games. Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma offers an exhilarating and fulfilling action combat game with the freedom to explore and interact in a rich, living and breathing world.
Dragon’s Dogma introduces an innovative team system to the genre. Known as Pawns, these three AI partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability they have developed based on traits learned over time from the player and their actions. By utilizing the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network or PlayStation®Network, players will journey to the Rift where they can share their own Pawns with friends and be rewarded with treasure, knowledge of the world and strategies for taking down enemies. Conversely, players can borrow friends’ Pawns with the specific skills or experience required to tackle a particular quest. In addition, Dragon’s Dogma will ship with thousands of ready-made Pawns for players to pick their allies offline.
You can check out the official website to learn more about Dragon's Dogma. Also, check out the Resident Evil 6 site to learn more about the upcoming release.
Director Craig Singer dropped us a line to let us know about his new video entitled Shit Zombies Say, which isn't quite a short film... more like part of a bigger event. Read on for the details (scarce though they might be) and to see it for yourself.
The Syfy Channel is once again ready to tango with its greatest opponent - Mother Nature. Thus far this bitch has unleashed sharks of multiple sizes, gatoroids, a slew of mega-whatevers, enormous icebergs that move at super speeds, and now they're getting ready to find footage of some unlucky stormchasers.
Finally The CW has gotten its act together and released the "producer's preview" of "Supernatural" Episode 7.13, "The Slice Girls", ahead of its airing. (The last few were put up online after the fact.) Watch as executive producer Robert Singer lays the foundation for tonight's ep.
Some sad news has come in: Producer, director, and screenwriter Zalman King, age 69, died this morning at his Santa Monica, California, home following a six-year battle with cancer. While best known for his erotically-charged projects like 9 1/2 Weeks, "Red Shoe Diaries," and Wild Orchid, King did dip his toes into the horror genre on more than one occasion.
