SCARECROW COUNTY *** USA 2019 Dir: John Oak Dalton. 73 Mins A character-driven slasher film from the writer-director of THE GIRL IN THE CRAWLSPACE and featuring two of its stars. It opens in conventional slasher territory, with a guy trying to convince his gal to play “Strip Ouija” before their…
Legendary filmmaker Ovidio G. Assonitis, whose TENTACLES and PIRANHA II sought to cash in on the killer fish craze spawned by JAWS, first hit pay dirt in 1974 with BEYOND THE DOOR – a gloriously bonkers riff on THE EXORCIST featuring Emmy Award-winning actress Juliet Mills and distinguished British actor…
101 Films is proud to announce that title 012 on the 101 Films Black Label will be the UK Blu-ray debut for iconic sci-fi horror PHASE IV (1974), a gripping and philosophical cult classic that examines humanity’s place in the universe. Synopsis: In a sealed lab in the Arizona…
DAY OF THE STRANGER *** UK 2019 Dir: Tom Lee Rutter. 78 mins FEAST FOR THE BEAST director Tom Lee Rutter wrote, produced, shot, edited, directed and worked on the FX for this diverting, trippy acid western, shot predominantly in the West Midlands. It is visually and thematically indebted to…
MAKE ME A SANDWICH **** Canada 2019 Dir: Peter Hatch. 3 mins Here’s a stripped-down vision of domestic hell from Toronto’s wonderfully named Deformed Lunchbox horror filmmaking collective. It has a monstrous performance from Peter Hodgins and it’s his relentless grouchy plea of “Where’s my sandwich?” that establishes his demanding…