Established special effects make-up artist Hayley Tinline seeks support from horror fans for her first gutsy foray into directing. Hayley has produced the effects for a number of recent Scottish indies including cult hit Lord of Tears and upcoming horror The Unkindness of Ravens. Hungry to tell her own stories using her extensive knowledge of practical effects, she is now …
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Horror Funding: Ryan Nicholson Needs Our Help
We Love Ryan and Megan Nicholson! An excerpt from the IndieGoGo page: “Hello friends, colleagues, and fans of Ryan Nicholson! As some of you may know, our dear friend and Horror Film/Special Effects Makeup LEGEND Ryan Nicholson has been in the hospital since Tuesday, February 23rd 2016. His wife Megan and son Taylor have been by his side helping him …
Read More »Horror Funding: Party Night
Troy Escamilla and Renee K. Smith, in collaboration with Fright Meter Films, are set to produce their first ever feature film and bring true terror to the screen in Fall 2016. Titled Party Night and penned by Escamilla, the film is a throwback to 80’s slasher films such as Prom Night and Hell Night. This is the first feature film …
Read More »Horror Funding: Sunset on the River Styx
The surrealist vampire horror film, Sunset on the River Styx, is now on kickstarter! Sunset on the River Styx (horror, thriller, surrealist) Logline: Two lovers fall into a vampire death cult, but a ritual turns awry and they’re detached from reality. Is death the end – or only the beginning? The story follows two morose characters, Will and Ashe, as they …
Read More »Funding: Double Take Comics Genesis #3 No Fail Kickstarter Live
Double Take Comics has announced a new no fail Kickstarter to promote the third issue Super Packs in the Night of the Living Dead Universe that launched in 2015. The Kickstarter is being used as a preorder vehicle instead of traditional crowdfunding. With a modest goal that has already been reached fans can donate without risk of the campaign failing. …
Read More »Horror Funding: Frank & Zed – Puppetcore
We are Puppetcore, and we’ve spent the last two years working on our all-puppet horror flick, Frank & Zed. We’ve got a great and unique product for horror fans and would love it if you could help us reach out to our target audience. Director Tom Holland (Child’s Play, Fright Night) says “Frank & Zed reminds you that horror can be as …
Read More »Horror Funding: PSYCHOTIC! A Brooklyn Slasher Film
Psychotic! is a mind-altering journey into the uncharted depths of the Bushwick art scene, where it’s hip to be weird and partying hard can get you murdered. Have you ever fantasized about murdering that dippy girl from that one party who sucked face with your stoned boyfriend? Or violently disposing of that typically hammered cool dude you’re half-dating who’s got …
Read More »Horror Funding: Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures
The early runaway box office success of films like, “Re-animator” and “Ghoulies”, paved the foundation for Empire’s wildly imaginative slate of motion pictures. Unfortunately, Charles Band’s unbridled passion for marketing and distribution clashed with scandalous banking practices, causing his newfound company to crumble beneath him in only 5 short years. But what really led the youthful mini-major to crash and burn upon the sticky floors of empty movie theaters? [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/142910151[/vimeo]
Read More »Horror Funding: THE UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS
In the bleak highlands of Scotland, an army veteran must battle his demons in a last desperate bid to reclaim his life and his sanity. The Unkindness of Ravens was shot on location in Fife and Perthshire, Scotland by a fearless and dedicated Scottish crew led by director Lawrie Brewster. A co-production between Hex Media and Dark Dunes Productions, the …
Read More »Horror Funding: KIDS VS. ZOMBIES
“Haunted Trailer” and “Getting Schooled” Producer Courtney Sandifer has an awesome new kid friendly project coming up! A young brother and sister work together to outwit a barrage of peculiar zombies, rescue their mom and save the town.
Read More »Horror Funding: Jeff the Killer
Purity Films, an independent film company aimed solely at production of horror films, decided to re-conceptualize the story of the Internet’s most famous killer and show it on the big screen. You’ve probably heard urban legends and creepypasta’s stories about a young man becoming a notorious psychopath and killer, seen pranks, reviews and makeup tutorials.
Read More »Horror Funding: Nuclear Zombies from Area 51
Well-known stand-up comics Dante and Joey Medina will shuffle behind the lens for Golden Artists Entertainment’s Nuclear Zombies from Area 51. Scream Queen Rebekah Kochan leads a cast that includes Shandalia White, Chris Salvatore, Daniel Skelton, Tiara Lanai, Ash Hollywood and p**n legend Ron Jeremy. “The movie takes place at a diner on Halloween night that’s being robbed near Area …
Read More »Horror Funding: Zombie Coven – Illustrated Novel Shows Zombies in a New Light
World renowned fantasy artist Tom Baxa writes and illustrates Zombie Coven, a gritty horror novel about an ancient coven of zombies spreading their unholy disease into the dark recesses of the city, ensnaring the lost women trapped there, and eviscerating the men who corrupted them. Tom Baxa has been creating fantasy creatures that haunt the imagination as an illustrator for …
Read More »Horror Funding: SHALLOW WATER
Campaign to help fund “SHALLOW WATER” – now live on Kickstarter, seeks to “break the glass ceiling” for crowd funding genre films, and calls out Hollywood for its excessive sequels and remakes of genre films Sandy Collora is a longtime special effects artist who helped create some of the more renowned and revered creatures in modern cinema. He also produced …
Read More »Horror Funding: Action-Packed Revenge Thriller THE PICKINGS
The Pickings An Action-Packed Revenge Thriller Launching Indiegogo Campaign With New Trailer Usher Morgan, writer/director of award-winning short “Prego,” together with film producer Macarena Carrizosa and cinematographer Louis Obioha, are currently in pre-production for a feature revenge thriller film entitled “Pickings.” When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they’re soon confronted …
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