Gangsters, Guns & Zombies Trailer Fires Away

The trailer for another flick that hit our radar during last year's AFM, Gangsters, Guns & Zombies, is here, and let's just say that it delivers on its namesake. What are ya waiting for? Add a little undead action to your afternoon!

Matt Mitchell's indie opus Gangsters, Guns & Zombies stars Vincent Jerome, Huggy Leaver, and Fabrizio Santino. Check out the massive synopsis below.

Synopsis
The whole "zombie thing" has been hyped up so much that everyone thinks it's the end of the world!

Of course, where one man sees the dead rising from the grave, another sees opportunity. Q had a plan: drive the robbery getaway van, deliver everyone to the safe house and get paid - a nice, simple plan.

Unfortunately, life is never really that simple, and to top it all off, this is the first time Q has been a getaway driver...

...He's coping pretty well, though, considering TONY (the guy who is 'in charge' of the job) is a murderous nut case, DANNY was shot and is now bleeding all over the money in the back of the van, the Sat-Nav has a mind of its own, there's a guy in the back living up to his name "CRAZY STEVE", the safe house already has police at it and this whole "zombie thing" seems to be quickly becoming more of a "zombie apocalypse thing".

Luckily, TONY knows of another safe house on the coast. Not so luckily, DANNY dies of natural-ish causes and then rises from the grave. Q and the others have to deal with a recently zombie-fied medieval re-enactment group, a football team that seem hellbent on eating their brains and the van running out of fuel.

In their search for refuge and some diesel, TONY spots - of all things - a fortified windmill, and the group awkwardly team up with a lovely young woman called CASSIE and her insane, but well armed GRANDMA. As TONY descends into deeper and deeper psychosis, he forces a last stand against a zombie horde, dies horribly and takes GRANDMA with him. Not bad for a night's work.

Some men are born into shit-storms, some achieve shit-storms and some have shit-storms thrust upon them. Q is up to his neck in this one and must now take charge of the group in order to save his own skin – not to mention the much more attractive skin of CASSIE.

Finally reaching the coast, the new group must figure out a way off this crazy island – lack of sailing know-how and the walking dead notwithstanding. Just when things couldn't get any worse, one of them suffers an accident and lands Q with a dilemma. In one hand he holds his own life and in the other the lives of the group. Whom does he choose? Watch GANGSTERS, GUNS & ZOMBIES to find out!

New Trailer for The Wicked Eats Children to Stay Young

The official sales trailer for The Wicked has come our way, and let me tell you: This witch is a real bitch! Check it out and hide your kids, pets, and or smallish friends. This lady has one hell of an appetite. Dig it!

The film stars Devon Werkheiser, Justin Deeley, Jess Adams, Diana Hopper, Jackelyn Gauci, Chase Maser, and Jamie Kaler. The Wicked was directed by Peter Winther and written by Michael Vickerman. For more info visit The Wicked Facebook page.

Synopsis
The Wicked is the story of a witch who lives in a haunted old house in the woods. Legend has it that she survived the witch hunt of the 1700's. A story passed down from generations, it is believed by the townspeople that if you throw a rock and break her window...The Wicked will get you!

The old folklore is revisited when a seven-year-old girl turns up missing from her home. The rumor around town is that the little girl had broken the witch's window the night before.

Sales Trailer for The Thompsons Packing Lots of Blood and Bite

See, now this? This we like! Vampires that are vicious. There's no time for brooding or sparkling here, kids. The Thompsons are wicked hungry and looking to put you on the menu. Check out the gory sales trailer for The Butcher Brothers' sequel to The Hamiltons right here.

All the regulars will return -- Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, and Mackenzie Firgens -- in the sequel that follows the Hamiltons as they sneak into a new town.

Synopsis:
In the sequel a bloodbath at a gas station in the desert puts the family on the run, eventually seeing them resurface in the U.K. under a new identity as 'the Thompsons'. Desperate for protection in this unfamiliar country, the Thompsons seek out the help of a shadowy underground rumored to be sympathetic to vampires.

Cling to the First Trailer from Static

It was during last year's AFM that the next 3D horror flick coming at you from music video director Todd Levin, Static 3D, hit our radar, and wouldn't you know it? Just in time for Cannes we have a sales trailer. Check it out!

The flick stars "Heroes"' Milo Ventimiglia, "The L Word"'s Sarah Shahi, and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left; The Innkeepers). Check out the trailer below, and look for more soon!

Static is one of the first low-budget features to be shot in full 3D. Levin used a camera rig designed specifically for the producers and director to hold two Sony PMW-F3 cameras - Sony's answer to the RED 3D camera - and control costs. The movie's budget is below $1 million.

Synopsis
As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her. That night the stalkers strike, sending the couple on an horrific game of cat and mouse, where they are forced to uncover shocking details from their past that may be the reason for the attack.

Ving Rhames Needs His Legs in Latest Piranha 3DD Clip

Here's the thing... When Ving Rhames asks you for his legs, you don't hesitate. You don't ask him any questions. You don't even look at him funny. You turn around, grab his appendages, hand them to him, and hope he doesn't stick a foot up your ass.

Piranha 3DD reteams Feast director John Gulager and writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan in the sequel starring Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer and David Hasselhoff.

Look for it in theatres and VOD on June 1st.

Synopsis
After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in PIRANHA 3D, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer’s best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. Christopher Lloyd (BACK TO THE FUTURE) reprises his role as the eccentric piranha expert with survivor Paul Scheer (THE LEAGUE) and a partially devoured Ving Rhames (PULP FICTION) back for more fish frenzy. David Hasselhoff trades in the sandy beaches of “Baywatch” to be a celebrity lifeguard at the racy water park. Prepare for double the terror, double the action and double the D’s in this sequel also starring Gary Busey (LETHAL WEAPON), Katrina Bowden (30 ROCK), Danielle Panabaker (THE CRAZIES), Matt Bush (ADVENTURELAND), Chris Zylka (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and David Koechner (ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY).

