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Horror Funding: MISKATONIC WEST: A web series based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft

Miskatonic University has a West Coast campus, and it is the center of an attempt to awaken the primordial god Dagon from the vast unknown depths of the Pacific Ocean in “Miskatonic West,” a new webseries set in H.P. Lovecraft’s literary universe. Professor Sousaku Kaos, head of the Biology department, and his intrepid students pull back the curtain on a …

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Horror Funding: Hellraiser Documentary Leviathan

Production on the Hellraiser documentary continues to go from strength-to-strength. The independent horror documentary – Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 – has been in production since November, 2013, and may have seemed like a fan project when it began, however, its continued success throughout production shows that it’s anything but. The team consists of accomplished writers …

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Film Review: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

SYNOPSIS: “Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc. which represent the ten Biblical plagues. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being killed assisted a Doctor Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving …

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Horror Funding: INK Movie

The Toronto-based body horror/creature short promises audiences an atmospheric and visceral movie-going experience. Driven by the unique aesthetic of Photographer turned first-time Filmmaker, Ashlea Wessel, INK will be sure to transfix and horrify in equal shares. Jen Wright and the INK makeup team are busy creating a visually stunning experience through beautifully creepy creature FX and lead character JOEY’s extensive …

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Horror Funding: 12 Kilometers

All great creations are born from destruction. From fissures leak the primal juices of dreams and nightmares. Inspiration comes from traversing the darkest corridors of our minds. Through these excavations, we are baptized by staring down our demons. Through facing our darkness, we are reborn. Director Mike Pecci (Grindhouse Shorts / The Dead Can’t Be Distracted) knows these corridors all …

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Horror Funding: ALTAR

  With 16 days left to campaign, The Kickstarter bid to raise $40,000 in support of the US theatrical release of ALTAR, the new supernatural horror film written an directed by Nick Willing (Syfy’s miniseries Tin Man, Neverland), starring  Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket, The Dark Knight Rises) and Olivia Williams (Rushmore, The 6th Sense) has already secured more than $24,000 in backing!   ALTAR …

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Horror Funding: Earthworks Kickstarter

SAW 5 & GRIZZLY DIRECTOR DAVID HACKL BOARDS KICKSTARTER FOR EARTHWORKS CAMPAIGN: UK-based producer Shaheen Schleifer and Executive Producer Roger Trett have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise a small portion of the funding for psychological horror film Earthworks. STORY: Written by Michael Gilvary, executive story editor and producer on Dick Wolf’s CHICAGO FIRE, Earthworks is a chilling story set …

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