Cannes 2012: Sleep Tight Lands Distro Through MPI Media Group/Dark Sky Films; New Still Released

MPI Media Group has announced its acquisition at the Cannes Film Market of all North American rights to Sleep Tight (Mientras Duermes), a psychological thriller from director Jaume Balaguero that we've been talking about for some time around these parts, and provided a new still.

From the Press Release:
Sleep Tight will be released theatrically in the fall of 2012 through MPI’s genre arm, Dark Sky Films. The theatrical release will be followed by VOD and DVD availability.

The North American distribution deal was negotiated by Greg Newman, Executive VP of MPI Media Group, and Ivan Diaz of Filmax.

Sleep Tight is a Filmax Entertainment and Castelao Pictures production, produced by Julio Fernandez. Written by Alberto Marini (Films to Keep You Awake), Sleep Tight stars Luis Tosar (The Limits of Control) as Cesar, an apartment building doorman who keeps very close tabs on the residents’ private lives and whose only happiness comes from others’ misery. One building resident in particular, the cheery, happy-go-lucky Clara (Marta Etura; The Impossible), makes his skin crawl. He becomes determined to do whatever it takes to wipe the smile off her face.

Tense and disturbing, Sleep Tight has been nominated for more than 20 awards in Spain and won six Gaudi Awards, including Best Director for Jaume Balaguero, Best Actor for Luis Tosar, and Best Screenplay.

Sand Sharks Prowl the Beaches on US DVD This Summer

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Who needs water when a prehistoric species of sand-swimming sharks begins prowling the beach? Sand Sharks is poised to be the schlockbuster of the summer.

Corin Nemec (Mansquito) and Brooke Hogan (2-Headed Shark Attack) star in Mark Atkins’ horror comedy Sand Sharks, a movie that has “Syfy original movie” written all over it yet looks to be bypassing that channel altogether. Not sure why. Might have something to do with the movie being more comedy than horror; Syfy movie execs, by all accounts, have a weird thing about how their movies should never be intentionally funny.

Synopsis:
Jimmy Green, a prodigal party boy, is throwing the spring break festival of a lifetime on the island of White Sands. Little do the hundreds of teenage party-goers know, an underwater earthquake has cracked open a crater beneath the ocean’s surface. This demolition unleashes the most menacing beasts to ever rule the waters... and the only predator to ever swim through sand. It mercilessly feeds on anything that crosses its path, and it is up to those left on the island to stop the carnage.

Our UK critic “Pestilence” hated the movie. Uncle Creepy had a blast watching it. I fell somewhere in the middle. You’ll get to decide for yourself when Phase 4 Films releases Sand Sharks to North American DVD on July 31st.

New One-Sheet Found in The Secret Village

Some new eye candy has hit the interwebs for Swamy Kandan's new chiller The Secret Village, and we have it for you right here, brimming with all manner of secrets. Well, maybe not, but it's still a pretty damned cool one-sheet!

The flick just wrapped in Berkshires, Massachusetts, and it stars Jonathan Bennett (Memorial Day, Mean Girls), Ali Faulkner (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1), Stelio Savante ("Ugly Betty"), and Richard Riehle (Halloween II). Look for more soon!

Synopsis
'The Secret Village' is a psychological thriller wherein two strangers rent a house together in a small village to research ergot poisoning and the mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria. Rachel is a beautiful journalist researching for an article she hopes will be sensational. Greg is an unsuccessful screenwriter who recently broke up with his girlfriend. The locals are unwilling to talk to outsiders. Ergot poisoning has affected this small village for years, and the mysterious activities are kept a secret by the locals. Greg disappears, and Rachel is left alone to uncover the mystery of the village.

New Artwork, Stills, and Trailer for The Pact

IFC Midnight is ready to bring some more spooky into our lives as they're unleashing the Nicholas McCarthy spooker The Pact (review here), which debuted at Sundance earlier this year, to VOD on May 25th. Check out all the new spine-tingling goodness!

The Pact centers on a woman who returns home to attend her mother's funeral only to feel something strange and unsettling in the house she grew up in. Caity Lotz and Casper Van Dien star.

The project is based on a short film McCarthy screened at the 2011 Sundance fest.

Synopsis
After their mother passes away, sisters Nicole and Annie reluctantly return to their childhood home to pay their last respects. While staying overnight in the house, the sisters sense a mysterious presence in their midst: noises startling them in the night, objects moving about, a fallen picture of an unknown woman posed next to their mother. Annie begins experiencing a series of intense and disturbing dreams – visions that lead her to uncover something terrible about her mother’s past that is finally revealing itself.

Well Go USA Opens the Doomsday Book

More distribution news coming out of Cannes ... M-Line Distribution has sold the latest horror anthology from Korea, entitled Doomsday Book to Well Go USA for North American distribution. No word on when we'll see this flick just yet, but at least we know it's coming!

For the film Korean directors Kim Jee-woon (I Saw the Devil, A Tale of Two Sisters) and Yim Pil-sung (Hansel & Gretel) collaborate on three tales that (as you'll see from the trailer below) are packing quite a punch. Look for more on this one really soon!

Synopsis
Two acclaimed Korean directors unfurl three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era. In hopes of restoring humane compassion in the insusceptible modern age, the film displays an alternative form of genuine humanity. And thus you are stepping into the world of the future, where a series of unexpected stories awaits you. All these stories originate from the earth. From the very earth you live on.